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On this page today, you will notice that two young people are addressing you on the issue of Skull Creek. We asked Rowdy Kunz, our county’s 4-H Water Ambassador, to
Read moreWhen asked to write about Skull Creek, I struggle to write something meaningful. What do I care about the happenings at Skull Creek? I don’t even live in the county.
Read moreWith my knowledge as a Texas 4-H Water Ambassador and what I learned last summer, putting waste in the ground can be very harmful and potentially seep directly into our
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C3YM, St. Anthony’s Catholic youth ministry, which I am a part of, had it’s last youth group Apr. 24. Youth group has been an utter joy to be a part
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Today marks the three month anniversary of the contamination of Skull Creek. In three months, we’ve gone from a dark, black cloud migrating along portions of the creek to a
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There were 6,722 citizens eligible to vote in the Columbus Independent School District’s school board election, but only 394 people actually voted. That’s less than six percent. The City of
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“We need to get together more often,” my cousin, Mary, said to me at the St. Michael Catholic Church Festival Sunday. I looked at her like she was crazy, as
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If a state agency with a budget of in excess of $800 million dollars can’t afford to conduct tests on water and fish in the Colorado River near its confluence with Skull Creek to determine whether or not to issue an advisory to not eat fish harvested from the area, we’ve reached a pretty pass.
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