Alwine steps down as ROTC chief February 3, 2010 FLORESVILLE -- Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Alwine has retired. (More)
‘Wagonmasters’ deliver school supplies February 2, 2010 (By Staff Sgt. Rob Strain) -- JEDELLAH SOFLA, Iraq -- Members of the 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), the “Wagonmasters,” delivered boxes of school supplies to Iraqi children Jan. 20 in Jedellah Sofla, a small village near Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq. (More)
Chess Club wins at SA tournament
January 26, 2010 The Floresville Chess Club fielded a team of seven competitors at the 14th annual Martin Luther King Chess Tournament held in San Antonio Jan. 16. (More)
Music provides passport to China January 26, 2010 SAN ANTONIO (Revised 1/28/10) -- When the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio’s (YOSA) Philharmonic Orchestra takes the stage Sunday, Jan. 31, for its “Northern Lights” concert, Jacob Kolodziej will be among the select members playing music by renowned New York composer Daron Hagen. (More)
Free college planning classes set
January 19, 2010 Connections Individual & Family Services Inc. is providing free college pre-planning classes for youth. The first class will be held Monday, Jan. 25, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Connections building, located at 559 10th St. (U.S. 181), Suite 2, in Floresville. (More)
Coleby Walden wins trip to Japanese island January 19, 2010 Coleby Walden, the fifth-grade daughter of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Walden of La Vernia and his wife, Randa, has been selected to participate in an adventure school on Yoron Island, Japan. The Walden family is currently living in Okinawa, where Coleby’s father is stationed. (More)
Tips for tackling childhood obesity
January 12, 2010 Home-cooked meals and impromptu baseball games seem to be things of the past, replaced with prepackaged foods and hundreds of TV stations. Americans rely more and more on quick-fix foods and effortless entertainment. These sedentary habits are formed at earlier ages than ever before, taking an especially harsh toll on the waistlines of children. (More)
Poth students have a blast with astronaut program January 12, 2010 Fifth-grade students at Poth Elementary School experienced what it was like to be an astronaut through the Challenger Learning Center’s Satellite Program, which came to Poth and offered a hands-on and minds-on experience that these kids will never forget. (More)
County food-challenge contest
January 5, 2010 Seventeen members of the Wilson County 4-H Club participated in the county level of the 4-H Food Challenge Dec. 14 in the Church of Christ in Stockdale. (More)
