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Bursting Our Bulb Regarding your January “Power Talk” item about the light bulb that has burned for 98 years. As a WBAP news reporter and later cameraman for WBAP-TV, I filmed stories on the “eternal light bulb” twice. In 1977, when the Palace Theater in Fort Worth was torn down, the light was turned off….

Keep Stars Bright I enjoyed your January Footnotes in Texas History article about the “The stars at night, are big and bright …”! I’d like to challenge the electric cooperatives—especially the ones in the high rural growth areas, to consider making it a policy to offer members ONLY outdoor lighting that is shaded in ways…

Why Hunt? We are dog lovers and appreciated the December story by Andrew Sansom about the loss and reclamation of his Lab, Scout. But I must ask a volatile question—volatile certainly in Texas: How do people take joy in killing fowl or mammalian life? I understand the joy in watching one’s dog “do her thing,”…

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