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TODAYOn Dec. 6, 1884, U.S.

Army engineers complet-ed construction of theWashington Monument bysetting an aluminum cap-stone atop the obelisk.

ALSOIn 1790, Congress

moved to Philadelphiafrom New York.

In 1865, the 13thAmendment to the U.S.Constitution, abolishingslavery, was ratified asGeorgia became the 27thstate to endorse it.

In 1907, the worst min-ing disaster in U.S. historyoccurred as 362 men andboys died in a coal mineexplosion in Monongah,West Virginia.

In 1917, some 2,000people were killed whenan explosives-ladenFrench cargo ship, theMont Blanc, collided withthe Norwegian vessel Imoat the harbor in Halifax,Nova Scotia, setting off ablast that devastated theCanadian city. Finlanddeclared its independencefrom Russia.

In 1947, EvergladesNational Park in Floridawas dedicated by Presi-dent Harry S. Truman.

In 1957, America’s firstattempt at putting a satel-lite into orbit failed asVanguard TV3 rose about

four feet off a Cape Canav-eral launch pad beforecrashing down and ex-ploding.

In 1969, a free concertby The Rolling Stones atthe Altamont Speedway inAlameda County, Califor-nia, was marred by thedeaths of four people,including one who wasstabbed by a Hell’s Angel.

In 1973, House minorityleader Gerald R. Ford wassworn in as vice president,succeeding Spiro T. Ag-new.

In 1989, 14 women wereshot to death at the Uni-versity of Montreal’sschool of engineering by aman who then took hisown life.

In 1998, in Venezuela,former Lt. Col. Hugo Cha-vez, who had staged abloody coup attemptagainst the governmentsix years earlier, was elect-ed president.

In 2001, the House ofRepresentatives, by aone-vote margin, gavePresident George W. Bushmore power to negotiateglobal trade deals. Presi-dent Bush dedicated thenational Christmas tree tothose who had died onSept. 11, 2001, and to ser-vice members who haddied in the line of duty.

Associated Press

TODAY IN HISTORY

Comedy performerDavid Ossman is 84. ActorPatrick Bauchau is 82.Country singer Helen Cor-nelius is 79. Actor JamesNaughton is 75. FormerTransportation SecretaryRay LaHood is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer FrankieBeverly (Maze) is 74. For-mer Sen. Don Nickles,R-Okla., is 72. Actor JoBethWilliams is 72. Actor TomHulce is 67. Actor WilShriner is 67. Actor KinShriner is 67. Actor MilesChapin is 66. Rock mu-sician Rick Buckler (TheJam) is 65. Comedian Ste-ven Wright is 65. Countrysinger Bill Lloyd is 65.Singer Tish Hinojosa is 65.

Rock musician Peter Buck(R.E.M.) is 64. Rock mu-sician David Lovering(Pixies) is 59. Actor JanineTurner is 58. Rock mu-sician Ben Watt (Every-thing But The Girl) is 58.Writer-director Judd Apa-tow is 53. Rock musicianUlf “Buddha” Ekberg (Aceof Base) is 50. Writer-direc-tor Craig Brewer is 49.Actor Colleen Haskell is 44.Actor Lindsay Price is 44.Actor Ashley Madekwe is39. Actor Nora Kirkpatrickis 36. Christian rock mu-sician Jacob Chesnut (Rushof Fools) is 31. Tennis play-er CoCo Vandeweghe is 29.NBA star Giannis Anteto-kounmpo is 26.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

LOCAL ALMANAC

TEMPERATURE

PRECIPITATION

Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice

National Extremes Yesterday (for the 48 contiguous states)

Shown is today’s weather.Temperatures are today’shighs and tonight’s lows.

Shreveport

Port Arthur

Houston

Galveston

AustinConroe Beaumont

Huntsville

Brenham

Nacogdoches Natchitoches

Killeen

San Antonio

Victoria

Dallas Longview

Lufkin

Tyler

Waco

Lake Charles

Palacios

Corpus Christi

Fort Worth

College StationLafayette

Alexandria

Monroe

Kerrville

Brady

SUN AND MOONThe Sun Rise Set

The Moon Rise Set

Brownwood

Stephenville

Pearsall

Yesterday’s ratings

Source: National Allergy Bureau

POLLEN INDEX

Veryhigh

Absent HighModerateLow

CONDITIONS TODAY

GALVESTON TIDESHigh ft. Low ft.

High ft. Low ft.

As of 7 a.m. yesterday Full ReleaseLake Conroe Level Pool Chg. (kcfs)

LAKES & RIVERS

Gauge FloodSan Jacinto River Height Stage Chg.

UV INDEX AND REAL FEEL TEMPERATURE

8 am 10 am Noon 2 pm 4 pm 6 pmThe higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number,the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Ex-treme. The AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature®

is an exclusive index of effective temperature based oneight weather factors.

