Community Calendar
     E.E. Wheat Freestone County NAACP will be having their monthly meeting on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 6pm at the Dogan Campus. AARP meets before noon on Tuesday, August 18th at the Buffalo Civic Center.
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North Creek Baptist Church
By Tom Nolen
      We had good attendance today and the pastor was really happy to see them that way. The business meeting was well attended and everyone was really in a good mood. Brother Jim Bridges visited as he was on a leave from the hospital at Temple. Details were given on the recent sale of tho old parsonage on Highway 7.
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Sales Tax Holiday Offers Best Savings Ever for Budget Conscious Families
      (AUSTIN) — Shoppers will save more than ever before during the annual sales tax holiday — which now includes more than two dozen school supply items in addition to clothing and backpacks. Families will save an estimated $65.7 million in state and local sales taxes, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said today.
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Three generations experience the thrills of Alaska
By Michael Autry
      We will never forget our trip to Alaska. My father, Mickey Autry, my grandfather, Arthur Autry, from Buffalo, Texas and I took the trip of a lifetime this summer. Arriving at Anchorage, we met with Captain Mark Hurst, my grandfather’s neighbor. Mark is an airplane pilot for UPS and is in Anchorage, Alaska one to three weeks each month throughout the year. The excitement was on.
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