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Celebrate Texas Independence
Editor: Our Texas has a rich history and we enjoy traditions. We Texans are very proud of our history—but we don’t celebrate it as widely as we should. It can be a time when native Texans an...
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George West Junior High collects food
Editor: Friday, Feb. 12, the George West Junior High held a Valentine dance at the cafeteria. The admittance to the dance was to bring two cans of food. The Junior High students were able to colle...
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Reader happy to live in great community
Editor: First, I want to say how proud I am to live in a community like Three Rivers. Recently, my husband, Howard Smith, became sick and is currently in Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi. The s...
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Stranded in Mississippi
Editor: To the Citizens of George West, On Thursday, Feb. 4 I went to City Hall to let the City Manager and Secretary know that I would be out of town until Monday, Feb. 8. When I arrived at City...
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Music and arts continues to flourish
Editor:  The members of the Beeville Community Chorus would like to thank everyone who bought tickets in our recent cash-giveaway.  The Beeville Community Chorus is a 501C3 non-profit organization...
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Ladies Auxiliary of Swinney Switch stay busy helping others
Editor: Once again the ladies from the Auxiliary of Swinney Switch Inc. are to be commended for their high level of community support and service. The Auxiliary stepped forward and became the fir...
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Citizens of George West beware
by Willie Henicke
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Editor: I have been reading in the Progress lately that the new city manager and city council are contemplating annexing certain adjacent areas near the City of George West. I was wondering why th...
Wind farms outrage resident
by Jimmy Jackson
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Editor: What a disgrace we have brought upon ourselves by allowing these wind machines to be placed all over coastal South Texas! The Kenedy Ranch and Portland / Sinton are now covered with these...
Longhorn 4-H thankful for community kindness, support
by Cody Oxford
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Editor: The Longhorn 4-H Club held a fund raiser which was a great success thanks to the wonderful community support. A committee was formed and they went out to businesses and individuals and we...
Athletics vs Academics reprised
by Bruce Addison
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Editor: Where have the educational priorities gone? When did the school system become an expensive playground instead of an institution for learning? Excessive athletic spending will never pay di...
Youngsters are true reflections of community
by Coach Joey Hart
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Editor: The community of George West continues to amaze me though I have been here a very short time. The recent article on Miss Elizabeth Emerson buying gifts for the residents at Live Oak Nursi...
Spanish Club success due to community support
by Jerred Bridges
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Editor: The George West High School Spanish Club would like to take this opportunity to thank the following businesses for their support during StoryFest: Super S Foods, Sonic, and Dairy Queen. Ou...
national news
AP - At 5 a.m. on the Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym.
Tue Mar 16 04:25:34 -0500 2010

Karry Hoganson lays sandbags, Monday, March 15, 2010, behind his home in Fargo, N.D. His neighbor's home was demolished earlier this month to make way for the clay dike next to his home. Hoganson bought the home in 2002. (AP Photo/The Forum, Michael Vosburg)AP - Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut his house off from the outside world.


Tue Mar 16 02:26:00 -0500 2010

Bob Waltz, Toyota Motor Sales USA Vice President of Product Quality and Service Support, left, speaks as Toyota Motor Sales USA Vice President of Communications Mike Michels looks on during a news conference held Monday, March 15, 2010 in San Diego.  Toyota held the news conference to share preliminary findings of the company's technical investigation into an alleged incident of unintended acceleration involving a 2008 Toyota Prius driven by James Sikes. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. was quiet last week when James Sikes told reporters how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, leading him on a wild ride on a Southern California freeway.


Tue Mar 16 03:33:01 -0500 2010

A US man who set up an elaborate conspiracy to cheat US and Canadian casinos of millions of dollars was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Monday, the Justice Department said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison.


Mon Mar 15 22:03:23 -0500 2010