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The temporary library at 800 North Temple Drive is closing its doors Nov. 15. Packing will begin this week for the move to the newly renovated library at 300 Park St. You will need to watch your step when you visit the library this week as there will be boxes and movers in the aisles. Please be patient with us as we make this make this momentous move. More ... NEWTON - The board of directors of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments met Thursday in Newton at the Iris and Ann Howard Civic Center. John McDowell, DETCOG Emergency Planning Coordinator, reported the DETCOG Multi Agency Coordinating Center (MACC) in Polk County, headed by Polk County Judge John Thompson, functioned for 11 days. More ... Diboll Family Education Center invites community members, service providers, local businesses, and any other interested parties to join in a celebration of literacy Nov. 12. The Family Literacy Center will share accomplishments while guests enjoy a full course meal catered by Moye's Catering. A donation of $25 per attendee or $40 per couple is requested. More ... Diboll Garden Club met Tuesday, Oct. 28, at JR's Party Barn. "A Bootiful Day" was the theme for the Fall costume party and meeting. Hostesses were Ginger Capps and Sandra Pouland. After refreshments, President Ginger Capps called the meeting to order and JoAnn Rainwater read the Garden Prayer. More ... Carter Blood Care-Stewart Regional Blood Center asks that all people who donate or attempt to donate blood from now through Nov. 21 bring a canned good or other nonperishable food product to the center with them. The center will collect the items to donate to a local food bank for distribution at Thanksgiving. More ... CALLS - 90 CITATIONS- 147 VIOLATIONS - 131 ARRESTS - 3 ARRESTS Dario D. Llanas -No Drivers License. Yud E. Ibarra - Public Intoxication. Lana L. Comeaux - Public Intoxication. Received deferred adjudication on open container charge. More ... All too often lately when I sit down to put my weekly news together, I remember the late Bro. Otto Brittain. Bro. Otto came to the church just out of Huntington where my late grandparents. Joe and Della Russell belonged. Not a huge numbered congregation, but a very faithful group they were. More ... Whitney (Wilson) Camp has always loved horses and one of her dreams was fulfilled when she was asked to ride with the Angelina County Sheriff's Posse precision riding team. More ... The Lufkin Band Boosters' 14th annual Honor America Night was a big success. We had hot dogs, apple pie and ice cream with Judy and Karl McKinney. Their daughter is a middle school band director in Florida. They came to see the bands, as did Nelda Morrison, who was in the band at Liberty High School. More ... Three weeks ago I wrote about Lewis Hamilton, the other mixed-race guy who was on the verge of making history in a previously all-white milieu. Well, just like Barack Obama last week, Hamilton succeeded, winning the Formula One world driving championship the Sunday before Election Day in the United States. More ... We hear that in a neighborhood hereabouts, the residents have lopped the tops off their "McCain-Palin" yard signs so that they now read just "Palin." They really should think twice. As governor, fair Sarah was the very thing she and John McCain tried to hang on Barack Obama: a socialist. More ... AUSTIN - America voted and Barack Obama, the junior Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, was elected the 44th president of the United States on Nov. 4. The Texas vote went against the grain, producing a 12-point margin (55.5 to 43.8 percent) in favor of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. More ... The students at Diboll Primary School are off to a running start this year. Many great learning activities are happening at the campus. Pre-K News Pre-K has been learning all about shapes, sorting, counting, opposites, rhyming and letters. The students are learning all about school routines and rules, and doing a fabulous job! More ... Dear Friends of Diboll ISD, I discussed doing a school news column with the Free Press staff and they agreed it would be a great way to keep the community updated on local issues that affect our school district. I hope it becomes another tool in our district's quest to keep all of our taxpayers informed and up-to-date on issues that affect our district and our children. More ... At Diboll Primary Library