Posts Tagged correspondence
Correspondence
May 17th, 2012
Thanks, citizens of Marfa for returning me to the office of city council for the third consecutive time. Serving has been an honor and I will approach this coming term with as much enthusiasm and determination as my first term. Thanks again for having confidence in me and my ability to try to do what’s …
Correspondence
May 10th, 2012
I had the privilege of attending the screening of the Mexican movie, “Cartas A Elena,” Tuesday evening at the Blackwell School in Marfa. What a lovely story by director Llorent Barajas and associate producer Jaime Jimenez Pons, which by the way, were both in attendance.
Filmed in the beautiful mountains of Copper Canyon in Chihuahua state, …
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April 19th, 2012
I feel compelled to comment on Pete Smyke’s letter of last week in which he virtually accused Alpine Councilwoman Angie Bermudez of being Avinash Rangra’s puppet, of not being able to think on her own but only to act according to Rangra’s dictates.
As a former reporter for KVLF-AM, I have witnessed Mrs. Bermudez in action …
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April 12th, 2012
I take great umbrage at Larry McMurtry’s comments about Marfa in the April 26 issue of The New York Review of Books in his review of author M.G. Lord’s book, “The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice.”
For the record, I have lived in …
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April 12th, 2012
The Valentine Pirate Basketball Team would like to thank the families who have been so supportive and cooperative during our 2011-2012 basketball season. We would also like to thank the Valentine community for cheering us on and being the best fans in the area.
A special thank you to the School Board and Mr. William D. …
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March 29th, 2012
I was on my way to Alpine Friday morning when I found our family dog in the highway. He had been hit by a car and was killed. I pulled over, got out of my truck and started walking toward him. I was in tears and didn’t know what I was going to do.
Just when …
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March 15th, 2012
I simply want to thank Lonn Taylor for his beautiful column on small-town newspaper editors in last week’s issue.
His final words sum it up rather succinctly: Soldiers may protect freedom of the press, but it was given to us by the Bill of Rights and is kept alive by courageous reporters and editors, and thank …
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March 8th, 2012
Last week, the Marfa Chamber of Commerce hosted its opening lecture in the 2012 Education Series. This succession of discussions is designed to give entrepreneurs the information they will need to take knowledgeable first steps towards opening and maintaining a new venture in Marfa and the surrounding area. This first discussion titled, “So You Want …
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March 8th, 2012
Calling all cancer survivors. You are invited to participate in a special ceremony in your honor during the American Cancer Society’s Big Bend Unit Relay For Life on Friday, April 20.
You are the true celebrity of this event because you bring so much hope to those who are fighting the battle now.
I am asking you …
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February 23rd, 2012
Seventy-five plus people attended Congressman Francisco Canseco’s (R-TX 23rd) town hall meeting at Alpine’s Council Chamber Saturday, February 18. Several questioners confronted him over patent contradictions between his positions and the facts. Some answers were further from reality than Pluto’s orbit of the sun. Rep. Canseco is very intelligent, so that can’t be the cause …
