tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16276679185605104032011-07-30T22:25:58.645-07:00Beth Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171087123960325543noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627667918560510403.post-49391533113637906682009-06-20T08:35:00.000-07:002009-06-20T08:36:13.000-07:00

Those who didn't come out to the Anderson County Courthouse this morning missed a good time and a reminder of from where we as a state and a nation have come. The Negro Historical Preservation Society in Palestine began its 16th annual Juneteenth Celebration on the courthouse steps with a brief opening program with thoughts from local organizers and a re-enactment of soldiers escorting the first

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Just checking the most recent Google alerts in my email and I found a link to a story online in the Dallas Morning News regarding the City of Dallas' latest attempt to lay claim to someone else's water.Seems that the City of Dallas and the Texas Water Development Board have now filed suit with the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn the ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

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My Google alerts picked up on this letter written by Jeff Austin Jr. about former Frankston coach Vernon Harton. Austin is part of the Austin banking family from Frankston. He grew up in Frankston, graduated from the school there and remains active in the community.The letter was posted Mon., June 8 on the sports blog on Smoaky.com. It's a wonderful tribute to a man who shaped many young lives

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We've now seen the last of the Monday and Saturday Palestine Herald-Press editions. Seems strange that we won't print a paper tonight, or Friday night. I hate to see it, but at least we're still printing a paper. They won't be doing that at some locations, such as the Denver Post. On the bright side, I guess I should be able to spend Friday nights at home with my family now, or at least most

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I just read the Associated Press story about the House vote to amend the "Top 10 Percent" admission rule to Texas' public colleges and universities. I have one response - hogwash! The part that really sticks in my craw is this passage:Supporters of changing the law say it has caused a “brain drain” at UT-Austin, prompting exceptional students who fall just outside its top 10 percent parameters to

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This is why you should always close the cabinet doors. Katie the Wonder Cat decided Tuesday that the bottom shelf of the medicine cabinet would be better suited for napping than anything else. Good thing the shelf was empty. Guess I'll be wiping that down today since I'm off work. Maybe she should have some coffee, since the coffee maker is right below her on the countertop. And no, the best part

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Apparently the good folks at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility got the attention of people in New Mexico and Arizona yesterday.News stories are floating around cyberspace about reports of an unidentified object drifting in the skies over those two states Monday.One person in Sedona even went so far as to compare the translucent object to the "gigantic bubble from the Wizard of Oz."Turns

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Palestine Mayor Dr. Carolyn Salter called it last night during her goodbye speech at the Palestine City Council - voters wanted change. In case you missed it, Salter became the odd man out of the three-person mayoral race. Dan Bochsler and Bob Herrington remain in the running. The council will officially canvass the vote next week at its 5:30 p.m. Monday meeting. After the vote is canvassed and

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It's 2:20 p.m., which means it's almost time for the second of my twice-daily blood pressure spikes, both induced by transporting kids to and from school. There's nothing like feet-dragging, complaining kids and traffic congestion to start the day off right (ahem). Likewise, there's nothing like more traffic congestion and word that the youngest foot-dragger has acted up again in class to make

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Monday morning status report: Kids at school on time (that's always worth noting with our feet-draggers), husband's crutches delivered, work e-mail checked, two chocolate doughnuts devoured and one cup of coffee drank, with one more begun on my day off....Saturday's Cinco de Mayo Celebration in Reagan ParkI don't know about you but I thought it was great to see the park filled with people

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Flu or allergies? Allergies or flu?Seems to me both share some - not all - symptoms.Is your head all stopped up? Sore throat? Headache? Kind of a yucky, "blehck" feeling? (yeah, I made that spelling up - we've all said it or something like to describe feeling bad but how do you spell that???)I feel that way all the time.When I first read the swine flu symptoms, I thought, "Dang, I'm really sick."

