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November 20, 2013

GC Football: Playoff Preview — Blooming Grove vs. Leonard
By Mike Phillips, Corsicana Daily Sun
Source: http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/sports/x967391711/GC-Football-Playoff-Preview-Blooming-Grove-vs-Leonard

• "Council hears worker complaint" — Corsicana Daily Sun, May 4, 2011. Snippet: Grover Raney, a
  part-time code enforcement official, resigned Apr 26, accusing another [person/party, cut off in
  snippet]. Source: http://corsicanadailysun.com/local/x1113180029/Council-hears-worker-complaint/print
• "Clearing Blooming Grove streets of strays" — Corsicana Daily Sun / News, Mar 8, 2011. Snippet: a
  long-running stray-animal problem on Blooming Grove streets may be ending after a city council
  vote. Source: http://corsicanadailysun.com/news/x814630605/Clearing-Blooming-Grove-streets-of-strays
• "Blooming Grove ISD not planning lay-offs" — Corsicana Daily Sun / Latest News, Apr 16, 2011.
  Snippet: BGISD doesn't anticipate layoffs but has frozen salaries for now. Source:
  http://corsicanadailysun.com/local/x7461118/Blooming-Grove-ISD-not-planning-lay-offs
• "Grubbs says Blooming Grove the right fit" — Corsicana Daily Sun / Sports, Apr 11, 2011. Snippet:
  Gary Grubbs was an Odessa Permian assistant the year H.G. Bissinger researched "Friday Night
  Lights." Source: http://corsicanadailysun.com/sports/x1281108781/Grubbs-says-Blooming-Grove-the-right-fit
• "Blooming Grove mayor resigns" — Corsicana Daily Sun / Latest News, Sep 12, 2010. Snippet: Al
  Smith's resignation as Mayor of Blooming Grove confirmed at the city's regular council meeting.
  Source: http://corsicanadailysun.com/local/x587175677/Blooming-Grove-mayor-resigns
• "Blooming Grove announces scholarship recipients" — Corsicana Daily Sun / Latest News, May 26,
  2010. Snippet: Blooming Grove High School held its annual scholarship/awards program; recipients
  listed in the source article. Source: http://corsicanadailysun.com/local/x1174310860/Blooming-Grove-announces-scholarship-recipients
• "Bigfoot sighted near Navarro Mills Lake!" — texasbigfoot.org. Snippet: a woman reports an early-
  morning visual encounter on rural property near Navarro Mills Lake. Source:
  http://www.texasbigfoot.org/reports/report/detail/1081
• "Turkey release" — embedded video (click to watch), hosted at
  https://bloominggrovetx.com/video/turkey%20release.flv, with an alternate source at
  http://videos.star-telegram.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=3055980&item_index=4&all=1&sort=NULL.
  Caption: TPWD wildlife biologists oversee the release of dozens of wild turkeys to Navarro County
  in an effort to restore turkeys to an area where ranchers are actively restoring native prairie
  (Feb. 5, 2009). Video by Ron T. Ennis.
• Related: "Making themselves at home," Corsicana Daily Sun, Wed Feb 11 — over 100 wild turkeys
• Related: "Turkey Days," Corsicana Daily Sun, Sat Feb 7 — 131 wild turkeys released in western
• Related Topix: Hunting (http://www.topix.com/outdoors/hunting), Outdoor Recreation
• "Central Texas Residents Witness Fire Falling from Sky" — Associated Content. Snippet: Central
  Texas residents witnessed "fireballs" and felt "explosions" Sunday; first thought to be satellite
  debris but officials say unrelated. Source:
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1482492/central_texas_residents_witness_fire.html
• "Alva Smith Eyes future of Blooming Grove" — via Corsicana Daily Sun. Source:
  http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/archivesearch/local_story_201185128.html
• "Blooming Grove ranch going native — with grasses" — hosted locally at
  https://bloominggrovetx.com/html/Local%20News_Grasses.htm. Excerpt shown: "You can't bring it
  back completely. But we have the technology to restore some important grasses." On a spring day,
  a visitor to the 77 Ranch is easily overwhelmed by the perfume of bluebonnets and sweet clover.
  Via Waco Tribune-Herald: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/05/06052007wacgrassranch.html
• Related: "Managing land with conservation in mind can be profitable," by Charlie Trusty, Waco
• Related: "Texas rancher: conservation efforts make most of rainfall," via AP. Source:
• "Local Artist Commissioned for Downtown Blooming Grove Mural" — hosted locally at
  https://bloominggrovetx.com/html/Local%20News_Mural.htm
• Related: "Blooming Grove Blossoms….", article by Janet Jacobs, Corsicana Daily Sun,