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February 13, 2008  RSS feed

Diboll garners first place at mock trial
State competition, in Tyler, was easier the second time
The Diboll High Mock Trial team competed in Tyler on Saturday, Feb. 9, and won first place. This is the second time for the team to go to state but the first time in the history of Diboll High School for its students to place first. More...
Happenings

Diboll Tamale Festival The City of Diboll has scheduled a new - and, hopefully, annual - festival to East Texas. Diboll will host its first Diboll Tamale Festival March 15 and 16. This upcoming event will bring food, fun and family entertainment to the grounds of the Lottie & Arthur Temple Civic Center. More...

May 10 municipal election on calendar
By Jerry Gaulding Free Press Editor

Diboll City Council Monday night officially called the May 10 municipal election, which will include a vote on whether Diboll should become a homerule city. A 15-member Home Rule Committee also was appointed to work with City Attorney Jimmy Cassels to draft a city charter. Voters May 10 will vote on whether to accept the proposed charter. More...

 County News
• Sheila's Potpourri
News from Huntington
Etta Pinner celebrated another big day this month and had about 50 of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with her for her party. Mrs. Pinner has lived in Rocky Hill all my life and of course her youngest son, the late Mack Pinner started first grade with us. We spent all our school life together before he passed away much too young. More...
• article has image Daughters of the American Revolution
• article has image Diboll Garden Club: "How to Harvest Rainwater"
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 Local History
• article has image A good ol' store, Poynor General remembered
Losing a community institution is like losing a good friend. Such was the case when the Poynor General Store closed last summer in the Henderson County community on U.S. Highway 175. Poynor was laid off by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad when it reached the community in 1901 and was named after D. H. Poynor, a surveyor for the line. More...
• article has image A glimpse back in time: 30 years of clippings
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 Church
• Church news
The Huntington United Methodist Church February 3rd was the third Sunday after the Epiphany and the color is white. It was Transfiguration Sunday, too. Thought: We should focus on what we have, not on what we do not have. Joshua 5:12. More...
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 Obituaries
• Jessie Doyle Burns
Jessie Doyle Burns, 94, of Lufkin, was born October 12, 1913, in Angelina County, Texas, the son of the late Lovisey Jane (Townsend) and Millard Fillmore Burns. He passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008, in a local hospital. Mr. Burns was retired from the R. C. Cola Company, where he was employed as a salesman. More...
• Jean Corbett
• Raymond Dickens
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 Sports
• article has image Lufkin's Tatum signs with AC
Diboll JV and Varsity Baseball teams hosted Trinity Friday night for a scrimmage game. JV play was impressive with a 8-0 shutout. Pitchers in the game where Sergio Pena, Caleb Stanford, Carlos Medina. All three looked good off the hill. Everybody that stepped to the plate reached first base by either by a walk or a base hit. More...
• article has image Positive approach essential in fishing and all sports
• UIL realignment announced, Diboll down shifts
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