Take One! It’s FREE! The May 6, 2014 Our 20th Year of Publishing Weekly (979) 849-5407 . mybulletinnewspaper.com Bulletin © 2014 LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY Motorcycle My moving deaths on the thoughts of traffic jams rise in Texas By John Toth TxDOT launches Editor and Publisher I’m again helping a family ‘look twice’ safety member move. Yes, the old man gets called on routinely by the awareness program young ones during such times. This time, though, it’s different. AUSTIN — In an effort to reverse I’m stuck in traffic in Houston on a a 5-percent year-over-year increase Friday afternoon in the middle of in motorcycle crash fatalities, the rush hour. I am Texas Department of Transportation tightly grasping is launching its month-long “Share the the steering Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” wheel. Anyone campaign. The campaign started May can tell that I 1 and coincides with national Motor- am out of my cycle Safety Awareness Month. element. “Drivers who hit motorcyclists I don’t drive often say they never saw them,” said ROUNDABOUT in rush hour John Barton, TxDOT deputy execu- that often, tive director. “Our roads in Texas are even avoiding times when school crowded, so we all have to stay alert lets out. and be on the lookout for motorcy- It’s bumper-to-bumper as long as clists. For those driving cars and Security experts are troubled by teen’s wheel well trip the eye can see. I’ll never get out of trucks, we urge you to check your mir- By Joseph Serna, Kate Mather and here, I’m thinking out-loud. We are rors, leaving extra room and use turn James Rainey stuck forever. At least until the jam signals in order to prevent crashes Los Angeles Times (MCT) clears up, and then we’re on our and save lives.” The dark of night still draped way. But it seems like forever. In Texas last year, crashes killed Mineta San Jose International Airport This one is mild compared to the 494 motorcyclists. That is up from 470 when a 15-year-old boy from nearby ones I have been in in Europe. They motorcycle-related deaths in 2012. Santa Clara, Calif., wandered onto know how to put on a mega traffic Because 4,339 motorcycle crashes in a secure airport ramp and toward a jam just about any time. Texas last year involved at least one Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767. The whole time I was stuck there, other vehicle, TxDOT is asking drivers Then he disappeared. I could not help but agonize about to look twice, leave plenty of space The slight teenager, first seen how much of that precious $10-per- and use signals before making lane on a security camera video, would gallon gas I was pumping through changes. About one-third of these not appear again until later Sunday the tailpipe without making an inch deadly crashes happen at intersec- morning, when airline workers of progress. tions where cars and motorcycles spotted him 2,350 miles to the west, Now, I am sitting in the middle meet. (Continued on Page 6) walking on the tarmac at Kahului of Loop 610. I could put the car in Airport on the island of Maui. park. It wouldn’t make any differ- Woman who started Mother’s In the interim, authorities say, ence. the boy survived a perilous, 51⁄2 I do recall that is exactly what I Day wound up regretting it -hour odyssey — enduring frigid did at times when evacuating from See Page 2 temperatures, oxygen deprivation Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and I Lake Jackson offers free and a compartment unfit for human didn’t even go into Houston. habitation — as he traveled over the That was the mother of traffic concerts each Friday night Pacific Ocean in the jet’s wheel well. jams, created when everybody was See Page 8 The incident prompted authorities told to evacuate at the same time, Dogs that nibble on owners’ to question both how the teen so and authorities closed down the pot are not in for a treat easily gained access to the jumbo usual routes and directed all the jet and how he survived with so little (Continued on Page 8) See Page 12 (Continued on Page 13) Page 2 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Hallmark celebrates 100th year of Mother’s Day, started by a woman who grew to despise it By Tim Engle dent Wilson — and you have a new “A printed card means nothing during the “Great War.” for writing “The Battle Hymn of the The Kansas City Star (MCT) exhibit. Two, in fact: one here in except that you are too lazy to write The notion of a Mother’s Day was Republic.”) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s hard Kansas City, Mo., at the Hallmark to the woman who has done more for initially a “fairly radical idea,” Phillips Anna Jarvis’ mother, Ann Maria to imagine how anyone could get Visitors Center, and one in Staunton, you than anyone in the world,” Jarvis says, part of the broader movement Reeves Jarvis, was an activist who riled up by a Hallmark card showing Va., at the Woodrow Wilson Presi- reportedly said. “And candy! You take toward women’s rights and equality offered medical care to soldiers of a serene mom clutching roses, but dential Library & Museum. (Wilson a box to Mother — and then eat most in the 1860s and ‘70s. Julia Ward both sides during the war, primarily in that’s only if you don’t know the story was a Staunton native and, coin- of it yourself. A petty sentiment.” Howe’s 1870 poem “A Mother’s Day West Virginia. She organized Moth- of Anna Jarvis. cidentally, Jarvis graduated from a She’s said to have called florists Proclamation,” coming just after the ers’ Day work clubs, aid organizations She’s the person most credited college there.) and the makers of greeting cards and carnage of the Civil War, was really a that tried to lower infant mortality, with turning the second Sunday of Give Hallmark credit for including candy “charlatans, bandits, pirates” call for peace. (You may know Howe among other public health projects. May into Mother’s Day, which this in its display a thank-you letter from and even … termites. year celebrates a milestone: 100 Jarvis to Wilson, because Jarvis was She had a way with words, that years. no fan of card makers. In her view, Anna Jarvis. But another person who helped the holiday she crusaded for — a day To learn about her, we turned launch the national holiday, with the she’d hoped would be reverential and to Andrew Phillips, curator at the stroke of a pen on a proclamation, contemplative — was ruined by com- museum in Virginia, who was in was the U.S. president in 1914, mercialization as early as the 1920s. Kansas City earlier this month to Woodrow Wilson. By some accounts, she spent the drop off Wilson family artifacts for Take all of that — Mother’s Day, rest of her life trying to take back, the exhibit here. He also visited the SO FAMILY GATHERINGS ARE SURE TO BE TENSE: A 50-year-old vintage Hallmark cards and Presi- actually rescind, Mother’s Day. National World War I Museum at woman, who didn’t like the lady her brother was about to marry, called the Liberty Memorial — Wilson, as you Registry Office in Plymouth, England, pretended that she was the bride- may know, was America’s president to-be, and cancelled the wedding. She then told her brother, who had her arrested. Drivers: $2500 sign on TAG, YOU’RE IT! A 66-year-old woman drunkenly called the police in bonus for experienced Grand Traverse, Co., while she was playing games with her family, asked if they could guess where she was, and told them to come and find her. They O/O & CO CDL –A OTR did. w/ good home time Call UH, I JUST THOUGHT I’D HAVE A SNACK, OFFICER: Police pulled for an immediate interview over a car with its headlights off in Iowa City, and detected a strong smell 855-252-1634. of marijuana when the driver rolled down the window. He then tried to eat his stash of weed so it couldn’t be used as evidence against him. The cops made him open his mouth, and saw the remnants. FORGET SOMETHING, BUB? A man, who stole a sound system from a home in Haddon Township, N.J., was arrested when he returned 30 minutes later to steal the remote. LET’S START THE INVESTIGATION WITH THEM: After a woman lost her cell phone to a pickpocket at a street fair in Brooklyn, X-rated selfies of a couple, now in possession of the phone, started appearing on the woman’s online account to which the device is linked. The man and woman appar- ently did not know that they were posting pictures of themselves making kissy faces, then videotaping themselves getting much more serious. Police now have the photos. SHE EXPECTED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS: A woman pawned her car at a hock shop in West Palm Beach for $5,500, and the next day reported the vehicle stolen, collecting another $12,300 from the insurance company. 