Outside of the busy town centre, the Sauer-Beckmann farmstead in the Lyndon B Johnson State Park, 18 miles east of town, showcases how German settlers lived on the farm.

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The Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park in adjacent Johnson City preserves the ranch, as well as the site of his boyhood home.

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The former Wimbledon, Bolton Wanderers and England B striker took the Spytty Park club into the Blue Square Premier with a record-breaking season.

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England take on Ireland in the tournament opener at Surrey Sports Park, before pool B games against Kazakhstan and the United States.

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Now, this is what I had a chance to talk about when I met with some young men from Hyde Park Academy who were participating in this B.

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Going into the Cardiff Arms Park game, the Blues top Group B by four points from Bath, with Leicester also retaining a slim hope of qualification if they beat Sale and the Blues lose.

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After the state rejected the construction of another hard structure, park officials, working with environmentalists, came up with a Plan B: Move gas, water and sewer lines out of the risk zone.

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It is currently housed in Block B alongside the Enigma and Turing Exhibitions but its popularity means a bigger home is needed ahead of the park's relaunch in 2014.

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