A note from Marianna Nelson The Valley Byliners November 8th meeting will hear Michael Gerleman on “The Power of Persuasion: Making Your Case – Techniques for Writing the Persuasive Essay.” The Byliners meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Harlingen Public Library, 410 76 Drive. Whether you are a student writing essays on college applications or [...]

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A note from Stan If you’ve not yet understood the scope of the project proposed for the Brownsville Baseball Park, take a look here: The brochure  with the unfortunate title, given the health of the intended league, In a League of Its Own. For notes on the health of the league, look here.

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From Gene’s Notebook …baseball, not popular in Deep South Texas, and Brownsville does NOT need a baseball stadium, with questionable funding, in a always folding league with always folding cities …. …and I was surprised the other day when a man carrying groceries told me in Spanish that the Red Sox would come back from [...]

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An announcement from Kristina Wilson The South Texas College Library is please the present its Halloween UFO Festival, Thursday, October 30, 2008 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm at the STC Pecan Campus Library, 3201 W. Pecan Blvd., McAllen, TX. Be there and be highly entertained! From flying saucers to big green bugs, space monsters of all [...]

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A story by Edgar Clinton Jr. May 26, 2008 (All rights reserved by the author) Any relation to persons living or not so much is entirely coincidental. Editor’s note: We’re pleased to present a story by Edgar Clinton, Jr. He’s a unique writer and commentor on life as well as an excellent song-writer and singer. [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook …those images, those moments, that’s what I live with and by, nice to be clear (a bit) about such …. – Six men squeezed into a drooping pick-up, Mississippi plates, the men just back from cotton ginning in Mississippi, and that cotton into shirts and underwear; thanks workers, as you ready to [...]

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