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Students at South Elementary School in Daingerfield participated in a poster contest for Fire Prevention Week. Third grade winners, from left, are Marisol Bernon with second place; Kamryn Taylor with first place and Kylah Haley with third place.

Fourth grade winners at South Elementary School in Daingerfield in the poster contest for Fire Prevention Week in fourth grade, from left, are Jaley Reed, second place overall; Dustin Rawls, third place overall; and Shonte Bell, first place overall.

Fourth grade winners at South Elementary School in Daingerfield in the poster contest for Fire Prevention Week in fourth grade, from left, are Jaley Reed, second place overall; Dustin Rawls, third place overall; and Shonte Bell, first place overall.

Overall winners for the poster contest for Fire Prevention Week at South Elementary School in Daingerfield, from left, are Jaylee Barron, third place; Megan Sears, first place; and Maribel Quinta DelaRosa, second place.

Music City Texas Theater will celebrate the release of “Curtis Maloney & The Beagles”  on Oct. 26. This is the Linden native’s fourth album of original material.
“I grew up  listening to Hank Williams Jr. and Sr., George Jones, Merle Haggard, George Strait  and Alabama with my mamma, daddy and sisters,” Mr. Maloney said. “The great songs they sang motivated me to write music. I feel that the song is everything and truly the factor that makes any artist what they are.”
Mr. Maloney enjoyed the musical talent around Cass County and recalls spending time with Linden Lions Club Follies band members Paula Fitts, Greg Attaway, David Lovelace and John Early.
 High School talent show performances by friends Ron Watson and Michael Sharp led to Mr. Maloney purchasing a Martin guitar one summer from H.T. (Scoot) Burrow. He recalls Scoot saying “Now Big Mo, take care of this guitar and go write some good country songs he called Three Chord Knockers.”

First responders from all over the ATCOG region will be participating in an emergency response training exercise on Oct. 28 through 30. The ATCOG region encompasses the following counties: Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, and Titus.

Texas Secretary of State John Steen has announced that photo identification will now be required when voting in Texas elections. His announcement follows a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that cleared the way for photo ID requirements in Texas, originally passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011, to take effect.
“My office is committed to making sure Texans have all the information they need to vote, including what forms of identification they need now that photo ID requirements are in effect,” said Secretary Steen.
A voter will be required to show one of the following forms of photo identification at the polling location before the voter will be permitted to cast a vote:
Texas driver license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS.
Texas personal identification card issued by DPS.
Texas concealed handgun license issued by DPS.
 

Endangered whooping cranes have begun their annual 2,400-mile fall migration from Canada to Texas. As the rare birds approach the Lone State, a citizen science initiative is inviting Texas residents and visitors to report whooper sightings.
Texas Whooper Watch (http://tpwd.texas.gov/whoopingcranes/) is a volunteer monitoring program that is a part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Texas Nature Trackers program. The program was developed to help the agency learn more about Whooping Cranes and their winter habitats in Texas.