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(He remembers walking Corp., kept in his office. The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT) from its 1939-40 predecessor. He’s got that, too. Two signatures along the rim of the Unisphere, the There are souvenirs: a chunk of HACKENSACK, N.J. — The last The first two 1964 tickets issued by stand out: George R.I. and Elizabeth stainless steel globe that was the maple syrup candy from the Ver- New York World’s Fair, celebrating the New York World’s Fair Corp.? R — aka King George VI and Queen fair’s symbol and is still a mont Pavilion in 1939-40, a canister “Man’s Achievement on a Shrinking Riccardelli’s got them. Elizabeth. landmark, and falling into the water.) of tea from the India Pavilion in Globe in an Expanding Universe,” The TelePrompTer script President “Some of this stuff I can’t believe He started collecting a decade later, 1964-65. lives on in John Riccardelli’s tiny New Lyndon Johnson read from on open- I own,” Riccardelli exclaimed in a after he found a box of fair souvenirs There’s the press kit and poster Milford apartment. ing day, April 22, 1964? pinch-me sort of way. in the family’s Dumont, N.J., attic. from “Lucy Day” on Aug. 31, 1964, Riccardelli is a foremost collector Riccardelli’s got it. Riccardelli, who works for a Today, Riccardelli’s collection when the fair honored comedian of memorabilia from the 1964-65 The leather-bound registry that photographic agency, was a small fills every cranny of a one-bedroom Lucille Ball. exposition, which was under way 50 visitors to the British Pavilion signed boy when his parents took him to the apartment; boxes of things are There’s a never-opened box of stacked to the ceiling. There are Chux disposable diapers promoting buttons and badges and pins and a “Wing-Ding-Fling” — first prize, guidebooks and maps and signs two round-trip tickets to the 1964-65 and postcards and brochures and fair, baby sitter included. uniforms and photographs and the Riccardelli won’t discuss the value banner that , urban of the culturally significant collection. mastermind and president of the Nor will he say how many objects 1964-65 New York World’s Fair he has; suffice it to say, thousands.

John Riccardelli shows off his huge collection of World’s Fair items that are kept in his apartment in New Milford, N.J., www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 5 By Bill Sones Strange but True and Rich Sones, Ph.D. UNCORKING BY THE BOOK A. As the term “concoct” might with appendixes or even little toes. suggest, the business of deception Already, male nipples are vestigial, or Q. How do you open a wine bottle is hard work for the human brain, in other words, pointless. with a book? Please be sure you’re says Adam Hadhazy in “Discover” For more of the “323 Amazing sober before trying this one. magazine. Brain imaging studies Facts You’ll Probably Enjoy That Will A. This method actually works, show that lying takes greater mental Likely Prove Useful During Awkward insists Mark Levi in “Why Cats Land effort, and that children’s ability to fib Silences,” check out the magazine on Their Feet and 76 Other Physical has to wait for their overall cognitive itself. Paradoxes and Puzzles.” “I tried this development. As Northwestern Uni- SILENT GUNS myself, having been stimulated by a versity psychology doctoral candidate combination of scientific curiosity and Xiaoqing Hu put it, “Honesty is our Q. What’s the “double-muffle” the lack of a corkscrew, not necessar- default mode. When telling a lie, you phenomenon behind the workings of ily in that order.” have to inhibit the honest response a gun silencer? Start by pressing a book against and activate a dishonest one.” A. A gun uses hot high-pressure a wall, then strike the bottom of the Yet, when people rehearse how gas to propel its bullet through the bottle against the book while holding to tell better fibs, they get better at barrel, as energetic powder inside the the bottle with a towel and wearing it. When test subjects were told to cartridge undergoes a sudden ther- protective glasses in case of break- answer personal questions, such as mal reaction, says Louis Bloomfield age. With repeated strikes, the cork their birth date, they were slower to in “How Everything Works.” With will inch out bit by bit to the point that respond when they were lying. But the trapped gas pushing behind it, you can pull it out by hand. after they were told the purpose of the bullet experiences an enormous What drives the cork out of the experiment, they learned how acceleration, and by the time it the bottle, Levi explains, is “wine to lie faster and to fake their identity leaves the barrel, much of the gas’s hammer,” similar to “water hammer” quite well. Soon, “they were as quick thermal energy has been converted in plumbing, or “hydraulic shock.” to lie as to tell the truth.” into kinetic energy in the bullet. This The bottle, accelerating into the wall, is more complete for a long-bar- HUMAN EVOLUTION causes compression of air inside the reled rifle than for a short-barreled bottle that acts as a spring to slow Q. Some 35% of us are born handgun. the wine and drive it back into the without these, and the number is said As the bullet emerges, the sudden cork. “In effect, we are hitting the to be growing. Without what, wise release of pressurized gas creates a cork from the inside, using wine as readers? shock wave, producing most of the the hammer.” A. Wisdom teeth, with evolution gun’s bang. However, if the bullet LEARNING TO LIE likely to push the number even higher is supersonic, it will also produce a in the future, says “Mental Floss” sonic boom as its own shock wave Q. Truth be told, isn’t it more work magazine. Similarly, as time passes, passes your ears. “A silenced gun to concoct a lie than to tell the honest fewer and fewer of us will be born uses baffles to prolong the release truth? of gas from the barrel and thereby suppress the barrel’s shock wave” (Muffle #1). “It also uses subsonic bullets to avoid sonic booms” (Muffle #2). (Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at [email protected])

