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MOLLY Award presented by Texas Observer
Dave McNeely
      It’s been just over two years since the death of Molly Ivins, the progressive and very funny nationally syndicated columnist. But her spirit lives on in many ways, including an award named for her: The MOLLY 2009 National Journalism Prize. The second MOLLY was presented June 11, at a gala Austin dinner to benefit the Texas Observer, the liberal journal Molly co-edited with Kaye Northcott in the early 1970s. The MOLLY winner was Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, for a series of columns on immigration.
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Dance with the one who brung ya
Mary Henkel Judson
      If you think an increased awareness of, and respect for the past is a sign you’re getting old, I beg to differ. There is a difference between getting older and getting wiser, although you can hope that with age you will gain wisdom along with those wrinkles.
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Looking back at 81st session
Todd Hunter
     Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, is the District 32 State Representative. Contact him at E2-808, P.O. Box 2910, Austin TX 78768; (512) 463-0672 or todd.hunter@house.state.tx.us.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Editor’s note: Letters must be signed and contain a daytime phone number where the writer can be reached as well as a mailing address. Letters without full contact information will not be published. See Letters to the Editor policy below. Blessed by ‘Dr. John’
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