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Monday, January 14, 2008
Remember the Trans-Texas Corridor?
Of course you do. It’s been a topic of consternation by landowners for a while. The Associated Press just released the schedule of town-hall meetings scheduled by the Texas Department of Transporation to discuss the Trans-Texas Corridor. All meetings are to begin at 6:30 p.m.:
- Jan. 15: Texarkana, Pleasant Grove High School
- Jan. 16: Carthage, Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
- Jan. 17: Lufkin, Lufkin Civic Center
- Jan. 22: Hempstead, Knights of Columbus Hall
- Jan. 23: Huntsville, Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center
- Jan. 24: Rosenberg, Rosenberg Civic Center
- Jan. 28: Bellville, Austin County Fairgrounds Building
- Jan. 29: Victoria, Victoria Community Center Annex
- Jan. 31: Weslaco, Lecture Hall, South Texas College
- Feb. 5: Laredo, Student Center, Texas A&M International University
- Feb. 6: Robstown, Nueces County Regional Fairgrounds Conference Center
Here’s an accompanying story about these meetings and the TTC plan.
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Texas agriculture hit $100 billion in 2007
According to the Southwest Farm Press Web site, the economic impact of Texas agriculture contributed $100 billion to the state’s economy in 2007. That’s a record figure.
Here’s the story, which came out of a speech Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples gave at the Texas A&M AgriLife Conference at Texas A&M University last week.
In related news, U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, received the Texas A&M AgriLife Outstanding Public Servant Award.
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Local Obama group to meet
This being the political season, the Heart O’ Texas Obama Supporters Group is meeting at 7 tonight at Beatnix Coffeehouse, located the corner of 19th Street and Lake Shore Drive.
Speaking of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, apparently the issue of race is coming up between them.
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Peace House makes plea for cash
The Peace House in Crawford, which has had its share of publicity the last few years as well as its documented struggles with money to stay open, appears again to need an infusion of cash. This e-mail was sent to the Trib:
“I’d Love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do, So I leave it up to you .” Alvin Lee with the band Ten Years After
We need your help Five years ago in January 2003 I put a down payment on a house in Crawford, Texas with the hope of giving a home to peace and justice. * Many were inspired to join in this endeavor. Donations were raised at rallies in Dallas. The house was cleaned, painted and fixed, a kitchen was furnished, a labyrinth was built and a garden was planted. On Easter Sunday, April 2003, the Crawford Peace House was born. During the first year of its existence I mostly paid the expenses out of my own pocket. *In the summer of 2004 We hosted an outdoor showing of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911. That event raised almost $15,000 and enough to fund the Peace House for the next year. In the summer of 2005, we were down to less than a hundred dollars in the bank. Then, in August, Cindy Sheehan made her courageous stand in the ditch outside the Presidents ranch. The Peace House was there for Cindy, and Cindy was there for us. At her request, thousands of dollars flowed to the Peace House within weeks. * From that funding Camp Casey II was born, and a city with its infrastructure was erected. Thousands of people were fed a sheltered for weeks. With what was left of that funding, Camp Casey was again erected for Thanksgiving 2005, Easter 2006 and at its new home in August of 2006. *We built the Casey Sheehan memorial garden at the Peace House and for the next two and a half years the Peace House’s mortgage payments were made and expenses have been met until now. *Today, we are down to under $100 in the bank, with another year to go to honor our commitment to keep the Peace House open until the Bush administration ends. We need your help. Please join us at our annual meeting noon Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Peace House. Also please click on the link below and support our work. Thank you for making our house your home in Crawford.
Peace and in Loving Service, Johnny Wolf
The Crawford Texas Peace House 9142 E. Fifth St. Crawford, TX 76638 http://www.crawfordpeacehouse.org/node/22
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Good morning, Waco
Another chilly start to the morning, but we should get up to the mid 60s for a high.
We’re at 29 degrees right now and it was a low as 28 degrees at Waco Regional Airport during the overnight hours.
McGregor Executive Airport was at 27 during the early morning hours.
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