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Flying doves

Optimistic about Dove Season Prospects

Fri. Sep. 3, 2010

Texas hunters can anticipate good numbers of dove as ample rainfall across most of the state has set the stage for the upcoming Sept. 1 season opener, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Timely rainfall usually equates to above average dove production, and by all field accounts from TPWD wildlife biologists, this year is shaping up to produce a boom crop of birds.

Lufkin Awarded National Gold Seal of Approval in Stroke Care

Thu. Sep 2, 2010

East Texas is characterized as the “stroke belt” of the United States . High blood pressure, cigarette smoking, poor diet, and physical inactivity are common among the area’s general population, and these are just a few of the risk factors that can lead to a stroke. Today there is a new level of care to not only treat stroke patients, but to educate them on the early warning signs of stroke-Lufkin’s first and only Joint Commission Certified primary stroke care center, Memorial Health System of East Texas.

Pictured are (front, L-R) Michael Mendoza, Jessie Rachal, Tecosa Walker and Kaleb Hinkel; (2nd row, L-R) Randy Slay, Kimberly Noble, Julio Flores, Laura Pelton and Catherine Hamilton; (3rd row, L-R) Kaitlyn McMullen, Erica Evans, Heather Sill, Maegan Jordan and Jamie Streetman; (back row, L-R) Jonathan Bryan, Sarah Jackson and Kathryn Owens.

scheduled Performance

Wed. Sep 1, 2010

With its first scheduled performances looming in mere weeks, Angelina College’s talented song-and-dance group The AC Singers has announced its lineup for 2010.

Returning performers include team captain Kathryn Owens of Nacogdoches (Muleshoe High School); Sarah Jackson of Lufkin (Hudson HS); Costume Manager Kaitlyn McMullen of Lufkin; Kaleb Hinkel of Livingston (Livingston HS); and Sound Technician Chris Lewis of Lufkin.

New faces include Catherine Hamilton of Crockett;