Linda Harvell:  

What a tremendous honor to be elected to the College Station City Council...my platform was based on neighborhood integrity as so many of our older neighborhoods....the ones we all grew up in...are being forgotten as the city grows. What fun Russ would have had having a "politician" in the family...{{{grin}}} Sadly, Russ passed away July 31, 2013, very unexpectedly. I'm blessed for the years we had together. We knew each other since we were in 7th grade and we were high school sweethearts at A&M Consolidated High School, graduating with the Class of '65. We went our separate ways after our freshman year in college, and after 41 years of being apart, we finally got back together and had so much fun in the seven years we were married. People who didn't know us thought we had been married our entire adult lives. We started an online store called the "Texas Trading Post-Fun Texas Stuff." We thought it would be something fun to do after we retired, keeping us busy a couple of hours a day, drinkin' coffee and sitting at the computer in our jammies. We never dreamt that it would quickly become the largest online store for Texas Gifts and Decor on the internet and we've won "The Best of the Brazos Valley for Online Shopping" for the past three years. I was in the Hospitality Business for nearly 30 years, starting out with Hilton Hotels. After 10 years, I got a call from Denver, Colorado, asking if I had ever thought about leaving Texas. Being recently divorced, I told the headhunter "well, not until now." I accepted the position of Vice President of Toursim for the Denver Metro Area and after five years, I decided I couldn't handle the snow and ice anymore. I accepte...Expand for more