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Sports
Lifters pushed to their limits
Brazoria County’s strongest showed their might Saturday at the Region IV powerlifting meet at Mayde Creek High School. Many athletes headed home with titles and earned a trip to the state meet.
NBA legend Big E stops in Clute
CLUTE — In 1,303 NBA games, Elvin Hayes established himself as one of the elite players in the game.
Opinion
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.
Tight county election proof your vote counts
Is there anybody who’s ever taken a civics class or heard a well-meaning public service announcement who hasn’t been encouraged to cast a ballot with the words, “Your vote can make a difference”?
Brazos Living
Rejecting hate
Angleton Middle School students get unique history lesson from a Holocaust survivor.
Book sale to benefit county historical museum
The Brazoria County Historical Museum will host its spring book sale Wednesday through Saturday in Angleton.
Tales from the Brazos
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.
1970s April Fool’s stunt draws few laughs
My “Miscellaneous County History” files contain a hodgepodge of clippings and notes culled from newspapers, magazines, books, letters, journals and even scratchy scraps of paper with information gleaned from telephone calls.
Glad You Asked
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.
Extension service can inspect car seats
Reader seeks information on proper installation of child safety car seats.
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Columns
‘Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra’ and all that
By Ron Rozelle
Recipe, doggie bed tips get reader raves
By Gin Crawford
Evil twin leads to double the trouble
By Marie Beth Jones
Teen elicits insight to seek Christ’s path
By Buddy Scott
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