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Texas News Sun March 21, 2010
Emergency officials say they are continuing to search for the body of a judicial candidate believed to have drowned while fishing.
Hey Texas, liberals: Let the kids decide for themselves
By JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN Once upon a time, Americans did some very bad things. They enslaved Africans, displaced Native Americans, oppressed women and exploited laborers.
Will Perry defend Texas, or not?
TNM demands Perry call special session of legislature: will we be a free state, or a 'slave' state? NEDERLAND -- Calling the expected weekend vote on nationalization of the health-care industry and recent violations of the Texas border by Mexican military forces "the final straws," the Texas Nationalist Movement is demanding that Texas Gov.
Austin, Texas best for job seekers: poll
A jobless recovery is like a wet March in Detroit - not much fun. But there may be a way to beat both.
Snow on the way to North Texas
While spring starts Saturday, there is one more wintry snow blast heading to North Texas.
Worst Texas school disaster passes 73rd anniversary
That infamous March 18 was a Thursday, and launched a swift drive to change the way natural gas is processed and dispensed in the United States.
Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, dies in Texas at 89
Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter.
House Dems confident in overcoming abortion rift
President Barack Obama set his sights on Capitol Hill, ready to rally House Democrats on Saturday for a final health care push as party leaders appeared confident they had overcome a flare-up within their ranks over abortion funding restrictions in the legislation.
Smaller Texas cities remain popular among LGBT visitors, residents
It's easy to understand why LGBT Texans continue to live in Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio, but how about the rest of the state? The Panhandle, El Paso and Galveston areas remain popular places for the state's LGBT residents to visit and even live.
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Fri Jul 28, 2006
Paternity/ DNA
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Mon Jun 05, 2006
Intercessory Trainning Class
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Thu Feb 23, 2006
The War Baby by: Ginger Elizabeth Martin
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Tue Jan 10, 2006
Shine On Blinds Introduces Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning to Tarrant County
Arlington, TX - Shine On Blinds - A blind cleaning and repair company that specializes in a revolutionary ultrasonic cleaning technology has taken root in Tarrant County
Owned and operated by Linda Williams, Shine On Blinds - Blind Cleaning & Repair provides a faster, easier and gentler way to clean all types of blinds and other household and industrial items using sound waves. This cleaning method does not scratch, pit or damage items the way conventional cleaning methods can. Unhealthy allergens are also greatly reduced or eliminated as a result of this process.
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Tue Sep 20, 2005
Evacuees in Texas Now Flee Rita
HOUSTON - They waded through the chest-high floodwaters in the streets of New Orleans. They were plucked from their rooftops in the rescue baskets of helicopters. They survived the hell of the Louisiana Superdome and a 350-mile bus ride to Texas.
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Now, just a few weeks after getting settled at emergency shelters in Houston, Hurricane Katrina evacuees are on the move again to escape another storm.
"This reminds me of the Israelites marching in the desert," Norman Bethancourt, 51, said as he waited for a bus to take him from Reliant Arena to Ellington Field, where he and the other refugees were set to board planes bound for a military base in Arkansas.
About 1,100 evacuees — down from a high of nearly 10,000 — living in Houston's two largest shelters, Reliant Arena and the George R. Brown Convention Center, began making their way to Fort Chaffee, Ark., as Hurricane Rita strengthened into a hurricane and lashed the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong wind.
Forecasters said Rita would continue to gain strength as it crossed the warm Gulf of Mexico and would probably come ashore in Texas over the weekend.
Houston officials said moving the evacuees was necessary because the shelters might not hold up in a major hurricane. They hoped to have everyone moved by Tuesday night.
The evacuees carried little. Some had a backpack, others a plastic bag. A few had pillows. One girl, tears streaming down her face, carried a stuffed toy in a little cage.
"A lot of people didn't want to go," said Wayne Sylvester, who was wearing a T-shirt that proclaimed: "I Survived Katrina." "It looks like the storm is following me. Choice is you don't have a choice."
