Newsletter
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Warrior's wounds might not all be visible
By SonnyLong in Helping Hands
I have a story planned for Monday's paper about a former World War II prisoner of war. I never met Alfred Zbranek. In fact, he died on April 19 at 97 and will never see the story. But writing about ...
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Commissioners seek architect's help in courtroom expansion
By melissacrowe in Man Bites Dog
Victoria County Commissioners meet 10 a.m. Tuesday. Perhaps the most interesting agenda item is a vote whether to hire local architect Rawley McCoy to conduct a courtroom expansion study. The court met Wednesday in a capital improvement workshop, with the ...
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
Hello, again, Advocate readers. Tomorrow is another Wednesday, which means it's time to prepare for another editorial board meeting. This week, we will be joined by Jeb Lacey, emergency management coordinator for Victoria County. He will discuss Victoria's disaster preparedness ...
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By katduncan in Advocate Photo Blog
I believe Warrior's Weekend is one of the greatest things this community does. I have lived in multiple states, worked for multiple papers, and have never covered anything like it before I came to Victoria. The amount of love, support ...
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More Hispanic students, means more federal funding opportunities at UHV
By CarolinaAstrain in Other Words
Last week, UHV announced they have now joined about 56 other Texas schools among the ranks of Hispanic Serving-Institutions. Nationally, according to a 2010-2011 report, California had at least 98 schools recognized as Hispanic-serving. Indiana and Oregon each have one. ...
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
Welcome to another Wednesday, lovely readers. We've had an exciting week in the news and we're ready to form some opinions for the coming week. As always, we will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Internet cafe area and encourage ...
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Play Atari Breakout on Google's Image Search
By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
In case you haven't seen this yet, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Atari's Breakout game, Google created a neat Easter egg which allows you to play Breakout on Google's Image search. How to play: -Go to Google Image ...
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How much do you value the public's right to know?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Our democracy rests on an intricate set of checks and balances, brilliantly envisioned by our forefathers. Yet, our lawmakers too often want to chip away at democracy's cornerstone -- the public's right to know. Some of the offending legislation is ...
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By katduncan in Advocate Photo Blog
Today I photographed a family at their mother's day gathering. It was the first mother's day the mom had spent with her son after she adopted him. She took him in after his mother (her sister) died, but this year ...
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Dear Alice: I have one friend who is super nosy any annoying. He follows me around constantly and asks super awkward and dumb questions all the time! I wish he would shut up! The other day he dug into my ...