Teacher pay higher than average, but lower than region
\n(Burleson Star © 02/08/2012)
Teacher starting pay in Texas has declined for the first time in at least three decades, according to a survey by the Texas Association of School Boards.\n\nThe average starting pay for a new teacher is $35,794, down slightly from $36,009 in 2010-");
document.write("2011. According to 2011-12 district figures, Burleson minimum salaries are set higher than state salaries.\n\nFor a teacher, counselor, librarian or nurse wi...\n
Comerica donates $15,000 to Dallas library for new African-American e-book collection
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/08/2012) (Registration Required)\n
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document.write("Officials with Comerica Bank donated $15,000 to the Dallas Public Library on Monday to fund a new African-American e-book collection.\n\nMayor Mike Rawlings, speaking at a news conference announcing the gift at the north Oak Cliff branch, said the private sector must do its part in supporting communities.\n\n?We as business people that earn profits and good salaries have an obligation to give back and...\n
Comerica Donates $15,000 Worth of E-Books and Readers, Setting a Trend, Rawlings Hopes
\n(Dallas Observer © 02/08/2012)
Photo by Leslie Minora\nMayor Rawlings holds one of 30 new e-book readers donated by Comerica Bank. \nWith its budget shrinking and shrinking over the past several years, the Dallas library system has an acute need for a Daddy Warbucks. Several, actually. More specifically, branches need deep-pocketed donors who can pick up the public book-houses by the boot straps, smack them in the behind a...\n
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Toothpick dispute escalates to confrontation at North Texas school
\n(Houston KHOU (CBS) 11 © 02/08/2012)
McKINNEY, Texas — A box of toothpicks resulted in an unusual incident at a McKinney middle school.\n\n"We brought just normal toothpicks, and we were supposed to bring flat toothpicks," said 14-year-old Noah Prate");
document.write("r.\n\nPrater said his 8th grade math and engineering teacher got upset about the wrong supplies Noah supplied for a project, and subsequently ordered him and three other ...\n
New Hallsville High School set for fall opening
\n(Longview News © 02/08/2012)
Hallsville ISD?s new high school is three-quarters of the way\nfinished and on sche");
document.write("dule for students to occupy its classrooms and\nhallways by Aug. 27.\n \n \n\nDistrict spokeswoman Carol Greer said Tuesday the new high\nschool is about 25 percent from being completed with the district\nalready making plans for its summer move to the campus.\n \n\n\nThe high school is being constructe...\n
School uses 3-D animals to teach alphabet
\n(McKinney Courier Gazette © 02/08/2012)
Lions and tigers and...letters, oh my!That's what students at Lawson Early Childhood Center are screaming these days. Letters Alive, a 3-D educational technology program, makes learning the alphabet fun -- growling bears, flipping seals and all.\"It's just not the typical way that students learn,\" said Holly Hammonds, Lawson library media specialist. \"It used to be just the flash cards; now, it's a...\n
Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary School set to open Monday in Corpus Christi
\n(Corpus Christi Caller-Times © 02/07/2012) (Registration Required)\n
CORPUS CHRISTI ?\nSecond-grade teacher Melissa Jimenez placed instructional materials into square-shaped cubbies in her classroom Monday at the new Mary Helen Berlanga Elementary.\n\nShe had more than 100 boxes of supplies and materials to go through as part of preparations for students t");
document.write("o arrive Feb. 13 for their first day of school.\n\nThe students, who formerly attended Casa Linda and Carroll Lane e...\n
