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Rider soph. quarterback Shavodrick Beaver takes the stage for the Raiders on Friday nights this season.

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Pastor Bill Jackson from Victory Baptist Church .

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Bert Stewart, educational specialist with Three Rivers Fund and the Commanche Springs Astronomy Campus outside of Crowell, stands underneath the large dome of what will be the main telescope observatory.

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Michelle Collar stands in front of her Nissan 350Z.

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Wichita Falls math teacher Angela Weatherby.

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Ryan Heath (in black) on drums, Eric McClung (in blue) on guitar, and Aaron Epp (in red) on bass. They make up the band When We Dance We Dance for a Reason.

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DJ MF Maniac is hosting a block party at Hastings Saturday starting at 3 p.m. Live music from local artists, dancers, MC's and poets will perform until 9 p.m.

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Former Vernon District Attorney Jack Hightower sits in his office in Austin with a small portion of his extensive collection of political books and signed photographs on the wall behind him. Now retired, Hightower served in the Texas Senate from 1965-1974, the U. S. House of Representatives from 1975-1985 and was a Texas Supreme Court Justice from 1988-1996.

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Rosie Flanigan is competing for the state title of the Texas Principal of the Year. Flanigan is the principal at Texoma Alternative Center in Iowa Park and earned the Region 9 Outstanding Principal of the Year by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals.

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Wichita Falls High School football coach Travis Pride watches his Coyotes team play the Sweetwater Mustangs Friday night.

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Joan McCarty, owner of McCarty Music on Kemp, poses for a portrait in front of a stand of guitars.

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Havona, a jazzy quartet made up by Benny Barhart, Donovan Hickman, Geoff Meador and Bruce Canafax (left to right).

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Diana Cleaver, mom to both Jerry Griffin, who is in Baghdad right now with the Army's Third Infantry Division, and Kevin Griffin, who is in the Air Force and is stationed at Goodfellow in San Angelo.

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Brooks Cain stands in her front yard with daughters Sydney, Abbie and Katie, left to right. Cain will help teach a Christian Parenting seminar at Floral Heights United Methodist Church.

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MSU ROTC graduate Bill Westendorf takes the Oath of Office Saturday afternoon with a ceremony at the Sikes Lake Student Center as a U.S. flag waves in the breeze underneath the gazebo.

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Burkburnett country singer, Harley Lynn.

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MSU women's basketball coach Shannon Burks and his six-week old adopted son pose for a portrait Wednesday afternoon.

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With a goals against average below one per game, Midwestern State goalie Eli O'Dwyer has been a wall in net for the Lady Indians in 2004.

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Payton Beggs, 12, says she would like to broaden her musical talent beyond her singing ability, which has already landed her a spot on the Johnnie High's Country Music Revue in Arlington.

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Lucky Cleaver laughs as he stands in front of one of his living room walls, covered with photographs and accomplishments of his children. His son Emanuel Cleaver was elected as the first black mayor of Kansas City in 1991.

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Actor Joe Stephens

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Rider sophomores Shavodrick Beaver (left) and Jurell Thompson (right) will hit the big stage of Friday night for the Raiders this season.

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Wichita Falls rap artist Kroe B in the studio.

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Old High girls 4x100 and 4x200 relay team Santana Torres, Sherrelle Roberts, Taneisha Thurman and Janette Merriex (left to right)