E-mail your community announcements to [email protected]. We run all e-mailed notices, but do not accept faxed notices or notices sent by regular mail. Email photos as is. We’ll convert them here for publication. Page 6 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Hear me now? Gene therapy, tiny electrodes improve ‘bionic ear’ technology By Monte Morin ley, a professor of neuroscience at the stimulate some nerve cells. and function of nerve cells. cell and direct production of the neces- Los Angeles Times (MCT) University of South Wales. While cochlear implants help Researchers injected short, ring-like sary proteins. This technique is known A procedure that uses a series of “Ultimately we hope that after roughly 300,000 patients throughout sections of DNA, or plasmids, into the as close field electroporation, or CFE. electric jolts to inject lab-designed further research, people who depend the world to detect and interpret animal’s ears, in order to drive the Study authors said that they DNA molecules into cells of the inner on cochlear implant devices will be speech, researchers believe they can expression of so-called brain-derived observed regrowth of nerve cells in ear may help to regrow auditory able to enjoy a broader dynamic and be improved if nerve cells are encour- neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, as well the ears of guinea pigs that underwent nerves in people with profound hearing tonal range of sound,” Housley said in aged to grow closer to the electrode. as fluorescent marker genes. The the electric pulse treatment, while loss, according to researchers. a prepared statement. In this latest study, Housley and his scientists then used electrodes similar those who did not showed no nerve In a paper published in Science Housley and his colleagues studied colleagues set out to stimulate growth to cochlear implants to send between growth. Translational Medicine, Australian the procedure on guinea pigs because in spiral ganglion neurons in guinea 4 and 100 volts of electricity into the When researchers tested the researchers said they used tiny elec- the structure of their inner ear is simi- pigs. animal’s cochlea. deafened guinea pigs two weeks later, trodes and gene therapy to regenerate lar to that of humans. Study authors believed they could When cells are exposed to electric they found that their cochlear implants nerve cells in chemically deafened The cochlea is shaped like a snail’s do this by causing inner ear cells to current, it causes their membranes to were able to stimulate the new nerve guinea pigs. shell, and is filled with a multitude of produce neurotrophins, proteins that become extremely permeable, allow- cells and trigger a response in their The procedure, they said, may tiny hair cells that move in response control the development, maintenance ing the injected plasmids to enter the brain. one day improve the functioning of to sound vibrations. Those vibrations human cochlear implants — electronic are then converted into electrical nerve devices that provide hearing sensa- impulses that are carried to the brain. tions to the deaf. If the hair cells are lost or dam- “People with cochlear implants do aged due to age, genetics, chemical well with understanding speech, but poisoning or loud noise, they will not their perception of pitch can be poor, grow back. In some people who are so they often miss out on the joy of profoundly deaf, an electrode may be music,” said senior author Gary Hous- implanted within the cochlea that can Motorcycle deaths on rise in Texas (Continued from Page 1) To help raise awareness, TxDOT is hosting dramatic motorcycle processions across the state featuring the Texas Patriot Guard Riders, who will carry eye- catching, yellow-and-black flags emblazoned with specific safety messages. The volunteer riders usually attach American flags to their motorcycles while taking part in funeral processions for fallen soldiers, law enforcement officers and emergency workers. Additionally, TxDOT has added a new request to drivers – “Look Twice for Motorcycles” and count them. This strategy for saving lives is based on travel games like “Slug Bug.” People who have played Slug Bug still take notice when they see a Volkswagen Beetle on the road. In the same way, counting motorcycles will condition Texans to look out for drivers on two wheels. Kids can play along with a downloadable game sheet. The “Share the Road” campaign will appear at events around the state, inviting visitors to have their photo taken on a stationary motorcycle in a virtual reality setting. Those who participate can sign a pledge to share the road and look twice for motorcycles, and also earn the chance to win a donated prize such as tickets to local events. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 7

Mabee Foundation issues $500,000 Challenge Grant to Brazosport Health Foundation for ‘Cornerstone of Caring’ Brazosport Health Foundation is ance is needed to assure full project from event proceeds, such as the pleased to announce The J.E. and L.E. funding within the project funding Bluebonnet Social Club and Power of Mabee Foundation recently issued a period. Brazosport Health Foundation the Pur$e, plus another $250,000 from $500,000 challenge grant to the Cor- has raised nearly $3,000,000 of the other community and business donors. nerstone of Caring Capital Campaign. $5,000,000 capital campaign goal and Brazosport Health Foundation is The challenge grant is earmarked accepted the Mabee Foundation’s seeking donations from other founda- for the Brazosport Regional campus challenge to raise the remaining tions, corporate industry partners and upgrade project, which includes 2,000,000 by April 30, 2015. local community members to help raise the construction of the new Lowrey The local community and corpo- the $2 million and meet the Mabee Emergency Services Pavilion and the rate leaders have been extremely Foundation challenge grant. As a renovation of the patient tower. generous with donations including the non-profit organization, donor support For information on making a lead gift of $1 million from Mike and helps Brazosport Regional invest in contribution and to learn about naming Leslie Lowrey; $500,000 from BASF; advanced technology, equipment and opportunities at Brazosport Regional $100,000 from SI Group/ Wright Family facilities to provide each patient with with a donation of $25,000 or more, Foundation; $100,000 from TDECU; excellent and compassionate care. please call Brazosport Health Founda- $50,000 from Brazosport Rotary tion at (979) 297-6190. Club; $25,000 from First National The Mabee Foundation’s challenge Bank; $25,000 from First State Bank; grants are made on a challenge or con- $25,000 from Shintech; $78,425 from ditional basis to provide incentive for BRHS Employee Giving Campaign; enlisting the support of other donors. $149,951 from BRHS, BHF and The challenge is to rise whatever bal- Campaign Members, over $250,000 Page 8 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Hulu boasts 6 million ‘Plus’ subscribers Noisy action, jumbled plot make this flick a tangled web By Meredith Blake of originals with “The Hotwives By Rafer Guzman Movie review but at least those movies benefit from Los Angeles Times (MCT) Orlando,” a “Real Housewives” Newsday (MCT) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 a charismatic Robert Downey Jr., NEW YORK — At its upfront pre- parody starring Casey Wilson and On the surface, there’s plenty and a kind of concussed giddiness, on in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”? sentation Wednesday in New York Angela Kinsey premiering in July, going on in “The Amazing Spider- respectively. “Spider-Man” has a That’s partly on purpose. Among City, the online streaming service and “The Next Step,” a reality-style Man 2.” Our hero will confront a new pinched and dour Andrew Garfield the current superhero franchises on Hulu touted its aggressive expan- drama about a group of dancers at villain, find an old friend, struggle with as Peter Parker, whose spider-like the market, “Spider-Man” has staked sion into original programming and an elite studio premiering in May. romance and learn the truth about powers unfortunately include a room- out a comfortably irrelevant middle its continued acquisition of top-rated In addition, all five of the original his missing father. Over the space of clearing sense of humor (“You can ground. Where the “Dark Knight” network and cable series. series launched in 2013, “Moone almost 2 1/2 