It is said that it takes all kinds to make a world. And what a world it is. In this business, every time I think I have seen it all, I am proven wrong. It is common to encounter passengers who are seemingly lost or disoriented, irate passengers who unload on the hapless gate agent when a fli…
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The issues at our southern border are huge, and if President Biden, his non-engaged Border Czar “Chameleon” Harris, every Democrat and Republican in the Washington bubble, and the actual citizens of our great country don’t start taking the issue seriously, we will pay a price from which we m…
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Across the state, Texans are keeping a closer eye on their government. They’re asking questions and demanding information. There’s a renewed awareness of our transparency laws.
40 years ago this week
I didn’t grow up playing soccer, and neither one of our two daughters showed a particular interest in the game. But today, my grandchildren are apparently into it.
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What a long, emotional, and love-filled week I just had. Daily trips to and from New Braunfels reminded me of the first few days after Hurricane Harvey. The daily drive was therapeutic this past week in the wake of my father’s death, just as it was after the storm.
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40 years ago this week
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
Dear editor,
The fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey is now in our rearview mirror, and I’m ready for some college football – my favorite sport.
40 years ago this week
Five years ago on August 25th, 2017, Hurricane Harvey slammed into Rockport with Category 4 sustained winds of 130 mph, and gusts reaching much higher. Harvey destroyed homes, ruined businesses, and uprooted lives across the Texas Coast as well as peeling off the metal roof of the Fulton Man…
When Hurricane Harvey hit five years ago tomorrow Weston Property and Casualty Insurance Company provided the windstorm insurance for our home, and the windstorm insurance for the newspaper office was with TWIA.
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40 years ago this week
Eight days from now we will commemorate, celebrate, or whatever term you’d like to use – the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Harvey.
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It’s a scary time in the United States right now, and it doesn’t matter if you loved former President Trump, or despised him.
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There was a lot of news coverage Monday about the apparent death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, the al-Qaeda leader who was taken out by a CIA drone while standing on his porch in Afghanistan.
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40 years ago this week
Each week I enjoy going down memory lane when I write “Pages from Past”, which appears on this page in every Wednesday edition.
We are in the middle of our annual Camp Nani/Poppie where we have all six grandkids in our home for a week.
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I’ve been in a reflective mood lately, and came across the following under the heading “Old Hillbilly Wisdom.”
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Dear editor:
A recent WedMD email talked about how getting older affects one’s mood. It included a multi-question quiz. I’m sharing with you a few of the more interesting questions below.
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The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and the “extreme” pro-choice side has come unglued. Their actions lead nightly newscasts, and are covered 24/7 on cable news.
I sometimes think about the weeks and months that followed Hurricane Harvey, how far we’ve come as a community, and where we might be had Harvey never paid us a visit.
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The Texas Lottery officially observed the 30th anniversary of its startup May 29.
About a month ago I learned that Moore Than Feed was going to close its doors after 28 years in business, and hold a huge retirement store-closing sale.
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Everyone is looking for a fix to the increase of mass shootings in the USA over the past three or four decades.
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For many years I’ve attended and reported on Memorial Day services here in Rockport.
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I write this column on Mondays, so the reception for Rockport Mayor Pat Rios and Mayor Pro-tem J.D. Villa has not occurred. It was scheduled for 6 p.m. last night, prior to the regular Rockport City Council meeting.
There has been a lot of discussion in the community regarding drainage projects in the City of Rockport. Our local economy is dependent upon ecotourism, and the City has long understood the protection of our waters is of the utmost importance. This understanding predates the recent environme…
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This week’s column is going to be short and to the point.
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I was clearing out old emails in my “Funny” folder Sunday night. It’s a catchall folder in which I save emails I think are funny, as well as quite a few I find interesting. Some of them date back quite a few years.