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A Fall Free For All fall festi-
val will be held from 2-6 p.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6911 Mas-
ters Road in Manvel, hosted by
several area churches
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The Alvin High School
Class of 1966 will meet from
6-11 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at
Joe’s Banquet Center in Alvin.
Cost is $30 per person. Dead-
line for reservations is Oct. 10.
For more information and to
make reservations, email stuk-
sa60 @ gmai 1. com.
Lone Star Legal Aid invites
veterans in need of legal help
to apply for its services from
8 a.m. to noon, Nov. 7-9 at 102
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to view
our website
The Alvin Rotary Club
will host the 12th annual Ro-
tary Novemberfest, Saturday,
Nov. 12. Activities will be held
throughout the day beginning at
7 a.m. Proceeds benefit the Al-
vin Rotary Club’s scholarship
program.
Oak Park Drive, Ste. 103 in
Clute. Coffee and donuts will
be served.
Full moon rides for bikers
will take place Nov. 12 and
Dec. 10. A special escorted ride
to Winchester Lodge Nursing
Home will take place Dec. 18 in
the afternoon.
A Memory Fair will be
held from 1-4 p.m., Saturday,
Nov. 12 at St. John the Bap-
tist, 110 E. South St. in Alvin.
was tabulated at 5.0 percent over
the same period.
Texas
Brazoria National Wildlife
Refuge will celebrate its 50th
anniversary from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., Nov. 12 at 2022 CR 227,
1.8 miles northeast of FM 523
Sorry, Sparkman, but dogs are
not allowed to vote, at least not
yet. However, don’t be surprised
The Alvin Jacketeers will
host an evening filled with
holiday spirit at 6:30 p.m.,
Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Alvin
High School cafeteria. Enter-
tainment by Alvin ISD Fine
Arts students, as well as fam-
ily friendly games, prizes, and
silent auction. Tickets are $10;
seating is limited. For more in-
formation, email Eve Robinson
at Ehamons@alvinisd.net, call
281-245-2617, or visit Alvin-
isd.net/domain/2172.
in Freeport. For more informa-
tion, visit www.refugefriends,
org and click the ducks.
Breakfast with Santa and
a Children’s Book Sale will
be held from 8:30-10:30 a.m.,
Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Alvin
Senior Center. Tickets are $5.
Dan Moore
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U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz
BOB Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
Healthy cooking demonstration
in Spanish at 2 p.m. A discus-
sion of memory problems at 1
p.m. Eots of activities. For more
information, call Nancy Good-
night at 281-380-1684.
The 5th annual Manvel
Police Association Chili and
BBQ Cook Off will be held
Oct. 28 and 29 at 19710 Hwy.
6, across from Manvel High
School. Proceeds benefit Blue
Santa, Toys for Tots, and the
Manvel Police Association.
President
Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414
comments @ whitehouse, gov
U.S. Senator
John Cornyn
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510-5922
(202) 224-2934
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 980
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 572-3337
Fax: 202-228-2856
comyn. senate, gov /public/
U.S. Representative
Randy Weber Dist. 14
510 Camion House
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2831
weber.house.gov
U.S. Representative
Pete Olson Dist. 22
312 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5951
6302 W. Broadway, Ste. 220
Pearland, TX 77581
281-485-4855
olson.house.gov
Governor
Greg Abbott
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
Info and Referral:
800-843-5789
Opinions: 800-252-9600
governor, state.tx.us/contact
The Sparkman
&
The Big Dog
State Senator
Larry Taylor Dist 11
PO. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512)463-0111
174 Calder Rd. Ste. 151
League City, TX 77573
281-332-0003
State Representative
Dennis Bonnen
Room CAP 1W.6, Capitol
PO. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
(512) 463-0564
122 E. Myrtle
Angleton, TX 77515
(979) 848-1770
dennis.bonnen@house.state.tx.us
State Representative
Ed Thompson Dist 29
1400 N. Congress Ave., E2.506
Austin, TX 78701
PO. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
(512) 463-0707
ed.thompson@house.state.tx.us
Bow! Wow! Hey, Big Dog,
can dogs vote? I already know
who I’m voting for. I’m casting
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas-Court St. John the
Baptist No. 2073 will hold its
annual garage sale from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m., Oct. 29 at St. John’s
Parish Hall, 110 E. South St. in
Alvin. For more information,
call Shirley Smaistria at 281-
489-0925.
