Four children killed in Dallas County house fire
Suburban Dallas County tragedy reports four children perished when a late night fire swept a single story wood frame home. A woman in the yard attempted rescues from outside as heat and smoke blocked access. firefighters recovered two children from the master bedroom and one from a nearby bedroom and another from the kitchen. No firefighters were harmed.
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Lancaster
Dallas Homie
Dallas
Aer
Ladis Barr
Dallas Morning News
Six vie for Miss Del Rio title 2002 pageant
Six girls contest Miss Del Rio 2002 as numbers drop from 17 last year. Organizers blame the return of the talent portion, now 20 percent of the score, with judges’ interview 25 percent. Swimsuit and evening gown are 20 percent each, on stage questions 10 percent, photogenic 5 percent.
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Petra Garza
Elsa Reyes
Sara
International arts education conference planned locally
Local arts group prepares the Rio Grande Arts Education Institute set for June 6-8 2003 with the theme Arts In Action. Planners Marta Gonzalez-Stitts Rudy Pesia Adrian Falcon Judy Blocklinger and Manuel Retana cite aims to show how the arts influence the community across visual performing literary and environmental design. The event will feature artist participation from near and far and focus on promotion gallery roles city group action plans art therapy and youth outreach.
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Rio Grande Arts Education Institute
Arts In Action
Marta Gonzalez-Stitts
Rudy Pesia
Adrian Falcon
Judy Blocklinger
Manuel Retana
Gonzalez-Stitts
Falcon
Ground Zero Flag to tour Bush Library in College Station
The Ground Zero Flag, an 8 by 12 foot American flag buried in rubble for three days after Sept 11, will be displayed at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station Texas October 4 through 14. Camelot caretaker Port Authority Police Department officers have kept the flag through memorials and it has been shown at Yankee Stadium Veterans Day parades and the 2001 Olympics opening ceremonies.
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Houston
George Bush Presidential Library
College Station
World Trade Center
Texas A&m University
Port Authority Police Department
Yankee Stadium
New York City
Smithsonian
County seeks outside help to defend road paving suit
Val Verde County Commissioners Court approved hiring outside counsel to aid in defending a lawsuit over Box Canyon Road paving. A Sept 24 hearing in 63rd Judicial District Court will address a protective order sought by County Attorney Ann Markowski Smith after Allen Ranch Partnership demanded production of public records located in Del Rio and San Antonio.
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Ann Markowski Smith
Box Canyon
Smith
Val Verde County Commissioners Court
63Rd Judicial District Court
Tom Lee
Allen Ranch Partnership
Val Verde County
Drought, Drought & Bobbitt, LLP
San Antonio
Texas
del Rio
Box Canyon Road
Water battle over Rio Grande endangers minnow and Albuquerque supply
In drought scarred New Mexico a federal court hearing seeks to compel releases from Heron Lake to the Rio Grande to aid the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow and protect Albuquerque’s water supply. Judge James Parker considers an injunction as environmentalists press for river flows amid record drought.
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New Mexico
Rio Grande
Albuquerque
N.M
Heron Lake
Martin Chavez
Uss
James Parker
Alletta Belin
Parker
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Pantheon of Actors
Inden
News-Herald
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Paul Poag Theatre
Bill Sontag
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