hours, the movie packs call me anything but late to dinner!”). films tackled post-9/11 anxiety, and These expansions come as Boy,” “East Los High,” “Quick in enough for five superhero flicks. The supporting players almost the latest “” nodded the subscription-based Hulu Plus Draw” and “The Awesomes,” will be That’s a lot of bang for your buck make “Spider-Man 2” worth the steep to current events with its Edward reached 6 million subscribers, up returning, as will the supernatural — or 20 bucks if you spring for IMAX admission. One is Emma Stone as Snowden-inspired plot, the “Spider- from 5 million in the fourth quarter comedy “Deadbeat,” which debuted and 3-D, which will make this loud, Gwen Stacy, Peter’s smart, self-pos- Man” series doesn’t have a larger of 2013. on the service in April. busy movie feel even louder and sessed girlfriend. Understated and thematic idea in its head. Neither After introductory remarks from Hulu, which streams seven of busier. Given all that, though, why modestly radiant, Stone makes even does “Iron Man” or “Thor,” of course, “Saturday Night Live” star Cecily the top 10 series in prime time, does it feel like nothing at all is going Garfield sparkle. Strong, who joked that Hulu finally has also beefed up its library of made it possible to “watch TV the acquired content, scooping up way it was meant to be watched exclusive rights to a library of — at work,” CEO Mike Hopkins comedy and reality titles from announced plans to quadruple NBCUniversal, including “The Hulu’s investment in original pro- Mindy Project,” “Brooklyn Nine- gramming over the coming year. Nine” and “The Real Housewives” The service will expand its slate franchise, in April. My moving thoughts of traffic jams (Continued from Page 1) traffic through Houston. I drove my RV through a DPS barricade and headed west. The cars behind me that followed owe me to this day. I saved them from getting into one of the worst traffic jams in history. Yes, I was driving that RV that you saw pushing the barricade aside. There was still a lot of traffic until we got on I-10. After that it was pretty routine driving, until that huge wild boar standing in the middle of the road got hit by my RV. The barricade was easy to shove aside. The boar tore up the bottom left side of the RV. It looked ghetto when I pulled into the RV park until I patched it up with some duct tape. Then it looked good -- nice and silver. Duct tape fixes just about anything. Amazing how such memories pop up while the moving truck is parked in the middle of 610. We’re finally moving. A couple on a motorcycle pulls up next to me. They are saying something and pointing to the back of the truck. I’m thinking they are saying that there is something wrong. Did I push the latch all the way down when I closed it? Nervous time. I am imagining the roll-down door wide open, and the stuff just flying out on the road. I have to get off the highway. A guy in a car on the other side rolls his window down and tells me that my back door is open. But I am stuck in the middle lane with cars all around. Something special begins to happen that I didn’t expect. In the middle of rush hour in the busiest part of Houston, the cars around me make it possible to change lanes and exit. They wave at me to go on. I make it to a side road and finally am able to inspect the door. It crept up about a foot, and nothing fell out. Nervous time is over. I do appreciate all those drivers who helped me out, just like the dozens of drivers in 2005 probably appreciated it when I opened a passage way to the west. We don’t know each other and will never meet, but we have that special bond. Th old man is done moving, though - for now. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 9 Researchers finding ways to erase unhappy memories By William Hageman “We don’t remember everything, ceptible to being changed. Chicago Tribune (MCT) only bits and pieces,” says Jason “We found you can make it harder We all have things we’d like to Chan, an assistant professor of psy- for people to remember a previous forget — being the victim of a crime, chology at Iowa State University. “We event if they recall it, and right after a bad relationship, an embarrassing take these pieces (when we recall a that, you give them information that’s faux pas. What if we could erase memory) and reconstruct a story that different from the original memory,” those bad memories? Or at least take makes sense to us. But it might not he says. “(It) makes it more difficult.” the edge off them? be correct.” As an example, he suggested a Over the last 10 or 15 years, Those memories can also be conversation in which he talks about researchers have gotten a better altered. Writing on the Scientific a panda. “A couple days later, I ask, understanding of how memories are American Blog Network earlier this ‘What was the animal we talked formed and recalled. year, neuroscientist R. Douglas about?’ You say, ‘A panda bear.’ I Dr. Susannah Tye, an assistant Fields explained that when a specific say, ‘Actually it was a grizzly bear.’ professor in the departments of psy- memory is recalled, it is vulnerable to … A couple of days later I ask again, chiatry and psychology at the Mayo being altered or even extinguished for and it will be more difficult for you to Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says that a certain period of time. remember the panda bear. The griz- bad memories affect people on two Chan is doing research along zly bear has updated the memory.” levels. There’s the recollection of the those lines. His team’s studies, There are other methods of alter- traumatic event, as well as a physical published recently in the Proceedings ing memories. Certain drugs, protein aspect — a person’s heart may race of the National Academy of Sciences, inhibitors, have been shown to make or they may get depressed or with- found that if a memory is reactivated memories more malleable. Electric drawn — that can be debilitating. by being recalled — a process called shocks to the brain can also erase “These memories, when they’re reconsolidation — it becomes sus- certain memories. traumatic, they’ve been stored effec- tively because they’re very impor- tant,” she says. Science hasn’t found a delete button you can hit to eliminate certain memories, though researchers are looking. In the meantime, Tye sug- gests, “a psychologist or psychiatrist with expertise in trauma can help facilitate what the individual can do.” The very process behind the recollection of an event is still not fully understood, though we’re discovering some surprising things. Page 10 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com ACC Students Honored at President’s Tea Alvin Community College students were recognized for their academic excel- lence on April 29 during the President’s Tea at the Nolan Ryan Center. ACC President Rodney Allbright recognized 14 students as Presidential Scholars for their academic accomplishments throughout the school year. To be eligible for the Presidential Scholar distinction, students must have completed a minimum 45 semester hours and maintained at least a 3.9 GPA. Additional requirements include 18 of those credits must be Core Curriculum and 12 semester hours must be completed in the past calendar year. Recipi- ents also have no record of any academic dishonesty or disciplinary charges. The Presidential Scholars are: Michael Britt, of Missouri City; Joshua DeLeon, of Manvel; Michelle Ford, of Pearland; Stephan French, of Dickinson; Eruj Khan, of League City; Matthew Kruvalis, of Pearland; Candace Lovings, of Pearland; Iain Macey, of Alvin; Thomas Martin, of Pearland; George Odom, of Manvel; Brenna Patrick; of Friendswood; Spencer Richards, of Friendswood; James Stone, of Santa Fe and Mary Valicek, of Friendswood.

