January 7, 2010 RSS feed / News

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BAPTIST CHURCH Blacktop GYPSY to perform in Ben Wheeler

For The Statesman
13, 2008 , 6-8 : They’ve been recording together since 2004 and honing their musical crafts since childhood, but on Saturday, fiddler and vocalist Heather Stalling and singer and guitarist Andie Kay Joyner of blacktop GYPSY will share their ta More...

QUILTERS’ GUILD

When you dream of avoiding winter by curling up in a chair next to the fire, you’re probably wrapped in a log cabin quilt. If you want to know more about Log Cabin Quilts, come to the Quilters’ Guild of East Texas meetings on Jan. More...

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

Reading old newspapers of early 1900s often proves ‘illuminating’

Reading old newspapers, particularly those of the early 1900s can be illuminating. More...

Winning Dishes

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Long-serving Battleship Texas to receive makeover

It fought in two world wars, saw action in Europe, Africa and the Pacific, traveled more than 728,000 miles as far north as Iceland and as far south as Chile. It is the second longestserving battleship ever commissioned by the U.S. More...

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

On Wednesday, Texas Democratic Women of Henderson County will meet at 1 p.m. at the Elections Office, at 201 E. Larkin St., in Athens. More...

CHECKLIST CHARLIE

One of my favorite things about writing is the interesting people I meet along the way. I was reminded of how much I love my work this week when I crossed paths with a young seminary student named Barry Karim. More...

Henderson, Van Zandt counties receive federal shelter funds

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced that more than $12.4 million has been awarded to Texas non-profit agencies and others by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. More...