Rangerettes Looking Good
     Despite the heat, the Kilgore College Rangerettes have taken to R.E. St. Johns Stadium in preparation for KCs opening game this Saturday night against Fort Scott, Kan. The Rangerettes will perform at half time with their traditional high kick. This is the 69th Rangerette Line under the direction of Director Dana Blair and Assistant Director Shelley Wayne.
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A Word Please
by June Casagrande
      Once upon a time there was a wicked witch who looked at her reflection and asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the best writer of them all?
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Mother nature strikes
CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD
      Pastor Ed Findley of Laird Hill Baptist Church received quite a wake up call Monday evening. It had started to rain as he and his wife Joyce pulled up at the church for an associate meeting. He let her out at the door and Ricky Hammontree handed him an umbrella so he could park the car and get back in the building.
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Community Concert Association to open season
      Dallas' internationally recognized Vocal Majority chorus will open the 2008-2009 concert season of the Kilgore community Concert Association on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore college campus in Kilgore.
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Brown and Smith to wed in September
      Greg and Cindy Brown of Kilgore are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Brook Brown of Kilgore to Rusty Bennon Smith of Louisiana, son of Carl and Mickie Smith.
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CWF kicks off new year
      CWF Members of First Christian Church gathered together August 18, 2008 to kick off their new year. Members were greeted by co-presidents Louise Harrison and Marada Early and served a delightful dinner of chicken salad sandwiches, fruit, chocolate cake, and fruit tea.
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St. Luke's announces new Reverend
      The staff Parish Relations Committee of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kilgore announces the appointment of Reverend Darwood K. Galaway effective September 1, 2008. Rev. Galaway comes to St. Luke's from Sunset United Methodist Church in Pasadena, Texas. During his seven year tenure at Sunset United Methodist Church, there has been remarkable growth in many areas.
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Downside to the recent rains
Blaine Jernigan
      Many yards, gardens, pastures, and hay meadows have made incredible improvements as a result of recent rains in our area. We accumulated as much as nine inches of rain in total in some localities around Rusk county. The milder temperatures have made an enormous difference as well.
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