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February 22, 2007
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Trustees approved the contract extensions of several administrators at Monday night's regular meeting of the Troup ISD school board. Following an executive session, members approved twoyear contracts for Derek Driver, Ava Johnson and Debbie Moxley, campus principals; Dr. More...

Cade Clark and team finished regular season play with a 70-53 win over Nacogdoches last Friday, giving the district champs a perfect 14-0 conference record. See related story page 7A. More...

Larry Samuel Palmer, 31, of Troup was sentenced Monday for selling fake methamphetamine to a confidential informant. Palmer received one and a half years in a state jail facilty from 114th District Judge Cynthia Kent, after a Smith County jury found him guilty on Feb. 1 of delivering a simulated c... More...

The Whitehouse High School First Ladies Drill Team won many awards last weekend at the Lone Star Senior State Championship Competition in Round Rock, including "Most Outstanding Team," an award that is voted on by other teams at the competition. The First Ladies performed three challenging routine... More...
February
Community Activities Parkinsonians of East Texas meeting Parkinsonians of East Texas will meet Thursday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at East Texas Medical Center Pavilion, 801 Clinic Dr., Tyler. The speaker will be Gina Baxter, Exercise Specialist. Her topic will be Parkinson exercise and guidance program... More...
Whitehouse head boys basketball coach Wally Dawkins predicted prior to the season opener with Athens on Feb. 17 that the 2006-2007 Wildcat Basketball team could be "special." Prediction affirmative! This year's team first made the news by helping Dawkins record his 500th win in the home opener ag... More...
LONGVIEW - Memorial servic-es for Larry Neil "Big Daddy" Bentz, 44, Longview, were held Feb. 17 at Welch Funeral Home chapel, Longview, with Dr. Mike Daniels officiating. Mr. Bentz died Feb. 13, 2007. He was born Sept. 11, 1952, in Tyler to the late Carl and Frances Bentz. He owned and operated L... More...
Elizabeth Martin, a 2004 graduate of Whitehouse High School, has been named to the Dean's List at Stephen F. Austin State University for the fall 2006 semester. Students named to the Dean's List must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale and carry an academic load of at least... More...