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Brazos Mall has plenty of back to school shopping choices

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TxDOT app speeds up border crossings from USA to Mexico

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Taking good care of your pet without breaking the bank

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ACC’s Upward Bound builds confidence in students

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By John TothEditor and Publisher

We sat around one late sum-meer afternoon and got on the subject of roller coasters.

I have never met a coaster that I didn’t ride, I reminisced,

but they are coming out with some monsters, one taller than the Washington Monument.

The Skyscraper

in Orlando, Florida. will be a 55-story attraction that will wind around a 570-foot tower. That’s taller than the Washington Monu-ment at 555 feet. Total ride time is expected to be about three minutes.

Right now, the world’s tallest roller coaster is Kingda Ka, which stands 456 feet, at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.

Chances are I’ll never ride

RAMBLINGS

Schools are getting ready to open, but summer isn’t over yetThe first annual Brazoria County Biker Bash 2014 will be held at the

Brazoria County Fairgrounds in Angleton on Aug. 15-16 and will feature lots of live music and a DJ.

It is open to the public, and all bikers and bikes are welcome at the event, organized by Land Shark Entertainment and hosted by the Fort Velasco Chapter XXVII of Los Carnales y La Familia Motorcycle Club.

Gates will open at noon both days, but most of the musical entertain-ment will be on Friday, Aug. 15.

DJ Jammin J will be kicking off the entertainment from noon to 3 p.m., followed by several bands. Among the musicians performing are Texxas Heat, 3-4 p.m.; Chris Castenada Projec, 5-6:30 p.m.; Vu Du Kingz, 7-8:30 p.m.; and the Jo Hell Band, 9-11 p.m.

In addition to a bike rally, there will be biker games, a bike show and

Biker Bash at Fairgrounds


Mickey Gilley at The ClarionMickey Gilley, the patriarch of the former Gilley’s Club in Pasadena,

Texas, will be bringing his country music show, “Down Memory Lane,” to The Clarion on Friday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m.

Mr. Gilley is a Grammy-winning musician who has also won 6 Associa-tion of Country Music Awards as well as the ACM award for Nightclub of the Year.

He has had two No. 1 albums, eight top 10 albums, 17 No. 1 singles and 39 Top 10 singles, has been inducted into various hall of fame groups, and even has his own Hollywood Star. His cousins were famous as well - Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-playing “Great Balls of Fire” musician, and Jimmy Swaggart, the evangelist.

Gilley’s mother, who was a waitress, managed to buy her son a piano when he was 10 to nurture his musical side, and the investment definitely


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I just thought I was elated at getting marriedI just thought I was high on loveThe very thought of her sent me flyingA man posed for wedding photos with his fiance in Yangmingshan

National Park in Taiwan, where he found some mushrooms growing nearby. He took them home and stir-fried them with vegetables, not realizing until too late that they were of the psilocybin variety, commonly called magic mushrooms. He reported that he had hallucinations for two hours in which he felt that he was flying.

OK HONEY, IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: A man engaged in an extramarital affair with a co-worker in Florida, sending her thousands of explicit text messages over a two-month period, but not realizing that his cell phone was linked to his wife’s iPad.

WE GET THE MESSAGE; VERY CLEVER: The leader of an enor-mously lucrative car theft ring in Birmingham, England, brazenly taunted police with the personalized license plate on his $90,000 Audi RD4 automobile. It read “S20LUN.” (Or “stolen.” Get it?) The cops noticed, and tracked him to a convoy of stolen Mercedes. He is serving seven years in jail.

THAT’S NO EXCUSE! In a survey of 400 hotels asking for most bizarre complaints, a hotel in London reported that a customer was upset that his room had no ocean view. London is not near the ocean.

I’M WHERE!? A man went into the second-floor men’s room of a bank in Huntington, W.Va., where he proceeded to get high on heroin. But he passed out in there and didn’t wake up until hours later when the bank was closed. He had to call the police to get him out of there.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN THE HARD WAY: A man who was stealing electric cable from a junction box on Johnstone, Scotland, was zapped with 11,000 volts of electricity which, his lawyer said, left him “looking like the professor from the Back to the Future movie with his clothing and hair burned to a cinder.” The attorney said the shock “brought about a complete change in his attitude to life,” and he has sworn off criminal activity.

SURE, I THINK WE CAN PULL THIS OFF: The Edmond, Okla., police set up a bin inside the station for people to get rid of their old prescription drugs. Despite the fact that the bin was located under the watchful eye of a security camera, a man, his daughter and her boyfriend came in and tried to steal the drugs leading to their immediate arrest. One officer said, “It takes a lot of guts to come into the lobby of a police department and think you’re going to get away with stealing narcotics.”

WE SUSPECT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY: Police in Frankfort, Ky., found a man’s missing cell phone, and arrested him when they saw that the phone’s screen saver was a picture of him standing in front of a major stash of marijuana. The cops also found 18 pounds of weed at the guy’s house.

ME!? ARRESTED!? WHY!? A woman, who came to the Broome County Jail in New York to pick up a friend who had been in custody, was herself arrest because she drove there while intoxicated.

On Aug. 23, Brazoria County Cub Scouts from the entire Cradle of Texas District (part of the Bay Area Council) will hold the first-ever District Pinewood Derby inside the Brazos Mall.

The event will kick off at noon in front of Sears. There will also be a “free run” track that isn’t being used as part of the derby. There will be “loner” pine wood derby cars that non-Cub Scout Boys can borrow to

color & put stickers on, then race. If you want to sign your son up for either Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts, there will also be a New Member Table set up with someone to help parents get their kids signed up for scouts that day. There are no walk up registrations for the actual Derby.

Even though the sign-up deadline of Aug. 9 has passed, Scouts and their families can still come out and enjoy this event.

