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Club news: Celeste Thursday Club, Hunt County Extension Education Association
Sandy Hurst presided at the day-long state programs and awards meeting and luncheon for Hunt County Extension Education Association in First Baptist Church, Caddo Mills. Barbara Johnson gave the devotional on “Simple Things,” and also conducted an installation of officers. They are Shirley Norris, chairman; Sandy Hurst, vice chairman of programs; Mary White, vice chairman of publicity; Cheryl Williams, vice chairman of membership; Leta Ayers, secretary; Pat Anderson, treasurer. Norris presented the programs “Raising a Reader” and “Protecting our National Resources.” Hurst presented “Cooking with Herbs” and “Talking with Your Doctor,” and Cheryl Williams gave “Gifts on a Dime and Connecting Generations.” Membership awards were presented to the following: Norma Ford, five years; Barbara Malone, 10 years; Kathy Self, 20 years; Shirley Norris and Hazel Turner, 25 years; and Mary White, 59 years. White was presented a Certified Volunteer Units award for 1,879 hours for this year.
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CELESTE — Judy Hubbard and Lynda Lou Thorp hosted the recent meeting of the Celeste Thursday Club in the community room of Celeste First Bank. Gwen Schroth presided, and Sarah Andry gave the devotional on “Sharing.” Roll call was answered with an account of an interesting summer event. Mary Jane James reviewed the yearbook for this year’s meetings.
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Helping the homeless
A member of the audience at a community awareness meeting Saturday afternoon asked a guest speaker for advice on how to help community residents overcome denial that there’s a homeless problem in Greenville.
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Showering county children with funds
The Quinlan Independent School District launched a Spring Showers of Change campaign Monday to raise funds for Hunt County Kids, Inc.
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Teens to get real taste of hunger
Teens will be getting a real taste of hunger to help feed and care for children living in extreme poverty around the world, thanks to World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine, now in its 13th year.
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West Tawakoni American Legion to host cancer benefit
The American Legion in West Tawakoni will make its mark in the fight against cancer this Saturday when it hosts a cancer research and patient assistance benefit.
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City to test emergency warning system
The City of Greenville has recently updated its account with Emergency Communications Network, providers of the CodeRED high-speed notification solution and the CodeRED Weather Warning service.
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Rotary going out for blood ... and chili
Last year, supporters of local firefighters and law enforcement personnel found themselves being poked for a good cause.
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Black History program tonight in Wolfe City
The Wolfe City Chamber of Commerce will have a community wide program honoring Black History at 6 p.m. today at the Wolfe City CARES building on West Main Street.
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Gun show scheduled for this weekend
Downtown Greenville will play host this weekend to the Second Annual Military Gun Show.
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Church group going back in time for fundraiser
Walk through the doors of the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) in Quinlan Saturday and you might think you’ve stepped through a wormhole.
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Museum making final preparations for dance
The Northeast Texas Children’s Museum has been transformed into an underwater habitat in preparation for tonight.
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