October 3rd, 2008 categories: Community Events, Home Improvement & Design, Pebble Creek, The Realtor's Life
Thursday, September 25, a benefit was held at 5203 Whistling Straits in support of the Hurricane Ike relief efforts. Many local firms were willing to donate items to the silent auction, and all proceeds from the auction went to the Brazos Valley Food Bank, who helped to get the money into the right hands.
Some of the items donated were: An area rug from Aggieland Carpets, several pieces of artwork by Aggie artist Benjamin Knox, a bottle of wine from JJ Ruffino, a $100 gift card to The Republic from Wade Barkman, Kohler bath hardware, a prep sink and a lavatory sink all from Moore Supply, a lamp from Susan Tremont, an under-counter refrigerator from Factory Building Stores, a framed picture from Myra's Gallery and Custom Framing, a painting kit from Monarch, and French doors from Grand Door Co. to be stained by Rob Crowley.
Hors d'oeuvres were provided by The Republic and prepared on location by chef Brian Light. There was also a bar set up in the outdoor kitchen serving drinks all night. Procedes from the bar also went to the Hurricane Ike Relief fund.
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Posted by Clay Lee |
September 12th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Here is the final installment of this three part series, where we will look at places that parents can take their younger kids for a day out.
Entertainment Facilities
If you are really looking for a way to keep the kids busy all day, at a place they will love, try one of these places:
Gattitown- With things like a game room, sports room, theatre, café, and, of course, pizza buffet, Gattitown insures that the kids will never run out of things to
do.
Chuck E Cheese- This has long been known as a great place to book a birthday party for the kids. Tons of games, rides, and plenty of food is sure to put a smile on the kid’s faces. Plus, their new kid check program makes sure everyone is well looked after; so mom and dad can sit back and relax without having to chase the kids around. Don’t forget to get a picture with Chuck!
Grand Station Entertainment- Locally owned and operated, Grand
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September 11th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Here is the second installment of this three part series, where we will look at places that parents can take their younger kids for a day out.
The Park
With over 50 different parks in College Station, you are never far away from an afternoon of fun. Each park offers a different set of activities for the family to enjoy, such as: jungle gyms, slides, swings, basketball courts, baseball/softball courts, walking trails, and even disc golf. With so much to do, it is no wonder the city takes such pride in their parks. The College Station Parks and Recreation Department’s mission statement pretty much says it all about their parks, “To provide a diversity of facilities and leisure services which are geographically and demographically accessible to our citizens.”
Here are a fe
w of the parks I recommend:
1. Anderson Park- This park was initially created to alleviate the overcrowding of soccer fields in College Station. It now contains five youth soccer fields of various sizes, along with two basketball courts, a playground, a shelter with rest rooms, and parking for 30 cars. With tons
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September 10th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Attention families: College Station is a place with seemingly infinite attractions for your kids…provided they are college age. Parents, if you think that most of the extra curricular activities in this town are meant for kids in college, you’re right, they are. But don’t be discouraged, there are still plenty of things in College Station for Mom and Dad to do with the younger kids. Here is a list of places you can take the kids on the weekends that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
The Pool
College Station has several pools that are open to the whole family. Adamson Lagoon is an Olympic size swimming pool complete with a large serpentine water slide, a stump slide, tadpole slide, lilly pad walk, and water basketball. Cindy Hallaran Pool is the perfect pool for the younger kids with curbless entry in the shallow end and a gentle slope to an overall depth 
of 4 feet in the deep end. It even has a cool clam slide
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Posted by Clay Lee |
September 6th, 2008 categories: Community Events
Google recently let “slip” a comic strip outlining their new web browser, Chrome. This is not the kind of comic strip you are used to seeing in the Sunday paper; the lengthy and informative comic strip uses pictures and practical explanations to help the average Joe decipher exactly what the new web browser is meant to do and how it will be faster and more useful. The actual comic strip is close to 100 pages long and is mostly written in tech jargon that would, without all the nice pictures and explanations, go way over the heads of most readers.
So what exactly makes this web browser different from the ones running today? Google goes to great length to answer this question in their comic strip, but it can be summed up in a much shorter amount of time for anyone just trying to decide, “Is it worth downloading?” When the first web browser was created way back in the stone-age, it was primarily meant to read text files, emails, and your basic online news. There have been countless
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September 6th, 2008 categories: Community Events
What would you do with $100 billion? Buy a house? A car? Your own country? How about a loaf of bread. Zimbabwe recently released a new bank note to the tune of $100 billion, which, according to government officials, is not quite enough to pay for one loaf of bread. With an official inflation rate of 2.2 million percent since 1980, Zimbabwe’s inflation rate is by far the highest in the world. New high dollar bank notes are being introduced as a temporary solution to this long standing problem. These temporary notes are not meant to take the place of official currency. However, Zimbabwe has not had official currency since the temporary notes were introduced in 2003. As long as the inflation remains high, cash shortages will persist. Inflation is best combated by increasing production, but this has proved difficult for the country in recent years. With an expiration date of December 31, it seems that even this new $100 billion dollar bank note will soon become nothing more than pocket change, and a new larger bill will (more...)
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