For more information regarding the Cradle of Texas District Pine-wood Derby or to sign your child up for Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or Explorers & Venture Crew (Explor-ers and Venture Crew is open to boys and girls ages 14 to 20) con-tact District Executive, Aaron Chris-topher: Ph: 409.750.3657 or email: [email protected].

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Mr. Ed would be proudQ. Horse lovers, can you say

how far back some of today’s popu-lar “neigh-sayings” go?

A. “Hold your horses” may trace to Homer’s “Iliad,” written nearly 3000 years ago, says “Mental Floss” magazine. A line in book 23 is commonly translated as “Antilochus, you drive like a maniac! Hold your horses!”

“Horse of a different color” is an English idiom which may have evolved from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” where Maria says, “My purpose is indeed a horse of that colour.”

The “horse” in “horseplay” was a common 16th-century adjective for “anything strong, big or coarse.” That’s also where “horseradish” got its name.

“Eat like a horse” originated from the 18th century when a full grown gelding would eat about 20 pounds of food daily, or up to 2% of its body weight.

“Get off your high horse,” dating to the 1780s, was inspired by the fact that only soldiers and royalty rode chargers and that “... as people lost respect for the high and mighty during the revolutions of the late 1700s, the high horse was seen as uppity.”

“Dark horse” comes from the Victorian-era word “dark,” describing anything unknown. Thus, in racing, “dark horse” referred to an unfamil-iar trotter that won a race.

Finally, “Charley horse” derives

from the 19th-century practice of naming a lame racehorse “Charley.” At the time, “old horses were used to drag the infield dirt at baseball stadiums. Whenever a ballplayer cramped up, he was compared to the grounds crew of limping equines - Charley horses.”

Analyzing your ‘hello’Q. How much can you tell about

a stranger’s personality from his or her initial “hello”?

A. Voices certainly convey infor-mation about gender, age, and other traits, but University of Glasgow psychologist Philip McAleer and colleagues wondered how quickly such impressions form, as reported in “PLoS ONE” journal. They recorded 32 men and 32 women reading a passage and extracted the word “hello” from it, then played these sub-half-second snippets for several hundred listeners and had them use a nine-point scale to rate the speakers on 10 personality traits: Aggressiveness, Attractive-ness, Competence, Confidence, Dominance, Femininity, Likability, Masculinity, Trustworthiness and Warmth. Surprisingly, the ratings proved remarkably consistent, with an average statistical correlation of 0.92 on a scale of 0 (no correlation) to 1 (perfect correlation).

The study further found that Lik-ability and Dominance were most important, in that all other traits could be reliably predicted from these two. Male vocal Attractive-

ness combined Likability and Dominance, while female vocal Attractiveness was primarily dictated by positive Likability.

As McAleer explains, such snap judgments may provide an evo-lutionary advantage: “You want to know quickly if you can trust a person so you can approach him or her or run away.”

Neanderthals, are we?Q. At a bar one night, you think

of a couple of rowdies there as “Neanderthals.” How far off the mark are you with such a term?

A. “While it’s been more than 5 million years since we parted ways with chimps, it’s been only 400,000 years since human and Neander-thal lineages split,” says Jonathon Keats in “Discover” magazine. That makes you pretty much a Nean-derthal yourself, meaning your thinking is hardly off the mark at all. Moreover, if you’re Asian or Cauca-sian, your ancestors interbred with Neanderthals as recently as 37,000 years ago in Europe.

Despite some bad press, Nean-derthals had some great ideas: They made spears by hafting sharp-ened stones to wooden handles, then glued them together. Using those spears, they were able to hunt bison and woolly rhinoceros. And when injured, “they nursed each other back to health, enlisting their greatest concept of all: empathy.”

As Keats suggests, to check out your own quantity of Neanderthal DNA, you can swab your cheek and send the swab to the National Geographic Society’s Genographic Project.

(Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at [email protected])


Friday Aug.1512:00pm – 3:00pm DJ Jammin J3:00pm – 4:30pm Texxas Heat5:00pm – 6:30pm Chris Castenada Project7:00pm – 8:30pm Vu Du Kingz9:00pm – 11:00pm Jo Hell BandSaturday Aug. 1612:00pm – 1:15pm Texas Blues Bros.1:45pm – 3:15pm Mike Milligan and The

Altar Boyz3:45pm – 5:45pm JoHell Band6:15pm – 8:00pm Madhatter8:30pm – 11:00pm Pride & Joy Band

Gate Admission: $5.00 per day or a two day pass $8.00

VIP Passes: single $60.00 or two for $100 (includes: admission, vip parking, two meal tickets, three drink tickets, non-alcoholic drinks all day, gift bag, koozie, vip private restrooms, after hours vip party

Club Sites: $100 30X30 sites available to bike clubs (bring canopies, tables, chairs, and fans. Electricity provided)

VIP Parking: $20 Available to the public Open to All Bikes Open to the PublicCanopies, Tables, and Chairs are welcomedNo Cooler Allowed

Side Shows and ContestFriday Aug.156:30 pm Jalapeno Eating Contest, Cash

Prize8:30 pm Hot Leggs Contest, Cash Prize

Saturday Aug. 169:30am – 11:45am (registration) Salute to

Military Bike Rally at Goe Harley David-son (Angleton Tx)

10:00am -12:00pm Car and Bike Registration1:00pm – 2:00pm Car and Bike

Show Judging (3:00pm Awards)12:00pm – KSU 12:45pm - Destination

Fairgrounds12:00 pm – 8:00pm Kids Zone (water slide,

rock wall, zip-line, and bounce house)2:00pm No

Hand Watermelon Eating Contest Cash Prize (All Ages)

3:15pm – 3:45pm Texas All Star Wrestling4:00pm – 5:00pm Biker Games (keg roll,

wienie bite, slow drag, cone course) Cash Prizes

5:30pm – 6:00pm Texas All Star Wrestling7:00pm Beer Belly Contest Cash Prize (18

& over)9:15pm Daisy Dukes Contest (18 & over)

Cash and PrizesAll times subject to change

Brazoria County Biker BashEntertainment Schedule


car show, and more.On Saturday, Aug. 16, a Salute to Military Bike Rally is scheduled at Goe

Harley Davidson in Angleton from 9:30 - 11:45 a.m.Afterwards, car and bike registration will be held 10 a.m. to noon at the

fairgrounds for the car and bike show that will be judged 1-2 p.m., and awards presented at 3 p.m.

