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Ballinger News

Local news for Ballinger, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Thursday | Abilene Reporter-News

Fitness test shaping up: Some see flaws in program's first year

Reporter-News photo by Nellie Doneva Kaleb Hellums lifts 140 pounds at the Wylie High School Doghouse.

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Related Topix: Abilene, TX, Anson, TX, Abilene Metro, Baird, TX, Bangs, TX

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Abilene News-Headlines

Wind turbines being seen as smart idea for schools

YAHOO! Wind turbines being seen as smart idea for schools Area districts hope to cut energy costs By Doug Myers Wednesday, July 9, 2008 It's up and about to begin running -- a towering wind turbine capable of ...

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Related Topix: Texas, Runnels County, TX, Education Etc., Blackwell, TX

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Say Cheese 07.05.08

Courtesy photo The Lone Star Ladies -- a women's riding drill team from the Big Country -- wait for the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo Parade to begin Jan.

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Related Topix: Center, TX, Garrett, TX, Dallas Metro, Nolan, TX, Haskell, TX

Wed Jun 18, 2008

The Daily Sentinel

June is national dairy month

June is National Dairy Month. This means we can pile on the cheesecake and double up on the cookies and milk, right? Wrong.

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition, Food, Drink, Milk

Mon Jun 16, 2008

MySA.com

Berges Fest puts focus on families

The dogs were hot and the watermelons cold as families gathered Sunday for fun, music and games on the final day of the annual Boerne Berges Fest.

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Related Topix: Boerne, TX

Wed Jun 04, 2008

KKSA-AM San Angelo

Council Approves Zone Changes

Its now one step closer for a Portuguese company to begin a wind turbine manufacturing plant in San Angelo.

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Related Topix: San Angelo Metro, San Angelo, TX, West, TX

Mon Jun 02, 2008

KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Ballinger veteran returning to France for military ceremony

The tall, quiet man said he never talked about the war until the phone call. "Nobody every asked me about it," the 90-year-old World War II veteran said.

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Wed May 28, 2008

The Austin Chronicle

Day Trips

Texas Burro Rescue began with a bang. When employees of Big Bend Ranch State Park began thinning the herds of wild burros in the park with a rifle, the neighbors got upset.

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Related Topix: San Angelo, TX, Marfa, TX, Austin, TX, Texas

Sat May 17, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Ballinger ISD eyes wind power to lower costs

By Doug Myers Friday, May 16, 2008 Scot Goen is banking that the wind will blow -- and that it will blow enough to turn the 72-foot blades of a 180-foot-tall wind turbine enough to cut the Ballinger Independent ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Panhandle, TX, Crosbyton, TX, West, TX, Education Etc.

Thu May 15, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Kudos for UIL participants and coverage

Please accept my heap of praise for your simply great coverage of the Big Country students participating in the UIL state academic meet in Austin last weekend. via Abilene Reporter-News

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Tue May 13, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Election Aftermath: Questions, analysis

“The number of issues that voters had to consider was high and its easier to vote no all the way down”

AISD officials consider their next move By Kristi Hsu Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Recounts and Runoffs Aspermont It will not be known if there will be a recount for the following race until May 19. via Abilene Reporter-News

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Thu May 08, 2008

Dallas Morning News

Neal Newsom's grapes are coveted by the top Texas wineries

“Finally, he said, 'If you're going to plant grapes, I am, too.' ”

On May 10, 2006, a hailstorm hit Yoakum County, on the state line southwest of Lubbock, pelting Neal and Janice Newsom's place outside Plains with hailstones the size of tennis balls. via Dallas Morning News

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Related Topix: Yoakum County, TX, Home Listing, Home, Dallas, TX, Plains, TX

Tue May 06, 2008

Sweetwater Reporter

SMS students to have artwork displayed at library during May

“As a graduate student, you automatically have to do some teaching. I began teaching art and I loved it”

Sweetwater Middle School seventh and eighth grade students of Coby Hamlin will have artwork on display at the County-City Library throughout the month of May. via Sweetwater Reporter

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Winters, TX

Sun May 04, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Big Country voters to face taxing issues on election day

“The committee was concerned about nighttime safety for our extracurricular people and the extra expense of driving eight miles out of town just to refuel.”

By Doug Myers Saturday, May 3, 2008 Freezing taxes for older homeowners, approving bond packages to improve schools and enacting sales taxes for economic development are among issues facing voters when they go ... via Abilene Reporter-News

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Related Topix: Runnels County, TX

Thu May 01, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Ballinger team overcomes huge setback

“The number of students going to state reflects on our UIL program and how seriously we take everything”

Standard-Times photo by Patrick Dove The Ballinger High School one act play cast runs through the final scene of The Imaginary Invalid. via Abilene Reporter-News

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Mon Apr 28, 2008

KRGV

Smuggler Caught Using Vehicle Bought in Auction

“The coyote put the vehicle in drive, ran into the woods. Everybody in the cab took off running”

A vehicle confiscated by police is up for auction. Again. A La Joya police officer caught a smuggler transporting 16 illegals. via KRGV

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Tue Apr 22, 2008

The Wilson County News

Judith 'Judy' A. Mints

April 22, 2008 1937-2008 Judith Ann Mints, 70, of Ballinger, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2008, in an Abilene hospital. via The Wilson County News

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, Personal Finance, Retirement, San Antonio Metro

Wed Mar 26, 2008

Corsicana Daily Sun

Herod takes top prize in lamb division

“You have to get good at it, know how to set the lamb up and brace him”

Two members of the Blooming Grove FFA swept top honors in the Lamb Division of the 2008 Navarro County Youth Expo held Tuesday at the Exposition Center. via Corsicana Daily Sun

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Related Topix: Navarro County, TX, Rice, TX, Blooming Grove, TX, Corsicana, TX

Thu Mar 20, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

Big Country gets pounded

“The rain just caused problems all night because it was coming down hard at times”

Cherryl Norris, left, brings her mother Edith Watts, right, back to the Windsor after a lunch and hairdo trip as rain falls downtown. via Abilene Reporter-News

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Related Topix: Stamford, TX, Albany, TX, Baird, TX, Anson, TX, Haskell, TX

Tue Mar 18, 2008

North Texas e-News

Commissioner Staples honors farmers and ranchers during National Agriculture Week

Commissioner to recognize past, present and future of Texas agriculture AUSTIN - Agriculture is important to Texas 52 weeks a year, but National Agriculture Week is the time set aside each spring to honor the ... via North Texas e-News

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Related Topix: Girvin, TX, Agriculture, Science, Texas, Panhandle, TX

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