Inpatient care at Thomas T. Connally Medical Center in Marlin will be temporarily suspended once 32 more patients are transferred today to Olin E. Teague Veterans

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Texas officials were preparing for what could become a hurricane with winds around 115 mph as Lili churned its way toward the Gulf Coast, with landfall possible Thursday.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the ninth Frank W. Mayborn Humanitarian Award has been extended to Monday, Oct. 7.So, if you know someone who should be considered there is still time to prepare an entry.The Temple Daily Telegram and Killeen Daily Herald sponsor the award in order to to honor a Central Texan who has made a difference for our area through his or her good works and good actions.The award, established in 1991, recognizes and honors someone who goes beyond the routine in his or her daily life and produces a legacy of good works which benefit all of us.The 2002 recipient of the Frank W. Mayborn Humanitarian Award will be someone who has done something recently or someone who has a lifetime of continuous humanitarian and/or civic involvement and achievement.

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North Central Texas gave Temple a strong challenge in Tuesday night's college volleyball match at TC Gym, making it last long enough to delay the Temple men's basketball team's first practice of the new season.However, TC's Leopards had enough weapons, skill, and poise to defeat NCTC's game Lions 30-26, 30-24, 25-30, 30-27.Temple improved to 22-11 overall and, more important, 5-0 in Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference play to keep pace with defending league champion Hill going into those teams' duel at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Hillsboro.North Central fell to 12-11, 1-3.Coach Charles Watts' Leopards overcame a 10-point deficit to win the opening game, cruised to victory in the second one, then lost a sloppy third game before recovering and staving off the Lions to win the closely contested fourth game and the match."We showed a lot of character and heart tonight, and that's the way we should play all the time," Watts said. "Play 110 (percent) and have fun

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