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Kids College will feature energy at CBC June 3-27
It’s time for Coastal Bend College’s Kids College 2013! Energy is at work in all we do – from the food we eat that fuels us, to the fuel from the earth, sun and wind that powers our vehicles, our h...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taylor is pictured here with the top AR readers in Mrs. Denise Scott’s class at Hampton-Moreno-Dugat Early Learning Center: Jaiden Gonzales, Ashley Sustaita, Ryne Espinoza, April Canales, Texas Ballew and Julieann Castenada.
Encouraging excellence
BEEVILLE – Jones High valedictorian Taylor Castillo attended the Spring Celebration with BISD kindergarten classes this past week. She visited with the students and gave a small inspirational messa...
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CBC closed on Fridays through end of July
Coastal Bend College will begin its summer operating schedule on Monday, May 13. Summer business hours will be from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday at all CBC sites. No college e...
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Pictured from left (standing), Katalina Herrera, Mikayla Shaulis, Carly Haggard, Mailey Hardin, (kneeling) Christopher Olivarez, and Inocente Esquivel represent Skidmore-Tynan Elemetary School, which was recently named a Title 1 Distinguished School.
S-TES named ‘distinguished school’ for fourth consecutive year
Skidmore-Tynan Elementary School has again been named a “Title 1 Distinguished School” by the Texas Education Agency. S-T Elementary, along with Calallen East Elementary, George West Primary campus...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Actor Jonathan Joss poses in front of the fan favorite character from TV’s “King of the Hill” John Redcorn. He made a surprise appearance to speak to the middle school students in Pawnee Friday about the importance of knowledge both in and out of school.
‘King of the Hill’ voice star stops in Pawnee
PAWNEE – Pawnee ISD had a special guest last Friday, and even though he’s worked with Oscar winning actors like Jeff Bridges and comedy legends like Chris Farley, none of the students could recogni...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Coastal Bend College honored its graduates Friday with commencement ceremonies in both the morning and afternoon — dividing it out by degree type.
Grads told to excel in life by taking chances
Hers is a story of a high school graduate so naive of the world that she believed Christianity was the only religion. She thought that Spanish and English would be the only languages she would ever...
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DKG chapter awards book grants
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Gamma Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International recognized its book grant recipients at the May 4 meeting held at RES Elementary School in Karnes City. Scholarship Chairman Bet...
Texas A&M, BP release drift cards to track currents in Gulf of Mexico
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
COLLEGE STATION – Coming soon to a beach near you: a “drift card” washing up on Gulf of Mexico shores that is part of a research project at Texas A&M University to study ocean currents. The brightl...
McKinney named to honor’s list at Texas Tech
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Morgan Kelsey McKinney of Beeville has been named to the President’s Honor List at Texas Tech University for the fall 2012 semester. She was also recognized by the Kappa Zeta Chapter of Chi Omega f...
YOUth LEADership Conference set June 10-14
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Victoria Business and Education Coalition (VBEC) along with Pioneer Natural Resources will host the annual YOUth LEADership Conference for incoming 7th-graders June 10-14 at Victoria College from 8...
Honor Roll
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Skidmore-Tynan Junior High School Skidmore-Tynan Junior High School students earning all A’s for the fifth six weeks were named to the honor roll. They are: Sixth grade — Madeline Dougherty, Matthe...
Gonzalez: ‘I gave my heart & soul’
by Bill Clough
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
BEEVILLE — A gathering to say goodbye was an emotional mixture of party and wake. The focus of attention at noon Thursday at Coastal Bend College was business instructors Jeanene Jones — she was he...
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People look at the destruction after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma
Whole neighborhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24
By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescuers went building to building in...
Tue May 21 15:03:53 UTC 2013
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Rescue workers look through the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore
Moore shows that as cities grow, tornado damage grows with them
By Ben Berkowitz and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Moore, Oklahoma, has had the bad luck of being...
Tue May 21 15:34:25 UTC 2013
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Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial in Phoenix
Jodi Arias now asks Arizona jury to spare her death penalty
By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias asked jurors on Tuesday to spare he...
Tue May 21 16:00:11 UTC 2013
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Man watched tornado destroy his home: ‘I just felt totally helpless’
OKLAHOMA CITY—Anthony Connel was sitting in traffic off of South 149th Street, about a mile from ...
Tue May 21 15:58:37 UTC 2013
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