Archive for September, 2007

Scholarship benefit picking up steam

Areas businesses, groups and individuals are continuing to contribute items for a Sept. 15 fund raiser that will kick off efforts to fund scholarships to honor two Bastrop Police Department detectives killed in the line of duty.
A week after Detective Sgt. John Smith and Detective Sgt. Chuck Wilson were killed on Aug. 10 by a […]

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Scholarships send poor to school

Although Arinda and Cheza are from poor families, they still have big dreams.
The two 10-year-old girls want to be doctors when they grow up.
“I want to become a doctor because I am happy to be able to help others,” said Arinda, a fifth-grade student at a state school in Tangerang, Banten, who has come top […]

Friday, September 7th, 2007