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Steffy and Stella Viju credit their work ethic, rather than intelligence, for rising to the top of Poteet High School’s Class of 2014. The identical twins couldn’t outwork each other, though. They took the same advanced classes and shared a local and international background in education. They even cite equal duty to take care of their little sister after school. No wonder it took more than one tiebreaker to separate Steffy, the valedictorian, from salutatorian Stella. “We were a little disappointed that we couldn’t be up there giving our speeches together,” Stella said. In the traditional salutatorian-valedictorian order of graduation...

Poteet Mayor Reverses Decision To Resign After Child Indecency PleaLast Update: 10:22 am SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The mayor of Poteet says he no longer plans to resign over his guilty plea to child indecency charges. Lino Donato pleaded guilty last week to two counts of indecency by exposure and no contest to one count of indecency by contact for incidents between 1996 and 2000. Donato's guilty plea cut short his trial on accusations he exposed himself to two girls and improperly touched one of them. He planned a meeting today to resign as mayor of the town about 30...

Okay, okay... I know this is late for The Birthday, but I just received it.  I checked snopes and they don't seem to have it yet.  The e-mail came from a woman whose brother went to high school with Bum at French High School (Beaumont, Tx), so I'm thinking he really wrote it.  It sure sounds like him, anyway.  Does anyone know him personally so we can verify? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TEXAS -- FROM BUM PHILLIPS  Being Texan by Bum PhillipsDear Friends,   Last year, I wrote a small piece about what it means to me to be a Texan. My...