KILGOROUND

OK — ALL YOU Kilgore High School and West Rusk High School football fans will have to find something else to do Friday night.

Both your teams have open dates. And congratulations to both for great starts this season.

Sabine visits Winona on Friday night; Overton hosts Cayuga and Leverett's Chapel's six-man program visits Fannindel. You can read previews on those teams, and read about KHS and West Rusk, too, in Game Time Weekly in Thursday's paper.

Congratulations to the Kilgore College Rangers, who knocked off the No. 1 team in the country on Saturday. If you haven't heard, KC beat Blinn, 20- 17, in triple overtime. The Rangers got a win they needed badly, and shocked the nation — or at the very least, shook up their own conference — in the process.

KC visits Arkansas Baptist at 3 p.m. in Little Rock

on Saturday. Read about the Rangers' win over Blinn today on page 8 in sports.

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THE GOOD FOLKS AT Highland Park Baptist Church will host their annual bazaar and soup luncheon in two weeks — Friday, Oct. 17 — at the church's family life center.

The bazaar, which will feature crafts, Christmas decor and a bake sale, will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and the soup luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., at a cost of $5 for adults, $2.50 for children under 12. The variety of soups will be available, as well as sides of cornbread, a dessert and tea.

For more information, call the church during normal business hours at (903) 984- 6900.

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HEY, THERE'S A BAKE SALE and garage sale this Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Lions Club at 307 Rusk Street. The activities are being put together by the Kilgore Senior Citizen Club.

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IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR some good old-time music, the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation is banking you'll like "Shake, Rattle and Roll," to be held on the Winter Elder Stage on the World's Richest Acre under the derricks Thursday night, Oct. 16 at 6:30.

The quartet of Leann Bemis, Tavie Spivey, Brenda Spencer and Kathy Sutton will entertain, including involving audience members and encouraging singalongs. You're invited to come out and bring your lawn chairs for the concert.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY to Martha Page, Nick Hearne, Martha Beverly, Joe Welch, Craig Spofford, Lizzie Walker, Beverly Ragle, Gene Sparkman, Charles Peterson Jr., Edward Sanders, Kevin De Lange, Alysia Renee Butler, Yomaya Renee Jones, Mary Carpenter Hunt Lovebird, Chiketa Kelly, Doyce Freeman, Pauline Howell, Ruth Murphey, Dorris Wilson, Steve Doan, Larry Gattis, Ed Thieman, Anita Dowdy, Brl Burton, Wendy Williams, Terry Longmire, Whitney Williams, Brittany Williams, Mary Hunt, Callie Harvey, Kelli Jo Sadler, J.T. Odom, Jerry Ted Roberts, Peyton Maxwell Sharp, Carter Staney, Gleiselda Vazquez.

Also celebrating their birthdays today: actress Angie Dickinson (77), singer Cissy Houston (and also famous for being Whitney's mom — she's 75), singer Johnny Mathis (73), singer Marylin McCoo (65), actor Barry Williams — Greg Brady on "The Brady Bunch" (54), actress Fran Drescher (of "The Nanny;" she's 51), country singer Marty Stuart (50), actress Jenna Elfman (37), and actress Crystal Bernard (47).

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY to John and Wanda Gunn, Gay and David Cale.