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Before you load up your guns, get those rods and reels out and fire up the boat, make sure everything is legal. DeWayne Noble, Game Warden for Gregg and Upshur counties came to Lions on Thursday and talked about these very same problems. "The number one problem right now is people fishing without a license," said Noble. More ... Dr. Charles Whiteside, a Kilgore Rotarian, spoke to the club about rural electric cooperatives around the state. Dr. Whiteside sits on the board of Upshur Rural Electric, which serves several counties besides Upshur County in Northeast Texas. He has been on the board for a number of years and has seen a lot of changes over that time. More ... Wash often and hum a tune as you do, Texas physicians say What do "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," hand washing, and diseases like swine flu have in common? Plenty, according to Texas physician leader Gary Butka, MD. Given recent news about the spread of swine flu, the Brownwood internal medicine specialist says hand washing can help prevent the spread of disease. More ... A Kilgore man was killed when he was hit by a motor vehicle on Interstate 20 early Thursday. A Department of Public Safety report said Jacob Wheeler, 22, was run over by a sport utility vehicle shortly after midnight Thursday. More ... Entertainment is central to the "new" downtown developing in Kilgore. All of the events listed below are free. More ... News herald photo by LESTER MURRAY Jerry Brewer, left, and Winnie Nicks, president, in the empty hallway in front of the Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary's gift shop. The local Auxiliary, its members recognizable by their pink jackets and white slacks or skirts and white shoes, voted to disband this week because, Nicks said, "There's just nothing going on down there anymore." Jerry was the buyer for the gift shop. More ... "Lord, guide us and direct us in the Kilgore area where we can volunteer somewhere else." With that invocation, Winnie Nicks called to order the final meeting of the Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. The "pink ladies" are gone from what's left of Laird Hospital. More ... As we were preparing stories for this year's Salute to Volunteers, we learned that one of Kilgore's busiest volunteer organizations was calling it quite. The Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary disbanded Thursday. In light of that, it seemed appropriate to devote these three pages of "thanks" to the organization familiarly called "Pink Ladies. More ... A complete liist of the officers of the Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital Auxiliary since its organization 32 years ago. More ... |
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