MIMS EMS offers COVID Testing
Mims EMS is now offering COVID-19 testing. For more information, or to signup, contact Jeanne Yates at the Fire Department at 903-755-4112 or 903-806-3359.
Grand Opening
Local photographer Hollis Shadden will hold the Grand Opening of Hollis Shadden Photography and Custom Framing at 10a Saturday, August 28, at his new shop at 118 Vale Street, in downtown. Come join in the celebrations!
L&S Creations Opens
Shandra McBride is the co owner of L&S Creations. We are a small up coming business. We make cups, hats, shirts, bows, key chains, decals, and we can add a name to pretty much anything. That is just list a few things. We are always adding stuff. If have a vision lets make it a reality.
Vegas Comes to Marshall
A Las Vegas legend ‘Sting Ray Anthony’ will perform for the first time at the Marshall Memorial City Hall. The performance is slated for Saturday, Aug. 28, at 6 p.m. and tickets are still available. The look-alike of actor Lou Diamond Phillips who played Ritchie Valens in the movie La Bamba will bring his tribute act to the Memorial City Hall for the first time. Special guest opening performers will be East Texas all female group Shake Rattle & Roll. For tickets visit https://www.memorialcityhall.com/
Renew Your Marks
Got Beef?
Well, you’d better renew your marks and brands before August 30, according to Marion County Clerk Vickie Smith.
According to Texas Agriculture Code 144.044, all registered marks and brands that have been recorded will be expiring at the end of the month and will have no “force or effect and will be available on a first-come basis” starting March 1, 2022.
Owners will have from August 31 to February 28 to renew their marks and brands.
According to Smith, renewal is easy and can be done at the Clerk’s office, 102 W. Austin. The recording fee is $26 for a single brand and $5 for each additional location, per type of animal.
For more information, contact the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association law enforcement department at 800-242-7820, or the Clerk’s office at 903-665-3971.
Pioneer Days Parade
The Pioneer Days Committee has come up with a unique idea for the Parade which is scheduled for 10 am on Saturday, Sept. 4. They have decided to let young kids ride their stick-horses in the parade right up front to lead the parade.
The committee has four stick-horses available to use in case some child needs one but others are available for sale at the Jefferson General Store. If you have one in your toy box, get it out, spruce it up, put on your best cowboy outfit and get ready to “ride” in this first-ever parade to honor the pioneers of the county.
GCLA Annual BBQ
The Greater Caddo Lake Association of Texas is holding it’s annual BBQ and fund raiser Saturday, September 4, at The Point at Goose Prairie (formerly known as Crip’s Camp) on Caddo Lake. We begin serving at 11am and go until the food runs out, which is usually 12:30 or so. Meals consist of brisket, sausage, coleslaw (compliments of Shady Glade Cafe), homemade beans, condiments, homemade desserts and water or tea. Adult plates are $15, child plates (5 and under) are $5. To-go containers are always available if you don’t want to sit under a canopy and enjoy a view of the lake. We will also have a raffle for a dual fuel grill (first ticket drawn) and an outdoor equipment package, which includes a 12 gallon gasoline caddy and a high quality ice chest (all compliments of the City of Uncertain, 2nd ticket drawn). Raffle tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25.
LOP Cleanup Scheduled
Friends of Lake of the Pines is organizing a roadside clean up one day between 6-10 Sept 9 on FM729 between Hurricane Creek bridge and FM726. Please go to our Facebook Page Lake O’ The Pines East Texas and say you will help.
JAWGC Selling Poinsettias
The Holidays are Coming! The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club of Jefferson will be selling red, pink, and white poinsettias between now and September 27th. Cost per plant will be $15.00. Orders of five or more will receive $5.00 off the total order. Flyers are being distributed around town and may also be picked up at the Excelsior Hotel lobby. Plan ahead by pre-ordering these beautiful holiday plants. All proceeds will benefit the JAWGC.
Kayaks, Football, Food Trucks
September 25th will be a day full of fun in Jefferson! To start off the day, The Krewe of Hebe will be hosting an open Kayak Race on Big Cypress Bayou at the boat ramp.
Shortly After the food trucks will arrive Downtown and set up in the parking lot near Auntie Skinners in the alleyway! College football games will be shown all day on the huge projector screen in the alley, as well.
Proceeds from this event will benefit Krewe of Hebe.
Kayak Races: 8am-10am
Football: 11am-9pm
Food Trucks: 11am-6pm
Kayak Race Registration:
Food Truck Registration:
Taste
of Jefferson
Vendors Needed
The Marion County Chamber of Commerce is seeking participants for their annual Taste of Jefferson event on October 17.
Those wishing to paricipate this year should contact the Chamber at director@marioncountychamber.org or by calling 903-665-2672.
OHTP Auditions
The Opera House Theatre Players will have open audition for an upcoming opening season performance of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
The script is being revised to fit a “radio style” script where the actors will read before microphones but will have music, costume and sound effects to fit the story. The cast consists of four men and four women who each transition into other characters as the story progresses.
Anyone interested in trying out should be at the Visitor Center Lobby from 4:30 to 5:30 pm on Sunday, Sept. 5, for an interview and line-reading with the director Jane Maddox and the producer Marcia Thomas.
The play is scheduled for Oct. 29 & 30 at Union Baptist Church