The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) is reminding ranchers whose fences were lost or damaged in the wildfires to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding at their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office. Although some ranchers may have already started rebuilding, those who haven’t should apply …
Monthly Archive: September 2011
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Sep 30
District 2 town meeting scheduled
Mayor Jay Dean and District 2 Councilman Daryl Williams have scheduled a Town Meeting for 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 4, at Stamper Park Resource Center, 502 S. Center St. Town Meetings are an excellent opportunity for citizens and council members to discuss issues facing the community within a casual setting. All citizens are encouraged to …
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Sep 30
Free movie returns
It will be a great family fun as Downtown Longview’s Heritage Plaza transforms into a big outdoor movie theatre marking the favorite annual event, Movies at Heritage Plaza in Downtown, Longview. Longview Cable TV has partnered with Downtown Longview’s historic One Hundred Acres of Heritage Main Street program to bring “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory” …
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Sep 30
Beginners computer class rescheduled
For anyone who has ever wanted to take the first step and learn how to operate a computer, the Kilgore College Continuing Education Department will offer a one-day beginning computer course this Saturday in Longview. The class, “Getting Started with a Computer,” which was originally scheduled for Sept. 24, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. …
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Sep 27
Airing one’s dirty laundry takes new meaning
By James J. Jackson As a father and grandfather, I am well aware that young people, more often than not, will discount the counsel of their elders as irrelevant, naïve, and ‘old-fashioned’- certainly not something to apply to their lives. Often, they will listen to and trust other entities, such as TV, friends, the Internet, …
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Sep 27
America’s Government Contracting Bonanza Bilks Taxpayers
By Beth Schulman I live nine blocks from the U.S. Capitol, so many of my neighbors depend on the government for their livelihoods. A few — a scientist, an editor, a Secret Service agent — belong to that often mocked and rapidly shrinking category known as “civil servants.” The government writes their paychecks, lets them …
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