Expect to see the widening of Interstate 10 from Mason Road in Katy to FM 359 in Waller County to get underway now that $730.6 million in state funding has been approved for the project.
In the unbearable heat, drought and desperation of last summer, 128 new trees were planted on Pederson Road between the 23 Freeway and Olsen. At the time, I thought that many of those little trees would succumb in the drought. But, no. The city watered the trees, mulched them and made wells around each one
FAMILY Lloyd Friesen and his mother, Opal, in the backyard of her Thousand Oaks home Nov. 30. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers Opal Friesen celebrated her 100th birthday last month with 100 jumps on her mini trampoline, just as she does every morning. Friesen, born Nov. 7, 1922, uses no cane, no walker and takes no medications. She
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Opal Friesen with her son, Lloyd, at Opal’s home in Thousand Oaks. Lloyd is a retired chiropractor who makes him in Camarillo. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers Opal Friesen celebrated her 100th birthday last month with 100 jumps on her mini trampoline, just as she does every morning. Friesen, born Nov. 7, 1922, uses no cane,