Your chance to star: open casting call
      If you have always dreamed of stepping on stage, the next play scheduled by the Jasper Community Theater may be your golden opportunity, according to publicist Becki Mayhar. There will be an open casting call for Greater Tuna Feb. 5-6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tonahill Theater on U.S. Highway 96 South...
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Join club now to be in photo contest
      The East Texas Photography Club has found a new home at the Jasper City Hall on Main Street and will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 in the council room behind the building. "It's a planning session, and we have a lot to cover," according to new president Patty Ruiz.
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Duckworth proves naysayers wrong, succeeds with music
By JIMMY GALVAN
      When Scott Duckworth started his music store, he had seven guitars, some guitar strings and drum sticks. The naysayers said his business venture would not last. This month, Duckworth showed those naysayers that hard work could make a thriving business.
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Tri-County begins assistance program
      Tri-County Community Action, Inc. will be taking applications under the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) beginning Jan. 30, for the new program year assisting low-income families. Participants must qualify by CEAP requirements, not just income.
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Walking the halls
By SHERIDA T. BARNES
      The months of January and February are often thought of as months for reflection and goal setting. In the field of education, we usually think of these months as "check and balance" time. We are checking for attainment of knowledge and balancing the methods and strategies for teaching and learning....
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Rowe readers return recess
      Rowe principal Sherida Barnes reports these students were acknowledged as top Accelerated Readers at the School Board meeting Jan. 8: Fifth grade- Franky Jones, Ethan Tucker, Tracy Lynn Bagwell. Sixth Grade- Alexis Sierra Gil- Fletcher, Lauren Brianne Long, Niha Zafer.
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Here, Spot
      THIS BASSET HOUND is hounding his keepers for a good home. Call Jasper Lakes Area Humane Society at 384-8251 (11a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat.) or visit petlink site at www.jas.net/~jar
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Stover joins 'Life' board of directors
      Susan Stover, president of Jasper's Walk of Hope, will attend the Julie Rogers "Gift of Life" Program in Beaumont Thursday, Jan. 25. The program will honor the YMBL and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's Vice President of Cancer Prevention, Bernard Levin, MD, for "Making a Diff...
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Rowe names UIL winners, coaches
      Rowe principal Sherida Barnes announced following fifth grade students won in various categories at the UIL competition during the Fall Semester: Music memory team - second place - Hannah Hensarling, Kiare Jackson, Whitney McShan, Aubrianne Clark, Dusti Dees. Coached by Hessie Cleveland.
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