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Meetings School Dates Farmers Market The Jefferson Farmers Market is open and are accepting applications for those wanting to participate. The Cost is $25 for the entire season. They meet from 10a-2p every Saturday in downtown Jefferson just off Austin Street across from the Thomas Jefferson Park. For more information,Continue Reading

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V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Texas Parks and Wildlife Department approved more than $4.5 million in grants across the state of which Jefferson will receive $300,000 to renovate and repair the 1.2 miles of trails and boardwalk in the Port Jefferson History and Nature Park in downtown. The City firstContinue Reading

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Azure West/Jefferson Jimplecute In a significant boost to local animal welfare efforts, several East Texas animal shelters have been named recipients of the “It Takes Balls” grants from Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation. The $130,000 in spay and neuter grants will be distributed across various shelters in East Texas, North Texas,Continue Reading

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Rick Smith/Columnist We all need a favorite aunt.   An aunt is one of creation’s masterpieces, love and skill working in unison. Her advice is spot on, and, if need be, can be delivered in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. Most often, she is polylingual, understanding that what wasContinue Reading

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David Wall/Contributing Writer While I take great pride in studying multiple sources of the literature and using the information to put together my articles, every few years one source is so good or different, I just cite it. This article comes from Soil Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis. It’sContinue Reading

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Members of JISD’s 8th grade class took time out on Tuesday to visit the Carnegie Library, Jefferson Historic Museum, the Excelsior House Hotel, and the J. Gould Car in downtown Jefferson. The class was divided into four groups and spent most of the day touring the sites and learning aboutContinue Reading

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Rick Smith/Contributing Writer A garden is one of the purest and simplest pleasures in life.   I have a small, city-slicker-sized garden – a couple of raised beds and a few terra cotta pots arranged here and there, all loaded with herbs. This herb garden has become a sanctuary thatContinue Reading

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Courtesy Photos Marion County Diversified Civil and Social Concerns Organization, hosted their first Fashion Show on April 2., What a treat it was! A special thank you to everyone involved: MCDCSCO members, the volunteers, and judges JR Ashley, Pastor Burns, and Missy Baldwin, and especially our wonderful models. They wereContinue Reading

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Chef Hunter Lee Let’s get shakin!!! One of my favorite cookbook promotional tours included Asheville, N.C., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. It was an amazing adventure but over 2,400 miles round trip, it was a lot of driving and let me tell y’all it’s just as HOT up there asContinue Reading

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Caddo Lake: The Bass fishing has been a little crazy the last few day with the water level going down and up!   The lake level is about 1.5 ft high. The strongest bite going on right now for our guide trips has still been fishing the trees.  We haveContinue Reading

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Staff Reports New Zion Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate their 159th anniversary at 2p.m. Sunday, May 19. The theme is “The Indispensable Church” from Matthew 16:18. The church is located at 5057 FM 3001, near Jefferson.  The New Zion Missionary Baptist Church was organized during the year of 1865. ItContinue Reading

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Press Release Honoring Those Who Watch over You. This is your invitation to attend a special banquet being held on May 20, 6PM at the Transportation Center.  Our Congressman, The Honorable Nathan Moran will be sharing special thoughts and information with us during the evening. Marion County First Responders PrayerContinue Reading

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Meetings School Dates City Hall Closed City Hall offices will be closed on May 24 from 8a-1p due to a private event. The offices will reopen at 1p. Combat Vets The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association is sponsoring the 2024 Ark-La-ex Memorial Rally May 24-26 in Auntie Skinner’s in downtown Jefferson.Continue Reading

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Staff Reports The 77th Historic Jefferson Pilgrimage, themed “The Heart of East Texas,” was last weekend and filled the town with the sights and sounds of the past. The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club hosted the event which included four tour homes, evening garden strolls, the “Diamond Bessie Murder Trial”Continue Reading

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Rick Smith/Columnist “But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.” ― Mitch Albom, For One More Day The year was 1936. The Great Depression. The Silent Generation. The place was a village in northern Louisiana. Rural. Beyond the black stump.  A heatContinue Reading

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The Rev. Seth Buckner/Heritage Baptist Church Haggai 2:19 says, “…from this day will I bless you.” Often, the blessings of God seem elusive and impossible to grasp. Pain seems much more likely. In the great movie The Princess Bride, Wesley says to Princess Buttercup, “Life is pain, highness. Anyone whoContinue Reading