Sheila's Potpourri
News from Huntington
      Reba Clark visited with Frank and Elena Clark in Lufkin for several days. Ethel and Louis Pate of Atlanta were visiting Mildred Denman when they came to check on their lake property. One evening when it was so warm this last time, I glanced at Robert Flurry's rose garden as I passed by and it loo...
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Foundation makes seventeen grants
      The Pineywoods Foundation of Lufkin, which supports cultural and charitable endeavors in East Texas, made seventeen grants to organizations serving fourteen counties during 2007. Bob Bowman, Foundation administrator, said the counties include Angelina, Jasper, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Newt...
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ALL AROUND LUFKIN
Janice Ann Rowe
      My column for last week was lost in cyber space between Lufkin and Kilgore so here is a belated last week's column plus news from this week. Thanks to all of you who missed me. I'll promise not to let it happen again. Lesley Cates is the wedding and events coordinator two days a week at the Bed a...
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     Theresa Kessinger, President of the Capt. Ike Turner Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, serves eggnog to members and their husbands at the organizations annual Christmas dinner. A "Confederate Scramble" gift exchange followed. The dinner, held at the W.L. Cox home on Damascus Road on Dece...
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Upgraded traffic signals installed at intersection of Loop 287 and FM 58
      LUFKIN - The Texas Department of Transportation is advising motorists traveling through the intersection of Loop 287 and FM 58 in Lufkin to use extra caution Thursday morning, December 13, 2007. That's when new traffic signals will begin operation at the intersection. To avoid delays motorists sho...
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Musical treat for Daughters of the American Revolution
      NSDAR December News: The Anthony Smith Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met on December 4, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Pinecrest Retirement Center, Lufkin, TX. Regent Patsy McGill called the meeting to order and welcomed members and guests.
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Turning over a new leaf
starting with education
By MARCELLA HERNDON Staff writer
      Offenders at Diboll Correctional Center participated in a graduation ceremony Friday in celebration of their academic achievements. Staff members Sheryl West, Ron Luman, Bobby Phillips, Joe Bynum, John cook, Anthony Easley, Marc Gunn and Tanya Clevenger assisted in making graduation day for offe...
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Rudolph: Red-nosed reindeer, phenomenon
T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library News
      You know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixon, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? The Montgomery Ward Company, the Chicago-based retail operator, had purchased and distributed children's coloring books as Christmas gifts for their customers for sev...
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Rock 'n Read this Christmas holiday
Kurth Library News
      Lufkin… You might see Santa "rocking and reading" during the holidays! Keep an eye out for five incredibly hand-painted rockers circulating throughout Lufkin during the Christmas season. It's part of Kurth Memorial Library's Rock N' Read Auction.
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You Call That a Prediction?
By The Associated Press
      It's an annual sport - making New Year's predictions. So which ones were the winners, and which were the losers in 2007? And what will be the entries for 2008? A look back and ahead: FASHION 2007 prediction: The year of the dress.
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Allure's Linda Wells predicts the face of '08 will wear bright colors
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer
      NEW YORK (AP) - There will be three Cs the face of 2008 will need to know: color, cream and caffeine. Linda Wells, editor in chief of Allure magazine, predicts those will be the beauty trends in the New Year. They all lend themselves to a move away from the very ladylike style that dominated in ...
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Letters to Santa
      DIBOLL PRIMARY - MRS. KIRKLAND'S 1ST GRADE CLASS Dear Santa, Please bring me a skateboard and motorcycle. I love you Santa. Merry Christmas. Amiya Armstead Dear Santa, I wote a black jackit with a scelitin. I'll trie to bee good. I love Santa. How is Rudolf. Wod you bteing me a Mike Mous fo...
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