Maria Hix was named Woman of the Year by Texas Business Women Association of Fannin County and models wearing the latest spring fashions entertained the audience Saturday at the Annual Spring Fashion Show.
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Bob Self, Barbara Reeves, Sue Smith and Mike Smith greet guests arriving at Creative Arts Center in Bonham for Fannin County's first Cochon de Lait.
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The 2010 Neiman Marcus Willow Bend Stiletto Strut will benefit Star Children’s Charity.
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Durant Main Street announced Mega Bull ’10 tickets will go on sale the week of March 22. Choctaw Casino and Resort and Choctaw Travel Plaza will again co-sponsor its popular fundraiser. The event will be held on April 17, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the Durant Roundup Club Arena.
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1941 – Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity. Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the largest electric power-producing facility and the largest concrete structure in the United States. It is the fifth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world, as of the year 2008. The reservoir is called Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake, named after the United States President who presided over the completion of the dam. The foundation was built by the MWAK Company, a joint effort of several contractors united for this purpose. Consolidated Builders Incorporated, including industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, completed the dam. The United States Bureau of Reclamation with then chief designing engineer, John L. Savage supervised the design and construction and the Bureau continues to operate the dam today. Folk singer Woody Guthrie was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration to write songs about the Columbia Basin Project; the songs "Roll On Columbia" and "Grand Coulee Dam" are part of that series. The Grand Coulee Dam is almost a mile long at 5223 feet. The spillway is 1,650 feet wide. At 550 feet, it is taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza; all the pyramids at Giza could fit within the total area of its base. Its hydraulic height of 380 feet is more than twice that of Niagara Falls. There is enough concrete to build a four-foot wide, four-inch deep sidewalk twice around the equator.
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The Census estimates that every family of four that does not fill out the census costs McKinney around $50,000. In McKinney, census data is used to determine how much funding we receive from the federal government for programs that improve quality of life and help assess the needs of the community. It helps determine where to build roads, hospitals, schools and more.
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Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $114 million are awaiting nearly 109,600 Texans who did not file a federal income tax return for 2006, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.
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In Afghanistan, the U.S. military’s remote-controlled drones take out terrorists, while in Iraq, the number of unmanned systems on the ground increased from zero at the start of the war to 12,000 in five years. Reservations must be made by April 6.
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Ushers and Greeters attend annual CPR and first aid refresher course
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For 100 years, the Fort Smith Museum of History has been the time capsule for Fort Smith’s rich and colorful heritage. 1908 American Fire Engine Company Steam Pumper - photo by Stan Kujawa
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World War II veteran Dorothy Canty Forsberg, known as "Dottie," is part of the legacy of service by the nation's women that's honored each March during Women's History Month. Courtesy photo
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2003 – The 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq. The 2003 invasion of Iraq (from March 20 to May 1, 2003) was led by the United States, alongside the United Kingdom and smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark and Poland. Four countries participated with troops during the initial invasion phase, which lasted from March 20 to May 1. These were the United States (248,000), United Kingdom (45,000), Australia (2,000), and Poland (194). 36 other countries were involved in its aftermath. The invasion marked the beginning of the current Iraq War. In preparation for the invasion, 100,000 US troops were assembled in Kuwait by February 18. The United States supplied the vast majority of the invading forces, but also received support from Kurdish irregulars in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to then President of the United States, George W. Bush and then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, the reasons for the invasion were "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people." According to Blair, the trigger was Iraq's failure to take a "final opportunity" to disarm itself of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that US and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat to world peace. Although some remnants of pre-1991 production were found after the end of the war, US government spokespeople confirmed that these were not the weapons for which the US went to war. In 2005, the Central Intelligence Agency released a report saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. In a January 2003 CBS poll 64% of US nationals had approved of military action against Iraq, however 63% wanted President Bush to find a diplomatic solution rather than go to war, and 62% believed the threat of terrorism directed against the US would increase due to war. The invasion of Iraq was strongly opposed by some traditional US allies, including the governments of France, Germany, New Zealand, and Canada.
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