From Gene’s Notebook
When I went to baseball games, the only balls fans got were those that went into the stands.
Now, the rich who get box seats that surround the field - often purchased by corporations - get numerous balls from the players and ball boys and ball girls who pick up fouls and gently toss [...]

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A poem by Roberto Cruz, Jr.
I don’t want to be a fly-by-night
I don’t want to be malignant
I don’t want to be a merciless beast.
I don’t want to be well-endowed
with the biggest penis there is.
I don’t want to be a welfare line
or a ticket to suicide.
I don’t want to be a double-chin
on two legs with two [...]

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A note from Virginia Gause
McAllen Memorial Library is looking for painters and sculptors who would like like to exhibit at the Nov. 7 ArtWalk.
ArtWalk nights are on the first Friday of each month (except June, July and August) from 6 to 10 p.m. Set-up is between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Take down starts at 9:45 [...]

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A commented picture from Kathy
Mrs. Raines has forwarded a picture which does a  pretty good job of summing up Ms. Palin’s position on women’s rights. Yes, I’m sure we’re stomping on somebody’s publication rights, but we’ll apologize when it comes up.

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