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No change needed for Texas
Editor: Texas is doing just fine under our present Governor Rick Perry! There are plenty of jobs for those who really want one, housing is not a problem, businesses are profitable, and less gover...
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Ida Ramirez for Refugio County Clerk office
Editor: March 2 is a very important day for many of the citizens of Refugio County to go cast their vote for the candidates of their choice who are running for a governmental county office. I woul...
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Endorsing Judge Rene Mascorro
Editor: What comes to mind when I think of Judge Rene Mascorro? Integrity, honesty, commitment to God, family and country; and the well-being of all of Refugio County. Judge Mascorro has maintai...
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Sewer lines are city’s responsibility
Editor: First I would like to thank the city council for their attention and their courtesy. Also, “thank you” to those citizens who have called or approached me directly regarding the sewer iss...
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Thank you
Editor: Our “Feast for Humanity” is over and done with. We fixed close to 400 plates for delivery and dine in or other. It was another of our great days in which we serve the community. We had a ...
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Sale went great
Editor: The Refugio County Girl Scout Troop #9852 held a very successful Thanksgiving bake sale at Tuttle’s Grocery Store on Nov. 25. They would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle for always suppo...
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Many more to thank
by Kate Campbell
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Editor: I have so many more people to thank for their support of the Joe Barber Memorial Relay For Life held on Nov. 14-15. Many thanks to Kenneth Wright, who served as master of ceremonies for t...
Job well done
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Editor: Words cannot express our gratitude to the people of Refugio County for helping to make the Joe Barber Memorial Relay For Life held on Nov. 14-15, a great success. The Relay Steering Com...
Great support for band boosters
by Buffy Anderson
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Editor: Woodsboro band booster turkey dinner was deemed a success. We would like to thank everyone that donated for our dinner. Also thank you to everyone that volunteered.
Thanks Woodsboro
by Ricy Piwets
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Editor: Boy Scout Troop 188 and cub Scout Pack 188 wants to thank all who contributed to our food drive. The Scouting for Food Drive was a success as usual because of your generous donations.
Discover your veterans’ histories
by Hector Deases
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Editor: As a child I was spared the ordeal of the Great War in France. While I did not participate myself, my grandfather Abran Deases did. His participation has made me proud of his dedication ...
Thanks from Blanconia VFD
by Joyce Gray
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Editor: The best people in the world live in our area, and the Blanconia Volunteer Fire Department is so blessed to have them as our friends. On Nov. 7, our fire department had another successfu...
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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, Rielle Hunter leaves the Terry Sanford Federal Building and Courthouse in Raleigh, N.C. John Edwards' mistress says she didn't want him to run for president and considered it 'reckless' to stay in the race after his wife's cancer returned. Hunter said in an interview with GQ released Monday, March 15, 2010 that she and Edwards have been in love from February 2006 until now.  (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)AP - John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter said in an interview released Monday they are still in love, even if their relationship turned into something "different" around the time he acknowledged the affair in 2008.


Mon Mar 15 09:10:41 -0500 2010

People walk under a rainbow flag as they celebrate victory for gay rights during a parade in Mexico City March 14, 2010. Ten same-sex couples wed in Mexico on Sunday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city to defy religious taboos and macho stereotypes by legalizing gay marriage. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - On his 75th birthday, Bill Farthing decided to be reborn. In the six years since he'd buried his wife of 45 years, he'd felt as he did long before: Lonesome, different, outcast. He wondered if he was going crazy; he contemplated suicide.


Mon Mar 15 08:19:21 -0500 2010

In this photo taken, March 12, 2010, in Chicago, Michael Shea, Executive Director of Affordable Housing Centers of America, formally known as ACORN Housing poses in his office.  Groups once affiliated with ACORN nationwide are changing their names in the wake of a video scandal late last year that tarnished the parent organization's name. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal.


Mon Mar 15 05:55:20 -0500 2010
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Sun Mar 14 14:12:21 -0500 2010