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July 26, 2007 / News

Social Security fairness for Texas' public servants

Imagine sitting around the kitchen table with your spouse, planning for a welldeserved retirement, only to learn that your monthly Social Security benefits will be hundreds of dollars less than expected. More...

Texas Tech student receives RN-BSN degree

Texas Tech University presented degrees to approximately 2,525 graduated students in the Spring 2007 Commencement in the United Spirit Arena on campus on Saturday, May 12, 2007, and approximately 5,270 students qualified for either the President's More...

Jones / Herrington announce engagement

Ms. Sharon Jones of Chandler announces the engagement of her daughter, Stephanie Renee' Jones to Joel Newman Herrington, the son of Newman and Joyce Herrington of Brownsboro. More...

Health Wise: `Master of memory' classes offered

by Kristin DeLong, County Extension Agent Henderson County

Many people believe that memory loss and aging go hand-in-hand: as a person gets older his or her memory begins to fail. Not true! More...

Elvis Allen appointed head of Historical Commission goal setting

by Sibyl Creasey

The regular meeting of the Van Zandt County Historical Commission was held on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at the commission office in the courthouse annex in Canton. Chairman Dr. More...

Military News

Dairyel McCloud

Air Force Airman Dairyel C. McCloud has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. More...

Help Us Keep Chandler Beautiful

K.C. Bee Sezzzzz...

The Bee here ... The Keep Chandler Beautiful Organization wants to wish the very best of everything in the future for Wanda Nichols and her great family. More...

From the... Editor's Desk

Saying Goodbye to BISD Heroes

Desk By Chad Wilson

In this issue of the Statesman we say good-bye to two of Brownsboro Independent School District's finest, Billy Beasley and Chris "Coach" Frederick. More...

The State of the Union

by Charles C. Hall, Ed.D

"Every day, I ask myself the same question: How can this be happening in America? How can people like these be in charge of our country? If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I'd think I was having an hallucination. More...

Business leaders cheer raise in minimum wage

Contrary to conventional wisdom, growing numbers of businesses say increase in minimum wage is good for the bottom line

July 20, 2007, Texas - On July 24, for the first time in ten years, the federal minimum wage will go up - marking the end of the longest period without a raise since the minimum wage was enacted in 1938. More...

Brown - Messer repeat vows

Erin Messer of Tyler and Brad Brown of Whitehouse were married May 18 at Calvary Fellowship in Whitehouse. Officiant was Randal Brown of Whitehouse. More...

Millions available to help kids 6th-8th grade get fit

(AUSTIN) - In the continued fight against childhood obesity, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today offered the state's public schools and charter schools an opportunity to receive $20 million in grants during the next two years to support in-school More...