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- Tailgating in Aggieland offers fans chance to reunite, hang out
- Just a regular day on the job as a volunteer firefighter
- Bryan facility could be closed
- New fire station coming to College Station
- Scarecrow Festival planned for Oct. 8-9
- Exercise physiology expert to give advice
- Reno plane crash death toll rises to 9
- Perry: Government must help veterans
- Military slowly preparing for repeal of gay ban
- Private Social Security idea revived
- Obama pushes for peace talks
- Hollywood trimming big budgets
- Marine's suicide prompts inquiries about hazing
- Gadhafi loyalists protect Sirte
- Arts Watch: Arts Council dinner, Gulag art on schedule
- Start your engines: What's hot, what's not among 2012 models
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- School menus, Sept. 19-23
- Yancy 25th
- Daniel-Derkowski
- Livestock Report
- Mediation can help solve shelter dispute
- Our Neighbors: Texas A&M Health Science Center
- Our Neighbors: Wellborn Lions Club
- Our Neighbors: Navasota ISD
| Tailgating in Aggieland offers fans chance to reunite, hang out Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT When Kelly Barnett graduated from Texas A&M University in 1998, she and her friends decided that they would buy season tickets together so that they could stay in touch by going to home games. "Back then, we were just tailgating by eating Dou ...   |
| Just a regular day on the job as a volunteer firefighter Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT Spending quality time as a family probably doesn't require protective gear or involve flames for most people. But for one Navasota family, the idea of jumping into a fire truck and heading into evacuated areas with hoses and shovels in hand seems ... |
| Bryan facility could be closed Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:31 PM PDT The possible closure of a U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Bryan could cost the city about 80 jobs, a spokeswoman for the federal agency confirmed last week. The local center on William J. Bryan Parkway is one of about 250 mail processin ... |
| New fire station coming to College Station Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT A new fire station planned on University Drive in College Station is expected to be larger and more urban than any other in the city, officials said this week. Plans for the station have been finalized in recent months. City officials plan to bre ... |
| Scarecrow Festival planned for Oct. 8-9 Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe 35th Annual Scarecrow Festival will be October 8-9 in Chappell Hill.More than 300 vendors of clothing, jewelry and other items will be at the event, which will include live music and entertainment. Children can take part in pony ... |
| Exercise physiology expert to give advice Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report An expert on exercise physiology is scheduled to give a talk Tuesday in College Station on how genetic predisposition, gene expression and antioxidant levels can determine your activity level, health and aging. The free seminar f ... |
| Reno plane crash death toll rises to 9 Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT RENO, Nev. -- The death toll in the crash of a World War II-era plane during a Reno air race rose to nine people Saturday as investigators combed through wreckage and scoured amateur video clips to determine why the aircraft suddenly spiraled out o ... |
| Perry: Government must help veterans Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Gov. Rick Perry says nearly all American combat veterans "come home bearing scars" and the government has a role in helping them.The Republican presidential candidate spoke Saturday night during an event for the Lone Survivor Foundation, w ... |
| Military slowly preparing for repeal of gay ban Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT SAN DIEGO -- Night-long celebrations will mark the final countdown to the historic end of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay troops, and even more partying will take place once it is lifted Tuesday. But in many ways change is already here.Countles ... |
| Private Social Security idea revived Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Most of the top Republicans running for president are embracing plans to partially privatize Social Security, reviving a contentious issue that fizzled under President George W. Bush after Democrats relentlessly attacked it.As President ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Dreaming big, President Barack Obama once envisioned this would be the moment when world leaders would gather to herald a new state of Palestine. What waits for him instead at the United Nations this coming week is closer to a diplo ... |
| Hollywood trimming big budgets Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood -- long considered the land of excess-- is becoming more cost-conscious, as movie executives rethink what they're willing to pay to make a blockbuster. After years of beefing up budgets to meet audience expectations, movie ... |
| Marine's suicide prompts inquiries about hazing Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT HONOLULU -- In the chilly pre-dawn hours of April 3 in Afghanistan, Marine Lance Cpl. Harry Lew crouched down in the foxhole he'd been ordered to dig for disciplinary reasons -- he'd repeatedly fallen asleep on guard duty -- placed the muzzle of his ... |
| Gadhafi loyalists protect Sirte Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT SIRTE, Libya -- Revolutionary fighters struggled to make gains in an assault into Gadhafi's hometown Saturday with bloody street-by-street battles against loyalist forces fiercely defending the most symbolic of the shattered regime's remaining strong ... |
| Arts Watch: Arts Council dinner, Gulag art on schedule Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT For 364 days a year, the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley and its 59 affiliates go about offering the public a variety of song and dance and theater, but their reach extends to quilting, museums, rug hooking, spinning and weaving, writing, heritage ... |
| Start your engines: What's hot, what's not among 2012 models Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Everything old is new again. Revamped versions of some of America's best-known cars -- the Toyota Camry, the Chevrolet Malibu, the Ford Taurus, the Volkswagen Beetle, the BMW 3 Series -- are all going on sale in the 2012 model year. The industry h ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525. * Brazos Genealogical Association. 6-7:45 p.m. St. Thomas Episcopa ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. College Station Monday: Chicken nuggets or beef and cheese nachos, carrots, fruit, Rice Krispy Treat. Tuesday: Corn dog or chef salad, macaroni and cheese, black eyed peas, fruit. Wednesday: Ov ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT Bob and Kristi Yancy celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on September 13, 2011. High school sweethearts growing up in Katy, Texas, they were married at the First Baptist Church in Wynnewood, Oklahoma in 1986. Just days after the wedding, Bob r ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Richard and Julie Daniel of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Crystal Deanne Daniel, to Ryan Anthony Derkowski, son of William and Mary Derkowski of Bryan. Crystal is the granddaughter ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bryan Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Sept. 13 sale: Head: 2,384 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $110-$165; 300-400 lbs., $101-$158; 400-500 lbs., $95-$135; 500-600 lbs., $97-$134; 600-700 lbs., $95-$122; 700-800 lbs., $108-$122. Heifer ... |
| Mediation can help solve shelter dispute Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board It was with some dismay that we viewed the breakdown of talks between the city of Bryan and the Brazos Animal Shelter. It is the last thing that we along with a majority of residents of Brazos County wanted. Now, the Brazos ... |
| Our Neighbors: Texas A&M Health Science Center Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Tommy McDonald, associate professor and department head at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, and Leslie Cizmas, research assistant professor, recently were named as co-principal investigators on an Environmental P ... |
| Our Neighbors: Wellborn Lions Club Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Wellborn Lions Club recently presented a $500 donation to the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System to assist returning veterans. Wellborn Lions Club president Angela Pozzuoli and club member Nancy Birnbaum made the presentation to social wo ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Navasota superintendent Rory Gesch recently was named a recipient of a scholarship to attend the Lamar University Superintendent Academy, an advanced leadership training program in Beaumont. The 26 superintendents in the 2011-2012 class were chosen ... |
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