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Sport's sour name no problem for Pickleball addicts
March 8, 2010 9:00 am
Greg May wrote:

Tom Payne of Pearland plays pickleballTom Payne of Pearland plays pickleball
Funny name, addictive sport. That’s pickleball, and it’s a hit at the Vic Coppinger Family YMCA, attracting daily games with players from all age ranges.

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Health, Youth and community sports
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Roundup: Fire death fifth for county in 2010
March 5, 2010 10:25 am
Greg May wrote:

Dawson football player collapses; Local death is the fifth in Brazoria County so far this year from house fires; Pearland resident in runoff for justice of the peace position; Bats stop mail delivery at Alvin post office.

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Alvin, Brazoria County, Pearland ISD, Health, Schools, Daily Update
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ACC offers END technology training
March 2, 2010 3:32 pm
Alvin Community College wrote:

To help address a nationwide and local shortage of qualified electroneurodiagnostic technicians, Alvin Community College will begin providing training for an associate degree and one-year advanced technical certificate this fall.

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Colleges, Health, Business, Community bloggers
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Manvel mayor continues effort to ban texting/w/driving
March 1, 2010 6:13 am
Thayer Evans wrote:

Manvel Mayor Delores Martin plans to keep pushing for an ordinance that would ban text messaging while driving after such a proposal failed in her city last week.

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Manvel, Health
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Vintage airplane to target mosquitos in Brazoria County
February 25, 2010 3:20 pm
Robert Stanton wrote:

Brazoria County has agreed to purchase a 1956 Twin Beech turbine-engine plane for use in its mosquito control efforts.

Purchase price of the plane is $210,000, with an additional $40,000 required to outfit it for the county's aerial spray operation, said Jim Ryan, director of the county's mosquito control district.

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Brazoria County, Health
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CPR: More than getting lip to lip with a dummy
February 22, 2010 2:38 pm
Surviving high school wrote:

R. Clayton McKee photo for the ChronicleR. Clayton McKee photo for the Chronicle
Sure, it's weird to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a mannequin. But the name of the program, Save a Life, says it all.

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Pearland ISD, Health, Schools, Community bloggers
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Free dyslexia presentation set for March 9
February 19, 2010 4:12 pm
Greg May wrote:

The dyslexia department at the Pearland school district is hosting a free dyslexia presentation on March 9 featuring expert Susan Barton.

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Pearland ISD, Health, Schools
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Women's friendship deepens during cancer fight
February 19, 2010 3:54 pm
Greg May wrote:

Vicky Reynolds, left, and Alvin Myrleen Knotts became close after Reynolds was diagnosed with cancer.: Pim Lim photoVicky Reynolds, left, and Alvin Myrleen Knotts became close after Reynolds was diagnosed with cancer.: Pim Lim photo
After Alvin resident Myrleen Knott directed Vicky Reynolds to get a mammogram at The Rose - one that led to a cancer diagnosis - the two became fast friends.

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Alvin, Health
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Healthcare job fair set for today
February 17, 2010 7:55 am
Greg May wrote:

Alvin Community College will host its seventh annual Health Care Job Fair for alumni from 1-3 p.m. today, Feb. 17 in the Nolan Ryan Center, 2925 Alvin Bypass, Alvin.

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Alvin, Brazoria County, Health, Business
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Jazzercize instructor rebounds from obstacles
February 15, 2010 6:46 am
Greg May wrote:

Dana Miles: Wendy Rudnicki photoDana Miles: Wendy Rudnicki photoDana Miles, assistant principal at Rogers Middle School, fulfilled a longtime goal to become a certified Jazzercise instructor last fall. But first she dealt with obstacles including a difficult pregnancy with her twins and a hurricane.

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Pearland ISD, Health, Schools
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