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VFW donates $150 to 'Nutrition Craft Club'
VFW donates $150 to "The Nutrition Craft Club"—Cmdr. Robert Brandin presents a check for $150 to Frankie Kindle on behalf of Robert M. Pate Post 2033, Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary. The money will assist the ladies in buying supplies for free pillows that are given at Houston's V.A. Hospital. Also present for the VFW Ladies Auxiliary were Priscilla Hale, Jo Ann Price and Elsie Stewart. Quartermaster/Adjutant James Hale also attended. The Club, which formed in 2006, has made over 2,000 abdominal pillows for veterans coming out of heart surgery and other procedures. The ladies gather each Friday morning at the Nutrition Center in Woodville to stuff the pillows. The pre-cutting of fabric and the down stuffing is donated by the ladies from United Methodist Church of Woodville.
Gallery: Toast to Texas
Toast to Texas—Tyler County Judge Jacques Blanchette presents a Toast to Texas during last Friday's event at Heritage Village Museum. The Annual event drew a fine crowd to celebrate Texas Independence Day, which was March 2. You can read the whole story in Sandy Taylor's column on pg. 3A of this issue, and check out a gallery of photos from the event on the Tyler County Booster website.
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Honoring past Black Tyler County community leaders
Every year in February we give honor to "Black History Month" and often we tend to focus on National History figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, President Barack H. Obama, and other icons. As a young man I never had the privilege to
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Woodville High Grad Kree Harrison makes American Idol Top 20
by Emily WaldrepAsk anyone in Woodville about Kree Harrison and they will tell you about her knockout performance of a Leann Rimes cover at the Woodville Rodeo when she was still attending Woodville High School. Now, she has gotten the once in a lifetime chance to share her amazing voice
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2013 Dogwood Festival Ladies-in-Waiting Announced
2013 Dogwood Festival Ladies-in-Waiting—Shown, from left, front are Kayon Morvant, daughter of Bryan and Nancy Morvant (Warren), Gwyn Heckman, daughter of Phillip and Carl Darsey (Colmesneil), Sarah Reese, daughter of Stacy Manuel and Keith Reese (Woodville), MaKayla Stowe, daughter of Byron and Earlette Stowe (Woodville), and Cambria Dear, daughter of
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