Merry Christmas and Lindsay All-Stars

   I'd like to wish all my friends, both known and unknown, a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is a time Christians recognize the birth of Christ as our Savior, and remember to thankful to God for everything good. It is a time that we should remember that we are very blessed, and that no matter how hard life is for us, that someone else is suffering more. No matter how many bad things happen to us, there are people and living beings that have it much worse. In addition to my friends, I'd like to wish my family a Merry Christmas: to Mom, Mary Beckham - known as "Babe" to close friends and family; to Dana (Heatly), my sister, who I love and respect more than I could ever say; to Johnny, my brother, a Baptist Minister who has always taken care of me; to daddy, John (Dale) Beckham, who now lives in Heaven - the greatest man I've ever known; and to my wife Sherrie, who has always taken care of me through good times and bad. I'd also like to wish a Merry Christmas to my extended family - the Henson, Ramsey, Freeman, and Robbins families of Lindsay, and the Beckham families of Nashville and parts unknown. Merry Christmas to other family members too numerous to mention, also from parts unknown all over the world, and to all my Facebook friends. I'd also like to wish a Merry Christmas to those who have only disagreed with me politically, because you are still my friends - even though you may not believe so.
   Those of you who read my columns in the Lindsay News (my hometown is Lindsay, but I have lived and worked in Blanchard for the last 10 years), know that I published a tribute to the greatest Leopards ever to play Lindsay High School football during the decade of the '70's. I also published a tribute to the greatest Leopardettes ever to play high school basketball from 1954 through 1995 (the 6-on-6 era). I acquired the names and facts from fans of Lindsay High School sports and through searching newspaper archives. The only players whose names appeared in the columns were provided by those fans who sent them to me. I'd like to recognize now, the greatest boys high school basketball players ever to wear a Leopard uniform.If fans of Leopard high school basketball will send me the names of players for Lindsay High School, from the beginning (1908?) to present (2016), I'll write and publish a tribute to the "greatest ever to play the game" - for Lindsay High School. You may send your nomination and player facts to my personal e-mail sbeckham@pldi.net or send me a personal facebook message. You may also text your nomination to my cell phone if you're a "friend" and have my number. If I receive enough names of players, I'll publish the tribute sometime after the New Year.
   Once again, Merry Christmas to all, and to all - good night...