Range Riders mix work and fun for good cause
      While the Whitehouse Range Riders Motorcycle Club really enjoys what they do, they know how to have a good time and help out a good cause at the same time. And they proved it with the success of their recent car, truck and bike show during YesterYear.
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NEW OFFICERS
      Dixie Lodge #272, Troup, held officer installation ceremonies on Saturday, June 30. Pictured in the front are (left) Byron Bass,junior warden, and Gerald Shields, senior warden. In the back is Frankie Davis, worshipful master.
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Relay For Life teams needed
      TYLER -- The American Cancer Society is seeking teams for the Ninth Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Smith County, scheduled for Oct. 5 at TJC Pat Hartly Field. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society's national signature fundraising activity.
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Buy a blizzard, help a child
      For Thursday only, all the proceeds from the sale of Dairy Queen blizzards will go to the Children's Miracle Network. Both the Whitehouse and Troup DQs are participating. Miracle Treat Day is an annual event that benefits CMN, an international non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds fo...
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Book donations on hold at WH library
      Whitehouse Community Librar y director Sandra Knackstedt requests those who would like to make book donations to the library to please wait until after the annual book sale on Sept. 21-22. "We are drowning in books," Knackstedt said.
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Summer Reading Program ends with trophies, prizes at Troup Library
      Nine young readers "sailed away" with trophies for their excellent records in the Troup Library's "Sail Away with Books," the 2007 Summer Reading Program at the Troup Municipal Library. The Friends of the Troup Library awarded the trophies and other prizes at the summer's final party and celebrati...
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Entries sought for hay show
      Time is quickly approaching for Smith County forage producers to enter samples into the 2007 hay show that is held in conjunction with the East Texas State Fair. Producers and youth benefit from this event which has been the focus of the fair's Howdy Neighbor Barbecue for the past 23 years.
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SCOUTING THE BANK
      Tiger Cubs #0375 visited the Troup Banking Center on Saturday, July 14. They learned about banking, the history of banking and the importance of saving for the future.
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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
      Fred and Delores Walker host a get-together on Gatewood Street. The Walkers are first-time hosts for a National Night Out party. Below, Ryan McCrary and Brantley Hooper play on a fire truck at the Psenick gathering.
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Annual luncheon Aug. 23
Registration deadline Aug. 15
      Local business owners Deborah A. Tinsley and Suzi Streit will offer their expertise at the 10th annual Women Entrepreneurs Networking Luncheon & Exhibit, presented by Tyler Junior College's Small Business Development Center and the TJC School of Continuing Studies.
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WH graduate earns dental surgery degree
      Dr. Steven Gonzales received the doctor of dental surgery degree from Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry during commencement exercises May 17 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. While in dental school, Gonzales was active in the Christian Medical and Dent...
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Edward Jones rep plans Troup office
      Thomas Stewart knows the value of a comfortable pair of shoes. That's because he has been pounding the pavement, ringing doorbells and knocking on doors in Troup. Stewart is a new financial advisor for the Edward Jones firm, and his door-to-door visits demonstrate the Edward Jones way of doing bu...
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WH physician assumes state office
      Dr. Melissa Gerdes of Whitehouse was sworn in as vice president of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians during its 58th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly in Corpus Christi. Dr. Gerdes assumed her duties July 28 at the annual installation of officers and awards lunch.
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