| The Story | A Runaway Bay fire marshal admits
to shooting a dog which leads to a Sheriff's Office investigation. |
| News worthiness (1 to 5) |
*** |
| The Spin | His application for the
position of Animal Control Officer was placed in the "reconsider" pile.
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| The Story | The Black Diamond Dancers of
Alvord High School performed at Texas Stadium on Thanksgiving along
side of Carrie Underwood. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | We would have seen them on
TV but the cameras were to busy showing us
this. |
| The Story | Front page of Thursday's Messenger: "Retail study seeks to
plug 'leaks'" (meaning, can we find a way to keep Wise County shopping
dollars from heading out out of town?) |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | Page 4A of Sunday's Messenger: Reporter Christina Lane
pens an editorial about her shopping adventures on "Black Friday" which
included early morning stops at Kohls, Best Buy, Target, Hastings, and
Beth Bad and Beyond. |
| The Story | A study published by a group (that
has too long of a name) finds that births to Wise County "teenagers" in
2004 numbered 89. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | The
study might help us out if it broke it down between births to 13 - 17
year olds and 18 -19 year olds. There would appear to be a difference. |
| The Story | Two Runaway Bay convenience store
owners seek a petition to allow "the sale of alcoholic beverages
including mixed drinks." |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Mixed drinks? As in "I'll
have a rum and coke with my burrito and tatter tots"? |