Ten-year-old Dustin Garrett earns standing ovation at Grand Ole Opry
Lubbock Texas 10-year-old Dustin Garrett wowed a Nashville crowd at the Grand Ole Opry on July 31, earning the only standing ovation. The self-taught guitarist and singer, praised by Bill Anderson, made his Opry debut after performing in Lubbock related productions and a Bye Bye Love role. Dustin, son of Mike and Tammy Garrett, has appeared in jamboree circuits, Red Ribbon Week concerts, and Fourth on Broadway, while balancing school at Spade ISD.
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California
Opry
Nashville
Lubbock
Texas
Dustin
Grand Ole Opry
Phil Everly
Ryman Auditorium
Littlefield
Gray
Post
Don Caldwell
Cactus Theater
Hayrider
Halie
Buddy Holly
Spade Independent School District
State vows upgrade of colonia living conditions in Texas
Secretary of State Al Gonzales pushes for better water and sewer in Texas colonias. About 400,000 residents lack basic sanitation, many near the Mexico border. A $479 million plan aims to extend services. Gonzales met officials and discussed a colonial aid coordinator to coordinate governor’s efforts. Bush and House Speaker Laney back the program.
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Texas Water Development Board
Department of Housing and Community Affairs
The
Natural Resource Conservation
Attorney General’s Office
Gonzales
Austin American-Statesman
Bush
House
Pete Laney
Texas
Disposal group challenges waste dump findings in West Texas
EL PASO AP Officials for the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority filed a detailed response to state examiners who opposed licensing a Sierra Blanca dump 90 miles southeast of El Paso. They dispute fault studies and socioeconomic impact analyses for the proposed facility proposed to hold waste from state utilities hospitals and universities.
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EL Paso
West Texas
State Environmental Agency
Lee Mathews
Texas
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Sierra Blanca
Gunman Convicted in 1997 Plano Day-Care Siege
James Monroe Lipscomb Jr. was found guilty on three counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated assault on a public servant for the December 17 1997 standoff at the Child Rigsbee Center in Plano. The 30 hour siege began after a dispute with his wife who worked at the daycare.
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McKinney
Plano
James Monroe Lipscomb Jr
Child Rigsbee Center
Lipscomb
Two construction workers die in sewer line fumes near Stockyards
Fort Worth AP reports two construction workers died Wednesday from gas fumes in a sewer line near the Stockyards. Firefighters said the men were overcome by carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. Victims’ names have not been released.
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Fort Worth
Kent Worley
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