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THE MIGHTY MITES: THE ORPHANS WHO COULD
By Jim Dent
The fabled football team from the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Fort Worth lived up to its nickname, the “Mighty Mites.”

BORDERLINE: NO ONE'S SITTING ON THE FENCE
By Eileen Mattei
What do local residents think of the multimillion-dollar border fence that runs—intermittently—through private property, family farms and wildlife preserves in the Rio Grande Valley?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Our readers sound off.

POWER TALK
Co-op people, places and trivia.

ELECTRIC NOTES
Energy tips and safety information.

POWER CONNECTIONS
WARMING TREND
By Kaye Northcott
Electric space heaters have their place.

OBSERVATIONS
'NEW TEXANS' IN TOWN
By Terri H. Clamons
We’ve discovered Texans are happy because Texas is a great place to live.

TEXAS USA
PUTTING BACK THE PIECES
By Soll Sussman
A simple tile mural rescued from demolition offers a quiet reminder of San Antonio’s history.

FOOTNOTES IN TEXAS HISTORY
THE (MOSTLY) FRIENDLY CADDO
By Clay Coppedge
The Caddo people flourished all over East and Northeast Texas for hundreds of years, their farms and villages spilling over into modern-day Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

RECIPES
HOLIDAY RECIPE CONTEST
By Kevin Hargis
This year marked Texas Co-op Power’s first Holiday Recipe Contest sponsored by the Texas Peanut Producers Board, and we received an amazing response from our readers.

FOCUS ON TEXAS
ROUGHIN' IT
By Ashley Clary
Our monthly reader photo contest. No electricity, no running water, no civilization, no problem, right? Maybe …

AROUND TEXAS
Statewide Event Listings.

HIT THE ROAD
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
By Camille Wheeler
San Marcos’ glass-bottom kayak tours put focus on nature.