Garden of the Month…
Paul and Carol Harrell’s garden on Walnut Street has been chosen for the June Garden of the Month by The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club. Their beautiful variety of flowers includes pansies, roses, geraniums and lantana.Continue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
Dessert is served The Mims community will celebrate summer on June 19, 2021 with dessert, ice cream and a whole pie sale. The event will run from 1-4 p.m. at the Mims Com-munity Center located, 12728 FM 729, on the north side of Lake O’ the Pines. You are encouragedContinue Reading
Mezes was a titan of Texas education
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The early 1900s was a formative time for education in Texas. Sidney Mezes, a one-time president of the University of Texas, rose to the forefront to serve as such a leader as well as a diplomat and a thinker. In the process, the son of a pioneerContinue Reading
Failure is not an option
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Here we go again. ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned us that the Texas power grid is about to fail. That doesn’t sound very reliable to me. It must sound reliable to Greg Abbot and Dan Patrick. They failed to provide solutions in the lastContinue Reading
Seeing the future, sin and ourselves through God’s eyes
Dan Eakin/Baptist minister No human being can see everything as God sees it. Isaiah 55:8:9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughtsContinue Reading
Era S. Tyson
Era S. Tyson of Jefferson, Texas passed away peacefully in Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Longview on May 26, 2021, at the age of 95. He was born in 1925, in Ness City, Kansas to Era M. Tyson and Bertha L. (Kellenberger) Tyson. In his younger years, Mr. Tyson spentContinue Reading
Gloria Surry
Funeral services for Mrs. Gloria Surry, 94, of Shreveport, Louisiana will be held on Friday, June 18, 2021 in The Captain Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home at 11:00AM with Galen Vercher officiating under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home.Continue Reading
Reading time at Carneige Library…
Max Cope and his father Cameron enjoy an afternoon of reading in the children’s section of the reopened Jefferson Carnegie Library. Hours are from 10 am – 6 pm Monday through Thursday, 10 am – 5 pm on Friday and 10 am – 3 pm on Saturday. Continue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – June 13-19, 2021
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas State Line, widening highway. Reconstructing and widening highway. Eastbound traffic moved to the outside lanes. SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges. SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, replacing bridge. All traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controllingContinue Reading
Jefferson set to celebrate Juneteenth
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Next Saturday is a holiday in Texas and F.R.E.S.H. is pulling out all the stops to help the Jefferson community celebrate the 156th Anniversary of “Juneteenth.” “We hope everyone walks away with better knowledge of the holiday,” said F.R.E.S.H. board member Satoria Webb. The name of theContinue Reading
VeraBank funds purchase of new JISD band trailer
According to preliminary meeting minutes provided by Jefferson ISD, the Board of Trustees accepted a donation from VeraBank Tuesday night for a new band trailer. Representatives from Vera Bank Lori Minter, Penny Moore and Glen Bickerdike were on hand the regular meeting to officially offer a donation to theContinue Reading
Council declines to okay MCAD budget
The Jefferson City Council voted down the Marion Central Appraisal District’s proposed 2022 Operating Budget during a special meeting Tuesday night. Ward 3 Alderman Richard Turner raised concerns about the benefits increase in the proposed budget by comparing what the City matches to it’s employees retirement funds. “I have troubleContinue Reading
Battle of Big Cypress Bayou brings history to life
Civil War re-enactors made their way back to Jefferson for the first time in several years last weekend. The inaugural Battle of Big Cypress Bayou resumed and recultivated and Jefferson traditions. Re-enactors camped near the bayou and brought history to life for visitors during the course of the three-day event.Continue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
AG Candidate to visit Jefferson The public will have a chance to get-to-know Joe Jaworski this weekend in Jefferson Jaworski is a third-generation Texas trial attorney and former mayor of Galveston, Texas. He has filed to run in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General of Texas Jarworski will make aContinue Reading
Memories in the summer heat
Glenn Melancon/ Contributing writer I love heat. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that summer is my favorite season. I’m always happy to see winter far behind us. Growing up summer always meant sun, water and travel. Dad’s government job offered us many opportunities beyond a secure paycheck and good healthcare. His vacationContinue Reading
Simplicity in Christ
Larry Jones/Church of Christ Minister When we look at all the varying groups which in some way claim Christ as their Savior we see great confusion, competition and even conflict. The Apostle Paul states that, “God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches ofContinue Reading
Carolyn Earlene Peterson-Haddad
Graveside services for Mrs. Carolyn Earlene Peterson-Haddad, 84, of Jefferson, Texas will be held at 10:00 AM on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at Mt. Zion Cemetery with Reverend Taylor Duncan officiating under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home. Mrs. Haddad was born on August 6, 1936 in Laceyville, Texas toContinue Reading
Little Free Library opens at CLSP…
A Free Library was recently been installed at Caddo Lake State Park. It was constructed and installed by park staff in memory of Cypress Basin Texas Master Naturalist Barry Hughes who passed away unexpectedly in October 2019. He was an avid volunteer at the park, loved teaching, traveling and sharingContinue Reading