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Kelly Brechel of Integra Realty Resources in Fort Worth is one of the few women in the commercial property appraisal business.

Although it's the title of their debut CD, "Road of Life" could just as well describe the climb taken by local band Whiskey Myers.

In an era of Guitar Hero and 80-mph roller coasters, billion-dollar football stadiums and youngsters with iPods, a little clicketyclack train lives on.

“I can't be wrong. I can't just go off saying things that are unsubstantiated with no consequence.”

In this week's paper version of Unfair Park, we dig deep into the convention center hotel controversy at City Hall. via Dallas Observer

Cheers: To Kelly and Mike, who put out the ramp for the Trinity Railway Express train in all kinds of weather so that I can ride the train in my wheelchair. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“With your American citizenship comes benefits as well as responsibilities”

Flowers in hand, Leticia Ramirez of Mexico takes her seat for a naturalization ceremony at Scottish Rite Cathedral. via MySanAntonio.com

“Be extremely careful with anything that can start a fire - cigarette butts, low tires on trailers - anything that makes a spark”

The cause of a grass fire that consumed 323 acres on the Crawford Ranch on Tuesday remained undetermined Wednesday. via Amarillo.com

“You know it's dry when a piece of metal can hit a rock and cause a fire”

Potter County Fire-Rescue and the Texas Forest Service extinguished a grass fire about six miles north of the Canadian River on Monday. via Amarillo.com

“Surprisingly I got this from my own closet”

It was the Wild, Wild West meets the psychedelic 1960s Friday at Trinity Episcopal School. via Marshall News Messenger

“Our rate of growth has decelerated.”

The national economic downturn has hit city government. While the effects aren't fully known, the sluggishness that some label a recession will figure prominently in upcoming discussions about the budget year ... via San Antonio Express-News

“Today is going to be pretty much the same as the last couple of days”

Houstonians could see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms today but no severe weather is expected as clouds cover much of southeast Texas, forecasters said. via Houston Chronicle

After 118 years, an Oak Cliff church held its last service Sunday.

A lack of attendance forced Trinity Presbyterian to close its doors. At its peak, membership was up to 800. But recently it had dwindled down to just a few dozen.

"We had a lot of members back in the old days," said church member Byron Beans Bates.

Trinity is located in an area populated mostly by Catholics, so the church also struggled to attract new members.

Church members said it was time to say goodbye. Read more

“Contrary to media claims that Wright preaches racial hatred, church leaders who have observed his ministry describe him as a faithful preacher of the gospel who has ministered in a context radically different from that of many middle class Americans”

The Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth will go ahead with its plans to honor the Rev. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

“Especially when they give the time lines.”

He will never know if it was a plot against him, but a fictional fish will forever overshadow Bob Tome's name. via MySA.com

“It's fortuitous that we seem to have this 10-year cycle with the Rosenthal legacy”

FORT WORTH -- There is precious little charity work that gets done in this town without Billy and Rozanne Rosenthal.

Cook Children's Medical Center, Komen for the Cure, Trinity Valley School, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Temple Beth-El and the Modern Art Museum are only a few of the organizations that have benefited from the couple of 29 years.

Their volunteer work, philanthropic gifts and commitment to a pluralistic society have earned them this year's major award from the Multicultural Alliance. The alliance was known for years as the National Conference of Christians and Jews and later as the National Conference for Community and Justice. Read more

“It's too bad the Texas Rangers aren't around”

Barack Obama wrote and delivered a brilliant and brave speech that not only addressed the controversy involving his former pastor, Rev. via Austin American-Statesman

“We'll see if water is in the same locations as when the river crested at 37 feet last year before the gauge was moved. If you remember last year when you had all the rain, that water along the Trinity spread out a long way.”

Runoff from heavy rains in North Texas earlier this week have sent the Trinity River over its banks in Henderson and Navarro counties. via Athens Daily Review

I truly wish every sportsman reading this column could have the opportunity to experience the outdoors as I did the past two days at Big Woods On The Trinity, located in Anderson County on the Trinity River ... via North Texas e-News

“I'm disappointed that we were not able to deliver them [petitions] for the thousands that signed them”

A petition drive to limit what Fort Worth spends on the Trinity Uptown project has run aground. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“I taught at two larger state schools, and there is no comparison”

Elise Goen sat in a U.S. history class last semester at Trinity University listening to the professor talk about oil and steel barons such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. via MySA.com