Our Viewpoint
NNO allows us all to give thanks to officers
      On Tuesday, Aug. 7, law enforcement personnel will be out in force. That is the norm for the protectors of society but this Tuesday they will be asking for some assistance from the general public. That Tuesday will be National Night Out, an evening when law enforcement reaches out to the communi...
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Animal shelter sorely needed
By LOIS LAMBERTY Jasper
      What are people thinking when they abandon puppies (kittens)? Do they think eight-week old pups will be able to hunt? Find water? Not get run over? Fight off predators? Certainly someone will pick them up and give them a home? Dropping them off in someone else's neighborhood is a good idea?
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Brady's actions questioned
By MICHAEL MARKARIAN President Human Society Legislative Fund
      In the wake of the Michael Vick indictment, readers may wonder why U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX/ 8th) was among about three-dozen lawmakers who recently sided with dog fighting and cockfighting interests and voted against the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act.
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Appreciating ARVFD hard work
By DAVID BISCAMP Jasper
      My name is David Biscamp, I am disabled, have a wife and two girls who will be six in Aug. I want to say how proud I am of the Angelina Fire Department. On June 3, I had two big limbs fall across my house. One was 17 inches and the other 18 inches across at the butt.
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Area vets need to take a stand
By DAVID HARIGLE Jasper
      Liz Street, I read your Viewpoint from June 13 and I agree. I also noticed there are no military markers or flags in the cemetery. Why? I'm from another state and veteran organizations see that graves are marked soon with flags.
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Guest Commentary
The beast 666 computer
Mack Hall
      In the 1970s there were many whispered rumors about The Beast 666 Computer that Satan was supposedly constructing in Belgium. Our social security numbers were the Mark of the Beast (I used to date her, by the way), and these would be fed into the 666 Computer and then fluoridated or something, and...
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In Jasper County
Recognized at state....
     Newsboy photo/Jimmy Galvan JASPER POLICE OFFICER Wanda Brister, left, and Jasper Police Chief Todd Hunter show off the plaque honoring the department's tobacco prevention program.
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Capital Highlights
Capital city renames lake for Lady Bird Johnson
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - The city council on July 26 voted unanimously to rename Austin's Town Lake "Lady Bird Lake." The name change honors Lady Bird Johnson, who died at age 94 on July 11. She was the widow of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Guest Commentary
It's business as usual during county budget time
By WINCY WALKER Jasper
      It's budget time in the courthouse and some elected officials are again hollering, "Gimme." District Clerk Linda Ryall and County Clerk Debbie Newman have asked for a five percent pay raise for their employees - but a $5000 raise for themselves. Oink!
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