The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 3, 1999 Page: 5 of 24
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Nothing like a little procrastination
Would you believe we haven’t
taken our Christmas tree down?
There are no torn wrappers in
the house and the living room has
been completely cleaned out and
vacuumed twice.
The tree just stands there unlit
with its bare holder at the bottom
jn plain sight.
The cord to all the twinkle
lights lies on the rug below the
electrical outlet.
Drummer Boys and little wood-
en Santas hang there on those
green limbs staring as if they
don’t know wjiere everybody
went.
I was home by myself a couple,
of nights ago while my wife took
a Christmas sweater back to
exchange and just for tun I turned
SB
JIM
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the lights on. ■
'Memories of such a short time
ago started popping in my head.
Gibiet gravy, ham and turkey,
pumpkin and pecan pies, all those
great things to consume on
Christ’s birthday.
But mostly, I thought of little
grandkids ripping open packages
and grown-ups smiling like they
do only on Christmas.
I thought about talking by
phone to all my family scattered
around the country and how on
this day their voices are a sound
of joy.
I thought about the millions of
children everywhere who for their
fost time would wake up on
Christmas morning and truly
believe that St. Nicholas had visit-
ed in the night.
1 thought about not hearing the
music of the holiday season being
played in all the department
stores.
Oh-Oh, 1 heard my wife’s car in
the driveway so I quickly
unplugged the tree.
When she walked in, she said,
“I’ve got to get that tree down and
up in the attic this weekend.” The
she added, “What did you have
the lights on for?”
“Just checking to see if all the
strands still tit up,” was my reply.
Let’s make ‘99 the best ever.
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for making the Dean’s list,
we Are Proud of You! -
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New Texas tags are now available
1 AUSTIN, Texas—Texans love
this State. And, they show their
pride every chance they get.
, According to figures from the
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion, the'‘State of the Arts”
* license plate has surpassed the
standard personalized license
plate as Texas’ fastest selling spe-
cialty plate. J
The Texas Commission on the
Arts (TCA), which developed the
State of the Arts plate as a means
of raising money to promote ihe
Texas Cultural Endowment Fund,
sold on average 456 plates per
month from December 1997
through October 1998. Texans
purchased, on average, 299. per-
sonalized plates over the same
period. TCA has sold more than
13,800 plates since the State of
the Arts plate was introduced in
1995.
The plate resembles the Texas
state flag with .a white star
embedded in a blue background,
. the word “Texas” and the five-
character license plate number in
the white stripe, and “State of the
Arts” written across the bottom in,
the red stripe.
“Although the plate was devel-
oped to help support the arts and
culture of Texas, we realize that
many of the purchases are made
because of the plate design itself,”
said Gaye Greever McElwain,
TCA’s administrator of marketing.
“Texas is a state filled with
extremely proud citizens, and
anything that symbolizes our
pride —in this case, a license
plate that resembles the Texas
flag—is highly popular.”
To help offset public contribu-
tions to the arts, the Texas Cultur-
al Endowment Fund was estab-
lished in 1993 under house bill
2223 as a public/private initiative
to provide TCA with a stable
funding source for the enhance-
ment of the performing, visual
and literary arts, as well as art
education.
TCA hopes to raise $200 mil-
lion for the fund by 2005 from a
variety of sources, including the
license plate program. If TCA can
achieve this goal, it will allow the
commission to be financially
independent, ending the need for
taxpayer dollars. The $200-mil-
lion fond also would boost Texas’
per capita spending from the cur-
rent^.18 to $.52. Texas ranks
55th among the 50 states and six
U.S. territories in per capita
spending on the arts.
“We couldn’t be more pleased
with the number of Texans inter-
ested in the plate,” said John Paul
Batiste, TCA’s executive director.
“Our job is to encourage all Tex-
ans and visitors to experience
what our state has to offer in
terms of art and culture, and our
license plate program has provid-
ed a highly successful financial
mechanism to continue our
efforts.”
The State of the Arts specialty
plates are available for $25 each
($20 goes to promote the Texas
Cultural Endowment Fund and $5
reimburses the Texas Department'
of Transportation’s cost to pro-
duce the plate). For an additional
$40, Texans may personalize the
specialty plates using up to five
characters.
For more information or to
order the State of the Arts license
plate,'Texans can call 1 -800-252-
9415 or log on to TCA’s Web site
at www.arts.state.tx.us.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 3, 1999, newspaper, January 3, 1999; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1020495/m1/5/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.