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City council's gift to fire department, approval of several agenda items
, The evening of April 22, the Daingerfield city council consented to an updated agreement for the city water treatment and a development project for bathrooms at a local ballpark. Before the meeting began, the council presented the fire department with a wall hanging in appreciation of their dedication to the city. The agenda items approved are as follows: • The updated agreement with Northeast Texas Municipal Water District for treated water See council Page 3 • Resolution to authorize the Daingerfield Economic Development Corporation to complete the Irving Ballpark Facility Bathroom project • Request from parents of graduating class of 2024 to set off fireworks, as long as certified firework company handles the display One of the agenda items was the request from Daingerfield 259 LLC to assist in replacing an existing city sewer line across 201 Cotton Street. Councilmember Mike Carter expressed the concern that a quote should be presented for the request to be approved or rejected, and the issue is tabled until that quote can be presented to the council.
The bloom of Wildfiower Trails Festival ushers in Spring
, , , , , , , , Rain or shine, the Wildfiower Trails Festival bloomed from April 25 - 27 and East Texans gathered in Hughes Springs to usher in a new season. For those not familiar with the area, the Wildfiower Trails Festival is celebrated in Hughes Springs, Avinger, and Linden. According to the City of Hughes Springs, it all began in the early 1970s. An East Texan botanist, Peggy Amerson, shared her love of photographing wildflowers in the Hughes Springs, Linden, and Avinger areas. After sharing her slides with the Historical society, she made a statement about wishing...
Lone Star unable to hold quorum, city council meeting to be rescheduled
The Lone Star Volunteer Fire Department was full of concerned residents as several council members’ seats sat empty and Mayor Brianna McClain made a statement. “Over the past month, I have been approached numerous times regarding concerns involving our city employees. The supposed issues at hand were not brought to myself or the employees directly, the issues were circulated around until I got wind of them. Regardless of the employee or the issue, I have made it a priority to address each concern promptly,” Mayor McClain said. The city council meeting on the evening of April 18 had a full agenda, planning...
Traveling food truck Smashing through their first anniversary
, , A traveling food truck known for hopping town to town in East Texas and serving tasty smashburgers and crisp, perfectly golden fries is celebrating their first anniversary on April 29. If there’s one thing any Texan knows by the smell and taste, it’s a good burger. In one town alone, there’s various options of burgers to choose from. From Hughes Springs, Robert Nelson and his wife, Heather, bought a trailer and fired up their own grill, capturing local taste buds with their smashburgers. “I bought a blackstone griddle and started cooking burgers at the house,” Robert said. “Cooked for some...
Gatsie Grace’s and Glory Be Hat Company open for business
, Home goods, decor, and gifts, oh my! After dedication and lots of sewing, Gatsie’s Grace cut the ribbon for their brand new location. What started as a simple joy for sewing grew into something more. The owner, Clair Terrell, said, “This all started because our family grew quickly. We had five little great nieces and nephews born within a couple years. So I just started sewing and I love it. It’s my passion and I just wanted to turn it into a business.” The name of the business is inspired by Terrell’s grandmother, Gatsy Grace. Clair and her husband are both...
Ounce of Prevention meets for Child Abuse Prevention month
On Tuesday, April 9, Ounce of Prevention and allied organizations filled the hall at the Church on the Rock in Daingerfield to discuss how to further prevent child abuse and spread awareness. These included the Department of Family Protective Services, CASA of Titus, Camp, and Morris Counties, the Child Advocacy Center in Texarkana, Family And Youth Program, and SAFE-T. On the agenda were updated changes for 4Kids4Families. Kaitlyn Kading with the DFPS said, “Now we contact CPS and we also have online reporting and reports to the hotline as well. Krystal Homer with CASA encouraged the community to volunteer, “These kids need...
History essays sought for Bonnie Spencer Awards
, Expertise has its own rewards. In the case of history essays at Northeast Texas Community College, the reward might be something greater than an ‘A’. For the ninth straight year, the history professors of NTCC will feature the Bonnie Spencer Awards for the best three research papers in non-honors classes. The first-place winner will receive $100, the second place, $50, and the third, $25. Essays should be at least 1,000 words with correct historical citations. The names of the author and mentoring professor should be omitted from the manuscript. Professors may nominate their top student essays, or students may nominate...
Real estate dream comes to fruition:
, A native of Daingerfield cut the ribbon of the brand new office for her business, Chism Investment Properties LLC. Tegra Chism said she earned her real estate license after her parents died. “They had rental properties, so I actually had to figure out what to do from there. I went to real estate school and got my license. Then I dived in,” Chism said. Chism expressed how valuable she believes it is to take care of your neighbors and give back to the community. “We invest in the children here. We have scholarship programs. We are just looking to build into that, continue...
Street Corner Wisdom
My journey to the streets included a glimpse of a friendship I never wanted to take for granted, especially when this person offered me wisdom for walking out my life journey. I was driving my car from a spot after visiting some of my homeless friends near downtown, and I hoped to find someone else to talk with before going home. I drove down a street next to a restaurant where patrons ate outside, and to my left on the walkway, a towering tree of an older man (not homeless, but out and about walking a lot) caught my attention, and I...
Pruning Juvenile Pecans
, , , New pecan tree growers, this is for you. The same home gardening guidelines on pruning to a proper bottom limb height generally apply to all other tree species. As fellow pecan growers, we relate to those who invest in a harvest they may never see. Disclaimer – we are not arborists. We have had training in advanced tree care offered by the Texas Master Gardener Association. Please check with your local authorities before any tree pruning, especially if you or the falling limbs may touch or fall on live power lines. Look carefully before you prune. Our pecan adventure...
