New Year Resolutions and Personal Promises by Elizabeth Gill
Elizabeth Gill, retired Barbers Hill ISD English teacher and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church Mont Belvieu, shares resolutions for a hopeful 2017. She urges cheerful daily outlooks, public accountability, and habits like reading weekly, prayer, and thoughtful speech while noting weight loss and exercise goals as common themes.
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Invisible driver haunts a Texas car during holiday chaos
Jane Howard Lee recounts a bizarre sequence as her car stalls and then behaves as if driven by an unseen force. After failed starts and a mysterious acceleration in a Target parking lot, she suspects a ghost or computer fault, noting the vehicle is under warranty but fearing costly exorcisms.
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Pre k investment urged by Texas View on long term gains
A Nobel laureate economist and Texas View urge lawmakers to fund high quality pre k, citing a 6.30 return per dollar and long term benefits. The analysis centers on a 35 year North Carolina study showing higher IQ, less health risk, and better education and earnings from full day programs. Local data note third grade STAAR gains and college readiness, while noting funding hurdles and risks of debt for other projects.
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Today in History highlights tragic, bold and historic events
A compact roll of notable dates: 1845 Texas joins the union as the 28th state. 1890 the Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota. 1934 Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty. 1940 London bombed in the Second Great Fire of London. 1957 Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas. 1972 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes near Miami. 1975 LaGuardia terminal bombing. 1986 Harold Macmillan dies at 92. 1996 Guatemala signs accord ending civil conflict. North Korea apologizes for a spy submarine incident.
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