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While I was at Kroger's this morning buying milk, I picked up a copy of the current Texas Highways magazine. It's easy to spot - Engine 201 of the Texas State Railroad is steaming toward you on the cover. The railroad is the cover story of the May 2009 issue, with the story and beautiful photos beginning on 24 with a cool double-page photo similar to the cover shot. The story details the

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Seems like troubled, faltering banks have been in the news a lot over the past few months. They could take a lesson from one based here in Anderson County. First State Bank of Frankston celebrated 100 years in the banking business yesterday at its Frankston home. Several representatives from banking organizations and the state spoke and presented framed certificates, and bank president Russ

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I attended the first half or so of last night's mayoral forum, held at Old Magnolia Sandwich Shop and sponsored by the Palestine Young Professionals Network. All three candidates - incumbent Mayor Carolyn Salter and challengers Dan Bochsler and Bob Herrington - participated in the event, which was attended by approximately two dozen people. The way it worked was like this: Candidates were asked

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If you're interested in what the three candidates for Mayor of Palestine have to say about their candidacies and their ideas for the city, head over to Old Magnolia Sandwich Shop in downtown Palestine at 120 W. Oak St. The event starts at 7 p.m. Those running for mayor include incumbent Dr. Carolyn Salter, who is seeking a third consecutive two-year term, and challengers Dan Bochsler, who is

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Cheril's devastating house fire and Scott's near-miss house fire have me convinced that I need to get busy digitizing our Foley family photos. Cheril lost nearly everything when her mobile home burned a couple of months ago, while Scott was far more fortunate - he and his wife Lauren were in the middle of moving, with everything packed already, when a fire started in the kitchen ceiling. They

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My condolences and my heart go out to the family and friends of Leonard Grabs. Losing anyone is difficult and painful, but when it's a young person, the pain and the hole carved out in your heart are that much worse. I didn't know Leonard but from covering several Elkhart football games over the past three seasons I certainly remember him. He may not have been the biggest or the fastest player,

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Richard Keller, longtime host at Little Mexico, has started a blog to keep customers and friends updated on the progress of the popular eatery. The restaurant on W. Oak Street was damaged by fire on March 25, most heavily in the kitchen area. Richard's blog includes photos from fire, as well as photos taken since of the work being done to stabilize the ceiling/roof and remove equipment from the

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The NCAA March Madness has evolved into a cultural event around the country, drawing millions of viewers to watch 65 college basketball teams battle to see who's the best.Taking a page out of the NCAA's playbook, NASA this year posted its own version of March Madness. Dubbed Mission Madness, the online game pits 64 NASA missions against each other to see which will come out on top as being the

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Not news-related but....I'm wearing my somewhat faded red University of Louisville sweatshirt with pride tonight in support of the UofL women's basketball team. The Lady Cards are playing in their first-ever NCAA championship game Tuesday night against unbeaten Connecticut, making it an all-Big East Conference final. They beat Oklahoma and Courtney Paris in the semifinals earlier tonight, as well

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I'm back to work today (Monday) after being out since Tuesday morning with my mother-in-law's death. For those who emailed condolences, thanks! Betty's funeral was Friday afternoon. We seem to be doing as well as could be expected. Kids and Bill are headed back to school today (well, they should be -- it's nearly midnight Sunday night, so I'm jumping the gun a bit).A note to anyone who has tried

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For anyone who might be trying to get in touch with me at the newspaper, I will be out of the office for a few days. My mother-in-law, Betty Barnett, passed away late this afternoon. She had COPD and had been in the hospital for about a month with an upper respiratory infection of some kind. She had lived with us for the past couple of years and was very close to the kids, and to me. We'll miss

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If you can, make time today or tomorrow morning to stop by the Palestine Municipal Airport to see the planes here for the Wings of Freedom Tour. They really are something special to see. It's amazing to think that these planes carried tons of ordnance over Europe and made it back through the flak and fighters, and that they're still flying today. It's also interesting to look at the size of the B

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It's an almost rainy Tuesday -- it looks like rain, sometimes it even spits a few drops, but there's still plenty of pollen on my truck -- and I think we're all recovering well from Weekend 1 of Dogwood Trails. By now the sunburns aren't stinging like they were, the feet have quit complaining and we've had a couple nights of sleep. So let's talk about Weekend 2.THURSDAYThe weekend's events

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You couldn't ask for better weather this weekend to kick off the Dogwood Trails Festival. The weather was near perfect Saturday for the parade, arts and crafts show and all the various church fundraisers timed around the festival's biggest weekend. Pleasant temps, mostly sunny skies and a breeze make it a lot easier to be out there, whether as a visitor strolling along W. Oak Street, a vendor

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It's 11 p.m., and I do know where my children are. They're all still up instead of in bed. But it's spring break and two of the three children were at the 71st annual Dogwood Trails Festival all day. Our son signed up to help the Chamber of Commerce at 5:30 am direct the vendors to where they were to set up their booths, which netted him three hours of community service for Scout rank advancement

