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Back in my day, before there were paintball guns and back when Nerf® only made squishy footballs, the only things we had at our disposal to wage adolescent war with was the trusty, old reliable, water balloon!
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A benefit Bar-B-Q supper was held on Saturday, September 19th for the Howard Cemetery Association at the home of Gary and Shirley Shirley in Desdemona. There was some great Bar-B-Q and entertainment on hand. That's where I come in. I'm Ray Parton and I really enjoy small towns, good food and down home people.
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Gov. Rick Perry proposed Wednesday that Texas abandon using traditional textbooks in public schools and replace them with computer technology. “I don’t see any reason in the world why we need to have textbooks in Texas in the next four years. Do you agree?”
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Stabbing deaths in Indiana could have possible link to Eastland, Texas.
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Eastland County Sheriff Department reports body of long time County Commissioner Billy (Bill) Underwood was found by a family member at a location about a mile from his home on Sunday, January 10, 2010.
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Self-proclaimed fly-by-night, johnny-come-lately media startup is catching some attention!

So I was happening to glance through one of our local newspapers yesterday when I noticed a couple of little tid-bits that caught my eye.
There really wasn't much to them, in fact, most of the people I spoke to had not even noticed them and when I pointed them out it brought a chuckle or two.

In October 1787, New England newspapers began to run letters from an unidentified writer, calling himself "Publius", urging voters of the state of New York to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. The series is comprised of 85 letters, 36 of those criticized the existing form of government under the Articles of Confederation -- the remaining 49 were an in depth analysis of the new Constitution, section by section. It was later revealed that the writer was actually three people -- Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison.

Ranger College’s motto states, “We’re changing lives…” With the addition of new campuses, programs and course offerings, they are doing just that. By making themselves more accessible and broadening the list of certificates and/or degrees available, Ranger College is affording people extraordinary life-changing opportunities.
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It had to have been the calmest Saturday morning I have ever seen on the bay outside of Panacea, Florida. Actually, it was my first time ever seeing that particular bay, but it was as calm as a backyard pond...and I had never seen Galveston Bay or Corpus Christi Bay ever that calm.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Historical Commission (THC) recently announced the selection of three new communities to participate in the 2010 Visionaries in Preservation (VIP) program. Beaumont, Eastland and Gonzales were chosen to work with this program, which provides cities with the opportunity to plan for the future and implement revitalization projects.
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Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, Jack was the meanest dog I have ever encountered. At about 4 lbs, Jack who resided with his elderly master who was nearly completely blind and in very poor health, was a Chihuahua.
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I thought about the 30 year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a Blackberry that played music, took videos, pictures and communicated with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.
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On October 13th, descendents of Thurber’s Italian community gathered for the 13th Annual State Bocce Ball Tournament. This year saw only 4 teams participating due to the weather, but according to Janis Mills, referee, the tournament normally draws as many as 12 teams. The tournament is held on the well maintained Bocce Ball court at the foot of New York Hill, next to Saint Barbara’s Catholic Church.
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