Mr. Beekeeper and Mrs. Scientist
, Sometimes it’s refreshing to invest time with children in learning environments. It isn’t convenient, there is no financial reward, and it might look like the kids don’t get it, but there is learning going on, and it’s fabulous! A local education administrator contacted us and asked if we would participate in her elementary school’s careers day. “Of course! Yes! Are you interested in our business backgrounds, our corporate international ex-pat years, or our reflections on doing business in other languages and cultures?” “No,” she replied, “we want you to talk about being beekeepers.” So, we did. Roger dressed as Mr. Beekeeper:...
Local author hosts signing ______________________
, , Local author Tom Collins said he started writing his book ‘Justice Denied: The Cursed Destiny of Gus Finley’ in 2018. However, the research for his novel took 40 years. A signing for that book was held recently at the Daingerfield Public Library. “I started researching the story in ‘79 when we first moved here,” Collins said. “ That’s 40 years. And the first few years, I found little. It really was after Google came along and I was able to do computer searches that I was able to locate graves, locate sites, and the story happened about a quarter of...
Morris Theatre
When one thinks of dollar movie theatres, it is almost a given that typical results would be less than favorable. But Daingerfield’s Morris Twin Cinema is anything but “typical.” Built in 1949, the Morris Twin Cinema, or Morris Theatre, has remained a family- owned and operated business ever since. Originally built by W.W. McNatt, the theatre remains a source of entertainment for those in the Daingerfield, Lone Star, Hughes Springs are and beyond. McNatt’s grandchildren, Walter and Beverly Bass, continue to operate the family business in downtown Daingerfield. The Morris Theatre has been open almost daily since it was built, with the...
Total eclipse April 8
AUSTIN — The moon will throw some serious shade next month, and TxDOT is preparing for a major increase in traffic as Texans and visitors across the state travel to witness this rare total solar eclipse. Responding to a call for help along the road, TxDOT Highway Emergency Response Operator team lead Martin Lazo saw the sky get eerily dark right before noon. It was the annular eclipse in Oct. 2023, and it stopped him in his tracks. He took a second to experience the unusual phenomenon, but then he was back to work, helping drivers return to the road safely. “We’re...
NTCC wins sixth Caldwell Award for niche cinema projects
Over twenty days of filming and a summer filled with research, scripts, and organizational maneuvering were not in vain. Recently at College Station, Texas State Historical Association Education Director, Lisa Berg awarded NTCC its sixth Chapter Project of the Year Award, for the best endeavor in Texas history performed by any college or university group. The award comes with a jade-glass trophy, and $600. A joint effort between the NTCC Webb Society, Allen Herald & Co. Motion Pictures, and Honors Northeast in the recent film about the traveling preachers of early Texas made such recognition possible. The award itself, however,...
Photo shoot with Jesus
The items I had with me were a camera, where I snapped family photos and candid shots of the day as inmates met with their families and enjoyed hours with each other, which included pizza, games, handholding, eye contact, sitting at a table together, and continuous memory-making moments. One inmate stood with his wife for a candid embrace, asking their 20-something son to move aside for that shot, and I grabbed the young man’s arm. “I’ll take you. I’m old enough to be your grandmother. So I could use another grandson, and I’ll take you.” Little did I know that this young...
Northeast Texan starring in reality show
A northeast Texan received a one in a million chance and went for it. Maria Lucy Beyonce will be showing us her survival skills on the hit television show ‘Naked and Afraid’. Better known as ‘Malu’ to friends and family, this Pittsburg native said it all started because she watches the show and discusses the episodes on her own podcast called ‘Oh Heck Naa’. “I’d watch the show and say ‘Oh, these guys are tapping out. There’s no tap outs in real life’,” Malu said. “And so I did a podcast about this, because I thought people are tapping out way too...
The Buzz
The Hughes Springs Area Public Library is holding an ongoing book sale during library hours. Suggested donations are one dollar per hardback and twen- _________________ paper back book. Proceeds will be used for the library __________________ plies. Community Blood Pressure Clinic Thornton Healthcare Management will be hosting a Community Blood Pressure Clinic the second Thursday of each month at the community city in Hughes Springs. The clinic will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sack lunches, dessert, and drinks _________________ APRIL 25-27 Art & Photography Show and Treasure Hunt Art & Photography Show and Treasure Hunt, April 25-27. _____________________ & Photography Show: adult and youth categories, cash awards, art de- ____________________ lic show April 25-27. Three-day Treasure Hunt, new clue daily, cash prize. Visit _________________ org for details. APRIL 27 Wildflowers & Wine Wildflowers & Wine Saturday, April 27, ____________________ Starts at 10 a.m. Art & Photography _____________________ food trucks, kids’ ___________________ ty parade. Wine garden and wine-tasting open 11 a.m.-6 __________________ wineries, $10 entry _____________________ bag. Jeep Shine and Show. Hot dog eating contest planned. Music by 92.3 FM, _________________ T-shirts for purchase in April. Visit _________________ org for details and ____________________
Spring in the Honeybee World
, , , Honeybees and beekeepers are both at their busiest this time of year. Some honeybees are returning from almond pollination in California. Their keepers bring them to East Texas, because we have abundant pollen, the honeybee’s protein, available to support new bee growth and development. Keep an eye out along the roads for 50 to 100 colonies placed in temporary apiaries. Soon the keepers will split the strong colonies into two or three new colonies of bees. The keeper does this to reduce the swarming instinct in honeybees and to make an additional product, new honeybee colonies, to sell....
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