Indonesia envoy thanks Houston church for prayers
Indonesia's ambassador to the United States Soemadi D.M. Broto diningrat visited Lakewood Church in Houston to thank members for prayers and aid for tsunami victims. He noted the disaster knows no color or age and praised relief efforts, including doctors and relief supplies moving to Indonesia. He described ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction, with infrastructure slowly restored and relief materials needing rapid distribution.
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Houston
Indonesia
United States
Soemadi D.M. Brotodiningrat
Lakewood Church
Asia
Africa
Joel Osteen
Soemadi
Osteen
University of Houston
Soemaci
Lakewood
Joe Osteen
U.S
Ted Poe
Deaf mother and two children die in Dallas apartment fire
A fire in a Dallas apartment killed Sophia Burks and her two children ages 3 and 10 months while her deaf husband and two older boys escaped with minor smoke inhalation. Fire officials said the dead mother and children could not hear smoke alarms as the 6 a.m. blaze spread from the first floor to the second. Tyrus Burks helped the older brothers to safety, but the children and mother were unable to reach the stairs.
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Dallas
Jesse Garcia
Garcia
Tyrus Burks
Sophia Burks
Antonio
Riviana
27th Annual Regional Spelling Bee Eligibility Rules
Local spelling bee opens for students up to eighth grade and under 16 as of June 1 2005 with finals on March 5 2005. The winner earns a trip to the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
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Washington, D.C
Town and Country barber Sigman keeps cutting past 80s
R M Sigman known as Sig has worked at Town and Country Barbers in Odessa since 1959. Born 1916 he turns 89 on Jan 26 and remains the shop’s lifelong committed barber. He bought the business in 1960 and still works six days a week with loyal customers and a friendly, long friendship with R G Lester.
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R. M. Sigman
Sig
Odessa
Montague County
West Texas
Muleshoe
Army Air Corps
Carroll Chowning
Carroll
R. G
R. G. Lester
Grandview
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Ector
Loving
Nolan
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