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Return to flight and a return to leadership
billion to develop and maintain
daily lives.
Technology invented through the space station.
and nuclear materials.
capabilities in science, technolo-
Over 80 such experiments gy and medicine.
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team.
55 YEARS AGO
Sealy News after It appears in the newspaper. ■ AFFILIATIONS
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If we stall, we risk relinquish-
ing our leadership role in space
close look at all of its options and
is looking forward to hearing
about the public’s view on zon-
accountability have also evolved.
NASA is in transition with a new
The Sealy News has several deadlines for its We are only responsible for photos for 30 days The Sealy News is a member of the National
semi-weekly editions. The deadline for editorial after It runs. Submissions are run on a space Newspaper Association, the Texas Press
Entered at the post office at Sealy, Texas, under the Camille Herring
Act of Congress of June 2, 1897. Periodical Rate Patti Minter
•A helicopter was used for the Texas averaged $3,800 per fami-
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advanced diagnostics ultrasound and sustain the ISS as a func-
which can assist with diagnosis tional laboratory.
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•Austin County produced two
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postage paid at Sealy, TX 77474.
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By LINDSEY VACULIN
Staff Writer
By KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
U.S. Senate, Texas
Log on to www.sealynews.com
to let your voice be heard.
We will bring you the results of this poll and a new question every month.
The Sealy News is posing the following question to
our readers this month:
Do you believe the bird flu pandemic is a serious threat
to the United States?
Yes
No
Last month’s poll question results:
Has the rising cost of fuel changed your lifestyle?
Yes: 68 percent
No: 16 percent
Somewhat: 16 percent
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• Eighteen men passed the
draft physical and were shipped
overseas.
• Prudential Insurance’s sky-
scraper in Houston was built and
15 YEARS AGO
•Johnny Ray Hall appointed
Fire Marshal for San Felipe.
• Bob Bullock ran for Lt.
Governor.
•Kim McPherson was the new
Austin County Fair Queen.
•Gail Alexander left for Saudi
Arabia.
•Jeff Brandes was the player
of the week vs. Bellville.
•A 1990 Mercury Topaz could
be bought for $8,495.
•A ninja turtles cassette tape
could be bought along with the
purchase of a pizza at Pizza Hut.
35 YEARS AGO
•Decker’s Tasty Beer Salami
cost 69 cents per pound.
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meet our international and sci- ical surgery, physical therapy,
International Space Station firefighters used to cut through away from completion of the ISS response to chemical, biological exploration. This will affect our
• STAFF DIRECTORY
Joanie Griffin
JayErmis
Lindsey Vaculin
Johnny Griffin
Andy Trey
m letters POLICY submissions is Tuesday at 4 p.m. for the Friday available basis and must include a name and Association, the South Texas Press
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tion. Letters should be hand signed and include ■ EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS Tuesdays and Fridays. Subscriptions in Austin Eonssn " permiss10nisga in5din
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ners and cede the research and were the outcome of shuttle wasted and too many potential have already been conducted
security prowess that has technology. discoveries lost. aboard the ISS or are under way,
past 16 years. It would be can be applied to fields ranging launched its second manned
regretful for this nation to fail to from human-collaborative med- flight into space.
According to City Manager cate the public and the city coun-
John Maresh, Monday night’s cil.
meeting will serve as an orienta- There will be no decision made
tion for the council and public to one way or the other tonight,
learn more about zoning and This is just the first step in the
land use regulations. Dunkin, process.
Seiko and Associates will pre- Take this chance to participate
sent the orientation. in what goes on in Sealy.
In attending City Council The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in
meetings for the past several the council chambers at City
months, I have noticed that the Hall. City Hall is located at 415
City Council is taking a very Main Street.
would never finish the save lives everyday. Devices entific commitments by turning rehabilitation and emergency
some said America should aban- chemotherapy treatments.
don manned missions. Space technology has led to
This would mean the U.S. the production of air bags that
The Sealy City Council will ing.
hold a public workshop and ori- Many of you have probably
entation on the prospects of zon- already made up your mind as to
ing Monday night. whether or not you feel zoning is
This is the time to be a part of a good thing for the City of Sealy.
a process that will dictate the But, I urge you to keep an open
way our city grows for the next mind and weigh all of the options
several years. before making a final decision.
This is the public’s chance to Everyone is encouraged to
be a part of something that will attend the meeting to listen.
(ISS), would abandon our com- exposed steel at ground zero fol- at this point.
mitment to international part- lowing the September 11 attacks Too many resources would be
• Ronda Sens was the new Maureen. O’Sullivan played at
Austin County Fair Queen. the Texas Theatre.
•Gus Nentwig grew a 33 inch, •A Halloween Carnival was
five pound squash in his garden, held at Sealy Public School.
•Anthony Drymalla was pre- *Guardian Angels Church in
sented with a certificate desig- Wallis dedicated a memorial
nating him as the American chapel to the men from the
Farmer Degree winner. church who fought in WWII.
•Harry Pfeffer of Sealy joined •A 46 oz. can of grapefruit
the Blinn Buccaneer football juice sold for 25 cents.
•“Tarzan’s Triumph” featuring toted as the most modern build-
Johnny Weismueller and ing in the nation.
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------------------------------- defined our nation for 50 years. New oxygen regulators helping Clearly, we need the research showing real results with direct
Recently, an anxious nation Too many risks have been firefighters breathe safely were about the effects of long-term application to improving life and
watched the Space Shuttle taken, successes achieved, new invented based on research con- exposure to the space environ- health for all of us on Earth.
Discovery return our nation to technologies developed and his- ducted on the ISS. These are just ment on humans done on the ISS I have passed legislation
flight, and many relaxed their toric moments created to weak- some of many examples of added to prepare for the return to the through the Senate to ensure
vigil only when Commander en our commitment to retaining benefits our investment in space Moon and eventual missions to the maximum return on our
Eileen Collins called out “wheels our nation’s space preeminence. exploration has provided us. Mars. nation’s investment in the ISS
stop” on the runway at Edwards Brave astronauts have sacri- Those benefits will only multi- That research provides knowl- by designating the U.S. portion
Air Force Base. ficed their lives for the future of ply as we proceed with research edge and helps us understand as a National Laboratory
This first post-Columbia flight space exploration believing it is planned for the ISS. In order to and also treat common medical Facility.
was extremely valuable and sue- essential to our country’s future, complete the assembly of the problems of a similar nature, This designation provides a
cessful. As we explore the unknown, research station, we must be such as osteoporosis, muscle mechanism to identify creative
The mission also made it clear the information gathered mil- able to continue to fly the space atrophy and bone demineraliza- ways in which non-NASA partic-
that NASA’s approach to launch lions of milemaway and work shuttle, which is the only vehicle tion. t: ipants can join the space station
decisions, making important done to prepare and conduct capable of carrying these heavy Developments evolving research community ah potn-
mission and safety-related deci- space-based research has direct pieces. 1 through* qurrent research being tially bring non-NASA funding
sions, and its ongoing public and positive applications in our The U.S. has invested over $25 conducted on the ISS include an and expertise to help support
vision, new administrator and space exploration is used in hos- Our scientific and internation- of bone marrow loss and muscle The number of nations with
new environment. pital cardiac care units, al partners have also made large atrophy. Autonomous robotic human space flight capability is
After the Columbia tragedy, Scientists have developed new investments in the ISS over the arms have been developed which growing. Recently, China
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Griffin, Joanie & Ermis, Jay. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 85, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 2005, newspaper, October 21, 2005; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1531540/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.