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October 8, 2008  RSS feed

Diboll Day 2008
Ashley Wilson, Diboll Day queen, left, and Sharon Brown, Group 1 chairman, bask in the glow of Wilson's triumph at this year's Diboll Day after Group 1 raised $118,619.64 to lead the way toward the 2008 fundraising total of $302,300.94, an excellent performance given the state of the economy and Hurricane Ike's rude interruption just three weeks ahead of the festival. In the friendly competition, Group 2 led by queen candidate Ashley Hines, raised $83,478 and Group 3 and candidate Chelsea Havard raised $100,203.20. Look for more photos from Diboll Day in coming weeks in the Free Press. More...
Council takes no action

Diboll City Council met in special session Tuesday, Sept. 30, to discuss behind closed doors the situation of indicted City Councilman Gary Jones, but took no action and made no comments after the executive session. Jones was indicted two weeks ago, along with former city street superintendent Lane Bass, for misuse of official information. More...

Diboll enrollment up over last year

Diboll school district trustees heard a report on the English-language progress of Hispanic students at a generally routine meeting Tuesday, Sept. 30. Shanna Powers, language coordinator, said the district is using the Texas English Language Profi- ciency Assessment System, mercifully known as TELPAS, to evaluate the progress of limited English proficiency students. More...

 County News
• article has image T.L.L. TEMPLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS
Fall has arrived as you can tell by that cool morning air. October is usually a busy time of year for the library with Teen Read Week Oct. 12-18 and our annual Read & Treat. This year, due to our anticipated move, we will not have our annual Read & Treat or activities for the Teen Read Week Celebration. More...
• article has image Diboll students take trip to marine center
• article has image Shelia's Popourri
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 Local History
• Diboll History Center Press Clippings
ONE YEAR AGO Angelina County Chamber of Commerce awards Diboll's Heather Bergman 2007 Teacher of the Year. Bergman works with at-risk math students. Dr. Langston Kerr, former Lufkin ISD Superintendent and Dean of the College of Education at Stephen F. Austin State University, speaks at the Angelina County Historical Commission meeting. More...
• article has image THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
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 Church
• Faith Family Church
Come join us for A twelve week study of the Book of Daniel By Dr. John Barnes Aug. 10 through Oct. 26 Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. Faith Family Church 7020 South U.S. Hwy. 59 Diboll, TX 75941 936-632-9673 More...
• McMahan Chapel Celebrates 175 Years
• article has image DFP - Church of the Week
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 Sports
• article has image JACKS WHACK NAC
The Diboll Lumberjacks met up for the first time ever last Friday night against the Nacogdoches Dragons and the result saw the hometown boys out last, out man and out play the opposition in a 30-14 final. The Jacks got off to a bit of a rough start on the night, but the Dragons just could not shake the confi- dence of Diboll. More...
• article has image Ketarus Stanton
• article has image LAdy jack spotlight
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