Sunday, October 9, 2011

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Aggies’ buses vandalized in Lubbock

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT


LUBBOCK — Texas A&M’s team buses were vandalized before the Aggies played Texas Tech. Drivers found manure inside and outside the four vehicles.
A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said Saturday manure went “from one end to ...

Former presidential candidate George McGovern talks U.S. politics

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT


During George McGovern's visit to Texas A&M on Thursday, he wondered aloud why it took him 89 years to finally come to a campus so friendly and welcoming.
"Maybe that's why I didn't carry Texas," he joked, speaking barely above a whisper.
T ...

Aggies’ buses vandalized in Lubbock

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT


LUBBOCK — Texas A&M’s team buses were vandalized before the Aggies played Texas Tech. Drivers found manure inside and outside the four vehicles.
A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said Saturday manure went “from one end to ...

Texas Reds Fest draws thousands

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:07 PM PDT


Although this year's Texas Reds Festival featured a few changes, such as the new $5 Saturday admission fee, a large chain link fence that marked the festival's parameter and slightly windy October weather instead of the heat of June, event organize ...

A&M buses vandalized

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The four buses that the Texas A&M football team used in Lubbock for its game with Texas Tech were vandalized early Saturday morning.
The vandals used spray paint or shoe polish to write vulgarities on the buses, according to ...

Water access focus of fight

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:27 PM PDT

Even during one of the worst droughts in Texas history, an abundance of water rests under the Brazos Valley. A fight over who has access to it is expected to heat up again this week. The area's two major cities, Bryan and College Station, plus Texas ...

Construction nosedives from 2010

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT


After two months of adequate growth, the local economic index took a slight dip from July to August.
The index fell from 119 to 118.9, with construction value taking a steep dive from its August 2010 level.
The Bryan-College Station index is comp ...

Buddy Walk set for Sunday

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT

The 8th annual Buddy Walk, which highlights Down Syndrome Awareness Month and is intended to promote acceptance and awareness of people with Down Syndrome, is scheduled Sunday at Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater.It's by far the largest annual fundraiser f ...

CS polls voters on election schedule

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT


The city of College Station will ask its residents one question when they go to the polls next month: How do they like voting in November?
If they like it, citizens will have the opportunity to do it again. If they don't, they'll need to make some ...

CS couple arrested for drug possession

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station man and his girlfriend were arrested after a police officer found several ounces of marijuana as well as unprescribed Alprazolam at the man's home.
Rodolfo Garza III and Gabrielle Sosa were charged Friday with d ...

Benefit planned for Grimes fire victims

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA musical fundraising event will be held on Oct. 16 in the Grimes County community of Richards to benefit those affected by a tri-county wildfire last month.The Richards Fire Benefit, organized by the Texas Center for Regional Studi ...

Consol set to host car show Oct. 22

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA&M Consolidated High School will hold its fourth-annual car, truck and bike show on Oct. 22.The FFA will host the event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school's parking lot, 1801 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South in College Station.T ...

Photos needed for Navasota pictorial

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas Center for Regional Studies is seeking old photographs to create a pictorial history book of Navasota.Everyone is invited to submit photos and stories for possible inclusion in a pictorial history book, Images of America: ...

Special ops, CIA: First in, last out of Afghanistan

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT


FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave.
As most American troops prepare to withdraw in 2014, the CIA and military special operations forces ...

iTunes impact in music industry a two-way street

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition -- and chaos.
Entering the new millennium, albums were enjoying blockbuster sales of several million units for its sup ...

Wall Street protesters proud of their diversity

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- As other protesters chanted vigorously around her, Nancy Pi-Sunyer stood off to the side at the Occupy Wall Street rally, clutching her sign, looking a little like a new teacher on the first day of school.In a way, she was: At 66, this re ...

Mitt Romney addresses Mormon flare-up; Rick Perry passes

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday denounced "poisonous language" against faiths as he grappled with a flare-up over religion sparked by a prominent supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, his rival. Perry steered wel ...

Pilger-Stein

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:36 PM PDT


Adren and Susan Pilger of Bryan are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Valerie Morgan Pilger, to Andrew Joseph Stein, son of Scott and Gisele Stein of Huffman, Texas. Grandparents of the bride are Barbara ...

Martin-Szabuniewicz

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:34 PM PDT


Miss Anita Martin and Mr. Charles Szabuniewicz were united in marriage on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in an intimate ceremony in their home in Bryan, Texas.
The bride was attended by Victoria Slayton, daughter of the groom, and the groom was att ...

Mallia-Bohne

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:33 PM PDT


Dr. and Mrs. Henry Bohne of College Station, Texas, are pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Chad Bohne, to Lindsay Mallia, daughter of Mr. Michael Mallia and Ms. Marianne Mallia of Houston, Texas. The ceremony was held on Sunday, Septemb ...

Barrett-Mudge

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT


Lindsey Elizabeth Barrett and Christopher John Mudge were united in marriage on August 6, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Bryan, Texas. The double ring ceremony was officiated by Reverend Rick Sitton and Pastor Daniel Stephens with music p ...

Amos-Huerta

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:16 PM PDT


Cannon Ray and Debra Lynn Amos of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kimberly Marie Amos, to Edgar Alberto Huerta, son of Jorge and Rosa Maria Huerta of Richmond, Texas.  The brid ...

Livestock reports

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Bryan
Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Oct. 4 sale:
Head: 1,170
Steers: 200-300 lbs., $120-$165, 300-400 lbs., $118-$154, 400-500 lbs., $110-$145, 500-600 lbs., $105-$144, 600-700 lbs., $100-$129, 700-800 lbs., $110-$125.
Heife ...

Jobs showed need for solid education

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Editorial Board
Ben Franklin, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel F.B. Morse, Eli Whitney, Samuel Colt, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Thomas Edison, Willis Carrier. America has produced some amazing inventors who have made life better and easi ...

Legendary pianist Roger Williams dies

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Roger Williams, the virtuoso pianist who topped the Billboard pop chart in the 1950s and played for nine U.S. presidents during a long career, died Saturday. He was 87. Williams died at his home in Los Angeles of complications from pan ...

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