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By SHARON KERR Staff Writer Self Help Housing of East Texas (SHHET) will hold their first groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, April 26 at 4 p.m., at Magnolia Place in Newton. Dr. Gregory Yawson, executive director of the program, has moved quickly since coming to East Texas in February. More ...
IT IS, IT IS! Time for the last three performances of the Jasper Community Theater's season. Thurston and Arles (Charles Norwood and Willie Williamson in Greater Tuna) will be on the air April 26-27 at 7 p.m. and a final matinee Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. More ... Dinner honors Mennonites Kevin King, executive director of the Mennonite Disaster Service, will be the featured guest speaker at an appreciation dinner tomorrow, April 26 at 6:30 p.m., in Newton. King was widely quoted after the hurricanes of 2005 as saying, "This is an unprecedented disaster demanding an unprecedented re... More ... Senior center lunch Thursday, April 26 - Barbeque beef on a bun, dirty rice, chips, fruit Friday, April 27 - Fried catfish, potato salad, ranch style beans, banana pudding, bread Monday, April 30 - Salisbury steak, rice with brown gravy, corn nuggets, bread, cobbler Tuesday, May 1 - Chicken spaghetti, squash, steam... More ... Trinity to reopen as Head Start The old Trinity Episcopal School classrooms will once again ring with the laughter of children when Tri-County Community Action opens a Head Start program there in August, according to Ellen Bean, senior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church. More ...
The first 50 customers who line up at the ticket office at noon this Friday, April 27, get a bonus, according to Lion's Club rodeo chair Scott Burton. More ... Forms for parade due Friday Lay to serve as grand marshal The "Voice of the Jasper Bulldogs," Art Lay, will lead the Jasper Lions Club rodeo parade Wednesday, May 9, according to publicity chair Lloyd Persons. Theme for this year is "Back in the Saddle Again." Lay has a 43-year history in radio and was selected grand marshal this year in recognition of 3... More ... Volunteers host banquet The 13th Annual CASA Volunteer Appreciation Banquet hosted by Advocates for Children, Inc. was held on April 20. This was an evening to Plant the Seeds of Caring while "Standing up for an Abused Child." Special recognitions were given to community friends who have assisted or supported Advocates f... More ...
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THE JASPER COMMUNITY 4-H members choose a community service project each month. For April they purchased toys and donated them to Advocates for Children. Donations help supply and comfort children in foster care. Shown:Brooke Kaylor, Sarah Ferguson,Will Miller and Nicole Hamilton. More ... Consider adopting older child More than 4,000 waiting for families "Why Not Me?" is the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) campaign to help children find adoptive families. "Whether they are 7 or 17 years old, children never outgrow the need for parents," according to Joyce James, DFPS assistant commissioner for Child Protective Services. More ...
SEVEN PUPS WERE DUMPED and are available for immediate adoption from the Jasper Lakes Area Humane Society; call 384-8251 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday-Friday or visit the petlink site at www.jas.net/~jar. More ... Court holds hearings on roads, free enterprise zone By SHARON KERR Staff Writer The Jasper County Commissioners Court held hearings for the free enterprise zone for the new Tiger Truck plant and for the proposed official county road map last Wednesday, April 18. The free enterprise zone gives new businesses tax advantages and incentives to defray their startup costs, accordin... More ... |
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