Library breaks ground for expansion project
\n(Deer Park Progress © 02/07/2012)
Monday marked the beginning of expansion for the Deer Park\nLibrary with the groundbreaking ceremony for their upcoming\nexpansion projec");
document.write("t.\n\n\nA bond was passed in 2000 by the residents of Deer Park to\nimprove the library by making it bigger to better serve the\ncommunity.\n\n\n?Today is a big day for us and we are proud that the citizens\nvoted for this,? said Deer Park Mayor Wayne Riddle. ?It will be\nhe...\n
Fun with science
\n(Killeen Daily Herald © 02/07/2012)
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document.write(" \n \n\n \n KISD grant brings children's author to elementary schools\n\nBy Kim Steele\n\nKilleen Daily Herald\n\nLara Sursa was almost as excited about a visiting children's author as the young students who heard him speak Monday at Pershing Park Elementary School in Killeen.\n\nSursa, the school's librarian for two years, and Kristen Coffield, librarian at Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School at For...\n
E-Readers boost students interest in reading
\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/06/2012)
ANNISTON, Ala. — \n\nTemeah Harrelson is the librarian at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, but it's not hard for her to picture a school library with no books.\n\nLast spring, Pleasant Valley Elementary purchased 30 Kindle electronic reading devices. Now, students who all but loathed reading books are learning to love reading on the devices, Harrelson said.\n\nAbout a dozen sixth-graders excited...\n
Arrows tracing path of Comanche chief
\n(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal © 02/06/2012)
Line by line, arrow by arrow, the lifetime of Quanah Parker is being pieced together by historians of the Texas Plains Trail Region.\r\n\r\nFrom the shadowy, undocumented time around the 1870s when he rode across the staked plains as a leader of Comanche tribesmen, Parker ? half Anglo, half Native American ? was a");
document.write(" force to be reckoned with.\r\n\r\nAnglos sometimes paid with their lives when the force was ...\n
Marble Falls High School debate duo headed to state
\n(Marble Falls River Cities Daily Tribune © 02/06/2012)
MARBLE FALLS ? Marble Falls High School students Colton Davis and Lynnrae Smith are headed to the University Interscholastic state");
document.write(" cross-examination debate championships at the University of Texas March 16-17.\n\nQualifying for the state meet in Austin is quite a change from when Smith, a senior, first began debating as a freshman.\n\n?After that first debate, (the judge) told me I should quit,? Smith...\n
UT Arlington and the city join forces to revive downtown
\n(Fort Worth ");
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ARLINGTON -- When Lana Wolff was growing up in Arlington during the 1950s and 1960s, the city felt like a small college town.Residents drove down streets that cut through the heart of the campus, then known as Arlington State College, stopped by the library to check out a book or flocked to the campus for football games and bonfires, Wolff said.As the college expanded in size and stature in the 19...\n
The Carnegie Libraries
\n(Gilmer Mirror © 02/05/2012)
When Tyler?s historic Carnegie Library building celebrated its anniversary , the event reminded East Texans of the legacy Andrew Carnegie left before his death in 1919.\n\nCarnegie, a Scottish-born steel magnate, helped create a network of public libraries across America in the early l900s. Before he launched his effort, the country had only about 600 fledgling libraries. By the ti");
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Do children misuse the Internet at school?
