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Head Start registration begins March 22 at Woodsboro Elementary
Woodsboro Elementary will commence registration for Head Start on March 22, for the 2010-2011 school year. Parents may register their child if he or she is three years old or going to be three ye...
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RISD Spring break slated March 15-19
Refugio ISD has scheduled its spring break for March 15-19. Regular classes will resume Monday, March 22. Refugio Elementary will dismiss at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, for the Refugio County ...
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The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging team has been earning accolades at the San Antonio and Victoria Livestock Shows in February  Team members include (first row) K’Cee Ponce, Kodye Neel, Ryan Speis and Reagan Ruddock, (second row) H.C. Neel IV, Morgan Klaevemann, Dalton Klare and Derek Ressmann.
Refugio 4-H judging team wins at Victoria, San Antonio
The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging team tied for third place junior team at the Victoria Livestock Show on Sunday, Feb. 28. There were 41 junior teams and 162 individuals at the contest. ...
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Refugio Elementary Students who collected the most during the Jump Rope for Heart recently are Mallori McCoy,  Shelby Hajek, Bailey Myers, and Kelsey Lawson. RISD students collect $2,371 for Jump Rope for Heart
The Refugio Elementary School held a “Jump Rope For Heart” event to benefit the American Heart Association, Friday, Feb. 12. Top money collectors were Mallori McCoy, second grade; Kelsey Lawson, ...
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Ten Refugio Elementary students competed in an intense 20 round spelling showdown Monday, Feb. 22 including (first row) Aalec O’Donnell, Nicole Martin, Destinee Ledbetter, Kym Dreyer, Ashley Villarreal, Kaleigh Castillo, Ayde Ordaz (second row) Katie Snyder, Laci Moehr and Bralyn Fox. Moehr, O’Donnell win spelling bee, advance to regional
Kacie Moehr will represent Refugio County as the champion and Aalec O’Donnell will be the co-champ in the Regional Spelling Bee on March 23, at the Johnson Symposium Auditorium. Refugio Element...
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Refugio County student Brittney Gum receives a $15,000 scholarship and all-weather embroidered jacket from the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Area Go Texan committee on Friday evening (Feb. 26) at the Reliant Center banquet. Gum is pictured with Area Go Texan Committee co-chairmen Linda Sue Barnes and Mel Wright. Not pictured Area Go Texan Donor John Alsbrooks. More than $1,055,000 in scholarship money was awarded at the banquet. Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Go Texan promotes agriculture, education, entertainment, and western heritage. Selection for the scholarship is based academic achievements and volunteerism in the county. 
Brittney Gumm awarded Go Texan Scholarship
Brittney Gumm of Refugio was honored at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Area Go Texan Scholarship Banquet, Feb. 26. A four-year, $15,000 scholarship was awarded to Brittney as part of the sh...
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4-H club learns flower arranging
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Melody Friedrichs of the Pedal Pusher in Woodsboro presented a program on how to arrange flowers to the members of the Blanconia 4-H Club recently. Members learned the names of some of the popula...
Gumm to compete for America’s Homecoming Queen
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Brittney Gumm, daughter of Bryan and Linda Gumm of Refugio, has been selected as a finalist in Texas’ 30th Annual Homecoming Queen competition on April 10 and 11, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport M...
WHS graduate chosen to work in Washington, D.C.
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Brett Schubert, a 2007 graduate of Woodsboro High School and an agribusiness major at Texas A&M University, recently began a spring 2010 internship in Washington, D. C. Brett will spend the spring ...
A-TES students get dental tips from Cathy White
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Cathy White, dental hygienist from Dr. J. Tim Rainey’s office, helped the children at Austwell-Tivoli Elementary observe Dental Awareness Month. “Cathy is great with the kids and is able to maint...
Allison Marrow earns master’s from Texas State University
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Allison Kay Marrow earned a Master of Education Degree in educational leadership at Texas State University in San Marcos on Dec. 18, 2009, graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. She is complet...
Refugio Elementary students video-conference with Barbara Bush
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Refugio Elementary students participated in a state-wide video-conference with First Lady Barbara Bush last week. Bush read the book “Mr. President, A Book of U.S. Presidents.” Hosted by the Educ...
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver's story.


Sun Mar 14 00:28:53 -0600 2010

A storage shed rests, upside down, against a chain link fence in a parking lot adjacent to Showboat Atlantic City Hotel & Casino where wind gusted up to 60mph earlier in the day during a nor' easter storm Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Sean M. Fitzgerald)AP - Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses after strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast.


Sun Mar 14 01:28:47 -0600 2010

Christine Mott, 58, cries as she talks about her daughter Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, at her home in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Paulin-Ramirez was the second American arrested in a plot to kill the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body.   (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)AP - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told her family they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her steps.


Sun Mar 14 01:10:40 -0600 2010

In this undated family photo released by the King family shows Chelsea King, the missing 17-year-old teen from Poway a suburb of San Diego. The parents of a 17-year-old girl who failed to come home after a run in the park are pleading for people to come forward with information. (AP Photo/King Family Photo)  NO SALESAP - Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a high school stadium Saturday to honor a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow, lakeside grave as her parents vowed to dedicate themselves to protecting children from sex predators.


Sat Mar 13 23:44:30 -0600 2010