There also will be a Kids Zone set up at the fairgrounds from noon to 8 p.m. with a water slide, rock wall to climb, zip line and a bounce house.

Texas All-Star Wrestling matches will take place twice on Saturday, from 3:15-3:45 p.m. and 5:30-6 p.m.

Admission fees are $5 per person for one day or $8 for both days. VIP passes, VIP parking, motorcycle club sites and RV camping also are avail-able for additional fees. See schedule and rate information on page 4.

The motorcycle club for southern Brazoria County plans to give some of the money raised to area organizations, said Marty DeLeon, president.

There’s a couple of reasons why the group is hosting the event. Some of the funds raised will be distributed to help abused women and children, youth sports groups and injured area police, firefighters, EMS employees, and veterans who need assistance, Mr. DeLeon said.

“Second, our chapter would like to bridge the gap with the public’s percep-tion of our many bikers in our community. We come from all walks of life - plant workers, business owners, policemen, firemen, lawyers, city workers, doctors and teachers - and we share two common goals - giving back to our community and our passion for riding the open road no matter where it leads,” he said.

He hopes to make this an annual event with a good turnout.Please email AngletonBikerBash.com in regard to questions, or for more

information, see the Facebook page.

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Study finds 5 servings of produce is enough, but we’re not eating itBy Mary MacVeanLos Angeles Times (MCT)

How many times will we have to be told? Apparently we haven’t reached the point when we’ll change our habits, but here it goes again: Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables every day can help us live longer.

That comes from researchers’ analysis of 16 studies covering 833,234 people, published in the BMJ.

Scientists from China and the United States looked at the growing evidence of a connection between produce consumption and heart disease and cancer. They wanted to quantify the “dose response” - or how much we need to eat - in relation with all causes of death, heart disease and cancer.

The average risk of death from all causes was reduced by 5 percent for each additional daily serving of fruits or vegetables; risk of cardio-vascular death was reduced by 4 percent for each serving. They did not find the risk of cancer to be appreciably associated with produce consumption.

“There was a threshold around five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, after which the risk of all-cause mortality did not reduce further,” the scientists wrote.

This conclusion contradicts a finding published recently in the BMJ’s Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, in which researchers led by Oyinlola Oye-bode of University College London wrote that people “eating seven or more portions of fruit and veg-etables daily have the lowest risk of

mortality from any cause.”One of the researchers involved

in the more recent study, Wei Bao of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said his group’s analysis did not find additional benefits over five por-tions.

The studies followed par-ticipants for up to 24 years and tallied a total of 56,423 deaths — 11,512 from heart disaese and 16,817 from cancer.

Bao said it’s possible that there is an optimal dose or particular kinds of produce that would affect cancer death rates.

Andy Bellatti, a registered dietitian, noted that half a cup of cooked leafy greens counts as a serving, as do about a dozen baby carrots or six asparagus spears.


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We need to pray for our leaders more, not less!My Answer

By Billy GrahamTribune Media Services

Q: Our pastor is always praying for our nation and our leaders and things like that, but does it honestly do any good? I can’t see that we’re any better off today than we were 50 or 100 years ago, and in some ways we’re probably worse. - Mrs. S.F.

A: You’re probably right; in some ways our society and our world are worse off than they were 50 or 100 years ago.

Not that those days were perfect, for they definitely weren’t. A hundred years ago, for instance, the world was on the brink of a horrific war that would kill or maim millions. But today’s headlines certainly indicate that we’re seeing an upswing in violence, and an alarming decline in morals. I can’t help but wonder if we’re now living in the days of which the Bible speaks: “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal... lovers of plea-sure rather than lovers of God” (2 Timothy 3:2-4).

But that means we need to pray more, not less! After all, what would the world be like if we didn’t pray, asking God to restrain evil and give wisdom to our leaders? Only God knows the full answer to that question, but I have no doubt our world would be an even worse place if God’s people didn’t pray.

Be grateful for your pastor’s concern for our nation and its leaders. But may his concern also become yours! The Bible commands us to pray for all who are in places of authority - and we need to take that command seriously (see 1 Timothy 2:1-4). At the same time, never forget that Christ alone is our hope for a better world.

The Clarion preparing for star-studded 2014-15 season, with several popular actsThe Clarion at Brazosport Col-

lege is gearing up for another big concert season featuring celebrity artists.

The 2014-15 Clarion perfor-mance season will include a vari-ety of top-notch artists, including popular country musicians Vince

Gill and the Time Jumpers, Travis Tritt and Rosanne Cash.

Opening the season on Sept. 6, Gill and the Time Jumpers will be a treat for music lovers. All seasoned touring and studio musi-cians, the Time Jumpers play an impressive array of classic western

swing and old-time country, and have performed with some of the industry’s top musicians. Among the stars sitting in with the band have been Bonnie Raitt, Reba McEntire, Robert Plant, the White Stripes and Carrie Underwood, just to name a few.

That’s only the beginning of this season’s list of Clarion performers, though.

