Sunday, December 20, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Team spirit

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST

From right: Brenham players Jeremy Hall, Ty Schlottmann and Terrell Reece pause with their teammates for the national anthem before kickoff of their championship game against Aledo in Austin on Saturday. Brenham lost the match 35-21. ...

Many pleased with job interim leader has done

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Former faculty senate speaker Doug Slack hosted a pair of holiday parties last week attended by several colleagues."Get two or more faculty together, and they're going to talk about the administration," said Slack, who admittedly has done a lot of th ...

A&M president search advances

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Texas A&M Interim President R. Bowen Loftin appears to be one of about four candidates still in the running for the university's presidency. "As far as I can tell, I am still being considered," Loftin said during an interview in his office Thursd ...

Bryan set for growth spurt

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

After more than six years of planning, construction on the downtown Bryan parking garage will begin by the second week of January, city officials say."I know these things take time to put together," said County Judge Randy Sims, "But this was an awfu ...

CS delivers on bet with Austin mayor

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station Mayor Ben White began paying off a lost bet with the mayor of Austin on Thursday.The mayors bet trees on the outcome of the Thanksgiving football game between the University of Texas and Texas A&M University.Aust ...

Two juveniles jailed on burglary charges

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTwo juveniles were arrested Saturday on charges of burglarizing a vehicle in the Post Oak Mall parking lot after someone witnessed suspicious activity and called College Station police. Officers were dispatched to the parking lot ar ...

Police: Man's truck was stuck on tracks

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA 24-year-old man from Thornton was released from the Brazos County Jail on Saturday after police arrested him on a driving while intoxicated charge when they found his truck stuck on top of railroad tracks.A Brazos County Sheriff's ...

A&M gift planning office hosting event

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportAnyone who would like to create or update their gift and estate plans has some free help on the way. The Texas A&M Foundation Office of Gift Planning is scheduled to host an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 26. Financial planner ...

CS officials seek basketball coaches

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station officials are looking for volunteers to coach youth basketball.Parks and recreation department officials are looking for enthusiastic, positive individuals with the ability to motivate others. Volunteers will coach p ...

Health bill gets holdout's vote

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage.At the White ...

Boy Scouts' first century full of achievement, woes

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

POCONO SUMMIT, Pa. -- A fifth-generation Boy Scout, 11-year-old Brad Corr is steeped in all the lore and tradition: the Scout Oath and Scout Law, campcraft and community service, the daily doing of good deeds.If he were recruiting a friend for the Sc ...

Winter storm slams East, 5 killed

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.Five deaths appeared to have been caused by the storm system, whic ...

States could see drop in prisoners

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

DALLAS -- The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.The inmate population has risen steadily since the early 1970s as states ...

Dems set sights on Texas voters

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

AUSTIN -- In Republican-dominated Texas where voters opted for John McCain in 2008, the Democratic National Committee is waging one of its biggest organizing efforts in the nation.Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic Party established th ...

Part of Fort Worth's history

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:07 PM PST

By ELIZABETH ZAVALAFort Worth Star-TelegramFORT WORTH -- It rang in good times and bad, at sunrise and sunset. And if its metal could talk, it would recall the beginnings of Fort Worth and the settlers who forged what would become the city and county ...

Decade of home decor and design marked move toward casual living

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

Goodbye to the armoire and the dining room (in many cases, the living room, too). Hello to the home office.Repurposed rooms, recycled materials and an increasingly relaxed decorating style characterize the end of a decade that began as a party on a g ...

Craft the bag to add an eco-friendly element to gift-giving

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

Put down the tape dispenser and the wrapping paper. Instead, make your own gift bags this holiday season. They can be done in a snap, and in their homemade splendor, they become part of the gift.There's a gift bag for every sewing level; if you have ...

Web site is another sign teens have it too easy

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Here's yet another sign that today's kids have it way too easy: They no longer have to learn the format for creating bibliographies for their term papers.They just log on to EasyBib.com, fill in the blanks (title, author, publisher, etc. ...

Christmas music plentiful in the Brazos Valley

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

For a couple of hours this afternoon, I doubt your time or money can be better spent than sitting back and soaking in a magical collaboration of local talent playing Christmas music as you rarely get to hear it -- bold, beautiful and brassy. The bras ...

Wacky & Tacky year includes Kanye, Tiger

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

If only there were more Kanye Wests in the world. No wait -- lemme finish!! Yes, West proved he was a complete jerk when he jumped onstage and interrupted Taylor Swift's glory moment at the MTV Video Music Awards. It was a moment audiences live to se ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

WHEELOCKRaylee Ezzell, daughter of Chad and Ondria Ezzell of Wheelock, recently participated in the Distinguished Youth of Texas Scholarship and Recognition Program in San Antonio along with 105 other second- to fourth-graders from across the state. ...

Calendar

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

Monday* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525.Tuesday* Brazos County Senior Citizens Association lunch. Noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.* College Station Kiwanis Club. Noon. Hilton Hotel. 846-2778.* C ...

Pledge of service

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST

Graduating seniors from the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets are sworn in as commissioned officers of the U.S. armed forces during an official ceremony at the final fall graduation in Reed Arena on Saturday morning. More than 40 cadets took the pledge t ...

Wilkinson 50th

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST

Dave Wilkinson and Jane Sevier were united in marriage December 19, 1959 in Itasca, TX. Both retired from Irving ISD and now reside in College Station. They are blessed with two children, Paula Campbell and David Wilkinson and wife, Lori, and four gr ...

Wells-Glidden

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST

Brad and Rhonda Wells of College Station, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sharon Lee, to Brian Douglas Glidden, son of Charles and Suzanne Glidden of Garland, Texas.Sharon is a 2000 graduate o ...

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