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Last night, we bid farewell to 2014 with all the
usual fanfare, fireworks and celebrations.
Today, we welcome 2015 cvvith the hope and ex-
pectation that a prosperous and exciting 12 months
, lies ahead.
New Year's Day is an occasion for new begin-
nings. The fresh calendar offers an invitation to see
things in a new light, to go a better direction, to take
new actions that improve lives.
A new year is a new start and we-should all take the
chance to start 2015 on a positive, optimistic note.
Many of us are making New Year's resolutions.
Like eating healthier, or resolving to spend more
time with family and friends; or even promising to
be thriftier.
Resolutions are good. Whether- or not w'e keep
them, they make us optimistic about our future and
put a positive spin on life.
New Year's Day is a time when we can turn the
page on the old and set new, higher standards for
ourselves for the future.
For us, a simple wish: may it be a happy and
healthy New Year for all.
GUEST VIEW
Now begins a
bright & shiny
new year
Now begins a bright and shiny new year. It is a clean
slate upon which many write resolutions and promises
to themselves, designed to bring them more happiness
in the year to come. For most, that means many dif-
ferent things. However, basically, for
me happiness can be narrowed down
to the four “F’^'.
The first is faith. It puts everything in
perspective when you believe in some-
thing bigger than yourself and realize
that the world does not revolve around
you. That we are all part of God’s di-
vine plan gives meaning to all we do.
The mercy and grace of a risen Savior
sustains me through the hard times.
Secondly comes family. They are
the roots that bind us together and give continuity to
our lives. To really enjoy them, however, we must first
put down that suitcase full of past resentments and
jealousies. You cannot fully embrace someone if one
hand is gripping heavy baggage.- Throw both arms
around them and love them - they are the thread that
binds us together.
Next on the list are friends. They are like family
without the baggage. Cultivate them as you would a
rare flower. Put in time and care and the results will be
breathtaking and give you much joy.
Lastly, seek fun. Create things to look forward to,
whether it be travel, eating, at a special restaurant,
gaffiering for special times, or just planning your
spring garden. Do things that make you laugh often.
It is good for the body and the soul. .
May you find much happiness in 2015.
Happy New Year!
GINGER
STRIPLING
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2015: A look back to the future
Ahhhh... 2015.
Nobody knows for certain what the
new year will hold. That's probably
for the best if we did know what was
going to happen this year. We might be
less inclined to even follow through
on all those resolutions we’ve made.
Like you, l t#o just have to be patient ,
and hope for better days ahead.
As Americans,-we can safely pre-
dict that many of the problems th'qt
afflicted us in 2014 will stilhbe with
us in the coming year, if only because
many of them like disease have af-
flicted humankind for all of recorded
history.
In the U.S., we’ve had only two fa-
talities from tfie.Ebola virus, but Ebo-
la continues to rampage in Africa, and
no place will be safe until it’s brought
under control everywhere. Progress in
2015 can happen if we put the same
vigor into fighting Ebola where it
originates that we put into stopping it
from gaining a foothold here.
• Another.easily predictable and sad
constant in our world is war. and 2015
promises to undoubtedly see the con-
tinuation of two of America’s most in-
tractable conflicts. In 2014, the end of
our 13-year war in Afghanistan wa$ an-
nounced. But.as we learned in Iraq, the
fighting often continues after the war
is declared over. With the rise of ISIS,
Iraq is now in as much turmoil as it has
been at any. time since the U.S. inva-
sion. The next year will undoubtedly
see not only a fight with ISIS, but also
a fight at home over how to fight ISIS..
On a happier international note,
2014 finally saw a thaw in relations
between the U.S, and Cuba, so 2015
will be a year of reconciliation and
renewal for many long-separated fam-
ilies,: ■
-We know- for certain that 2015 wil l.
see several very significant anniversa-
ries. Some of these.deal with the com-
plicated history of race relations in the
United States, just at a time when our
problems in that area arc very evident.
But, then,- that’s hardly a coincidence,
since problems with race relations are
DONNA
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constantly part of.
our lives in Amer-
ica, And if those
problems are not
always. evident
to all people, that
mdrely highlights
the problem.
The killings of
Michael . Brown
and Eric Garner
last year saw1 attention finally focused
on the problem of police treatment of
communities of color. In 2015 we’ll
be reminded of how those communi- ’
ties have been mistreated throughout
oiir history.