Men’s Fellowship Interna-
tional Space Center Chapter
will hold its quarterly Fam-
ily Night meeting at 6:30 p.m.,
Monday, Oct. 31 at Joe’s BBQ
Banquet Hall. The meeting is
open to the public. There is no
charge for the full buffet; how-
ever, a free will offering will be
accepted.
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Alvin TEA Party Patriots
will host a Veterans Day Sa-
lute from 7-11 p.m., Saturday,
Nov. 12 at Green Event Center,
2000 W. Parkwood in Friend-
swood. Tickets are $25/singles
and $25/couples, which in-
cludes entry and food. For more
information, log on to grass-
roots® al vinteapartypatriots.
org.
Brazoria County Associa-
tion for Citizens with Handi-
caps will hold its annual Fun-
fest Oct. 29 at Alvin-Manvel
KC Hall, SH 6 and CR 146 in
Alvin. Dinner tickets $12.50;
children 12 and younger free.
The event begins at 5 p.m. For
more information, call 979-
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Early voting is here, so get
out and cast your ballot
It’s time to vote!
It’s hard to believe, but in a
Light the Night, a Hallow-
een trick-or-treat alternative,
will be held from 6:30-8:30
p.m., Monday, Oct. 31 in the
Emmanuel Worship Center
parking lot, 2427 FM 528 in Al-
vin. For more information, visit
emmanuelalvin.com.
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would probably be good for our
nation. However, it is a sad day
in our country when this is the
best we can offer as the next
president for our nation. One is
a liar and deceiver and the other
is similar to a gecko, changing to
blend in with his surroundings.
Both are arrogant and selfish and
will have a difficult time serving
this great nation.
Ruff! Ruff! Way to go, Big
Dog, call it like it is. Now you
are barking like a real dog.
It concerns me that all three
debates that Clinton and Trump
participated in were more like a
Jerry Springer Show instead of a
presidential debate. It was noth-
ing more than mudslinging and
name calling. They have done
more to divide the population
of the United States than unite
them.
The truth is that a nation, a
family, or any other entity that is
divided will not stand. What we
need is a leader who can unite us
and accomplish what our fore-
fathers did when they first orga-
nized this nation as the United
States of America, not divide us.
We have had enough of that for
the past eight years.
To be honest, I’m sick of poli-
tics, Democrats and Republicans
and the so-called aisle that sepa-
rates them. They call it partisan
politics, which is a strong sup-
porter of a party, cause or per-
son. I call it paying back those
special interest groups that sup-
port candidates in order to get
what they have lobbied for.
See Voting, page 8
Texas’ population growth over
the past half-century has been
nothing short of astonishing.
Individuals from all over the
world now call Texas home,
bringing their culture with them.
The state has also seen signifi-
cant population growth among
minority populations. Texas has
become a “majority-minority”
state and now ranks as the fourth
most diverse state in the U.S., be-
hind only Hawaii, California and
New Mexico.
Perhaps nowhere is this diver-
sity as readily apparent as in the
languages that Texans speak.
According to the U.S. Census
Bureau’s American Community
Survey from 2015, about 35.4
percent of the Texas population
(over 9 million people) speaks
a language other than English at
home.
The vast majority (83.3 percent)
of those individuals speak Span-
ish; overall, about 29.5 percent of
Texans speak Spanish at home.
Other major languages spoken
at home by Texans include Viet-
namese (approximately 206,000
speakers), Chinese (172,000), Ta-
galog (84,000), Arabic (82,000),
Urdu (82,000), Hindi (80,000),
and French (72,000). In total,
more than 160 different languages
are represented in the state accord-
ing to the latest U.S. Census data.
Speaking a language other than
English at home certainly does
not necessarily imply a lack of
English skills.
Out of the 9 million Texans
who speak a foreign language at
home (an indicator of their native
Fort Worth-based U.S. District
Judge Reed O’Connor has reaf-
firmed his Aug. 21 injunction
placing a temporary hold on fed-
eral guidelines for accommodat-
ing transgender students in the
use of public school bathrooms
and locker rooms.
