Naloxone saves lives in opioid overdose fight
Guest View explains how naloxone reverses opioid overdoses, enabling survival until care arrives. It notes Texas 2015 standing order expansion, making naloxone available without a prescription at major retailers, and urges community involvement through BACODA and Bay Area Council on Drugs and Alcohol.
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Go meat free for Lent urged by editor letter
A letter to the editor urges meat-free Lent from March, citing biblical precedent and modern health and environmental concerns. It links fasting to compassion and notes studies on animal product risks and a UN report on meat production’s pollution. It cites historic Christian figures endorsing plant-based eating.
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John Wesley
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Catherine Booth
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Today in history highlights of major events
On this date 1836 the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio Texas. In 1870 Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. In 1903 Roosevelt signed an agreement with Cuba to lease Guantanamo Bay. In 1945 Marines captured Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima and raised the flag, photographed by Associated Press. Thought for Today by Margaret Mead.
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Public Education Champion Urges Broad Community Support
Brian Valenta, a Robert E. Lee High School AP U.S. history teacher and Interact Club sponsor, argues publicly for championing public education. He cites George Washington Carver and Michelle Obama, defends public schools against vouchers, and stresses education as liberty’s safeguard and community backbone.
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Michelle Obama
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Last Mardi Gras memory from a Galveston private party
Jane Howard Lee recalls a multi year Z-Krewe Mardi Gras in Galveston, intimate private headquarters on the main parade route, live music, and crowds. The year ended with rain, a street shooting, a lockdown, flooded streets, and the decision to stop attending further Mardi Gras.
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New Orleans
Barb Wooster
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