Coast Guard Lt. Joe Leonard said 10 planes flew refugees to Arkansas on Tuesday, and officials were prepared to move another 2,300 on Wednesday, if needed.
Other refugees went to shelters in Dallas, stayed with family and friends, or returned to Louisiana. "They can go wherever they want," said Leonard, who is overseeing shelters in Houston. "There are opportunities to be bused to various places."
Many of the evacuees were not happy about leaving for Arkansas and were looking for somewhere else to go.
"Hell. It's been pure hell," said Lisa Banks, 33, who was outside Reliant Arena with her four children, ages 8 to 15. "I'm not going to Arkansas. I feel like a rag doll, people throwing me around."
Seated on chair, she kept a black plastic garbage bag nearby. It was filled with towels. Banks, who was airlifted with her family out of their home in New Orleans, had hoped to settle in Houston, find a job and a place to live.
I don't know what's going to happen next," she said. "We really don't know what to do. We were supposed to get housing here."
Arkansas?
"No," she said adamantly. "Arkansas is not a good place for me."
"I don't even know where that's at," said Michael Russell, as he ate his lunch of macaroni and cheese and a sausage while he waited for his brother. They hoped to get to Hammond, La., not Arkansas. Both are from New Orleans.
Texas officials also were planning to move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus Christi and Beaumont. In all, some 4,000 were headed for Arkansas and 3,000 to Tennessee.
At Reliant, Carmelita Speed, 25, clutched a box of tissue and periodically dabbed at tears. She reluctantly was going to the plane and Arkansas.
"I hope and pray it isn't like the Superdome," Speed said, describing how for days there she "slept on the ground, or on cardboard."
Her boyfriend, Roland Mitt, said: "I'm running out of patience. I'm upset. I'm mad. I'm disgusted. All of the above."
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Fri Aug 26, 2005
New Book Released!
Stacie Booth, a Texas resident, announces the release of her new book, Scuba Gear in the Bathtub, by PublishAmerica. Booth's book is a comedy that brings the nuances, miscommunications, and gender differences of marriage into humorous fun. Each section of the book contains a snapshot of the two main characters and their life together.
Edna Goldberg often finds herself exasperated by her husband, Henry, and his unconventional behavior. Henry enjoys his antics thoroughly and loves to annoy his proper, strong-willed wife. Thus begins a marital struggle of miscommunication, circumstance, and sometimes embarrassing situations. Like any married couple, Henry and Edna have their nuances. Henry's slow driving habits and rolling his hankie up in the window to dry are enough to make Edna want to shove him out the door. Henry must contend with his wife's snoring and hogging up the bed, but through it all they still love each other and in spite of everything, reminisce about their wedding and how their life together all got started. Though they encounter many minor mishaps they wed at last and live happily ever after – for the most part.
The author graduated from Arizona State University with a B.A. in Secondary Education and English, and unflappably taught seventh grade language arts and high school English for six years, two of which she taught sophomore English at Jack C. Hays High School. Prior to teaching at Hays High School, she also worked as an operator at Motorola in Seguin. Booth now lives a charmed, unassuming life as a wife, mother, author, Bible class teacher, and 2nd degree black belt certified trainee instructor in Taekwondo at Mr. Scott Larsen’s Black Belt Academy.
Additionally, Hastings Book, Music & Video in San Marcos, Texas, will host a book signing set for Friday, September 2nd, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. All who visit Hastings will have the opportunity to meet the author and purchase a signed copy of Scuba Gear in the Bathtub. Booth will also be at B. Dalton Bookseller in Highland Mall, Austin, Texas, for another signing on Saturday, December 10, 2005, 12 noon to 3 P.M. The book is also available on-line from Amazon.com, at The BookPeople in Austin, and may be ordered through any Barnes and Noble book store. For more about the book and author, visit: http://home.satx.rr.com/staciebooth/
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