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The Cherokee County Democratic Club will sponsor its fall banquet and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Lon Morris College's Wilson Administration Building, 800 College Ave., Jacksonville. Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie will deliver the keynote speech. Gov. More ... Britney Selman and Jesse Rowley will be married at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Alto First Baptist Church. Miss Selman is the daughter of Deloris and Ricky Selman of Rusk. Mr. Rowley is the son of Robin and Billy Joe Clifton of Brownsboro and Richard Rowley of Alto. Friends and relatives are invited to the wedding. More ... The Rusk Chamber of Commerce needs high school pictures from the 50s and early 60s to be copied and displayed at the annual membership banquet in January. The 1950s will be the theme for the banquet. Persons who have snapshots and other photos are asked to loan them to the chamber to be copied. They will be returned to the owner. More ... The Jacksonville Public Library will offer a free two-day class on Microsoft ® PowerPoint from 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 13-14. This class is provided through the auspices of the Texas State Library's Lone Star Libraries program and the Jacksonville Public Library, and will be taught by David Anderson. Mr. More ... The Alto High School classes of 1950-54 will gather for a reunion at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Alto First Baptist Church. The meeting is open to all who graduated, those who did not graduate, friends from other classes and family members. More ... The Mobile Disaster Recovery Center, 210 W. Larissa St., Jacksonville has reopened and will remain open through Monday, Oct. 29, to allow local citizens more time to register for disaster assistance. Already 240 residents have registered with FEMA for disaster assistance; FEMA and the State of Texas have mailed $439,552 in checks to county residents in disaster grants. More ... The Stella Hill Memorial Library in Alto will begin its fall hours Sept. 1. The library will be open 1-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays. More ... Business of the Month award was presented to Arrowhead Creek Realty last week by members of the Rusk Chamber of Commerce. Receiving the award were owners, Bill Fountain and Louis and Stephanie Caveness. More ... Lionnel Whitaker of Alto, center, is the big Fun in the Sun winner. Tara Crosby of KWRW-FM and Davy Hobson of Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union, sponsors of the promotion, make the presentation to Mr. Whitaker. He received four Six Flags over Texas tickets, four Hurricane Harbor tickets and $200 in cash. More ... The Lions Club voted to sponsor the Horse Shoe Pitching contest at the Heritage Festival. Lisa Westbrook was approved as a new member. She is the daughter of Lion Ann Brown. More ... Rusk Rotarians distributed fans to the needy last week. Among those participating in the project were from left, Gary Corley, Connie Brown, Tara Crosby, Toni Meador, Roy Reynolds, Joe Daniel and Houston White. The Rotary Club in cooperation with Harry's Building Materials and Wallace-Thompson True Value sponsored the event. Local citizens purchased fans at a discount price to be delivered by the local Rotary Club. More than 30 fans were delivered. More ... Carter Blood Care and Stewart Regional Blood Center will conduct a blood drive from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Wilson Administration Building Community Room at Lon Morris College. For information or to register contact Amanda Holloway by e-mail at aholloway@lonmorris.edu or by phone at (903) 589-4065. More ... Lori Bayless was honored with a reception Friday at J&J Jewelry & Gifts. Mrs. Bayless left her employment at J&J after 13 years to accept a teaching position in Jacksonville. Mrs. Bayless is the daughter of Linda and Johnny Graham. Family and friends attended the come and go event. From left are Pete Herring, Jenny Sue Magruder, JoAnn Jackson, Mrs. Bayless, Glenda Johnson, Debbie Jennings, Judy Magruder and Ashley Petty. More ... Action video footage of Jim Swink's athletic career, along with more than two dozen trophies, plaques, footballs, awards and photos will be on display from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5-Friday Sept. 14 at Citizens 1st Bank in Rusk. More ... Open house is planned for 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, for the children's ministry at First Church on the Hill. The children's ministry rooms have recently been renovated. Barbecue will be served with a love offering taken. More ... The annual Sacul Folk Festival will begin with a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. A drawing for a hand made quilt will be at 2 p.m. Tickets are $1 each. Vendors, food, bingo, blue grass music and other activities are planned plus the Sacul Opry will open at 6:30 p.m. For information call Novis White at (936) 326-4672 or Mary Burnett at (936) 326-4935. More ... A jambalaya dinner is planned for noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Tickets are $5 each. Tickets may be purchased from DeeDee Rigsby at (903) 683-1995. A fireproof gun and money safe will be raffled off on Nov. 3. The safe is 5X3 feet and weighs approximately 70 pounds. More ... Aug. 29-Sept. 7 Wednesday: Potato topped fish, herbed new potatoes, green beans, dinner roll, chocolate cake, milk Thursday: Braised beef tips over steamed rice, broccoli with cheese, hot peach cobbler, copper penny salad, wheat bread, More ... |
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