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	Voters to decide on $86 million school bond 05/07/2008 LOCAL POLITICS The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Voters without kids in school or who count themselves firmly in the "bedroom community" demographic might be surprised to know that they still have a $86.7 million school bond to decide on come Saturday.... View
	The brown gets green 05/07/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- When it comes to a little more green, those in brown serving Hays County are hoping the new pay proposal for deputies could put local officers on level ground with area agencies.... View
	K-M music students rated superior 05/07/2008 ACCOMPLISHMENT Dodge County Independent / STPNS Kasson, Minnesota (STPNS)- The Kasson-Mantorville Music Department had another successful day at the Section Solo and Ensemble Contest at Randolph High School on Tuesday, April 1st.... View
	Mantorville council given dam repair proposal, action put on hold! 05/07/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dodge County Independent / STPNS Kasson, Minnesota (STPNS)- The Mantorville City Council is not in a big rush to take action on whether to spend up to $160,000 on repairs around the dam area or remove the dam and turn the area into a rock rapids. An official from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recommended removal of the dam at the last council me... View
	City council votes to let bids for street work 05/07/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Sentinel Tribune / STPNS Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)-     WESTBROOK — The Annual Board of Review for the City of Westbrook was held in  the city council room from 5:30 to 6:00 prior to the regular monthly council meeting. With no taxpayers showing up for the board of review, Mayor Rocky Kolar opened the regular meeting at... View
	obituaries 05/07/2008 OBITUARY Sentinel Tribune / STPNS Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)- Auguste “Gustie” Anderson ... View
	Inspirational Loss 05/08/2008 SMALL TOWN LIFE Eagle Independent / STPNS Eagle, Idaho (STPNS)-   Eagle lost a great member of our community in mid April.  Emil Drzayich, 53, collapsed following an Eagle High baseball game.  Drzayich leaves behind a wonderful family and many young baseball players whom were touched in his 10 years of coaching our youth. &nbs... View
	Todays Farming - Joad Family or Bill Gates-esque 05/08/2008 COLUMNIST Eagle Independent / STPNS Eagle, Idaho (STPNS)-     Farming today isn’t the vision of Steinbeck’s Joad family; hardscrabble, eek out a living kind of farm. Nor is it the image some carry of the picnic in the farm yard with fried chicken, potato salad and fresh cold milk one might be tempted to remember from their youth. (at l... View
	EHS Latin Students Excel at Nationals 05/08/2008 ACCOMPLISHMENT Eagle Independent / STPNS Eagle, Idaho (STPNS)-     For the past eight years, Eagle High Latin students have participated in the National Latin Exam (NLE) sponsored by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League.  The NLE one of the tests approved by the National Principals Association.&nb... View
	Man Chasing Police Arrested 05/08/2008 CRIME Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- It’s not wise to tailgate police when you’re driving a stolen car. ... View
	Tech Professor Dies During Trip In Western Africa 05/08/2008 PEOPLE Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- New Mexico Tech Professor Dave Norman died Monday while leading a field trip to a gold mine in the western African country of Ghana.... View
	Mag Auto Students Compete At State 05/08/2008 EDUCATION Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Two students from the Magdalena High School automotive program competed in a statewide skills competition that featured six other high schools and three junior colleges on Saturday in Albuquerque.... View
	Mobile Home Fire Near Aragon Kills 85-Year-Old Woman 05/08/2008 DISASTER AND ACCIDENT Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- An 85-year-old resident of the Aragon area died in a mobile home fire in the early morning hours of May 5. Paublita Gutierrez, a lifelong resident of the area, perished in the fire.... View