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Congratulations to the Slocum Mustangs on their state championship! Slocum defeated Lipan on Friday night, then beat perennial heavyweight Nazareth on Saturday to win the Class A, Division II title. To put some perspective to it, Nazareth won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007. The Swifts (a long-eared fox) have won like 13 state titles. To beat a team that expects this kind of success in your

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The word is spreading now that the judge in the appeals case has ruled in favor of those pushing for land along the Anderson and Cherokee County banks of the Neches River to be allowed to become a national wildlife refuge, rather than be flooded to make Lake Fastrill for the City of Dallas. The City of Dallas and the Texas Water Development Board had sued to halt the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

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Congratulations to the Neches Lady Tigers on their state semifinal win last night. The Lady Tigers unfortunately lost tonight to Roby, 44-34, in the Class A, Division II championship in Austin. It's a tough time for the shooting to go cold, but it happens to the pros, too. Dwell on the success!Congratulations to the Slocum Mustangs, who just defeated Laneville in Nacogdoches to advance to the

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With the economy as shaky as it seems to be nationally, it's really great to see so many people here open their wallets and give their time to help the Palestine Junior Service League purchase and install the new playground equipment at Reagan Park. Crews from the prisons did the pad work earlier in the week, volunteers dug holes and set equipment into position for assembly yesterday, and this

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According to city secretary Janelle Williams, councilman Vernon Denmon Jr. has officially entered his name in the hat for the District 2 council race, meaning that the current office holders - Denmon, Jim Yelverton in District 4 and Steve Presley in District 6, as well as Mayor Carolyn Salter - all have filed for re-election in the May 9 city election.So far, the mayor's race and the District 2

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The UIL Girls State Basketball Tournament is under way in Austin at the Drum, with one of our own competing for a state title. The Neches Lady Tigers (34-3) tip off today at 7 p.m. against Leggett (29-6). The winner will play the winner of Roby (32-3) and Vega (26-9) at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Class A, Division II championship game. While we try to stay neutral when it comes to covering area

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According to an article in ScoutingNews.org, NASCAR great Jeff Gordon is being honored for some of his off-the-track work by the Boy Scouts of America. Those of you with boys in Cub Scouts over the past few years may remember promotional material at sign-up time featuring Gordon's photo and urging boys to "Race into Cub Scouting." In addition, since 1999 The Jeff Gordon Foundation has raised more

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Reagan Park playgroundAs those of you who have driven past Reagan Park over the past week have undoubtedly noticed, the city's flagship park isn't looking quite the same. City workers removed most of the old playground equipment last week and prison work crews have been hard at work this week preparing the site for the installation Friday and Saturday of new equipment. This is the fruition of the

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I'm really excited to circle Wed., March 25 on my calendar. That's the first of three days that the Wings of Freedom Tour will be in town at the Palestine Municipal Airport, featuring a B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator and a P-51 Mustang. I really enjoy World War II history since I had an uncle and a great uncle who served in the European Theatre, and my parents were teens then. I've read

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This is Katie the Wonder Cat, the most patient cat in the world. She only wants to be loved, fed and scratched, not dressed in a teddy bear's graduation gown. She has since been advised that the wise thing to do next time is run and hide, not wait to be picked up.NOTE: No animals were harmed and no children were scratched. However, there's probably something to be said about people who take

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This is a note to adults connected with Boy Scouts, whether Scoutmasters, troop advancement chairs, parents or other legal guardians. As you're planning for Eagle Scout Courts of Honor, don't forget to pass on the good news to the Herald-Press. We gladly publicize the accomplishments of our local Eagle Scouts (and likewise for Girl Scouts who earn their Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards). Here's the

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Girl Scout cookies have arrived, which means orders should be delivered and booth sales have begun. The cookies are still $3.50 per box for all flavors, but they are slightly smaller. According to the Girl Scouts office, with rising costs, the choice was either raise the price or shrink the size a little bit. So they shrunk the size, which is fine with me.Cookie flavors this year are: Samoas (

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To anyone who has tried to find me at work since Friday morning, I apologize for not being available. My mother-in-law, who lives with us, became very ill early Friday morning and was rushed to Palestine Regional Medical Center, where she's been in ICU since then. Her long-term prognosis looks good, but she's still very weak and sick and being transferred to a long-term acute care center in Tyler

