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Statesman receives Key Award

Staff Reports

The Chandler & Brownsboro Statesman has been selected by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International to receive its Key Award during a convention tonight in Waco. More...

Some SilverLeaf apartments could be ready in weeks, builder says

Paul Bryant
editor@c-bstatesman.com

CHANDLER — Some units at SilverLeaf at Chandler, a government-subsidized community, should be available for rent within two months, Matthew Berry of Neches Construction said. “The first phase includes 30 units, plus a clubhouse. More...

News

Flooding

Westbound and eastbound lanes of State Highway 31 near Spur 364 in West Tyler are under water June 10 as traffic stalls in both directions. More...

Master Gardeners workshop set for today in Ben Wheeler

The Henderson County Master Gardeners has scheduled a free workshop for today in Ben Wheeler. “It is an excellent way to get you started on the road to success,” a press release said. More...

CES releases awards list

Editor’s Note: This is rest of the list continued from The Statesman’s June 10 edition. More...

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Church News

America’s blessings attributed only to God’s greatness

Samuel Mills
trusting-in-jesus.com

Christians in America are well aware of the tremendous increase in violence and even murder in our public schools. America’s crime rate has far exceeded its growth in population. More...

Christians must start each day with prayers of thanksgiving

Kristen Heir
trusting-in-jesus.com

I start every day with the same thought regardless of what I am going through in life. More...

Extravaganza set for July 4

A pyrotechnic display and silent auction will be featured at the Lake Palestine United Methodist Church 4th of July extravaganza at the amphitheatre on the lake. More...

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Letters

Know your candidates before electing them

I read a syndicated story on the Internet that incensed me. The president of Malawi pardoned two men convicted and imprisoned for homosexuality. He did so only after “receiving international condemnation” for the conviction. More...

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Writer's Corner

Tonahill thrust into history after Kennedy assassination

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

When Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963, an East Texas lawyer soon found himself thrust into history. More...

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Committee to recommend 1 new campus

Paul Bryant
editor@c-bstatesman.com

A new elementary campus should be built west of Brownsboro, and Chandler Elementary School should be expanded a sixth time, the Citizens Facilities Advisory Committee will recommend to trustees in July. More...

House demolitions to begin this month in Chandler

Paul Bryant
editor@c-bstatesman.com

CHANDLER — Demolition of uninhabitable houses here is scheduled to begin within days, and city administrator Jim Moffeit said property owners still have time to submit their requests. “I have a couple of spaces left. More...

Henderson County sales-tax returns evenly split

Loyd Cook
sports@c-bstatesman.com

June sales-tax returns across Henderson County were evenly split, according to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission. More...

Opinion

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Crises take away attention from Greece

Several emerging and ongoing crises have taken attention away from the ongoing sovereign-debt problems in Greece. The bailouts are merely kicking the can down the road and making things worse for tax-paying citiz ens, ens, here and abroad. More...

Obama votes ‘present’ in Gulf response

When Barack Obama announced he was running for president in February 2007, Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote, “Obama’s history of voting ‘present’” in Springfi eld, Ill. More...

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School

BISD teachers to attend summer institute

Staff Reports

Two Brownsboro teachers have been selected to participate in a summer teacher institute sponsored by Humanities Texas, Texas Christian University and TCU’s Center for Texas Studies. More...

School district awarded $25,000 energy grant

Brownsboro Independent School District has been awarded a $25,000 matching grant from Oncor for upgrading energy efficiency of the lighting systems at Brownsboro High School. More...

BROWNSBORO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Brownsboro Intermediate has released its A and A/B honor roll for the 6th six-weeks: 4th Grade More...

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Obituaries

Betty Robertson

The woman who always had a kind smile is now smiling on us from Heaven. Betty Jo Robertson, 74, from Brownsboro, Texas, passed away peacefully June 13, 2010. Betty was born on Sept. 20, 1934, to her late parents, S.D. and Johnny Adams. More...

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Whats Happening

QUILTERS’ GUILD OF EAST TEXAS

TYLER — Quilts hanging in the Tyler Public Library encourage kids to participate in The Reading Express. Whether you want to learn to read or to quilt, you need to keep practicing. If you take time off, you lose skills. More...

QUICK HITS

CBACC The Chandler Brownsboro Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to meet at San Pedro’s in Chandler on June 24 at noon. Board members are set to meet on June 24, at 5:30 p.m., at the Chandler Community Center. More...

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Meals on Wheels June 21-25 MON — Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, Capri vegetables, wheat bread, mixed fruit TUE — Chili dogs on bun, macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables, pineapple chunks WED — Spaghetti & meatsauce, green bean More...

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