'Gift of Bethlehem' benefits country's economic freedom
      As you ask yourself, shall I go to Wal-Mart or Target, Penney's or Kohls or perhaps Dillard's or Macy's to buy that special gift, you might also consider another question that may get hidden in the shuffle again this year - as perhaps it has many of the years you have shopped until you dropped at...
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James Otway Lee killed in line of duty in 1877
      I am sure by now everyone knows about the wonderful project at the Wharton County Sheriff's Department for the sheriff's monument. There have only been five law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty in Wharton County. If you're from Wharton County you most likely know about the ...
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Mixed opinions on interest rates
      By the end of Thanksgiving week, a not especially gratitudeinspiring word was on American lips: "recession." Monday reinforced the thought, as the Dow Jones industrial average sank 237 points, putting the index 10 percent off its high-water mark for the year and signaling a bona fide market corre...
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      Running for Congress Letter to the Editor: I have been to several meetings of my local Republican's Women's club in Galveston over the past six months and I have heard Chris Peden speak about running for Congress and why he wants to represent this district. I even saw where Mr.
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Doing things the 'cowboy way'
      We just finished our annual Wharton Cowboy Christmas festival and I was discussing the success we had with our 9 a.m. gathering, "Cowboy Church around the Chuck Wagon" on Sunday. My son, Mike Blakely, had a similar Sunday experience at Luckenbach this year with his annual festival. I asked how it ...
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