Our Viewpoint Editorials
JISD takes positive step in fight against drugs
      The Jasper Independent School District is looking into stepping up its fight against drugs with the formation of a task force to looking into random drug testing of its students. The task force will hold a series of meetings to look into the issue before making a final recommendation to the JISD ...
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Your Viewpoint Letters to the Editor
      Kudos to JJHS band and UIL efforts By JIM CASHMAN Jasper On April 3 my wife and I, my son and grandson, went to Port Neches High School to listen to the Jasper Junior High band play in the concert sponsored by Region X UIL.
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In Jasper County
Watching planes...
     Newsboy photo/Sharon Kerr THIS WEEKEND'S NICE WEATHER allowed many area residents to take in the Jasper County Airshow at Bell Field.The airshow was held Saturday and Sunday and featured many vintage airplanes
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Guest Commentary One person's viewpoint
Down with big 'phone
Mack Hall
      Studies show (hey, if radio personalities boasting questionable doctorates can resort to such vapid lead-ins as "studies show…," we humble high school graduates can too). Anyway, studies show that cell 'phones cause cancer.
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Capital Highlights A summary of the week's significant events in Austin
State rep suggests ways to improve House vote procedure
Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
      A USTIN - A number of citizens expressed alarm after viewing a video clip showing state representatives engaged in the practice of "ghost voting" during the 2007 session of the Legislature. Ghost voting is when a member casts an electronic vote for one or more colleagues who happen to be outsi...
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