Despite the calendar, Spring disappeared weather-wise this weekend, as colder temperatures and winds gusting to 43-mph swept through the County. While the chill will persist into Monday, the rest of the week should see a return to near normal conditions for this time of year.
Simms Elementary School, 529 N. Westward in Texas City, is an interesting case in the La Marque Independent School District’s budget crisis. The district is trying to cut about $5 million in expenses. Officials are considering closing schools.
One of my latest Sunday evening rituals is watching CBS’s Undercover Boss, a TV series in which CEOs of large companies work alongside employees in the trenches. The catch is, the employees don’t know it’s the CEO, making for plenty of potentially cringe-worthy moments.
Dickinson resident Eugene Hill, La Marque grad Fred Allen and Ball High grad Carlos Patina Jr. will all fight in the Fury on the Mainland boxing event being put on by Lou Savarese Promotions at the Doyle Convention Center tonight.
While jogging Feb. 28, on a Galveston beach, I noticed a Coke bottle resting at the edge of the previous night's high tide mark. The wine cork sealed perfectly, protecting the note inside as the bottle bobbed along in the Gulf of Mexico.
Early on Tuesday night, election officials, candidates and poll workers were pretty much in agreement that voter turnout in the county's Democratic and Republican primaries was on the light side.
