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The city of Lone Star will have a city-wide cleanup during the month of April. The following guidelines will be in effect:
City Pickup – Come in to City Hall and pay $10 per load and then put your items on the curb for pickup.
Take trash to the Wastewater Treatment Plant for free – Monday to Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. or on Saturday 8 a.m. until noon.
Present copy of water bill to treatment plant attendant before dumping.
Separate limbs and brush from other trash.
No tires, batteries, paint, appliances containing Freon, or any hazardous other materials.
 

Under the grass.
Bobby Sissom
Avinger

Behind a tree.
Shelby Whelchel
Avinger

In the tree and under snow so people can’t see them.
Aubreigh Powell
Avinger

Full name: Malena Jackson Strawn.
I have lived in: Dallas, Houston, Hughes Springs and Daingerfield.  
Family: Husband, Bo; son, Branden; daughter and son-in-law, Amity and Michael; and grandson, Mason.
Pets: Dogs, Peppie, Spot, Tink, Bear, Mystery and Michael; and cats, Short Stop, Tweak, Socks, Puffie and Squeaker; and six rabbits.
Occupation: CMA at The Springs.
One of the best things about my job is: It’s a different adventure every day.
My ideal vacation is: Six months on an  island with someone waiting on me hand and foot.
My heroes are: My parents and my brother.
My favorite TV show is: CSI and Criminal Minds.
My favorite healthy snack is: Does chocolate count?
A cause I most believe in is: Animal protection.
If I could change one thing about East Texas, it would be: The pollen.

10 YEARS AGO
The crown of Miss Wildflower is won by Shelly Crooner of Hughes Springs.
Rita Mars was honored with a life membership to the Texas Association of School Business Officials. She was a business manager for the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District.
Employees of the North East Texas Credit Union hold a ribbon cutting at their new location at 1206 Linda Drive in Daingerfield.
20 YEARS AGO
Incumbent Vanoy Boozer is elected for another term as Morris County Judge.
The Bee is honored with three awards at the North and East Texas Press Association convention on April 16.
The Daingerfield Tigers take the 124-3A Tennis Title at Tiger Stadium scoring 34 points, edging out Atlanta with 30 and Pittsburg with 20.
30 YEARS GO
Daingerfield Dixie baseball draft is scheduled at Irvin Park on Saturday.

Wildflower 5K Run/Walk
The Wildflower Trails 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, April 19. Registration forms are available at Hughes Springs City Hall, the City of Hughes Springs Facebook page, or the web site at www.hughesspringstxusa.com. Contact Glenda at 903-639-7519.

Go Blue 2014
The Go Blue 2014 Child Abuse Prevention Program will be held April 10, at 6 p.m. at the Morris County Courthouse Annex. Sharlotte Porter from Child Protective Services and Michelle Woodruff, executive director of Titus, Camp and Morris counties, will be the speakers. South Elementary Tiger Cubs will provide music. The event is sponsored by the Morris County Child Welfare Board.

Plant Sale
Daingerfield FFA’s annual plant sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 12, on the grassy area in front of the high school on Linda Drive.

Chad Mckinney is pictured here signing his national letter of intent to continue his baseball career with Panola Junior College on a full scholarship.  Seated left to right are Athletic Director Chris Edwards, Chad Mckinney and Greg Mckinney.  Standing from left, are Head Baseball Coach Kent Craig, Assistant Baseball Coach Brandon Green and Mary Mckinney.

The Wildflower Trails 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, April 19. Registration forms are available at Hughes Springs City Hall, the City of Hughes Springs Facebook page, or the web site at www.hughesspringstxusa.com. Contact Glenda at 903-639-7519.

Expansion into the Texas coastal bend of special harvest regulations on spotted seatrout, and harvest modifications to the state’s only year-round freshwater trout fishery have been approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
As part of the 2014-15 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamation, the Commission adopted rules to extend a 5-fish bag limit currently in effect in the Lower Laguna Madre up the coast through the Highway 457 bridge near Sargent with a five-year sunset date. The Commission modified the original proposal to set the possession limit on spotted seatrout for the area from the Lower Laguna Madre to the Highway 457 bridge twice the daily bag limit (10 fish in possession).
The Commission also approved a temporary two-year closure of oyster harvest at a 54-acre oyster restoration site on Half-Moon Reef in Matagorda Bay, and a two-year temporary closure of seven restoration sites in East Galveston Bay.

First grade students at West Elementary School in Daingerfield are in their first year learning to play chess.  Those learning, from left, sitting, are Paris Simpson, Kaidlen Key, Cason Terry, La’Nyecia Lewis, Kabren Cook and Evelyn Martinez. Those standing are Gael Flores, Bobby Smith, Ethan Reeder, Don’Taviue Brown, Joel Ochoa and chess coach J. D. Davis.

Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas (CIS) announces its 25th anniversary as Northeast Texas’ leading dropout prevention program. At a time when one in three high school freshmen are at risk of not graduating, Communities In Schools has achieved 25 years of success in helping students stay in school and prepare for a successful future. CIS will commemorate the occasion with a number of public education and promotional events throughout the next week.  The week of celebration will kick off with a Community Appreciation Luncheon with keynote speaker Representative Bryan Hughes.  In addition, Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe will present Cultivating a Passion for Excellence for area high school aged young men.  CIS will also host the annual SMART Girls event for sixth-eighth grade young women interested in SMART (Science, Math And Related Technologies) careers.