the goal is to encourage a life-long love for books and reading. Students have weekly opportunities to visit the library, learn to look at books in a "caring" way, and listen to stories read aloud so that they can practice their listening skills. More ... In celebration of Red Ribbon Week, Diboll Jr. High participated in a can food drive. The theme was "Don't Be a Turkey-Be Drug Free". The campus gathered around 300 cans that will be donated to the Diboll Christian Outreach. More ... The following Diboll FFA members competed in the Leadership Development contest at SFA November 4th, 2008. Several Diboll FFA LDE teams qualified for area LDE competition at SFA November 11, 2008. Results are: Public Relations Team: 2nd Place Team, advances to area, Faustino Salais, Carlos Paloma, Caurie Cheshire, Lindsey Chandler; Job Interview: 3rd Place, Carolyn Hopkins; Radio: 7th Place Team, Nelson Roman, Paige Purvis, De'Antrey Loche; Junior Creed Speaker: 4th Place, Doug Waters; Senior Creed Speaker: 2nd Place Individual, advances to area, Lindsey Chandler; Senior Quiz Team: 2nd Place Team, advances to area, Justin Havard, J.J. Ojeda - 2nd Place High Individual, Jasmine Rodgers Bray, Jonathan Coleman - 3rd Place High Individual; Junior Quiz Team: 2nd Place Team, advances to area, Lance Drake (8th Grade) - 5th place High Individual, Bridget Chandler, Z'Calvin Coleman (8th Grade), Seth Johnson (8th Grade); Junior Chapter Conducting: 2nd Place Team, advances to area, Preston Wells, Bridget Chandler, Doug Waters, Lance Drake (8th Grade), Z'Calvin Coleman (8th Grade), Seth Johnson (8th Grade). More ... Diboll Primary's winner of the "Can It" food drive was Mrs. Bass' first grade class. The food drive was part of the Kick Off to Red Ribbon Week. The food donated will be sent to the families in Sabine Pass and High Island that were devastated by Hurricane Ike. The students at Primary raised approximately 6,000 pounds of food with Mrs. Bass' Class bring in about 1,200 pounds alone. The winners will receive a Blow Pop party. Way to go Diboll Primary! More ... DHS 2009 yearbooks are on sale now through Nov. 21- $35.00 After Nov. 21-$45.00 FINAL deadline to order-Dec. 5 NO extras will be ordered! Call DHS yearbook staff @ 829-1170 for more information! More ... Diboll Jr. High 6th graders Madison Neyland and Jace Williams are the afternoon flag bearers for the campus. Each afternoon, they take the flags down for 6th grade art teacher Katy Ritenour. More ... Kindergarten students studied pumpkins last week. DIRECTIONAL CUE, from left, Francisco Arteaga, Kiara Sanchez, and Raul Torres, students in Maria Rodriguez' class, measured the circumference of the pumpkins. DIRECTIONAL CUE Students in the same class did an experiment to see if pumpkins would sink or float in water. More ... Diboll Primary Thursday, Nov. 13 - Reading Night Diboll Primary Cafeteria - 6pm Parents and family are invited to learn more about how to be more involved in their students' reading development. More ... Staff Sgt. Jason Wayne Walker, a native of Huntington, received the Purple Heart medal after being wounded by a mortar blast while stationed in Iraq. Walker, 30, also received a Combat Action Badge. The son of Gerald Wayne and Teresa Walker of Huntington is a 1996 graduate of Huntington High School and joined the Army in 1999. He is married to the former Jennifer Moreno and they have two children, Jace and Karlyn Walker. Mrs Walker is the daughter of: Pedro Moreno Jr and Terry Moreno of Corpus Christi and formerly of Diboll, and and Lynn and Bill Hardin of Diboll. He deployed from Fort Carson, Colo., and is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He also has been stationed at Hohenfels, Germany, and Fort Polk,La Walker was injured April 7. While on guard tower security, his tower was struck by a mortar round. His primary job is a light wheeled mechanic. More ... Veterans Day Celebration honoring all of the men and women that have given the sacrifice of protecting th freedom of every American was held yesterday at Temple Elementary School. The event had an enormous turnout and the program presented by the students was incredible. There were over 60 Veterans on hand. Photo by Rhonda Thompson More ... Army Reserve Pvt. David B. Bradford has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. More ... Air Force Airman Justin R. Levitzki has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. More ... |
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