\n(KFOXTV.com © 02/05/2012)
GILLETTE, Wyo. — \n\nThe Internet is a double-edged sword for educators. On the one hand, it's a great tool for gathering information, but it also has a dangerous side that can cause major disruptions in the classroom.\n\n\"We've been fig");
document.write("hting an ongoing battle since the Internet first came into existence,\" said Lyla Downey, assistant superintendent for technology education with the Campbell Coun...\n
Novelist with East Texas roots releases second book
\n(Longview News © 02/05/2012)
East Texas native Ashley Ray P?rez just released her second\nyoung adult novel, is li");
document.write("ving in Paris and is hard at work on her\nthird novel.\n \n \n\nThe former Kilgore resident and Trinity School of Texas student\nis broadening her own horizons and hopes her writing expands that\nof her young readers. Released this past week was ?The Knife and\nthe Butterfly? which comes out about a year ...\n
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\n(Marshal News Messenger © 02/05/2012)
I hope you saw our coverage of the historical marker that was\nplaced at the site of the old Hub Shoe Store, now the law offices\nfor Michael C. Smith who bought the Austin Street location with the\nfull intention of seeing that this part of Marshall history did not\npass away.\n \n \n\nGood for him.\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThe store, which opened in 1897, was owned by the Louis Kari...\n
Growing Peñitas library plans renovations
\n(McAllen Monitor © 02/05/2012)
PEÑITAS – In just two years the library here has grown immensely, and soon crews will renovate it to add more space for books, computers and activities.\n\nGeorge Galindo, a senior at the University of Texas-Pan American, recalled his first visit to the library in spring of 2010.\n\n“It kind of looked like an empty classroom with just a cou");
document.write("ple of bookshelves,” Galindo said. It...\n
Keil wants to be Seguin?s next mayor
\n(Seguin Gazette Enterprise © 02/05/2012)
SEGUIN - A city councilman has become the first candidate to\nannounce his intention to run for mayor of Seguin in the Nov. 6\nmunicipal election.\n \n \n\nMayor Betty Ann Matthies, nearing com");
document.write("pletion of her second term,\nis not eligible to run for re-election because of term limits, and\nCouncilman Don Keil has announced his candidacy to become her\nsuccessor.\n \n\n\nKeil, 62, is a s...\n
Study finds kids not ready for school
\n(Austin KXAN (NBC) 36 © 02/04/2012)
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Central Texas children are behind in thei");
document.write("r studies before they ever reach their first classroom.? The United Way Capital Area's Success By 6 initiative got very specific in a recent report.? Their researchers looked at kids from two months old to five years old. \n\n \nThey found a noticeable gap in achievement in some children by the time they're just age three. \nThe skills they lack...\n
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document.write("oming more popular at county libraries
\n(Conroe Courier © 02/04/2012)
For a growing number of book lovers, a library visit can be\naccomplished without leaving home, standing in a checkout line or\njuggling a stack of well-worn library books.\n \n \n\nLike libraries across the country and around the world, the\nMontgomery County Memorial Library System is scrambling to embrace\nthe opportunities brought by electronic book readers growing more\npopular every...\n
Company sells vintage aerial photos
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/04/2012) (Registration Required)\n
After World War II, airplane pilots in rural America found they could make a business out of flying over farms and ranches, photographing them in wide aerial shots and selling the prints to proud owners.\n\n?Typically, it was done by steering with your feet and hanging out the window with your camera,?");
document.write(" says Ken Krieg, whose father-in-law began photographing Ohio farms from a two-seat prop plane in 1...\n
Mayor pins hopes on pension task force report
\n(Houston Chronicle © 02/04/2012) (Registration Required)\n
About one out of every 11 dollars in this year's city budget goes to cover pension costs.\n\nThe $16");
document.write("5 million the city plans to send to its three public employee pensions this fiscal year is the consummation of a decades-old contract with the people who put out fires, keep streets safe and pick up the garbage.\n\nIt also is more than the city spends on libraries, parks and garbage collection combined....\n
Rotary Club delivers $50k for new library
