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Just ask Janet
I would like to thank everyone who has donated items to our fire departments throughout the county. We have had a good response and on Friday we distributed everything we have received so far.
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Bob Bowman’s East Texas
Throughout East Texas are hundreds of gospel music venues where people gather on weekends to hear songs that you’ll hear only in churches.
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Just ask Janet
Thursday we announced in the paper that the Jacksonville Daily Progress is serving as a collection and distribution point for donations to the county’s fire departments.
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Just ask Janet
You just never know what’s going to happen from one minute to the next. Sunday evening I was in a car wreck at the intersection of Hwy. 69 and the loop.
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Bob Bowman’s East Texas
A few weeks back, we wrote a column about the origin of East Texas place names.
A bunch of readers chastised us for leaving our the origins of their local names. -
Just ask Janet
There is an issue that must be addressed. Some won’t like it, but nevertheless it must be done.
The Jacksonville Daily Progress is a business. News is 24/7. Papers are transported in the evenings and on weekends and we need to have access to our parking lots and to our parking spaces at all times of the day, on all days of the week. -
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Discover East Texas
The latest issue of Discover East Texas magazine is here and if you haven’t picked up your copy yet, you can do so at the following locations here in Cherokee County: -
Political discussions are not worth the fight
I have a new personal policy: I will not discuss political ideology with my extended family, my friends, my colleagues or anyone else with whom I care to remain in good standing.
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Bob Bowman’s East Texas
Texas historians have written volumes about Jim Bowie, who died at the Alamo, but what people remember most about him is a big hunting blade he carried--a weapon known in history simply as the Bowie Knife. -
Just ask Janet
First, a friendly reminder about the Chamber’s photo contest for the cover of the 2012 chamber magazine. We are running the rules and entry form each day in the paper.
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