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(last updated on August 16, 2006)

Kenedy City Council rescinds action requiring fee payment from Little League

By Joe Baker

Councilman Bob Patton initiated discussion about waivers of fees charged for use of the city’s park facilities during the Kenedy City Council’s meeting on August 8.

Patton read from city documents listing the fees charged to individuals or groups for use of the facilities. He said there are only two exceptions listed in the documents. City employees or council members can use the city auditorium free of charge twice per year, and also can use the Wasso De La Garza Field without having to pay the fees.

"On July 18 of this year, 2006, the city council approved a motion to not allow the Little League to play without paying," Patton said.

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Opposition to Trans Texas Corridor expressed at Yorktown meeting

By Jason Clay Jansky

Officials from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) presented themselves for a verbal public flogging during a hearing on the planned Trans Texas Corridor 35 project at the Yorktown Community Mess Hall August 8.

Filled with mostly residents from Yorktown and the surrounding area, the meeting was attended by at least two Karnes County residents, according to the meeting’s sign-in sheet.

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You’ve got a water bill: Falls City officials will send bills by e-mail

By Jason Clay Jansky

Falls City leaders are working on several new additions and upgrades to different areas of the town, according to discussion at their regular meeting August 9.

Plans were announced to make city water bills available by e-mail within a few months. Having a bill sent to a home by e-mail instead of the postal service will be optional for customers.

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Utilities, emergency services discussed at Runge City Council meeting

By Jason Clay Jansky

The city of Runge is continuing to face problems with its utility infrastructure and emergency services, according to discussion at the town’s regular meeting August 8.

City crews are working day after day on fixing the pathways along which water and sewer flow. The current outlines were poorly planned and illogically laid out, according to Mayor Homer Lott.

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Eyeballing wayward Stonehenges and Alamoes

Summer Travel Series - Devil’s Sinkhole SNA, Big Thicket, Alamo Village, Stonehenge

By Mark K. Campbell

Some places visited in 2006 got edited out – unfairly, really – from Summer Series stories.

So, here are four places that made an impression and deserve a bit of ink.

(And two more were omitted here: the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo and Buescher State Park. The latter was completely abandoned – of humans and park workers – one hot summer’s day. The drive between Buescher and Bastrop State Park on Park Road 1C – through the "Lost Pines" – is terrific for cars or bikes and is filled with wildlife.)

But here are four worthy of noting.

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