The Presidential Scholars are from left: Michael Britt, of Missouri City; Matthew Kruvalis, of Pearland; Iain Macey, of Alvin; Spencer Richards, of Friendswood; Brenna Patrick, of Friendswood; Candace Lovings, of Pearland and ACC President Dr. Rodney Allbright. Alumnus James Brown, Jr. to speak at Brazosport College commencement Brazosport College is pleased to Bancshares, Inc. recognize alumnus James F. Brown, After earning his Associates of Jr. as its 2013-14 Spring Commence- Art degree at Brazosport College, ment speaker. Brown transferred to Sam Houston Brazosport College’s Spring State University, where he earned his Commencement is scheduled for Bachelor of Business Administration Saturday, May 10 at the Dow Aca- in Finance. demic Center. Two Commencement He’s been with Texas Gulf Bank ceremonies will be held, the first at 10 since 1981 and has served as Presi- a.m., followed by another ceremony dent and CEO since 1987. During his at 2 p.m. tenure, the bank has grown to nine The 10 a.m. commencement is for locations serving Brazoria, Harris and Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) Galveston counties. and Associate of Applied Science Brown is the current Director and (AAS) graduates, while the 2 p.m. Chairman for the 100 Club of Brazo- Commencement will be for Associate ria County. He’s an active community of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science leader and has served as a Lake (AS) graduates. Jackson City Council member and Brown will speak at both ceremo- a Brazos River Harbor Navigation nies. District Commissioner. A graduate of Brazosport College, He was named a Brazosport Col- Brown is the CEO of Texas Gulf lege Distinguished Alumnus in 1999. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 11 BC student Ashley Agbe participates in national craft skills competition Brazosport College student Ashley Craft Champion, but also for a first- Agbe has earned the honor of place prize of $750 and a gold medal. ���������������� participating in one of the construc- Brazosport College construction tion industry’s most recognized and trades faculty member Jim Slick revered craft skills events, the Associ- praised her. “There’s no doubt that ������������ ated Builders she has both the smarts and the skills and Contractors’ to do it.” (ABC) National The National Craft Championships ���������������� Craft Champion- celebrates ABC’s and its member ships. firms’ training and education efforts. ���������������� Agbe, a 2007 This year’s competition was held Brazoswood from April 29 to May 2 in Birmingham, ��������������� High School Alabama. Agbee graduate, Craft trainees and apprentices ������������ competed in the from across the country travel each millwright division, representing her year to compete for top honors in employer, RPM Services, Inc., as their chosen craft. Thirteen differ- ������ well as ABC Texas Gulf Coast and ent crafts will be represented at this Brazosport College. year’s championships, including a ���������� She was the only woman com- variety of skills such as electrical, peting in the traditionally male- HVAC, millwright, pipefitting and ��������� dominated millwright division. She’s welding, to name just a few. ����������� also the first woman to represent To learn more about Brazosport Brazosport College since the school College’s millwright program, call �������� began participating in the National (979) 230-3575. For more information Craft Championships 12 years ago. on ABC’s National Craft Champion- ����������� Agbe competed for not only the ships, visit www.nationalcraftchampio �������������� honor of calling herself a National nships.org. ��������������� ��������������� ������������������� �������������������������� ������������

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Don’t let your dogs eat those shoe, digging through the trash or dogs each month that have eaten nary adviser for the Humane Society arrested for promoting the theory of brownies.” grabbing food off the table. Now marijuana. That coincides with Veterinary Medical Association, evolution in Tennessee. In 1961, Alan Dr. Tim Hackett, director of some owners need to add marijuana Arizonans voting in 2010 to legalize said research is lacking on how Shepard became the first American Colorado State University’s James edibles to the list of items to keep medical marijuana, leading to more marijuana affects animals versus to fly in space, making a 15-minute Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, away from man’s best friend. than 50,000 licensed patients. humans. He said his organization is suborbital trip from Cape Canaveral, said such cases are more common With medical marijuana legal in Unlike their owners, dogs that get among those pressing the federal Fla., into the Atlantic aboard the in places where marijuana is legal more than 20 states, emergency into marijuana edibles don’t know government to remove what he calls Mercury capsule Freedom 7. for medical use — 21 states and the rooms for pets are seeing more and they should consume an amount regulatory hurdles hampering clini- May 6: ON THIS DATE in 1851, District of Columbia — and in Colo- more dogs that have eaten mari- appropriate for their weight. That cal research on such effects. Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola, Fla., rado and Washington state, which juana in brownies, cookies, oils and leads to unpredictable reactions “After that, we will have a knowl- patented a refrigeration machine have legalized recreational use. But other forms. ranging from depression, stagger- edge base so that all animals can be to treat malaria patients; this led to it also occurs in states where any “People come in, and their dogs ing and dilated pupils to vomiting, safe and even might benefit from its the development of air conditioning use of marijuana is illegal, he said. are lethargic, with their eyes rolling seizures, coma and, in rare cases, use,” Kellogg said. decades later. In 1937, the German “There’s a significant correlation in the back of their heads, or they’re death. Until then, veterinarians must deal dirigible Hindenburg exploded in between the number of people using unconscious,” said Dr. Billy Griswold “Marijuana is considered to be marijuana freely now and dogs with uncertainties, including those flames during an attempted landing that arise when owners are reluctant at Lakehurst, N.J. killing 36 people. being treated for a high,” he said. Hackett said that when dogs to say what’s really ailing Fido. May 7: ON THIS DATE in 1925, Dr. Brian Serbin with Ingleside Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Glenn have access to a plate of marijuana brownies or other edibles, they eat Animal Hospital in Phoenix said Wright made an unassisted triple owners should never withhold from play. In 1945, Germany signed an all they can. “Dogs gorge themselves,” he veterinarians that dogs have eaten unconditional surrender at Allied marijuana. headquarters in Rheims, France, said. “Consequentially they have more traumatic symptoms.” “The veterinary community is not ending the European conflict of here to tattle on you,” Serbin said. World War II the next day. In those cases, veterinarians usually treat dogs by feeding them “Be honest with your doctor so we May 8: ON THIS DATE in 1541, can fix your dog.” Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto activated charcoals that absorb reached the Mississippi River. In 1952, Mad magazine debuted. May 9: ON THIS DATE in 1502, Christopher Columbus left Spain on Look for us on his fourth and final voyage to the Facebook Western Hemisphere. In 1980, 35 motorists were killed when a freighter rammed a support for the Sunshine See who is waiting for you at SPCA-BC Skyway Bridge over Florida’s Tampa Bay, causing a 1,400-foot section to collapse and vehicles to plunge hundreds of feet into the water. May 10: ON THIS DATE in 1869, a golden spike was driven at Prom- ontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first U.S. transcontinental rail- road. In 1963, Decca Records signed the Rolling Stones on the advice of Beatle George Harrison. May 11: ON THIS DATE in 1946, the first packages from the relief agency CARE arrived in France. In 1949, Israel was admitted to the United Nations as its 59th member. Answer to last week’s question: This week in 1940, John Steinbeck Come by the SPCA-BC Shelter at 141 Canna Ln., Lake Jackson, or we are at won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for Brazos Mall, Petco and Petsmart every Saturday, to visit with these pets and many “The Grapes of Wrath.” of their friends. Kennel sponsorships are now available for large or small kennels. This week’s question: In 1983, Why not have your company or family recognized with a plaque to show you care? who became the first Major League Call (979) 285-2340, ext. 100, or visit www.spcabc.org for details. Help control the Baseball player to strike out 2,000 pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. Come by the SPCA-BC, and fill times in his career? out an application today. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 13 Security officials are troubled by teen’s successful wheel well trip to Hawaii (Continued from Page 1) “demonstrates vulnerabilities that 11, 2001, an estimated $57 billion 9,000 feet higher than the summit of 71⁄2 hour flight from Tahiti. His body apparent trauma. need to be addressed. The Trans- has been spent on airport security Mount Everest. core temperature had dropped to 79 Aviation security experts said it portation Security Administration improvements, including new pas- FBI spokesman Tom Simon degrees, which would normally be was troubling that the teenager had planned to meet with law enforce- senger screening measures and said the boy apparently had been fatal, according to accounts at the been able to bypass security and get ment and airport officials to review additional security both in airports unconscious for the “lion’s share of time. to the plane undetected. U.S. Rep. security after the incident, which and on airplanes. the flight.” Dorian recalled that the patient Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., a member experts noted could have been Brian Jenkins, an aviation security Such ordeals do not usually end had to be placed on a ventilator and of the House Homeland Security catastrophic had the stowaway been expert at Rand Corp., said he well. Those who do not fall to their pumped full of warm fluids via tubes Committee, said he wanted more armed with explosives.” expected the incident to prompt death can be crushed by landing inserted in his chest. Because of the answers, adding that the incident Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. airport security reviews beyond San gear or succumb to cold and lack of teen’s unscathed appearance, the Jose. “Everyone will tighten up. I oxygen. FAA records show that of doctor is skeptical about where in My Answer suspect everyone will be going up a the 105 people who stowed away on the plane he actually traveled. notch just as a consequence of this,” flights around the world over the last The FBI and Hawaiian Airlines offi- Christ should be your example, including in your work he said. 67 years, 25 lived through the ordeal, cials said, however, that they were By Billy Graham The airport, which serves Silicon a survival rate of 23.8 percent. convinced the teen had made the Tribune Media Services Valley, is located on the north side of “He must have had the four-leaf trip in the wheel well, which is not San Jose, near the heated or pressurized Q: I don’t hate my job, but sometimes I hear people talking about how junction of the 101 like the airliner’s main much they love their work, and it makes me wonder if I should’ve done and 880 freeways. cabin. something else. Did I fail to listen to God when I was choosing my career? A chain-link fence Though the -- A.J. covered with wood wayward teenager A: We sometimes see work as a burden (and it can be), but our work is slats and topped was probably guilty important to God; even in the Garden of Eden God gave Adam work to do with three strands of of criminal trespass, (see Genesis 2:15). razor wire surround the San Jose Police Work gives dignity and meaning to our lives, and helps us make the world parts of the airport. Department had no a better place. San Jose is the 44th intention of pursu- Did you choose the wrong career? (In other words, are you in the wrong largest airport in the ing criminal charges, place?) I don’t know, but I doubt it. God might lead you to another career as nation, according to according to an FBI the years go by, but the important thing is for you to thank Him for the job a Federal Avia- official also following you have now, and ask Him to help you be the best worker you can be. tion Administration up on the case. The Bible says, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as work- report, with about 8 Little is known about ing for the Lord, not for human masters” (Colossians 3:23). million passengers why the teenager Remember, Jesus worked as a carpenter most of His life, and if the Son of a year. became a stowaway. God didn’t find it demeaning to work with His hands, neither should we. And It remains unclear An FBI official told how good do you suppose His work was? When He built a cabinet, did the how the teen got The Associated Press doors not quite fit or the handles not quite match? When He laid the founda- onto the tarmac. that he had run away tion of a new house, did He use shoddy materials or cheat those who hired The FBI originally from his family after an Him? No, of course not. said video showed him argument. But a woman Commit your life to Him, and then let Him be your example in everything, clover in his hand or something,” said scaling a fence. But late Monday, who identified herself as the teen’s including your work. Jeff Price, an aviation security expert airport officials only mentioned a at Metropolitan State University in older sister told an NBC affiliate that (Send your queries to “My Answer,” c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 video that showed him walking on that was not the case. The various Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the Denver. