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Early days of heavy lifting helped Grandpa grow into role as Houston longshoreman

Life-Changing Experience I was on the Youth Tour in 1981 [“It’s the Trip of a Lifetime,” August 2013]. It was truly a life-changing experience. I was enthralled with Washington, the monuments, the memorials, the history. I came home, applied for an internship with my congressman (U.S. Rep. Charles W. Stenholm) but didn’t get chosen. But…