	Socorro Police Blotter 05/08/2008 POLICE BLOTTER Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- March 24 • A woman on Mariposa reported at noon that she was being harassed by another woman over the phone and in person. The officer advised all parties to have no contact withe each other. • An officer met with a woman at 12:30 p.m. in the 500 block of California Street who... View
	Socorro County Sheriff's Blotter 05/08/2008 POLICE BLOTTER Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- April 11 A woman on Hop Canyon Road in Magdalena reported at 1:40 p.m. that she had walked out to pick up her mail when her neighbor’s dogs came out at her. She said the dogs growled at her and one of them, a brown brindle, went behind her and nipped the inside of her knee. She had t... View
	Mary L. McKinley 05/08/2008 OBITUARY Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Mary L. McKinley, 65, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at her home in Quemado, N.M. She was born Feb. 14, 1943 in Socorro, N.M., to Tom and Billie (Steele) Weathers.  ... View
	Violet O. Mead 05/08/2008 OBITUARY Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Violet O. Mead, 74, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008, at her home in Socorro, N.M.  She was born July 11, 1933, in Sparta, Mich., to Andrew F. and Gladys V. (Holden) Brisbin.  ... View
	Rogerio Gonzales 05/08/2008 OBITUARY Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Rogerio "Roy" Gonzales, 67, passed away Monday, May 5, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M. ... View
	Council Delays Youth Center Vote 05/08/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- The Socorro City Council voted at its regular meeting Monday to postpone a decision on whether to lease city land to the county to build a youth center. ... View
	Reserve Man Files Public Records Complaint 05/08/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- A Catron County resident has turned to the state attorney general’s office for help after his proposal to lease a tract of land was denied at a county commission meeting. ... View
	Making A Late New Year’s Resolution -- ‘Run’ For Zoo 05/08/2008 COLUMNIST Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Is it too late to make a New Year’s resolution? ... View
	Secular Humanism Is New National Religion 05/08/2008 COLUMNIST Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- If you have been following these last columns, you know I believe America’s fall into the chaos that we are living in is caused by the abandonment of our Christian heritage and its replacement by national materialistic secular humanism. ... View
	Lady Warriors Golf Wins District 05/08/2008 SPORTS - GOLF Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- The Lady Warriors easily won the district golf tourney Monday in Silver City, while the boys’ team finished second behind Ruidoso.... View
	Cobre Gets Sweep Of Socorro Baseball 05/08/2008 SPORTS - BASEBALL Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Cobre’s bats were too hot to handle for the Socorro High baseball team on Tuesday, beating the Warriors, 30-4 and 16-1 for a season sweep. ... View
	Magdalena, Alamo Track Head To State 05/08/2008 SPORTS - TRACK & FIELD Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Magdalena and Alamo Navajo will be well-represented at the Class A/2A state track and field championships Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque. ... View
	Socorro Softball Finishes Second In District 05/08/2008 SPORTS - SOFTBALL Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- The Lady Warriors softball team dominated a young Chaparral team at home Saturday, winning both games of a doubleheader in three innings. ... View
	Quemado, Reserve Track Teams Set For State Meet Saturday 05/08/2008 SPORTS - TRACK & FIELD Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Quemado and Reserve will be sending some of their top athletes to the state Class A/2A track and field championships in Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday.... View
	Vannetta Perry Chosen For Japan Education Program 05/08/2008 PEOPLE Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Socorro Schools administrator Vannetta Perry will depart for Tokyo this fall as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Educator Program.  ... View
	Chicken, Rooster-Themed Ella’s Cafe A Work Of Art 05/08/2008 SMALL TOWN BUSINESS Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Ella’s Café in downtown Reserve is unique among themed eateries – chicken and rooster figurines populate the entire café. ... View