TreesGrassWeedsMolds

REGIONAL FORECAST

NATIONAL FORECAST

City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

INTERNATIONAL CITIES

City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

REGIONAL CITIES

NATIONAL CITIESCity Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

High/low ...................................... 58°/31°Normal high/low ......................... 64°/43°Record high .......................... 84° in 1933Record low ............................ 24° in 2009

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00"Month to date ................................... 0.46"Normal month to date ...................... 0.76"Year to date .................................... 36.44"Normal year to date ........................ 45.81"

Conroe through 4 p.m. yesterday

199.40 201 -0.01 0.000

at New Caney 46.44 58 -0.23at Conroe 95.47 115.8 +0.12at Porter 57.58 81 -0.06at Humble 42.89 19 -0.10

TODAY

61°40°

Mostly sunny

MONDAY

64°37°

Plenty of sunshine

TUESDAY

69°41°

Abundant sunshine

WEDNESDAY

72°46°

Plenty of sun

THURSDAY

73°58°

Mostly sunny andmild

FRIDAY

68°46°

Mostly cloudy withthunderstorms

possible

SATURDAY

65°40°

Cloudy with showerspossible

47° 53° 59° 62° 59° 53°

National high: 86° at Immokalee, FL National low: -13° at Antero Reservoir, CO

59/37

63/42

63/50

65/3661/40 61/41

62/42

63/41

59/35 61/36

61/39

66/39

66/37

59/37 58/35

61/36

59/35

61/36

59/41

63/41

68/41

59/35

63/4056/39

58/37

60/37

64/32

60/35

60/30

60/35

68/38

61/42

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020

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Mon.

Today

Alexandria 58/37/s 58/35/sAustin 65/36/s 69/35/sBeaumont 61/41/pc 63/39/sBrenham 63/41/s 67/41/sCollege Station 63/40/s 66/40/sConroe 61/40/s 64/37/sCorpus Christi 68/41/pc 70/41/sDallas 59/37/s 64/38/sFort Worth 59/35/s 64/39/sGalveston 63/50/pc 64/51/sHouston 63/42/s 65/39/sHuntsville 62/42/s 64/43/sKilleen 61/39/s 65/40/s

Lafayette 56/39/c 60/37/sLake Charles 59/41/pc 61/38/sLongview 58/35/s 60/35/sLufkin 61/36/s 62/35/sNacogdoches 59/35/s 61/35/sNatchitoches 61/36/s 61/35/sPalacios 63/41/pc 66/42/sPort Arthur 61/42/pc 64/41/sSan Antonio 66/39/s 70/41/sShreveport 59/37/s 59/37/sTyler 59/35/s 61/38/sVictoria 66/37/pc 68/37/sWaco 61/36/s 65/36/s

Today Mon. Today Mon.

Albuquerque 55/28/s 57/30/sAnchorage 21/20/sn 29/25/snAtlanta 57/42/s 51/31/pcBaltimore 45/29/s 43/29/pcBirmingham 55/39/pc 49/28/pcBoise 39/24/pc 41/24/sBoston 39/26/pc 36/26/pcBuffalo 33/26/c 32/25/cCheyenne 57/29/s 57/32/sChicago 41/30/c 41/28/pcCincinnati 40/28/pc 38/27/cCleveland 35/29/c 36/30/sfDayton 37/26/pc 37/24/cDenver 58/30/s 58/30/sDes Moines 40/26/pc 45/27/pcDetroit 37/24/c 38/24/pcEl Paso 61/31/s 62/31/pcFairbanks -1/-6/c 1/-8/cHonolulu 85/72/pc 84/73/pcIndianapolis 39/28/c 41/26/pcKansas City 46/30/pc 54/29/pcLas Vegas 61/46/s 67/42/pcLittle Rock 55/34/pc 54/33/pcLos Angeles 73/49/pc 69/50/pcMemphis 54/36/pc 49/32/pc

Miami 81/71/c 75/54/rMilwaukee 40/31/c 41/29/pcMinneapolis 38/27/pc 38/26/pcNashville 51/32/s 44/27/cNew Orleans 57/46/r 60/42/sNew York City 41/31/s 41/30/pcOklahoma City 54/31/s 62/32/sOmaha 44/27/s 50/26/sOrlando 73/56/pc 67/43/pcPhiladelphia 42/30/pc 41/29/pcPhoenix 72/45/s 78/51/pcPittsburgh 34/26/c 34/27/cPortland, ME 36/22/pc 34/24/pcPortland, OR 50/39/c 51/41/pcRichmond 50/33/s 45/28/cSacramento 64/48/pc 70/40/sSt. Louis 46/32/pc 46/29/pcSalt Lake City 43/23/s 42/24/sSan Diego 70/48/s 68/55/pcSan Francisco 60/48/pc 68/47/sSeattle 53/42/c 52/48/cSpokane 35/27/pc 38/33/pcTucson 73/41/s 75/46/pcWashington, DC 46/33/s 44/32/pcWichita 52/29/s 59/30/pc

Today Mon. Today Mon.

