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Q. Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? When did that happen?

My journey to Memorial Day this year:

Among the delights of a summer night around my place are the flashing, flying lightning bugs. Or, if you prefer a different terminology, the fireflies.

This summer, as households across the country search for their next binge-worthy TV show, local PBS stations will air the first season of "The Highpointers" with the Bargo brothers, a travel show created by and starring Texas State University alumnus Branndon Bargo (B.A. 1999) and his brother Greg Bargo.

Each summer since 1998, the Central Texas Writing Project (CTWP) at Texas State University has hosted the Young Writers Camp. But for the first time ever, CTWP is delivering its camp offerings completely online.

Editor’s note: This is a revised version of last week's column. The Daily Record is republishing the column due to multiple name misspellings. We apologize for and confusion this might have caused.

Although it concerned another state, a recent item in a Resource Recycling newsletter caught my eye. It referred to grants the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (NCDEQ) awarded 20 companies.