June 11, 2008 / Front Page

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COPCARTS

Diboll police dept. cuts fuel costs
Diboll police have two new patrol vehicles, so watch that jogging at excessive speed The golf carts, which arrived Saturday, June 7, will be used at athletic events and civic center functions, patrolling Old Orchard Park as well as neighborhood pa More...

DISD hears end-of-year reports at last scheduled meeting of 2007-2008 year

The Diboll school board heard end-of-year reports May 27 as trustees held their final meeting of the school year. More...

County News

Forest Association boasts landowner opportunities

The Texas Forest Association has compiled a brochure that list cost-share programs available to landowners that can help reduce the cost of managing forest lands. More...

$8,000 Transport Ventilator donation make patient care safer, easier at Memorial Heath Systems

Transporting ventilator dependent patients from one area of the hospital to another has been made easier by a recent donation from the Memorial Volunteer Auxiliary to the Respiratory Department at Memorial Health System of East Texas. More...

News From The Round Table At Pouland's

Shirley Terrell and her traveling friend, Juanita Johnston from Redland, have returned from a seven-day trip to Howard, Ohio. More...

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Obituaries

Terry Stephen Carter

Funeral services for Terry Stephen Carter, 44, of Livingston were held Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Mr. More...

Bryan Keith Cartwright

Services for Bryan were held June 7, 2008, at the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Trampus Black, Reverend Horace Fletcher and Reverend Grant Hanes officiating. More...

Maria Isabel Fernandez

Mrs. Fernandez was born April 14, 1912, in Santa Maria, Texas, the daughter of the late Antonia (Sanchez) and Catarino Fernandez. She passed away Thursday, June 5, 2008, in a local hospital. More...

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City council favors conservation contribution

Diboll will participate in a planning effort that promises to increase tourism and make East Texas a better place to live after city council members agreed to a $5,000 contribution to the effort. More...

Election investigation follows May 10 polls

The Angelina County district attorney's office has begun a preliminary inquiry into Diboll's May 10 city election, in which six county residents are alleged to have voted illegally, DA Clyde Herrington confirmed last week. More...

DISD Teacher of the Year named

Stacie Davis, a teacher at Temple Elementary School, is the Diboll ISD Teacher of the Year for 2007-08. More...

Happenings

Fairview Church and Fairview Cemetery Assn will present the church's annual Fathers Day Homecoming service at 10 a.m. June 15. The homecoming has been a tradition since 1939 and is the church's way of honoring all fathers. More...

Local History

ALL THIINGS HIISTORIICAL

Alabama-Coushatta tribe linked with Texas history
Archie P. McDonald

Thousands of people drive through East Texas each year without the knowledge that an Indian reservation-- one that played a role in the independence of Texas--exists within the pine forests. More...

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS

Conneticut yankee was Republic's Renaissance Man
BY BARTEE HAILE

The Republic senate overlooked the fact Dr. Ashbel Smith had been in Texas only a month and on Jun. 12, 1837 confirmed the appointment of the Conncticut Yankee as surgeon general. More...

Thirty Years of Press Clippings

A Public Service of The History Center

ONE YEAR AGO Diboll City Council appoints Diboll businessman Lewis Ivey city representative to the Angelina County Central Appraisal District. State mourns the passing of Harry Hubbard, Huntington native and former president of the Texas AFL-CIO. More...

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Sports

See You on the Lake

Singing conventions were the highlights of our young lives
Woody Cooper

Music is one of the important things of my life and always has been. Some of my earliest recollections have been the sound of music. I love to hear voices in harmony and almost any kind of instrumental working up a musical storm. More...

Photo

Diboll Lady Jack PaShun Tappin signs her official letter of intent to continue her Volleyball career I college at Wylie College in Marshall, TX. She is joined by Coach Emily Breedlove at the signing. More...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Jacks 7-on-7 Football Tournament Saturday, June 14 in Jasper 12p.m. Rex Hadnot Sports Camp June 18, 2008 Rain or Shine No Charge Register by June 15 Forms available at the Diboll Free Press or Academy. More...

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