The Net craze and the promise of cyberspace
Ken Brodnax notes the rapid rise of the Internet and its potential to transform literacy and daily life. He explains accessible search methods, benefits of online archives, and the breadth of services from family history to weather, shopping, and news sites. He highlights affordable access via TV and the surge of personal websites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Avalon
Net
Annette
Annette Funicello
Bill Clinton
Weather Channel
Witness recounts slaying victim's plea for mercy
The trial of 21-year-old Andrews man Clinton Snyder continues for capital murder in Lena Easter's death in October 1996. Prosecutors say Snyder planned to rob $5,000 to $6,000, beating Easter with a stick and other objects to gain entry while Amy Croy testified about the plan and events.
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Andrews
Clayton Snyder
Lena Opal Easter
Snyder
Ector County
Andrews County
Cobb
Easter
David Zavoda
Robert Hauge
Amy Croy
Andrews High School
Croy
Bonnet Bluebonnets Bloom Across Hill Country Homes
Odessa resident Herbert Wright recalls Texas bluesbonnets from Tehuacana seeds, noting 300 blooms in his yard. The cobalt flowers, Texas state flower, carpet Hill Country highways each March and April, linked to a 70 year seeding program and the annual bluebonnet festival. Wright's crop improved this year after timely rains.
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Herbert Wright
Wrights
Texas
Lady Bird Johnson
Wright
Iig
Tehuacana
Waco
Odessa
Texas Department of T
Tehuacana Hill
Dallas
Houston
West Texas
Dinner to honor area legislators in Midland Odessa event
About 500 guests are expected at the Midland and Odessa Chambers of Commerce led Legislative Appreciation Dinner to honor roughly 19 Texas lawmakers including Speaker Pete Lanham? and others. Held at the Confederate Air Force Hangar Midland International Airport, tickets are 15 each, with reservations required by Wednesday.
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Odessa/Midland
Confederate Air Force
Midland International Airport
Wright Drive
Midland and
Odessa
Texas
Pete
Hale Center
Teel Bivins
Amarillo
Tom Craddick
Midland
Buddy West
Rob Junnell
San Angelo
Texas House
Pete Gallego
Alpine
Warren Chisum
Rpa
Stoker
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Midland Chamber of Commerce
MTV examines Plano heroin deaths in True Life feature
MTV and MTV News and Specials examine Plano heroin overdoses and a pattern of youth fatalities over 18 months. The report follows Barbara Shaunfield and her son Matt while detailing addicts Allen Eric Brent Rob Corey and others. The program centers on teenage addiction, drug use, and the impact on Plano, Texas.
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PLANO
Barbara Shaunfield
Matt
Blue
Shaunfield
Dallas
New York
MTV
Laura Lazin
MTV News and Specials
Lazin
Allen
Eric
Serena Altschul
Brent
Rob
Corey
Eng
Stephen F. Austin University
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Ken Brodnax
Iink
Freedom
Amy Croy Snyder
Flower Power
Darwin Weigel
Bonnets
Cure
Hill Country Blues
Mary Agnes Welch
Albert Garza
Andrea Rivera
Water Garden
Corpus Christi
Museum of Science and History
Art Museum of South Texas
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