Friday, February 3, 2012\n |\n Special to the View\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nPhoto by Michelle Stecker \nTaking part in the recent enjoy the check presentation are, from left, Lake Travis Community Library board president Carol Black, Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary Club member Doug Lindgren, library board secretary Nancy Pencsak, library board treasurer P.K. Chatterjee, library board Morgan M...\n
LeTourneau University conference helps teachers educate
\n(Longview News © 02/04/2012)
About 150 local educators flocked to LeTourneau University on\nFriday for an annual reading conference with the hope of taking new\nideas back to their classrooms.\n \n \n\n?This recharges our batteries and gives us new ideas to\nexperience and take back to our classrooms,? South Ward Elementary\nSchool teacher Suzanne Blakeley said.\n \n\n\n?The program also has a lot of tec");
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Iowa City courts Little Free Library Project
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 02/04/2012) (Registration Required)\n
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? Iowa City could see a new addition to its literature-friendly atmosphere, in the form of miniature libraries.Officials with the Little Free Library Project ? w");
document.write("hich distributes and encourages small cabinet-sized, outdoor libraries where readers can pick up and drop off books ? are in discussions with Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature officials to bring the small libraries t...\n
Energy savers: City takes lead
\n(El Paso Times © 02/03/2012)
That catch-phrase \"shovel ready\" helped El Paso ");
document.write("land $3.1 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That, in turn, helped the city save on energy costs.\r\n\r\nGood deal. And that's certainly a good long-term savings for taxpayers.\r\n\r\nAs Mayor John Cook noted, \"A lot of communities around the country did not even have projects planned. They were not prepared to get funding.\"\r\n\r\nRecall t...\n
Library s");
document.write("oaring: El Paso system ranked 6th in US for kids
\n(El Paso Times © 02/03/2012)
It's not your typical \"Quiet Please\" library.\r\n\r\nEvery week, about 5,100 children visit the El Paso Public Library system to have fun, learn and discover.\r\n\r\nThe library -- including its 12 branches -- has become so popular that it has obtained national recognition. It was rated the sixth-best library for children by Livability.com.\r\n\r\nImaginOn in Charlotte, N.C., was No. 1.\r\n\r\nEl Paso stood out b...\n
Top 10: El Paso Public Library recognized
\n(El Paso Times © 02/03/2012)
Recently, Livability.com named the El Paso Public Library as one of the Top 10 Children's Libraries. Livability.com rates more than 500 places in the United States by means of \"top 10\" lists. A press release noted that Livability consulted with nationally recognized authorities, including the American Library Association, to determine the r");
document.write("atings. \r\n\r\r\n\r\nEl Paso's public library came in for plaudi...\n
Library approves expenditures, plans programs
\n(Longview News © 02/03/2012)
Friends of the Lee Public Library?s executive board recently met\nto approve expenditures, set dates for coming programs and hear\nreports on library use.\n \n \n\nRoutine business ");
document.write("was handled and expenditures were approved to\nprovide 10 new lightweight tables for the library conference\nroom.\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\nLibrarian Judy Hagle plans to use the tables for her computer\nclass. S...\n
School-funding conference urges activism
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Although the Texas Legislature isn't meeting this year to decide funding for public education, the statewide coalition named Save Texas Schools isn't taking a break from activism.\r\n\r\nMade up of parents, educators, students, business leaders and legislators, the group that wants more funding for public education is best known for attracting more than13,000 people to the State Capitol last spring in...\n
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document.write("City projects save energy, create jobs
\n(El Paso Times © 02/02/2012)
An energy-efficient initiative led by the city of El Paso has helped stimulate the local economy, city officials said Wednesday. \n\nThe city has invested more than $26 million in facility upgrades and sustainability projects since 2009, said Stuart Ed, director of the city's General Services. \n\nUpgrades include energy-efficient cooling and heating systems to city buildings, energy-efficient traffic...\n
?Love Your Library? month arrives
\n(Longview News © 02/02/2012)