	Springtime, Graduations, Postmaster, Fire Department 05/08/2008 COLUMNIST Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- Springtime.... View
	La Chef Francais Gathers Recipes From Swingle Canyon 05/08/2008 COLUMNIST Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- “Do you, by any chance, have any good recipes?” Sylvia looked up from the TV to ask.... View
	A Night At The Opera 05/08/2008 ART AND CULTURE Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- The apprentices of the Santa Fe Opera will bring an array of love songs – some operatic and some from the musical stage – to Macey Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The program is free and open to the public. ... View
	Annual Mother’s Day Pow Wow Set For Weekend 05/08/2008 FESTIVE EVENT Mountain Mail / STPNS Socorro, New Mexico (STPNS)- The Eighth Annual Mother’s Day Pow Wow is this weekend in Sedillo Park and will feature top-name performers, including flute player Andrew Thomas and Wind Spirit Drums of Datil.... View
	Utility rearranges new boat ramp plans 05/08/2008 RECREATION McKenzie River Reflections / STPNS McKenzie Bridge, Oregon (STPNS)- VIDA: Marc Anderson, the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s project manager for a new boat landing, believes recent design changes will help it gain public acceptance. He may be right, if last Thursday’s review at the Vida Community Center is an indicator. Most people there made positive comments or s... View
	Time to give Fire Boosters sale items 05/08/2008 CLUB AND ASSOCIATIONS McKenzie River Reflections / STPNS McKenzie Bridge, Oregon (STPNS)- WALTERVILLE: One of the checkpoints on summer’s approach is coming soon. The first full weekend in June is again scheduled for the big garage sale weekend benefiting the McKenzie Fire & Rescue Boosters and the DRACO neighborhood group. ... View
	Corps prepares reservoirs for spring 05/08/2008 NATURAL RESOURCES McKenzie River Reflections / STPNS McKenzie Bridge, Oregon (STPNS)- PORTLAND: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing more water than normal from several Willamette Valley reservoirs, including Blue River and Cougar reservoirs, to make room for runoff from record-breaking snowpack combined with typical spring rain.... View
	City to consider lifting residency requirements for police, fire 05/06/2008 COMMUNITY The Trinidad Times Independent / STPNS Trinidad, Colorado (STPNS)- The City of Trinidad is considering lifting its residency requirement for public safety personnel.... View
	Socioecomonic impact study funding needed 05/06/2008 COMMUNITY The Trinidad Times Independent / STPNS Trinidad, Colorado (STPNS)- Trinidad-Las Animas County Economic Development, Inc. (ED) is proposing a socioeconomic impact study and plan of assimilation for a possible expansion of the Department of Corrections (DOC).... View
	ARPA power plant costs rise again 05/06/2008 ENERGY The Raton Range / STPNS Raton, New Mexico (STPNS)- Costs continue to rise on the Arkansas River Power Authority's (ARPA) Lamar Repowering Project, with the estimated price tag recently pushed to $124.7 million, nearly double what the project was expected to cost when it was introduced four years ago to Raton and the other six ARPA municipal members... View
	School hosting court hearings 05/06/2008 CRIME The Raton Range / STPNS Raton, New Mexico (STPNS)- The Raton High School gymnasium this Wednesday will become a courtroom in which sentences will be issued for actual DWI offenders, an exercise that local court and DWI-prevention coordinators hope will have an impact on students who will be watching.... View
	Snapshots of a Mother’s Smile 05/07/2008 EDITORIAL The Clatskanie Chief / STPNS Clatskanie, Oregon (STPNS)-     There is a picture of my mother holding me as a newborn. I’m sure my father took it in the hospital within a few days of my birth. ... View
	Former School District Clerk Arraigned on 18 Counts of Theft, Misconduct, Forgery 05/07/2008 CRIME The Clatskanie Chief / STPNS Clatskanie, Oregon (STPNS)-     Tory Lynn Brixey, 41, former deputy clerk with the Clatskanie School District was arrested Thursday, May 1, on a Columbia County grand jury indictment and was arraigned Friday, May 2, in Columbia County Circuit Court on 18 separate criminal charges related to her alleged the... View
