A group of House Democrats is proposing a $15,000 raise for the state’s teachers and a 25% raise for other state employees by using some of the state’s record budget surplus. State Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, announced the bill last week and was joined by Democratic legislators and teachers, the Austin American- Statesman reported.
LA GRANGE — The Founders Park located on the courthouse square is a small “pocket” park located next to the Fayette County Clerk's office. Patsy Creed donated the land for the park which was dedicated in September 2012. The donation was made in order for a small park to be created across from the courthouse to honor and tell the story of prominent Fayette County pioneer settlers.
The den supported the acoustical overtures for Sunday afternoons. Once it was a double-car garage. Now it is a sprawling carpeted room with bookshelves, cabinets full of vinyl records, glass-doored cabinets with China and Crystal, a television, Dad’s rocking chair, Mama’s sewing table, a 1911 upright piano, and a small prairie of open floor space.
It wasn’t that long ago, so it seems, I was free-wheeling it down the road on my huge mo- torcycle with the mufflers doing that Harley-Davidson thing. Bikers would know what I mean. The wind blowing through my hair, hitting the open road with nary a care in the world. At least, that is how I imagined it as I rode my bicycle on FM 949 with card- board flaps pinned on my bike so the wheels’ spokes would hit the flap and make an awesome motorcycle sound. Of course, my hair wasn’t that long back then yet.
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