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Generous donors
Editor: Again, the Beeville Vineyard was blessed by the generosity of Bee County folks. We had a list of food items we desperately needed to fill out our pantry; then came the knock on the door, an...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teacher appreciation
Editor: Teacher Appreciation Week 2013 was a remarkable one at A.C. Jones High School this year. Our staff received a special treat each day of the week, they were treated to two meals and we had a...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Let’s be humane
Editor: I want to say “thanks” to Lupe at the shelter for helping us with a dog. He came and ended up taking the dog because it turned on another in our yard. The dog seems to have lost its way and...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thanks from an old warrior
Editor: I would like to thank the organizers and especially the citizens of Beeville who turned out to cheer the veterans from Vietnam; it was greatly appreciated. It gave an old warrior misty eyes...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Governor is a leader, not a follower
Editor: Gov. Rick Perry is smart, wise, bold and humane. In my opinion, his unfavorable stance on gays in the Boy Scouts proves that he’s smart, wise and bold; and his favorable stance on in-state ...
May 15, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Water issue
Editor: I generally drive by Flournoy Park on a daily basis. Recent rains are causing the park to green up nicely, but prior to the arrival of this much-needed moisture, the newly planted and culti...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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The facts
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Fact #1: The $15.3 million bond issue does not read as the pamphlet that the city mailed to all of the residents of Beeville as it does on the voting ballot. The ballot has no details on an...
No endorsement?
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I disagree with your view that you cannot endorse the $15.3 million bond proposal. The city’s proposal is so simple that, for the life of me, I can’t understand how you cannot endorse it, h...
Vote for the best candidate
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The current controversy over water issues facing this community should tell us we need the very best and most qualified people elected to City Council. The cries of concern and consternatio...
Water issues
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: In a recent letter, I urged voters to delay voting in the city bond election in hopes that additional information which some might find positive might become available. Sadly, it was determ...
Voteless and segregated citizens
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Never thought I’d see the day in our area in which the city segregated its citizens due to the area in which one lives. I’ve been a resident and registered voter of Bee County since ’92 and...
Now what?
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On reading the newspaper, it appears that the $2 billion for the water solution from the Rainy Day Fund is a dead item in the Texas Legislature, due to technicalities and points of order. N...
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Candidates hold U.S. flags during a naturalization ceremony to become new U.S. Citizens at Convention Center in Los Angeles
Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the...
Wed May 22 17:29:42 UTC 2013
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Charles Taber opens the two-week old storm shelter that saved his life in the May 20 tornado in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma tornado victims astounded at how they survived
By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy...
Wed May 22 19:58:05 UTC 2013
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Hagel takes part in a news conference on efforts to eliminate VA claims backlogs, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo na...
Wed May 22 21:30:47 UTC 2013
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Woman being praised for calming suspected attackers in London
The horrific attack that left a U.K. soldier dead on the streets of London could have been worse,...
Wed May 22 18:53:08 UTC 2013
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