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VYPE U: Kingwood & Kingwood Park Play for a Cause
Read full article: VYPE U: Kingwood & Kingwood Park Play for a CauseKingwood and Kingwood Park high schools have a special rivalry. Their athletic programs, however, rarely get to compete, as Kingwood is a 6A school and K-Park a 5A school per UIL conference classifications. The men's soccer programs traditionally host a Charity Cup, benefitting the Shriners Hospital for Children Houston. Jennings wished to promote the Shriners Hospital for Children website at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org for those who would like to learn more about the organization. They hosted a similar charity game annually with their neighboring school, and Jennings wanted to carry on the tradition and introduce it to Kingwood.
‘Still standing:’ Louisiana residents begin lengthy recovery process after hurricanes Delta, Laura
Read full article: ‘Still standing:’ Louisiana residents begin lengthy recovery process after hurricanes Delta, Laura“When the wind shifted, after that eye passed we heard the tree hit the roof,” said resident Lisa Bourg. Considering it held up against Hurricane Laura, they never imagined it would come down during Delta. I think Laura started it all and Delta finished it,” she said. A place that was already in the process of recovering from Laura, starting all over again because of Delta. "They say that the difference between Delta and Laura is the latter was more of a wind event.
Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana
Read full article: Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged LouisianaMarcus Peterson walks past a downed tree in his yard after Hurricane Delta moved through, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Jennings, La. It then moved over Lake Charles, a city where Hurricane Laura damaged nearly every home and building in late August. While Delta was a weaker storm than Category 4 Laura, it brought significantly more flooding, Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter said. Forecasters warned that heavy rain, storm surges and flash floods continued to pose dangers in areas from Texas to Mississippi. They arrived back in Lake Charles last weekend, got a new roof on Monday and had to evacuate again Thursday.