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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making payments to support the production of advanced biofuel. USDA is making nearly $15.5 million in payments to 188 producers through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty.
The funding is being provided through USDA’s Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which was established in the 2008 Farm Bill. Under this program, payments are made to eligible producers based on the amount of advanced biofuels produced from renewable biomass, other than corn kernel starch. Examples of eligible feedstocks include but are not limited to: crop residue; animal, food and yard waste; vegetable oil; and animal fat.

Hughes Springs' residents work to fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child in conjunction with the First Baptist Church in Huhges Springs. Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse who works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts and share the life-changing Good News of Jesus Christ. Working on the shoeboxes, from left, are Glenn Banks, Joyce Lovelady and Ruth Hogan.

Kyle Penney, right, president of East Texas Communities Foundation, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, vice president for advancement at Northeast Texas Community College, are pictured holding a $45,000 check from the Burt and Nancy Marans Charitable Fund at East Texas Communities Foundation.  The money is to be used as a challenge grant to help complete the Final Curtain Call portion of the campaign for the Whatley.  The $45,000 will be placed in a fund and every time a gift comes in for the campaign for the Whatley, the dollar-for-dollar matching portion will be drawn from the fund and be used for the campaign. The Morans were strong supporters of the cultural events offered at NTCC and, through carefully planned estate giving, they continue to help both the College, and more importantly, the citizens of our community.

Northeast Texas Community College Presidential Scholars Tyler Reynolds and Kayleah Cumpian presented their work on the long-term Northeast Texas Congressman Wright Patman, at the fall meeting of Texas’s Webb Society.  The meeting was held at the University of Houston at Victoria.  Student chapters of the Webb Society and their professorial advisors attended the meeting.  Webb societies, from universities and colleges throughout Texas, cultivate Texas history on their campuses and in their communities.
 

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By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com
 
Daingerfield Volunteer Fire Department personnel were called to a structure fire at 3478 Highway 49 West at 5 a.m. Dec. 22, according to Fire Chief Jimmy Cornelius.
“A passerby saw the blaze and we were notified,” Chief Cornelius said. “No one was home at the time of the fire. The home is owned by L.V. Searcy.

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By Marlene J. Bohr
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With the emphasis on showing the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School board of trustees the new library flooring, the board’s Dec. 16 meeting was held at the high school library.
Superintendent Sandra Quarles gave an update on the construction at the junior high and the high school. The construction is covered under a $5.4 million bond that is a Qualified School Construction Bond that voters approved at the polls.
“I have gone through the list and everything that is completed is in red bold letters in your packet,” Mrs. Quarles said. “Last week the new DVR was installed and also four or five cameras. They were working with them and aiming for the best angles.”

By Marlene J. Bohr
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If you received a call that your grandson was in trouble and needed money, you would probably react as this East Texas woman did.
June John received a call from an ‘unknown number,’ and the person at the other end played out the scenario that it was her grandchild calling.
The man on the phone playing her grandson told her he was in Ecuador and needed money. He gave a scenario of why he was there with a friend and caught a ride to the airport with someone. They were stopped by the police who found drugs in the car, and she was told her grandson was jailed along with the driver. She was instructed to send $1,000 by Western Union to get him out of jail.

Lisa Moreland’s English IV classes at Hughes Springs High School would like the opportunity to recognize and honor our own Hughes Springs heroes.  
The class is asking for help in determining who these remarkable, possibly unsung, heroes may be.  If you know someone who lives within the Hughes Springs school district (applicants must reside within the Hughes Springs Independent School District) and you feel that he/she should be recognized for the following:  community involvement, service to others, generosity, philanthropic acts, kindness, selflessness, or for any other reason you deem valid, please complete this application and return it to the Hughes Springs High School office or Hughes Springs City Hall.
 

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Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas (CIS), in collaboration with Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods, coordinated the Spirit of Christmas Food Drive again this year.  This is the 15th year that CIS has collected and distributed food to families during the holiday season. 
 Many of the children served through Communities In Schools participate in the Free/Reduced Lunch Programs at their schools. When they are out of school, their families are burdened with coming up with extra money for all of those additional meals that the children will need at home. This can be a significant problem for families that are already struggling to make ends meet. The Spirit of Christmas project helps those families by providing nutritious food items that can sustain them through the holiday season.