Best Book Buys and Free Time Online
A reader shares time saving online resources from 1990s web sites. It highlights Best Book Buys for price comparisons across many bookstores, CNet Shopper Service for computer gear, Yahoo Calendar for scheduling with alerts, AnyWho for reverse phone lookups, and using throwaway email to reduce spam. The tone is practical and promotional, urging careful shopping and privacy-conscious habits.
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Eric Spellman
Amazon
Amazon.com
Barnes and Nobie’s
Obn
Bestbookbuys
Cnet
Yahoo
Yahoo.com
Outlook
North America
Solon Jews Disaster Aid Faces Senate Test in 2003 Plan
U S Senate approves a revised disaster assistance amendment by 59 to 36, moving toward funds for crop losses. The bill’s fate rests with a House-Senate conference, with questions about funding levels, eligibility, and timing. Plains Cotton Growers urge traditional targeting, while the Republican plan offers quicker payments at about 42 percent of total direct 2002 payments, spanning all enrolled farms.
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Senate
Shawn Wade
U.S
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thad Cochran
House-Senate
House
Washington
PCG
Farm Service Agency
Bush Administration For Fiscal Responsibility
Letter to BISD Board on Sunday facility use and liability
A Bell County community member thanks BISD board members for their lack of support and cites Bobby Lawrence requesting permission to run Sunday basketball camps at local gymnasiums. The letter argues liability insurance requirements are inconsistent, notes RISD practices, urges fair policy for all users, and laments Brownfield’s basketball program while urging change and dialogue with board members. The writer signs as West Texas Outlaws, Bobby Lawrence.
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BISD
Bobby Lawrence
Terry County
Scoo
RISD
Lubbock
Brownfield
Gosing
Taeremdin
West Texas Outlaws
Reflections on guiding children and community duty
Don McWhorter laments lack of volunteer teachers and stresses shared responsibility for children’s future across society. He cites Proverbs and a church newsletter to warn that failing adults invite negative influences. the village must invest in youth or risk losing their future.
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Faith Fellowship of Unity In Diversity
Don McWhorter
First
United Methodist Church
Vero Christian Church
Veterans and politics clash in a reader letter
A reader defends veterans and argues against equating the current U S leadership with Nazis. The letter criticizes a Brownfield News piece for political extremism, defends previous administrations, and urges readers to align with the Republican platform while rejecting sensational comparisons.
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White House
Iraq
Bosnia
Democrats
State Supreme Court
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Illinois
Texas
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