DEAR ABBY: I met a really great guy online eight months ago. He lives in another country and we have been in a long-distance relationship for the last six months. We talk all the time, video chat …
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3/26/19
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I met a beautiful couple last week. Susan and Chase Graves have a special needs child named Langston. He has Down Syndrome, and he’s just 3 years old. I went to their home, met the whole family …
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By April Towery
editor@sealynews.com
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3/26/19
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It’s now mid-February and those New Year’s resolutions have been thrown out the window. At least mine have. I was going to exercise every day, wake up earlier, read more, write better and …
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2/12/19
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AUSTIN — Voters would have the power to prevent their local governmental bodies from increasing property taxes by more than 2.5 percent per year under legislation introduced in the Texas Senate …
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2/4/19
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The famed American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” That sentiment is alive and well in the Texas Capitol, …
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By Sen. Lois W. Kolkhorst
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1/31/19
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While the rest of the country anticipates the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, my personal Super Bowl is the Academy Awards, and I, for one, am pretty excited about the list of nominees. Nominated for best …
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1/29/19
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Last week I discussed the topic of subject-verb agreement. Many of you wrote in and asked about sports teams, particularly sports teams whose names don’t end in “s”: are they …
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By Curtis Honeycutt
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1/29/19
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I accompanied our sports and education editor Cole McNanna to Sealy High School a couple of weeks ago to unsteadily hold my iPhone camera while he interviewed a student athlete for Facebook live. On …
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By April Towery
editor@sealynews.com
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1/11/19
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To the editor:
Thank you very much for sponsoring the award for Best Fruit at the Flower Show at the 2018 Austin County Fair.
I am the proud winner of the award and I will display it with pride …
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11/8/18
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All my life I’ve been introduced as “Carla’s sister.” It happened when I was a kid, a camper at Frontier Camp in Grapeland, Texas, where my sister devoted so much of her life …
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11/6/18
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There is a hole. Not in my life. Not in my heart. But in the back door leading into the garage. It’s a cat door-sized hole that’s been missing an actual cat door for easily a solid three …
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By Katie Holditch
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11/5/18
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I’ve never been sexually assaulted. I certainly feel empathy for those who have, as I’m sure everyone with a beating heart also does. We all know that it happens. We all know that …
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Last Sunday I got to hear about the Micah Project, a ministry in Honduras, an area ravaged by poverty, crime and suicide.
Every week is a rough week in Honduras.
There’s a guy named …
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By April Towery
editor@sealynews.com
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10/1/18
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The world is a little different than it was when I was growing up. Until I was in college, we didn’t have email, text messaging, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, selfies or cyberbullying. When we …
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By April Towery
editor@sealynews.com
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9/24/18
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AUSTIN — Retired teachers facing the unwelcome prospect of paying higher monthly health insurance premiums received better-than-expected news last week.The Teachers Retirement System board of …
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By Ed Sterling
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9/24/18
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AUSTIN — Before Hurricane Florence reached the shores of the Carolinas last week, Gov. Greg Abbott focused on the Gulf of Mexico, where an inbound tropical disturbance threatened the southern …
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By Ed Sterling
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9/18/18
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The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) performs a crucial role in reviewing the material taught in our public schools. Among all of the educational disciplines, our Texas history is among the most …
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By Sen. Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
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9/13/18
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It’s quite simple, really.We Texans have a right to know how our taxpayer dollars are spent.It’s our money. We, the people, choose our government. Our elected public officials represent …
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By Kelley Shannon
Executive Director, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
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9/12/18
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AUSTIN — Just before Labor Day weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott released a School Safety Action Plan Summary that lists actions taken by school districts to harden campuses in the wake of the deadly …
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By Ed Sterling
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9/10/18
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AUSTIN — August 25 marked one year since Hurricane Harvey's battering winds and torrential rains brought death and destruction to coastal and inland counties of Texas.Repairs and rebuilding in …
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By Ed Sterling
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9/3/18
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