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Houstonians in the Peace Corps

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 15, 2013 · We discuss Houstonians’ experiences with the Peace Corps. We’ll talk with two Peace Corps alums: Alexis Sham was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali from 1995-1998; and Ed Pettitt was a Peace Corps volunteer in a remote village in Botswana from 2006-2008.

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Posted on August 12, 2023 · Episode: 2752 A visit to the Commemorative Air Force and an airplane that pilots trained in. Today, a morning with the Commemorative Air Force.

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Posted on July 31, 2023 · The city began issuing citations for the first time earlier this year, after the organization had been feeding the homeless outside the downtown library for two decades.

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Posted on July 13, 2023 · Mo Day will officially be on September 16.

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Patricia Ortiz

Posted on July 7, 2023 · The new code would serve areas all over Greater Houston.

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