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What would you do if a speaker hit on you during his talk?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Critically acclaimed author Sherman Alexie turned out to also be a first-rate stand-up comedian, the funniest I've heard in Victoria since 2008. I had no idea I'd be laughing out loud throughout Alexie's Victoria College Lyceum series talk Tuesday evening ...
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
It's Wednesday, Advocate readers. And that means it's time for our weekly editorial board meeting. This week, we're going to delay the meeting a bit to leave time for some training. Our meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the ...
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Regional Spelling Bee -- live coverage
By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer
When I was in grade school, I wasn't a good speller. I loved reading, I loved writing, but I never paid attention to the small details -- like spelling words correctly. I never entered a spelling bee, and my teachers ...
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Commissioners discuss budget, law enforcement contracts
By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog
Victoria County Commissioners will consider a $171,000 budget amendment Monday morning with the bulk, $150,000 going to repairs and maintenance. The court will vote on an agreement between the county sheriff's office and the city of Victoria for the school ...
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Storylines for tonight's East-West baseball game
By jhornberg in Between the Lines Blog
Victoria East and West meet for the sixth time in their three year history tonight, with West leading the all-time series 4-1 (the two teams met outside of district play last year, facing off in the VISD tournament.) Here are ...
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"You don’t take a photograph, you make it."
By ThomasRMartinez in Easy writer
That headline is a pretty famous quote by Ansel Adams. Adams was a great photographer known for his black-and-white landscape photography. He was a master of his craft. I can take a good photo -- if I get lucky. Most ...
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By SonnyLong in Helping Hands
I kiss my mother gently on her forehead. Sometimes she stirs, wakes up momentarily and says, "Hey baby!" Other times she just sleeps, unaware of my presence. Visiting mom every weekend in The Heights nursing home in Gonzales is something ...
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Need to get the pro/con idea wheel spinning
By jessicapriest in On the Docket
I still have a few more hours to get my Wednesday blog post in. I've been mulling some ideas around in my head, but haven't had a chance to write them down yet. Here goes nothing. ... The other day, ...
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Will Facebook be relevant in 5 years?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
My teenage children tell me Facebook is no longer the place to be. Old people like me have spoiled the fun. I imagine that's why Facebook announced last week that it was jazzing up its look. Anyone remember Friendster or ...
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By katduncan in Advocate Photo Blog
It's true, photographers take a lot of photos. We keep taking photos even when people think we shouldn't, or can't possibly, find anything else to take photos of. We take hundreds of photos on assignment to get the few that ...