OUR TOWN
Rail, TxDOT among topics during visit to Capitol
MAYOR PHILLIP SPENRATH
      Linda Cerny, an exceptional 11th grade Social Studies student, and I were invited to our state capitol as part of an awards recognition ceremony where Linda was honored for winning a state-wide history contest. During our time in Austin we visited with our governor and state legislators, and had ...
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HOME COUNTRY
Minor detail can't slow cowboy's cabin dream
SLIM RANDLES
      It was the sun that did it. The sun returning, making little things want to be big things, making frozen things want to be liquid things, making sleeping things want to be stretching things. It was the sun. That's what we figure, anyway.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      TTC unwanted by 'real Texans' Editor, the Leader-News: What do you have to lose with the Trans-Texas Corridor? If the corridor is allowed to become reality, Texas and America as we know it will be changed forever. You will no longer be able to recognize Texas as the country our forefathers died...
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CAPITOL COMMENTS
Preparing for a smooth DTV transition
SEN. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
      POn Thursday, Feb. 7, an AMBER Alert message flashed across TVs all over Texas, as the Emergency Alert System broadcast information on a 5- year-old Austin boy who had been just been abducted. Thanks to the swift action of authorities and implementation of the AMBER Alert system, the boy was safel...
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