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: www.billygraham.org.) the ramp. Armand Dorian, a Los Angeles agencies investigating said it was Sponsors of this column Authorities said the teenager doctor who treated a high-altitude not even clear that the teenager apparently had no malicious intent. stowaway survivor in 2000, said the knew where the jet was headed. The flight, carrying 212 passengers teen’s survival over the weekend was Airport personnel in Hawaii said and 10 crew members, took off at 7: not as surprising as the fact that he they had turned the boy over to 55 a.m. Sunday. appeared unruffled. Hawaii’s child protection office, Shortly after the plane landed at For the minority of stowaways which said it was preparing to 10:31 a.m., airline workers spotted who survive, “the planets align,” return the boy home. Dorian said the stowaway and reported him to said Dorian, an associate clinical the unknown traveler’s immediate airport security. A Maui News photo professor of emergency medicine good fortune does not mean he is showed him some time later sitting at University of Southern California home-free. upright on a gurney, attended by Verdugo Hills Hospital. For the lucky He estimated that the boy’s heart paramedics, apparently alert and few, “the need for oxygen declines rate could have dropped to as low showing no obvious signs of his as the body cools. It’s exactly like the as 10 or 12 beats a minute. He said ordeal. He wore a sweat shirt with an concept of cryogenic freezing. ... The doctors would have to keep an eye orange hood. boy’s body went into a frozen state.” out for longer-term symptoms, such Authorities said the temperature When Dorian treated another as headaches and depression that at the jet’s cruising altitude of 38,000 wheel-well stowaway in 2000, the might not emerge for months. feet could have dropped to 50 patient suffered much more obvi- But the doctor added that the teen degrees below zero or less. Oxygen ous trauma. That victim, in his 20s, was walking and talking, which is would have also been in painfully crumpled on to the tarmac at Los the best sign that his prognosis is short supply at that altitude, about Angeles International Airport after a hopeful. Page 14 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Page 14 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com

Private-sector job growth accelerated to 220,000 in April Despite good saving habits, women fall By Jim Puzzanghera was the best reported by ADP since ernment jobs report. behind in retirement prep, study finds Los Angeles Times (MCT) November, when companies added Economists are expecting the WASHINGTON — Companies 245,000 positions. Labor Department to report that the By Hugh R. Morley accelerated their hiring in April as “The job market is gaining strength. private and public sectors added The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT) the private sector added 220,000 After a tough winter, employers are a total of 215,000 net new jobs in More women than men save for retirement, and women save a larger share net new jobs in a sign the labor expanding payrolls across nearly April, up from 192,000 in March. of their earnings, but they will still likely be worse off when they retire because market’s winter doldrums are over, all industries and company sizes,” That would be the best overall job they earn less and spend more time out of the workforce, a new study says. according to a report from Automatic said Mark Zandi, chief economist of market performance since Novem- The study of the savings rates of about 9 million U.S. employees found that Data Processing Inc. Moody’s Analytics, which assists ADP ber, before severe winter weather about 60 percent of the workers saved at a rate of about 7 percent of their earn- The payroll firm also revised in preparing the report. slowed economic growth. ings, according to the study released this week by ADP Research Institute. its March figure up by 18,000, to “Job market prospects are steadily Analysts also expect the nation’s Most women — 74 percent — saved at an average rate of 7 percent, while 209,000, indicating that hiring was improving,” he said. unemployment rate to drop by a most men — 66 percent — saved at an average rate of 6.4 percent, the study recovering after a slowdown caused The ADP figure exceeded analyst tenth of a percentage point to 6.6 found. by unusually cold and snowy expectations for private-sector job percent, which would match the “Across most wage categories, women saved at a higher rate than men, and weather in much of the nation. growth of 210,000 in April and is a lowest level since before the Great workers save more as they approach retirement, said the report by the institute, The private-sector job growth positive sign ahead of Friday’s gov- Recession. which is part of Automatic Data Processing Inc. Women, however, are at a greater risk of having an insufficiently large nest egg when they get to retirement, the report concluded. One reason is that they earn less, so although the proportion of their earnings is larger than men’s, the dollar value is less, the report said. “Factors such as lower incomes and time spent out of the workforce still put women at greater risk of not achieving a secure retirement,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and head of the ADP Research Institute. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 15 Take a tour through the history of bourbon When low-cost airlines expand service, fares drop — temporarily By Allen Pierleoni By Hugo Martin airfares three months before and dropped to $118 from $356, accord- The Sacramento Bee (MCT) Los Angeles Times (MCT) three months after the carriers started ing to the Hopper study. Let’s raise a glass to Dan Huckelbridge for putting together the definitive his- Airline mergers have put more than the routes. “Where they choose to enter the tory of bourbon, the penultimate American whiskey, in “Bourbon: A History of the 70 percent of the nation’s domestic When JetBlue entered a market, market, they are able to knock prices American Spirit” (William Morrow, $25.99). traffic in the hands of four major car- prices dropped the most, up to 67 down a lot,” said Patrick Surry, chief The corn-based spirit is so thoroughly American that Congress passed a 1964 riers. But low-cost airlines still have percent. data scientist for Hopper. resolution calling it a “distinctive product of the United States.” Given its history as some influence over airfares. For example, when JetBlue started Spirit and Frontier airlines pushed Huckelbridge lays it out, that declaration isn’t surprising. A new study shows that when air- service between Boston and Phila- domestic fares down an average of The author — who likes his bourbon straight up — tours us around the saloon, lines such as JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, delphia in May 2013, the average 30 percent when they entered a new so to speak, beginning with whiskey-making colonists at Jamestown and segue- Alaska and Southwest launch service fare for all airlines serving that route market, the study said. ing to George Washington (who had a “distilling operation on his estate), the on an existing domestic route, the Scots-Irish immigrants working stills “in the rugged oak forests of the Appalachian average price from all carriers drops frontier,” into the Civil War and into the wild West (”Bartender, leave the bottle!”). as much as 67 percent. Bourbon continued its journey into the Roaring Twenties, through Prohibition It’s good news for travelers, but and onto the international front after World War II. In more recent years, small aviation experts say most popular batches of hand-crafted bourbon have given the booze a new cachet — and price routes