Our Viewpoint Editorials
Jasper steps up again with learning process
      The spirit of Jasper came shining through this week when it was announced that the school district's Give a Gift program was well funded and received this year. The program was in danger of disappearing from the educational landscape but Jasper County residents stepped up to the plate and respond...
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In Jasper County
Sign of times...
      THE NEW SIGN on the old Temple-Inland office in Jasper went up just before Thanksgiving.Temple-Inland is undergoing a transformation that included selling its forest lands to the timber management company, Campbell, based in Oregon.
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Guest Commentary One person's viewpoint
Monkey with all the trimmings
Mack Hall
      Mrs. Mamie Manneh of New York faces trial for importing bits of dead monkey. Back in 2006 customs inspectors examined twelve cardboard boxes mailed to Mrs. Manneh from West Africa. The manifest said that the boxes contained only dresses and dried fish, but beneath the fish was the late Curious Ge...
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Your Viewpoint Letters to the Editor
      It's time for Jasper to avoid greed, grow By S. GREG JOHNSON Jasper I am sick and tired of the greedy people trying to get city tax dollars for their own pockets. The last city council meeting told the whole story. A local realtor wants the city tax payers to pay to lay a pipe that will on...
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Capital Highlights A summary of the week's significant events in Austin
Property-tracking system improves vision of eyes of Texas
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - Texans now can register an inventory of their personal property, report property that has been stolen or check whether an item they are attempting to buy has been reported as stolen. Trace.com, a subsidiary of MyThings Inc.
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