HUB City Toastmasters meets each Wednesday at the Pharr Memorial Library, 121 E. Cherokee, second floor, from noon until 1 p.m. Visitors are welcome.
The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported. A coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats joined together to take education savings accounts out of the bill by an 84-63 margin.
One person is talking into my left ear, telling me how great Dr. Rene Gutierrez is, as he’s set to begin work as McAllen ISD’s new superintendent next week, while another person is talking into my right ear, telling me that McAllen ISD made a mistake hiring him.
Okay, we’re supposed to get rain in South Texas Thanksgiving Day, at least through the morning, and now that I’ve written that, we won’t get any at all. Call me superstitious.
Buone Feste (Italian), Prettige Feestdagen (Dutch), Frohe Feiertage (German), Goda Helger (Swedish), or “Happy Holidays” may be some of the phrases you hear at the inaugural “Joy to the World” Holiday Festival presented by the DHR Health Clinics in collaboration with the Edinburg Boys and Girls Club.
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