Bubba Bursts In On Texas Politics Rambles At The Crawl On
Bubba Gravelhauser and the narrator trade shots on state politics as football season looms and Aggies long for old names. The exchange touches on governors, candidates John Sharp and Rick Perry, the Mauro race, Baylor and Longhorns, Tech, and veteran figures like Mad Dog Mattox, with a weary call for a quieter political year. Ken Brodnax columns appear on specific days.
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Bubba Gravelhauser
Bubba
Georgie Bush
John Sharp
Rick Perry
Mauro
Georgie
Baylor Bears
Austin
Tech
Red Raiders
Mad Dog
Mattox
Clayde Williams
Rio Grande chemicals pose no immediate threat study finds
A EPA and Mexico study finds some Rio Grande river water sediment and fish samples contain chemicals above screening levels but not at levels light a warning. Phase Two tested 27 river sites and 19 tributary sites from Amistad Reservoir to Falcon with Phase Three planned for El Paso to Big Bend.
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Rio Grande River
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Mexico
National Water Agency
Comision Nacional del Agua
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
EPA
United States
Rio Grande
TNRCC
Robert Morales
Morales
Amistad
Falcon
el Paso
Ciudad Juarez
Big Bend National Park
Epa.gov
Lamar Early Education Center Twins Stand Out At School
Teachers at Lamar Early Education Center manage 15 sets of twins with name tags and a two-class policy. They note parents often dress twins alike for fun, while staff say separating siblings helps students develop individuality and avoid labeling.
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Lamar Early Education Center
Kitt Merritt
Chavez
She
Twins Define A Texas Preschool With Five Percent Enrollment
Teachers at Lamar Preschool report about 5 percent of 572 students are twins creating playful mixups. Melinda Edwards recalls mistaking a twin for a student, while Sandy Hamilton notes twins in back-to-back speech sessions. Principal Chavez and aides Vera Arredondo and Vickie Hernandez share ease with the double presence. Parents, like Tami Benavidez, watch twins Spencer and Sawyer trade places.
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Vickie Hernandez
Vera Arredondo
Lamar Early Education Center
Melinda Edwards
Sandy Hamilton
Hamilton
Roberta Welch
Chavez
Lamar
Arredondo
Tami Benavidez
Spencer and
Sawyer
Lubbock drills test Y2K disaster response readiness
City officials in Lubbock staged a Y2K disaster drill to examine how public safety crews would handle outages stemming from computer failures and outside utility disruptions. Odessa has tested systems individually and Moore leads the Y2K compliance committee while noting one noncompliant utility billing system and the need to upgrade the operating system.
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Odessa
Lubbock
Tony Privett
Moore
Pede EE
Federal Emergency Management Administration
Downtown Houston becomes lit dining hub downtown
Antonio Mingalone defied five bankers to open Italian Bar & Grill at Bayou Place. A year later the theater district is packed with eateries and clubs. Solero opened nearby in 1997 and helped spark a shift as more venues stay open after dark. The growth follows new downtown apartment plans and rising parking fees.
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Houston
Antonio Mingalone
Mingalone Italian Bar & Grill
Bayou Place
Theater District
Mingalone
Galleria
New York
Chuck Russell
Solero
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