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Kodye Neel prepares Ratman for the auction ring Saturday at the Refugio County Youth Livestock Show. The 12-year-old has won three grand champion steers in four years at the local show and placed three times in Houston and twice in San Antonio.
Ratman wins top steer
Kodye Neel, 12, began showing champion steers about the same time she began judging livestock with her 4-H club – four years ago when she was 8. The Refugio seventh-grader says judging livestock h...
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Barefield class reunion 1902-1970
REFUGIO – The Barefield Colored School Class Reunion will celebrate 68 years of history, education, and achievements on July 13-15. A meet and greet will be held on Friday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. ...
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Chamber board member Jennifer Perez-Lara presents RHS outstanding students Justin Franklin, Thomas Ramirez and Jake Heryford. RISD superintendent Jack Gaskins introduced the students. Franklin was selected.
Herring named 2012 Citizen of the Year
REFUGIO — Coach Jason Herring held up two hands, each about a foot apart. “This is how much we won the state championship by,” Herring said. The Refugio ISD athletic director was named the 2012 C...
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The second annual Texas Independence Wine Classic over the weekend in Heritage Park featured re-enactors of historic figures in Refugio County and Texas history including, from left, John S. “Rip” Ford by William McClendon; Col. James Walker Fannin by Robert Yeager; Edward Perry by Doug Crumly;Dr. James Grant by Ralph Nelson; Judge W.L. Rea by Charles Perron; Gen. Sam Houston by Kenneth Patterson; Lt. Col. William Ward by Erich Bauch; and, kneeling, Sally Scull, by Teri Harris. Not shown is Empresario James Power by Joel Smith.
History served with wine
By KENDA NELSON Editor, County Press REFUGIO — Sally Scull approached Bart Wales, pulled one of her pistols and said, “I’m looking for husband number six.” Scull and a host of character actors f...
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Contributed photo Cathy and Tom White began International Health Outreach to fulfill a dream to provide basic dental care to underprivileged children around the world.
Mission: Belize
By KENDA NELSON Editor, County Press REFUGIO — Belize is touted as a Caribbean paradise with Mayan temples, pristine rainforests and a barrier reef - a dream vacation spot in the tropics. For cu...
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Sting nabs two
REFUGIO – Unsuspecting homeowners allowed a homeless couple to live at their residence. In exchange for their kindness, a Sony PlayStation and two Nintendo DS game systems were stolen. Refugio Pol...
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Sally Crofutt leaves Fennessey Ranch
by By JEANNIE DAHL Special to the County Press
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BAYSIDE – March 31 marked the end of an era and a 20-year partnership between Brien Dunn’s Fennessey Ranch and Sally Crofutt, general manager. Crofutt tendered her resignation after months of con...
Rooke Foundation turns over assets
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WOODSBORO – The Rooke Foundation, Inc. established in 1945 by the R.E. Rooke Family of Woodsboro has granted all of its assets to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation. “Over the years, The Rooke...
Refugio man trapped in dump truck
by Kenda Nelson
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Firefighters and paramedics worked for one hour and 20 minutes last Thursday morning to free an injured Refugio man from the TxDOT dump truck he was driving. Ruben Ortiz, 37, suffered broken ribs ...
Ratman wins top steer
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Kodye Neel, 12, began showing champion steers about the same time she began judging livestock with her 4-H club – four years ago when she was 8. The Refugio seventh-grader says judging livestock h...
Barefield class reunion 1902-1970
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REFUGIO – The Barefield Colored School Class Reunion will celebrate 68 years of history, education, and achievements on July 13-15. A meet and greet will be held on Friday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. ...
Big fair changes
by Kenda Nelson
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REFUGIO — Lester Meier Rodeo Company will begin the open pro rodeo tour at the Refugio County Fair and Rodeo so a film crew will be tagging along to tape the rodeo action. “I don’t know when it...
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Newborn baby Makenzie is wheeled to a nursery after she was born at 10:25am at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York
More minority babies than whites in U.S.: Census Bureau
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babi...
Thu May 17 18:46:12 UTC 2012
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Handout photo of George Zimmerman's head
Trayvon Martin had traces of marijuana in his system
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Florida teenage shooting victim Trayvon Martin had traces of marijua...
Thu May 17 19:22:14 UTC 2012
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Government officials examine package of meat product known as pink slime during a tour of Beef Product Inc's plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska
Kansas governor apologizes for century of segregation
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized on Thursday to blacks fo...
Thu May 17 19:25:31 UTC 2012
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Mississippi high court declines to rehear pardon case
TUPELO, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi's high court on Thursday rejected a motion by its state atto...
Thu May 17 19:25:58 UTC 2012
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