AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON - Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job. At a recent job fair, Kellum expressed interest in a supervisory role coordinating an international health assistance program. A recruiter set him straight: “The people applying for that are young.”
BELTON - A man who literally links generations of his family together and parades them down the street is not going to be the engine that pulls the train this year.
After 31 consecutive years at the head of a wagon train that has become a signature entry in the Belton Fourth of July Parade, Dr. Will Long, 88, will cede the controls this Saturday to his 63-year-old son, Dr. Bill Long.
Telegram staff writer
BELTON - Ryon and Andrea Dunlap of Salado follow a family tradition that goes back nearly three decades - riding horseback in the Belton July Fourth parade.
MILANO - Patriotism is alive and well in Milano, but it rules on July 4.
For the past five years, July Fourth has arrived in Milano with a bang, transforming downtown, the normally peaceful center of gravity, into a brightly animated potpourri of red, white and blue - decorating clothing, flags, balloons, streamers, tractors, four-wheelers, bikes, marchers, and vehicles - in a patriotic cavalcade that originates across town at the Charlie Martin Memorial Park.
Uncle Sam will be joining the festivities at this year´s children´s parade in the Temple Historic District.
The parade begins at 9 a.m. on the corner of North Ninth Street and French Street, with children marching north toward Nugent.
Memories are made of this.
About 25 years ago a young couple purchased their first home on Nugent Avenue in Temple. About six months later another young couple purchased the home next door.
KABUL - An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captured, officials said Thursday.
Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier disappeared Tuesday.
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