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Lone Star Fire Marshal Bobby Livingston hands Dale Shirley, right, of the Lone Star Volunteer Fire Department a plaque for winning the Fireman of the Year Award. Lone Star VFD Chief Karl Stoermer looks on during the presentation. Mr. Shirley attended 111 events totaling 91 hours during 2012.
 

Robert Trimmell, right, is honored with the Rookie of the Year award at the Lone Star Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Trimmell attended 19 events accumulating 19 hours in service. Fire Marshal Bobby Livingston hands Mr. Trimmell the award while Fire Chief Karl Stoermer, center, looks on.  
 

We leave mik and cookies for Santa. What do we leave the Easter bunny?

Carrots.
Rielyn Schubert
Lone Star

Cookies and eggs.
Devon Hall
Avinger

Eggs and a basket.
Miles Johnson
Avinger

Full name: LaShonetra Necole Green.
I have lived in: Daingerfield, Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Detroit, Mich.
Family: My beautiful daughter, Niree.
Occupation: Owner of Mama Deer’s and U.S. Steel employee.
One of the best things about my job is: Meeting good and friendly people, except Dennis, lol.
My ideal vacation is: Any vacation that includes my family. My sisters are good at planning family trips that are awesome.
My hero is: God. Why? Because he keeps me breathing. I can’t even accomplish anything dead, lol.
My favorite TV show is: Any cooking show. I love them all.
My favorite healthy snack is: Ummmm….lol.
A cause I most believe in is: Any cause that supports the cure for cancer.
If I could change one thing about East Texas, it would be: Bring more small businesses in the area.

 Class Reunion
A class reunion for the Traylor High Alumni has been tentatively scheduled for Aug. 17 at the old Traylor High School on Pecan Street in Hughes Springs. The goal is to contact former students who graduated or attended Traylor School. For further information, contact Elaine Traylor Roquemore at 903-619-3505.
 
Book Study
Ladies 18-49 are studying from Stormie Omartian’s book “The Power of a Praying Woman” Sundays at 9:45 a.m. The ladies meet at Mt. Mitchell Church of Christ, 6238 FM 144 North.
 
Basketball Tournament
The Black Community Scholarship Basketball Tournament fund-raiser will be held March 22 and 23 at the Daingerfield High School gym. All teams interested in helping or playing, contact Margine Mims at 903-645-4693
 
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10 YEARS AGO
A.W. Lawton is appointed Morris County Precinct 1 commissioner, taking the seat vacated by Coy Roney.
Avinger High School sophomore Ashley Sauceda wins All-Tournament Player at the Bloomburg Softball Tournament.
Daingerfield Chamber of Commerce banquet is given in honor of the memories of Dr. Roger Cheatum and Joanne Bicknell for their years of service to the chamber.
40 YEARS AGO
Daingerfield City Council members approve the purchase of a new fire truck for the city fire department.
Daingerfield players placing in the All-District basketball tournament this year are Robert Fomby, Roderick Mitchell, and Bennett Everett.
A motorcycle rodeo sponsored by the Rocky Branch 4-H Club will be held at the Naples Rodeo Arena on Sunday.

Mike Burke, a 1974 graduate of Daingerfield High School, will be throwing out the first pitch on March 19 as the Tigers square off against the Hughes Springs Mustangs at Tiger Field. Game time is 7.
Mr. Burke was a outstanding athlete for Daingerfield High School, as a catcher on the baseball team and a running back on the Tigers’ football team. He was diagnosed with dementia three years ago. Donations will be taken at the baseball game to offset some of his medical costs.
If you cannot be at the baseball game and would like to make a donation, make checks payable to The Mike Burke Fund, P.O. Box 0933, Lone Star, TX 75668.
 

Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District administrators received a pleasant surprise March 5 when they learned they had received a funding commitment from Unitersal Service Administration Company for $831,000 in E-rate funds. These funds will allow the district to completely upgrade the district’s technology infrastructure.
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization created in 1997 to collect universal service contributions from telecommunications carriers and administer programs designed to help communities across the country secure access to affordable telecommunications services. 

Northeast Texans can access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders by attending Chick-fil-A® Leadercast® at Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) on May 10.  The event will be held in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.  Registration will begin at 7 a.m. with the program scheduled to begin at 7:30.
Chick-fil-A Leadercast is a one-day leader development event which is held live in Atlanta, Ga. and is simulcast to hundreds of sites across the world.  Northeast Texas Community College is excited to be one of the host broadcast sites for the 2013 Leadercast.  Speakers for this year’s event include:
·Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric
·Andy Stanley, Best-selling leadership author and communicator
·Mike Krzyzewski, Head men’s basketball coach, Duke University and Team USA
·John Maxwell, Best-selling author and leadership expert
·Dr. Henry Cloud, Best-selling author and leadership consultant

By Marlene J. Bohr
mbohr@steelcountrybee.com
 
This year two Community Service awards were given at the seventh annual Avinger Area Chamber of Commerce banquet held Feb. 23 at the McDaniel Building at Avinger School.
Chamber President Spike Salmon presented a Community Service award to former Mayor Marvin “PeeWee” Parvino who at 99 years of age is Avinger’s oldest living mayor.  He could not attend the banquet, so the award was accepted on his behalf by his son and Avinger’s current mayor, Marvin Earl Parvino.
Philip Doss was presented a Community Service award by chamber member Jeff Patterson.
“Philip joined the Navy right out of high school and served from 1967 through 1971,” Mr. Patterson said. He went to Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 and moved to Avinger in 1983. He is a member of the Avinger Volunteer Fire Department, serving as fire chief in 1987 through 1990.