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A Civil War journal
IN EARLY 1861, W.W. Heartsill of Marshall, Texas, marched off to war with W.P. Lane’s Rangers of the Confederate Army. During the four years, one month and one day that he spent at war, Heartsil...
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Health Fair coming up on March 20
The 29th Annual Upshur County Health Fair will be Saturday, March 20, at the Gilmer Civic Center. It will be 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. A number of free screenings and exams will be available, as well as ...
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Census is here
The (twenty-ten) 2010 Census is underway and you may be wondering about whom you can trust. The census is easy, important and safe – just fill out your form and mail it back. No census taker wi...
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Mike Craig Ford invites you to Drive One 4 Gilmer High School
WHO Mike Craig Ford and Gilmer High School WHAT Ford Motor Company and Mike Craig Ford are partnering to help raise money in support of Gilmer High School as part of Ford’s Drive One 4 UR S...
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Tickets go on sale Monday, March 15 for Gilmer Buckeyes Ring Ceremony
The Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Gilmer Buckeyes Ring Ceremony presented by Brookshires tickets will go on sale Monday, March 15 at First National Bank, Gilmer National Bank and the Gilmer High Sch...
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Free dumping offered to residents
Upshur County is offering free dumping to county residents at the City of Gilmer’s landfill March 22, 24 and 27, reminded Pct. 1 County Comm. James Crittenden. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the si...
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The Piggy Bank
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New iPhone App explains Easy Four Step Plan to Start Generating Wealth and Prosperity NORCROSS, Georgia – Being wealthy is a system. Being poor is a system. Which would you prefer? If you a...
Jazz artists Sandra Kaye, Shelley Carroll coming to Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon – Jazz lovers take note: Mount Vernon Music is hosting world-class jazz artist Sandra Kaye on March 28 at 3 p.m. in MVM Hall, together with hot saxophonist Shelley Carroll and his ba...
Texas Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
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Texas, TX, March 15- Average retail gasoline prices in Texas have risen 2.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.63/g today. This compares with the national average that has increased 3....
Do Deceased Loved Ones Visit Us in Our Dreams?
by JIM 'PAPPY' MOORE
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HAVE YOU ever had a dream that seemed like a message from someone who has passed away? I have. They occur only very rarely, and the skeptic would say it may have simply been happenstance. In the l...
A story waiting to be heard
by ANNETTE BRIDGES
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ARE YOU a good listener? I’ve always been told that good communication begins with good listening. And I’ve often wondered how many misunderstandings and conflicts could have been avoided by bette...
BOTH Provides the Way for Baby Boomers to Re-enter the Workforce
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An employment agreement no longer is the instrument of choice to connect the supply and demand in Baby Boomer talent, skills or competencies. SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida — (PR.com) BOTH, an acron...
national news
Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely (AP)

House Rules Committee Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif. take part in the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.


Wed Mar 17 18:52:15 -0500 2010
Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan (AP)

Idaho Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter addresses the media during a news conference on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 inside his office at the Idaho statehouse in Boise, Idaho. On Wednesday Otter signed a piece of legislation that will require the state of Idaho to sue the federal government upon passage of health care reform which comes as Democrats in Congress hope to pass healthcare reform this weekend. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)AP - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.


Wed Mar 17 18:37:16 -0500 2010