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Rolling with the punches

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

At least twice a week for the past four months, a steadily growing number of women -- ranging in age from 14 to 37 -- have come together to skate, sweat and shove their way to becoming inaugural members of the Brazos Valley Derby Girls. That is, as l ...

CS parks may have to pay their own way

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

College Station parks and recreation programs could some day be supported largely by user fees. The City Council has asked the parks and recreation department to look into creating an enterprise fund in which revenue generated from fee-related activi ...

A&M reviews leave program

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Some Texas A&M faculty members will spend time in exotic locations this fall -- examining lizard research in Argentina or studying geography in South Africa -- while others will work on academic books related to hermaphrodites, deviant behavior a ...

Family still searching for answers

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

It's been 31 years since Sophia Moreno was last seen by friends or family.She disappeared from her Bryan home when she was 16, and now a sister she never met has a renewed desire to find answers concerning Moreno's disappearance. "Mom would always te ...

Senior Expo coming to Bryan

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Area residents are invited to spend Wednesday exploring a variety of topics, including health care, gardening, senior living and shopping.More than 80 informational booths are expected at the ninth annual Senior Expo. Admission and all events are fre ...

Nearly 200 students earn health degrees

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportNearly 200 Texas A&M Health Science Center students graduated from the College Station campus last week.On Friday, 21 students received bachelor's degrees in nursing. Eighty-two students in the School of Rural Public Health gra ...

Father accused of aggravated assault

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 43-year-old College Station man remained behind bars Saturday, after police charged him with holding his family members against their will with a .22-caliber rifle.Patrick Wayne Wilson was charged with three counts of aggravated a ...

Drug program to hold fundraiser in CS

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Palmer Drug Abuse Program will host its first fundraising campaign next month to support its drug recovery efforts.From Drugs to Freedom is set for June 7 at Christ Methodist Church in College Station from 6:30 to 8 p.m.Anyone w ...

13-year-old American becomes youngest to climb Everest

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT

BEIJING -- The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero picked up a satellite phone and called his mom."He says, 'Mom, I'm calling you from the top o ...

Leading by example

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Former Bryan standout and NFL wide receiver Syndric Steptoe joins his son Kayden, 2, and cousin Sanaya White, 6, as the trio use basketballs for seats while visiting in Viking Gym prior to the NFL Players versus Area Teachers and Coaches basketball g ...

Crosstown competition

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Bryan police Officer Jamie Harvey (left) gets a high-five from teammate Grant Carrabba as the pair from Bryan Police Department's softball team celebrate an in-the-park home run Harvey hit against the Brazos County Attorney's Office team Saturday aft ...

Atlantis crew relaxes on day off

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Atlantis' six astronauts got a little down time up in orbit Saturday on the eve of their departure from the International Space Station.The shuttle crewmen wrapped up the third and final spacewalk of their space station visit ...

Court lifts stay in stabbing hearing

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

DALLAS -- A state appeals court has rejected an attempt to delay a hearing on whether a teenager accused of stabbing his teacher to death in an East Texas classroom should be tried as an adult.The 12th Court of Appeals in Tyler on Friday lifted a tem ...

Texas may accept nuclear waste from dozens of states

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

ANDREWS -- Texas was all set to be part of an agreement with Vermont to dump nuclear waste in a remote region of the Lone Star state, and for the most part people living near the site were OK with it.Now, though, that compact could mushroom to inclu ...

Skip the kiddie attractions and go for big, high-tech rides

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Raising teenagers is not easy. But as I walked around Walt Disney World recently, observing crying babies, melting-down toddlers and whining 6-year-olds -- not to mention stressed-out parents -- I felt lucky that my only challenge ...

Don't overlook the arts offerings from Texas A&M

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

There's a whole section in today's paper -- and every day's paper -- that chronicles everything everybody wants to know about Texas A&M sports. Right or wrong, to some misguided observers, the quality of the school is directly tied to the success ...

Parents choosing 'Babies' documentary as baby's first movie

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

With all the squirming and gurgling, the crowd was positively infantile at a swanky movie house one recent afternoon in Madison, Wis.So was the action onscreen.About 100 moms and a sprinkling of dads in the college town brought their babies, toddler ...

Shoppers take control with custom orders

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Can't find the exact swimsuit you had in mind? Design your own.Shoppers with exacting tastes can now customize an array of products, including dress shirts, handbags, jewelry and sneakers.Just how much creative control you get varies, but prices ofte ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

NEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMembers of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Bryan recently celebrated with Neal Elementary students during the St. Andrew's/Neal Scholar award presentation. Eight fifth-grade students were each presented with a $1,000 scholarshi ...

Calendar

Posted: 22 May 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 Senior Advisory Committee meeting. 10 a.m. The Exit Teen Center, 1520 Rock Prairie Road. Visitors welcome. 764-6371.* C ...

School menus

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.BryanMonday: Chicken nuggets, munchable with pickle, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, roll, fruit.Tuesday: Hot dog, chili cheese dog, breaded chicken sandwich, pork and beans, sandwich trimm ...

Smart spending: Cut baby food costs

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Feeding a newborn can cost very little if you nurse, but the tab quickly rises if you use formula and it spirals as the child moves to baby foods.Here's how parents can minimize the cost of feeding a baby -- and get to work on a college fund instead. ...

Rosenfeld-Cook

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Mark and Siegrid Rosenfeld of Bryan are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jackie Rosenfeld, to Douglas Cook, son of Thomas and Debra Cook of Bryan. Grandparents of the bride-elect are Margarete and the lat ...

Patchin-Greiner

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ross Patchin, of Corpus Christi, Texas, proudly announce the engagement of their daughter Marie Katrina, to Mr. Jonathan Carl Greiner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin John Greiner, of Pearland, Texas.Katrina is a 2005 graduate of Merce ...

Long-Davis

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Biddie and Tommy Davis of Bryan, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son, Payton Alan Davis, to Whitney Long, daughter of Holly and Gary Long of Yantis, Texas.Whitney is a 2001 graduate of First Baptist Acad ...

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