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Prospects good for show
Organizers of the 2012 Karnes County Youth Show last week said they could not have been more pleased with their “remarkable show,” which generated more than $525,000 at auction. In Tilden, the McM...
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Eagle Ford could be another Gold Rush
Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter believes the Eagle Ford Shale development in South Texas could become the single most important discovery in our nation’s history. He said someday it could...
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Calculated inertia
How incredibly stupid. In a politically transparent move, President Obama and his advisers in Washington on Wednesday rejected the “controversial” Keystone XL oil pipeline. They claimed congressi...
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Texas Mile, BDA standoff largely understandable
That the Texas Mile organizers and the Bee Development Authority board view the use of the former NAS Chase Field facilities from different perspectives is completely understandable with nothing si...
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Lessons on trashy course
Trash is not exactly an exciting topic of conversation. However, on Friday it will be the major item of importance as the City of Beeville will sponsor an information session at the Beeville Commu...
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Bit of self-flagellation: County also self-insures
A couple of the principals in last week’s editorial critical of the way three city councilmen opted for self-insurance have complained this week that we ignored the county taking the same course. ...
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Honest-to-goodness examples of service
by Chip Latcham
1 month ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
In our last edition, City Secretary Tomas P. Saenz was recognized as he retired from his important post after serving the City of Beeville for 42 years. At last week’s council meeting, the mayor s...
Uh-oh, are things going wobbly at City Hall?
by Jeff Latcham
1 month ago | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Business people – you know, owners, who aren’t playing with other people’s money – are scratching their heads over the City Council’s vote to go to self-insurance over a cheaper bid from Blue Cross...
Santa, please bring our city ample water
by Chip Latcham
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s four days until Christmas and it seems that almost everyone is in a joyful mood. Beeville Volunteer Fire Department members have obtained and eagerly begun training on their state-of-the-art,...
Extracting superlatives
by Chip Latcham
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
At Beeville’s City Council meeting on Tuesday night, citizens gained a better perspective of how this Eagle Ford Shale discovery is having an enormous effect. Randy Black, operations manager for o...
Two more holiday offerings
by Chip Latcham
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
In keeping with our Christmas theme, we wish to present two additional last-minute opportunities to share with others. The annual Aztec Chevrolet/H-E-B Christmas Drive will provide needy families ...
Humanity hits home
by Chip Latcham
1 month ago | 1 1 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
If home is where the heart is, then there’s no place like home for the holidays. With Christmas only two weeks away, it was heartwarming to read in our last issue about the local Habitat for Human...