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Former Dibollians Boots and Howard Hutto are TV celebrities. They have moved from Cedar Creek Lake to Highland Springs Retirement Community in Dallas. From more than 300 residents they were chosen to do a TV commercial for the HS community. Their daughter, Rita Howard, lives about one mile from them and went over to help them get ready for the filming. More ... Thanks to the management of the Diboll Free Press for allowing me this opportunity to communicate monthly with its readers about Diboll ISD. The Diboll ISD board of trustees, staff and students are committed to being the "District of Choice" in East Texas. More ... Now that the excitement of having had a presidential primary that Means Something has died down a bit, maybe we can safely observe that this has been a really strange presidential election cycle. Think about it. Liberals have been dreaming for years and years of the day when the country would be ready for a black president or a woman president. More ... Be sure that you go by the Museum of East Texas and see the photographs taken by Holly Henderson, 28 year old daughter of Joie and Simon (Bubba) Henderson, III. Her black and white photos are of local people and places here in East Texas. The exhibit is entitled "Home in East Texas". More ... "The Love of Sunya," with silentscreen superstar Gloria Swanson and a handsome Texan as her handpicked leading man, opened on Mar. 12, 1927 in New York City. John Boles grew up in Greenville, where he was born in 1895. More ... Richard Donovan told Angelina Country Retired Teachers about the importance of the Neches River at the group's meeting Feb. 20. He spoke on the importance of the Neches River in the East Texas landscape and showed a very interesting slide show of his 27-day trip on the river. There is a mixture of historical, wildlife and rare plant photos of the river's drainage area. More ... The Diboll Garden Club met on February 26, 2008 in the home of Kathy Sample. Virginia Welch President of Cut N' Grow Garden Club, Lufkin gave the program on the Life of a Mother Hummingbird. Door prizes were won by Gloria Neel and Sophie Lenderman. More ... David Kellam, Temple-Inland vice president, Solid Wood, presents a $1,000 contribution to Linda Smelley, representing Lufkin Kiwanis Club. The building products operation in Diboll made the donation as a corporate sponsor. More ... Congratulations to Courtney Franks of Blue Ribbon 4- H in Huntington, won Reserve Grand Champion with her Commercial Heifers at Angelina County Youth Fair. More ... March is officially BrainMinders month and Brain Awareness Week is March 10-16. The Pilot Club of Diboll is participating in this year's Brain Awareness Week by presenting a BrainMinders program to the Kindergarten students at Diboll Primary School BrainMinders is an educational program developed by Pilot International designed to teach children how to protect their brain More ... Editor's note: This is one of a series of testimonials to be published leading up to the Angelina County Relay for Life May 2-3. My name is Jean Hamilton (Mean Jean) and this is the story of a woman who has survived two different cancers. The doctors told me neither was related to the other. More ... At this time the Library is closed for the move to the temporary location at 800 N. Temple. Never fear, we will open again on Monday March 24, 2008 in our new location, albeit with a smaller selection of books. Thankfully, it is all just temporary and before you know it, we will be back in our newly renovated building and open with a full collection. More ... |
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