October 2006
Fall decorating tips
Close your eyes and imagine a scene of gorgeous fall foliage. Picture the rich hues of burgundy, orange, yellow, golds, and browns, forming a tapestry of color. Now open your eyes and absorb the monotonous greenery surrounding our area, still in full display due to high humidity and temperatures hovering in the eighties. Welcome to autumn in …
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October 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Four-year-old Amber Bergt loved putting together goodie bags for some of Houston-area’s homeless recently, and putting a smile on their faces. Miss Sunbeam asked if she could begin handing out the baggies herself—filled with items such as water, tuna, crackers, and fruit cups—to the “people that live by the lights” when her church temporarily stopped doing so. …
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October 2006
Sam, age 12
Grey Tabby
Amherst Street
Sam here. I am a beautiful shade of grey, if I do say so myself. My parents adopted me almost 12 years ago now. Actually, all my brothers and sisters got adopted that day. What can I say—good genes. My favorite thing (besides eating of course) is to talk. I can talk to …
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October 2006
Support brings healing to breast cancer survivors
“No road is too long with a friend at your side.” — Chinese proverb
After the horror of hearing “You have breast cancer” subsided, these area women threw themselves into beating the monster that had invaded their body. They are thankful for accessibility to amazing doctors and nurses who helped with their physical …
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October 2006
It’s a clear sign that fall has arrived when you start to see your West U neighbors spending more time outdoors. Besides the cooler temperatures and the rich shades of orange and gold creeping into our fall foliage (in our decorations, at least!), the arrival of festivals is the final telltale sign.
West U is home to a fall favorite …
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October 2006
It’s natural for kids, as they move toward adulthood, to plunge into independence while parents cling to those last threads of innocence and childhood. The teen years can be traumatic even without drugs. With drugs, they’re worse.
Epithets of disgust and disappointment shouted across the void that was once a parent-child relationship. Parents shocked by disintegrating trust, trying too hard …
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October 2006
Winning first place was a team effort
The dimly lit stadium was packed with teams from all around the globe. Kids ranging from second graders to college students. My own team, all of us ready to finish seventh grade, sat with the other teams from Texas. We were in Ames, Iowa for the awards ceremony of the 2006 World Finals …
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October 2006
It was one of those rare e-mails that rattles your bones and shakes you from the contented rhythm of your day.
First of all, it came from a dear friend with whom I’d lost contact with several years ago. Second, there was the subject field—Sad News From Waco.
It explained that our English professor, Ann Miller, had died. …
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October 2006
October in Texas has always been my favorite month of the year. The Brazoria County Fair, Oktoberfest, Halloween, the Come and Take It weekend in Gonzales, high school and college football games, cooler weather, and the World Series are just a few things that make me smile. Just last month I was in NY (that in itself makes me glad …
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October 2006
Change is in the air at Rice Stadium. When the Owls took the field for their opening game last month, there was a palpable energy that’s been missing from Rice University’s football program in recent years. In the words of new Owls Head Coach Todd Graham, for the first time in a long time, “It looked like a big time …
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October 2006
COSTA RICA
Monkeys, marine life, and zip lines
Tropical rain forests, mountains, and beaches are only a three-and-a-half-hour nonstop flight away from Houston. Costa Rica fulfilled the adventurous vacation experience that Bellaire’s Anna and Tim White and daughter Emily, 11, were seeking during their weeklong visit in mid-July.
The northwestern Guanacaste region is green and not too rainy in July, …
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