Community News Views

Bruce Thomas takes advantage of some warmer winter weather to install panels in his fence line. When he and his wife Shirley left San Antonio to care for his aging parents, they thought they would eventually return to the furniture business with his son. Now immersed in the community as a UMC member, landowner, rancher, and city Treasurer, he contributes through work and stewardship. “Richland will be one of the few cities in the state, of any size, that is going to be debt free. We are debt free, right now. … It just takes some discipline, and I wish they would do it at the federal level.” Bruce affirms the importance of his family by concluding, “What really makes me happy and relaxes me is to know that they’re doing well.”