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- Tricks of the trade
- Talks may focus on Bryan's city manager
- A&M offers buyouts to deal with cuts
- St. Michael's Episcopal School gets a new leader
- Closing in on the Kolache Festival
- Man accused of threatening tenant
- Police: Woman stole from garage sale
- New CS Chipotle set to open this week
- A better Brazos Valley
- Slipping 'n sliding
- Afghanistan medical mission ends in tragedy
- Seafood industry tries to clean up oily image
- Choices alter college texbook costs
- Obama to speak at UT Monday
- Nuke abolishment movement gains momentum
- Officials not likely to do much about Wikileaks
- Navasota gears up to remember Lipscomb at Blues Fest
- Our Neighbors
- Calendar
- Reach Out
- Livestock
- Investors have one wish, but is it really the right one?
- Dine out to fight hunger here at home
- Letters for August 8
- Calendar
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Historical interpreter Pam Scaggs teaches Ashley Osbahr, 8, of Tomball how to spin cotton using a spinning wheel at the Barrington Living History Farm at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site on Saturday. |
| Talks may focus on Bryan's city manager Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT The Bryan City Council is expected Tuesday to again discuss behind closed doors the city manager's responsibilities and performance, which have been listed on the agendas for each of the last six meetings. Some council members said a topic's prese ... |
| A&M offers buyouts to deal with cuts Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Texas A&M officials are about to unfurl a buyout program for tenured faculty that would provide greater flexibility in how to deal with the proposed $60 million budget reduction. "I think there would be a lot of people at Texas A&M who, i ... |
| St. Michael's Episcopal School gets a new leader Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Kate Lucchese is settling in as the new head of St. Michael's Episcopal School, but she isn't a new face there. She became a teacher there in 1983 before taking over as upper school head. She served a stint as interim head and was offered the posi ... |
| Closing in on the Kolache Festival Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Two years ago, it was canceled because of power outages caused by Hurricane Ike. Last year, rain kept turnout low. And this year, Caldwell's 26th annual Kolache Festival will be taking place without the event's longtime chairman, Mayor Bernard Ryc ... |
| Man accused of threatening tenant Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 55-year-old Bryan man was arrested Saturday after threatening to hit his tenant with a mace, authorities said. Bryan police said they were called to Miller Avenue around 1 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived, a man told police tha ... |
| Police: Woman stole from garage sale Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 40-year-old Bryan woman was behind bars Saturday, accused of robbing a woman who was having a garage sale. Bryan police responded to a call of a disturbance with a weapon around 3 p.m. Friday on Big Horn Lane. According to th ... |
| New CS Chipotle set to open this week Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Chipotle Mexican Grill will officially open a second location in College Station on Tuesday. To celebrate, a pre-opening fundraiser is set for Monday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., with proceeds benefiting the Brazos Animal Shelter. ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Keep Brazos Beautiful celebrated its 30th birthday with founder Dorothy Miller at Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark on July 31. The organization's executive director, Amy Reed, threw the first pitch at that night's Brazos Valley Bombers game. Keep Brazos ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Jason Burnham, pastor at St. Lukes United Methodist Church in Bryan, races his children Aidan, 4, and Addison, 6, down a water-covered tarp at the church's third annual Day of Jubilee Splash Party on Saturday. |
| Afghanistan medical mission ends in tragedy Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains -- unarmed and without security -- to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn. Ten members of the Christian med ... |
| Seafood industry tries to clean up oily image Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to reopen more than three months after crude began gushing from the sea floor. But those who harvest, process and sell the catch face a new crisis -- convincing wary consumer ... |
| Choices alter college texbook costs Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded classmates. It was part of the math major's routine last ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT AUSTIN -- President Barack Obama's trip to Texas on Monday aims to do something Democrats are still good at in this conservative state -- raising money. But it's not designed to bolster the chances of Democrat Bill White in the governor's race. The ... |
| Nuke abolishment movement gains momentum Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT HIROSHIMA, Japan -- In this place where a fearful age was born one fiery instant 65 years ago, the Flame of Peace still flickers on, awaiting the day when the world is rid of nuclear weapons. Many believe that day may be approaching. "I saw a light ... |
| Officials not likely to do much about Wikileaks Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- An online whistle-blower's threat to release more classified Pentagon and State Department documents is raising difficult questions of what the government can or would do, legally, technically or even militarily to stop it. Constrained ... |
| Navasota gears up to remember Lipscomb at Blues Fest Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Only since 2004 has it been called the Navasota Blues Fest, but it started in the early 1990s as a scholarship fundraiser to honor the memory of the town's blues legend, Mance Lipscomb. Since 1993, 18 students have benefited from the scholarships ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT TEXAS A&M Dr. Regina Bentley of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing has been named to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Program. The fellowship, which is determined through a ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Monday * American Association of Individual Investors. 9:30 a.m. 2nd floor meeting room, Bryan library, 201 E. 26th St. Meetings featuring various topics and speakers. Guests welcome. 846-0551. * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Stati ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT * Scotty's House Family Care Coordinator Volunteer Training will be held Tuesday through Thursday. Family care coordinators welcome children and their nonoffending family members to Scotty's House and interact with them to provide comfort and suppo ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Aug. 3 sale: Head: 878 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $110-$179; 300-400 lbs., $100-$164; 400-500 lbs., $100-$143; 500-600 lbs., $103-$132.50; 600-700 lbs., $99-$121. Heifers: 200-300 lbs., $105-$137.5 ... |
| Investors have one wish, but is it really the right one? Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT If investors could be granted a single wish, it would be this: Let me know when stocks are rising, so I can be in -- and let me know when stocks are falling, so I can be out. Surely, the thinking goes, there must be some way to know when the market ... |
| Dine out to fight hunger here at home Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board For most of us, our biggest food concern is where to have lunch. But for more than one in four residents of the Brazos Valley, the concern is whether there will even be food for lunch, let alone for tomorrow. Food insecur ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Examine GOP platform before voting this year The Republican convention held in Dallas recently adopted a platform that included a provision to do away with Social Security. Delegates also included a requirement that their candidates be "t ... |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Sunday EVENTS Harvest Festival, 8 a.m. Messina Hof Winery & Resort. Pick and stomp grapes, wine tasting, tours and food and wine pairing party. www.messinahof.com or 778-9463, ext. 234. Crush for Fun, noon to 5 p.m. Pleasant Hill Winery in Bre ... |
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