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            <description><![CDATA[Suday an Amarillo family hosted the newly found, Amarillo Lupus Awareness Walk.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Four legged friends enjoy Muttfest celebration]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amarillo Zoo celebrates Asian Pacific Month]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Homer's Backyard Ball works to carry on tradition]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Community Partners grant 33 teenagers with laptops]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amarillo mom and pop restaurants surpass those corporately owned, in popularity]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Panhandle Restaurant Group partners said it's  face-to-face contact that keeps local restaurants like Joe Daddy's, Macaroni Joes, and Joe taco, growing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amarillo celebrates National Tourism Week]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hutchinson County youth leaders address synthetic drug use among teens]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thursday evening members of the Hutchinson County Youth Board will host a town hall meeting regarding the use of K2 and other synthetic drugs among teens.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ceta Canyon host open house]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Staff welcomed the public to experience all the camp and retreat center has to offer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Panhandle SOTX host 2013 Springs Games]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make-A-Wish grants wish for 12-year-old girl]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In celebration of World Wish Day, Destiny Mears from Pampa had her wish come true Sunday.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Community continues to support Juan's Project]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Saturday Juan Gallegos's friends and family hosted a fundraiser to increase finances for Juan's Project at Thompson Park.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[WTAMU working to support the HSQ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Harrington String Quartet and the Amarillo Symphony have worked together for decades. That relationship has been severed along with a source of funds.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Los Barrios De Amarillo grant Hispanic graduates scholarships]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thursday evening, Los Barrios De Amarillo celebrated the accomplishments of local Hispanic high school graduates at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shoot Out MS aims to put bullet through disease]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Shoot Out MS is May 17 and 18, an auction and dinner will be hosted Friday evening followed by the competition on Saturday.]]></description>
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