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Ticket information for Friday night’s game

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Tickets are now available to purchase online for our home game against Pine Tree this Friday. Go to gilmerisd.org and scroll down to “Box Office”. General Admission tickets are $8. Student tickets are available until noon on Friday for $5. Tickets will be sold at the gate (cash only) for $8. No student tickets will…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

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August 26, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 10.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.87/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 24.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 50.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Kamala It’s The Economy Stupid

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore Starting on Day One of the Biden-Harris administration, they crushed the economy with very bad decisions and policies. They shut down the pipeline from Canada to the USA which would have lowered the costs of moving energy raw materials from Canada to the USA. That means they have to be moved…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

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August 19, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 2.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.97/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 8.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 48.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Biden/Harris Inflation Stole Your Future

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore FACT: During Biden’s three years and six months, inflation has pushed your costs of everything UP by about 25%. And what’s more, it has eaten into the buying power for your savings. If you had $50,000 in savings when Biden took office, today its buying power is $37,500. That shrinkage of…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

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August 12, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.99/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 14.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 42.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: 20/20 Vision Re-Visited

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore The first column I published in 2020 is this one. I spoke in the first week of that new decade about my vision for the future of America in the new decade. Little did I know that Covid 19 would collapse the economy and send America into chaos which pitted Americans…

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New bridge on FM 993 in Upshur County now open

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August 10, 2024   ATLANTA – The new bridge at West Greasy Creek on FM 993 in Upshur County is now open, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Motorists have been detoured around the area for the past few months while crews were at work. THK Construction, LLC of Longview was awarded the contract in April 2024 with…

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