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.
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$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.
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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.
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Sheila's Potpourri
Sheila Scogin
      As far as I am concerned summer is here; might not be according to the calendar but it is already entirely too hot for me. On the days I'm forced to walk out to the road to the mailbox to get all that wonderful and glorious mail my trek is done as soon as possible so the shade from the trees will be there for me to use.
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ALL AROUND LUFKIN
Janice Ann Rowe
      Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Buford Abeldt, owner of Abeldt's Pharmacy, to the State Board of Pharmacy for a six-year term. He and Melissa went to Austin for the orientation meeting. I heard a group that gets together for lunch weekly that is called the "grunt n groans.
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Wanted: Volunteers for area seniors
      The Deep East Texas Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging is seeking adults to serve as volunteer ombudsmen for older residents of nursing homes. An ombudsman is a specially trained and certified volunteer who advocates for quality care in Texas nursing facilities.
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Blood donations needed
      Make it a life-saving summer by donating with The Blood Center East Texas twice between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2008. The Blood Center will reward you with a $20 retail gift card to Target. After completing two successful donations or one double red cell donation during the promotion period, donors may log onto the Commit for Life store, at www.givebloodet.
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Troop 128 does its part for the area through Eagle projects
     BJ Wafer with members of Troop 128, friends, and family who helped work on his Eagle project to beautify Centennial Park in his hometown of Huntington.
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Social Security Administration says dust off financial Plan
      Spring is in the air. And in many households, spring cleaning is a regular part of the season of renewal. As you're dusting your house and cleaning out the clutter, don't forget another important matter deserving of your attention. Spring is a good time to dust off your financial plan, too.
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Diboll Garden Club officers installed
      The Diboll Garden Club met on May 27 at the home of Sandra Pouland. Ginger Capps and Sandra Pouland were hostesses to celebrate The Mad Hatter's Tea Party. All the ladies wore hats to lunch. A wonderful lunch was prepared by Jerry Don and Anabelle Powell. Peggy Burt installed the officers for the coming year.
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Art Camp under way at Museum of East Texas
      The Museum of East Texas is delighted to announce that their 11th annual Art Camp begins next week. Classes are available for children ages four to fourteen weekly from June 9 until August 15, except for the week of July 4th. Sessions are offered in both the morning and afternoon. The morning session is from 9 a.m. until noon and the afternoon session is from 1 to 4 p.m.
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AC student receives prestigious Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award
      As a wife, mother of three and grandmother of four, Deneice Marshall figured she'd long passed any need to bother with enrolling in college. After all, she'd already established herself both in life and in her career.
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Applications to operate, maintain Caney Creek Recreation Area available at public meeting
      A proposal for applications to operate and maintain Caney Creek Recreation Area, on the southern shore of Lake Sam Rayburn, on the Angelina National Forest, just outside Zavalla, has been released by Eddie Taylor, district ranger for the Angelina National Forest.
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Old Jumper homestead filled with family members
      Descendants of Andrew Jackson Jumper and Margaret Esebell McVay Jumper met at the Old Jumper Homestead owned by Tex Parks and now by Donna Sue Parks and Earl "Dusty" Rhodes for their 50th reunion on Sunday June 1, with 44 attending.
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Diboll ISD super search finds,hears from two unidentified cantidates
      The Diboll school board already has conducted two interviews with superintendent candidates with another scheduled for Tuesday, June 17. Board President Trey Wilkerson declined to identify the candidates, saying it was to protect the candidates. The board met with candidates Monday and Tuesday, June 2 and 3.
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