Del Rio native Radney Foster to headline homecoming event
Country singer Radney Foster returns to Del Rio after a four year gap to perform at the Corona Club in Ciudad Acuña May 24 and speak at Del Rio High School graduation May 30. He plans to visit family, reflect on his hometown and then perform with his band at Operation Graduation. Foster, born July 20, 1959, rose from Del Rio’s Southwest Texas music scene, wrote hits with Bill Lloyd, and released the album Del Rio TX 1959 before evolving into a solo artist with albums including Another Way to Go in 2002.
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Radney Foster
del Rio
Foster
Corona Club
Ciudad ‘Acufia
John Wardlaw
John
Bette Foster
Texas
Paul Pong Theatre
Blondie Calderon
Nashville
Bill Lloyd
MTM Music Company
Holly Dunn
Tanya Tucker
T. Graham Brown
Ricky van Shelton
Marshall Crenshaw
Cleanup at Lake Amistad Turns Up Two Tons Of Trash
About 120 volunteers gathered at Diablo East Marina to collect roughly 4 000 pounds of trash from Lake Amistad and surrounding areas. Glass bottles dominated the haul, prompting calls for possible bans on glass within the park.
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Lake Amistad
Diablo East Marina
Susan Leonard
Linda Henderson
del Rio Chamber of Commerce
Amistad National Recreation Area
AnneMarie Mikelski
Spur 454
H.K. Fawcett
Vern
Hayes
Karen Gleason
Southwinds
Red Cross Del Rio Branch highlights life skills aid and volunteers
Del Rio Branch of the American Red Cross promotes quality of life and self reliance with disaster response, CPR training, lifeguard and baby-sitting courses. Board member Buddy Swain calls it America helping itself while Manager Jane Pratt notes first aid, damage assessment, mass care feeding, and veterans services.
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American Red Cross
del Rio
Val Verde
Kinney
Edwards
Maverick
Buddy Swain
Red Cross
America
Disaster Institute
San Antonio
ARC
Jane Pratt
Swain
Pratt
Officials warn of more al Qaida bombings abroad
U S counterterrorism officials expect additional al Qaida bombings at lightly defended targets in Asia and Africa. They cited recent Casablanca and Riyadh attacks as examples of death by own action bombings against soft targets. Authorities warned of potential strikes in Europe and the United States.
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Washington
U.S
al-Qaida
Asia
Africa
Morocco
Casablanca
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
State Department
CIA
Osama bin Laden
Southeast Asia
Arabian Peninsula
East Africa
Europe
United States
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MDA
Jimmy Parrack
Jonathan Jenkins
Darin Casillas
Marco
Norma
Mario
Marky
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