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April 20, 2008
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LION QUEEN
News Herald Photo by Lester Murray Jennifer Denay Turner, Kilgore College Queen spoke to the Kilgore Lions on Thursday. Turner will be competing for Miss Texas. (see story on page 3) More...
Old American Legion building on agenda
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore city council will address a routine agenda this week, an agenda that includes a report on a new, informal relationship with a sister city. Bruce Crowe, president of Cyprus Interactive is slated to make a presentation on mission to Rzchichiv, Ukraine and establishment of an informal "Siste... More...

Relay for Life has successful night
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Relay for Life went off without a hitch Friday night. Hundreds turned out for the event and to take their lap to fight Cancer. Many of them stayed until dawn. Across the country, participants in Relay for Life walk through the night as a reminder that cancer never sleeps. More...

Davis has plans for Kilgore Crisis Center
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore Crisis Center welcomes a man with a plan. Eugene Davis, new director at the community crisis center, comes to the facility with 10 years experience in fundraising and development with Tyler Salvation Army Texas Division. He has also worked with Sister Cities Council on Drug and Alcohol Ab... More...

Prater named new director of Kilgore's Helping Hands
By KATHRYN MARTINEZ news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Susie Prater, formerly of Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services and, earlier, the Community Crisis Center, is the new director of Kilgore's food pantry, Helping Hands. "I am excited to be here," Prater said. "Caring is second nature to me and this is the perfect place for me to help the comm... More...

KILGOROUND
BILL WOODALL

NEWS YOU likely can't use, but which is interesting nonetheless: PRODUCTION of ethanol sufficient to fill a sport utility vehicle requires enough corn to feed a person for a year, according to a commodities analyst discussing the increasing price of grain. More...

 News
•KC Queen talks to Lions about Miss Texas Pageant
Jennifer Denay Turner, 19, from LaPorte will represent Kilgore College in the upcoming Miss Texas Pageant. She spoke to the Lions Club on Thursday. Turner, an elementary education major at KC, is also a member of the 68th Rangerette Line. More...
•Olympics challenge for reporters
•Rotarians learn about KLTV 7
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 Business
•EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT
EAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT DEVELOPMENTAL Cherokee County The B M Smith Gas Unit Well No.3 will be drilled in the Percy Wheeler (Rodessa) Field. This well will be drilled to bottom at 9,800-feet by J-O'B Operating Co. This well will lie in the Blanton, J Surevey, A-93 and may also be drilled in... More...
•WILBUR F. YATES
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 Lifestyles
•THEY SANG, DANCED AND REMEMBERED
(photos top clockwise) It started with the survivors lap and a balloon release, then there were testimonials and dance, fingers were painted purple to raise money, Sophie Waits, 6, of Kilgore got her nails done by Denise Reinert with Beta Gamma Psi soroity doing Colors of Hope. Megan Wellborn of Hal... More...
•CHITCHAT CORNER
•A Word Please
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 Advice & Entertainment
•HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Where you might have felt relaxed, events now could have you feeling shot out of a cannon. You might want to pull back. Certainly the cards are not stacked in your favor, though you could avoid a problem by being somewhat passive. Ton... More...
•DEAR ABBY
•MINISTER'S MOMENT
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 Sports
•Todd's stock rising
Cardinals' organization high on young Kilgore pitcher
Kilgore native Jess Todd is taking the old "small town boy makes good" phrase and blowing it out of the water. Todd, a former Kilgore High School, Navarro College and University of Arkansas standout who was drafted last summer by the St. Louis Cardinals organization of Major League Baseball, has ... More...
•Hallsville sweeps Kilgore
•Sabine softball second in 15-3A
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 Obituaries
•LEOPAL BREWER
Services for Leopal Brewer, 77, of Kilgore will be ten a.m., Monday, April 21, 2008 at Rader Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Charlotte Austin, John Austin and Reverend Buddy Duggins officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Brewer died Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Tyler, Texas. More...
•RALPH PLAXCO
•JACK ELDER GENE PEPPER
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