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January 2010
Prison sentence for fatal crash
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
Susan Moore, who was convicted of intoxication manslaughter, tries to hide her face as she walks into the courthouse during her trial.
Elgin city manager resigns
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
Elgin City Manager Jeff Coffee resigned Tuesday, saying he wants to open his own consulting firm.
Community orchestra still growing
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
The Bastrop Community Orchestra would like to thank our brave and indispensable Suzanne Smith for volunteering her conducting skills during our inception.
Appreciates hard-working STARS employees
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
I would like to recognize the hard-working employees of the BISD STARS program.
Help house fire victims
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
A Rockne family, Marie and Hayden Haberer, lost their home in a house fire on Jan. 9.
A vast contrast between children
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
This week I heard yet another report of a young boy committing suicide by hanging himself in the nurse’s office using his own belt, reportedly the victim of school bullying and ridicule.
Library celebrates black history month
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
Do you know why we celebrate black history month?
The Courage To Live community program
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
Take a journey into the history of America with Mattheo Suarez, a living legend in the struggle for civil rights and key member and policy maker of CORE, Congress Of Racial Equality, on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Kerr Community Center, 1801 Walnut St. in Bastrop.
Birds of Alaska at meeting
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
“Birds of Alaska” is the title of Bastrop County Audubon Society’s next presentation Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the First National Bank building on Hwy 71 at Hasler at 7:30 p.m. with Jim Haily, well-known Texas birder.
Windberg subject of art talk
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
A well-known Texas landscape painter is the subject of an art talk hosted by the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Aqua Water Building at 406 Old Austin Hwy.