	Brush fire threatens two homes 05/07/2008 DISASTER AND ACCIDENT The Bonney Lake & Lake Tapps Courier-Herald / STPNS Enumclaw, Washington (STPNS)- East Pierce Fire and Rescue firefighters battled a brush fire Friday afternoon that threatened two homes in the 16000 block of 60th Street East near Sumner-Tapps Highway.... View
	Ballots sent out for fire merger 05/07/2008 COMMUNITY The Enumclaw Courier Herald / STPNS Enumclaw, Washington (STPNS)- Ballots should be received this week by all area voters impacted by a plan to merge Fire District 17 into neighboring District 44.... View
	Rain fails to dampen Yacht Club spirits 05/07/2008 CLUB AND ASSOCIATIONS Mukilteo Beacon / STPNS Mukilteo, Washington (STPNS)- Seattle was not the only place to go see the Opening Day of Boating Season ceremonies.  ... View
	Did you really think it was over? 05/07/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mukilteo Beacon / STPNS Mukilteo, Washington (STPNS)- Mukilteo City Councilmember Tony Tinsley dropped a bombshell on the council Monday, during a discussion of a contract amendment for Community Center Design and Construction Management.... View
	Bruins select Kamiaks’ Thomas Keyes for Pathway program 05/30/2007 ACCOMPLISHMENT Mukilteo Beacon / STPNS Mukilteo, Washington (STPNS)- Thomas Keyes, a senior at Kamiak High School, has been accepted to Pathway at UCLA.  Thomas is the son of Meridith and Russell Keyes. ... View
	Group sets social to save the gulch 05/07/2008 CLUB AND ASSOCIATIONS Mukilteo Beacon / STPNS Mukilteo, Washington (STPNS)- The Japanese Gulch Group has announced a community social event to kick off a fund-raising campaign to help secure eight acres of Japanese Gulch for community parkland.... View
	Students weigh in on quality of education 05/07/2008 EDUCATION Mukilteo Beacon / STPNS Mukilteo, Washington (STPNS)- High school students don’t much like the idea of year-round schools.... View
	Harry Mulder 05/06/2008 OBITUARY Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- Harry Mulder, 80, of Sioux Center was called home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center of Sioux City after a courageous struggle with cancer.... View
	Jonathan L. Bomgaars 05/06/2008 OBITUARY Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- Jonathan L. Bomgaars, age 31, of Hull, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Sanford Senior Care Center in Sheldon, after suffering from a rare form of dementia for several years.... View
	R. L. Green 04/09/2008 OBITUARY Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- R. L. Green, 81, of Boyden passed away on Sunday, March 30 at the Sanford Medical Center in Sheldon.  Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 3, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sheldon with the Rev. Mark Kukkonen officiating.  Buriel was at the East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon... View
	Justin Bousema 04/09/2008 OBITUARY Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- Justin Bousema, 25, of Hull was called home to his Heavenly Father after fighting a courageous battle with Aplastic Anemia, Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, S.D.  Funeral Services were held at 10:30 am Monday at First Reformed Church, Rock Valley, with bur... View
	Todd Vanden Hull 04/30/2008 OBITUARY Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- Todd Vanden Hull, age 48, of Archer passed away on Monday, April 21, 2008, at his home in Archer. ... View
	'Pack splits games last week 05/05/2008 SPORTS - BOYS SOCCER Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- The Wolfpack boys split matches at Spencer and West Sioux last week, recovering from a nasty 9-0 drubbing by the Tigers on Monday to claw the Falcons 4-0 on Tuesday.... View
	It's picture time 05/05/2008 SMALL TOWN BUSINESS Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- What do you get when you combine a photographer, a graphic artist and a desire to offer a good product?  Why, great, unique pictures, of course.... View
	Joyful (and new) music at St. Paul Church 05/05/2008 HUMAN INTEREST Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- Hull’s St. Paul Lutheran Church created a new worship team this year, thanks to the efforts of a senior at Northwestern College.... View
