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Labor Day weekend is right around the corner – Monday, Sept. 1 – and several area businesses will be in celebration. Local banks

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Fairfield residents are readying for the 17th Annual Show of Wheels and city-wide garage sale Saturday, Sept. 6.
Chamber of Commerce Executive Administrator Brenda Shultz reported 25 car show entries

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This month’s Market Days event was a success, with vendors selling a variety of wares sure to please every customer. The Cornerstone BBQ competition served a free lunch after awarding the trophies.

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Building commenced this week on the new StoneLeaf apartment complex. The property is off Reunion Street. The $6.8 million project is slated to be finished by the end of the year. For more information or an application, visit Fairfield City Hall.

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Three-year-old Gabby Duke, of Fairfield, lights up at beauty pageants. The toddler has been involved in them since she was eight months old, winning her first crown at the 2011 Buffalo Stampede.
“When she first started doing pageants, she was young and very shy,” said Duke’s mom, Diana.
“Now, she is into the pageants, walking, trying to sing for the talent and meeting new friends.”
The beauty queen has won 44 crowns, 19 trophies, and 22 medals.
She and her parents,

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Dr. Jess Adkins, DVM, moved his practice a little closer to home recently.
The office is now located just down the road from his house, one and a half miles south on the west I-45 service road (across from Lifeflight Heliport).
Adkins’ new office was

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Nine teams competed for the top prize at the Cornerstone Full Gospel Church’s BBQ Competition last weekend.
Some teams came from as far as Dallas or Houston, while some were from right here in Fairfield.
Trophies were given to winners of pork loin, ribs and butt, and one overall grand champion took home a chef’s grill set.
“God laid it on our hearts to show love to the community,” said Cornerstone member Keith Brackens.
Winners were:
 

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Several more valuable employees have resigned from the Freestone County Sheriff’s Office recently due to a number of reasons, namely the legal issues surrounding Sheriff Don Anderson and Captain Travis Robertson.
No comment was available from Anderson on the situation.
Current and former employees anonymously released the

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The lineup for this year’s Wortham Blues Fest includes the Rob Hunt Band, Peterson Brothers Band and Omar and the Howlers.
Gates open for the 14th annual event at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6; music begins at 5 p.m.
Admission for adults ages 13 and up is $10; $5 for ages 6-12; ages 5 and under are free.
Pre-order your 2014 Blues Fest T-shirt by calling

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The Teague Youth Football Association held a bake sale/car wash/cook-out last Saturday to raise money for the Bantam, Junior and Senior teams, as well as their cheerleaders. The youth football season begins in September.

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