ONE YEAR AGO

Temple-Inland reduces its workforce at the Diboll Fiber Products facility. Thirty to 40 jobs will be affected.

The Rev. Bruce Frazier of the First Assembly of God Church in Diboll conducts petition drive aimed at persuading the Brookshire Bros. Grocery chain to change its decision to sell beer and wine at its Diboll store.

T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library in Diboll makes temporary move during its renovation project. The new location is at 800 North Temple Drive.

Diboll High School basketball Ladyjacks selected to the District 20-3A First Team are Nikki Green, Kayla Elizalde and Vanessa Jones. Selected to the Second Team are Ternisha Jackson and P.J. Tappin and receiving Honorable Mention is JaFrina Jackson. With a 26-9 record, with 20 consecutive victories and both District and Area titles, Head Coach Laura Knight is named District Coach of the Year.

Diboll High School Ladyjacks Soccer achieves historic feat as they put an end to their winless streak and record their first victory. The Ladyjacks defeat the ladies from Center High School 2-0. Yadira Salais and Jazmin Robles both scored goals in the victory.

FIVE YEARS AGO

Gene Nethery of Milam and C.G. Maclin of Lufkin are honored for their leadership to the Pineywoods region's economic development efforts at the Pineywoods Economic Partnership membership meeting.

The Deep East Texas Development Association has a new name and a new focused mission. It will now be known as the Pineywoods Economic Partnership and the organization will concentrate its resources, leadership and efforts on improving the overall economy of its 12 counties with common interest.

The Texas Water Development Board gives approval to a $1.2 million loan to the City of Diboll for the upgrading of the city's water system.

Angelina County commissioners authorize advertising for bids on the installation of scales at the county landfill. The scales will monitor precisely whether or not trucks are overloaded.

Scout Pack No. 429 ties for fourth place at the Great Forest Trash-Off on the Angelina National Forest. The group had 19 volunteers and picked up garbage and trash and received a check for $150 donated by Temple-Inland. The Great Trash-Off is a yearly event coordinated by Angelina Beautiful/Clean, the U.S. Forest Service and Texas Forest Service.

TEN YEARS AGO

John D. Minsinger, 73, retired Temple-Inland supervisor is killed after his car caught fire and exploded in the driveway of his Diboll home.

Diboll High School Senior Melanie Wilkerson is named Merit Scholar of the National Merit Scholar Program. Wilkerson ranks first in her class of 106.

Smoke and flames engulf the Louisiana-Pacific lumberyard off Old Mill Road in Lufkin. The fire required many volunteer units and firefighting crews from the Texas Forest Service. This was the second fire to strike the facility in as many days. The first fire was small and blamed on a welder's torch and the second one is still under investigation.

Angelina County Precinct No. 2 Justice of the Peace R.G. Bowers is awarded the 1999 Illegal Dumping Awareness Award at the Angelina Beautiful/Clean's Law Enforcement Awards luncheon held at Boggy Slough Conference Center.

Crown Colony Country Club is selected the No. 1 golf course in Texas by a statewide panel which ranked the Top 50 golf courses in Texas. The poll is conducted annually by The Dallas Morning News.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Houston's Greg Chapman plays to a superb four-under

par 68 and two-stroke victory in the first annual Crown

Colony Optimist Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Chapman is a former Stephen F. Austin State University All-American

and 1983 NCAA Division II medalist.

Ward Burke, veteran district attorney, corporate general

counsel, humanitarian and champion of mental health/ mental retardation programs, is honored with the naming

of the federal courthouse in Lufkin after him. Dedication ceremony for the Clyde Thompson Memorial

Visitor's Orientation Center of the Texas Forestry Museum is held in Lufkin. The late Clyde Thompson is chosen

for his dedication to the local forest products industry. Temple Junior School winners of the Diboll Spelling Bee

who will advance and compete at Lufkin High School for the East Texas Spelling Bee are Jayna Sims, Kristen Bradford, Marla Robinson, Ricky Welch, Billy Clifford,

LaToya Lamb, Heather Bradford, Robin Barger, Darci

Ford and Michelle Lawrence.

First Methodist Church of Diboll welcomes Michael K. Richter to its staff as the new director of youth ministries.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Plans for a 16-story Capital National Bank and office building in Austin are announced by Capital chairman of the board Robert Present and Wayne McDonald, chairman of the board, Lumbermen's Investment Corporation. Capital and Lumbermen's Investment Corporation have formed a limited partnership for the building program.

The Perry Chapel CME Methodist Church in Diboll hosts black history program. Maurice Jones, a student at Texas Southern University, is the guest speaker. Planners of this program include Mother Lula Mae Copeland, the Rev. Willie McLemore, W.C. Levine, Wayne Gordon, Charles Smith, Douglas Jenkins and Michael Phipps.

Coach Jim Foreman's Huntington Red Devils take a big step toward another state title as they gun down the Karnack Indians, 74-62, to win bi-district honors. Huntington's current season record stands at 21-12 and has a district slate. Huntington has never lost at a state meet and owns titles in Class B and A.

John W. Durden is named production superintendent of the Temple-Eastex urethane operation in Diboll.

Diboll City Manager Jeff Holberg discusses proposal to purchase a 10-acre tract of land to be used as a service center. Holberg states the city needs the land to park its rolling stock, store pipe and other material and to use as a workplace on equipment.