Spring break films and puppet show at Deer Park Library
Deer Park Public Library celebrates spring break with films and a puppet show from Monday to Thursday. Free tickets optional to immediate family only, with screenings including Return to Oz Paddle to the Sea Dr Seuss on the Loose and Phantom of the Opera plus a Tuesday puppet show by Sun Flower Players in Houston.
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Deer Park Public Library
Dorothy
Canada
Dr. Seuss
Sun Flower Players Puppet Theatre
Houston
Oldest Colonial Hospital Found in Pennsylvania
In colonial America hospitals were rare and mainly for the poor or mentally unfit. Churches cared for the sick, while efforts to establish poor houses and hospitals began to relieve them. The Pennsylvania Hospital, started in Philadelphia in 1752 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, stands out as the enduring early charity hospital.
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Ruth Wallis
Herndon
Pennsylvania Hospital
Thomas Bond
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Early American mental hospital pioneers and growth in care
A three story hospital built for the mentally ill opened in 1756 with ground floor wards for men and women on upper floors. Public curiosity caused problems despite an iron fence. By 1776 admissions rose to about 450 yearly as modern hospital care expanded beyond charity.
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America
SJC Choir Plans Weekend at Astroworld Fundraiser
San Jacinto College choir students host a Weekend at Astroworld on April 10 and 11 to support their travel fund. Astroworld will donate 20 percent of choir ticket sales. adults 7.50, children 0.96, under three free. Tickets available in the Music Department 8 to 5 weekdays and at the Student Center. The group also eyes a May 11 to 18 trip to San Andres Island with four to five performances.
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San Jacinto College
Astroworld
Music Department
San Andres Island
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Joyce Ghormley
Fuel costs rise. utilities plan diverse power plants
The speaker notes fuel costs have tripled since 1973 with fuel taking about 40 percent of revenue and forecast higher. To stabilize electricity, Light Company plans gas oil coal and nuclear plants, converting gas plants to oil, and building new coal facilities. Converting a gas plant to oil adds about 40 percent to the cost.
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Light Company
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