December 17, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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LADY EAGLES VARSITY cager Courtney Morton goes down low on her way to the basket against the Groesbeck Lady Goats in the opening round of the Fairfield Tournament. More...

Stewards Mill Christmas set

Annual Christmas gathering at Stewards Mill Harmony Community Church is set for 6 p.m. Saturday. The church is located on FM 2547 near its intersection with FM 833 north of Fairfield. More...

FCSO honors Deputy of Year

Recognized as “Deputy of the Year” at the annual Freestone county sheriff’s office Christmas dinner Friday night was Sgt. Ameca Gibson. More...

News

FJHS helps at Christmas

Toys, food and cash . .

Fairfield seventh and eighth grade students helped out needy families in the area with drives for toys and canned goods this Christmas season. The canned food drive wrapped up last week at the dance held for seventh and eighth grade students. More...

Buffalo Livestock

On Saturday, December 12, 2009, Buffalo Livestock Commission sold 2,306 head. More...

Christmas toy drive underway

A tri-county Christmas toy drive has been opened this holiday season by McCoy’s Building Supply in Corsicana. More...

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Sports

FJHS Eagles win games

Against Westwood . . .

Fairfield junior high school Eagles basketball teams won three of four matchups last week against the Palestine Westwood Panthers. The district games were played at home. More...

FHS boys play Hudson

Varsity gets even . . .

Last basketball season the Lufkin-Hudson Hornets knocked the Fairfield high school varsity Eagles out of the post season playoffs, but last week the Eagles got even a little bit. More...

Lady Eagles place second in tourney

Annual Fairfield Invitational . . .

In a repeat of last year, the Fairfield high school Lady Eagles varsity basketball team placed second in the Fairfield Invitational tournament. The event, which featured 16 area teams, was played Thursday-Saturday at the FHS gymnasiums. More...

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Obituaries

Hazel Aycock

Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Aycock, 96, were held Thursday, December 10, at First Baptist Church in Teague. Bro. Darrel Beggs officiated. Interment followed the services at Post Oak Cemetery in Fairfield. More...

Clarence Ray Shed

Funeral services were held Saturday for Clarence Ray Shed, 42, who died Dec. 6 at Doctor’s Hospital in Dallas. The services were at First Baptist Church of Fairfield, with David Ransom, Sr. officiating. More...

Annie Lou Rankin

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Rankin, 88, were held Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Bro. Darrel Beggs officiated. Interment followed the services at Salem Cemetery near Freestone. More...

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Council trims list for new job

Also told of environmental fine . . .

Number of applicants for the new community development director position with the City of Fairfield has been narrowed from 25 original applicants to three finalists, who were interviewed in a special meeting of the city councilmen last week. More...

School vacation starts this week

Public school students throughout Freestone county start a 2-week vacation this week as classes let out for the Christmas holiday. More...

Trustees extend contracts

AD and administrators . . .

Fairfield Independent School District extended the employment contract of athletic director Darrell Piske, and those of principals, assistant principals and administrators, at the December board meeting last week. More...

Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Proudly sponsored by: The Fairfield Recorder

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 ..VFW Bingo, 7:30 pm, VFW Post 5872 ..AA, 6:30 pm, FUMC Fairfield ..Freestone County Commissioners Court, 9:00 am, Commissioners Courtroom More...

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Law

Police Report

by Kenny Bulger

(A summary of recent activity of Fairfield Police Department.) December 7 1:20 a.m.—Officer Tiner on man trying to break into a vehicle with a coat hanger. Subject had locked his keys in vehicle. More...

Sheriff’s Report

by Ralph Billings

Sheriff’s Report Number 467- Dep. Wade Harrison finds hole in fence at local rental company in oilfield, South 75, nothing missing, apparently somebody got scared off. Lady on N. FM-80 being harassed by exboyfriend from West Texas. More...

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Education

Dew students place at UIL contest

Second through eighth grades . . .

Dew elementary students participated at UIL competition last week earning top honors in district 24A. More...

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STUDENTS celebrating December birthdays at Fairfield elementary school include fourth grade students, l-r, Logan Holstien and Seth Morgan. More...

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Columns

On the Edge of Common Sense

THE LUDDITES
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.

The anti-progress Luddites have taken some serious blows in the last six months. More...

Epidemic at Grand Bluff

Bob Bowman’s East Texas . . .

Few remnants exist from Grand Bluff, a community once considered as the seat of government for Panola County. One of the remnants is an isolated cemetery containing a hint of why the town died. More...

Before I Get “Seniler”

by Bill Whitson

Christmas Time People only stop on I45 to refresh and refuel. But on the square we have time to share. Grandpaw Bill’s Wisdom The health care bill is doomed to fail. More...

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