August 2015 will see the 10th anni-
versary of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina
taught us that Mother Nature may
treat all of us the same, but the poor
and disenfranchised get 'much worse
treatment when it comes to allocating
resources to repair the ravages of na-
ture.
And just as the streets of our cities
have recently been full of people pro- .
testing police treatment in the.Brown
,and Garner cases, the 50th-anniver-
sary of one of the most iconic rights
marches of all time ajfjves in March
with the commemoration of 1965’s
Sclma-to-Montgomery march for vot-
ing rights. On March 7. 1965,600 vot-
ing-rights marchers were, brutally at-
tacked by police using billy clubs and
tear gas in what came to be known as
Bloody'Sunday.
.With the renewed impetus of the .
Brown and Garner cases, the annual
BridgeCrossing Jubilee in 2015, more
than ever, will be a call to use the les-
sons of past struggle to move forward,
in the future.
And we eifii ajl hope that the econ-
omy continues to improve. Chances
for that’look good, as most economic
forecasters predict a rosy 2015, fueled
by increasing employment, low inter-
est rates and; low energy prices. If the
predictions hold true, then 2015 could'
well see us transition frflm a recover-'
ing economy to a truly healthy one.
FAQs: Getting your news to us
A longtime Baytown resident. Ginger Stripling Jives in
Mont Belvieu.
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Q. I have taken a photo of flood-
ing in my neighborhood. An auto
accident? Adorable children?
Would The Sun be interested in
One thing that could help that hap-
pen are the increases in the minimum
wage that are set to take place in 20
States this month. That will help not
only the 4.4 million people who will
receive wage increases, but all of us,
s as the spending money put into the
pockets of minimum-wage workers
helps drive the economy as whole.
Politically in 2015. Republicans
will control both houses of Congress,
and will be under more pressure to ac-
complish things. The 113th Congress
was one of the least productive of al I
time The 114th Congress’will have,
higher expectations, but deep divides
within the majority party may hinder
its ability to meet those expectations.,
For his, part, if people expected -!
President Obama to go quietly into
lame duck status, his bold moves late
in 2014 on immigration and relations
with Cuba would indicate that 2015
may feature a feistier Obama than
We’ve seen spice early in his first term..
There's so much more to look for-
ward to. including many annual occur-
rences- a Super Bowl winner, a new
batch of Oscar winners, the women’s
World Cup. And. of course, there’s
another royal baby due in April 2015.
But the only thing that is Securely
documented as definitely happen- ■
ing next year comes from the movie
. “Back to the Future II." There, it’s
clearly shown that Doc, Marty McFly
and his girlfriend, Jennifer, will arrive
from the past on Oct. 21. 2015. Of
course, we know in detail vvhat they
do once they get here, but I won't spoil
the movie for .you if you’ve never seen
it. Suffice it to say. by that time we’ll
all have shoelaces that tie automat-
ically, flying cars and hoverboards.
So thercYtklot to look forward to in .
2015!
Donna Brazile is a senior Demo-
cratic strategist, a political comment
tutor and contributor to CNN and
ABC News, and a"contributing col-
umnist to Ms. Magazine and O, the
Oprah Magazine.
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name; address and phone number.
Today is Thursday, Jan. I, the first day
of 2015. There are 364 days, left in the
year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 1, 1975, a jury in Washington
found Nixon administration officials John
N. Mitchell, H.R. Flaideman, John D. Eh-
rlichrhan and Robert C. Mardian guilty of
charges related to the Watergate cover-up;
a fifth defendant, Kenneth Parkinson, was
acquitted, and Mardian’s conviction for
TODAY IN HISTORY
conspiracy was later overturned on appeal.
On this date:
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln is-
sued the Emancipation Proclamation, de-
claring that slaves in rebel states shall be
“forever free.”
In 1913, the U.S. Parcel Post system
went into, operation.
In 1935, The Associated Press inaugu-
rated Wirephoto, the first successful ser-
vice for transmitting photographs by wire
to member newspapers.
In 1953, country singer Flank Williams
Sr., 29, was discovered dead in the back
seat of his ear during a stop in Oak Hill,
West Virginia,-while he was being driven
to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.
In 1984, the breakup of AT&T took
place as the telecommunications giant was
divested of its 22 Bell System companies'
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