Second Hand Lions Fans Duvall Visit Fredericksburg Pow Wow
Wanda Orton recalls a personal Fredericksburg Pioneer Day when Robert Duvall visited the Comanche pow wow. A Duvall lookalike affair and a signed leather belt by the star left a lasting impression, praising his film work including Lonesome Dove and Second Hand Lions.
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TBS
Lions
Robert Duvall
Michael Caine
Haley Joel Osment
Fredericksburg
Texas
Germany
Abilene
Duvall
Scott
Santini
Tender
Computer Illustration Course at Lee College Fall
Lee College offers ARTC 2440 Computer Illustration this fall on Mondays and Wednesdays 1 30 to 4 10 PM. The course centers on Illustrator CS2 as the industry standard for print multimedia and online graphics with topics in drawing composing transforming and distorting, building complex graphics from basic operations.
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Lee College
Adobe
Lee College launches ESOL program with Endowment grant
Johnson see.edu reports that Johnson College expands its core curriculum to aid non native English speakers through an ESOL program funded by a Houston Endowment grant. Charles Colson, an ESOL instructor with six years teaching at community colleges, leads the new effort. He notes the grant makes the venture feasible despite limited initial returns. Colson recalls a teenage dream of architecture, now building a better life through teaching.
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Houston
Lee College
Charles Colson
Colson
Lee College offers over 80 afternoon courses this fall
Lee College will provide more than 80 afternoon course listings on weekdays and weekends this fall to help working adults and high school students. Chief Academic Officer Bruce Seism says afternoon classes suit busy mornings and can help parents reach dinner time with kids home. Scism notes high school juniors and seniors can start college by taking transferable general education courses, potentially accelerating graduation and saving time and money.
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Lee College
Bruce Seism
Scism
Seism
Snow Apples A Teen Girl Grows Through WWII Struggles
Sheila, fourteen, finds a best friend in Sonia as her family woes and poverty shape her path. She clings to ambition despite parental opposition, danger from predatory men, and town turmoil in Gibson's Landing during VE Day. Mary Razzell frames a girl’s search for identity amid dysfunction and resilience.
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Sheila
Sonia
Mrs. Kolesky
Gibson’s Landing
British Columbia
Europe
Helga Ness
Mary Razzell
Canada
Baytown Nature Center Journal sightings and notes
The Baytown Nature Center Journal by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel reports birds and animals recently spotted at the center. Highlights include many shorebirds at Wooster Pond and Duck Pond, an ongoing fall migration, and sightings such as black-necked stilts, ibises, orchard orioles, red bellied woodpeckers, and blue gray gnatcatchers around Cypress Pond Loop.
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Baytown Nature Center
Dwayne Litteer
Ron Ummel
Baytown
Wooster Pond
Duck Pond
Bayshore
Cypress Pond
Cypress Pond Loop
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See
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Children’s Book Review
Toronto
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Helga
Mike
Jim
Howard
Nels
Joan
Martin
Jjosbook
Imindspring
Nature Center Journal
Baytown Sun
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