Archive - 2013

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Q.  Can you help me find a copy of an article from Audubon magazine on natural versus conventional lawns? I’m pretty sure it came out in 1984.

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At the Lone Star Family Market time is of the essence. Business partners Betsy Sammon and Karen Davis were social workers for two decades before starting their own grocery store. It began with one store in Austin in 2004, but quickly grew to six from Roundrock to San Marcos. With one location in San Marcos, Sammon and Davis (and their third partner, Sammon’s brother, Michael) try to keep their stores as easily accessible for families in the WIC (Women, Infants, Children) program as they can, always trying to think of new ways to cut down time at the store.

Like most athletes the night before a big game, 14-year-old James Roberson couldn’t sleep.

“I had gone to bed about 10:30 or 11 and heard the TV still on in the front room,” Don Roberson, James’ father, said. “I went out there and he was still up watching SportsCenter, just waiting on the football highlights. I had to tell him, ‘Go to bed,’ so he could get some rest for his big day.”

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What a joke HB 1123 has become. Make the bill mandatory for all tolling authorities.

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The Texas House of Representatives recently passed the State Budget (Senate Bill
1) which appropriates $193.8 billion over two years and is under the Constitutional
Spending Limit. The budget process is long and complicated, and it’s important that legislators and taxpayers alike understand exactly where our money is being spent.