The Waco Citizen

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s PBS television series has been nominated for a Lone Star Emmy – the episode submitted contained a story on wind energy, the Devil’s River and Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles.  The awards will be given Oct 16.  To view these stories: Devil’s River www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkTBbanoW8 Wind Part 1 and 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6sx-dmQlnU&p=D6860F6B8B22B497&playnext=1&index=2 [...]

BEND, Texas – The bluegrass sound of Dueling Hearts from Waco will highlight a day-long celebration of autumn in the outdoors Saturday, Oct. 23, as the Friends of Colorado Bend State Park host the park’s eighth annual fall festival. Festivities run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the lodge area above Gorman Falls, the largest travertine waterfall [...]

  News from Congressman Chet Edwards Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Room H-143 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3047 17th District, Texas · 2369 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-6105 Homepage:  www.house.gov/edwards   For Immediate Release                                     CONTACT: Josh Taylor September 30, 2010                                                         202-225-6105 Edwards Supports [...]

Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that $155 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants are being awarded to states, non-profit organizations, school districts, universities, and others – including more than $7.6 million in Texas.  These grants will support the replication of teen pregnancy prevention programs that have [...]

 Avastin Showdown: The Fight for a Cancer Fighter  By Peter J. Pitts  One more day – or week, or month, or perhaps even a year. It may not seem  like much time, but patients with incurable cancer know better. For  Christi Turnage of Mississippi, who lives with stage IV breast cancer, it  means seeing her [...]

  Thinking about death is never enjoyable, but planning ahead allows you to choose the items you want and compare prices while no one is under duress.  You can make plans with a funeral establishment directly or through a nonprofit funeral planning or memorial society.  When making plans, it is important to consider where the [...]

Wacoans Will Work with Renowned Sculptor to Create Woodsy Art Baylor University Faculty, Students Will Lend a Hand Famed international sculptor Patrick Dougherty and folks in Waco will “stick” together — in more ways than one — during the month of October. At more than 200 sites around the world, Dougherty has bent saplings, sticks [...]

Art Center Waco is having a Fall Festival Sunday, Oct 31, 3 to 6 p. m. The center is located at 1300 College Drive on the MCC campus. Free admission. Gourmet Hot Dogs. Face painting, live music, apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, costume contest and a lot more. Call 752-4371 if you want to know more. [...]

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