Newsletter
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
Welcome to another Wednesday, lovely readers. We've had an exciting week in the news and we're ready to form some opinions for the coming week. As always, we will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Internet cafe area and encourage ...
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Free Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Support and Workshops
By KatinaGordon in Free Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Support and Workshop
WHEN: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 TIME: 5:30-6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Home Instead Senior Care 104 Regency, Victoria, TX CONTACT: 361-433-0330 Are you caring for an aging parent or relative ...
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Play Atari Breakout on Google's Image Search
By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
In case you haven't seen this yet, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Atari's Breakout game, Google created a neat Easter egg which allows you to play Breakout on Google's Image search. How to play: -Go to Google Image ...
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Fight back against enslavement!
By capthenry in Port O'Connor Fishing News
Fight back against enslavement As long as people believe their rights stem from the government (and not the other way around), they will always be enslaved. And whatever rights and freedoms we think we still have will be quickly eroded ...
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How much do you value the public's right to know?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Our democracy rests on an intricate set of checks and balances, brilliantly envisioned by our forefathers. Yet, our lawmakers too often want to chip away at democracy's cornerstone -- the public's right to know. Some of the offending legislation is ...
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By katduncan in Advocate Photo Blog
Today I photographed a family at their mother's day gathering. It was the first mother's day the mom had spent with her son after she adopted him. She took him in after his mother (her sister) died, but this year ...
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Dear Alice: I have one friend who is super nosy any annoying. He follows me around constantly and asks super awkward and dumb questions all the time! I wish he would shut up! The other day he dug into my ...
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By SonnyLong in Helping Hands
How awesome was it that someone the caliber of Emmitt Smith came to Victoria to speak. Not only did he deliver an inspirational message for a large crowd at Faith Family Church, he met with smaller groups of young people ...
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What happens if you raise a smart aleck?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Drawing by Julie Zavala When I saw a segment on the morning news about a giant African land snail invading Houston, I immediately thought of our son. A Sam Houston State University researcher warned against picking up this invasive species ...
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
We do! Welcome to another Wednesday editorial board meeting. We're glad you could come by. This week, we will be joined by Linda May, emergency services director of the American Red Cross Crossroads Chapter, at 1:30 p.m. in our Internet ...