| The Story | The Wise County Reunion fires up again complete with local coverage involving stories, photos, and the general "ain't it great" fanfare. |
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| The Spin | But remind us to not eat the meat. |
| The Story | Oncor allows residents to view the proposed route of a 50 mile transmission line that will run from Jack to Denton County. "The four hour come-and-go meeting Tuesday was intended to give people living in the area a chance to give their opinions on the proposed route." |
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| The Spin | And then they'll put the line wherever they want. |
| The Story | Aurora enacts a local ad valoreum tax in order to help the city budget. |
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| The Spin | Those souvenir "My parents went to see the grave of the dead spaceman in Aurora and all I got was this stupid T-shirt" just didn't work out. |
| The Story | The all Republican commissioners court gets a bit dicey. "Don't raise your voice at me," commissioner Mikel Richardson told commissioner Kyle Stephens. "You'll get into a situation you don't like." |
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| The Spin | Next months agenda item: "Consider approving Celebrity/Commissioner Boxing Night to add money to the county's coffers. Take appropriate action." |
| The Story | It's hot as blazes so that means it is football prediction time. Messenger reporter Robert Morgan writes that Decatur can expect a "perfect 10-0" season "thanks to a weak non-district schedule." (Thursday edition, page B1) |
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| The Spin | "Hey, you went 10-0 last year. How hard can that be?" And you wonder why coaches pull their hair out. |
