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Early Childhood Education
Editor: “Kindergarten was the beginning of the ruination of Germany” That’s what my grandmother Ripps said when the subject arose about school or day care for kids younger than 6. This daughter of ...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some respect, please
Editor: The Loma Alta Cemetery is making a plea to the public not to abuse cemetery trash bins for their own personal use. Trash bins are for cemetery use only. People caught abusing the trash bi...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Another successful tournament
Editor: We had another successful George W. Dumont Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament. The weather was great, the cooks did a great job on the food, friends, hole sponsors, local wonderful Karnes...
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Many people deserve thanks for help in effort to halt construction of injection well
Editor: As Karnes County begins to grow due to the blessings of the Eagle Ford Shale boom, many opportunities and obstacles lie ahead—many of you may already be aware of the injection well that was...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Are you listening?
Editor: Re: The letter “Save our earth, please!” in honor of Earth Day in the April 24 edition of The Karnes Countywide Newspaper, submitted by the students at It’s A Small World Nursery School. ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. Senate and House members owe refunds to taxpayers
Editor: Recently, as usual, congress did not set the tax rates for year 2012 until January 2, 2013. Therefore many taxpayers who have refunds did not have necessary forms eg. 1040 to file a timely...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Help with Badger Relays much appreciated
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I would like to thank the following people for volunteering their time and effort this past Saturday at the KC Badger Relays. With your help, we are able to run a smooth and efficient trac...
James T. Barnes Benefit: Thank you!
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: We want to thank those involved with the amazing benefit event held Saturday, March 23 for James T. Barnes. All the encouragement as we journey through James’ treatments, means so much to u...
Local government becoming contact sport
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: What a nice transition from the school board meetings’ agenda, not to mention fiascos, to the Commissioners Court, the county attorney’s office, and the Justice of the Peace? Are you kiddi...
Thank you for coming to our rescue
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On Feb. 15 at 6:55 a.m. my bus was hit by a gray Ford-150 after it, for some unexplained reason, crossed over the line, colliding with an 18 wheeler first, then hitting my bus, a 2006 Blueb...
Loma Alta Cemetery Association: a non-profit association
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: On Nov. 26, 2012 at the CCD building at Our Lady of Queen of Peace Catholic Church, a new Loma Alta Cemetery Association was formed and an election for officers was held: President: Stormy ...
Respect and cooperation needed in Karnes County politics
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: The letter to the editor of February 27, 2013 brought up political issues which were dealt with by the voting citizens of Karnes County in the last elections. Those issues are settled. We...
national news
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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