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VAISD Keeping Eye on Numbers

By Jeremy A. Corley

Managing Editor

The 2010-11 school year started this week for most area school districts, including Van Alstyne and Howe.

VAISD had a fairly low-key beginning to this school year, exactly what the administration wanted.

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VA Chamber Hosts Final Downtown Jam of Summer

By Ken Gaidziunas

Staff Writer

With unmistakable gospel sounds drifting from the gazebo at Dorothy Fielder Park last Thursday night, Van Alstyne's final Downtown Summer Jam, hosted by the VA Chamber of Commerce, was under way.

Taking the st ...

Ministerial Alliance Provides School Supplies for Students

By Ken Gaidziunas

Staff Writer

The gazebo at Dorothy Fielder Park was lined with white bags filled to the top with school supplies and a neat row of backpacks was waiting to be claimed Saturday morning at the first Back 2 School Bash.

The a ...

Military Families to Get Free Land, Homes in Gunter

By Ken Gaidziunas

Staff Writer

A special celebration Wednesday in Gunter honored two Iraq war heroes and their families with donated land and custom-built homes in The Bridges at Preston Crossings.

The first two of five families to be honor ...

In Perspective 082710 Time to Pad the Resume Stats Again

Time to start putting the resume together again.

No, I'm not looking for a job. Like Gandhi, being an award-winning humor columnist puts me at the pinnacle of my career. But, like the United States Census Bureau, every ten years I get together, ...

Community Calendar 082710

MACC Seeking Board Members

The Melissa Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking candidates to fill open seats on its board of directors. Melissa residents and business owners are encouraged to apply.

For more information, email melissaareachamber@gma ...

Corley Column 082710 King of the Hollyworld

I'm sure this will come as a complete shock to many of you, but sometimes I daydream about being a movie star.

I have a psychobabble-based theory about actual movie stars, however: I think most of them understand how fleeting fame and fortune are, ...

Word Games 082710 Trucks, Trucks Everywhere

We're surrounded by trucks.

And no, I'm not talking about driving up and down U.S. 75, but right here at home.

There's a Ford F150 in our neighbor's driveway on the right, another F150 in the driveway on the left, a Toyota Tundra parked across t ...

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