| Recent Columns |
| Time for a middle class revolution? |
| By Willis Webb | Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Disrespect and incivility have taken over our political/governmental landscape. One can point fingers in all directions to place blame. However, this turkey can be hung around the necks of the middle class. |
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| Visit the Shelf to share your love of a good story |
| By Kristen Tribe | Published Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| I'm the assistant editor of the Wise County Messenger, and when I'm not writing, I'm reading. And when I read a good book, I like to talk about it - with everyone. |
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| Texas Tribune: A new way for reporting Texas politics |
| By Dave McNeely | Published Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| At a journalism conference a year ago at Harvard University, several panels discussed various aspects of the profession. But the underlying question among the crowd at each discussion was, "How do we get people to pay for the journalism?" |
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| Opening pathway to Tier One status will benefit state |
| By David W. Leebron, R. Bowen Loftin and William Powers Jr. | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| We, the leaders of Texas' only Tier One universities, are proud that all Texans will have the opportunity to go to the polls Nov. 3 and vote on Proposition 4, the Tier One constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot. |
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| The 72-Hour Rule: Take time to read the bill |
| By Kathleen Hartnett White | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| When we elect people to serve in Congress, we send them there as our representatives. In exchange for giving them our authority to make national decisions, they have the responsibility to provide us with sufficient information so that we can provide feedback on their decisions and gauge how well they represent us. |
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| Capital Highlights for October 29 |
| By Ed Sterling | Published Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| More than 200 Texas Department of Public Safety agents, troopers, pilots and Texas Rangers took part in an Oct. 21 sweep targeting the La Familia Michoacana criminal cartel resulting in 81 arrests in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin areas. |
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| Recent Letters to the Editor |
| Team deserved more coverage |
| By Dixie Parks | Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Just a few things about the Decatur horse judging team. These girls, along with Mr. Allsup have worked together for two years. He has spent endless hours with them. |
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| Charity is obligation of people, not government |
| By Eddie R. Dunlap | Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| It is better to remain quiet and have people thought you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Such a quote must be foreign to Ken Hughes after his rant in the Oct. 29 issue of the Wise County Messenger. |
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| Residents help stop purse snatcher |
| By Angela Fincher | Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Jim and Stefanie Nation of Wise County are to be commended for being good Samaritans and quick thinkers. They witnessed a young male grab a woman's purse in the Target parking lot in Watauga. |
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| President not under influence of Antichrist |
| By Ella Jay Neal-Tubbs | Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| I read the letter from Ted Shaw with outrage, even though I also wanted to laugh. It was one of the most ridiculous and insulting things I've seen in my 89 years. |
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| 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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| BRIDGEPORT RESIGNATIONS - Bridgeport City Administrator Van James turned in a letter of resignation Tuesday. James will be returning to Iraq with International City/County Management Association to work as a municipal consultant. James served in Iraq from December 2007 through December 2008. Bridgeport Main Street Manager Angie Tyson also turned in her resignation on Tuesday after accepting another job. |
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| Ashlyn Miller, 3, of Decatur is shown how the voting process works by an election judge at the Decatur Civic Center Tuesday. |
| Photo by Joe Duty |
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| Friday Night Lineup for November 6 |
| Lady Eagles set sights on area championship |
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