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Brownsboro Band earns top honors at UIL/Area Marching Contests
On Saturday, October 18, 2008, the Brownsboro High School Band earned their 11th consecutive First Division (Superior) rating at U.I.L. The Marching Contest was held at Stephen F. Austin's Homer Bryce Stadium. The band received a First Division, which is the highest possible rating, from all three judges. More...
Local schools to celebrate Veteran's Day

Area school districts are gearing up for their Veteran's Day programs, and local veterans are invited to attend. The program will be on November 11 for Murchison Independent School District and Brownsboro High School and November 10 for Brownsboro Junior High School. More...

FCCLA students bake cakes for BIS Fall Festival

Nathan Straus Photo FCCLA members worked hard to prepare cakes for Brownsboro Intermediate's Fall Festival. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Students provided the supplies and labor for 12 cakes to donate. Pictured: Deon Starr, Harley Lester, Brooke Bynum, Sierra Mungia, Chris Calvio, Sabrina Shofner, Sonia Moreno, Rosa Aguilar, Rebecca Baker, Sage Chambers, Chelsy Quijas, Abril Gonzalez, Keggie Johnson and Johnnie Matthis More...

 News
• article has image Cookof the Week
Year's hay production in its final days
The Cook of the Week Cookbook is right around the corner! Be on the lookout in the near future for a copy for your family and friends. As summer winds down, the production of hay for 2008 is in its final days. Now that most of you know how much home-grown feed you have, you can think about what other feeds might need to be purchased. More...
• article has image Here's To You America
• article has image Bob Bowman and James Wilins speak at Van Zandt County Genealogical Society meeting
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 Church News
• Forest Grove
The cool weather has been a nice change this week. It brings with it the Fall Festival. We will have games, prizes, food and a hayride through Forest Grove. We hope to see all of our friends and neighbors there. I know that our King's Kids will be excited to be here again. Last week we had 37 children attend. What an exciting time this is for us! More...
• Leagueville Baptist
• St. Boniface Catholic
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 School
• Brownsboro ISD MENU
(Milk served with meals) Nov. 3 - 7 NOTE: Changes due to deliveries, calendar changes, holidays, etc., will be announced. BREAKFAST All Schools (Choice of cereal offered daily. More...
• article has image Brownsboro High School Twirling Line
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 Obituaries
• Faye Stainback
Services for Faye Stainback, 74, Chandler, were held Thursday at Tyler Memorial Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Bob Sexton officiating. Burial was in Tyler Memorial Park. Mrs. Stainback passed away October 21, 2008, in Chandler. More...
• Julia Frank Miller
• Edith Jones Ellison
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 Writer's Corner
• Writers' Corner
If you have a poem, song lyrics or a short story and you would like to share it with the readers of The Statesman now is your chance. Email or mail us your submission and look for it in an upcoming issue of The Statesman. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Bears get first district win
Hopefully the cold crisp weather did not stop the football fans from coming out to Palestine last Friday night, October 24, to watch Brownsboro shut down the Wildcats (37-7). More...
• article has image Bearettes now second in district
• article has image Victory for freshman Bears
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 Whats Happening
• What's Happening
The City of Chandler is interviewing for reliable, responsible and committed individual for day to day clerical duties. Must be bilingual (able to read, write and speak Spanish) and have strong computer skills. Please send resume to skparmer@chandlertx.com or P.O. Box 425 Chandler, TX 75758. More...
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