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Let’s start at the beginning. When I was born, my mother was eighteen. I always thought that I was the reason that my mom didn’t have a good life because she discarded her plans for college because of me, a simple dumb mistake she made as a teen.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Texas are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.13/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in the state are 8.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 7.4 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 3.4 cents in the last week and stands at $5.32 per gallon.
Read moreFall and winter holiday celebrations often include festive eats and treats — Halloween and candy are synonymous, as are Thanksgiving and turkey. As the holiday season approaches, it’s important to remember that increased candy and other holiday foods in the home may be cause for paw-se for pet parents.
Read moreNo New Taxes Dear Editor: Our CISD board is asking us to approve a tax increase to fund a CISD Police Department and raise money for teacher and staff pay increases. It’s about time they got a raise! I’d like to see them get more possibly, so we can retain the best.
Read moreI recently attended a superintendent meeting at Region Four in Houston and saw a presentation from the Charles Butt Foundation concerning the path forward in Education. Feeling undervalued, underpaid, and overworked, large numbers of Texas teachers have left or are seriously considering leaving the profession. Teacher attrition has increased each year in Texas and Columbus ISD has not been spared.
Read moreIn Colorado County there is a small community known as Oak Grove. By its name you know that it is a beautiful, quaint-looking settlement and if you have ever been there perhaps you, too, have searched for the legendary white horse as did children at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of this one.
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