The Waco Citizen

Great month We had a great April and now looking for a greater May, with so many events coming up. Did the big wedding in England give you a lift? I think they could have left out the “for poorer” part. Now I see why Heloise is so popular. She deals with everyday problems and [...]

By Bill Foster, Editor & Publisher The Waco Citizen and The Suburban Courier www.wacocitizen.com Editors note. Heloise, who writes a column for us, is coming to Waco May 10th to meet everyone. See story page one. I met Heloise’s mother when she came to Waco for a charity, just as Heloise II is doing May [...]

Great time of the year We pause at this time of the year for Good Friday and Easter. We suspect that our world is in better shape than it has been in years. Yes, we are still at war, and the economy hasn’t fully recovered. The government owes more than it should.   Seems more people [...]

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3-22-2011 Times change and businesses have to change with it. No longer do you see F W Woolworth, Kresses, even Circuit City. Now Borders and Blockbusters are going.   We are starting to call ourselves the Information Center for Central Texas. We have information flowing into us from many sources, some even from around the world. But its [...]

After I learned what this Social Work thing was that Baylor moved downtown in the former First National Bank building, I wanted to investigate it further. Jeff Wall, City of Waco director of housing and community development, introduced me to two intern students assigned to him. Stephen Bayes and Kasey Ashenfelter. Then he invited me [...]

Our Moody Suburban Courier will be celebrating 120 years old starting in January.  We printed our Centennial Edition January 24, 1991. Since then the world has changed. We have had to change to stay in business. Now we make up pages and send them over the internet with PDF files (Don’t ask me what that [...]

The Greater Waco Community Education Alliance is looking at Waco Schools and what to do about them. I have some questions for them. Why did the Waco schools let the kids out of school all week? I could understand Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. But with jobs hard to get and keep, this upsets the [...]

There are so many good things happening, we don’t know where to start. Guess we’ll start with our meeting about Waco and tourism. Liz Taylor, in charge of the Waco Convention & Visitors Bureau gave us an update of events. She and her crew at the convention center are doing a great job. The new [...]

The radio talk shows are going crazy over President Obama’s 10 day trip to India. They say it is costing too much. Every time a president moves or travels it is always a costly operation. We saw that here in Waco with President Bush. And they say he is going there for political reasons. Everything [...]