Home ownership builds future hope
      Even before Hurricane Rita decimated houses in East Texas, Ralph Rosedale and Ray Lewis were looking at ways to bring affordable homes to low income families in East Texas. Last week the two men figured prominently in the dedication ceremony for Magnolia Place, the Self Help Housing subdivision to...
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Vinton offers chance to view Wall memorial
      Bowden American Legion Post 208 will host the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (Viet-Nam Traveling Wall) May 3 - 6 at the post grounds located off I-10 in Vinton, LA. May 2 the wall arrives at 10 a.m. May 3 opening ceremonies begin at 11:45 a.m. with a B-52 Bomber fly over. May 4 there will be...
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Pickens solves tech problem, travels Alaska with solution
      Navy reservist Kevin Pickens, originally from Jasper, is long ways from his family in Texas. When he left Houston in mid- April, it was 80 degrees; when he arrived in Kotzebue, Alaska, 33 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it was 10 degrees above zero.
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NOFAs aimed at restoring housing
      Funding for residents affected by Hurricane Rita is closer today as the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs released two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) totaling $105 million for disaster recovery efforts. The department is making $82.
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Snips and snails
      AND PUPPY DOG TAILS, these two little eightweek old male pups (catahoula curr mix) are in need of homes. Please call the Jasper Lakes Area Humane Society at 384-8251 (11am-7pm Mon-Sat) or visit the petlink site at www.jas.net/~jar
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Lunch
      Senior Citizen Center Thursday, May 3 - Pork rib sandwich, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, fruit Friday, May 4 - Chicken strips, mashed potatoes with white gravy, mixed vegetables, bread, pudding Monday, May 7 - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, baby carrots, bread, fruit
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Relay for Life results top $72,000
Newsboy photos by Charles Kerr
      In near perfect weather, Jasper's Relay for Life took off on schedule last Friday at 7 p.m. Cancer survivors in purple shirts made first lap of the county courthouse. Among them were current Jasper County Judge Mark Allen and retired Judge Joe Folk.
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