Seriously, though, there is an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Hidalgo County and in other parts of the state as well, and who can rejoice over that?
MIA, missing in action, that’s me this week. While I try to write between eight and 10 original stories, columns, for each issue of The Advance News Journal, I’ll be lucky if I can get three written today, Aug. 8, which just happens to be my 68th birthday.
The move by McAllen ISD Superintendent J.A. Gonzalez to Harlingen CISD is really a no-brainer. The same money, probably a little bit more, in the $270K range, with fewer students, and a district that’s chugging along with few problems, while McAllen ISD is looking at a staff reduction for next school year.
Do you know someone struggling with alcoholism or some other form of substance abuse? Crack, meth, heroin, pick one. To varying degrees, when abused, they all deflate the user, making them no more than half the person they might have been if they were living clean and sober.
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