Sunday, September 4, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Tent sales offer a wide variety of Aggie gear

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


Looking for a Texas A&M University tape measure? How about an A&M paperweight? Or earrings, a pot holder, a flask, or a dartboard decorated with the Aggie logo?
Head to a tent.
"Tent hopping" is one of the traditions surrounding the unive ...

Tent sales offer a wide variety of Aggie gear

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


Looking for a Texas A&M University tape measure? How about an A&M paperweight? Or earrings, a pot holder, a flask, or a dartboard decorated with the Aggie logo?
Head to a tent.
"Tent hopping" is one of the traditions surrounding the unive ...

Corps fish sporting longer cuts

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


Patrick Reeves detected a glimmer of gloom in Texas A&M freshmen in the Corps of Cadets as barbers shaved their youthful hair up top to between a quarter to three-eighths of an inch.
So Reeves, now student commander of the storied Corps, and ...

Audit questions Convention & Visitors Bureau expenses

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


A recent city-led audit of the Bryan-College Station Convention & Visitors Bureau discovered the organization has improperly used hotel occupancy taxes and greatly exaggerated its role in bringing visitors and events to the community.
The Coll ...

Board member's resignation letter raises new concerns for shelter

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


The controversy at the Brazos Animal Shelter seemed to be ending this week when the nonprofit organization officially split with the city of Bryan.
But a new problem may have taken its place with the resignation of Melissa Ball as the shelter's ex ...

Pet of the week video: Buford

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 03:38 AM PDT


Aggieland Inn closes suddenly

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:03 AM PDT


Michelle Nunn had paid the deposit and was planning to have her wedding reception at the Aggieland Inn this October, until a friend who had been invited to the wedding called to tell her that the doors of the hotel had unexpectedly closed.
"We bo ...

E.coli levels high in Brazos Valley creeks

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


The levels of E.coli bacteria in Carters and Burton creeks, while not a public health concern, have been recorded at more than six times the accepted level, according to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality guidelines.
A report on levels in ...

Skate park named in honor of teenager

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


Diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 4, Garrett Hysmith was not supposed to live to see that Christmas, let alone learn how to ride a bike and skateboard.
However, Garrett was not one to be told that he could not do something.
"We were wa ...

Winds fan fire in south Brazos County

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A grass fire fanned by high winds burned between 185 and 200 acres in south Brazos County on Saturday before it was finally contained, officials said.
The fire started off Chisolm Trail Road at about 2 p.m. and continued to burn ...

Former State Rep. Jim Dunnam to speak at Democratic event

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Former State Rep. Jim Dunnam will be the keynote speaker at this month's Jefferson-Jackson Day Banquet hosted by the Brazos County Democratic Party, organizers said this week.
Dunnam was known as a leader among Democratic legisl ...

Lee stalls, weakens off Louisiana coast

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


JEAN LAFITTE, La. — Bands of heavy rain and strong wind gusts from Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power to thousands in Louisiana and Mississippi on Saturday and prompted evacuations in bayou towns like Jean Lafitte, where water was lapping a ...

Anti-terror arrests rise in post-9/11 world

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


At least 35,000 people worldwide have been convicted as terrorists in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. But while some bombed hotels or blew up buses, others were put behind bars for waving a political sign or blogging abo ...

10-year Pearl Harbor anniversary reflects time period

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


HONOLULU -- After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, newspapers from Boston to Bakersfield, Calif., reached into the distant past to find the words to capture the moment for their front pages. One typical headline blared: "A New Day of Infamy."
Presi ...

Officials say 'lone wolf' terrorists hardest to collar

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


HAMBURG, Germany -- After 9/11, it was the men who went to radicalized mosques or terror boot camps who were seen as the biggest terror threat. Today, that picture's changed: Authorities are increasingly focusing on the lone wolf living next door, ...

A divided Congress back to work this week

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help lead.
After a five-week break, Republican and Democratic leaders alike promise action to try and ease t ...

Parental spying goes high-tech

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- In the 21st century, parenthood and paranoia often walk hand in hand.
For some, the blessed event is followed by high-tech surveillance -- a monitoring system tracks the baby's breathing rhythms and relays infrared images from the nurs ...

FDA cooking up new nutrition facts label

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you're eating.
The Food and Drug Administration wants to revise the nutrition facts label -- that breakdown of fats, salts, sugars and nutrients on packaging -- to give consumers more usef ...

Arts Watch: Keillor returns with 'A Prairie Home Companion'

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Normally, Texas A&M has two or three football games under its belt before MSC OPAS cranks up its season. Last year, for example, it was Sept. 25 when The Manhattan Transfer opened the 38th OPAS season and the Aggies were already 3-0 by then.
The ...

School's out forever for 'unschoolers'

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT


School's never out for 14-year-old Zoe Bentley. Nor is it ever in.
The perky teen from Tucson, Ariz., explores what she likes, when she likes as deeply as she chooses every day of the year. As an "unschooler," Zoe is untethered from the demands of ...

Bush Center Notes: Campaign exhibit opens

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Campaign season is in full swing at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum with the opening of our new exhibit, "Headed to the White House."
The interactive exhibit is designed for all ages and captures the excitement and pageantry of the ...

Our Neighbors Calendar

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Sunday
* Brazos Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4692 Turkey Shoot. 12:30 p.m. Shotgun range is behind post. Participants shoot at paper targets from 30 yards. Post supplies the ammo (12-, 20- and .410-gauge). $17 for first five rounds. Youth .4 ...

School menus, Sept. 5-9

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.
College Station
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Breakfast fries, toast, juice, hot dog on a bun, chef salad, baked beans, baby carrots, celery sticks with dressing, fruit.
Wednesday: Breakfast taco, ...

Waller-Reyna

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:38 PM PDT


Rose Marie Waller of Bryan, TX, and Austin Barret Reyna of Austin, TX, were united in marriage on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bryan, TX.  A dinner reception and dance followed,
The bride is the daughter of Dr. an ...

Poteet 50th

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:36 PM PDT


 Stanley and Olean Poteet celebrated 50 years of marriage on August 25th, 2011. They were married August 25th, 1961, in Alpine, Texas.
 They have been blessed with a son, Mark Poteet of Houston, a daughter, Teri Bolin and husband Garry ...

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