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updated: Sun Jun 29, 2008 01:04 pm

Converse News

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

Sunday Jun 29 | Austin American-Statesman

40-foot deer statue becomes landmark

In the ancient folklore of some cultures, deer are considered carriers of the sun and immortal beings whose antlers represent rebirth and new life.

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Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Austin, TX, Crystal City, TX, World News, Mexico

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Freshnews

Spoken Translation Outsources to Startup Focused Inventure Global

Harris Corporation Inventure Global, a San Diego-headquartered IT consulting firm with staff in India, recently completed an installer project for Spoken Translation that increased speed-to-market for the ...

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Related Topix: Outsourcing

Sat Jun 21, 2008

MySanAntonio.com

Prognosis 'extremely poor' for child

Chances are, Gabriel Enrique Boyd will die before his second birthday July 16. The boy with golden ringlets and black high top Converse shoes has spent the last several days and nights in Methodist Children's ...

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Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, San Antonio, TX

Fri Jun 13, 2008

MySA.com

Alamo Metro Chorus plans luau fundraiser

The Alamo Metro Chorus is holding a luau from 5 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the American Legion 593, 326 W. Legion Drive in Converse, to raise money.

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Tue Jun 10, 2008

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Local company to build city's new bandstand

The V.W. Brooks Inc. construction company was selected by a unanimous City Council vote to build a new bandstand in Central Park.

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Related Topix: Seguin, TX, San Antonio Metro, Schertz, TX

Sun Jun 08, 2008

MySanAntonio.com

Caught in the crunch

Last week - for the first time in recent memory - Converse-based Pet Pals of Texas ran short of donated dog and cat food to give to elderly and shut-in pet owners.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Bexar County, TX

Fri Jun 06, 2008

KXAN-TV Austin

Police seek public's help in finding elderly man

Police are looking for an 85-year-old man who was last seen Tuesday at a gas station in the Converse, Texas, area.

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

KVUE.com

APD issues Silver Alert for missing man, 85

Austin police Wednesday afternoon issued a Silver Alert for an 85-year-old man. TxDOT Howard E. Butler According to police, Howard E. Butler, who has been diagnosed with chronic dementia, drove away from his ...

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Sat May 24, 2008

Bulverde Community News

The Herald

Andrea Shannon has been named valedictorian of Randolph High School's Class of 2006, and Cindy Lopez is this year's salutatorian.

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Thu May 22, 2008

MySanAntonio.com

A conversation with ... Tommy and Tami Marlin, CiCi's Pizza franchisees

Congratulations on being named one of CiCi's Pizza's Legendary Operators of the Year.

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Related Topix: San Angelo Metro, San Angelo, TX, San Antonio Metro, Life, Food, Pizza

Tue May 20, 2008

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Police looking for man with ties to Seguin

Bexar County and Seguin authorities were looking for a former Seguin resident Monday who allegedly held his mother and a 9-year-old girl at gunpoint in an incident that led to a lockdown at a North East ISD ...

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Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Seguin, TX, Guadalupe County, TX

Thu May 01, 2008

MySanAntonio.com

Editorial: This election is critical in divided Judson district

The makeup of a school board can work for or against the best interests of a school district. via MySanAntonio.com

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Related Topix: Opinion, San Antonio, TX

Thu Apr 24, 2008

Abilene Reporter-News

FLDS children dispersed across state

“What I'm trying to find out, and what no one is telling me, is whether they have been separated”

Some taken as far as Amarillo, Houston By Paul A. Anthony San Angelo Standard-Times Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Abilene may house some displaced Children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado could be headed ... via Abilene Reporter-News

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Related Topix: Texas, Schleicher County, TX, FLDS, Religion, Eldorado, TX

Tue Apr 22, 2008

The Wilson County News

Handley, Sefcik to wed

April 22, 2008 Don and Nell Handley of Converse, Texas, and Ann Gilcrease of San Antonio are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Ashley Gilcrease Handley, to Jason Sefcik, ... via The Wilson County News

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Related Topix: Texas, San Antonio Metro, Wedding, Falls City, TX, Poth, TX

Sat Apr 05, 2008

MySanAntonio.com

Man accused of killing woman with truck has record of DWI

“What I'm going through I don't wish on anyone, because I'm left alone without my mother”

A Converse man who has been in trouble before for drinking and driving faces charges of intoxication manslaughter. via MySanAntonio.com

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Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, San Antonio, TX

Thu Apr 03, 2008

MySA.com

Judson chief vows to make school a reality

“I think we're going to be very pleased with their performance”

Judson Independent School District cannot afford to accept any of the five bids that came in for the second of three elementary schools covered by a 2006 bond proposition, but Thursday night Superintendent ... via MySA.com

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Mon Mar 24, 2008

Dad29

B-16's Holy Saturday Sermon: Look East

“Lift up your hearts", high above the tangled web of our concerns, desires, anxieties and thoughtlessness - ' "Lift up your hearts, your inner selves!”

Fr. Z printed all of it . Here's the part which Klaus Gamber could have written: In the early Church there was a custom whereby the Bishop or the priest, after the homily, would cry out to the faithful: ... via Dad29

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Fri Mar 21, 2008

PR-inside.com

Fitch Rates Judson ISD, Texas' $71.3MM GOs 'A+'

In addition, Fitch affirms the district's 'A+' rating on approximately $352.4 million in outstanding unlimited tax bonds. via PR-inside.com

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Bexar County, TX, Selma, TX, Live Oak, TX, Universal City, TX

Wed Mar 12, 2008

Fort Worth Weekly

MUSICTearing up Roots

“Nothing he does surprises me anymore”

That other side of Herring's personality, the self-destructive side, is gone. Collin Herring Next Fri, Mar 21, at Lola's, 2736 W. 6th St., FW, 817-877-0666, and in Austin this weekend as part of SXSW, at the ... via Fort Worth Weekly

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Entertainment, Fort Worth, TX

Wed Mar 05, 2008

MySA.com

Cost overruns angering some Judson taxpayers

“I think we need to take one step back”

In 2006, residents in Judson Independent School District voted to spend about $10 million for improvements to the district's D.W. Rutledge Stadium. via MySA.com

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