June 2023
Sealy Junior Girls making softball history
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Sealy Jr. Girls made history last week by being the first Sealy softball team to win a District 13 International tournament.
Kristynik, Calvillo named firstteam all-conference, all-region
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Kristynik, Calvillo named first-team all-conference, all-region Four Blinn College softball players have been recognized with Region XIV honors, announced Friday following a vote by the region’s head coaches.
First Lady Abbott celebrates role of women in Texas’ economy
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First Lady Cecilia Abbott celebrated the critical role women business leaders and entrepreneurs play in Texas’ economic success at the Round Rock Chamber’s inaugural “Women Who Mean Business” luncheon. Addressing more than 150 business and community leaders, the First Lady highlighted Texas’ 1.25 million women-owned businesses as a driving force of the state’s economy and encouraged women to invest in themselves, their businesses, and communities to inspire the next generation of Texas women.
Conservation urged as searing heat wave sweeps state
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Texas’ power grid reported record electricity use early last week. Both the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are urging residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce electricity use as temperatures soar above100 degrees over much of the state. So far the grid, which administers 90% of the state’s power load, has been able to keep up with demand.
We daydream about shade, cool drink this time of year
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O ur day is filled with heat at this time of year. It commands our attention and makes our work harder. As we toil, we daydream not about love or success, but things as mundane as shade and a cool drink.
Always company when visiting mom
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Ispent the week visiting my parents at their retirement home “up north,” and so I got to see them and my mother’s outside pet, Stubby, the red squirrel. I hadn’t seen Stubby since last winter, when he had made an elaborate network of tunnels in the deep snow outside my parents’ window facing the lake.
Paying for my medications twice: Texas law needed to protect patients
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Iwas only 10 years old the first time I went to the hospital with severe head pain, uncontrollable vomiting, and visual disturbances with complete blindness in my left eye. Driving four hours to Dallas from my home in Abilene was my family’s only option if I wanted to see a pediatric neurologist after being diagnosed with chronic migraine. It was a sacrifice of time, but necessary for my health. More than 35 years later, managing this illness, several co-morbid conditions, caring for my family, and working is a lot to juggle, physically, emotionally, and financially. I pay what I owe, but I was livid when I realized that fine print in my insurance contract was causing me to pay my deductible twice.
NEWS BITS
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All for One Festival, July 1 Lucky Lane presents the All for One Festival Saturday, July 1, from 12-10 p.m. Moonwalks, train rides, face painting, water balloon fight, live performances, and much more! Levine Park, 406 Main St. Sealy.
