Only a coward dumps unwanted pups on others
BONNIE BLANKINSHIP
      A word to the cowardly irresponsible person(s) who "dumped" their mixed breed litter of puppies at our gate at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16 and then drove off: We saw you.
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Museum seeks help in documenting 70-year-old Boy Scout camp near Rusk
ROBERT N. HIGHTOWER
      More than 70 years ago, Rusk was the location of one of the first Boy Scout camps in this part of Texas. Its name was Camp Kawanis. As far as we can tell, it was located a few miles south of Rusk on a lake. The dam of the lake later broke and was never repaired. Its exact location is unknown today...
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Innovative idea will provide safety net for seniors living alone
RAY CRYER
      My neighbor, who lived half a mile away died, and his death went undetected for quite some time. He was over 60 and lived alone. I did not know him well, but I believe he had some family in Louisiana and my wife and I assumed he had gone visiting. He had no phone, but I feel we dropped the ball as...
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Group wants to create lighthouse from Conrad's schooner
EDMUND AND NANCY BOJARSKI
      The Joseph Conrad Foundation (JCF), established as a nonprofit 501(3)C organization at the old Rusk Meat and Locker plant in Rusk in 1995, is planning a worldwide campaign to celebrate the Anglo-Polish novelist's sesquicentennial by turning the 120-foot keel of his famous, three-masted schooner, t...
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