Relay for Life Bay Area event set for April 7 at Royal Purple Raceway
Editorial urges community donations and hands on involvement to support cancer research prevention and patient services as the Bay Area Relay for Life enters its 20th year. It notes one in two men and one in three women will face cancer and urges teams, fundraisers, and volunteers to participate.
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Relay For Life
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Royal Purple Raceway
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Letter to the Editor on boycotts and protests
A reader criticizes post election protests and boycotts across parties. The writer explains not voting strictly along party lines, condemns protesters and House Democrats for boycotting the inauguration, and calls the behavior disrespectful to the Constitution and future voters.
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Hillary Clinton
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Today in History highlights four notable birth and event dates
On this date born in 1807 Confederate Gen Robert E Lee in Virginia. Howard Hughes set a coast to coast air record in 1937 Los Angeles to Newark in seven hours 28 minutes 25 seconds. In 1955 a presidential news conference was filmed for TV and newsreels for the first time with Eisenhower’s permission. In 1977 Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, for wartime radio broadcasts. Thought for Today quotes Edgar Allan Poe born 1809.
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Remembering Ruth Foster the Baytown proofreader and mentor
Jane Howard Lee recounts Ruth Marion Foster a longtime Baytown Sun proofreader known for rigor and blunt red ink. She saved writers from errors guided by Ruths steady humor and tough deadlines, shaping the author into a real writer while sharing lunches and stories from Boston to Weaver. Now Ruth has died on January 5 at 92 with services held January 11.
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Wanda Orton
Bruce Guynn
San Jacinto waste pits face EPA remedy push despite opposition
The San Jacinto River Coalition backs EPA plans to isolate and excavate the waste pits, arguing dredging is antiquated. They say TCEQ and others raise valid concerns but should not block the only remedy to prevent future disasters, noting the current cap is failing. TXHEA voices support and urges proceed.
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National Remedy Review Board
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Harris County
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
TCEQ
Lisa Gossett
Coalition
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