When Tritt and Cash take the Clarion stage on Oct. 25 and Dec. 5, respectively, audiences will no doubt be looking forward to seeing these household names in concert.

Tritt has charted more than 40 songs on the Hot Country Songs charts, including five No. 1s, while Cash, daughter of music icon Johnny Cash, has garnered a Grammy, 12 Grammy nominations and 11 No. 1 singles during her 30-year career.

The Clarion will also welcome many other top artists, includ-ing Latin Grammy Jazz Grammy winner Pauito D’Rivera on April 25, the Jake Hertzog Trio featuring Ingrid Jensen on Nov. 21 and the Canadian Brass on Feb. 7, 2015.

Expanding beyond the musical realm, the Clarion will host one of the world’s top puppeteers, Jim Gamble’s Puppeteers, in “The Carnival of Animals,” on Sept.

23, a hilarious comedy/magic show featuring Chipper Lowell, and a unique performance of The Intergalactic Nemesis, Book One: Target Earth on March 28, 2015.

As an added bonus, the Cana-dian Brass and the Intergalactic Nemesis will be providing work-shops for local students.

The Canadian Brass will be for intermediate and high school band students while the Intergalactic Nemesis will be for intermediate

and high school drama students.One final show, with a performer

to be announced, will be added at a later date to this season’s lineup for Dow’s Anniversary Event in Jan. 2015.

Full season and individual tickets are available, as well as an option to pick four shows. Call the Clarion box office at (979) 230-3156 or log on to clarion.brazosport.edu to learn more.

Country-western singer and song-writer Travis Tritt will perform at the Clarion on Oct. 25. He is one of the many big names appearing this season.


paid off as he became a country music star.Gilley’s, the nightclub, hosted lots of good times between 1971 to 1989,

Legal problems with partner Sherwood Cryer forced the club to close in 1989, and a fire that same year closed it for good. But Gilley is thinking about trying to reopen another Gilley’s in the Houston area, according to the Houston Chronicle and other reports. Two clubs, one in Dallas and one in Las Vegas, still bear Gilley’s name.

The Pasadena club shined in the spotlight in the early 1980s after the movie “Urban Cowboy” was released in June, 1980, starring John Travolta as Buford “Bud” Davis and Debra Winger as “Sissy.” The western romantic drama, which had a $53 million gross, focused on a love/hate relationship between them, with prominent scenes filmed at Gilley’s. It spurred urban dwellers around the nation to buy cowboy boots and western duds and popu-larized riding mechanical bulls.

Gilley’s was huge in size with a capacity of 6,000 people and a dance floor that accommodated thousands. Many famous singers played at the club before and after becoming celebrities.

For tickets to see “Gilley,” call the box office at (979) 230-3156, or go to clarion.brazosport.edu.

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Mickey Gilley comes to The Clarion

Sandra Bullock, with $51 million, is highest-paid actress on Forbes list, up from No. 7 last yearBy Oliver GettellLos Angeles Times (MCT)

Sandra Bullock’s stratospheric paycheck for the Oscar-winning sci-fi thriller “Gravity” has launched her to the top of Forbes’ list of top-earn-ing actresses.

The 50-year-old actress made an estimated $51 million between June 2013 and June 2014, mostly from the Alfonso Cuaron-directed film, Forbes said. Bullock claimed the No. 7 spot last year.

“Gravity,” of course, was one of the biggest movies of 2013, gross-ing more than $716 million at the global box office and winning seven Oscars (on 10 nominations). Bull-ock, who was nominated for best actress but lost to Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”), had a lucrative profit-participation deal on the blockbuster hit.

Bullock’s impressive payday notwithstanding, she and her fellow actresses still trail Hollywood’s top-

paid male actors: Robert Downey Jr. raked in $75 million in the same period, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson earned $52 million.

Bullock is followed on the Forbes actress list by “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence ($34 million), “We’re the Millers” star Jennifer Aniston ($31 million), “Iron Man 3” star Gwyneth Paltrow ($19 million),

“Maleficent” star Angelina Jolie ($18 million) and “The Other Woman” star Cameron Diaz ($18 million).

Jolie topped last year’s list with an estimated $33 million, part of which was credited from her large upfront payment for “Maleficent.” She’s expected to earn more next year through a back-end deal on the Disney movie, which has grossed

more than $700 million worldwide.The clout associated with topping

the list often leads to actors seeking out new pastures in Hollywood.

Though “Maleficent” has proved that Jolie can still be a box-office powerhouse, she is also branching out into directing, with “Unbroken” set to arrive Christmas Day and “By the Sea” in the works.


Established in 1998

Marco Garcia was in high school and had no real goals for his future.

The Alvin High School student said he was in serious need of direc-tion when he discovered the Alvin Community College Upward Bound program.

“I didn’t believe in myself until I came to Upward Bound,” he said.

Garcia was the keynote speaker at the program’s annual award dinner on July 29. Upward Bound taught him important skills for col-

lege like study methods, instilling discipline, class preparation and more.

“I felt like I was at home,” he said. “Everyone was happy to see me. They came to me with open arms.”

This spring Garcia graduated from Sam Houston State University with a degree in criminal justice.

“I would not be the man I am today without the staff at Upward Bound,” he said. “They know what they are doing. They know exactly

what you need to do to get you where you want to go.”

Upward Bound seeks to motivate low-income and/or potential first-generation college students and help them develop the skills they need to complete secondary education and succeed at the post-secondary edu-cational institution of their choice. The purpose of the program is to build confidence and self-esteem, while providing the necessary tools and guidance to foster academic

success.The federally-funded program

is created by the Department of Education and works with Alvin High School students.

Upward Bound students receive tutoring for their classes; take campus tours of Texas colleges; participate in academic and athletic competitions as well as receive help applying for college and financial aid.