	Boogerd celebrates retirement after 41 years at grocery store 05/05/2008 HUMAN INTEREST Sioux County Index / STPNS Hull, Iowa (STPNS)- She walked away with a smile and lots of great memories.... View
	Town Council nixes request for extended comment time 05/02/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- The Coupeville Town Council has said no to a proposal that would have expanded the amount of time set aside for unscheduled public comment during council meetings.... View
	A broken-down bus and a cat in a tight spot 05/02/2008 POLICE BLOTTER The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- Emergency calls to the Coupeville Police Department, April 21 through April 27, 2008.... View
	Coupeville Booster Club offering legacy bricks 05/02/2008 HUMAN INTEREST The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- The Coupeville High School Booster Club is now accepting orders for Phase 2 of its legacy brick program, "Paving a Path to our Future."... View
	Coupeville students earn honors at state History Day competition 05/02/2008 ACCOMPLISHMENT The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- Three of the four entries representing Coupeville History Day won major awards at the Washington State History Day Competition Saturday, April 26, on the University of Washington Campus, reports Wilbur Purdue, Coupeville History Day advisor.... View
	Wolf Pack brothers rank in U.S. top 10 in track 05/02/2008 SPORTS - TRACK & FIELD The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- Tracksters Kyle and Tyler King set personal best marks that rank in the top 10 in the United States during the Shoreline Invitational April 26.... View
	Keystone to get new (old) ferry 05/02/2008 TRANSPORTATION The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- It looks like instead of a brand-new copy of the Steilacoom II, riders on the Keystone-Port Townsend ferry route can look forward to riding on a well-used vessel until new ferries are built.... View
	Commuters choosing public transit as fuel costs rise 05/02/2008 TRANSPORTATION The Whidbey Examiner / STPNS Coupeville, Washington (STPNS)- The Washington Attorney General's office announced last month that the state's average gasoline price reached a record high of $3.56 per gallon.... View
	Kingsland Board apprised of Civil War reenactment activities 04/29/2008 COMMUNITY Spring Valley Tribune / STPNS Spring Valley, Minnesota (STPNS)- "I would like to introduce three very special guests," said Kingsland Middle School instructor Bobbi Erickson as she stood before the Kingsland School Board of Directors last Monday evening.... View
	Wenden Recovery Services opens new outreach in Preston 04/29/2008 COMMUNITY Republican-Leader / STPNS Preston, Minnesota (STPNS)- Patience, patients and independence....... View
	Save a tree... pick up a can... and smile at the Earth Day fair 04/29/2008 ENVIRONMENT Mabel/Harmony News-Record / STPNS Mabel, Minnesota (STPNS)- The sounds of tinny pop cans clanking and hitting the floor were somewhat unusual in the Fillmore Central Middle School gym last Friday. Everyone knows, of course, that you shouldn't have pop in the gym.... View
	Staffing costs down at county hospital 05/01/2008 COMMUNITY Jewell County Record / STPNS Jewell County, Kansas (STPNS)- It was decided by the Jewell County Hospital Board during the regular meeting held Thursday at the Jewell County Courthouse Meeting Room to lease rather than purchase a piece of exercise equipment for the physical therapy department. The equipment requested would cost $4,600 to purchase and the lea... View
	Severe thunderstorms strike county 05/01/2008 WEATHER Jewell County Record / STPNS Jewell County, Kansas (STPNS)- Thunderstorms, high winds and hail hit Jewell County and the surrounding area late Thursday night and early Friday morning. A tornado touched down three miles north of Beloit just after midnight and traveled 15 miles northeast hitting seven farmsteads in it's path.... View
	Superior gas line work explained 05/02/2008 COMMUNITY Superior Express / STPNS Superior, Nebraska (STPNS)- Are they going to tear up my yard? It's a question being asked all over town.... View
	GIS technology demonstrated for county board 05/02/2008 COMMUNITY Superior Express / STPNS Superior, Nebraska (STPNS)- The Nuckolls County Board at Monday's regular meeting observed a demonstration of the technology proposed for the future of the county assessor's office.... View