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Three area USPS employees to retire Monday
Workers in Brownsboro, Murchison, Chandler part of national workforce reduction
Three women with a combined 63 years with the United States Postal Service in Henderson County will retire at the same time on Monday. "It's a good opportunity to go start your life over," Kathy Childres, 58, said. "I can take the uniform off and be somebody else now. There's nothing negative about it." More...
`Our Core Values'
After 5 straight nominations, BHS student participates in ambassador program
Paul Bryant Managing Editor

Sixteen-year-old Jordynn Conner of Brownsboro is among 40 east Texas students scheduled to travel to Europe next summer as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Programs. She has been nominated five straight years for the honor, but this is the first time her parents have allowed her to participate. More...

English class for Hispanics completes second semester
Paul Bryant Managing Editor

A class funded by the Poncho Duran Educational Fund for Hispanic adults and hosted by the Brownsboro Independent School District wrapped up its second semester Thursday with over 40 participants in attendance, Parent Involvement Coordinator Perry Eaton said. More...

 News
• article has image CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES
When Peggy Arthur retired from the Athens Independent School District, she chose Chandler as her new home. She enjoys being near her sisters and the slower-paced life in a small town. Arthur purchased her home on 4th Street last year and has landscaped the yard and redecorated the interior. More...
• County's unemployment rate remains close to 9 percent
• TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
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 Obituaries
• Don Olson
Graveside services for Don Lynn Olson were held Nov. 12, 2009, at New Hope Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Weems officiating. Don was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. He was born Sept. 15, 1946, in Athens, Texas, and lived in Henderson County all his life. He went to be with the Lord Nov. 10, 2009. More...
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 Letters
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Veterans thank area teachers
The veterans in this area would like to give a big hardy thanks to Coach Mayse, Brownsboro, and Mrs. Cindy Bailey, Murchison, their staffs and respective schools for the outstanding Veterans' Day. The programs were second to none. You make us feel proud. I want to applaud the students who performed in the programs and to the ones who were in the audience. More...
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 Writer's Corner
• WRITER'S CORNER
SPECIAL
The street, overnight Had been magically transformed; Transformed into a fairy land With a myriad of tiny icicles Clinging tenaciously to every tree's bare twigs. Magic! As the sunlight Glinted and bounced In the cold, crisp air Of the first day of winter. She sighed, thinking she was so special, More...
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 Sports
• article has image Fighting Through
Bearettes take 17-point win against Kerens
KERENS - It was an evening of basketball that was physical, marked with a lot of fouls and frustrated players. But the Brownsboro Bearettes marched through, posting a win by their varsity and a narrow loss by their freshman in games against the Kerens Lady Cats in the Kerens gymnasium Friday. More...
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 Whats Happening
• WHAT'S HAPPENING
BROWNSBORO YFA The Brownsboro Young Farmer Association's annual ag auction is scheduled for Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. A chili dinner will be followed by silent and live auctions at 7. HOMETOWN HEROES The deadline to obtain applications for this year's hometown heroes is set for Dec. 4. More...
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 Historical
• BOB BOWMAN'S EAST TEXAS
"Listening to the Quebe Sisters play the western swing music pioneered by Wills in the 1930s and 1940s, you realize they are special musicians who love what they're doing."
If Bob Wills were around today, the chances are good he would be delighted with three teenage sisters from Burleson. Listening to the Quebe Sisters play the western swing music pioneered by Wills in the 1930s and 1940s, you realize they are special musicians who love what they're doing. More...
• EAST TEXAS HISTORICAL
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