“They work hard,” said director Regan Metoyer. “They set goals for their future, and they achieve those goals.”

Since the program began in 2004, 115 students have graduated from Upward Bound.

Students recognized for the 2013-14 school year are:

2014 Volunteer of the Year: Sheyla Mendez

2014 Rising Star: Cody Gutierrez2014 Spirit of Upward Bound:

Shawn Keene2014 Leadership Award: Emerald

Hooper 2014 Ms. Manners Award: Adri-

ana Guzman 2014 Mr. Manners Award: Vin-

cent Naranjo 2014 Field Day Mandarin Award:

Mario Padilla 2014 Field Day Mandarin Award:

Kynnedy Flannel 2014 Graduate of the Year: Troy

Jackson 2014 Student of the Year: Ryan

Easton 2014 Teachers of the Year: Scott

Powell, Irma Garcia

ACC’s Upward Bound builds confidence in students, recognizes academic achievement

ACC Upward Bound recognized Ryan Easton as the 2014 Student of the Year during the annual awards dinner on July 29. From left: Upward Bound director Regan Metoyer, Eason, advisor Sharmeal Archie and assistant Tobie Matusek.

ACC Upward Bound named Troy Jackson as the 2014 Graduate of the Year during the annual awards dinner on July 29. From left: Upward Bound director Regan Metoyer, Jackson, advisor Sharmeal Archie and assistant Tobie Matusek.



Texas Education AgencyDivision of Career and Technical EducationPublic Notification of Nondiscrimination inCareer and Technical Education Programs

Danbury ISD offers Career and Technical Education programs in Agriculture Science, Business, Marketing, Anatomy and Physiology,

Health Science Technology, S.T.E.M., and Information Technology. Admission to these programs is based on age appropriateness, prerequi-sites, student requests, and space available.

It is the policy of Danbury ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, ser-vices or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

It is the policy of Danbury ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Danbury ISD will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Sherry Phillips, at P.O. Box 378, Danbury, TX 77534, (979) 922-1218, ext 1006 and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Sherry Phillips, at P.O. Box 378, Danbury, TX 77534, (979) 922-1218. Ext 1006.

Texas Education AgencyDivision of Career and Technical Education

Notificación Publica de No Discriminación enProgramas Vocacionales

(Career and Technical Education Programs)

El distrito independiente de Danbury ofrece programas vocacionales en la ciencia agricola, negocios, mercadotecnia, anatomía y fisiología, Salud Ciencia Technologia, Cienca.Tecnologia.Ingeniera.Mathematicas, y en informacion tecnológica. La admisión a estos programas se basada de acuerdo a su edad, requisitos previos, que el estudiante solicita, y en la disponibilidad de espacio en salon.

Es norma de Danbury ISD no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmien-das en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilit-ación de 1973, según enmienda.

Es norma de Danbury ISD no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, en sus procedimientos de empleo, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.

Danbury ISD tomará las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admis-ión y participación en todos los programas educativos y vocacionales.

Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX, Sherry Phillips, en P.O. Box 378 Danbury, Texas 77534, (979) 922-1218 ext. 1006, y/o el Coordi- nador de la Seccion 504, Sherry Phillips, en P.O. Box 378, Danbury, Texas 77534, (979) 922-1218, ext 1006.

The Galveston County Community Action Council has been awarded funds from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) in the amount of $2,423,527 to assist low-income families, under its Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP). These funds are to be used for utility assistance. The household must not exceed 125% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Income Guidelines.

Documentation Required: 1) Current ID or Driver’s License 2) Current Utility Bill 3) Household’s gross income (for all household members 18 years and older), for the 30-day period prior to the date of application.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

For further information or to find out if you are eligible for the program, please contact or visit the Community Action office nearest you. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Galveston County - 4700 Broadway, Suite C100, Galveston, TX 409-762-8418 Galveston County - 2000 Texas Avenue, Suite 631, Texas City, TX 409-941-0680 Fort Bend County - 1106 Morton, Suite C, Richmond, TX 281-342-3012 Brazoria County - 1216 North Velasco, Angleton, TX 979-849-2928 Wharton County - 213-B North Richmond Road, Wharton, TX 979-543-1561

NO APPOINTMENTS NEEDEDWALK-INS ACCEPTED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

How to cross the border faster – the other wayAUSTIN — With drivers some-

times waiting up to several hours to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, the Texas Department of Trans-portation is partnering with the city of El Paso to provide real-time traf-fic updates so travelers can plan accordingly and avoid long waits.

Using Bluetooth® and radio-fre-quency identification (RFID) tech-nology, wait times will be available to motorists and commercial shippers so they can modify travel plans as needed.

“Texas is proud to lead the way in transportation technology, especially when it helps relieve congestion and improve mobility at

key points on our roadways,” said Chairman Ted Houghton, Texas Transportation Commission.

Here’s how the new technology works: As Bluetooth devices (in passenger vehicles) and RFID transponders (in commercial vehicles) pass roadside sensors, bridge wait times are calculated and posted at bcis.tamu.edu.

Drivers can access this site and make decisions on when to leave based on the real-time wait times.

The data is used only temporar-ily and does not identify actual drivers or their vehicles.

Currently, drivers can utilize the new Bluetooth-generated

data for the Ysleta crossing, also known as Zaragoza and located between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Shippers can access similar data generated via RFIDs at the following seven sites along the border: Ysleta Bridge in El Paso; Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge; Veteran’s Memorial Bridge in Brownsville; World Trade and Colombia bridges in Laredo; and Camino Real International Bridge in Eagle Pass.

Bluetooth technology also is in use along I-35 in Waco and at the Port Aransas Ferry, where wait times are posted onto digital mes-sage boards.

