KILGOROUND

You may have noticed that we were running behind on Wednesday. Our apologies. It was a long day, complete with technical and mechanical difficulties.

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Well Happy thanksgiving — again. I hope everyone had a wonderful day filled with joy and surrounded by family and friends.

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I have never been one to migrate from house to house on Thanksgiving, but this year was a little different; since my family could not all be in the same place at the same time on turkey day we had our family feast on Wednesday night.

So what to do on Thursday? I mean you just have to have turkey and football on Thanksgiving; so my son and I went to Cedar Creek Lake (outside of Gun Barrel City) and did round two with a friend's family.

It is always fun to see

how other families celebrate and what their family favorites are. So we had our first taste of squash casserole and cranberry salad.

So after a lot of passing the plate and a little friendly football, some fishing and a lot of televised sports the day ended — a total success.

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Well tomorrow night is the annual Business and Loft Tour put on by the Kilgore Main Street program. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. with residences open until 9 p.m. and business open until the crowd quiets.

Lofts on the tour include: Crouse Lofts on Main, 104. North Kilgore St.; the loft of Mitch and Janet Mitchell, 205 B N. Kilgore St.; The loft of Denise Dunwoody, 116 S. Kilgore St.; and, the loft of Bill Woodall and Jessica Matlock, 206 N. Commerce St.

Businesses on the tour include: The shop at 205, 205 N. Kilgore St.; Barton & Beane, 101 N. Kilgore St.; Provence, 104 N. Kilgore St.; Expressions, 104 N. Kilgore St.; and, Greenery Floral Creations, 212 E. Main St.

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Happy birthday today to Joshua Garcia, Mike Smith, Susan Halbert, Evelyn Bolding, Lucille Garner, Beatrice Pulliam, Mrs. Ervin Fette, Brandy McFarland, Janice Marie Bagley, Tim Watson, Mitch Smith, Jimmy Riley, Peggy Gough, Linda Tomlinson, Jason Pullen, J.C. Adams, Patsy Richie, Otto Sudduth, Brandon Head.

Blowing out the candles on Saturday are Pat Applewhite, Mrs. G.C. Clifford, Sue Sisco Newburn, Mrs. Jim Allen, Joshua Kyle Chitwood, Shayne Brightwell, Mrs. Maura Webb, Zacharie Scott Smith, Troy Steeleman, Richard McFarland, Craig Stark, Danette Hedrick, Louis Lee, Rosilyn Jones, Betty Robuck, Dalton Davis.