KILGOROUND

THOSE BAPTISTS ARE singing again.

THE Celebration Choir at First Baptist Church in Kilgore will lead two performances of “He Still Leads.” Hear them on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m., or Sunday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m.

THE church is at 501 E. North St., downtown Kilgore.

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IN 1909 President William H. Taft’s train stopped in Wills Point. The president, in his first year as president, gave a little speech but probably did not alight. Whether he dismounted the train or not, it was a proud moment in the town’s history and they’ve been waiting a long time to celebrate it.

NEXT Saturday, on Oct. 31, 150 people will board Amtrak in Longview and at 9:55 a.m. the train will stop in Wills Point. The locals will get off the train, bands will play, flags will fly and the person playing the

part of Taft will give excerpts from the speech he gave a century ago.

IF you look hard enough, every family has something to be proud of.

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COLLEGE STUDENTS who talk on cell phones while walking are less than half as likely to notice clowns on unicycles.

THAT’S the conclusion of a study at Western Washington University.

RESEARCHERS commissioned clowns on unicycles to pedal around the Bellingham campus. They then asked the pedestrian students if they’d seen anything unusual. Those who were talking on cell phones said “no” more than twice as often as persons who weren’t on the phone.

THOSE who were walking in pairs and not talking on cell phones were the most likely to have noticed the clowns.

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I’M not quite sure how I feel about global warming, but I know I’m darned tired of global raining.

AS of Thursday afternoon, when the most recent rain event ended, the National Weather Service folks at East Texas Regional Airport had recorded 7.68 inches of rain for the month. That compares to 2.87 in the first 22 days of an average October.

FOR the year, though, we’re still shy of 40 inches and less than two inches above normal.

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Celebrating birthdays in the coming days are Brent Brown, Tiffany Guin, Leah Redd, Jewel McCune, Phillip Little, Gary Price, Patty Joyner, Liz Jodry, Briana Thompson, Kathryn Dean, Monnie Portley, Paul Caskey, Angela Pace, Vernon Hargrave, Roger Thomas, Thomas Phillips, Aletha Henderson, Susan Manning, Jordan Kyle Adams, Malique Henderson, Daniel Rhodes, Eric A. Roberts, Atabian Rashaud Etcor.

Sue Barnett, Cheryl Eason, Pat Conner, George Ivan, Mark Bagwell, George M. Blair, Stephen Walker Knight, Natasha Browning, Austin Nix, Lynne Oberthier, Michael Rossum, Joe Ray Grant, Mark Fuqua, Joe Robberson, Katie Wilbourne, Melissa (Russell) Evans, Wes Downing, James Glenn Jacobs Jr., Hollie Bagwell, Erin Bagwell, Alexis Miller, Edward Pool, Jaun Laredo.

Chasity Henderson, Dayton Walkup, Gilbert Harvey, Ashley Beane, Paul Ainsworth, Shannon Rounsavall, Beth Ann Fair, Debbie Layman, Michele Sartor, Charles McName, Shelby Jones Shaw, Randy Renshaw, Dr. Rene Holt, Amanda Barnard, Mrs. John C. Holt, Cody Alexander, Lossie Ingram, Charles Edney, Gene Terry, Tracie Biggs, Ronna Kay Cole, Jessica Matlock.

Virginia Wallace, Wayne Audas, Casey Cook, Steve Maxwell, Sandy Anderson, Jay Hughes, Steve Reid, Laurice Washington, Janie Shaw, Billy Slagle, Logan Craig Cantrell, Jack Pyle, Seth Knighton.

Couples celebrating anniversaries in the coming days are Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fette, Mr. and Mrs. Gore Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grant.

Rev. and Mrs. T.A. Clayton, Paul and Irina Lohr.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ray Guin, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Terry.