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 | Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | | | Good morning! On this day in 1854, Sam Houston joined Washington County's Independence Baptist Church and was baptized in nearby Little Rocky Creek at the urging of his wife and her mother. The pew where Houston routinely sat has been preserved and marked. SpaceX is launching its Starship rocket today at 4 p.m. for its sixth test flight. You can watch it here. Do you love Texas? So do our 230,000+ readers. Advertise in The Texas Flyover and connect your business with passionate locals. Learn more. We're sponsored today by our friends at NativePath. Be sure to check them out in today's edition.
Abilene ☀️ 72/48° | Amarillo ☀️ 56/33° | Austin ☀️ 80/50° | Brownsville 🌤️ 87/62° | Corpus Christi ☀️ 86/56° | DFW ☀️ 73/49° | El Paso ☀️ 63/38° | Houston ☀️ 78/56° | Lubbock ☀️ 64/41° | San Antonio ☀️ 81/51° | Texarkana ☀️ 74/50° | | |  |  Aggies Remember Bonfire Tragedy 25 Years Later
Thousands of Texas A&M students held a remembrance ceremony early Monday morning to honor the victims of the fatal bonfire collapse that occurred 25 years ago, ahead of that year's football game against the University of Texas. Twelve people were killed and 27 injured when the stack of 5,000 or so logs collapsed at 2:42 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999. Although the annual tradition dates back to the early 1900s and was organized in part by school administrators, subsequent bonfires have been held exclusively off-campus. A memorial to those who died and were wounded was unveiled in 2004. This year's student bonfire is scheduled for next Friday, the day before the Aggies play the Longhorns for the first time since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012. | Texas Students Among Winners in National STEM Competition Six Texas middle schoolers were among the 30 finalists in a national STEM competition organized by Thermo Fisher Scientific, a leading supplier of classroom instruments. Two of those students, 14-year-old Samvith Mahadevan of Round Rock and 14-year-old Gary Allen Montelongo of La Joya, were named top winners of the contest, which had over 2,000 entrants. Mahadevan developed a device that incorporates an AI algorithm to detect allergens in food products, citing his own experience with food allergies as the inspiration for creating the tool. Montelongo studied how train car suspension springs and weight distribution affect train derailments, using his coding knowledge to create a program that measures vibrations in the springs of model trains. Both students received $10,000, and their schools received $1,000 each to support STEM learning. | Work Starts on Trinity River Park A Dallas Morning News columnist reflected on the significance of work starting on the $325 million Harold Simmons Park, a 250-acre development along the Trinity River that many longtime Dallas residents doubted would ever come to fruition. Sharon Grigsby, who has written for the newspaper since 1980, recounted the numerous ideas proposed over the last few decades for developing the Trinity River, from a barge canal to an urban lake to a tollway. The park, funded in part by a $50 million donation from the widow of the late Dallas businessman Harold Simmons, will feature skyline overlooks, skate parks, splash pads, roller rinks, gardens, trails, and kayaking facilities. Harold Simmons Park is projected to create 530 jobs and attract 4 to 6 million annual visitors. Construction is expected to take about three years to complete. | | | 
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➤ UT and Texas A&M saw no change in their rankings in the AP Top 25 College Football poll this week, remaining at No. 3 and No. 15, respectively, while SMU improved one spot to No. 13. (More) ➤ The Dallas Wings were awarded the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft lottery. UConn phenom Paige Bueckers is currently the projected No. 1 overall pick. (More) ➤ Yesterday's Results: NFL | NBA | NHL | NCAAM | NCAAW Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Losing your hearing? Don't pay $2,500+ for a prescription, try this new OTC Hearing Aid for only $189 from Audien Atom! (See It Here) | |  | | ➤ Fashion designer Kendra Scott is expanding her Yellow Rose Western lifestyle brand into Houston and Dallas this winter following the launch of a flagship store in Austin this past weekend. (More) ➤ Japan's Daikin Comfort Technologies, the world's largest manufacturer of air conditioning units, purchased the naming rights to the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park from Jan. 1 through the 2039 season. (See Details) ➤ Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has updated its terms of service to require all lawsuits against the company to be filed in the conservative U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas after relocating the company from San Francisco to Bastrop. (More) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Never lose your reading glasses again! With ThinOptics®, you'll always have your reading glasses handy! These thin, incredibly durable, and comfortable glasses stick right to the back of your phone, keeping them safely tucked away until you need them. (See it here) | | | The Ibuprofen Alternative You Need to Know Scientists recently discovered a little-known nutrient that dramatically reduces joint pain, fights inflammation and improves your joint, heart and brain health... in as little as 7 days… Unlike Ibuprofen, this is all natural. It ALSO protects your heart and helps prevent memory loss... (Learn More) | |  | | ➤ A 12,000-acre ranch in the Texas Panhandle, once owned by oilman T. Boone Pickens, is on the market for $19.5 million. Its listing declares it is "arguably one of the finest quail and wildlife ranches in the country." (See Photos) ➤ Beyoncé will perform during halftime at the Houston Texans' home game against the Baltimore Ravens on Christmas Day, one of two games being broadcast that day by streaming giant Netflix. (More) ➤ Spider Mountain Bike Park in Burnet was named one of the country's top winter mountain biking destinations by Bike Magazine. (See List) Flying together with our sponsor ➤ The DIY Trick That "Flushes Out" Calories. What if I told you there's a "metabolic switch" you can flip — that can help your body "flush out" excess body fat? Just by activating 1 specific process in your body. Click Here to learn more. | | |
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