Tuesday's Internet Edition, July 08, 2008.
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Those serving in the military away from home have access to the Internet; however, those serving in war zones have limited access to the Internet, depending on where they are stationed and their activity level. Therefore, these greetings will be up for 90 days to assure the service men and women’s ability to see their families’ messages. Unlike a telephone call that lasts for a matter of minutes and where you cannot typically see the family members to whom you are speaking, these video messages can be viewed time and time again simply by going into the website and selecting the “Military Videos” button.
Family units recording this past weekend came with anywhere from two to twenty-two people in their group. The family of William Langehennig, whose son Von is in Iraq, recorded a message that included greetings from parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and more.
This is the second year Texas News Center has provided this home front support to area families at no cost to the families or to the military person.
Fox Channel 7 News out of Austin had a segment on their Saturday evening news where they featured Texas News Center’s video taped messages to family members serving in the military. Their Houston affiliate ran the story on Monday of this week.
Texas News Center provides daily video news casts on the web for Lee and four other rural counties in Texas, operating with the Lexington Leader in downtown on the Square.