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New group seeks to help schools
Dave McNeely
      A group formed this spring, with respected former state Sen. Bill Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant, as its leader, hopes to boost public schools, add statewide kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs, and reduce class sizes. Called Raise Your Hand, the group includes former Texas Education Commissioner Mike Moses and a Who's Who of Texas chief executive officers.
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Editorial
Island Road needs top priority
      Expansion of the Island Road (officially State Hwy. 361) between Beach Access Road 1 and Park Road 22 is too far down on the highway department's priority list for comfort. A decision on the best option to handle existing and anticipated traffic has not been made, so the design phase is little more than a glimmer in the eyes of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
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'Tough as a hard boiled egg?' Ha!
Steve Martaindale
      Am I the only one who cannot peel a boiled egg? It is one of those things that I have pretty much come to accept. I really like boiled eggs. They are a wonderful solution to the nothing-to-eatwithout really-having-tocook while-home-alone problem. First of all, they are easy to make. Run some water into a pot, place eggs in water, bring water to a boil, wait, remove eggs, peel and eat.
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Time to step up to the plate
Mary Henkel Judson
      It's bad enough that we are without a contested race on the city council. Thanks to Keith Donley's filing, we had a race until incumbent Beverly Charles withdrew. Now, although Charles' name is on the ballot, to paraphrase the old saying, "if elected, she will not serve".
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Remembering another sad campus
Cactus Pryor
      The beauty and pride of the university in Virginia will always possess a scar instilled last Monday. There is no forgetting. Think back to 1966. Another attack on a university. The killer also did his killing on a university campus - the campus of the University of Texas. It, too, was on a day of school.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Don't change it Those of us who were involved in the beginning of our library, back in the early '80s, were determined that it should be a "people's library," not a city library. All the furnishings, office equipment, shelves and the entire original collection were accumulated by volunteers and paid for with private donations that resulted from a very intense fund-raising campaign.
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