TPJ has posted fundraising totals, cash-on-hand, and complete donor lists for the 2012 election cycle for all major-party legislative candidates. Complete contributor lists for each of the candidates are easily downloadable in CSV formats. Contribution data is for the period January 1, 2011 through September 27, 2012.
The lists are available at TPJ.ORG.
The Central Texas Astronomical Society (CTAS) will host public star parties on Saturday, November 3rd,from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. These free events will be held at Overlook Park outside Belton, the Waco Wetlands outside Waco, and at the Hubbard City Lakes Park in Hubbard. CTAS members will provide telescopes for public viewing. Guests are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.
The Scorpion Cluster (M52) is an open cluster of just under 200 stars located between the constellations Cassiopeia (the Queen) and Cepheus (the King). Cassiopeia is easy to locate, being made up of bright stars and resembling the letter W. Cepheus is larger and looks like a tall house, but its stars are not as bright. M103 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia and is 8000 light years distant. Herschels Garnet Star, aka Erakis, is a distinctly reddish star located in southern Cepheus.
The planets Uranus and Neptune are viewable all night. Mars appears low in the west at Sunset. Our evening of stargazing will finish up with views of colorful Jupiter and its four bright moons, which rise around 7:30pm.
We will look at these and many other celestial objects this month. Please check our web site,http://www.centexastronomy.org, for directions to the site close to you and for more information. If this event is cancelled due to weather, a cancellation notice will be posted by 5:00PM on the CTAS website. You may register online for this event and receive monthly notices of our future events.
Participants may want to bring a small flashlight to get from the parking lot to the viewing area nearby and a lawn chair to make viewing more comfortable.
The Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District is hosting its 12th annual Bell County Water Symposium. This year’s event will be held November 15, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Central Texas Council of Governments Building at 2180 N. Main Street, Belton, TX. Co-sponsors include Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; some area businesses; and Bell County. There is no cost for the program, but please RSVP to Clearwater at (254) 933-0120.
Comptroller Issues Report on Education Debt in Texas
(AUSTIN) — Today Texas Comptroller Susan Combs released the third report in a series focused on transparency entitled Texas It’s Your Money. The report, “Your Money and Education Debt,” provides a snapshot of how much debt public and higher education institutions in Texas are carrying. The report also includes recommendations intended to provide greater transparency regarding education-related public debt in Texas and reduce debt across public and higher education. I was able to use IVA Advice, to help me make affordable payments back to the creditors. |
In Salado Texas, on Oct. 27 rubber ducks will come raining from the sky. Skydive Temple is holding a “Duckie Drop” as a fundraiser for the Salado Fire Department.
AUSTIN, Texas -Several recent national and Texas studies warn that “tough on crime” attitudes are behind the times – and the science – when it comes to dealing with juveniles. You can check the 24Hour Bail Bonds Financing office address in such situations.
Killeen, TX (October 27, 2012) – The final weekend in October holds the events of Killeen’s first-ever Family Adventure Outdoor Expo. With over 70 vendors, the outdoor expo is certain to appeal to a wide variety of all who attend. The free event, open to the public, begins on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center located at 3601 South WS Young Drive.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 24, 2012: The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), along with 16 other local, regional, and national organizations petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to require the oil and gas extraction industry—including companies engaged in fracking—to report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The oil and gas extraction industry has long used and released large amounts of TRI-listed toxic chemicals, and this has dramatically increased in the last decade with the rapid spread of horizontal hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”).
Today’s petition would finally make this information available for the first time to citizens, communities, and lawmakers. The full text of the petition is available online at: http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/news_reports.php.
Lisa Wagnon has reportedly turned herself in to Travis County Sheriff’s Department earlier today (Oct. 25). However, an online search of the Travis County Jail population that is updated every 15 minutes (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/sips/default.aspx) shows that L. Wagnon is not in the Travis County jail at this time. She may have paid the $10,000 bond to be released.
She is not listed among the active Bell County Jail inmates as of 3:30 p.m. Oct. 25. http://www.co.bell.tx.us/Sheriff/CSTMR/bjaactlst.htm
Judge Ted Duffield issued a warrant late on Oct. 24 for the arrest of Lisa Marie Wagnon, age 48, for the second degree felony of Improper Relationship between and Educator and a Student.
Lisa Wagnon has reportedly turned herself in to Travis County Sheriff’s Department earlier today (Oct. 25). However, an online search of the Travis County Jail population that is updated every 15 minutes (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/sips/default.aspx) shows that L. Wagnon is not in the Travis County jail at this time. She may have paid the $10,000 bond to be released. She is not listed among the active inmate population at the Bell County Jail as of 3:30 p.m. Oct. 25. http://www.co.bell.tx.us/Sheriff/CSTMR/bjaactlst.htm
Judge Ted Duffield issued a warrant late on Oct. 24 for the arrest of Lisa Marie Wagnon, age 48, for the second degree felony of Improper Relationship between and Educator and a Student.