Frugal Village tips on sandboxes and online sales
Dear Sara shares practical frugal advice from sandbox lids to tarp water tricks and foil reuse. Readers in Texas Hawaii Ohio seek guidance on selling items online and handling ammonia, with Sara recommending sites like Bonanza Bidville ecrater BluJay Craigslist and more.
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Rachel
Texas
Sara
Brenda
Washington
eBay
Marilyn
Hawaii
Bonanzle
Bidville
Ecrater.com
Blujay.com
Craigslist.com
Oodle.com
Facebook
Wal-Mart
MySpace
Earth
Maggs
Ohio
Maggi
Sara Noel
Frugal Village
Frugalvillage.com
c/o
United Media
Madison Ave
4Th Floor
New York
Nativity Scene wedding anniversary and church luncheon update
Around town notes Anne Patricia and Don Grosjean danced the wedding anniversary waltz on April 27. They have been married eighteen years. Susan and Steve Hays celebrate their wedding anniversary on May Sth. J O and Maggie Horn mark their 65th anniversary on May 7. Belated birthday wishes go to Steve Hays for April 26. Central Baptist Church hosted a luncheon honoring 2009 senior girls from Lee High School Amanda Graham Clerissa Hadlie Patience Bearden Destiny Wilkinson and from Sam Rayburn High School Tasha Deurar Crystal Caruso.
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Patricia
Don Grosjean
Amanda Graham
Clerissa Hadlie
Patience Bearden
Destiny Wilkinson
Lee High School
Tasha Deurar
Crystal Caruso
Sam Rayburn High School
Laura Holsomback Weds Jake Zelman in Houston Wedding
Miss Laura Elizabeth Holsomback and Mr. Jake Zelman united in marriage on October 11, 2008, at Ashton Gardens Chapel Houston. Reverend Charles Schneider officiated with Suzanne Holsomback reading scripture. Guests included family from Baytown Flint and Philadelphia at a reception at Ashton Garden Ballroom. The bride, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Holsomback, wore a lace princess gown with pearls. the groom is son of Henry Zelman and the late Anna Zelman. They reside in The Colony Texas.
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Laura Elizabeth Holsomback
Jake Zelman
Ashton Gardens Chapel
Houston
Texas
Charles Schneider
Suzanne Holsomback
Nessun Dorma
Ashton Garden
Ballrom
Double Tree Hotel
Thomas Holsomback
Baytown
Laura Fuller
Corrigan
Joseph C. Holsomback
Henry Zelman
Anna Zelman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
USB upgrades offer speed gains mainly for external drives
Aaron Barbee of Texas Computer Guru notes that USB speed upgrades primarily affect external hard drives. keyboards mice and printers won’t see improvements. If backups are taking hours, upgrading may be worthwhile but reconsider the backup scope and process. For more info visit TexasComputerGuru.com or contact Barbee at 281-628-5099.
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City of
Baytown
Animal Services
Robert Lanier Dr
Public
TexasComputerGuru .Com
Aaron Barbee
Texas Computer Guru
Aaron
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Cinco de Mayo and the Mexican War’s bitter tolls
The narrative recounts General Zaragoza and Brigadier Diaz repelling French forces at Zaragoza’s right flank during the 1860s siege, the French withdrawal after heavy losses, and Maximilian’s rise and fall in Mexico. It notes US support for Mexico, the holiday’s evolving meaning, and Cinco de Mayo as a symbol of national pride and Hispanic culture in the United States.
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Porfirio Diaz
Zaragoza
Mexico City
Maximilian of Hapsburg
Mexico
Juarez
Texas
Maximilian
Franz Josef
Austria
Napoleon
Mariano Escobedo
United States
U.S
West Army Sergeant First Class Promoted at Fort Hood
Army Sgt. 1st Class John M. West receives a promotion to sergeant first class. A brigade career counselor with 18 years of service, he is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood Texas. He is the son of John and Kim West of Mercer Pennsylvania and is married to Traci Stinnett of Liberty Missouri. He graduated from Mercer High School in 1989 and earned an associate degree from Triangle Tech in Erie in 1991.
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Army
John M. West
U.S. Army
West
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Hood
Killeen
Texas
John and
Kim West
North
Pitt Street
Mercer
Traci
Steven
Sherri Stinnett
County Road
Liberty
Triangle Tech Inc
Erie
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BY Sara Noel
Baytown Animal Services
Susan
Steve Hays
J.O
Maggie Horn
Central Baptist Church
Waco
Katie Burgess
Flint
Dayna Huffington
Abilene
Sara Kidwell
Ann Johnson
Christina Weimer
Kelley Klatt
Ahmed Aly
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
A.J. Zelman
Mike Saldivar
Dallas
Dave Gosness
Jeff Jackson
Larry Schadle
Baylor University
Southwest Airlines
University of Pennsylvania
Jake
Laura
the Colony, Texas
Che S Baytown
Baytown Sun
Barbee
Houstonculture.org
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