Tony Easterling:  

Life IM NOT GOOD TALKING ABOUT MYSELF BUT WILL TRY. I AM MARRIED AGAIN TO MY 3RD WIFE AND I HAVE 2 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. I HAVE RETIRED FROM PIZZA HUT AFTER 2O YEARS OF MANAGING STORES 17 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IN VERNON. I SAW THE STORE THROUGH 3 REMODELS AND SO MANY NEW PRODUCTS THAT CAME AND GONE THAT I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER THEM ALL. I AM WORKING FOR THE NORTH TEXAS STATE HOSPITAL NOW. I AM WORKING WITH THE ADOLESCENTS THAT HAVE DRUG AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. IT WAS A GOOD FIT FOR ME. A LOT OF MY EX EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO BE HERE I THINK. I SURE STRAYED A LONG WAY FROM BEING THE FARMER I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE. BUT I SURE MISS THE FARM AND I MISS THE CAREFREE DAYS OF HIGHSCHOOL. GUESS I WISHED I HAD TAKEN IT A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY THEN BUT I WAS TOO WORIED ABOUT THE GIRLS I THINK. I MISS BAND AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD THEN. I HAVE BEEN LIVING BACK IN VERNON SINCE 1983. I HAD TRIED TO MOVE AWAY BUT CAME BACK AT THE REQUEST OF PIZZA HUT AND PLUS MOTHER WAS WANTING MY FAMILY AND I CLOSER. WE WERE LIVING IN HOUSTON AT THE TIME. I WAS ASSTANT MANAGER FOR AN ACADEMY SPORTING GOODS STORE. VERNON SEEMS TO TRAP YOU SO THOSE OF YOU THAT MOVED AWAY AND STAYED AWAY I ADMIRE YOU. VERNON HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE THE 70S AND I GUESS THE WHOLE NATION HAS. WE HAVE A WALMART NOW AND JOE ROGERS FAMILY THAT HAS THE BEST WESTERN MOTEL IS BUILDING A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS. WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED AND CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE IT OPEN. I THINK HE IS NERVOUS THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO PAY FOR ITSELF AND I JUST TOLD HIM THAT IF HE RUNS IT THE WAY HE RUNS THE BEST WESTERN HE HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME I TOLD HIM. SO IF YOU COME TO VERNON AND WANT...Expand for more