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Effective Sept. 1, law aims to reduce crashes, save lives
 
September not only brings the start of fall, but also the start of a new requirement for Texas drivers. The state’s move over/slow down law, which traditionally has required drivers to yield to police, fire and emergency vehicles, has now been expanded to provide that same protection for Texas Department of Transportation workers. Effective Sept. 1, drivers must move over or slow down when approaching TxDOT workers and vehicles that are stopped with overhead flashing blue or amber lights.

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the city of Daingerfield has issued a burn ban!

SMART Girls

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com
 Three Daingerfield teenagers and a 4-year-old child were injured in a mid-afternoon collision in McCurtain County, Okla., on July 29, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Johnson. The accident occurred two miles north of Harris on Highway 259.

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 The Daingerfield Police Department is seeking information regarding a burglary of a habitation on Watson Street in Daingerfield, according to Daingerfield Police Chief Tracey Climer.

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Kids at Lollipop Kid Stop in Daingerfield beat the hot August heat by playing in the water. Those enjoying the day, from left, are Madi Huie, 5; Garrett Lowery, 6; Darcy Humphrey, 6; and Jaycee Oney, 5.

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.cm
Residents in the member cities of the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District will not experience an increase in water rates from the district, according to board of director decisions at the district’s July 22 meeting.    
The board authorized a draft budget to be sent out to the member cities for comment. This is for the year starting Oct. 1, and running through Sept. 30, 2014.
“The budget is based on no water rate change from the district to the member cites,” said General Manager Walt Sears. “It anticipates a slight increase in the revenue that the member cities will receive from raw water sales to customers other than the member cities.”
Member cities include Avinger, Daingerfield, Lone Star, Hughes Springs, Pittsburg, Ore City and Jefferson.

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com
When a Daingerfield man started college, he also started his military career in the Air Force. Jim Garner graduated from Texarkana, Ark. high school in 1952 and headed for college at North Texas State in Denton where he enrolled as a freshman. His military career began there in the Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Mr. Garner studied personnel production management while in college, working toward a double degree. 
“I went to school in the summer also so I went ahead of my degree plan by a number of hours,” he said. “I also worked for the fire department in Denton. There were six of us student firemen at three fire stations. They paid us $60 a month and gave us a room, so I was right on campus.

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@etcnonline.com
It will soon be the start of a new school year, and parents are busy planning to get supplies and clothes for their children. The Hughes Springs Area Foundation will hold its sixth back-to-school clothing resale on Aug. 16 and 17. The sale will be held in the museum area of the public library from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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The local McDonald’s restaurant in Daingerfield was awarded the Customer Satisfaction Opportunity Award, according to Manager Kemeiun Finney. Thomas LaToff and his family own 120 stores in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

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