April 29, 2010 RSS feed / News

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BUGLE BOYS

Brownsboro High School 2007 graduates (from left) Hayden Tuley, Patrick Taylor and Ruben Watson have been selected for Bugle rank in the Texas A&M Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band for 2010-2011. More...

QUICK HITS

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BEN WHEELER First Baptist Church of Ben Wheeler is scheduled to host a block party on Saturday, at 5 p.m., at the Picking Porch in downtown Ben Wheeler. East Texas BackRoads Band will open the event. More...

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Discontent evident among Dems, supporters

This is a season of discontent for congressional Democrats. A new Pew poll holds plenty of bad news for them. Congress’s favorability ratings stand at 25 percent, the lowest in the poll’s nearly three decade-long history. More...

Domingo shows greatness of America’s health care

World-famous tenor Placido Domingo has undergone surgery for the removal of a cancerous polyp. The surgery was at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. More...

NORWEGIAN SOCIETY OF TEXAS

Reierson descendants, others celebrate pioneer’s legacy

The Norwegian Society of Texas celebrated the 200th birthday of Johan Reinert Reierson on April 17 at Four Mile Lutheran Church in Mabank. More...

BIS releases honor roll list

Brownsboro Intermediate has released the names of students on the A and A/B Honor Roll: 4th Grade, All As More...

Dozens await opening of Chandler’s SilverLeaf apartments

Paul Bryant
editor@c-bstatesman.com

CHANDLER — About 70 applications have been received from people wanting to rent apartments at SilverLeaf at Chandler, a government-subsidized community, city administrator Jim Moffeit said. More...

CHECKLIST CHARLIE

Face of HIV changes in East Texas

I was privileged recently to interview Jeanette Calhoun for a story about her new position as executive director of Tyler AIDS Services. If you know Calhoun, you know she has a bright, quick mind and has a lot of energy and compassion. More...

Chandler’s Padgett recognized during Beta Beta Beta event

UT TYLER

The University of Texas at Tyler biology students presented undergraduate research at the 2010 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society Southcentral Region District I and II Convention at the University of Oklahoma Biological Field Station, UT Tyler More...

New bill would repeal parts of HR 3200

I have introduced a very important piece of legislation I hope will gain as much or more support as my Audit the Fed bill. More...

Corporal punishment: An outdated idea

A story in the April 16 edition of The Washington Post featured the Temple Independent School District’s reimplementation of corporal punishment to reign in out-of-line students. More...

CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS

LaPoynor Elementary School fourth-graders show their award ribbons and certificates after participating in a poster contest for Child Abuse Awareness Month. More...

CHANDLER NURSING CENTER

A special “thank you” goes to the Rev. Shirley Smith for hosting our 1st Sunday service, the Daniels family for hosting Sunday school on the 11th and the 18th, the Rev. More...