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Thursday's Internet Edition, 11:2 PM, May 15, 2008.
TDA awards $1 million to remove, control feral hogs
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AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently awarded Texas AgriLife Extension Service $1 million for the agency’s new Texas Feral Hog Control Program: Moving Towards A Long-Term Abatement Strategy. Texas is home to more than 2 million feral hogs, the largest feral hog population in the U.S., and their numbers continue to increase due to high reproductive potential and the lack of natural predators. Feral hogs wreak havoc on property, livestock, crops and pastures across the state and frustrate landowners because of their destructive nature. In fact the Extension Service estimates the statewide annual economic damage caused by
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Jordyn Granzin receives $1,000 Wal-Mart Scholarship
On April 25th the Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club awarded Jordyn Granzin of Rocksprings High School with a $1,000 Sam Walton Community Scholarship. The scholarship, payable over one year, is awarded to deserving
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Looking Back!
Information taken from a June 1998 issue of The Texas Mohair Weekly In 1931, the Rocksprings Mexican Baptist Mission was started by a missionary couple that came to Rocksprings and
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Undoing America’s Ethanol Mistake
The Nobel-Prize winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” When Congress passed legislation
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Maw’s Laws by Windmill Willy
I can’t even get close to naming half of what I learned from my mother’s influence in my life, but on the lighter side, I do remember a few. Things
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Looking for something to sign by Dr. Don Newbury
They were words my old mamma used sparingly--when she encountered situations meriting expressions of profound disbelief. Once they rolled from her tongue repeatedly when she experienced a pair of “firsts.”
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Local Obituaries
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September 2, 1924 - March 30, 2008 Walter Lester “Dub” Burton Jr., 83, of Buna went to meet his beloved wife, Julia on Sunday, March 30, 2008, at the Medical
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Dancers delight audience at Dance Extravganza
Extravaganza 2008
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By Carolyn Anderson
Allison’s School of Dance presented their annual dance recital last Saturday night beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the school auditorium. Instructor Allison Burleson showcased her students as they performed tap, ballet and jazz selections.
From ages 3 years to 12 year olds, dancers were Claire Burleson, Averie Flores, Emma Franco, Jillian Reyes, Nevaeh Sifuentes, Ashtyn Warren, Zoe Burleson, Jason Carrillo, Freddie Enriquez, Malorie Gonzales, Maurice Narvaez-Patterson, Nicole Rangel, Francis Vega, Lakota Wall, Grace Burleson, Melissa Galindo, Gabriella Patino, Rebecca Ramirez, Zaneta Wade and Blake Warren.
The group delighted the crowd with each selection performed.
Assisting Burleson were Lance Burleson, Ryan Reed, Hannah and Haley Burleson, Paige Hendley and Holly Grooms.
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