Automated technology to provide accurate, real-time border crossing wait times


any of those. I’m not getting any younger. I also won’t go on the tallest water slide in the world, Schlitterbahn’s Verrückt in Kansas City, Kansas. I’m not much of a water park person anymore.

The fastest I like to go in a water park is the speed of the Lazy River.

I saw a video as they were build-ing and fine-tuning the Verrückt (See how I included the two dots on top of the “u”? It would have been easier to leave them off.)

So, I saw this video in which the

raft used to carry the people down at insane speeds to the bottom, only to lift them up again for a second thrill, jumped off the slide and landed on the ground.

Those type of videos are not good publicity, but I assume they corrected that slight problem and now the raft stays in the slide all the way down.

I have gone down some tall slides, but not anywhere this tall, in my younger days. It’s a thrill, but after a few decades, we kind of settle in and watch others do it.

The last roller coaster I probably will ever ride in my life (maybe) was that relatively small one at the Pleasure Pier in Galveston.

I rode it shortly after the pier opened. It was a lot fun, provided you don’t mind the possibility of whiplash while this steel contrap-tion tosses and twists you in more directions than thought possible in a matter of seconds.

It was a good way to finish off my roller coaster career (if it is finished).

I’m not sure which coaster was my first one. There have been so many. It may have been the one in Vienna, Austria at the Pratter, or the Coney Island Cyclone in New York.

I remember the Coney Island ride because it was a huge wooden coaster, and it shook me and my mother to death all the way up and down. We banged heads once, but otherwise escaped injury.

(That’s where I get my adventur-ism from - my mother’s side. She was always game to try anything).

The Cyclone’s little car seemed flimsy considering how high we

were being taken to start the ride. There were no shoulder straps or harnesses, just the a belt around our waist. And, we held on to the handle bar in the front.

A few weeks after we rode it, I saw on the news that the coaster had been condemned and closed.

The Cyclone opened to the public in 1927. It’s only 85 feet tall and is now operating totally safe and refurbished. It’s not as tall as the record-setters, but it has history.

The original cost $127,000 to build. Back in 1927, that was a pretty good sum of money, but not as much as what today’s monsters cost. The Skyscraper is expected to run about $200 million.

My last wooden roller coaster ride (unless I get on another one) was the one at Kemah. Good ride for the money, but bumpy, and it’s over quickly.

The problem with wooden coast-ers is that they don’t loop. After the first big drop, you’re just waiting to finish the ride. The looping metal coasters have the thrilling drop, and

then whatever else comes along, including the loops.

I rode a wooden coaster in Dallas a few years ago that was a pretty good ride, but bumpy, of course. I rode it with a friend about my age. Our daughters decided against join-ing us. Enough said.

We were there for a softball tournament, and after winning it, decided to stay an extra day and take the girls to Six Flags over Texas.

Roller coasters, I love you, but I hope you understand. Younger ones have taken my place – maybe. I’ll never forget the thrills and that head bump that only hurt for a few days. It’s been fun while it lasted, but now we have to part ways – well, maybe.

As summer vacation fades slowly, the screams die down. Then schools open, and the only screams to be heard will come from students after they get back those first test results.

But let’s not end on a sad note. How about one more ride?

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History of the WorldBy Mark AndrewsTribune Content Agency

Aug. 11: ON THIS DATE in 1909, the SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C. In 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at the island prison Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.

Aug. 12: ON THIS DATE in 1953, the Soviet Union conducted secret tests of its first hydrogen bomb. In 1981, IBM introduced the personal computer and PC-DOS version 1.0.

Aug. 13: ON THIS DATE in 1624, French King Louis XIII named Cardinal Richelieu his first minister. In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London.

Aug. 14: ON THIS DATE in 1900, international forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreigners. In 1935, the Social Security Act became law, creating unemployment insurance and a pension plan for the elderly.

Aug. 15: ON THIS DATE in 1057, Macbeth, king of Scotland, was slain in battle by the son of the late King Duncan, whom Macbeth had murdered 17 years earlier to gain the throne. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in upstate New York.

Aug. 16: ON THIS DATE in 1861, President Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding Confederate states. In 1977, rock-music icon Elvis Presley died at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tenn. He was 42.

Aug. 17: ON THIS DATE in 1896, a prospecting party discovered gold in northwestern Canada; reports reaching Seattle and San Francisco months later touched off the Klondike gold rush. In 1969, Hurricane Camille killed 248 people when it struck Mississippi’s Gulf coast.

Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1962, Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as drummer for the Beatles.

This week’s question: Who received a patent for the motion-picture camera in 1891?

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Dorothy Jean Warren, Deceased, were issued on July 31, 2014, in Cause No. PR35097, pending in the County Court at Law No. 1, Brazoria County, Texas, to: Susan Jean Warren.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

c/o: Victor A. SturmAttorney at Law2420 S. Grand Blvd.Pearland, Texas 77581

DATED the 4th day of August, 2014By:/s/Victor A. Sturm

Attorney for Susan Jean WarrenState Bar No: 19451500

2420 S. Grand Blvd.Pearland, Texas 77581

Telephone: (281) 485-2011Facsimile: (281) 485-5730

E-mail: [email protected]

Pearland City Council passed a measure to fund construction services associated with a sports complex at Shadow Creek Ranch Park to the Crain Group, LLC. of Pearland.

The acceptance of the $6.5 mil-lion bid authorizes construction to begin on the park located north of Shadow Creek Parkway and west of Kingsley Drive.

“I am excited to see movement in this park development. Though not all amenities from the original design are included, I am happy we have funding to provide the ameni-ties that we can. Beginning the first phase of construction is progress and a direct reflection of the support from City Council and the need that has been expressed by residents throughout the community,” said Michelle Graham, Parks & Recre-ation Director.

