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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 | 1 1 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...
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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 | 1 1 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 ...
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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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Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is sworn-in during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington
IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
By Andy Sullivan and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Reve...
Fri May 17 19:54:32 UTC 2013
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Martos holds a marijuana leaf at the Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle
Illinois Senate approves marijuana for medical uses
By Joanne von Alroth SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to app...
Fri May 17 15:12:51 UTC 2013
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Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport
Commuter trains collide in Connecticut, injuring up to 60 people
By Michelle McLoughlin FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A commuter train traveling eastbound fr...
Fri May 17 22:10:23 UTC 2013
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Residents capture amazing videos in the face of tornadoes
A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flatteni...
Fri May 17 19:53:22 UTC 2013
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