education
Head Start registration begins March 22 at Woodsboro Elementary
Woodsboro Elementary will commence registration for Head Start on March 22, for the 2010-2011 school year. Parents may register their child if he or she is three years old or going to be three ye...
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RISD Spring break slated March 15-19
Refugio ISD has scheduled its spring break for March 15-19. Regular classes will resume Monday, March 22. Refugio Elementary will dismiss at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, for the Refugio County ...
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The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging team has been earning accolades at the San Antonio and Victoria Livestock Shows in February  Team members include (first row) K’Cee Ponce, Kodye Neel, Ryan Speis and Reagan Ruddock, (second row) H.C. Neel IV, Morgan Klaevemann, Dalton Klare and Derek Ressmann. Refugio 4-H judging team wins at Victoria, San Antonio
The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging team tied for third place junior team at the Victoria Livestock Show on Sunday, Feb. 28. There were 41 junior teams and 162 individuals at the contest. ...
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Refugio Elementary Students who collected the most during the Jump Rope for Heart recently are Mallori McCoy,  Shelby Hajek, Bailey Myers, and Kelsey Lawson. RISD students collect $2,371 for Jump Rope for Heart
The Refugio Elementary School held a “Jump Rope For Heart” event to benefit the American Heart Association, Friday, Feb. 12. Top money collectors were Mallori McCoy, second grade; Kelsey Lawson, ...
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Ten Refugio Elementary students competed in an intense 20 round spelling showdown Monday, Feb. 22 including (first row) Aalec O’Donnell, Nicole Martin, Destinee Ledbetter, Kym Dreyer, Ashley Villarreal, Kaleigh Castillo, Ayde Ordaz (second row) Katie Snyder, Laci Moehr and Bralyn Fox. Moehr, O’Donnell win spelling bee, advance to regional
Kacie Moehr will represent Refugio County as the champion and Aalec O’Donnell will be the co-champ in the Regional Spelling Bee on March 23, at the Johnson Symposium Auditorium. Refugio Element...
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Refugio County student Brittney Gum receives a $15,000 scholarship and all-weather embroidered jacket from the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Area Go Texan committee on Friday evening (Feb. 26) at the Reliant Center banquet. Gum is pictured with Area Go Texan Committee co-chairmen Linda Sue Barnes and Mel Wright. Not pictured Area Go Texan Donor John Alsbrooks. More than $1,055,000 in scholarship money was awarded at the banquet. Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Go Texan promotes agriculture, education, entertainment, and western heritage. Selection for the scholarship is based academic achievements and volunteerism in the county. Brittney Gumm awarded Go Texan Scholarship
Brittney Gumm of Refugio was honored at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Area Go Texan Scholarship Banquet, Feb. 26. A four-year, $15,000 scholarship was awarded to Brittney as part of the sh...
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4-H club learns flower arranging
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Melody Friedrichs of the Pedal Pusher in Woodsboro presented a program on how to arrange flowers to the members of the Blanconia 4-H Club recently. Members learned the names of some of the popula...
Gumm to compete for America’s Homecoming Queen
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Brittney Gumm, daughter of Bryan and Linda Gumm of Refugio, has been selected as a finalist in Texas’ 30th Annual Homecoming Queen competition on April 10 and 11, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport M...
WHS graduate chosen to work in Washington, D.C.
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Brett Schubert, a 2007 graduate of Woodsboro High School and an agribusiness major at Texas A&M University, recently began a spring 2010 internship in Washington, D. C. Brett will spend the spring ...
A-TES students get dental tips from Cathy White
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Cathy White, dental hygienist from Dr. J. Tim Rainey’s office, helped the children at Austwell-Tivoli Elementary observe Dental Awareness Month. “Cathy is great with the kids and is able to maint...
Allison Marrow earns master’s from Texas State University
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Allison Kay Marrow earned a Master of Education Degree in educational leadership at Texas State University in San Marcos on Dec. 18, 2009, graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. She is complet...
Refugio Elementary students video-conference with Barbara Bush
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Refugio Elementary students participated in a state-wide video-conference with First Lady Barbara Bush last week. Bush read the book “Mr. President, A Book of U.S. Presidents.” Hosted by the Educ...
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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.


Sun Mar 14 21:33:22 -0500 2010
No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says (AP)
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Sun Mar 14 14:12:21 -0500 2010
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP)
AP - Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Sun Mar 14 23:10:29 -0500 2010
Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP)

Swedish artist Lars Vilks talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S. in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)AP - With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?


Sun Mar 14 19:01:21 -0500 2010