Area students earn honors at Texas A&M
      COMMERCE - Texas A&M University-Commerce has announced its President's Honor Roll and Deans' List for the 2007 Spring Semester. Patrick Davis of Troup earned a place on the Deans' List, and Sarah Kolac and Nathan Vanbuskirk of Tyler were named to the President's Honor Roll.
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UMC concerts continue Sunday with Thunder
      First United Methodist Church in Troup will be filled with the sounds of Christian hiphop Sunday, thanks to Thunder, a 23-year-old New Boston native who works with a Christian youth camp in Lindale. "With his lyrical sound, he brings the sting of secular reality with the message of the savior Jes...
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VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS
      Here are some of the dedicated volunteers who deliver meals to the homebound and elderly in the Whitehouse area. The Meals on Wheels group that operates out of the Bobbie and Acker Hanks Senior Center in Whitehouse serves 1,200 meals a month. Site manager Carol Arnold invites the community to ...
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VBS at UMC
      Troup's United Methodist Church welcomed a large group of kids to its Vacation Bible School on June 18- 22. The group participated in a variety of events, centered around the theme of "Lift Off!"
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'Sound of Music' begins tonight
      The Tyler Civic Theatre Center brings The Sound of Music to the Braithwaite Theatre for 12 performances in July - July 12-15, July 19-22, and July 26-29. The songs in this beloved musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are wellknown and ever-green.
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Quilt Show
      Aunt Lillie's eighth annual Quilt Show was a resounding success, according to store owner Deborah Burkett. About 35 individual entries were submitted, plus a large selection from the private collection of Victoria Hoffman of New York.
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