KILGOROUND
LESTER MURRAY

THE KC MUSIC Department will host its 40th Anniversary Kilgore

College

Chorale Reunion Saturday.

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The event will culminate

with a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium on the Kilgore College campus.

Five former chorale directors will participate in the reunion: Dr. Dale Miller, Director of Choral Activities at Arkansas State University; Dr. Paul Neal, Director of Choral Activities at Valdosta State University in Georgia; Dr. Bill Holda, KC President and Mary Heiden, who will serve as accompanist.

More than 75 alumni have registered for the event. The alumni will join the current KC Chorale, under the direction of Ryan Kelly, making a choir of more than 130 singers for Saturday night's performance. Participants will rehearse during the day for the performance.

Festivities begin 9 a.m. Saturday with registration and check-in at the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center. For more information,

contact Kelly at (903) 983- 8122 or Jeanne Johnson at (903) 983-8121.

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A MUSICAL about tthe East Texas oil boom will be performed on March 8 in the Kilgore High School auditorium. Script, Lyrics, and Music by Dr. Lottie L. Guttry and directed by Liz Hedges. Orchestral director is James Snowden and musical director will be by Guttry.

"Boom" is sponsored by the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation. Performances will be at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at Texas Bank & Trust in Longview and Kilgore National Bank. Reserved tickets are $20 and general admission tickets are $10.

MLMS 8th grade Career Investigations students will participate in Job Shadow Day 2008 on Tuesday, February 12. If you haven't been fortunate enough to host a shadow for this event - you are missing out! Through this program, students spend the day at work with a local business getting first hand experience about what a job is all about. This a wonderful opportunity for students to gain confidence, learn about productive work habits and foster interest in the world of work! Students who meet academic and discipline requirements will soon be knocking on the doors of local businesses to locate a host for the day. So, if a student contacts you about spending the day learning about your career or business - remember, it is a great opportunity for the business community to influence tomorrow's workforce.

For the past few years, the students of MLMS have contacted local businesses themselves, seeking a "host" for Job Shadow Day. This allows the students to locate careers they are most interested in - plus, business owners are able to meet the young people who want to job shadow at their business. However, if you would like to host a student - email or call me and I will direct a student to your location.

If you are contacted by student and would like to learn more about this program, please contact Darla Williams at dkwilliams@kisd.org or visit the national Job Shadow web site at www.jobshadow.org

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HAPPY birthday Ralph (Bubba) Ward Jr., Richard Patterson, David Martin, Brewnell Price, Genera Henderson, Timothy Alan Smith, Terry Laws, Jewel Howell, E.A. Mitchell, Jimmy Percell, Linda Sweet, Robert Peterson, Ada Faye Hardin, Shamiya London, Ricky Patterson, J.T. Stout, Allen Camp, Mrs. L.R. Guess, Robert Lee Brantley, Kay Owens, David Christy, Bennie Paramore, Mary Garcia, Tristan Truitt

CELEBRATING wedding anniversaries Bob and Rosalie Abraham.