April 10, 2010 RSS feed / Lifestyles

Gregg Home for the Aged gets down and dirty

Gregg Home for the Aged recently planted a vegetable garden for the residents. Several residents volunteered to help plant the seeds while the rest cheered them on. The residents are thrilled to have a garden. More...

Local Alpha Delta Kappa member becomes district officer

Teresa Anderson, President of Kilgore’s Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority of Women Educators, attended the Texas District V Spring Meeting held in Sulphur Springs on Saturday, March 27. More...

Look Who’s New

Alexander John Weis, was born Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 7:55 a.m. to John and Kyla Weis of Tyler. He weighed 9 pounds and measured 20 inches long. More...

In memory of . . .

FORMER PRINCIPAL CHIEF WILMA MANKILLER (11/18/1945 – 4/6/2010) More...

A refuge from Indian attacks

In early East Texas, dozens of forts were built by settlers to provide a safe and sturdy refuge from Indian attacks. More...

A Word Please

Recently, on one of the baseball blogs my husband reads, the blogger veered from the topic of sports to talk about the common misuse of the expression “to beg the question.” The blog post included a link to a column, written by someone e More...

Gary and Beverly Gray celebrate 50 years together

Gary and Beverly Gray of Kilgore were married April 9, 1960 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 3 with a surprise party. The party was held at the home daughter and son-in-law, David and Valerie Conner. More...

Xi Pi Mu get a lesson on healing herbs

Xi Pi Mu held their April meeting Monday evening, April 5, 2010, at the Kilgore Eye Care meeting room. The hostesses for the evening were Jadean Roberts, Deedy Adams and Ginger Callens. The food table was decorated with a Spring theme. More...

Mike Conner presents the Career of a U.S. Postal Inspector to the SAR

Chapter 57, Sons of the American Revolution met at Johnny Case’s in Longview on April 1 for their scheduled meeting. The President, Mack Bonds, opened the meeting by welcoming members and guests. More...

Happy 6th Birthday

Jason Dean Madden son of Mike & Lesa Madden of Kilgore celebrated his 6th birthday with a party at Kids Station on April 10, with family and friends. He was born April 8, 2004 He is the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. B.W. More...

Annie Oakley would be proud . . .

THE IDLE AMERICAN DR. DON NEWBURY Their shots weren’t heard around the world. More...