It?s officially ?Love Your Library Month.? How are we doing? Do\nyou enjoy all the books, magazines, Internet services, story times\nand all the other free things that are available at your\nlibrary?\n \n \n\nYou can show your appreciation by donating your money, time,\ngently used books?or by sayi");
document.write("ng ?thank you? to one of the staff.\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\nAnother important way to suppor...\n
Mineola Memorial Library Notes
\n(Longview News © 02/02/2012)
In ancient times there was a king who found his wife to be\nunfaithful so he had her put to death. To prevent this from ever\nhappening again he would take a new wife each night");
document.write(" and in the\nmorning she would be put to death. This is certainly a drastic way\nto take preventive measures! Soon he takes a wife who tells him a\nstory so engaging that he lets her live in order to hear more the\nnext night. Th...\n
Letter: If it ain't broke, don't fix it
\n(Plainview Daily Herald © 02/02/2012)
To the Editor:\n\n\"Big B");
document.write("rother\" (some city officials), with help from \"Little Brother\n(TxDOT), is still trying to cram an expensive, needless project\ndown the throats of the citizenry of Plainview. We all complain\nabout decisions by the federal and state governments because they\npay no heed to the voice of the taxpayer. Now we have the same\ncomplaint against our city government.\n\nJust how was the id...\n
Austin (and Some of Texas) Through the Flickr Commons
\n(Austinist © 02/01/2012)
Flickr is a great place to find great or strange user-submitted photos with various licensing requirements, but not everyone is familiar with the Commons section of the website. Founded in 2008, Flickr Commons were designated to showcasing public photography that have \"no known copyright restrictions\" for a variety of reasons (that you can read about here), with the following in mind: \"To increas...\n
\n(Bryan-College Station Eagle © 02/01/2012)
The Larry J. Ringer Library in College Station is packed on most afternoons with book readers, studiers and children. \n\nBut a growing number of attendees are using the building for reasons librarians never would have imaged a few decades ago -- checking out e-books, loading their smartphones with");
document.write(" audiobooks and accessing online databases. \n\nThat expansion in the role of the public library has caus...\n
Frisco morning roundup for Feb. 1, 2012
\n(Dallas Morning News © 02/01/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The Frisco Lakes development on the city's west side saw the greatest growth in new homes last yea");
document.write("r, according to data posted by Frisco City Council member Jeff Cheney. The city issued 170 home permits to the development targeted at buyers age 55 and older. Permit numbers across the city look promising. \"We had 1,286 new home permits in 2011, scattered across 44 different neighborhoods,\" Cheney wr...\n
Our Mother of Mercy playground a fitting tribute to Hazel H");
document.write("arvey Peace
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 02/01/2012) (Registration Required)\n
When revered Fort Worth educator Hazel Harvey Peace died in 2008 at age 100, it seemed natural that the property where her house sat would one day belong to her cherished neighbor, Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Elementary School.After all, Peace had donated two lots to the predominantly African-American school before she died so that it could expand the campus. That gesture was clearly an extension...\n
Students In McKinney Classroom Getting 3D Education
\n(Ft. Worth KTVT (CBS) 11 © 02/01/2012)
McKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – A new high-tech way of teaching is helping pre-K kids in McKinney learn how to read.\n \n\n\nLawson Early Childhood Center is using interactive, 3-D technology to transform traditional teaching.\n\n\n“I think this is a great way for kids to learn,” said librarian");
document.write(" Holly Hammonds. “With this the kids are so engaged.”\n\n\nEver since Lawson started using th...\n
THS student receives volunteer award
\n(Taylor Daily Press © 02/01/2012)
Taylor High School junior Ali Hibarra Rhinehart was named Youth\nVolunteer of the Year for 2011 by the Central Texas Library System\nBoard of Directors at ");
document.write("their winter membership meeting held in\nTemple on Jan. 27.\n \n \n\n?This is a big honor going to a very deserving teenager,? said\nKaren Ellis, librarian of the Taylor Public Library. ?Ali was\nnominated for the exceptional job she ha...\n
LJISD makes first float for Citrus Fiesta parade
\n(Progress Times © 01/21/2012)
