| Recent Letters to the Editor |
| Board declares certain youth ineligible |
| By Cindy Barksdale | Published Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| On Monday night, Aug. 10, a decision was made by the Wise County Youth Fair Board to exclude children of divorced families by not allowing them to participate in the Wise County Youth Fair. The children targeted were ones that live with one parent in Wise County and live and go to school with a parent in another county. The parents have joint custody. Families of these divorced children do live in Wise County, own businesses in Wise County, work in Wise County and pay taxes in Wise County. In addition, they support a wide variety of businesses in Wise County. |
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| Thanks for the learning experience |
| By Terri L. Johnson | Published Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| Hats off to the teachers and staff at Decatur Intermediate. Your sixth grade science day at Black Creek Lake was amazing. |
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| Thanks for support |
| By Adam North | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| The Greenwood-Slidell Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank everyone who attended and donated to our fish fry. |
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| Projects funded by previous bond |
| By Tad Billmire | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| I have been following the comments about the DISD bond election on the Liberally Lean from the Land of Dairy Queen blog. A couple of the comments jumped out at me in regard to the idea that a lot of these proposed projects in this new bond were funded previously in the bond that passed in 2003 that also funded the new high school. |
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| Vote to keep Texas beaches open |
| By Paulette Layfield | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| We own property on the Bolivar Peninsula in what used to be Gilchrist. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson made a comment, after Hurricane Ike, about Gilchrist, that just flew all over me. I fired off a letter to a bunch of newspapers admonishing the commissioner for his lack of regard for the people of Gilchrist. |
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| America tired of Republican rants |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| The Republican National Committee's master Michael Steel, in a memorable bovine/iron horse analogy remarked to the neocon noisemaker fix-network that the health care reform train was leaving the station with President Obama at the wheel, and Obama had better look out as "he is a cow on the tracks." One can only wonder why Steel classified himself as a cow rather than a bull, but I won't argue. |
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| Spirit of the Antichrist influencing leaders |
| By Ted H. Shaw | Published Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| I have come to the conclusion that America is losing its way fast not only due to the current administration, but also because of many liberal elected Congressmen and appointed Supreme Court Justices, including the latest liberal Supreme Court Justice. We Americans who care should get involved and do it quickly. |
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| Leave parking spaces for patrons |
| By Anne Sollee | Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| I am so aggravated at all of the courthouse employees and attorneys who office on the downtown historic square. And I am not the only one. |
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| Thanks for food donations |
| By Christie Rhine | Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| We would like to thank everyone for donations to the food drive. |
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| Thanks for supporting fall fest |
| By Bobbie Ashley | Published Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| The Greenwood Extension Education Club would like to say "thank you" for the very interesting article on our club and festival. During the festival, I had many nice compliments regarding it. |
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| Thanks for Night Out |
| By Glenda Goodwin | Published Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
| A huge thank you to the dozens of people responsible for Tuesday's "Texas Night Out." It was an amazing effort to publicize many helping groups in Wise County - especially our police and fire departments. |
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| Where does money go in BISD? |
| By George Parker | Published Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
| How is the Bridgeport Independent School District spending our tax dollars? It seems that they never seem to have enough money, yet, the quality of education appears to not be increasing with the increase of funds. |
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| Vote yes for Bridgeport bond |
| By Mary J. Howard | Published Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| Bridgeport ISD places two important issues in the hands of voters Nov. 3. While I was on the facilities committee and support proposition 1, most of us can readily see why we need classrooms and the importance of maintaining facilities. |
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| Afghanistan is lost cause |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
| Will someone from the neocon tea party shouting society please tell me why we're in Afghanistan? |
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| Driver grateful for help |
| By Wendy Call | Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 |
| I would like to say "thank you so much" to the person that flashed their lights at me Thursday, Oct. 1, around 8:30 p.m. on Farm Road 2123 in Bridgeport. |
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| Single-payer is Americas only hope |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Sunday, October 4, 2009 |
| Americans, at least those with a modicum of humanity left in their personal standards, should be outraged at the actions of the so-called "health insurance industry." |
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| Tammy Myers works out most days of the week to keep her body strong after losing a leg due to complications from a blood clot. |
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