(KRIV 26 News)
A profanity-laden, anti-Semitic voice message is helping the Houston Holocaust Museum raise money to save an important World War II artifact.
That message on Braeden Howard’s voice mail was left after his consulting company publicized the work they are doing with the museum. To restore a 37-foot fishing vessel, similar to those used to smuggle Jews out of Denmark during World War II.
The museum director says that since the video went viral, they have received supportive calls and raised nearly $5,000. Myers says that while she’s saddened by the caller’s views, she is heartened that so many people are standing up to the hateful language.
(See the video at KRIV 26 News)
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- Pope Will Visit Violence-Wracked Mexico for Public Mass (Houston Chronicle
- Neighbors Pull Disabled Man Out of Burning House (KTRK 13 News)
- Prison Radio Show is Inmates’ Link to the Outside World (Texas Tribune)
- New Houston KIPP Chief was Spurred to Teach Early On (Houston Chronicle)
- Texas Schools Cope as Classes Expand and Staffs Shrink (Texas Tribune)
OPINIONS ON THE HEADLINES:
School Lunch “Pink Slime” Controversy:
- Let’s Get ‘Pink Slime’ Out of School Burgers
(Bettina Siegel/Houston Chronicle)
In 2001, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) received USDA approval for a new process which extracts fat from the scraps and treats the remaining tissue with ammonium hydroxide to inhibit pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella. The resulting gelatinous mass, nicknamed “pink slime” by a horrified government microbiologist, is mixed into ground beef as cheap filler (up to 15 percent in school lunches), reportedly shaving three cents off every pound that contains it. - ‘Pink Slime’ Sounds Gross, but How Does It Taste? (J.M. Hirsch/AP/ABC News)
All this angst over “pink slime” has made one thing clear: We don’t always know what we’re getting when we bite into a big juicy burger…As a professional eater, I needed to know two things: What does this stuff do to the taste and texture of ground beef? And how can consumers know when they’re eating it?