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July 2, 2009

Fairfield cowboy wins state all-around

Fairfield high school junior student Cooper Vandiver combined points from three events to win the All Around Cowboy title last month at the Texas High School Rodeo Association finals and earned a spot in the National High School Rodeo Association finals this month. More...

XTO modifies gas drilling plan

Wells located in Fairfield . . .

Saying they listened when Fairfield citizens voiced concerns in January about drilling in the city limits, officials with XTO Energy returned here Thursday night for a town hall meeting and presented a new and improved plan to city administrators and the two dozen or so community More...

Deputies arrest 5 on drug charges

An observant husband and wife Freestone county deputy sheriff team made five arrests on drug charges within 20 minutes as they were on their way home in the Dew area. Making the arrests were Robert and Diana Willis who noticed what they thought was a drug transaction taking place at Dew Truck Stop as they exited I- 45 at Dew. More...

•	Motorcycle wreck kills 53-year-old

•	FCS agent gets quick workload

•	Trustees okay teacher raises

News

•	Teague coed earns degree at Tarleton

A coed from Teague, Kelsie Burks, graduated cum laude last month at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. Miss Burks earned a bachelor of science degree in exercise and sports studies, with a double minor in mathematics and Spanish. More...

•	Buffalo Livestock

•	Grand jurors indict 22

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Calendar

•	COMMUNITY CALENDAR

MONDAY, JULY 6 ..VFW Bingo, 7:30 pm, VFW Post 5872 ..Freestone Quilt Guild, 6:30 pm, Fairfield Harmony Presbyterian Church ..Freestone County Commissioners Court, 9:00 am, Commissioners Courtroom ..Butler Community Improvement Coordinating Council, 1:00 pm, E.E. Wheat Memorial Community Center .. More...

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Law

•	Police Report

(A summary of recent activity of Fairfield Police Department.) June 22 12:46 p.m.—Officer Kindon on report of stolen fuel. 2:53 p.m.—Officer Kindon on reported forged checks. 4:48 p.m.—Officer Kindon to assist Fairfield EMS. More...

•	Sheriff's Report

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Sports

•	Cheer squads hone skills

At NCA private camp . . .

Almost 80 Fairfield cheerleaders attended a private camp sponsored last week by the National Cheerleaders Association, and held at Fairfield high school. Cheerleaders from Fairfield junior high school and high school varsity and JV squads competed at the camp over three days, earning individual and team awards. More...

•	Teague man named chief of D.C. staff

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Photo

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Columns

•	On the Edge of Common Sense

INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE PROMISE OF HOPE

July 4th. Independence Day in the United States of America; the more it changes, the more it stays the same. Our prosperity, armory diplomacy, generosity and faith in democracy is on display around the world as it has been for a hundred plus years. More...

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Cartoon

•	Before I Get 'Seniler'

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Letters

•	LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor: At the risk of being labeled a troublemaker, I am compelled to write and warn local ETMC patients unsuspecting of the tremendous expenses incurred when they go to ETMC for lab work and are told to go to ETMC hospital lab instead. More...

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Obituaries

•	Hazel Schill

Funeral services were held last week for Hazel Schill, 92, who died Monday, June 22, at her residence near Donie. Mrs. Schill was a dedicated homemaker who loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She had her own greenhouse where she spent her time raising plants and flowers from both cuttings and seeds. More...

•	Mary Newman

•	Lavilla "Ione" Newton

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