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Tuesday
August 31, 2010
Inside
Our View
n The city of Dickin-
son is absolutely right
in its effort to clean
up or demolish dilapi-
dated buildings/B4.
It’s Your Health
n Dr. Michael M.
Warren warns of the
dangers of taking old
medications/B4.
City
Meetings
Today
n 6 p.m.: League
City Council, special-
called meeting,
council chambers,
200 W. Walker St.,
281-554-1031.
n 6 p.m.: Santa Fe
Parks Board, city
hall, 12002 state
Highway 6, 409-925-
6412.
Wednesday
n 9:30 a.m.: Galves-
ton County Commis-
sioners Court, 722
Moody, Galveston,
409-766-2249.
n 5 p.m.: Texas City
Commission, city
hall, 1801 Ninth Ave.
N., 409-948-3111.
Sept. 7
n 5:15 p.m.: Texas
City Zoning Commis-
sion, city hall annex,
928 Fifth Ave. N.,
409-643-5925.
n 6:30 p.m.: Bayou
Vista City Council,
MUD Reception Hall,
2929 state Highway 6.
Call 409-935-8348.
n 7 p.m.: Clear Lake
Shores City Council,
Club House, 931
Cedar, 281-334-2799.
n 7 p.m.: Santa Fe
Planning and Zoning
workshop, city hall,
12002 state Highway
6, 409-925-6412.
E-mail city meetings
to Angela Taylor, angela.
taylor@galvnews.com.
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Pr ices
2.50
Average local price
for a gallon of regular
unleaded gasoline.
SOURCE: AAA,
Oil Price Information Service
Our County
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Volunteers needed for fall beach cleanup
By Texas General Land Office
Special to The Daily News
The 24th Texas General
Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Fall
Cleanup will be from 9 a.m. to
noon Sept. 25 at various sites in
Galveston County.
Does library do background checks?
Q: A man found
guilty of steal-
ing from Rosenberg Li-
brary while employed
there could be given
a tougher sentence
The Texas Adopt-A-Beach pro-
gram originated in fall 1986,
when 2,800 volunteers picked
up 124 tons of trash. Since then,
more than 397,000 volunteers
have removed 7,700 tons of trash
from Texas beaches. The program
is a volunteer effort to remove
R e a dy t o da n c e
Question of the day
because he had a con-
viction for arson before
checks on all new
hires?
joining the staff in the
mid-1990s. Does the
Rosenberg Library do
A: Yes. The Rosen-
berg Library has
done criminal back-
criminal background ground checks on all
INSIDE TODAY
Word on the street
Readers sound off on the isle’s
port hiring and foreign oil
Page B5.
trash from Texas beaches and
waterways and to increase public
awareness of the problems of ma-
rine debris and beach litter.
Twice each year, volunteers
check in at sites along the coast to
See Cleanup/B7
T
he Dickinson Diamonds
and the Texas City
Stingarettes dance
teams will perform together
during half time Friday when
their two football teams face
off at Sam Vitanza Stadium in
Dickinson. Sherri Simmons,
director of the Texas City
Stingarettes, said the teams
performed together about four
years ago. She said they would
perform a dance routine to
“Great Balls of Fire.” Kickoff
for Friday’s game is at 7 p.m.
Above, Traci Mills, director
of the Dickinson High School
dance team, leads a joint prac-
tice. Top and bottom left, mem-
bers of the Dickinson Diamonds
and the Texas City Stingarettes
practice their dance. Bottom,
Brianne Louvierre, a lieuten-
ant colonel for the Dickinson
Diamonds, stands out in her
brightly colored socks and yel-
low Converse sneakers.
Photos by JENNIFER REYNOLDS
The Daily News
new hires since 2003.
SOURCE: Rosenberg Library
Have a question you want an-
swered? Send it to newsroom@
galvnews.com. Put “Question
of the Day” in the subject line.
At a glance
WHAT: 24th Texas General Land
Office Adopt-A-Beach Fall Cleanup
WHERE: Nine coastal sites in the
Houston and Galveston areas
WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 25
COURTESY FILE PHOTO/Rosenberg Library
This 19th century waffle iron consist-
ing of two rectangular, hinged plates
with circular and square surfaces
belonged to Samuel May Williams
and was donated by the estate of the
Thomas Jefferson League in 1923.
Treasure of
the Month
Irons
mark
waffle
week
By ROSENBERG LIBRARY
Special to The Daily News
GALVESTON — The
Rosenberg Library Museum
will feature a 19th century
waffle iron, originally belong-
ing to Samuel May Williams,
as the September Treasure of
the Month.
Donated by the estate of
the Thomas Jefferson League
in 1923, this waffle iron
design first was patented in
1869. Waffles are griddle-
cakes made of flour, milk,
eggs and butter that are
pressed between iron molds
to form crispy, caramelized
delights. Often used for
breakfast foods and as sweet
treats, waffles have been
used like toast or as wraps
around savory meat dishes
for centuries.
Traditional waffle irons,
manufactured from the 14th
century through the early
20th century, were made
of two cast-iron plates that
were heated atop a stove.
First eaten by the Greeks as
obleios, or flat cakes, waffles
and waffle irons became
cultural staples in the Low
Countries of Northern
Europe in the 1300s. These
waffle irons were constructed
of hinged plates connected
by long wooden handles and
embossed with elaborate
patterns of landscapes, coats
of arms, religious symbols or
the honeycomb-grid pattern
we know today.
Dutch pilgrims brought
waffle irons to America in
the 1620s. In the late 1700s,
Thomas Jefferson brought a
waffle iron back as a souvenir
from his travels in France.
Waffle frolics were then orga-
nized by the well-to-do where
party guests enjoyed waffles
topped with fruits, maple
syrup or meat and kidney
See Waffles/B7
At a glance
WHAT: Treasure of the Month
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays
WHERE: Mezzanine level of
the Rosenberg Library, 2310
Sealy Ave., in Galveston
INFO: Call the museum office,
409-763-8854, Ext. 125.