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Remember the Golden Rule
      Dallas is taking their last shot at building a lake on the Anderson- Cherokee County line. They want to put a dam on the Neches River to create Lake Fastrill. The water will be pumped from the proposed reservoir up to Lake Palestine and on to Big D.
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THE Q factor
'Flowers' for a cousin
      For the past few days, I've had a song lyric stuck in my head: Give me my flowers While I yet live So that I can see the beauty That they bring... -- The Consolers, "Give Me My Flowers" I've heard that message said in other ways. "Give me my flowers while I'm alive to smell them." Or, "Give me my flowers while I can see them.
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BOWMAN'S east texas
A cotton gin gets a new life in Henderson
      T here was a time in East Texas when almost very farming town had a cotton gin where farmers had their cotton cleansed of field debris and processed into bales that could be sold and converted into money that kept the family prepared for the winter months.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      F olks along El Camino Real are trying to adjust to the summer heat that has enveloped us in such a hurry. We went from cool nights to the middle of summer with no warning. We are going to be in much need of rain on our gardens and yards pretty quickly.
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