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Before I begin this piece, some background information is necessary. I have a younger sister and a younger brother and in 1979 our collective lives changed forever when our parents got divorced. When I got the news of their divorce at age 12, I probably reacted pretty badly, but that was just the beginning of what my “brave new world” would come to look like.
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A couple of weeks ago, a “Monday Motivation” message was forwarded to me from Coach Gates. It was written by Coach Nikki Robinson to the staff for their motivation, to say thank you, and to express how we are ALL IN this TOGETHER.
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This summer of 2021, as the P. A. Smith Hotel on Railroad Street in Navasota is nearing completion of the current renovations by Stephen and Janice Scheve, who was this fellow that carries his name?
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It is interesting when a person confuses you for someone or, more specifically, something you are not. This happened to me twice over the past two weeks, which led me to consider what I am doing to send off these unusual vibes.
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It is with mixed emotions that I write this column. Father Time is catching up to me and doing things that I used to do are exceeding my abilities. In other words,” I ain’t what I used to be.” So, this will be my last column. I hope that someone got some help by reading my column, if not for the information, then surely for a laugh! Many of you have told me that you enjoyed my columns and for that I can only say thanks.
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It has been a great week here at Rattler Nation! We started the Spring Round of STAAR Testing and, other than the kinks in the system that had to be worked out on the TEA and ETS state side, we had a great week of testing at our 4th, 7th, and High School English 1 and 2 levels. Thank you SO much to Ms. Amberly Kolby and all of the campus testing coordinators and administrators for your patience, flexibility, and efforts to make it all come together.
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Hello. My name is Alan and I’m a singaholic. Well, not exactly, but I do really love to sing. I’m not saying that I’m particularly good at it, but it brings me great joy. It’s funny how certain things seem different as time goes by, which is certainly the case with me and singing. When I was younger, I always wanted to be able to belt out some of the great tunes that I was hearing on the radio, but I always held back for fear of being judged by my friends. I have no such fear now that I have been singing for a good while and my point of view has changed. Now I just go for it and use what I have come to know as my spiritual gift of song to the glory of God.
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We all know it’ll be one or the other - a boy or a girl. Just as long as it’s healthy, right? Not having any first-hand experience in this area, I would qualify as a disinterested third party. That said, it is the relatively new phenomena of “Gender Reveal” events that has caught my attention recently.
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