Arresting evening for good cause
      UNIFORMED OFFICERS waited tables at Martin’s last week. All tips and 25 percent of the tab went to Toys for Tots.
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Temple-Inland taps Samford
      Robert G. (Bob) Samford has been named director of local government affairs/property taxes for Temple-Inland Inc. as announced by Richard A. Bennett, Temple-Inland’s vice president of government affairs.
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RSVP for Annual Fall Chili Supper and Forage Program
By Ricky Thompson
      Well, once again we had a record-breaking year with cattle prices higher than I have ever seen them, along with the highest demand for hay. We were part of the fortunate coastal region to get some rainfall during the hay season.
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Folk will finish term as DETCOG president
      The last regularly scheduled meeting of the Jasper County Commissioners Court was routine business, in a year that began in the tumultuous aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Three of the five members of the court were feted at a retirement party at the courthouse yesterday, retiring County Judge Joe Fol...
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Walking the Halls
By BETTY POWERS Parnell Principal
      How many times have you heard someone say, “My, how time flies”? That has been the very thought that keeps coming to me. It is hard to believe that the Thanksgiving holidays have come and gone. It was good to get back to school and listen to the children share stories about how they spent the holi...
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JHS play helps Parnell kids see meaning of Christmas
      Poor Ernest. The lost little elf, who should be making toys for Santa right now, can’t find his way home until he learns “The True Meaning of Christmas.” Students from Parnell Elementary School will attend a special assembly today, Dec. 13, at Jasper High School to see an original play written by ...
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Four decades
      JASPER COUNTY JUDGE JOE FOLK was presented a plaque for 40 years of service at the Kirbyville High School Veterans Day celebration in November. Left to right: Dr. Joe Burns, superintendent, Gary Fairchild, KHS principal, Folk and Larry Grisson, assistant principal.
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Jasper Beautiful hosting organization meeting
      Jasper Beautiful will hold an organizational meeting Thursday, Dec. 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Wings Over Jasper on U.S. Highway 96 North. The group held a recycle rally at Brookshire Brothers parking lot in November, and is planning several more in 2007, according to coordinator Patty Shaw. Regul...
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