Community Calendar
     BOUND FOR AGGIELAND? Attention, Graduating Seniors: Local Aggies have been extra generous this year and the Leon County A&M Club is proud to be able to offer one $500 scholarship in EACH school district in our county. The funds will be applied to your 2010 fall tuition at Texas A&M.
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Straight from The Horse’s Mouth
Laura St. John
      Glenn and I are grinning from ear to ear about last weekend's Buffalo Spring Fest. A fantastic time was had by all. The music was amazing and the chili delicious! Many thanks to the members of the Chamber of Commerce who were on hand, and many friends and family who made it all possible.
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Tales from WannaBea Farm
FIRST JUMP Part Two
Joyce Stark
      Jump day has arrived! I'm so excited I probably didn't sleep ten minutes all night. Excited and scared half to death. Mr. Macho is already awake, sitting at the kitchen table drinking his coffee, wishing he had a beer. "Sure you want to do this?" he asks.
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BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS
Honky Tonks
A LOOK AT HISTORIC PLACES, PEOPLE AND EVENTS
      A friend from Daingerfield called a few days ago with an interesting question: “How did the term “Honky Tonk” come about?” As best we can tell, it was slang for local bars and clubs frequently patronized by poor whites, often called “honkies.”
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Letters to the Editor
      To the Editor: The up coming election in the Oakwood ISD has stimulated much discussion. Some of the information being used to support different positions needs to be carefully reviewed before we make decisions in this important election.
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