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Some Cross Roads High School students hit the big time today in New York City. The group is part of an art club trip to The Big Apple and visited the broadcast of ABC’s Good Morning America — and guess what, they got on TV! Check out the sign in the photo with the Good Morning America reporter. Not only that, but they were picked up on the Revlon Billboard.
The Kids from Cross Roads are stars!
(Thank you to reader Rachael Cooper for sharing.)
Mayor Jerry Don Vaught and Mayor Pro Tem Monte Montgomery present the Texas City Management Association Life Member Award to Pam Burton for her 25 years of service. Each year the TCMA Board of Directors reviews members to be considered for the Life Member designation who have retired from active service after a minimum of 20 years. Burton served the city for 36 years in various capacities, most recently as City Administrator from 1995 until her retirement on Dec. 31, 2014. (Courtesy photo)
Overall, it is probably to the reader’s advantage that I am not a very good grandmother. If I were one of those wonderful women who are really wrapped up in their grandkids’ lives, I probably wouldn’t write about anything else here. And nobody wants to hear THAT much about somebody else’s grandkids.
I won’t say I haven’t used this column to brag on my grandkids a few times during the years, but only when they do something really outstanding. Of course, being my grandkids, they are do a lot of outstanding things all the time. I just don’t tell you most of them.
But this week I have to do some bragging. Continue reading “Around the Town: Bragging On The Grandkids”
By Loretta Humble/Around the Town
I was going to fill the week’s column with happy news about our parolee, Don, who is now residing in Tyler. However, Don’s health seems to have taken a turn for the worse. While I hope this is temporary, I think I’ll wait to see what is happening before I write the next chapter on him.
In the meantime, I do have something good to write about. I visited Forever Families in Kemp, and I am in love with the folks there. It is just starting up— when I was there they had just one guest, but I am convinced it is going to be a great success and a blessing to lots of folks. Continue reading “Around the Town: Loretta Visits Forever Families in Kemp”
Press release
Sarah Lynette Rodriguez, a former graduate of Eustace High School and student of Trinity Valley Community College, received her PhD in Educational Administration with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership from The University of Texas at Austin on May 23. Dr. Rodriguez holds a Master’s of Education in College Student Personnel from the University of Tennessee as well as a Bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish with honors from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Dr. Rodriguez is the daughter of Donna Goodell (Eustace) and Gilbert Rodriguez (Aurora, CO) and granddaughter of Tom Billy and Helen Goodell (Eustace).
While at The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Rodriguez served as a Graduate Research Assistant for “Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and College Completion,” a national initiative at the Center for Community College Student Engagement, a research initiative of the Program in Higher Education Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin, focused on helping institutions strengthen Latino student engagement, transfer, and college completion. Continue reading “Rodriguez Receives Ph.D., Accepts Assistant Professorship at Iowa State University”