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Articles from the February 22, 2009 edition


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  • Journalism students place at UIL meets

    Updated Feb 22, 2009

      The West Orange-Stark High School Journalism team led their classmates, capturing nine places at the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bear UIL Academic Practice Meet recently. Shonnalee Jacobs took first place honors in news writing. She was also third in headline writing; while Alayna Jacobs was second in the same event. Feature writers Jordan Darnall, Karli Flurry and Kylie Hughes took three of the six places in competition, earning second, third and sixth, respectively. In editorial writing, Tinesha Mix p...

  • One hundred days of school

    Updated Feb 22, 2009

    Orangefield Elementary celebrated 100 days of school dressing up as if they were 100 years old....

  • Bryant joins SETX Sports Hall of Fame

    Mark Dunn|Updated Feb 22, 2009

    Once a Bridge City Cardinal place kicker, Matt Bryant, became a Southeast Texas legend Saturday. A kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bryant was inducted into the Museum of the Gulf Coast, in the museum Sports Hall of Fame. To make the event sweeter Bryant served as grand marshall for the 2009 Port Arthur Mardi Gras Parade the same day. In a ceremony attended by 150 former coaches, teammates, family and friends, Bryant accepted a certificate from Dr. Sam Monroe, president...