KILGOROUND
KATHRYN MARTINEZ

I slid out my front door this morning. Literall y .

I scoffed yesterday when I heard of the looming overnight rain and freeze. I mean we have made it so far without a lot of inclement weather. Even last Friday's flurries were not much to talk about; just fluffy rain if you ask me.

How long will this cold and wet weather stay?

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Have you ever wondered where lost bicycles end up? Angela Burch, Kilgore Police Department, knows. Burch has a stock-pile of bicycles, recovered recently - 12 to be exact - and she seeks owners to claim these lost toys. Contact Burch at KPD 903-983-

1522, to describe your lost bike.

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The Miss Dawg Pageant is tomorrow night. Senior boys compete in evening gown, talent and interview competition, to raise money for Project Graduation.

Tickets are $5 and the show starts 7 p.m. at Kilgore High School Auditorium.

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Next Saturday comes the 9th annual Touch of Fame and Fashion Show. 7 p.m. at Kilgore High School Auditorium. Admission is $5.

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On this day in: 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service; 1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games; 1945 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge ends; and in 1960 - The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.

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Born on this day in: 1913 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003); 1938 - Etta James, American singer; 1953 - The Honky Tonk Man, American professional wrestler; and in 1981 - Alicia Keys, American singer.

Celebrating a birthday today John Marmon, Andy Grush, Jackie Fout, Bill Smith, Chad Payne, Mary Lynn Brown, Catherine Dixon, Freda Mitchell, Barbara Longmire, Andrea Hademeier, Mrs. L.D. Phoddox, Jimmy Burton, Jr., Mindy Baugh, Emma Payne, Mary Burton, Sondra Hamilton, Suzie Anthony, Mrs. Ann Combs, Jerry Yance, Tamie Cole, Jerri Biggs, Debra Gilliam, Perry Tolbert, Jr., Bobby Beane, Michelle Parker, Loyce Sheffield Bell, Gee Gee Ingram, Jessica Staly, Trishanna Johnston, Jean Bker, Jeremy Dent, Mary Hulsey.

Celebrating anoter year together today Mr. And Mrs. Scott Jones.

Blowing out the candles on Saturday, Bill Ballard, Kim Thurmond, Joyce Davidson, Steve Alexander, Jim Murray, Magen Miller, Laci Laird Canion, Neva Tanner, Jerry Page, J. C. Gossage, Ricky Rentz, Jed McDougal, Adam Clark Crews, Ginny Lynn Anderson, Mandy Griffin Beddingfield, Ernest Mills, Amy Caldwell, Kelvin Mills, Joshua Staly, Kearia ason, Steven Mauldin, Courtney O'Conner.

Happy Anniversary on Saturday to Jimmy D. and Linda Honzell.