August 19, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Lady Eagles

SUITING UP ON THE Fairfield Lady Eagles varsity volleyball team this season are: front l-r, Kendall Dotson and Shelby Wickens; middle l-r, Erica Flori, Katie Berger, Felicia Lopez-Simmons, Ashlee McGo More...

At annual county banquet . . . 4-H members, volunteers honored

Participation in the 4-H club projects over the past year earned four youth the top awards presented at the annual Freestone County 4-H Banquet held Saturday evening. More...

Tax-free weekend starts Friday

Texas shoppers get a break from sales taxes this weekend during the state’s annual tax holiday. The event, targeted at back-to-school shopping, runs Friday-Sunday. More...

News

As new employee benefit . . . Trustees tweak sick leave pool

A sick leave pool for use by Fairfield Independent School District employees dealing with catastrophic illnesses or injuries, received a few tweaks last week by the school board and may be approved at a meeting next week. More...

118,860 gallons of water

THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD lost an estimated 118,860 gallons of water when a highway work crew planted a construction sign in the middle of a water main in the 300 block of E. Commerce Street. More...

TAES taking show tag orders

All Freestone County 4-H and FFA members wishing to show lamb and goat projects at the major shows in the spring of 2011 need to order tags. Contact the Texas Agrilife Extension Service in Fairfield to place a tag order. More...

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Education

WHS graduate completes mission

Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Willis R. Daniels Jr. participated in a 3-week annual training mission to perform renovation and restoration projects of coastal artillery parapets at the Hawaii Army Museum in Waikiki, Hawaii. More...

Air force graduates Oakwood resident

An air force airman from Oakwood, Kyle J. Bushey graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. More...

Eyes, shots and nutrition . . . Make back to school plans

Back to school eye screenings

Being able to see clearly is a very important part of learning development. Parents and teachers of early elementary school children should watch for silent warning signs of visual problems. More...

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Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

By Baxter Black, D.V.M.
WHEN YOU NEED A COWBOY

There’s an old saying, “A mule is as good as a horse, till you need a horse.” Or, of course, the revorse! More...

Writer’s Roost

by Willis Webb

Does TAKS truly measure student proficiency? When education becomes a political football, which it does all too often, school children suffer. And, if there’s one area in which national standards are crucial, education is it. More...

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After $1 million in budget cuts . . . County tax rate rises 22 percent

Freestone county commissioners tightened their belts a notch and gave final approval Monday to a 2010-2011 budget that is more than a million dollars lower than last year’s. More...

Talks budget, health care . . . Congressman makes visit

Reiterating his opposition to federal health care legislation, and suggesting across-the-board budget cuts, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton played to an approving crowd last week at the Freestone county courthouse. More...

School terms start Monday across county

Students throughout Freestone county return to classes next week for the start of the 2010-11 term. Classes get underway Monday in Fairfield, Teague, Wortham and Dew. Teachers went to work this week to get classrooms ready for the year. More...

Calendar

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Proudly sponsored by: The Fairfield Recorder MONDAY, AUGUST 23 ..VFW Bingo, 7:30 pm, VFW Post 5872 ..AA, 6:30 pm, FUMC Fairfield More...

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Law

Sheriff’s Report

by Ralph Billings

Sheriff's Report Number 502- TPD Reed and Martin, Deputies Elom and Robertson and DPS Jones to altercation between two women, US-84 in Teague, one to Jail, Disorderly Conduct. Believe the problem was over a disagreement about a parking spot. More...

Police Report

by Kenny Bulger

(A summary of activity Fairfield Police Department.) August 9 11:40 a.m.—Cpl. Green dispatched to Texas Burger restaurant in reference to a theft. 3 p.m.—Cpl. Green dispatched to Talford Street in reference to a civil matter. More...

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Sports

As Lady Eagles start season . . . New faces move up to varsity

Fairfield high school Lady Eagles volleyball got into full swing last week with dual matches and a 3- day tournament, and looks to a full season stretching into November. The Lady Eagles started 2-a-day practices Aug. More...

10 volleyball teams compete . . . Lady Eagles take third in own tourney

Quickly jumping into the fall season, the Fairfield high school Lady Eagles varsity volleyball team finished third Saturday in a tournement they hosted. More...

WISD plans school bash

Students in Wortham Independent School District and their parents celebrate the start of the fall term this Friday with a back-to-school bash. The event is at 7:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. More...

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Letters

Dear Editor:

This letter is in response to two separate comments from local Republicans. More...

Dear Editor:

The saga continues. The Lone Star Rural High School District residents hope our neighbors and friends are gaining an understanding of our commitment to change the current situation of the local school district boundaries. More...

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Obituaries

JAN MORRIS

Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Eighth Avenue Baptist Church in Teague for Jan Morris, 61, of Teague who died Aug. 14 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Denton. Mrs. More...

BOBBY DEWITT HOLLOWAY

Funeral services were held Saturday at Griffin- Roughton Funeral Home in Fairfield for Bobby DeWitt Holloway, 79, of Fairfield who died in his home Aug. 12. Interment followed at Fairfield Cemetery. Holloway was born on Sept. More...

MILDRED ELWANDA GOTCHER NEWCOMB

Funeral services were held Friay at Old Union Cemetery, near Freestone Community for Freestone County native Mildred Elwanda Gotcher Newcomb, 80, who died Aug. 8 in Oklahoma. Mrs. Newcomb was born Jan. More...

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