Luckenbach Texas Hosts National Bicentennial Day Events
Luckenbach Texas marked the National Bicentennial Day at noon Sunday with beer ceremonies and a South Texas crowd. A Bay-Centennial Bad Taste contest drew many entrants across five categories including political, product, speech and writing abuses. The Luckenbach community has hosted past fairs and chili cookoffs, continuing local traditions.
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Luckenbach
Tex
South Texas
Lydia Pinkham
Red White Blue Fest Plays It For Laughs In Texas
A small Texas community hosts a holiday spoof featuring Ken Morgan as a Luftwaffe single engine pilot and a Red Baron impersonator. Kathy Morgan and Mayor Hondo Crouch run a general store and dancehall with a staged Declaration of Independence reading. The event includes a cannon, bake sale, and dance amid festive foam and costumes.
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Ken Morgan
Kathy Morgan
Hondo Crouch
New Braunfels
Morgan
Red Baron
Plague of dogs worries Milam Arean ranchers
A dog infestation in William son County triggers livestock losses including sheep lambs and goats. Ranchers blame an influx of dogs with many from trailer homes and German shepherds while a USDA official notes the problem has worsened in the western part of the county.
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Williamson County
Leon
U. S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Bicentennial Lunches Highlight Rosebud Menu Scene
Rosebud Public Schools showcases a Bicentennial themed lunch for Public School Week including a Boston Tea Party menu with colony brigatine spaghetti and other era dishes. Belton trustees delay a bond decision on a new high school after an hour plus executive session with about 30 attendees.
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Rosebud
New License Plate Stickers Lead To Some Motorist Goofs
Texas and Louisiana roll out validation stickers for last year plates but drivers misapply them and even mix up cars. Instances include stickers on neighbor vehicles and kitchen-table mishaps, with multiple replacements and instruction reminders from the Motor Vehicle Division.
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Texas
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
DHT
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
County Courthose
Louisiana
Motor Vehicle Division
Open House and Science Fair Planned for Cameron Area Schools
Public Schools Week March 1 5 features open houses for Cameron Buckholts Rogers and Milano schools with varied hours. Yee High science fair displays projects while Buckholts Lions Club shows a family comedy film. Ecology day includes tree planting and lunches with students.
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Cameron
Area
Buckholts
Buckholts Lions Club
Texas cattlemen warned of USDA brucellosis rule changes
ICA President T A Cunningham of Goliad said Texas ranchers should expect 16 pages of changes from the U S Department of Agriculture in brucellosis program requirements. He cited promises of no changes made at a Dec 30 court hearing in Austin and meetings with cattlemen, despite the new disclosures by Dr Paul Becton at a Texas Animal Health Commission gathering.
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Independent
Cattlemen’s Association
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ICA
T. A. Cunningham
Goliad
USDA
Animal Health Commission
Paul Becton
Texas Animal Health Commission
Cunningham
Becton
Austin
Extension Director Retires at Texas A&M after 18 years
Dr John E Hutchison retires as director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in College Station effective February 29 after 18 and a half years in the post and 40 years as a professional agricultural educator President Jack K Williams calls his service exemplary and says Hutchison’s dedication to the Extension Service and its mission was total.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
John E. Hutchison
Hutchison
Jack K. Williams
Texas A&m University System
John Hutchison
Adult Education Classes Open In Cameron
GED seekers may register for free classes in Cameron on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Eligible individuals are over 19 or out of school for a year. The program began and the Monday session moved to Tuesday, with classes at 6 30 p m in Room 6 Yee High School. The note mentions Hutchison as long serving Extension director and Dr H O Kunkel named acting director of the Texas Agricultural Extension.
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Cameron
Yee High School
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