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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Hugo Martin / The Bulletin
April 16, 2009
HIGH ISLAND, Texas — As my airliner approached George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, the pilot declared the weather in southeastern Texas sunny, warm and mild.
My final destination was High Island, about 80 miles southeast of Houston on the Texas Gulf Coast’s....