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The 8th Annual THSC Convention is Almost Here!
 Convention is here! Come this weekend to the 2008 THSC State Convention and Family Conference on August 14-16 in The Woodlands. On-Site Registration
If you missed pre-registration, don't despair! You can still join us by registering on-site. Children's Program AvailableBring your children, as Children's Program registration is now expected to be available throughout the weekend. They'll enjoy the Victory Voyage while you get the shot-in-the-arm you need for your upcoming school year! Don't Miss Out!
Bring your family and friends to the FREE Thursday evening program! Be encouraged by Dr. Jeff Myers, speaking on The Christian Worldview - A Call to Reason, then enjoy a must-see showing of Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle for Home School Freedom with $1 popcorn! On Friday and Saturday, hear Jessica Hulcy, John Erickson (author of Hank the Cowdog), Jim Weiss, and many more inspirational and practical workshops. The comfortable Exhibit Hall will be filled with more than 175 booths of quality back-to-school shopping. Click here to see a list of vendors that will be there to give you the information you need to kick off your school year.
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Pre-Print Sale on New THSC Handbook!
 The newly updated 2008-2009 Handbook for Texas Home Schoolers will be hot off the press and available in time for the THSC State Convention & Family Conference, August 14-16. With a new look, up-to-date articles, and the most current legal information, you won't want to miss getting your copy! Click on the graphic to see what is included in this informative publication.
THSC Association is having a pre-print sale on bulk orders of this new book for a limited time only. The price of the Handbook is going up this year for the first time in many years. The 2008-9 edition will retail for $20 per copy, with bulk prices of $14/item for 5+ books and $12 each for 10 or more Handbooks. The pre-print sale price is a rollback to the bulk price of the last several years; if you order 10+ Handbooks by August 14, 2008, you can purchase them for $10/book! In order to participate in this sale, payment must be made when the order is placed. In addition, orders of case quantities (48 books/case) will not incur shipping and handling fees.
Now is the time to stock up on these informative books. Many support groups take advantage of this annual sale to purchase them in bulk, as they are great resources to put into the hands of people just starting or looking into home schooling. They will answer more than 95% of the questions that these people will ask!
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We Have a Winner!
 Congratulations to the winner of the August 2008 THSC REVIEW "Who Said This?" contest! Shalonda Trevino of Kyle correctly guessed that Winston Churchill said, "Schools have not necessarily much to do with education... they are mainly institutions of control, where basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school."
She selected the book When Homeschooling Gets Tough! by Diana Johnson as her prize.
We appreciate the readers of the THSC REVIEW who sent their guesses and hope that the REVIEW is a blessing. Be watching for the next quotation question - you could be the next winner!
Don't miss out!
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Alvin Home Schooler Wins National Motocross Berth
 Krae Weldon, a fifteen-year-old from Alvin, qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 27th annual Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Tennessee. He competed against 20,000 other racers to win one of only 1386 spots in the prestigious competition. Krae has been racing since he was six years old.
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Ft. Worth Home Schooler Inspired by Educator/Activist
 Cameron Smith, a sixteen-year-old home schooler from Ft. Worth, was inspired by the story of a local educator who hosted Martin Luther King, Jr., in a 1959 visit to the city. Vada Phillips Felder, who died recently at age 97, met King at a Baptist Convention and invited him to Ft. Worth. He stayed in her mother's spare bedroom, as local hotels did not allow African-Americans. Smith was moved by a newspaper story about Mrs. Felder and wrote an essay which won first place in the 13th Annual Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition. His essay was titled "One Night with the King." He was awarded a $2500 scholarship and a gold trophy. |
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Veterans Remember When "Little Boy" Fell 63 Years Ago - a History Lesson
 "At 8:15 a.m. August 6, 1945, the United States became the first nation on earth to use an atomic weapon in war. " 'Little Boy', the single bomb dropped on Hiroshima, ended the lives of more than 140,000 men, women and children. Three days later, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb, 'Fat Man', on Nagasaki killing another 80,000. On August 15, the Empire of Japan surrendered and Americans were spared from the specter of a bloody invasion of the mainland.
"Old soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines remember how they felt when the bombs were dropped, as well as what they think now. Voices of Veterans, an oral history program run by the Texas Veterans Land Board, asks each veteran interviewed to share their personal story about this pivotal time in U.S. history. Their stories are posted on a website for all to hear, www.voicesofveterans.com."
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A Merry Heart Doeth Good
Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons www.familymanweb.com
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Support a Support Group?
An old English proverb states, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." I looked around at the sea of faces that filled my home-men, hot and sweaty, with faces and hands covered in dust from a hard day's labor. Most had brought their own post drivers, gloves, and fencing pliers, and all had brought a willingness to work. Seventeen men and their families had come to erect a wire fence around my half-acre patch. My husband had purchased the materials earlier, and we had hoped to move our animals onto our own land soon. Now that he was gone, I desperately needed to move our animals, but building the fence seemed an impossible task for my children and me.
Just two weeks before, these same families had brought an abundance of food, compassion, and support. Many of them had driven more than forty-five miles one way three days in a row to offer support and assistance after the death of my husband. They also provided and served one of the meals on the day of the funeral, a task usually reserved for the church.
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