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The Big Event

by Marti Attoun

The nation's largest one-day student service project, performed by students at Texas A&M University

first appeared: 8/3/2008

Western Swing Town

by Stuart Englert

The sweet sound of twin fiddles and a steel guitar drift over the pews at the Church of Western Swing in Turkey, Texas

first appeared: 4/6/2008

A Feel for Reading

by Kristen Tribe

When Eric and Leslie Ligon learned in 1997 that their 2-month-old son, Ethan, was blind, they were devastated.

first appeared: 11/11/2007

Teaching Clover and the Kids

by Beverly Burmeier

Makena Mailer, 4, loves the greeting he gets each morning at The Greenwood School, in Oak Hill, Texas.

first appeared: 11/4/2007

A 'Royal' Rebirth

by Kristen Tribe

Laughter ripples through the crowd at the Royal Theater in Archer City, Texas (pop. 1,848), as singer Rodney Hayden tells a witty tale.

first appeared: 10/21/2007

Leading an Inspired Life

by Beverly Burmeier

On his daughter Lana's wedding day in 1994, Bill Hyche surprised her with a special gift he had been working on since she left home to attend college five years earlier.

first appeared: 10/7/2007

Keeping a Corny Tradition

by Kristen Tribe

When brothers Carl and Neil Fletcher invented the batter-dipped, deep-fried hot dog in their Dallas kitchen and sold it for the first time in 1942 at the State Fair of Texas, they couldn’t have imagined its enduring popularity.

first appeared: 9/16/2007

Doctoring Beloved Dolls

by Marti Attoun

Mary Ann Pizzolato peers into the dull blue eyes of Baby Coos, a 60-year-old doll whose plastic peepers have been clouded by a fungus—and time. Next, she flexes the doll’s vinyl legs, which are ripped and ready to fall off.

first appeared: 5/13/2007

Always on the Job

by Linda Owen

Trapped inside a locked automobile, the sweat-drenched infant stopped crying and went limp. The outside temperature in San Antonio was 101 degrees, but inside the car it was nearing 150.

first appeared: 4/8/2007

Mayor Moore - A Leading Legend

by Patti Muck

Always straightforward, sometimes bluntly honest, Moore is believed to be the longest serving living mayor in the nation and is on his way to becoming the longest serving mayor in U.S. history.

first appeared: 4/8/2007

Those Charming, Odd-Named Towns

by Alan Ross

They go by the names of Happy, Turkey, Earth, Bug Tussle, Dime Box, Cut and Shoot, Ford, Fred, and Uncertain.

first appeared: 3/11/2007

Give the Surgeon a Hand

by Linda Owen

Wrestler Andre the Giant punched Dr. Adrian E. Flatt on the shoulder, gruffly voicing his displeasure in broken English: “Is enough!”

first appeared: 2/11/2007

Will You Marry Me?

by Marta W. Aldrich

Marriage is proposed in every way—and place—imaginable. Some proposals are sweet and subtle, while others are elaborate and extravagant.

first appeared: 2/11/2007

Barber Shops

by Marti Attoun

first appeared: 1/21/2007

Doctoring for Decades

by Marti Attoun

In 1947, Dr. Marjorie Roper opened her office at the back of the family business, O.L. Ferrell Drug Store, in Bullard, Texas. Sixty years later, the doctor is still in, treating generations of patients as if they were family.

first appeared: 1/21/2007

Hooking with Heart

by Barbara Elmore

Carrying on a handiwork tradition that almost died out with her grandmothers, Quicksall had to learn the skill from books because she couldn’t find anyone around to show her how to turn bags of rags into beautiful, handmade floor coverings.

first appeared: 1/7/2007

Signing for Santa

by Kristen Tribe

Santa Claus sits in a plump, velvet chair in Plano, Texas, while children with gap-toothed grins, excited eyes and even a few tearful faces line up behind him.

first appeared: 12/10/2006

Caring Coaches

by Jake Shaw

Whether he intends it or not, the head football coach becomes a major influence on his players, making personal impressions that will ring long after the final gun is sounded.

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Mi Tierra Cafe

by Linda Owen

When waiter Daniel Barrientos proudly tells his customers that Mi Tierra Café has been open since 1951, he means that quite literally.

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Airport Rangers

by Beverly Burmeier

A purple bandana wraps Emily Perez’ brown curls as she mounts her horse Kee, who trots off down a tree-shaded trail near Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

first appeared: 10/9/2006

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