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    Train collectors keep hobby on track
    June 21, 2010 5:00 am
    by Diana North

    Mike Lewis of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Train Collectors Association shows off part of his Lionel train collection. Photo by Kim Christensen.Mike Lewis of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Train Collectors Association shows off part of his Lionel train collection. Photo by Kim Christensen.Toy trains never lost their allure for the 200-plus members of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Train Collectors Association. And in July they'll try to capture the next generation when they set up a kids display at the library.

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    Faces in the Crowd: Lann Perkins, teacher-chef
    April 16, 2010 5:00 am
    by Diana North

    Chef Lann Perkins, head of the Culinary Arts Program at Clear Springs High Schoo, has his students show off their cocoa paintings. From left are senior Kristin Gibson, junior Danielle Parsons and senior Jeanne Chau. Photo by Wendy Rudnicki.Chef Lann Perkins, head of the Culinary Arts Program at Clear Springs High Schoo, has his students show off their cocoa paintings. From left are senior Kristin Gibson, junior Danielle Parsons and senior Jeanne Chau. Photo by Wendy Rudnicki.Clear Spring High School's Culinary Arts Program takes students from academic soup to nuts under the direction of Chef Lann Perkins. Meet the man under the hat.

    • Sample the work of student chefs and the pros on Friday, April 23

    Clear Creek ISD
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    Pilot known for Pearl Harbor show honored
    April 5, 2010 12:45 pm
    by Diana North

    Nassau Bay's Van Skiles, 89, was inducted into the new Hall of Fame for the Commemorative Air Force. A pilot since age 14, he flew for both the Army and Braniff Airways, but his claim to fame is his ability to land a B-17 bomber on one wheel during Pearl Harbor reenactments.

    Photo by Diana North

    Nassau Bay, Achievements
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    Tour waterfront homes renovated since Ike
    March 1, 2010 11:43 am
    by Diana North

    Photo by Dana Puddy.Photo by Dana Puddy.This year’s Houston Symphony League Bay Area home tour will showcase renovations of four waterfront homes in Kemah. Scheduled for March 26-28, the event dubbed “A Day by the Bay” supports music in Clear Creek ISD elementary schools.

    Clear Creek ISD, Events, Kemah
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    Volunteers building homes for Haitians here
    February 10, 2010 12:46 pm
    by Diana North

    Photo by Kim Christensen.Photo by Kim Christensen.
    Intended to provide better shelter than tent cities can, these homes are just 8 feet by 12 feet, but they can be assembled on site in an hour and provide shelter up to three years. The Homes for Haiti project is setting up an assembly line in League City's old Academy building.

    Volunteering, News around town
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    Friendswood senior apartments nearly done
    December 30, 2009 4:19 pm
    by Diana North

    With the last of the 114 units of the Gardens at Friendswood Lakes scheduled to be completed early next year, management is pre-booking residents for the nearly complete east tower.

    Friendswood, Businesses
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    Clear Springs builds a winning tradition
    November 16, 2009 1:37 pm
    by Diana North

    Photo by Kim ChristensenPhoto by Kim ChristensenPlayoff fever has seized Clear Creek's newest high school in just its second year of varsity action. So how does it feel to beat out rival powerhouses with years of winning behind them? Pretty excellent.

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    Ham radio classes are NASA retiree's calling
    October 15, 2009 1:23 pm
    by Diana North

    Nick Lance spent 40 years at NASA, but when he wasn’t doing his day job as a project manager, he was pursuing his avocation as a ham radio instructor. Now retired, he teaches what he loves to students like Westbrook Intermediate School's Melissa Yung and Stephanie Lawrence.

    Clear Creek ISD
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    A year after Ike, doors open in Seabrook
    September 29, 2009 1:58 pm
    by Diana North

    Photo by Kim ChristensenPhoto by Kim ChristensenThe new building that houses Seabrook Methodist Church is just a third of the size of the building destroyed by Hurricane Ike. But it's a big step up from the trailer, school room and living rooms that congregants have been using for the last year.

    Seabrook
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    What is your teen getting done this summer?
    July 7, 2009 7:25 am
    by Diana North

    What these kids are doing on summer vacation: washing dogs for Bay Area Pet Adoptions and playing games with residents of Hope Village.

    Volunteering
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