Shadow Creek Ranch Park is a City of Pearland Capital Improve-ment Project that was approved by voters in the 2007 bond election. Initial construction includes three softball fields, four baseball fields, and one soccer practice field. The park is expected to open in late 2015. For more information, visit pearlandtx.gov.

Pearland to build sports complex

AUSTIN, Texas—Less than a month remains for active military person-nel and their families to receive free admission to state historic sites operated by the Texas Historical Commission (THC). The offer is part of the Blue Star Museums program, an annual initiative coordinated by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which began on Memorial Day and continues through Labor Day (Sept. 1).

For more information, and to learn about other participating museums, visit www.arts.gov/

Several of the THC’s historic sites are dedicated to preserving the memory of military service in Texas or by Texans, including Sabine Pass Battleground near Port Arthur, Confederate Reunion Grounds near Mexia, Fort Griffin near Albany, Fort McKavett near Menard, and the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. A list of the THC’s 20 sites, along with maps, site descriptions, and more information can be found at www.texashistoricsites.com.

More than 2,000 museums in all 50 states and territories such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are taking part in the Blue Star Museums program.

Free entry to THC sites for military personnel through Labor Day

As cash and sales fall, RadioShack needs a rebootBy Mitchell SchnurmanThe Dallas Morning News (MCT)

RadioShack sales keep drop-ping, cash is going fast, and the stock trades for half a buck. Heck, one analyst has a target price of zero. So why doesn’t RadioShack declare bankruptcy already?

Maybe that won’t fix the problem.American Airlines used Chapter

11 to reset labor costs and end expensive pensions. Energy Future Holdings filed so it could wipe out two-thirds of its debt and crippling interest payments.

But at RadioShack, bankruptcy

won’t attract more customers or turn losses into profits or slow down Amazon and Best Buy. RadioShack has a tired business model, and thousands of stores must be rein-vigorated.

That’s a risky, expensive proposi-tion, and lenders are balking. They wouldn’t approve RadioShack’s plan to close 1,100 stores, more than a quarter of the U.S. chain, because inventory is collateral for company loans.

Last week, Moody’s Investors

Service said senior lenders wanted “to shore up Radio Shack’s liquida-tion value” in case the company goes under.

Have you heard a stronger vote of no confidence? Given a choice between management’s plan for the future and preserving inventory for a fire sale, insiders went for the latter.

That reflects “their dim view of RadioShack’s turnaround pros-pects,” wrote Moody’s senior credit analyst Mickey Chadha.


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Come by the SPCA-BC Shelter at 141 Canna Ln., Lake Jackson, or we are at Brazos Mall, Petco and Petsmart every Saturday, to visit with these pets and many of their friends. Kennel sponsorships are now available for large or small kennels. Why not have your company or family recog-nized with a plaque to show you care? Call (979) 285-2340, ext. 100, or visit www.spcabc.org for details. Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. Come by the SPCA-BC, and fill out an application today.

AUSTIN — Keeping vehicles road-ready and saving money at the pump is now easier than ever, thanks to a new smartphone Web app from the Texas Department of Transportation. Along with helpful hints for keep-ing vehicles operating efficiently, the “Roadcents” app also offers tips for reducing tailpipe emissions that contribute to air pollution.

“A vehicle in peak condition will produce fewer emissions, reduce the chance of a roadside breakdown and improve gas mileage,” said Margo Richards, TxDOT travel information division director. “Saving money on gas this summer while also helping the environment is something all motorists can appreciate.”

“Roadcents” is a Web-based app for a mobile device or computer that gives drivers the tools to track vehicle maintenance and calculate how much they can save by changing their driving and vehicle maintenance habits. Drivers also can receive email alerts when their vehicles are scheduled for maintenance; find nearby auto repair facilities and gas stations; and get tips on what to do in case of a roadside breakdown or collision.

Driving a vehicle that needs maintenance can add more than $100 to annual gas spending. Likewise, underinflated tires increase vehicle emis-sions and can add an extra $90 a year to fuel costs. Poor driving habits such as speeding and rapid starts and stops also can cost a driver as much as $900 a year in gas.

Since 2002, TxDOT’s “Drive Clean Across Texas” campaign - now known as “Drive Clean Texas” - has urged drivers to take simple steps to keep their vehicle in shape and reduce emissions that affect our state’s air quality. To use “Roadcents,” visit DriveCleanTexas.org, create an account and enter vehicle information. The website also offers additional ideas on reducing air pollution and saving money at the gas pump.

New TxDOT web app helps drivers save money, reduce emissions

How to care for your pet without breaking the bankBy Lindsay FriedmanChicago Tribune (MCT)

It’s a shame furry friends can’t pay for themselves. Though wag-ging tails after a long day at work may make pet ownership seem worthwhile, a happy pup won’t stop those bills from rolling in at the end of the month. Thankfully, quick and easy ways exist for dog owners to cut down on costs.

Log on for discounts. Sites like Groupon feature daily deals for new toys, treats, day care, dog walk-ers and even grooming services for the pampered pup. Sites like doggyloot.com or coupaw.com also offer online deals and printable cou-pons. They feature treats and toys

as well as products like brushes and first aid kits.

Dog duds for the sporty or posh pup also are available on sites like dealwagger.com or dog.com. Fol-lowing a company’s social media account, website, membership club or email list will bring deals even closer. Need a good deal in a hurry? Try a thrift shop, or ask your vet if he or she knows of any local deals.

Do it yourself. As the sun gets brighter and days get hotter, dogs can burn through a lot of energy and bags of food. But with each bowlful of chow comes an ever-increasing price tag.

Combat those costs by spending a bit of time in the kitchen. Some

owners make their own dog food, including dishes ranging from diced liver to peanut butter biscuits.

