November 25, 2009 / County News

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Judicious & Delicious

Here’s some quick and easy recipes with home-cooked flavor
With the holidays upon us, life will become pretty hectic in the next few weeks. What with parties, present purchasing, and decorating there is not much time left to spend on cooking. More...

Lots of calories leaving roundtable

Billie Jean Capps and Betty Hendrick returned Friday, Nov. 13, after a fun-filled week with their “Golden Agers” group from Denman Avenue Baptist Church. Betty reported seeing beautiful fall colors traveling by bus to Branson, Mo. More...

Visitors, residents getting to see Holiday Lufkin

Elaine Cox with Lufkin Antique Mall sent me the hourly door prize winners who were: Debbie Jacks, Myra Ward, Kay Simmons, Sue Cromeens, Ronna Conlon, Margaret Gibson, Amy Schultz, Brenda Rye and Ken Hager. More...

EDITORIAL

Important time to shop locally

This Friday is “Black Friday,” the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It is the day when retailers begin to go from being in the red, or posting a loss on the books, to being in the black, or turning a profit. More...

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No investment; no return! It’s only fair

GENE SCALF Guest columnist

Today I am 77 years old. When I was 16, I started working for the railroad in Cincinnati, Ohio. More...

Learning service and spirit

Diboll Junior High Student Council Officers and eighth-grade representatives attended the Student Council Middle School Conference on Nov. 13- 14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin. More...

Teacher Mom

Take time to see if you need to forgive someone
with Jan Allbritton

At this time of year and time of gift giving, there is one gift that each of us should give ourselves. It is a very interesting gift, and yet very powerful and freeing. More...

Club travels to Dragonfly Nursery

Fifteen Diboll Garden Club members and one guest took advantage of a cool, crisp autumn day to travel to The Dragonfly Nursery and Garden in Nacogdoches on Nov. 17. More...

Ribbon cutting for Tracy’s Nails

Members of the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce help owners of Tracy’s Nails celebrate their opening with a ribbon-cutting last week. The shop is located at 404 N. Temple Drive in Diboll. It is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. More...

Scrambling for a turkey!

Brookshire Brothers’ assistant manager Daniel Silva, right, presents turkeys to, from left, Betty Hendrick (standing in for her sister, Jo Ann Rainwater), Evelyn Stephens and Kari Celestine. More...

Ladies at beauty shop enjoy Willis’ deer story

Mark Willis of Diboll stopped by the beauty shop to get a haircut last week and he had been hunting earlier. He entertained Melinda Harris and me with a deer story. More...

Columnists sought to cover people, events around Diboll

The Diboll Free Press is looking for more neighborhood columnists. More...

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Being thankful for the changes

Parents encouraged to reconnect, respect college-age children
UNIVERSITY-ROCHESTER Guest column

Thanksgiving is around the corner and college freshmen across the country are heading home, many for the first time since August. More...

Shooting straight, drawing straight

Cheyenne Swor, Diboll 4-H reporter, left, presents Amanda Moreno with the Remington 770-270 she won in the 4-H fundraiser. More...

DJH Council Food Drive a success

The Diboll Junior High Student Council recently held a food drive. Food was collected for the Christian Outreach Center. It was delivered on Friday, Nov. 20. More...

DFP sponsors poster contest

As a service to the communities it serves, the Diboll Free Press agreed to sponsor the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest and publish the winning posters and their artists. More...