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Admittedly, I am a septuagenarian female that teaches in retirement, in an elementary Christian school. Read: I don’t do boxing. But, somehow, a ten-year-old granddaughter was insistent about watching the fight between Jake Paul and Iron Mike Tyson Friday night. I don’t know why. Boxing and fishing both leave me underwhelmed. My grandfather desperately tried to make me a fishing person. Didn’t work. My own father, who loved fishing, was smarter and was jubilant to leave my chatty, active, distracted self at home with my mother. My granddaughter and I both fell asleep long before the fight, but I watched Saturday morning and came away with sad comments for leadership. No one will much care, but I get to say it, anyway.
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Friends, this is the latest installment in a series of writings about the strong women who have made a major impact on my life. These are my Steel Magnolias. They are tough, but fair, strong, beautiful, inspirational, and at the same time – humble. My life has been forever changed by these women.
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The near two century old French Legation in Austin is again open under the umbrella of the Texas Historical Commission.
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GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid With Republicans regaining majority control of the Senate, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is making his bid to become that chamber’s majority leader. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, had previously announced he would step down as party leader. Republicans will hold at least a 53-45 edge in January, with Senate races in two states still undecided as of Friday morning.
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By the time you read this, the November General Election will be over and people will have had enough of political commentary but please bear with me because I want to weigh in on the hoopla surrounding now 82-year old Betty Cartledge, the Georgia woman who voted for the first time ever Oct. 16. She isn’t the only person who hasn’t been motivated to vote. I encountered quite a few while working the election – Boomers and Gen Xers who haven’t voted in 20 years or never voted at all! Identifying a male ‘villain’ is what made this national news.
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Friends, this is the latest installment in a series of writings about the strong women who have made a major impact on my life. These are my Steel Magnolias. They are tough, but fair – strong and beautiful – inspirational, and humble. These amazing women have forever changed my life.
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I love attending city functions, but I particularly like the chamber mixers where businesses and community members get together to meet, mingle and learn from one another. A few weeks ago, there was one at city hall hosted by the Navasota Examiner and the City of Navasota. At the end of the event there was a door prize drawing where a young man won a cool prize.
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The federal judge who has repeatedly found Texas in contempt for not fixing its foster-care system has been removed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel faulted U.S. District Judge Janis Jack’s “highly antagonistic demeanor,” The Texas Tribune reported.
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