Rogers, Drake unite in marriage
      Briana Rogers and Paul Drake were united in marriage March 10, 2007, at 4 p.m. Officiating was Bro. Pat Alvey of Tyler. The ceremony took place on the steps of the chapel on the grounds of historic 1850s Roseland Plantation near Ben Wheeler. Doors to the chapel were open and the magnificent staine...
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Meals on Wheels Ministry, Inc.
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Bean & Hardy Engaged
      Kelcey Denaye Bean, Lake Brownwood, Texas and Brady Leith Hardy, Brownsboro, Texas announce their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Tony and Laurie Bean, Lake Brownwood. She attends The University of Texas at Tyler.
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Health Fair planned for Saturday
      The Larue/Moore Station AARP will be hosting a Health Fair on Saturday, April 14, 2007 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Moore Station Water Supply Building. Ross Breast Mobile will be offering mammograms for those with insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Grants will be available for those individual...
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Special telephones for East Texans with impairments
      Special telephones for East Texans with hearing, sight, speech, and mobility impairments will be presented in Athens on Tuesday, April 17 beginning at 10:30 am at St. Stephens's Anglican Church, 2101 East College St.
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Let some government programs ride into sunset
      Congress recently passed a 5-year, $15 trillion federal budget just as many Americans were looking up from calculating their federal income tax bills. Taxpayers probably didn't like what they saw, and I don't blame them. One trillion is one thousand billion. By any standard, $15 trillion is an uni...
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Digital television alert
      On April 7, 1927, a short speech given by then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover was sent from Washington to New York as part of the first successful long distance television transmission. Headlines in newspapers the next day beamed, "Television Now Reality," and a new era of American history was b...
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To the taxpayers of Henderson County:
      The following is a letter that was sent to not only Henderson County Judge David Holstein but to the Commissioner's Court as well: February 28, 2007 Honorable Judge David Holstein Henderson County Courthouse 100 E. Tyler St.
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Chandler Nursing Ctr.
by Gretta Uzzell
      Pastor Tommy Weems of the Rock Hill Baptist Church was back on Thursday to bring in a wonderful Bible study for Easter on the 5th. We appreciate him very much! A special thank you to the members of Evangel Assembly of God for providing our Easter service on the 8th. We welcome them back anytime!
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East Texas Genealogical Society
by Scott Fitzgerald
      East Texas Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, April 14, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library in the Taylor Auditorium featuring Michael J. Vaughn. Mike will present a program called "'Til Death Do Us Part - Not: Divorce Records as a Source of Genealogi...
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     Courtesy Photo RESERVE CHAMPION -- Johnny Oden won Reserve Champion with his steer at the Henderson County Livestock Show held March 26-31. Johnny and about 75 other students were provided a barbecue meal donated by Hank Tyler, manager of Spring Creek Barbecue of Tyler on Monday evening of the lives...
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Local family's brother "in the money"
      J.R. Vickers, of Chandler, is proud of his brother Charles. And for good reason. Charles Vickers is the artist the United States Mint handpicked to sculpt the John Adams Presidential $1 coin due for release soon. He grew up in Leesburg and attended Pittsburg High School, but graduated from Charle...
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SAFETY & SELF DEFENSE
      Kappa Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met at the home of Lynda McQuaid Thursday, April 5, at 2pm, for an informative program about Safety and Self Defense. Sherry Fuller, former elementary teacher and intermediate school counselor, brought an entertaining program that relate...
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