Cedar Rapids Billboard Message: Be a Willie, Not a Ted
The adventures of the two young boys appeared regularly in Highlights, the children s magazine that was wildly popular with baby boomers growing up in the 60s and is still being published today.
The boys were the stars of a one page, six panel comic strip that was created in 1940 by Garry Cleveland Myers. The premise of the Goofus and Gallant page was to show children examples of behaviors that were polite and correct as opposed to selfish and incorrect.
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As you can probably guess by their nicknames, the boys were polar opposites. Goofus was always taking shortcuts, being sneaky and often acting recklessly. Gallant was the polite, thoughtful and considerate one, and he was always doing the right thing.
Massive Line Seen At Texas Whataburger During Historic Snow Storm
The historic winter storm in Texas has knocked out power and water lines, but the lines at Whataburger are still going strong. This week most of the state was blanketed by snow, ice, and other treacherous conditions which made driving and being outside of your home difficult.
Officials warned people to stay indoors, get warm, and prepare to ride the rest of the storm out. While the City of El Paso was thankfully spared the more dangerous weather conditions, other areas weren t as lucky.
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Who is Gary Gates?
According to Gates’ website, the politician “started by driving trucks but soon found his talent was in buying, renovating and renting homes and apartments.” On January 28, 2020, Gates won the special runoff election for Texas House District 28 by defeating Democrat Elizabeth A Markowitz of Katy, Texas.
Gates’ father, an Air Force pilot, was shot to death by a second wife when the now-politician was just an 18-year-old. As per a Houston Press profile of the politician, Gates and his wife Melissa have two children of their own: Sarah, 17, and Will, 14. But in 1992, after a miscarriage, the couple decided to adopt more children. Cassie, TJ, Andy, Cynthia, George, Marcus, Raquel, Travis, Derodrick, Scott and Alexis are their adoptive children.
But even this did not prepare the organization for the volume of cases to come.
A dog is found outside of a Houston auto body shop in freezing temperatures.
From Houston SPCA via CNN
Dogs are being found abandoned and freezing
On Monday, the SPCA investigation team responded to a report of six dogs left outside an auto body shop.
One dog was dead and covered in snow, another was alive but emaciated. The five living dogs were taken to the local SPCA campus where they were immediately seen by a veterinary team, the organization said.
The area where the dogs were found registered at 18 degrees.