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May 11, 2006  RSS feed
Meeting the Troup Police Department
Well-wishers, including city councilman Carole Wilson and Mayor John Whitsell were on hand Monday to meet the new Troup Police Department staff. Pictured from the left are police clerk Eboni Taylor, Officer Daniel Dallas, Officer Lanny Baker, Lt. Pamela Dunklin, Police Chief Pat Hendrix, Wilson, Officer Shawn Murry, and Mayor Whitsell. More...
WHS academic awards announced today

Whitehouse High School will hold its annual Awards Day ceremonies today (Thursday, May 11), which is a change from what was furnished to us and published in the Tri County Leader last week. More...

Troup CDC OKs $315,000 for two projects
BY ROGER MCKENZIE Editor

North Georgia Street paving and a large inducement to Motor Trike to help it build its new company division as an expansion of its current facilities near Troup will cost the Troup Community Development Corporation just over $315,000. Most that total will be borrowed and includes interest on two not More...

 Community
• Mail carriers collecting food on Saturday for ET Food Bank
Delivering mail won't be the only thing letter carriers in Whitehouse and Troup will be doing this Saturday. They will join their fellow letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America is collecting non-perishable food left by their postal customers participating in the 14th annu More...
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 News
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Don't get caught, sign up for new prescription drug benefits
The final days leading up to May 15 will almost certainly be chaotic at Medicare offices. That's the deadline for seniors to enroll in the new prescription drug benefit without paying a penalty of higher premiums. Phone lines will be jammed and websites will be clogged. The organizations now helping More...
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• article has image Willard and her champion longhorns keep winning
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 School News
• WHS band wins 'Sweepstakes' for 13th consecutive year
It's hard to do anything good 13 times in a row. But the Whitehouse High School Concert and Symphonic bands made it a "baker's dozen" by bringing home a "Sweepstakes Award" from the Univesity Interscholastic League's Region 21 Concert & Sight Reading Contest on April 12-13. More...
• Whitehouse High School "Sweepstakes" Band presents Spring Concert on May 15
• article has image WJHS students sweep contest
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 Bulletin
• May
Community Activities Fill the boot this Saturday Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department firemen will be out in force on this Saturday, May 4, at Brookshire's in Whitehouse to "fill the boot" for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. This drive will take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Proceeds will be More...
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 Sports
• article has image Second time gold medal eludes Wente
WHS senior loses heart-breaker 3-6, 6-2, 4-6
AUSTIN - After a 3-6, 6-2 split in the first two sets, a 4-6 final set loss for the Class 4A UIL tennis championship failed to dampen Jessica Wente's spirit Tuesday afternoon. More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image Debra K. "Debbie" Shaw
Funeral ser vices for Debra K. "Debbie" Shaw, 48, of Whitehouse, were held May 6 at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral chapel with Rev. Bennie Portwood officiating. Burial was in More...
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 Social
• Spring garden tour offers ideas, two from Whitehouse
Attention all garden lovers. The Smith County Master Gardeners, a volunteer organization of Texas Cooperative Extension, will hold its 5th Spring Home Garden Tour on Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The tour of six home gardens includes two in Whitehouse and three in Lake Tyler East Gardens. More...
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• article has image Mamma's House pre-school graduation
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