Nominees named for homecoming festivities
     Homecoming 2007 Staff Photo by Burlon Parsons Nominees for the title of 2007 Wharton High School Homecoming King and Queen take time to pose by the Tiger mascot. Festivities will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Tiger Stadium before the Tigers take on the Stafford Spartans. Pictured are, from left, top r...
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Relay For Life event set at 5 p.m. Saturday in El Campo
      It's not too late to make a donation to the Relay For Life teams raising funds for Wharton County. The public is invited to attend the Relay For Life event which begins at 5 p.m. Saturday at Ricebird Stadium in El Campo. All of the "camp sites" around the stadium will be offering items for sale ...
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Pioneer Band in concert this Thursday in WCJC theater
      The WCJC Pioneer Band will be starting off its fall 2007 concert season with an exciting first concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Horton Foote Theater in the Fine Arts Building on the Wharton Campus. Admission is $4 to the general public; students, performance series ticket holders...
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These recipes might call for some slacks with elastic waistbands
Cooking on the Colorado
Leigh Pless
      I hope you are wearing your slacks with the elastic waistband, because you will need them when you taste these mouthwatering dishes. Prairie Fire Dip 1 (15 ozs.) can no-bean chili 1 (4 ozs.
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Businesses benefit by being chamber member
Wharton Chamber News
      Tomball is not Wharton and Wharton is not Tomball. But both towns share something in common - Chambers of Commerce that work hard to make their communities better places to live, visit and do business. The following article was originally written by Bruce Hillegeist, president of the Tomball Are...
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Turnage, Krenek reveal their wedding plans
      Pete and Dean Turnage of Maury City, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter Tristan Brynn Turnage of Maury City to Jonathan Allen Krenek of Egypt, son of Tim and Phyllis Krenek of Egypt. Tristan is the granddaughter of Rita Turnage and Virginia Tritt, both of Maury City.
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Glider event set
      Become a bombardier for $20. The public is invited to a Cornmeal Drop Contest hosted by the Greater Houston Soaring Association at the Wallis Glider Port. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Dunn, Jones recite vows here on July 21
      Stephanie Gail Dunn of Wharton and Ryan Paul Jones of Sweeny were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007. Pastor Larry Lamb officiated at the double-ring ceremony held at First United Methodist Church in Wharton.
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October celebrated as Breast Cancer Month
Egypt- Glen Flora
Carol Russ
      October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month which means a lot to me in two ways. I lost my mother, Pearl Moses, to breast cancer on Sept. 19, 1963 and then I had breast surgery on Feb. 13, 1992 and the results came back as malignant. After taking radiation treatments I am thankful to God...
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Births
Welcome to our world
      Luis Paredes Consuelo Herrera and Luis Paredes, both of Wharton, announce the birth of their child, a boy, born at 7:05 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, 2007, at Gulf Coast Medical Center. The baby was named Luis Benigno Paredes and weighed 7 lbs., 14 ozs.
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