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Valley View Baptist Church to mark anniversary on March 9
Valley View Baptist Church will mark its 123rd Church Anniversary on Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m. Keynote speaker for the event will be Bishop Sammy Kennedy of Without Walls Ministries, Cedar Hill. C...
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My Husband forgot our Anniversary
  My anniversary was last week. I forgot all about it. I would like to blame forgetting on pregnancy brain but I forgot it last year also. My husband also forgot the past two years. What does this ...
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Window Into Heaven
Mama has joined the angels. Her two year battle with cancer is over. Helen Linscott Moore Bollier passed away, but she was victorious.   My mother was a woman of strong and abiding faith. When she ...
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Tanos Energy II, LLC horizontally drilling east of Gilmer
Read more: FORM W-1 Tanos II Home Quantum Energy Partners Announces the Formation of Tanos Energy II, LLC OCTOBER, 2013 Houston, Texas—October 1, 2013—Quantum Energy Partners (“Quantum”) is pleased...
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The War on Veterans
The War on Veterans Congress and the White House are much better at starting wars than cleaning up after them. By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins Do you remember Cory Remsburg? He’s the...
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Upshur County 2014 Primary Election Results
Upshur County District Attorney County Judge District Clerk County Clerk County Treasurer Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1 Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2 Justice of the Peace, Precinct No...
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New Farm Bill and 2015 Budget Expand Opportunity in Rural America
by TOM VILSACK, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
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This week, President Obama released USDA’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal, which supports our ongoing work to create jobs and opportunity in rural America.   The budget builds on the new opportun...
Scholarship Applications Available Now
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  The Mike Politi Memorial Golf Scholarship Applications are available now on line. Visit www.mikepolitimemorialgolfscholarship.org to print out a copy of the application, complete and return to th...
Video: 8 Desmond Pollard
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Restored!
by STEVE ELLISON
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Restored! Pastor Steve Ellison   The Bible is full of colorful characters.  I can think of many Biblical characters who I think would make wonderful guests for an evening of conversation.  Methusal...
LETU STUDENTS TO SERVE OTHERS DURING SPRING BREAK MISSIONS
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LONGVIEW — Over 100 LeTourneau University students will serve in outreach ministries all across the country during the March 10-14 week of Spring Break. “Part of our Christian faith is putting feet...
Sideglances
by SARAH GREENE
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MARDI GRAS, also called Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, or Carnival, is a celebration prior to the fasting season of Lent. From what I’ve seen on television about the celebrations in New Orleans and e...
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Wichita State makes it 34-0, wins Valley tourney

CORRECTS TO WICHITA STATE'S CHADRACK LUFILE (0) NOT CLEANTHONY EARLY (11) - Indiana State's Jake Odum (13) drives on Wichita State's Chadrack Lufile (0) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Missouri Valley Conference men's tournament on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 22 points including several key baskets late to lead another strong ensemble effort and No. 2 Wichita State remained the nation's lone unbeaten after defeating Indiana State 83-69 on Sunday in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final.


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Lions owner William Clay Ford dies at 88

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2008, file photo, Detroit Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford walks on the sidelines prior to an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Detroit. Ford Motor Co. said in a statement Sunday, March 9, 2014, that Ford died of pneumonia at his home. Ford, who helped steer Ford Motor Co. for more than five decades and owned the NFL's Detroit Lions, has died at the age of 88. He was the last surviving grandson of company founder Henry Ford. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)DETROIT (AP) — William Clay Ford, the last surviving grandchild of automotive pioneer Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 88.


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