Courtesy Photo by Hollis Shadden The garden of Susan Wise on Houston Street has been chosen Garden of the Month by the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club. Flowers on display are marigold, periwinkle, coleus, roses, begonia, and fringe plant. Continue Reading
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake O’ the Pines will be temporarily closing TX Highway FM 726 where it crosses the Lake O’ the Pines Dam to repair the road with two layers of chip seal. The closure for the first layer is scheduled to be Tuesday AugustContinue Reading
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Friday-Sunday @Pines Cafe 5079 FM 729 Antiquees, Clothes, Furniture, electronics, Dishes, Small Appliances, Tractors, implements, Lawn Trailer Lots of Stuff!!! Too Much to List! Starts Friday at NOON Closes Sunday at 6pContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute The Pine Harbor Owners’ Association held their annual meeting last Saturday and the members present voted to dissolve the association. According to FaceBook posts in the Pine Harbor at Lake O’ The Pines group, the meeting was posted at the entrance to the subdivision “at leastContinue Reading
Local Music Corner Micah S. White Facebook.com/pyromade1 Hear’s some local music if you feel like lacing up your dancing shoes and hitting the dance floor. If you do go out please be kind, safe and please don’t drink and drive. Please note that events are subject to change for differentContinue Reading
Meetings School Dates Save the Date WIC The Jefferson WIC office will be closed Thursday and Friday, Aug 3-4. They will reopen at 8:30a Monday. Bass Tourney The Lake-O-the Pines night tournament will be out of Alley Creek from 7p-7a with a 2a weigh-in. August 4-5-6-7. Friday tournament chairman GaryContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute The Friends of Lake O’the Pines will be subleasing the old Mis Volunteer Fire Department building following County Commissioners agreeing to a new 5-year lease with the US Army Corps of Engineers during Monday’s regular meeting. The County has kept the lease, even though theContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute The City and it’s various boards are starting work on th 2023-24 Fiscal Year budgets, yet some numbers are still unknown. The final tax roll valuations are due to the City in the next week and that will establishContinue Reading
Ken Bridges/Contributing Writer At the beginning of the 20th century, Texas was moving ahead. The spirit of reform was in the air as the people demanded accountability from business and government alike. Gov. Thomas M. Campbell, who served from 1907-1911 dedicated himself to progress for the people. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was born in Rusk is East Texas in 1856. HisContinue Reading
Elwood Watson/Contributing Writer Like many material icons, Barbie has had a complex history. When Mattel introduced Barbie 1959, America was beginning to enter deep into the throes of the Cold War. The modern civil rights movement was beginning to gain steam and the nation was largely embracing the status quo.Continue Reading
Michael Reagan/Contributing Writer The first Republican presidential primary debate is less than a month away and the GOP is hell-bent on making the same mistake it made in 2015. For its first primary debate back then Republicans had a herd of medium-caliber presidential wannabes that was so large the partyContinue Reading
On July 10, 2023, Sue Paul decided to avoid another Texas summer and passed away peacefully at home as she wished. Sue Elaine Watson was born on March 16, 1936, in the oilfield town of Greggton, Texas to John and Beatrice Watson. At the age of 7 Sue and herContinue Reading
Ander Graham/Contributing Writer The Women at the Well of Encouragement Ministries would like to “Thank Everyone” who Participated in the Annual Fundraiser Fashion Show on July 15th It was a very exciting event filled with fun and great spirits. The Models ages 2 to 87 were definitely, “Uniquely Created forContinue Reading
Chef Hunter Lee Let’s get shakin!!! This time last year I was returning from a book promotional tour that included Asheville, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah Georgia. It was an amazing adventure but over 2,400 miles round trip, it was a lot of driving and let me tellContinue Reading
David Wall/Contributing Writer An easy, safe, and effective ways to prevent garden pest outbreaks and prevent them from starting, is to use food grade diatomaceous earth (DE). It’s harmless to humans and safe for animals. The pest list that DE is effective on is long, while the time to controlContinue Reading
David Wall/Contributing Writer Zeolite comes from ancient volcanic eruptions. Later, materials (zeolite) leached out that can grab soil contaminants and odors, especially ammonia from synthetic fertilizers, which it grabs and slowly releases. If a Zeolite packet has been used for a while, put it out in direct sunlight for aContinue Reading
Caddo Lake: If looking to catch some bigger bass right now, it is a good time to be fishing thick lily pads. Try throwing the frog type baits over the tops of these pad fields. You want to also have a heavy weighted Texas Rigged Creature Bait ready to useContinue Reading
Congratulations to Ms. Bryson and the Dawgs Against Tobacco Club for receiving the youth group of the year award from Tx Say What! This award is presented every year to passionate leaders and advocates in their community for dedicating themselves to tobacco prevention and youth advocacy.Continue Reading
The past 2 years of 8u ball has been nothing short of AMAZING! To literally end 8U the way this team, this REC team did..its unbelievable- you had to be there to witness it! They played 2 pool games last weekend and lost them both 8-7 & 15-0 & wereContinue Reading