Christmas at Valentine's?
Woman's Civic Club not kidding around with home tour plans
      It may seem strange to be discussing Christmas plans on Valentine's Day, but if your goal is to have the biggest tour of homes that Jasper has ever seen, start early, according to Darlene Nolen, president of the Woman's Civic Club.
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Years in the making
      AUTHOR BITSY HANNAH signed one of the first copies of "W.P. Cook, Contractor and Builder," for historian Bertie Bryant. Cook built "half the fine homes and buildings" in Jasper a hundred years ago.
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Kids practice show techniques at Bash
      The first annual Winter Bash junior livestock show will be held this Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Jasper County show barn on FM 777 near the airport. Check-in starts at 7 a.m. and the show begins at 9 a.m. Categories include steers, breeding beef, goats, lambs and swine. Entry fee is $20.
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ELA TAKS tutorials earn extra credit
      Jasper High School will offer tutorials in room 202 for ELA TAKS (English Language Arts for Texas Assessment of Knowledge Skills) after school until 7 p.m. each night through Monday, Feb. 19, according to Sherri Elmer, JHS liaison. The TAKS ELA test will be held Feb. 20.
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CASA seeks trainees
      Volunteers are being sought for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), a program consisting of adult volunteers who advocate for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
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Faces & Places
      Free screenings The East Texas Health Access Network (ETHAN) will offer free cholesterol and blood pressure screenings every Wednesday in February from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 117 W. Houston St. For information call 384-2099. Bluebonnet Garden Club The Bluebonnet Garden Club will meet Feb. 15 at 10...
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In Jasper County
Texas Forest County future...
      TEMPLE-INLAND'S Jim Tule, Jim Brody and Tim Stewart check out the company's one billionth seedling after digging it from a nursery field Friday afternoon.According to county officials, timber brought to mills in Jasper is a $59 million dollar industry.
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Newton students show Lions their technology skills
      Fourth grade students Dalaina Richmond, Meaghan Morgan, Shadow Stephens, and Maria Lewis-Hudson will be the guests at the next noon lunch meeting of the Newton Lions Club Feb. 15 at First Baptist Church. The four fourth grade students represented Newton at the Texas Capitol Schoolhouse (TCSF) even...
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