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We took this road trip as a chance to get out of the house. We hadn't done anything lately outside of our normal routine so it was a chance to get out and see something different, without spending a lot of money. So Bill and I and two of three children hopped in the car and headed west, with no particular destination in mind. (The youngest saw her chance at unimpeded computer game and TV time at

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For the two people who read this blog (Hi, Mom!), you've probably noticed I kind of quit talking about exercising. That would be because I fell off the wagon, so to speak. (my apologies to those who struggle daily with addictions way more serious than my cola fix) I'd been doing good - for me - with making it a point to walk more frequently and to drink water instead of soft drinks. So much for

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Warning: This blog entry contains mom-rant. Those without children may want to proceed to Sports.The third grader sure picks her moments. For the past two or three weeks, she's done much better at waking up and getting ready for school. (Background: this is the child who accumulated tons of tardies in the fall because she refused to get up and get ready without a major tantrum, resulting in cups

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The deadline is nearing to cast a vote for nominees for the 2009 Texas Music Awards. Voting ends Friday for the awards, which will be presented here at the Civic Center on Sunday, April 26. To be eligible for an award, these artists have to be members of the Academy of Texas Music and the categories generally (with some exceptions) are for the 2008 calendar year. Two of the nominees have local

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While driving over to Palestine Middle School to exchange cars with my husband yesterday afternoon around 4:15 p.m., I noticed something that's been a long time in coming, in my opinion. I don't know how many people use Crestline Drive, but vulgar graffiti has been an eyesore for a long time on the back of the old gas station on the corner of Loop 256 and Crestline. A few months ago, Charlotte

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It's a good thing that the people in Austin who set up this Governor's Fitness Challenge consider housework to be a form of exercise. Remember when you were a kid in gym class, having to bend over, twist and touch your toes to do what the teacher called "Cherry Picking"? That's good practice for picking up dirty laundry and stuff around the house. I think I'll rename it "Sock Stretches," in honor

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Tuesday night's severe thunderstorm brought a light show, wind and rain but thankfully little damage inside the City of Palestine. Here at the Herald-Press and elsewhere in the downtown area, we lost power from about 11 p.m. to around 1 a.m. when a tree blew down and took the electric line with it. In the process, traffic lights went out at Loop 256 and E. Palestine Ave. and probably a few other

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Last night's Palestine City Council meeting drew a standing-room-only crowd into the council chambers at city hall. Normally, the "crowd" consists of the city department managers, the cable access person broadcasting the meeting from the back of the room, me and maybe a half dozen other people. A good many in attendance last night came because their kids were being recognized by the city for

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Here's a shout-out to the Palestine Middle School band, both students and directors. On Friday, band students traveled to Nacogdoches High School for the middle school Solo and Ensemble competition. I haven't seen any official results for all who took part, but according to my sixth grade clarinet player, nearly all the sixth graders who competed received high marks, both as individuals in Solo

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It didn't occur to me when I started this that I was creating two new habits - exercise and writing about stuff, including exercise. So...Sunday3:30 p.m. - Deciding it's time to take advantage of nice weather (and make sure kids are where they said they'd be) I figure I'll do my two-lap walk again in the neighborhood. This time I'll stretch my muscles first as a warmup. This does two things - it

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I am sooooo out of shape. No way should my legs hurt the day after two brisk trips around the big block but they do. This is embarrassing. Today I didn't do another two laps. Saturday morning and early afternoon became housework time before I had to go to work. According to the Governor's Fitness site, housework can count (I'm sure they're thinking of something more than dusting) so I'm counting

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10:16 a.m. to 10:34 a.m. – Okay, I’ve begun. Ignoring the old wives’ tale about not starting things on a Friday (what’s that about?), I kicked off my fitness project with two laps of brisk walking around our “big” block. Our neighborhood is roughly a square – three one-block-long streets running north-south hedged by an east-west street on either end. Weather report: partly cloudy, around 60

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Thanks for making the effort to click your way here. I was never much good at keeping a diary or a journal as I was growing up. It felt too weird to write down what I was doing or thinking and possibly have someone else read it. Being a teenager was embarrassing enough without piling that on. As a journalist, blogging seems less like a diary and more like an online column, offering another way to

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