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      Regarding pecan trees Letter to the Editor: Step No. 1: "Prune" the Wharton County Courthouse pecan trees so they will look ugly. Reason: Because limbs falling off present a danger to humans and parked vehicles. Step No. 2: Threaten to cut down "some" of the above stated trees. Reason: Becaus...
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Tough questions need to be asked before action taken against Iran
Part of Our World
Dan Rather
      Next week, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, will meet in Europe to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran in response to its nuclear program. The Oct. 17 meeting will follow in the wake of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's unilateral decl...
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Pokin' Fun
Down by the river
'Doc' Blakely
      Lukenbach, Texas is unique. Most of the activity takes place about dark, and people are surprised, as founder Hondo Crouch used to say, that "we have such a large Moon for such a small town." The local population is about 15 but the crowds number three to five hundred on a good weekend like happe...
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Ghost 'detectives' visit Northington house
From the archives
Janet Hobizal
      Since October is the month that most of us all decorate our yards and buy Halloween costumes of goblins, ghosts and ghouls, I thought I would search through the archives to see what we could come up with on stories of haunted houses and treacherous murders in Wharton County. Just to get ya'll in t...
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