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The Beacon Bulletin
Click here for a copy of the October 2009 Beacon Bulletin newsletter.Click Here
Forty for Forty Campaign
Join Friends of the Library in 2009 as we celebrate the April 20, 1969 opening of library on the site of the former Smith Hotel. Give to the Forty for Forty campaign by donating $40 to purchase a book in honor, memory, or to recognize a local business/individual. A Fortieth Birthday celebration will be held Thursday, April 16 from 2:00-4:00 at the Union Parish Library. Celebrate forty years of library service and give to make a difference in the next forty years! Download the application here.Click Here
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Internet Use Policy
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Retire Union Parish
Visit the new Retire Union Parish website at www.RetireUnionParish.org and learn about the great quality of life that we call home!
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On the Calendar:  Monday, 11/30/2009
Synergy Brass Band: The Union Parish Arts Council hosts the brass band Synergy for morning and afternoon sessions with the Farmerville High School band. An evening performance will be open to the public. Calendar

U.S. News
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Senate Dems win key vote to advance health bill

A sweeping health care overhaul narrowly clears its first hurdle in the Senate, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:19:07 GMT
Judge keeps Hasan confined until trial

A military magistrate rules that the Army psychiatrist charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be held until trial.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:26 GMT
Michael Jackson glove sells for $350,000

This glove worn byMichael Jackson for his 1983 performance on a MotownTV special was auctioned off Saturday.The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 is auctioned off for $350,000.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:28:28 GMT
Afghan war grows more visible in U.S.

The casket of Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen is carried out of the St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in North Attleborough, Mass., on Nov. 6.Van De Giesen died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. A record number of Afghan war deaths in October has forced the U.S. to take new notice of Afghanistan as debate rages over whether President Obama should send tens of thousands more troops.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:58 GMT
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted in deaths

A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:44:38 GMT
Hacked emails add fuel to climate dispute

Hackers break into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers and post an array of e-mails which causes a stir among skeptics who say discussions show a conspiracy.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:34:47 GMT
Nerves fray at Fort Hood as deployment nears

For some in a Fort Hood platoon that lost three in the on-base attack, anxiety is heightened ahead of an early January deployment to Afghanistan.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:55 GMT
Hasan had intensified contact with cleric

Nov. 10:FBI officialsadmitted they knew months ago that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan wase-mailing a radical Muslim cleric overseas. A Morning Meeting panel discusses how authorities missed what appeared to be multiple red flags in the Fort Hood massacre. (Other)Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan exchanged e-mails with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers, according to two sources.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:10:34 GMT
Stressed Marines got bad care, therapist says

Dr. Kernan Manion was fired after he complained about conditions for his patients at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.Marines treated for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear live-fire training, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:22:40 GMT
Militia movement resurfaces across U.S.

Ray Southwell, left, and Norm Olson, members of the Alaska Citizens Militia, stand by the woods near their home in Nikiski, Alaska, on Sept. 29. Olson's militia issmall at the moment, but there has been a resurgence of the militia movement nationwide.A civil rights organization says it has identified at least 50 new right-wing militia groups that have formed within the last two years, in part coinciding with the advent of the Obama administration.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:01 GMT
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