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Please tell your kids to get out of the street when a car is coming
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Please tell your kids to get out of the way when a car is coming. Kids have no respect for the rules of the road. I slow down when I see kids playing, and I even stop to let them out of the way. But their are some bad apples that think its funny to stay by the egde of the car/street and scare a driver into thinking s...
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slogan for Beaumont
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My idea for a slogan for Beaumont is:
"The Spindletop Town"
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PAISD Elementary School Bullies!
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My child is a kindergarten student at Dick Dowling Elementary in Port Acres, Texas. I have, what I and other parents, consider to be very valid concerns. A child in the class has pinched my son hard enough to leave a bruise for 6 days. He has pushed a child down and laughed when he cried. He has stood in...
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Ames or Hawkins for Mayor?
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Who should I vote for and why?
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Beaumont City Council extinguishes firefighter's contract
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The Beaumont City Council voted 6-0 to cancel its contract with the Beaumont firefighter's union this week. Next month it's the cop's turn. Sgt. Mike Mills, the newly elected president of the Beaumont Police Officers Association, doesnt feel that the same thing will happen to his union members say...
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Jennifer Avilla's Reporting
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I would really appreciate the ability to search articles on your website by the author. I do not live in America, unfortunately, so I don't really need your local reporting. However, sometimes I just need a little infusion of Jennifer Avilla's words into my cold mountain life. She's so colorful...
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Elderly Drivers
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The Texas House and Senate both passed bills dealing with the topic of elderly drivers on Wednesday. Senate Bill 180 would require 79-year olds to renew their drivers licenses and to take a vision test. The bill, which passed unanimously, would also institute an evaluation at the age of 85 to see if a d...
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ENTERGY...
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How many of you have been ripped off by the electric company? I can't begin to tell you how angry I have been dealing with these people. I just wonder, how can my bill go from $174.28 per month to $470.07 in a one 30 day period. And when you call to get some answers all you hear is "You HAVE to pay this am...
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Suggestions on how to improve BISD?
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Any suggestions on how to improve BISD?
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Question for School Board candidates
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School Board Candidates: What is your solution to the classroom behavior of the overwhelming majority of BISD pupils who behave as follows: 1. Show little interest in learning course material; act as if it's not "cool" to be interested in learning 2. Show little respect for classmates,...
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Dreamgirls?
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Anyone know if the movie "Dramgirls" will be showing here? Or do I need to go to Houston to see it?
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Law Enforcement Breaking The Law
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I see so many police officers speeding and running stop signs. Why is it that the supposed law enforcers don't abide by the law themselves. These officers were not going to any emergency because on a few occasions I and the officer was going in the same direction. On one occasion when he sped past me doin...
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Black History Month
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I am an Amelia Elementary student and I wrote a Black History Month article about Madam C.J. Walker my name is Allison Monroe how come NONE of Amelia students were on Beaumont Enterprise.com I also looked on newspapers didn't see Amelia there either... null
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Re:Firefighters pay raise
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Being the wife of a firefighter is a harder job than most would think. There are a lot of things people dont know unless you are in our position. There are nights that are spent alone wondering if the love of your life is going to come home safe or are you going to get that horrifying call that all wive...
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Wi-Fi Hotspots around Southeast Texas
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Got a favorite Wi-Fi hotspot in Southeast Texas? Is it free or pay? Are you a business owner who offers Wi-Fi to your customers? Log in below, post a reply here and tell us and your fellow readers about it.
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New Dispatch Center for Police Fire and EMS
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Does anyone know when/where the new emergency dispatch center that was to open in March is going to happen? The last posts on the Center indicated it would become operational in March 2007, but I never heard where it would be.
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Fattening meals in Southeast Texas
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The Enterprise wants to talk dish. We’re on a quest to find and analyze (and possibly taste) the Top 10 most fattening restaurant dishes in Southeast Texas. Do you know of a locally-made appetizer, entrée or dessert that is so sinfully good, you seek penance after indulging? Tell us about it. Y...
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BISD Bond Issue
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I am a graduate of South Park High School as wll are my sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. We(Save South Park High School) are opposed to closing or demolishing South Park Middle School( South Park High School). SP has 71 years of graduating classes and many years of memories. Lamar was st...
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BISD Bond Issue
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I am a graduate of South Park High School as wll are my sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. We(Save South Park High School) are opposed to closing or demolishing South Park Middle School( South Park High School). SP has 71 years of graduating classes and many years of memories. Lamar was st...
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news article needed from 2000
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How can I find info regarding a car crash with 4 fatalities that happened in 2000 in Orange County, TX? I would prefer not to post the party names here, but if anyone can point me me in the right location for a search, it would be appreciated? Investigating a possible case of identity theft.
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Microsoft VISTA - What do you think?
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Tell us what YOU think of Microsoft's new Windows Vista OS. Are you going to instal it on your PC? Microsoft Corp. is heralding its Jan. 30 launch of Windows Vista, its first new operating system since Windows XP from 2001, with a campaign using the word "wow," in phrases such as &...
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New Years Resolution
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I just want to share my good fortune with my friends and neighbors who are trying to lose weight as a New years resolution. I have been overweight for a long time and I have tried every diet I think was invented. I lost weight but then I gained it back. Finally I found a nurse practitioner here in Beau...
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Why does Kyle Hayes want to hire an interim Fire Chief from outside the department?
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I saw in the Enterprise article on Micky Bertrand's retirement that Kyle Hayes wants to hire an interim chief from outside the fire department. His logic was that he wanted to wait until some of the conflict between the City and Firefighters was resolved. I would think that this action is going to crea...
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The top ten stories of 2006
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The Enterprise editors have selected their list of the year's Top 10 stories. Take our survey and let us know which you think ranked as the top story of 2006. Reply to this forum and tell us your thoughts on the past year's news... **You MUST log-in to participate in the survey Som...
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Problems at Ozen; BISD getting sued
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Well, Ozen started out as a magnet school and it has been a magnet for trouble.
It was reported in the Houston Press this week that the young girl and her parents at the center of the KKK sex club controversy is suing BISD to the tune of 1.25 million dollars.
Is anyone suprised?
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Addie Lee Scott-Robinson
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I am looking for the obituary of Addie Lee Robinson who died in Beaumont, January 1991. You may email me @ Lmcwill2@yahoo.com
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Children's fire deaths vs. CNN/Vidor
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The Beaumont Enterprise wrote an extended story about CNN's created racism in Vidor on the front page of the paper. A tragic story about the fire deaths of an infant child and elementary student from Vidor were buried in that same paper. Two separate families have lost children and one family h...
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Rumsfeld resigning, Republican officials say
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down as defense secretary on Wednesday, one day after midterm elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican losses. President Bush said he would nominate Robert Gates, a former CIA director, to replace Rumsfeld at the P...
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YouTube top ten
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Take a look at some of the top ten YouTube videos from 2006. Click reply and post links to YOUR fave YouTube videos. And don't forgot to vote for a video.*[url=http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17594316&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512566&rfi=6]...
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"Bold projects aren't barrier to firefighter pay"
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... states the print on the Opinions page under the Editorial section of the December 10, 2005, Beaumont Enterprise. With all of the slanted publicity generated by the Beaumont Enterprise in past weeks about the Beaumont Firefighters, how can this be believed to be a reasonable opinion. It is Thoma...
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