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Spring break splash
Justin Ago looks back at a friend Wednesday before sliding down a 47-foot-tall water slide in Surfside Beach. Ago and others braved the wind and cold water for the thrill of the slide.


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Surfside Beach sees uptick in tourism
SURFSIDE BEACH — Village officials are optimistic tourists will pack the beachfront this summer after booth attendants reported beach parking permit sales of $8,830 for the nine days preceding spring break, shattering figures from the same period one year ago.

Lore of St. Patrick’s Day lost on children
CLUTE — St. Patrick gave a leprechaun green clothes, a shamrock and a pot of gold and St. Patrick’s Day was born. Right?

Money scheme preys on ‘pigeons’
LAKE JACKSON — Giving a ride to someone who appears to be in need might seem like an act of kindness, but it led to at least four people being taken for a ride themselves by suspected scam artists.

Fire guts Wild Peach home
WILD PEACH — A family of five lost their home after a fire ripped through it early Wednesday morning.

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Sports

’Cats, Ganze control Exporters
ANGLETON — There is a reason why Angleton’s Josh Ganze is going to Sam Houston State to continue playing at the next level on the diamond.

Danbury decks Boling
DANBURY — It wasn’t a perfect start to the District 29-2A season Wednesday for Danbury, but the Lady Panthers still will able to dominate the Boling Lady Bulldogs.


Opinion

Acclaim and a Shame for March 15, 2010
Acclaiming a free-throw contest students put on to raise money for a new roof for a teacher in need; a Brazosport High School junior being named the Brazoria County Boy and Girls Club Youth of the Year; and an Angleton school using Dr. Seuss' birthday as an educational program.

Stimulus won’t save Texas’ bacon this time
Just days after Gov. Rick Perry rode anti-Washington rhetoric and boasting about balanced budgets to an easy victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary, the Legislative Budget Board threw out some numbers that should have had right-thinking Texans rubbing their eyes in hopes of clearing away the fog.


Brazos Living

ALLP classes provide healthy fun for adults
Adult Life and Learning Program is returning for spring semester

Rejecting hate
Angleton Middle School students get unique history lesson from a Holocaust survivor.


Tales from the Brazos

Donations provided land for courthouse
A typed page of notes in the “Miscellaneous” file of my historical information collection deals with property acquired by Brazoria County about 1897.

Old ads shine light on life in the 1800s
What was happening in Texas in April and May of 1831? Probably a lot of things, but those mentioned in my “Miscellaneous Brazoria County” file include some advertisements that, while of less importance to the public as a whole, were of supreme interest to a few.


Glad You Asked

Lack of financing doomed theater project
There was a proposed movie theater that was going to be built in Angleton on Highway 288 at Highway 35.

Faulty sensors will be repaired
A reader asks state transportation officials to look into why signal sensors at three Highway 288-B intersections seem to be operating on timers.

 
 

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Columns

Vireos can be seen along Gulf Coast
By E.M. "Bosie" Boswell

Are you pondering what I’m pondering?
By Michael Morris

Prom traditions: What’s a mother to do?
By Bobbie Greer

Granny has to be a quick learner to keep up
By Jean Paul


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