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Taking care of your garden during the scorching East Texas summer involves strategic planning and daily attention to ensure your plants thrive. First, water wisely by focusing on early morning or late evening to reduce evaporation and improve root absorption. Deep, infrequent watering encourages robust root growth, and using dripContinue Reading

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Shopping, food and fun! We have vendors with beautiful handcrafted items, flea market finds and great food. We also have booths available if you would like to become a vendor. If you make something, bake something, harvest something or are just de-cluttering and need a venue to sell, send meContinue Reading

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Attention, potential sponsors for Woofstock! We are again blown away by the positive reception we’ve received from the area businesses and folks in our incredible community. How thankful we are for each of you… and for your supportive response! As many of you have expressed your desire to sponsor, weContinue Reading

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Jet Boats 2024 Squirtin N the PinesLake O the Pines, TexasHurricane Creek Recreation AreaSat 7/20 at high Noon – racing beginsThis is one event you don’t want to miss. Great cove to race in, and some of the best people you will ever meet. If you have been before youContinue Reading

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School Dates Summer Reading The Jefferson Carnegie Library will have their “Adventures in the Library” Summer Reading program form 10-11a July 17 and 24. Volleyball Camp Jefferson High School Volleyball is sponsoring a “Bayou Bullies” Volleyball camp from 9-11:30a July 15-17 for girls entering 3rd thru 8th grade. Cost isContinue Reading

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Staff Reports Marion County Commissioners showed their support of the addition of “No Wake” signs in Big Cypress River and Carney Canal. Harrison County Commissioners are funding the costs of the signs. Commissioners are also currently working on the 2025 budget and are facing a $159,000 budget shortfall in initialContinue Reading

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Rick Smith/Columnist About 25 years ago, I eased up to a traffic light on the northside of Houston. Two young men, probably in their early to mid-twenties, were standing to my left on the median strip. Their clothes were stained with sweat and dirt, hair greasy, fingernails encrusted with dirt.Continue Reading

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Chef Hunter Lee/Contributing Writer Let’s get Shakin’ This is a treat wasn’t originally a southern dish,  Millionaire’s Bacon is a sweet and spicy caramelized bacon that originated at San Francisco’s Sweet Maple restaurant. BUT like so many great dishes that ended up heading south it has been adapted, adjusted, andContinue Reading