WEDNESDAY VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 36 Section 1 8 pages
September 11, 2024 Home of the ‘Lone Star Flag’ and Michelle Hamilton
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Texas RJOA Sculptor Howard’s Weekly Huge Contribution In UDC Gas Prices Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 2.2 cents per gallon in the last week, a v e r a g i n g $ 2 . 8 0 / g t o d a y, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 21.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 54.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 4.5 cents in the last week and stands at $3.62 per gallon- the lowest since early 2022. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Texas was priced at $2.19/g yesterday while the most ex p en s iv e w a s $ 3 . 7 3 /g , a difference of $1.54/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $2.19/g while the highest was $3.73/g, a difference of $1.54/g. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 7.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.22/g today. The national average is down 22.5 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 58.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. Historical gasoline prices in Texas and the national average going back ten years: September 9, 2023: $3.35/g (U.S. Average: $3.80/g) September 9, 2022: $3.14/g (U.S. Average: $3.71/g) September 9, 2021: $2.83/g (U.S. Average: $3.17/g) September 9, 2020: $1.89/g (U.S. Average: $2.19/g) September 9, 2019: $2.27/g (U.S. Average: $2.56/g) September 9, 2018: $2.60/g (U.S. Average: $2.84/g) September 9, 2017: $2.50/g (U.S. Average: $2.66/g) September 9, 2016: $1.98/g (U.S. Average: $2.18/g) September 9, 2015: $2.14/g (U.S. Average: $2.38/g) September 9, 2014: $3.23/g (U.S. Average: $3.43/g) Neighboring areas and their current gas prices: Midland Odessa- $2.68/g, down 8.0 cents per gallon from last week's $2.76/g. San Antonio- $2.64/g, down 21.9 cents per gallon from last week's $2.86/g. Austin- $2.69/g, down 19.8 cents per gallon from last week's $2.89/g. “Impressively, for the sixth straight week, gas prices have dropped to their lowest since winter. GasBuddy now counts 11 states and over 45,000 stations with gas prices below $3 per gallon,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “We fully expect gas prices will continue to drop as Americans drive less with the onset of fall. With oil prices falling below $70 per barrel, their lowest since 2021, there’s solid room for gas prices and diesel to continue falling for some time. We expect the national average could fall below $3 per gallon as early as October for the first time since 2021, which would be music to the ears of motorists and certainly to politicians who are angling to be elected this fall.” SOURCE GasBuddy
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Southern Arts & Literature
Stage Rights' 'The Play That Goes Wrong': Wonderfully Chaotic and Entertaining by Ruben Borjas, Jr.
Even before the play begins, you might notice little things. A playbill that depending on the way you open it, may or may not contain information about the play you came to see. Or is it? Someone may be looking for a lost dog, Waldo, which seems out of place, or you’ll see some equipment that you think should have been stowed away before the production begins. You might hear some English accents that, for some strange reason, don’t sound Texan. No, don’t adjust your television sets, you're in Montgomery County alright. It's just a little bit of an amateurish small English village stage has landed at the Crighton Theatre in Conroe. In ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Left to Right: Sculptor & RJOA Officer/Chairman: Lyn Howard, “ISAAC CONROE”, Elaine Collings, Dianne Shields; Stage Right of Kebodeaux. Texas, starts off its 20242025 season with the ‘right’ by Elaine Collings Confederacy, is proud to H A W T H O R N E of several Committees for foot, even though props, the A n n o u n c e t h e n e w e s t HOWARD. LYN has been her Chapter. One very s e t , a n d t h e a c t o r s themselves might be falling Rebel Joan Of Arc 2721 amazing accomplishments an Officer of this RJOA down in a ‘left’ footed Chapter of the United of their RJOA Charter Chapter since its founding See Howard , page 2 fashion. If you are a L Y N in 2017, and also Chairman Daughters of the M e m b e r perfectionist, you might want to have your therapist on speed dial, because multiple calls might be necessary even before the halfway point of the first act.
Judge N.H. Davis DRT Welcomes Representative Patti Johnson
meeting of the Judge the Republic of Texas, Nathaniel Hart Davis held at the Heritage o f During the recent Chapter, Daughters of M u s e u m
by Pat Spackey
See Johnson, page 2
I once called ‘The Battle of Midway’ a comedy of errors, and I was hesitant even to lend a moniker to what ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ can possibly be labeled. Rube Goldberg comes closest to mind. His ‘Rube Goldberg Machine’ ideas, which have fascinated audiences since the late 1920s, have been laughfests, with their chain reaction of physical comedy to perform a simple task; and to me it perfectly suits TPTGW. It’s a murder mystery, and it does get solved in the end, but you have to go through a litany of RGM little steps (some unceasingly repeated to exhaustion), or the chain reactions, to get to the ‘whodunit.’ If you have lung issues due to laughter, bring your puffer; you're gonna need it. If you loath loud noises, bring some ear plugs. If you detest the sight of falling objects, actors, or walls? Close your eyes. If you dislike odd smells, don’t sit next to anyone who had cabbage soup for dinner; or you may encounter a little smoke from the stage. See Stage, page 5