Split shift Saturday

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This is just a quick clip of me anchoring during a split shift Saturday.  I was filling in for the normal anchor and it's a looooong day.  It means anchoring a two-hour morning show from 7:00a-9:00a and then returning later in the day for 6:00p and 10:00p newscasts.  The good thing is that it's guaranteed overtime for me.  The regular anchor gets a three-day weekend in exchange for working it. 

Going back in time at NASA's Johnson Space Center

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I always like nerding out at NASA.  In this case, it was to cover the unveiling of a major restoration project at Johnson Space Center in Houston.  The historic Apollo Mission Control Center was refurbished to look as it did during the first moon landing in 1969.  The years-long project was completed in time for the 50th anniversary.  This is the room where the Apollo missions were managed.  But it fell into disrepair following its closure in the 1990s.  Most of the money spent on painstaking renovation came from donations. 

What a sale! Texas icon Whataburger sold to a Chicago company

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Texans love their Whataburger.  But the family-owned Texas-based chain has been sold to a Chicago investment firm.  The news broke as I waited on a call back on another story.  I was switched around 1:00p.  They wanted a hit at 4:00p!  That means making things happen quickly.  We found a Whataburger location and got some quick interviews with customers.  Fortunately, a retail expert at the University of Houston was also available on short notice.  I deserved the milkshake I used in my tag.

Students spend summer repairing Harvey homes

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I can't believe August will mark two years since Hurricane Harvey destroyed much of Houston.  Many people are still recovering.  But overdue repairs on some homes are finally getting done with help from students who come to town from all over Texas.  I did a number of stories with BOUNCE Student Disaster Recovery in the months after Harvey.  I was able to catch up with a new group of kids for this story on repairs being made to a Navy vet's home.