News

Turkey Shoot
The Avinger Area Chamber of Commerce is getting geared up for its second annual Turkey Shoot on Saturday, Nov. 9. For more details call Jeff Patterson at 903-562-1418.

Chili Supper
The Lions Club and PEO will sponsor a chili supper Nov. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., at South Elementary Cafeteria.

Flu Shots
Flu shots will be available at the Hughes Springs Community Building at 902 E. 1st St. in Hughes Springs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 6. You must be 18 years and older. Shots cost $25 in cash and Medicare is accepted. For further information, call 903-639-7519.

Anniversary
Williams Chapel Baptist Church will hold its 123rd church anniversary and homecoming celebration at 3 p.m. on Nov. 3. Lester Heath of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Calif. will be the guest speaker. For further information, call 903-380-3831 or 903-884-3737.

Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
In today’s society we turn on the television, read the newspaper, and follow Internet sites and find all we ever wanted to know about what’s wrong with the world.  Negativity is a staple in society and is portrayed every day.
However, I would like to take this opportunity to brag on my community and express “What is right with our community.”
Nestled here in the Piney Woods of East Texas lies a community that is proactive in making their town a better place to live and raise a family.  Since coming home, I have been amazed at the approach our town and community strive to make Hughes Springs a better place to live.

Avinger Elementary School students dressed up as nerds as ‘smarties don’t do drugs” for Red Ribbon Week. Students, from left, are Tristan Clark, Jaxon Woods, Mason Johnson, Skyler Mathis, Hagen Hagler and Miles Johnson.

Building upon two highly successful pro bono clinics for military veterans, District 14 of the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas, in collaboration with the Northeast Texas Association of Paralegals, will be holding a third annual  Wills For Heroes on Nov. 9, at the Morris County Courthouse Annex in Daingerfield.
Attorney-paralegal teams will prepare simple wills, advance directives, and powers of attorney for area U.S. military veterans and their spouses, at absolutely no charge.
The first clinic was held in Longview in 2011, and last year’s was held in Gilmer.

Read more in our e-edition:http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Daingerfield1//Magazine38034/...

Brandon Rhyder has established himself as a fixture in the Texas Country/Red Dirt scene. The debut single, “Haggard,” from the Carthage native’s new album “That’s just Me,” scored the No. 1 position on the Texas Regional Radio Report in May, marking his fourth No. 1 single on Texas radio to date. “Pray The Night,” co-written with fellow Texan Wade Bowen, is currently climbing the charts.
Recorded in Dripping Springs, Mr. Rhyder’s eighth release is the first he has self-produced. “If you don’t recreate yourself you can get left behind,” Rhyder said, and credits the national recognition surrounding “That’s Just Me” to its honest, pure qualities.

The Voice of Democracy Scholarship contest is for high-school aged entrants and the Patriot’s Pen Scholarship contest is for junior high aged entrants.  These essay-based contests are open to home-schooled participants as well.  Last year’s Texas State VOD Winner was a home-schooled female from Farmersville. For this state- level win, she was given a $10,000 scholarship.
VFW Post 1890 Vietnam Veteran Les Houk and spouse, Anne Houk, Ladies Auxiliary District 12 President, took VOD and Patriot’s Pen posters and pamphlets to the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District campuses and to Pewitt ISD Schools on Oct. 8.  The deadline to get these back to the Post for judging is Nov. 1.  The Post is hoping for a good response from each of the school districts.  

Cass County Criminal District Attorney Clint Allen releases the following information on cases disposed of in the County Court at Law for the month of August with Donald Dowd, presiding judge:
Michelle Lee Lowe, 37, Queen City, 60 days county jail sanction for possession of marijuana, revoked.
Brent Wayne Orand, 28, Atlanta, 180 days county jail and pay $297 in court costs for failure to identify as fugitive.
Eric Dominic Parks, 42, Queen City, 60 days county jail for possession of a controlled substance – revoked.
Marc Quincey Roberts, 32, Douglassville, 60 days county jail and pay $297 in court costs for driving while license invalid with previous convictions.
Clydell Strain, 44, Deberry, 90 days county jail and pay $297 in court costs for evading arrest/detention and 12 months in Texas Department of Criminal Justice - State Jail Division and pay $324 in court costs for theft.

By Marlene J. Bohr mbohr@steelcountrybee.com Donald Wayne Adams Jr., 53, of Daingerfield, was arrested Oct. 24 and charged with making a false alarm/report, according to Daingerfield Police Chief Tracey Climer. “At 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, we received a complaint of a possible shooting/homicide from a third party," Chief Climer said. "In the report, someone at 917 Carpenter St. had contacted a third party telling them that he had just shot someone and there was a lot of blood. He needed to know how to clean it up. When the third party confronted the subject about calling law enforcement, the phone conversation ended. The third party called law enforcement and upon arrival, we prepared a parameter around the property and attempted to make contact with someone in the home. We received no response. “Several attempts were made to communicate with the person of interest; however, no contact was made.

On Thursday, Oct. 31, Northeast Texas Community College welcomes you to spend your Halloween in the company of food entrepreneurs.  In association with the Living From the Ground Up seminar, NTCC is pleased to present “Dinner by Design” with Daniel Salatin, one of the sustainable food movement’s most reliable specialists. The dinner will be held at NTCC’s Culinary School and restaurant in Pittsburg (Our Place).
The meal is from 7 to 9 p.m. and includes a buffet-style, farm-to-table meal prepared by the NTCC Culinary Arts students under the direction of Chef Charles Reeves and Chef Kathleen Kilpatrick.  The ingredients will all be donated by area local farmers for a truly “fresh” sampling of local cuisine.
Mr. Salatin will speak on “Relationship Marketing” and later provide the keynote address and additional class at the NTCC Living From the Ground Up Workshop the next day in Mount Pleasant at the Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Complex and Pavilion.