BULLDOG FOOTBALL TWO -A-DAYS
     Head Coach Mike Vallery is getting the Kilgore High School Bulldog football team whipped into shape. The team is practicing two-a-days last week. Vallery said he limits his practice times to two hours a session. The head coach said he has 140 players out this season, which includes freshman, junior varsity and varsity players. The Bulldogs will open the season on Aug. 29 at home against Carthage.
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A welcome home and to our neighborhood
CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD
      It's so nice to live in a suburban area where getting to know your neighbor means so much. It is a place where it doesn't take an excuse to gather friends and neighbors around you to have a few refreshments and a little laughter. However, National Night Out provided just the right excuse for those who have become a bit too busy to keep up with the neighborhood.
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Irvin and Frances to celebrate 70 years together
      Frances (91) and Irvin (97) Flash of Longview will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary August 12, 2008. They were married August 12, 1938 in Bruni, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fiench. Irvin and Frances met in 1936 in Freer.
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Cassady and Carroll unite in marriage
      Mr. and Mrs. Gayle B. Carroll, of Kilgore, announce the marriage of their daughter, Amy Elizabeth, to Wayne Thomas Cassady, Jr., of Knoxville, TN. Wayne is the son of Mrs. Gertrude Childress, of Knoxville, TN, and the late Wayne Thomas Cassady, Sr.
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Ginger Shorter honored at 64th annual conferance
Liz Buckner County Extension Agent FCS Rusk County
      Last week the Texas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (TEAFCS) held their 64th Annual Conference in Amarillo. TEAFCS is the state affiliate of National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) and serves as the professional association of county extension agents in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences.
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Mlms Twirlers attend pep-rally/field routine camp
      The new MLMS Twirlers for the 2008-09 school year recently had their pep-rally/field routine camp. they learned a total of 4 toutines in 2 day, (12 hours) including 1, 2, and 3 batons and a safari hat. The team has two returning members, Rachel Wright and Victoria Way. Blair Maxwell is their insturctor and choreographer.
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