Things Change As Fads And Tastes Evolve Over Time
Wanda Orton, a retired managing editor of The Sun, reflects on changing preferences across life. Cats become companions despite early bans, crime shows lose appeal, and tastes in films music and food shift with age. She recalls shifting from horror to Ghostbusters and Out of Africa, and from disliking to enjoying Sondheim, Welk, and Chinese cuisine.
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Africa
Meryl Streep
Sondheim
Ming Palace
Houston
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Baytownsun.com
Plan to strangle the oil boom in West Texas
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson denounces U S Fish and Wildlife Service moves to list the yellow billed cuckoo as threatened, arguing data is lacking and such listing harms oil gas and wind energy. He warns of increased regulation and higher costs, framing the effort as federal overreach and political weaponization.
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Ronald Reagan
Obama
West Texas
Congress
House Natural Resources Committee
ABC News
Nightline
Texas
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
West
Texas Land Commissioner
Permanent
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Writing Your Lawmakers Addresses in Texas and D.C.
A整理 list provides contact addresses and phone numbers for state and federal lawmakers in Texas and Washington. It includes Governor Rick Perry, U S Senate members John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, U S House Steve Stockman, Texas Senate Sylvia Garcia, and TexasHouse reps Wayne Smith with their respective P O Boxes and office locations.
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U.S. Senate
John Cornyn
Texas
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Harris County property taxes due by January 31
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan urges taxpayers to pay by January 31 to avoid a 7 percent penalty and monthly interest on delinquent bills. The office notes record collections in early 2013 and highlights multiple payment options including online, mail, phone, and in person at 16 offices with QR codes for mobile payments. If needed, taxpayers can request payment agreements.
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Harris County
Mike Sullivan
Sullivan
Hetax.net
UPS
FedEx
Hetx
Today in History and Births Snapshot for 15 January 2014
Highlights include the 1759 opening of the British Museum, Notre Dame’s 1844 charter, Naismith’s original 13 basketball rules in 1892, and the Pentagon dedication in 1943. Notable birthdays span Teller to Skrillex, with trivia on the 1967 Super Bowl and a 4.34 million Sotheby’s sale of Naismith’s rules.
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University of Notre Dame
Indiana
James Naismith
Springfield College
Pentagon
Arlington
US Airways
Hudson River
LaGuardia
New York
Edward Teller
Gene Krupa
Lloyd Bridges
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Martin Luther King Jr
Ronnie van
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
Sotheby’s
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U.S
House of Representatives
Steve Stockman
Cannon House
Texas Senate
Sylvia Garcia
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Polk Street
Suite
Texas House of Representatives
Wayne Smith
Baytown
P.O. Box
Decker Drive
The
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Twitter
Janie Gray
David Bloom
Rolland Ramos
Mike Gunning
April Jones
Are Accounting
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
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