In his order last week,
O’Connor also denied a request
by the Obama administration to
limit the injunction to Texas and
12 other states that signed on as
plaintiffs. The administration
asked that the injunction not ap-
ply to states that did not sue for
relief. In his order, O’Connor
wrote, “A nationwide injunction
is necessary because the alleged
violation extends nationwide.
Defendants are a group of agen-
cies and administrators capable
of enforcing their guidelines
nationwide, affecting numerous
state and school district facilities
across the country.”
Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton, in an Oct. 19 news re-
lease, said, “I am proud to lead
a coalition of 13 states against
the Obama Administration’s lat-
est illegal federal overreach. The
court’s reaffirmation of a nation-
wide injunction should send a
clear message to the president
that Texas won’t sit idly by as
he continues to ignore the Con-
stitution. The president cannot
rewrite the laws enacted by the
elected representatives of the
people and then threaten to take
away funding from schools to
force them to fall in line.”
Background: On May 13,
2016, the U.S. Departments of
language), 5.4 million (specifi-
cally 59.7 percent) can be consid-
ered bilingual, as they reported
that they also speak English “very
well.”
However, it is difficult to col-
lect complete data on language
use, and that figure likely does
not fully represent the number
of bilingual speakers in the state.
For example, another 1.6 million
indicated on the ACS that they
speak English “well,” bringing a
possible estimate of functional bi-
lingual speakers in the state to 7
million, which accounts for 77.6
percent of Texans who speak a
language other than English at
home.
This estimate also does not in-
clude those who speak multiple
languages, but use English in the
home.
The bottom line is that of those
who speak a language other than
English at home, a substantial ma-
jority are bilingual (7 of the 9 mil-
lion). Only about 7.9 percent of
the entire Texas population speaks
English “not well” or “not at all”
(about 2 million people) and most
of these individuals (85.9 percent)
are foreign bom. It is important
to note, however, that 52.8 per-
cent of forei gn-born Texans speak
English “very well” or “well.”
Research has expounded on the
numerous benefits of bilingual-
ism. According to Rebecca Calla-
han, a researcher at the University
of Texas in Austin, studies have
shown that bilingual children have
higher test scores, better problem-
solving skills, sharper mental
See Texas, page 8
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Judge reaffirms injunction
against bathroom directive
Education and Justice released
joint guidance “to help provide
educators the information they few days Americans will elect
need to ensure that all students, the 45th President of the United
including transgender students, States of America. Who will suc-
can attend school in an environ- ceed President Barack Obama, a
ment free from discrimination Democrat or a Republican? Will
based on sex.” The two federal the first female occupy the presi-
agencies said that under Title IX dential office or a billionaire
of the Education Amendments businessman? These are ques-
of 1972, schools receiving fed- tions that will be answered Nov.
eral money may not discriminate 8.
based on a student’s sex, includ-
ing a student’s transgender sta-
tus.
On Oct. 20, the Obama admin- my vote for Snoopy the beagle
istration appealed O’Connor’s in the Peanuts comic strip. He is
Oct. 18 order to the New Or- certainly a better candidate than
leans-based U.S. Court of Ap- the two that are running,
peals for the Fifth Circuit.
State economy adds jobs
Texas’ job force grew by an
estimated 38300 non-farm jobs if some politician in Washington
in September, the Texas Work- doesn’t lobby to make it hap-
force Commission announced pen once they realize how many
Oct. 21. dogs are in America.
Also, according to the com- It has been only a few months
mission, Texas has added jobs since seven Democrat and 17
in 17 of the last 18 months and Republican hopefuls announced
the seasonally adjusted unem- they were running for president,
ployment rate for the Lone Star In amazement, I watched as
State increased to 4.8 percent in they dropped out like flies until
September, up slightly from 4.7 there were ust two candidates
percent in August. Meanwhile, left, Hillary Clinton and Donald
the national unemployment rate Trump.
Yap! Yap! You know what
I think. I think the reason that
employers continue Donald Trump beat all those
demonstrating their competitive- well-known Republicans is that
ness by adding 38300 jobs in the majority of Americans are
September, for a total of 206,800 tired of career politicians, and
jobs added over the year, said they are demanding a non-poli-
TWC Chairman Andres Alcan- tician to be their leader,
tar. I have to
See Judge, page 8 Sparkman,
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