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document.write("LA JOYA ? The cool air was filled with excited chatter as float committee members gathered around the 35-foot flatbed trailer that was going to be used for La Joya Independent School District?s first float to be displayed at the Texas Citrus Fiesta Parade of Oranges on Jan. 28.\nFor most of the committee members, this was the first time they had seen the trailer.\nIrma Neti said it was very exciting...\n
Ethnic studies hit bump in Arizona
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 01/21/2012) (Registration Required)\n
San Antonio authors Sandra Cisneros and Carmen Tafolla didn't exactly have their books banned by the Tucson United School District this week.\n\nThe books ? ?Curandera? by Tafolla and ?Woman Hollering Creek? and ?The House on Mango Street? by Cisneros ? have simply been removed from classrooms and school libraries and put in a storage facility.\n\nThe board of the school district, where six of 10 stud.");
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Education Notebook: Abilene High's literary magazine wins recognition
\n(Abilene Reporter-News © 01/20/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Abilene High's student literary magazine Gallimaufri was ranked in the top six in the state by the National Council of Teachers of English in its 2011 Excellence in Stude");
document.write("nt Literary Magazines contest.\n\nThe magazine was among three state magazines to earn a \"Superior ? Nominated for Highest Award.\" Astrid Frazier, Cristi McCoy and Morgan Page were the student editors. English teacher Seth Pace has ...\n
Green family donates survey records to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
\n(Corpus Christi Caller-Times ©");
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CORPUS CHRISTI ?\n\nPatricia Green, wife of former Nueces County Surveyor Bill Green, transferred 40 years of his records while serving in public office to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on Jan. 12.\n\nThe records chronicling Green's work from 1954-1994 contain maps, plats, field books, job files, and other surveying documents that represent an important part of the history of private land ow...\n
Houston embracing use of alternative fuels
\n(Houston Chronicle © 01/20/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Propane-powered school buses and electric-vehicle charging stations at the grocery store may seem out of character for the energy capital of the world. However, they're already here, demonstrating just how receptive the Houston area has been to diversifying its traditional dependence on gasoline and diesel fuels. Businesses, l");
document.write("ocal governments and residents are embracing alternative fuels and techn...\n
Margaret Atwood: She tweets! She talks!
\n(Houston Chronicle © 01/20/2012) (Registration Required)\n
*Margaret Atwood will discuss?her works, 7:30 p.m. Monday (Jan. 23), Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Ave. The Inprint eve");
document.write("nt is sold out.\nMargaret Atwood (credit: Damon Winter)\n\n\nMargaret Atwood keeps tweeting while I?m talking.\n\n\nWe?re on the phone. I?m scrambling to frame a fancy question about speculative fiction and the vast Canadian landscape, and she?s saying: “What?s your Twi...\n
Diboll library exhibit only of its kind in Texas
\n(Lufkin KTRE (ABC) 9 ");
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DIBOLL, TX (KTRE) -\n \n\nThe TLL Temple Memorial Library in Diboll has a big educational experience in store for East Texans.\n\nThe library is the only one in Texas to feature the \"Discover Earth, a century of change\" exhibit. \n\nFrom weather, earth science, and our changing planet, the interactive program will test a person's knowledge of the world around them. \n\n1,500 local studen...\n
Mayor sizes up McAllen in State of the City Address
\n(McAllen Monitor © 01/20/2012)
McALLEN — With an economic storm brewing, McAllen must reinvent itself as a “frontier for innovation,” Mayor Richard Cortez said Thursday in his annual State of the City Address.\n\nMcAllen’s sales tax revenue remains flat. Traffic across the Rio Grande Valley’s international bridges continues to fall. And deep cuts to education and health care, which account for 26 per...\n
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Education cuts carry big cost
\n(San Antonio Express-News © 01/20/2012) (Registration Required)\n
Imagine your future depends on a team of doctors. They are committed to your success, but the number of doctors shrinks as more and more patients come through the door. Not only that, but the nurses they rely on, the techn");
document.write("icians who keep the equipment running smoothly, and specialists who treat rare conditions are now usually absent, splitting their time between multiple hospitals.\n\nSince the Legi...\n
No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down?
