Editor's note: This is a six-part series revolving around Eastern Oregon's Oregon Army National Guard unit in Iraq. The focus of the series is on Ontario's Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team. More than a dozen Guardsmen - officers and enlisted men - were interviewed during a nine-month time frame for this series.
A FREE LEGAL CLINIC for Collin County residents who meet low-income criteria is offered at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at First United Methodist Church, 601 S. Greenville Ave. Call 1-800-906-3045.
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State University should get out of running Louisiana’s charity hospitals and focus on education, the state’s top higher education board says.
FRISCO NOON ROTARY CLUB meets at noon Thursdays at Dallas Baptist University-North Campus, 3211 Internet Blvd. in Hall Office Park. Guests are welcome. The $12 cost includes lunch.
ALLEN QUILTERS' GUILD meets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at First Presbyterian Church, 605 S. Greenville Ave. ALLEN KIWANIS CLUB meets at noon Thursdays at the International House of Pancakes, 315 N. Central Expressway. Call 469-675-2010 or visit www.allenkiwanis.org.
The Olympian asked readers to share their experiences with pet adoptions. Here's a sampling of the responses. My husband and I adopted Sam, a Chihuahua mix, eight months ago from a local non-profit organization called Animals in Need. Sam was rescued from Puerto Rico where he was a stray.
A film by three Harley School graduates is providing insight into the devastation faced by the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Rashid Duroseau, Sawyer Jacobs and Andy Rea graduated from The Harley School in 2005. In June, they traveled to Louisiana to volunteer with the recovery effort.
Members of the LSU Board of Supervisors tried to gauge the interest of former LSU-Baton Rouge Chancellor Mark Emmert in taking the top job in the LSU system.
Shell Oil is trying to steal local peoples land. Shell dumping Toxic Waste into ocean. Other unsafe and dangerous practices. Stop the Butchers from stealing our land and our resources.