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		<title>United in marriage and chili</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/united-in-marriage-and-chili/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duo are first husband and wife to both win first place at world chili championship in Terlingua Linda Odom will give you her recipe, but you can’t cook her chili. Try anyway, and you’ll need floaters and dumps. It’s OK &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/united-in-marriage-and-chili/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ghost hunters</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/east-texas-paranormal-investigators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a cool, damp night in Longview, paranormal investigator Misty Richardson says she will not fear the spirits she expects to encounter during research of a local burial ground. <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/east-texas-paranormal-investigators/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Constable selling a local legend</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/constable-selling-a-local-legend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For sale: a 1978 Plymouth Salon. Avocado-green paint. Not appropriate for all drivers – especially no teenagers. “I don’t want to get ’em killed,” says the car’s owner, Hays County Constable James Kohler. Click here to read the story on &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/constable-selling-a-local-legend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Historic church adapts to serve changing population</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/historic-church-adapts-to-serve-new-population/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a winter day in 1886, at a farmhouse east of Kyle, 16 German settlers gathered to form a church. The body established by that long-ago meeting, now called Immanuel Baptist, celebrated its 125th anniversary this past Sunday. The church’s &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/historic-church-adapts-to-serve-new-population/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An afternoon at the market</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/an-afternoon-at-the-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a farmers market in the Texas Hill Country, traders offer fresh produce, artisanal foods and more than a few stories. Click here to read the story in the Hays Free Press.]]></description>
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		<title>Unicycle football is hell on wheel</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/unicycle-football-hell-on-wheel/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2011/unicycle-football-hell-on-wheel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a classic underdog story. A scrappy football team. No talent, all heart. Fighting for a chance at the playoffs. The competition? Only the most skillful team in the league. A squad so overconfident, its captain says things like &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/unicycle-football-hell-on-wheel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sassman&#8217;s last stand</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/sassmans-last-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A confrontation between neighbors. Criminal charges and disappearing evidence. A road project in Uhland is the latest fuel for this small-town feud. Gordon Sassman&#8217;s heart was racing. His hands were shaking. He was so wound up, he hadn&#8217;t gotten an &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/sassmans-last-stand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For grandma raising 13, this is &#8216;the worst time&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-worst-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yolanda Sanchez Perez, a hardworking grandma, lives with 13 of her grandkids on a muddy piece of land outside of town. The only bathtub on the property is in a worn-down travel trailer in the backyard. The trailer has no &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/the-worst-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No more changes for Rebel mascot</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/no-more-changes-for-rebel-mascot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mustachioed mascot at Hays High School looks like he’s hopping mad. If so, he’s got his reasons. First, “Colonel Jack” lost his belt buckle bearing the Stars and Bars. Then the carpetbaggers commandeered his pistols, replacing them with a &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/no-more-changes-for-rebel-mascot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Auctioning off the past</title>
		<link>http://wesferguson.net/2011/auctioning-off-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://wesferguson.net/2011/auctioning-off-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday morning Dale Wheelis raised the bay door of a storage unit whose renters had fallen hopelessly behind on their payments. Till that moment, the contents of the unit had been open to nothing but speculation. Now more than &#8230; <a href="http://wesferguson.net/2011/auctioning-off-the-past/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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