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 a citizen [...]

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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 a 3-1 [...]

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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 shapes and sizes [...]

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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. Enjoy. We hope there [...]

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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 cross back [...]

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