\n(Amarillo Globe-News © 01/19/2012)
WASHINGTON ? If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger.");
document.write(" In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day or a week.\nSure, we'd survive. People have done it. Countries have, as Egypt did last year during the anti-government protests. And most of civilization went along until the 1990s without the Internet. B...\n
Library leader Lee speaks of");
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\n(Athens Daily Review © 01/19/2012)
Rich Flowers\n \n\n The Athens Review\n The Athens Daily Review\n \n \n \n\nWed Jan 18, 2012, 05:44 PM CST\n\n\nAthens — \n Clint Murchison Memorial Library Head Librarian Lorie Lee said advancements have been made toward some major goals set for the facility.\n\n\n\n Lee told the members of the Athens Kiwanis Club that an adult literacy program is now up and running at the library. Also, a children...\n
Student traffic up at George Bush Library
\n(Bryan-College Station Eagle © 01/19/2012)
Eagle Staff Report\n\nThe number of students who visited the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum increased by nearly 20 percent last year.\n\nOfficials said 4,978 Texas A&M University and Blinn College students visited in 2011, a 19.18 percent increase over 2010. The segment represents one of the fastest growing populations of the library's visitors, ");
document.write("officials said.\n\n\"Student engagement an...\n
Wikipedia Blackout Leads Students To Library
\n(El Paso KVIA (ABC) 7 © 01/19/2012)
EL PASO, Texas -- In a bold stand against an anti-piracy bill making its way through Congress, Wikipedia shut down the English language version of its website on Wednesday.\n\nThe blackout forced Web research");
document.write("ers, students and those just looking for a quick tip or fact-check to look elsewhere for answers.\n\nABC7 talked to UTEP students who said they were more likely to head to the library than the Web...\n
Demolition looms for architectural gem in west Fort Worth
\n(Fort Worth Star-Telegram © 01/19/2012) (Registration Requi");
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FORT WORTH -- Atop a bluff overlooking Luther Lake sits one of the most undeniably interesting houses in Fort Worth.Designed by one of the most influential midcentury architects and decorated by one of Hollywood's best-known interior designers, the house was built for a Texas oilman and his wife, a jet-setting couple who hosted screen legends such as Joan Crawford and Jimmy Stewart at their Ridgle...\n
Cortez: McAllen Must Become a Frontier for Innovation
\n(Rio Grand Guardian © 01/19/2012)
McALLEN, Jan. 19 - McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez gave his 2012 State of the City address at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday. The title of his speech was ?McAllen in the 21st Century?the Frontier for Innovation.?\n\n\nHere is the speech:\n\n\nGood afternoon and welcome! I am honored, and our city is honored, by your presence here today. It is always a pleasure to see so many friends of McAllen a...\n
Special programs planned for Children's Book Week at Fort Bend Libraries
\n(Ultimate Fort Bend © 01/19/2012)
The Fort Bend Libraries are planning special programs for Children's Book Week, Sunday, Jan. 22 to Jan. 28.\n\n \n\n The event is geared toward encouraging young children to develop a reading habit as studies have shown that reading at an early ");
document.write("age leads to a bigger vocabulary and better language skills.\n\n \n\n The programs the library will host are:\n\n \n\n Saturday, Jan. 21\n\n Story Time the Musical at 10...\n
Renovated library opens next December with new exhibits
\n(University Texas Daily Texan © 01/19/2012)
Visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum will get the");
document.write(" chance to act as advisors to former President Johnson on the Vietnam War in a new feature that is part of a series of renovations and redesign.\n\n\nThe library’s new exhibits will officially open on Dec. 22, which coincides with what would have been former first lady Lady Bird Johnson’s 100th birthday. The Gallagher &...\n
Second Abilene ISD early dep");
document.write("arture notification program could save $650,000
\n(Abilene Reporter-News © 01/18/2012) (Registration Required)\n
An Abilene ISD incentive program for longtime employees to indicate their intentions of leaving the district garnered 60 applicants by Friday's deadline.\n\nHowever, Mark Neal, the district's associate superintendent for legal and human resources, said only 55 of those applicants appeared to be eligible for the program.\n\nThe program pays certain full-time employees 10 percent of their base 2011-12 s...\n
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