Acapulco 88/73/s 88/74/tAmsterdam 41/36/c 44/34/rAthens 66/58/c 64/52/rBaghdad 66/45/pc 66/44/pcBangkok 87/66/pc 88/69/pcBeijing 44/18/pc 35/15/pcBerlin 52/44/pc 49/35/cBrussels 40/33/c 40/32/cBuenos Aires 71/63/s 75/65/sCairo 73/59/pc 81/59/pcDublin 38/32/c 42/35/cHelsinki 41/31/pc 35/28/sHong Kong 71/62/pc 74/61/pcJerusalem 56/45/pc 62/50/sKabul 54/30/pc 43/32/snLima 74/66/c 73/66/pc

London 43/32/c 38/33/cMadrid 48/41/c 53/40/shMexico City 73/50/pc 70/50/pcMontreal 32/23/pc 30/22/pcMoscow 30/17/s 27/17/sNew Delhi 81/56/pc 81/56/pcParis 42/35/c 41/34/cRio de Janeiro 78/74/t 80/75/rRome 56/46/r 56/48/tSeoul 48/34/pc 43/22/pcSingapore 88/78/c 88/78/cSydney 87/63/s 83/59/sTokyo 57/46/s 58/46/sToronto 33/23/pc 31/21/cVancouver 48/44/c 48/45/rWarsaw 46/32/pc 38/28/c

Today Mon. Today Mon.

Today 7:05 a.m. 5:21 p.m.Monday 7:05 a.m. 5:21 p.m.

Today 11:18 p.m. 12:09 p.m.Monday none 12:46 p.m.

Last

Dec 7

New

Dec 14

First

Dec 21

Full

Dec 29

Virus surgeworries board

The Woodlands Town-ship board has been dis-cussing the township’svaried responses to theCOVID-19 pandemic on aregular basis since thecoronavirus first began toaffect township operationsin mid-March, and onWednesday, several direc-tors chimed in on risingnumbers of cases andother aspects of the pan-demic.

Board chairman GordyBunch said positive testrates as well as hospitaliza-tions for COVID-19 arerising and comparable to asurge previously experi-enced in June and July,also noting that many ofthe patients being treatedin Montgomery Countymedical facilities and hos-pitals are not county resi-dents, but patients fromother regions who havecome to MontgomeryCounty for care for variousreasons.

“We do have a lot ofnon-Montgomery Countypatients,” Bunch said. “Weare seeing an increase incases, we are seeing anincrease in hospitaliza-tions and we encouragewearing a mask, socialdistancing and hand wash-ing as this continues torage. We are certainly notout of the pandemic as thevaccines start to roll.”

Bunch also updated theboard and attendees aboutthe second Curative freeCOVID-19 testing truck thatwill be parked at the Ster-ling Ridge Park and Ridelot beginning Dec. 14. Thetruck will offer free oralswab tests in a “drive-thru” format where pa-tients do not leave theirvehicles.

“We’ve been testinghere in the parking lot (thepast 6 weeks) and if youlook at the last two weeks,we had peaks of interest ingetting tests,” Bunch add-ed. “We anticipate higherdemand for tests andwe’re grateful for Curative

for getting a second siteup.”

Director Ann Snydersaid the need for charita-ble giving still exists and isa high priority for localcharities as the holidayseason gets going. Snydersaid the leading local char-ity in the community,Interfaith of The Wood-lands, anticipates the needfor helping an estimated7,000 people or families inDecember alone.

Snyder, a well-knownadvocate for mental healthand awareness of suicide

issues in the county, alsowarned about what she’sbeen told by therapistsand others of rising levelsof panic attacks, “constantworry,” and “difficultymaking it through theday,” that is being experi-enced by residents.

Jeff Forward

Township boardOKs raises

The Woodlands Town-ship board approved giv-ing 2.25 percent salaryraises to all 506 members

of the township staff forthe 2021 year. A separate0.75 percent incentivebonus was deferred untilanother meeting in De-cember.

Susan Welbes, who isthe township’s long-timedirector of Human Re-sources, gave the presenta-tion to the board and alsoannounced she was resign-ing from the townshipeffective Dec. 16, for a jobwith Travis County.

The 2.25 percent raiseswere approved in a 7-0vote but the incentivebonuses will be heard at ato-be-determined meetinglater in December butbefore Dec. 31.

Jeff Forward

Brady still Waysand Means leader

Last week, the HouseRepublicans named Rep.Kevin Brady, R-The Wood-lands, to continue as Re-publican leader of theinfluential House Commit-tee on Ways and Means inthe 117th Congress.

Brady, only the thirdTexan in history to leadthe Committee, led thefirst successful reform ofthe tax code in 30 years,negotiated an end to theban on selling U.S. crudeoil overseas, and ledHouse efforts to pass thenew U.S. trade agreementwith Mexico and Canada.

“Leading the Ways andMeans Committee is thehonor of a lifetime, wheth-er as chairman or theRepublican leader,” Bradysaid. “We’ve got a lot ofwork to do to defeat CO-VID, restore our economy,end surprise medical bills,and make America medi-cally independent fromChina.

“Our committee isstocked with smart,thoughtful members fromboth parties, and I lookforward to working togeth-er to make health careaffordable, lower drugprices, and encouragemore retirement savings.”

Staff report

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