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- Music icon Willie Bennett dies
- Perry's remarks on A&M cuts draw criticism
- Director of local school for the deaf no longer living in silence
- Tips for a safe return to school
- Village Foods plans to give out food samples
- Three men jailed in string of burglaries
- Iran ready to start its first nuclear reactor
- Supporters want political activist Ramsey Muniz set free
- Camel milk entering EU market
- After 3 weeks on run, fugitives arrested without fight
- Feds criticized over lax treatment of BP's execs
- Bear's caretaker mauled in feeding
- More of Pakistan submerged
- Party gets kids, parents fired up for the new year
- Creating a nice space to do homework matters
- At-home traditions make first day of school fun
- Symphony focuses on 'Local Connections'
- Our Neighbors
- Calendar
- School menus
- Wright 50th
- Lusk 50th
- Kahan-Matcek 16th
- Gregg 50th
- Livestock
| Music icon Willie Bennett dies Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT In the company of a small group of friends, as Karen Chavis sang Amazing Grace, Willie Bennett died Saturday. It happened around 1:45 p.m., less than an hour after a party had started in his honor, a "celebration of life," as he called it. "The ni ... |
| Perry's remarks on A&M cuts draw criticism Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com As the state's universities are bracing for a potential 10 percent funding cut, Gov. Rick Perry was asked by a Houston Chronicle reporter about the reductions. His answers riled some, who believe they are mis ... |
| Director of local school for the deaf no longer living in silence Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT Connie Ferguson was sent to the principal's office in fourth grade and she had no idea why. When her mother arrived at school to pick her up, she said she knew it was something serious. But instead of yelling at her like Ferguson expected, her mom d ... |
| Tips for a safe return to school Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:33 PM PDT Summer vacation is over. There's just one more day before school starts in Bryan-College Station, police begin closely monitoring school zones and buses full of children return to the streets. "The most important thing for people to remember is jus ... |
| Village Foods plans to give out food samples Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:33 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Village Foods will offer free food samples on Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. Samples will come from Two Brother's Salsa, What's the Buzz Coffee Co., Wateroak Farms, Log Cabin Soaps, Rhino's Grill Boss, Round Rock Honey, Lucky Layla a ... |
| Three men jailed in string of burglaries Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:33 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Three Bryan men are facing theft charges after authorities linked them to a string of vehicle burglaries in College Station in which nearly $3,000 worth of property was taken. According to a police report, a witness called Colle ... |
| Iran ready to start its first nuclear reactor Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT BUSHEHR, Iran -- Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triump ... |
| Supporters want political activist Ramsey Muniz set free Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT DALLAS -- Ramsey Muniz received 214,149 votes as a third-party candidate in Texas's 1972 gubernatorial race. Almost 22 years later, he received a life sentence for drug charges. Now the candidate turned convict, 67, spends his days in a federal pris ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own -- always in groups of 12 -- into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes th ... |
| After 3 weeks on run, fugitives arrested without fight Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT ST. JOHNS, Ariz. -- The prison escape spurred a three-week manhunt stretching from Arizona to Montana to Arkansas. But it ended not far from where it began. The self-styled "Bonnie and Clyde" team of escapee John McCluskey and girlfriend Casslyn ... |
| Feds criticized over lax treatment of BP's execs Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president wondering aloud about whose butt to kick.But privately, it worked hand-in-hand with the oil giant to cap the runaway Gulf well and c ... |
| Bear's caretaker mauled in feeding Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio -- The roars and howls emanating from the property of a man who kept a menagerie of wolves, tigers and bears had many of his neighbors fed up even before one of the bears attacked and killed its 24-year-old caretaker. "It's a ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT SUKKUR, Pakistan -- About 150,000 Pakistanis were forced to move to higher ground as floodwaters from a freshly swollen Indus River submerged dozens more towns and villages in the south, a government spokesman said Saturday.Officials expect the flood ... |
| Party gets kids, parents fired up for the new year Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT Alejandro Maldonado, 5, squeezes through the entrance to an inflatable castle at the seventh annual Concerned Black Men's Back to School Party at Sue Haswell Park in Bryan on Saturday. The event allowed children and their parents to meet community le ... |
| Creating a nice space to do homework matters Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Kids may want to do their homework at the kitchen table with a sea of activity surrounding them. Many experts say they shouldn't. "Build a space dedicated to homework and eliminate distractions," advises Douglas C. Merril, a former Google spokesma ... |
| At-home traditions make first day of school fun Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Rebecca Miller Wilson wants her three children to look forward to the first day of school, so she makes a celebration of it. She hangs signs outside their rooms, prepares special foods and takes lots of photos. The traditions ease the transition b ... |
| Symphony focuses on 'Local Connections' Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Part of living in a college-driven community is a natural adaptation to a college-driven calendar. When A&M and Blinn classes start, so does just about everything else. And so it is with the arts as season schedules are announced, tickets go on ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT MILITARY * Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Kenneth S. Wassermann, son of Arbie R. Wassermann of Brenham, along with 1,000 fellow sailors and Marines on USS New Orleans (LPD-18), home-ported in San Diego, Calif., recently embarked on a scheduled thre ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 690-2901. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525. Tuesday * Bryan Noon Lions. 11:30 a.m. Best West ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. Bryan Monday: Chicken nuggets, mini sub sandwich with pickle, mashed potatoes with gravy, seasoned green beans, homemade roll, fruit. Tuesday: Hot dog, chili cheese dog, breaded chicken sandwich ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:37 PM PDT Drs. Arthur and Nancy Wright celebrated their 50th anniversary on August 21, 2010. The couple was married in 1960 in the First Christian Church in Carthage, Illinois. They are longtime members of the First Christian Church in Bryan. After receiving h ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT Mr. and Mrs. Curtis E. Lusk of College Station will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Curtis Lusk and Charlene Matejka were married August 23, 1960 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in College Station. The Lusk's have three children, Cynthia That ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:33 PM PDT Sweet Sixteen (senior style!). Bettye and Clint were married at Briarcrest Country Club on August 27, 1994 (seems like just yesterday!). They met in 1993 in the dog food aisle in Safeway! They enjoy their children, grandchildren, an ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT Elaine and Ed Gregg recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They were married on June 18, 1960, at St Joseph Catholic Church in Bryan. The couple have four children, Celeste and Pat LaCour of McKinney, Texas; Claire and Arthur ... |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Aug. 17 sale: Head: 1,329 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $115-$167.50; 300-400 lbs., $110-$163; 400-500 lbs., $102-$140; 500-600 lbs., $95-$124; 600-700 lbs., $90-$117; 700-800 lbs., $100-$110. Heifers ... |
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