March 24, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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NAS ready for 2010 Air Show
By Jon Gagné, Public Affairs Officer NAS Kingsville Public Affairs Office
The buzz of some of the military’s fastest jet aircraft will soon be heard over the skies of Kingsville and local residents couldn’t be happier. More...

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POWERLIFTING PHENOM — Bishop’s Gizel Morales lifted her way to a second place finish at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association Meet held Friday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi. More...

News

Municipal Warrants Issued

Pete Adamez, 523 E Warren, Capias pro fine Gilberto Aguilar Jr, 1610 E Johnston, Capias pro fine Albert Lee Alvarez, 710 Julio, Mission, Capias pro fin eE stevan Lee Cavazos, 930 E Henrietta, Capias pro fin eC arlos I Diaz, 1318 E Kenedy, Ca More...

‘Maintain Your Brain’ was topic of March Community Service Department Program

By Linda Snyder

The Community Service Department met at The Cherry Tree Tea Room on March 17. Diana Lang, a longtime resident of Kingsville spoke to the group about Alzheimer’s. More...

A&M-Kingsville and Calallen ISD join to offer dual credit course offerings

By Adriana Garza
Texas A&M-Kingsville

Students from the Calallen Independent School District and several other area school districts will soon be able to get a jump start on college before graduating high school, thanks to a new dual enrollment program between Texas A&M University-Kings More...

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Education

Lamar Elementary School celebrates Speech Therapists Week

Lamar Elementary students and faculty recently celebrated Speech Therapists week by honoring Roxann Benitez, the campus therapist. Benitez was honored each day during campus announcements and was given gifts for each day of the week. More...

The Lunar Math of the Moon’s Phases

Paul Derrick ...Stargazer

Only in the night sky does a quarter equal a half and a half is full. It’s not new math -- it’s lunar math. When we see a first quarter Moon, it looks like a half moon, so perhaps you’ve wondered why it’s called quarter. More...

Lamar Elementary School honor roll listed

Lamar Elementary School honor roll for the fourth six weeks of school has been announced by Principal Dawn Mireles. More...

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Sports

Bishop’s Gizel Morales earns second at state powerlifting meet

By Fred Salinas
Sports Correspondent

Who says girls can’t lift weights? More...

Unbeaten Seahawks eye 32-2A title

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

Heading into their game against Premont on Tuesday, Riviera-Kaufer High School’s varsity baseball team was 2-0 in District 32-2A (13-4 overall) and tied for first place with San Diego. More...

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The Brahma boys golf team won their own spring invitational tournament on March 8. Pictured from left to right are Mike Irazzary, Antonio McGuire, Sara Zarate, and Jacob Lewis. More...

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KISD officials seeking public support for new King High School

By Gloria Bigger-Cantu

The proposal to issue a $40 million bond for the construction of a new high school is being presented to the public before the May 8 election. More...

Wanted: Bishop pioneer families

The Bishop Centennial Committee is currently asking pioneer families of Bishop to participate in a recognition program to be held May 14 at 1 p.m. in the new BCISD High School Auditorium. More...

Editorial

Why Obama Needs a Republican congress

The undertakers of Bill Clinton’s political doom showed up in Little Rock, Ark., in 1992 for a meeting with the president-elect two months before his inauguration. More...

Governor orders increase of border security measures

AUSTIN — Governor Rick Perry on March 16 ordered the activation of what he called a “spillover violence contingency plan” to address recent fatal attacks on American citizens in Mexico. More...

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Obituaries

Juan M. De Luna Sr.

Juan M. De Luna Sr., 57, of Kingsville, died March 21, 2010 in Corpus Christi. He was born Jan. 13, 1953, to Alejandro and Socorro De Luna in Alice. De Luna was a retired laborer. More...

Verna M. Hopstetter

Verna M. Hopstetter, 73, of San Antonio, died Sunday, March 21, 2010. She was born April 2, 1936, in Bishop. More...

Carol Jean Gardt

Carol Jean Gardt, 75, of Kingsville, died March 13, 2010, in Kingsville. She was born on May 16, 1934, to Anthony A. Gardt and Elizabeth Battaglino Gardt in San Diego, Calif. Gardt was a retired X-ray technician. She was a member of St. More...

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Lone Star Report

Governor deploys Texas military forces helicopters to enhance border security

Gov. Perry has deployed Texas Military Forces OH- 58 Kiowa and UH-72 Lakota helicopters as part of the first phase of the state’s spillover violence contingency plan. More...

DA John Hubert is promoted to lieutenant colonel in reserve

Kleberg-Kenedy County District Attorney John T. Hubert, a Civil Affairs Officer in the United States Army Reserve, was promoted to lieutenant colonel during a ceremony March 13 in San Antonio. More...

Don’t Mess with Texas trash-off volunteers asked to photograph weirdest trash finds

Largest one-day cleanup in the U.S. is April 10

Every year, Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off volunteers uncover random — and sometimes strange — items discarded on Texas roads. More...

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