There are all sorts of free recipes online and books in stores. Home-cooked meals can also make for a happy, healthy and longer-living pet. Just ask Your Pet Chef founder and cookbook author Lisa Hennessy. “It really is so much better for people to make their own dog food for a better diet,” Hennessy said. “You save so much more money in the long run.”

Obedience. With the need to explore, it’s impossible to keep your family friend safe from harm or unforeseen accidents. Getting the care your injured dog needs could mean bills reaching thousands of dollars.

Thankfully, there are ways to pre-pare for or even prevent the worst from happening without breaking the bank. However, this requires not only the dog, but the owner, to follow the rules.

The best way to avoid trauma is to be consistent and vigilant, following through with instructions from trainers or veterinarians. A well-behaved and trained dog is great for a number of reasons. It’s less likely to get in fights or destroy that favorite couch. A leash-trained dog is even better when paired with an observant owner. Electric fences also can be effective but can be a lot of work.

Prevention. No doubt, health care is the most expensive part of owning any pet, especially dogs. But, Dr. Louise Murray, vice president of New York’s ASPCA Animal Hospital, said getting that shot before your dog gets sick is worth it in the long run.

“The truth is the best way to save is to be really good about preventive care,” Murray said.

Getting preventive vaccines or medications help your dog avoid serious illnesses that could cost thousands of dollars to treat. The same is true for spaying and neuter-ing your dog. Taking preventive action is also a good practice for doggy dental care. Ask your vet for the best way to brush your dog’s teeth. Doing it effectively once a day or even three times a week can stop bad mouth diseases like gingivitis or worse health effects like kidney damage.


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Bulletin Crossword Puzzle of the Week Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Solutions

Across1 Jay who’s on late5 Crop up10 1974 CIA vs. KGB spoof14 Vehicle behind dogs15 Summer skirt material16 McDonald’s founder Ray17 It’s heedless to go off it19 Davenport’s state20 One-__: biased21 Ancient Mexican

23 HIV-treating drug24 “Hold on __!”26 Family nicknames28 Car-waxing result33 Letters linking real and assumed names34 Lures35 Himalayan republic38 Invoice add-on39 Choir room hangers43 “Over my dead body!”

46 MouthHealthy.org org.47 Motion on a mound51 Dwarf planting52 Polish prose53 Mil. training center54 Wood shop tool58 Prefix meaning “culture”61 Work hard63 Director’s cry, and hint to the ends of 17-, 28- and 47-Across65 Savvy about66 __ voce: softly67 Skye of “Say Anything ...”68 Mark for removal69 Deplete70 Start of a classic Christmas poem

Down1 D-Day fleet2 Pre-college, for short3 Must have now, in memo-speak4 Most peculiar5 Stein filler6 Kelly in Electrolux ads7 Mother of Don Juan8 Transmitted9 Natural to a region10 Enjoy a winter sport11 Some charity golf tourna-ments12 Cry of surprise13 Sings like Ella18 German river22 Wicker worker25 Runner Sebastian27 Sushi bar soup28 PC linkup29 Tiny Tim’s instrument30 Loosen, as laces31 “Act Naturally” singer Ringo32 Puts back together36 Picnic crashers37 From around here40 Infielder’s mistake41 Academic address ending42 Breakfast syrup source44 Massage technique45 Female in the flock47 __ Raceway: Pennsylvania NASCAR track48 Latin for “where it originally was”49 Creative output50 Blockhead51 Anti-crow’s-feet treatment55 Pres. Jefferson56 Despise57 Words to a traitor59 Grandma60 Unlocks, poetically62 Subdivision unit64 Bread for dipping, say(c)2014 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, INC.In memory of Greg Wilkinson

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www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 August 12, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 15Jumble AnswersJumbles: HOVEL VISOR BLOUSE DECENTAnswer: What the couple said when the poetry reading left them puzzled -- COULD BE “VERSE”

Bulletin HoroscopeTribune Content Agency

ARIES (March 21-April 19): New isn’t necessarily better, although your originality and resourceful-ness receives applause. Fight off a tendency to “stir things up,” “take a stand” or argue a debatable point during the second part of this week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Professional restraint could be seen as a takeover bid. You may dive into a project later this week only to find that your diplomatic style has made someone suspicious of your motives. Play it cool.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Every-

thing worth doing will get done in time. Don’t let anyone bully you into a tizzy of action in the week ahead. Some people could be more difficult than usual to deal with, so hold off on crucial negotiations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Resis-tance is futile. In the week ahead,

you’ll find it useless to fight city hall or anyone else. If rules are laid down to be followed, follow them, and if bills need to be paid, pay them. Save your energy for something worthwhile.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put the pedal to the metal in the early part of the week. By midweek, you may be forced to apply the brakes and slow down. It may be necessary to remain distant and professional in social situ-ations; only relax with close friends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Remain objective to reach your objective. Some situations will improve all by themselves, but you can help them along in the week ahead by being prepared for any eventuality.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Money is a symbol representing values and power. Don’t let a lack of cash dictate your mood this week. The most sig-nificant issues don’t always revolve around money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t put any more irons into the fire in the week ahead. Keep working to reach the goals you already have in place. You may be very wise to avoid the poker table or wild specu-

lation with financial assets.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): You may be challenged to work hard in the week to come, but you can play hard, too. Remain self-dis-ciplined about spending and don’t enter into any long-term contracts that require monthly payments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put on the push. Your ambitions could light up your life in the week to come. You should focus on applying yourself to the utmost in the early part of the week and maintain a low prolife during the second half.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s only a problem if you think it’s a problem. In the week to come, you might find that other people are exacting and likely to promote high standards, although you may take it as personal criticism.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Perfectionism can impact your reputation in a favorable way. In the week ahead, remain accurate and be willing to go the extra mile. Spend extra time with loved ones and family whenever you find an opportunity.

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