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A Piney Woods retreat that has hosted national church conferences on controversial issues, celebrated the consecration of bishops and provided summer memories for thousands of teens now faces another kind of challenge. The nearly two square miles of forest, hills, fields, lakes and buildings that make up Camp Allen Conference & Retreat Center, 15 miles southeast of Navasota, lie in a two-mile-wide strip listed in state documents as the preferred route for the planned Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor. Proposed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2002, the corridor plan has drawn heated opposition at town hall meetings and public hearings throughout Southeast...

Historic Governors' Mansion opens today By Becky Orr rep6@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - People celebrated the 100th birthday of the Wyoming Historic Governors' Mansion in style Friday night at the centennial banquet. The evening recognized Wyoming governors, first ladies and first families. The gala paid tribute to those first family members whose efforts played a significant role in restoring the mansion at 300 E. 21st St. The Historic Governors' Mansion Foundation raised $1.5 million to restore the former home of Wyoming's top elected officials and their families. Money came from several sources, including the Legislature, donations, grants...

Expect terror attack - Cohen Former defense secretary speaks at UW forum By Becky Orr rep6@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle LARAMIE - Americans should expect more terrorist attacks on United States soil, a former secretary of defense says. William S. Cohen said Thursday that future attacks are inevitable given the country's size, its uncontrolled borders and other factors. "We may foil most of them," Cohen said. "(But) we have to be successful 100 percent of the time." Those plotting against America have to be successful only once, he added. "The question becomes, 'What do we do?'" Cohen is a...