Sunday, March 13, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Students ready to give back for Big Event

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


Texas A&M students are preparing for the nation's largest student-led service project, in which teams of Aggies head into local homes to work on projects.
The 29th annual Big Event is scheduled for March 26, and has lined up some 1,500 tasks ...

Students ready to give back for Big Event

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


Texas A&M students are preparing for the nation's largest student-led service project, in which teams of Aggies head into local homes to work on projects.
The 29th annual Big Event is scheduled for March 26, and has lined up some 1,500 tasks ...

Shelter and Bryan are working out compromise

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


Brazos Animal Shelter leaders and Bryan city officials are discussing a compromise that both sides say would allow them to continue to work together and end months of haggling over fees.
The plan, which Mayor Jason Bienski proposed at a two-hour m ...

Aggie analyzes climate change for Navy

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


A Texas A&M professor who contributed to a recently released report on the effect climate change would have on U.S. Navy operations said the findings "present a rather foreboding series of possible outcomes."
As a result of potential climate- ...

Aggie analyzes climate change for Navy

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


A Texas A&M professor who contributed to a recently released report on the effect climate change would have on U.S. Navy operations said the findings "present a rather foreboding series of possible outcomes."
As a result of potential climate- ...

Students' crime-fighting skills put to the test

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


Can you determine the direction drops of blood came from by the way they're splattered across a wall?
Juniors at Hammond-Oliver High School for the Human Sciences now can, after hearing a presentation and shadowing crime-scene specialist Donnie Ma ...

Student accused of DWI, hit-and-run

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A Texas A&M University freshman remained in the Brazos County Jail on Saturday after police arrested him on charges of driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident.
College Station police responded to a rep ...

Traffic stop ends in possession charges

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Two Bryan men were arrested after a traffic stop led to police discovering cocaine and marijuana in the vehicle.
According to the police report, an officer on patrol Friday near F.M. 1179 and Grassbur Road noticed the taillights ...

Local celebs dancing for the health of it

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Health for All will host its second annual "Dancing for the Health of It" competition April 15 at the Brazos County Expo Complex. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the dance competition from 7 to 9 p.m.
Sixteen "celebrity" ...

BV museum to host Rockin' celebration

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
To celebrate 50 years of service to the community, the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History will hold a "Rockin' and Rollin' 50s Style Birthday Celebration" on April 2. The event, which will feature dancing with authentic 1950s ...

83 patrons saved when restaurant floats away

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


COVINGTON, Ky. -- Kathy Kinane and her husband walked into the upscale Waterfront restaurant wearing snorkeling gear, a joking reference to the recent rain and rising water levels outside the eatery housed on a barge.
They almost needed it. The Ki ...

Craft getting an up-close look at Mercury

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Earth is about to get better acquainted with its oddball planetary cousin, Mercury, a rocky wonderland of extremes.
Sure, Mars may fascinate science fiction authors, Jupiter looms large and Saturn has stunning rings, but tiny Mercury ...

57 homes destroyed in fires

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


HARRAH, Okla. -- People who live in and around Oklahoma City returned to their fire-ravaged neighborhoods Saturday to assess the damage and begin cleaning up.
Gov. Mary Fallin and U.S. Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., toured Harrah, where 30 homes we ...

Thousands rally against cuts to Texas education

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Thousands of teachers, students and parents flocked to the Texas Capitol on Saturday to protest a proposal to cut $10 billion in state education spending, which they say will force widespread teacher layoffs and ruin public schools.
The ...

Thousands rally against cuts to Texas education

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Thousands of teachers, students and parents flocked to the Texas Capitol on Saturday to protest a proposal to cut $10 billion in state education spending, which they say will force widespread teacher layoffs and ruin public schools.
The ...

Pope John Paul II goes viral with Facebook page

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST


VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican will unveil the latest installment in its social media transformation next week -- a Facebook page dedicated to the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II, officials said.
The site, which will link to video highlig ...

Terrell-Hudson

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Wayne and Marilyn Terrell of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Sallye Anne to John Roger Hudson son of Beckie and Richard Cimino of Port Arthur, Texas and Jack Hudson of Bryan. Grandpare ...

Shipman-Bihm

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Dr. and Mrs. Nolan Daniel Shipman are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Katherine Ellen Shipman, to Mr. Blake Anthony Bihm, of Magnolia, Texas.  Blake is the son of Don and Lynda Bihm of Orange, Texas. ...

Robeson-Schaub

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST

Mr. and Mrs. James Clyde Robeson are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebekah Anne, to William Charles Schaub, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Schaub of College Station. Rebekah is the granddaughter of Hazel and the late Marvin Rob ...

Richards 50th

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Doug and Florence Richards were recently honored with a Golden Wedding Anniversary Reception at Central Baptist Church given by their children Terry and Robin Wiese, Terri Richards, Randall and Liz Richards and grandchildren Chelsea and Paden Wiese.& ...

Hodges-Wren

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Melissa DiAnne Hodges of Bryan, Texas and Kiley John Wren of Houston, Texas were united in marriage on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at two-thirty in the afternoon. The ceremony was held at Calvary Baptist Church in Bryan, Texas with a reception that f ...

Greensage 50th

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

On March 11, 1961 Jo Nell Watson and Raymond Greensage were married at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bryan. They made Bryan their home and raised their children here. Raymond worked for Shell Oil Company during the beginning of their marriage and the ...

Cockrell-Skaggs

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Candace Cockrell and Trey Skaggs, both of Arkansas, were married on Friday, March 11, 2011. Candace is employed at the Bryan-College Station Eagle.  Trey will graduate in May 2011 from Texas A&M University with a Masters in Electrical Engine ...

Bayliss-Rhoads

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Mark and Diana Bayliss of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Madison Lee Bayliss, to William Eric Rhoads, son of Charles and Diane Rhoads of Houston. Both are graduates of Texas A&M University, Billy Class o ...

Livestock

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST

Bryan
Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's March 8 sale:
Head: 588
Steers: 200-300 lbs., $125-$205; 300-400 lbs., $120-$190; 400-500 lbs., $118-$172; 500-600 lbs., $120-$165; 600-700 lbs., $109-$139; 700-800 lbs., $120-$126.
Heifers: 2 ...

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