are still dominated by the four tag. biggest carriers: United, Delta, South- west and the soon-to-be-merged American and US Airways. And even when low-cost carriers launch a new route, fares drop only temporarily. “It doesn’t stay that way forever,” said Rick Seaney, founder of the travel site FareCompare.com. The effect of low-cost airlines was the focus of the study by travel plan- ning site Hopper. The study looked at what happened when low-cost carriers started to serve about 150 new routes. The website analyzed Page 16 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Mysterious robot plane hits 500 days in space; what is it really doing? By William D’Urso Space Vehicle, constructed in Cali- “That question implies that it has published a 2010 report on the craft. most technologically advanced nation The Orange County Register (MCT) fornia, is one-fourth the size of the a single, rational mission. And I don’t It speculated the space plane’s most in the world. A robotic space plane is speeding Endeavour Space Shuttle. think it does,” said John Pike, director likely purpose was for intelligence “There are two things we can do in low Earth orbit at this very moment. The Air Force craft, purely a test of GlobalSecurity.org. “I think it was gathering and said the vessel had a to keep it that way. One, do things Some say it’s a weapon; others, a vehicle that will never reach produc- basically just intended to bewilder the low probability of other uses, such as that keep us ahead of them (techno- data-gathering mission. There’s one tion, in part aims to explore reusable Chinese.” satellite repair. logically), and another way is to do fact most agree on as the plane hits space-vehicle technologies. That Others speculate the craft could be Whatever its real purpose, the things that bewilder them and cause 500 days in space: Its real purpose is means the robotic vehicle can land, some sort of intelligence-gathering X-37B has very real capabilities. It them to waste money,” Pike said. a mystery. but no one will say when. tool. The Secure World Foundation, a travels low in orbit, staying around “The program has been around for a The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital What could it be? nonprofit based in Broomfield, Colo., 110 to 500 miles above the Earth at a long time, and at one time or another, cruising speed of about 17,500 mph. has gotten funding from just about It’s equipped with special heat-shield everyone in Washington.” tiles for re-entry, which are billed by But the government’s treatment of Boeing as tougher than Endeavour’s. the project poses questions. Though And this isn’t the first time the craft it’s advertised as a secret project, has launched, either. Boeing releases pictures and more On April 22, 2010, the X-37B rode than two pages of details on the a rocket into the sky before landing X-37B. In contrast, the secret, super- Dec. 3. It took off again Dec. 11, fast Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was 2012, and the plane has now been not declassified until decades after it circling the planet for 500 days. had been used in the Vietnam War. The Air Force launched a second Steven Aftergood, a senior craft of the same model May 5, 2011. research analyst at the Federation of It landed at Vandenberg Air Force American Scientists and an expert on Base on June 16, 2012. secrecy, said the publicity of the craft To Pike, the craft’s purpose is all raises many questions and provides about keeping the United States the few answers. email: [email protected] (979) 849-5407 May 6, 2014 THE BULLETIN Page 17 Page 18 THE BULLETIN May 6, 2014 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Bulletin Crossword Puzzle of the Week 40 Capri crowd? Complete the grid so each row, column 41 “The Birdcage” wrap and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains Across 23 Scripture section 42 Emerges from the wings every digit 1 to 9. 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Bulletin Horoscope (c) 2014 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC. Tribune Content Agency TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For the most enjoyable things before you ence the thrill of meeting new people ardent companion. Don’t be concerned ARIES (March 21-April 19): A quest a predictable outcome, wait until knuckle down to the mundane. You in the week ahead who fascinate if you don’t see immediate results. for excitement and glamour leads you conditions are more predictable. may be attracted to the exotic and you, but keep in mind that they might SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): by the nose. Early in the week, you People might not respond favorably to unusual in the week ahead, but don’t not remain in your life very long. Be Sometimes the best thing you can do might think you’re right when you’re requests for assistance. You might not be sidetracked from following through prepared for a few surprises. is not think or obsess about problems, actually wrong, so wait until late this be satisfied with results if you make on important obligations. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Concentrate but to simply have faith. Avoid making week to make crucial decisions and changes early in the week. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Play on being a community-minded citizen. major purchases in the first part of the changes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pursue it footloose and fancy free. Experi- Your home or neighborhood could be week and don’t dispose of outworn the center for social functions or activ- possessions. MR. MORRIS By Rick Brooks ity this week. Lend a helping hand to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): a new acquaintance or do some social When other people throw you to the networking. wolves, it may give you the opportunity VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An to return leading the pack. The early impulsive purchase could foster a part of the week offers challenges, but repulsive result. It’s possible that you if you don’t give up or overreact you’ll think something is worth more than gain the upper hand. you pay early this week. This may be a AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): good week to write down your ideas or Don’t trade one problem for another. make a presentation. You may end up over your head if LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Political you change horses midstream. Avoid expediency isn’t always polite. You becoming involved in petty spats or may prefer to employ diplomacy even romantic misunderstandings during the when others hit below the belt. In the first half of the week. THE MIDDLETONS By Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers week ahead, you may need to adjust PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A your responses to deal with some significant other could offer a sense uncomfortable truths. of purpose and push you in the right SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the direction this week. Listen to sound week ahead, enjoy the fruits of your advice from experts if your piggy bank labor. Fight the urge to be a moody is concerned. Play hard, but remember loner and hook up with a warm and to work just as diligently.

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