Highlands students earn scholarships
Highlands students receive scholarships reflecting local academic achievement. These awards highlight student merit and school support, with educators praising the drive and community backing behind the funding. A page 2 item adds a real estate advertisement urging readers to buy property now.
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Highlands
Drought Relief Lifts Warnings Across Galveston Bay Region
In a two part series editors report the USDA and NOAA removed drought alerts in 30 southeast Texas counties including Harris and Chambers near Galveston Bay. Yet drought remains severe in north and western Texas with water use near maximum to support farming. Waterways feeding Galveston and Trinity bays raise concerns for industry municipalities and recreation as the Galveston Bay Foundation notes ongoing wildlife monitoring. See water page 8.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Texas
Harris
Chambers
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Trinity Bays
Galveston Bay Foundation
AKC Delegate Warns Baytown Breeders On New Rules
AKC delegate Sherry Wallis addressed Baytown Kennel Club members warning proposed federal rules for pets would hit small breeders hard. She urged public comments before the August 15 deadline, explaining any breeder with four or more breeding females or animals sold from non kennel sites could be covered, with broad counting rules risking many hobby breeders. Exemptions cited were unclear.
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Baytown Kennel Club
Wallis
American Kennel Club
AKC
Akita Club of America
Houston Kennel Club
Baytown
Barbers Hill ISD among few Texas districts meeting AYP
Barbers Hill ISD achieved adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind. The district met the standard at district level and all campuses except the high school, based on reading and math test scores graduation rates and attendance.
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Barbers Hill
Beauty Will Rise uses fame to aid trafficking victims
Dallas area celebrity Dorothy Strouhal, known from Great Day Houston and Worse Cooks In America, started Beauty Will Rise to support facilities that care for children victimized by human traffickers in Houston and eastern Harris County. She described a courthouse sighting of an underage prostitute that moved her to act.
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