Dear Editor, I want to express my gratitude to The Sealy News and Mr. Yonas’ interests in our Dancing with the Seniors facility activity last week. Our residents were so very excited to have a reporter from our town’s newspaper here talking with them and taking pictures.
The risk for wildfires across the state has risen along with the hot and dry conditions, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. “With the recent uptick in wildfire activity, Texas A&M Forest Service has mobilized additional personnel and equipment to assist with response,” said Wes Moorehead, Texas A&M Forest Service fire chief.
The Austin County Feral Hog Bounty initiative remains in full swing, operating under the guidance and sponsorship of the Austin County Commissioners Court. Participants are eligible to receive a $5 reward for each feral hog they successfully harvest in Austin County, with proper biological evidence in the form of a pair of feral hog ears.
Iwas reluctant to come back from Mexico this spring, knowing it would still be cold and wet and cloudy. But I’d gotten used to looking for pretty things while in Mexico.
We need to do everything we can to keep (global) warming as low as possible. When it comes to climate change, one two-letter word has me totally perplexed: “we.” There’s an implication of global unity — a transcendent “we,” marching as to war (so to speak) — facing humanity’s greatest crisis, undoing the exploitative, Earth-destroying aspects of our social structure and grabbing control over the planet’s rising temperature.
Hot? “You boys think this here weather is hot? You jest don’t know, do you?” “What do you mean, Windy?” said Doc. “Wellsir, back in the old days, you know, when we was younger, there came upon us here in the valley a hot-em-up wave that tried to kill us.
Legislators this year took a historic step toward fundamentally realigning the way Texas funds its community colleges. The goal? Ensuring Texans are earning postsecondary credentials that will give them greater access to higher-paying careers.
Proponents are calling it the “biggest property tax cut in Texas history.” Both chambers of the Texas Legislature passed an $18 billion package during the second special session, the Austin American- Statesman reported.