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2024 schedule announced for Mineola mini-train runs
The Harry Meredith Special will get underway on Saturday, March 30 at Iron Horse Square Park in Mineola for the 2024 season, with the Easter train. It will be held in conjunction with the Methodist …
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2/15/24 10:21 AM
Club hosting benefit game night
A game night and dinner fundraiser will be hosted by the Pilot Club of Mineola on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The second annual game night will be at the First Methodist Church Ministry Center, 612 N. Newsom …
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8/31/23 12:06 AM
Caring & Sharing seeks community volunteers
Mineola Caring & Sharing is looking for persons interested in helping the needy during the upcoming Christmas season. According to Board President Joyce Curry, the group has developed around 20 …
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8/31/23 12:06 AM
UT Health Quitman nurse honored for care
Tracy Whinery, BSN, RN, received the DAISY Award for outstanding patient care at UT Health Quitman last week.
Whinery, a wound care nurse, received the nomination from a patient who also …
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4/18/24 10:07 AM
Thanksgiving round-up
11/15/17 01:30 AM
Church blesses community
Members of the Cartwright Baptist Church were at the Brookshire’s in Quitman Saturday morning paying for groceries and gasoline for more than three hours. The acts of kindness were the result …
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10/26/23 08:15 AM
Mineola golf course reopens – golf only
It was hardly business as usual for the Mineola Golf Club, but some members of the Senior Golf Association gathered last Thursday morning for their weekly scramble.
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8/31/23 12:05 AM
Tree sales benefit youth camp
This is Wind Song Farm’s 11th year to donate all proceeds from the Christmas tree farm to East Texas youth.
Folks can cut a live Christmas tree and make a donation to the youth department …
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10/26/23 08:15 AM
New life for old school
The name carved in stone above the door says Lloyd C.S.D 17, but it is more popularly known as the Coke school.
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By Phil Major
publisher@wood.cm | 8/31/23 12:06 AM
publisher@wood.cm | 8/31/23 12:06 AM
Senior center sets spud sale
The Forever Young Activity Center in Quitman will host a fundraising baked potato lunch on Friday, Nov. 3 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at 404 S. Main St.
A super-sized potato with pulled pork and all the …
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10/26/23 08:15 AM
Car show benefits Blue Santa
A car show and festival Saturday, Nov. 4 at Meredith Memorial Stadium in Mineola will benefit the Blue Santa program in Mineola, which distributes toys to children at Christmastime from local law …
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10/26/23 08:15 AM
Pilots capture chili prize
The Pilot Club of Mineola members serve their entry in the Mineola Kiwanis Club’s annual chili cookoff Saturday. The club was judged best chili. Members include, from left, Lori White, Diane …
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2/15/24 10:18 AM
Bagging cash for vets
They Got Your 6 Foundation, a local charity assisting veterans, first responders and their fami- lies with various needs, hosted a benefit cornhole tournament in downtown Mineola Saturday.
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6/29/23 08:03 AM
Mineola garden club names yard of the month
Brian and Brenda Ray bought their home at 416 Pamela Dr. in Mineola in August 2015. Soon after, they replaced a row of shrubs, some dead, with a less formal bed sporting a crepe myrtle tree …
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10/26/23 08:14 AM
Annual show celebrates art
Alyce Leard summed it up simply. “It really is a celebration,” she exclaimed. The Painters Guild coordinator at the Mineola League of the Arts (MLOTA) took time out of a very busy …
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By John Arbter
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 4/18/24 10:06 AM
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 4/18/24 10:06 AM
Church reenacts the birth of a savior
The wise man spoke of his travels. “It was a tough journey. We left months ago. We had trouble with weather and at times it was hard to find water for our animals, but we had the star and we …
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By John Arbter
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 12/28/23 10:57 AM
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 12/28/23 10:57 AM
Tree planting commemorates city’s sesquicentennial at preserve
The last official event marking the end of Mineola’s sesquicentennial year took place under clear skies at the Mineola Nature Preserve last Wednesday. The Mineola Parks and Open Spaces Advisory …
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By John Arbter
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 12/28/23 11:02 AM
woodctystringer@gmail.com | 12/28/23 11:02 AM
Bjork putting away the calculator
Understanding the Texas public education financing system might be considered a super power in some circles.
For the Mineola school district, assistant superintendent for business William Bjork …
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By Phil Major
publisher@wood.cm | 12/28/23 11:02 AM
publisher@wood.cm | 12/28/23 11:02 AM
Quitman Rotary sets blood drive
Quitman Rotary Club will host a blood drive with Carter BloodCare on Tuesday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Quitman First United Methodist Church, 406 Lane St.
Photo ID is required. …
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7/6/23 09:39 AM
Chamber cuts ribbon at pavilion
The newly-reconstructed pavilion at Jim Hogg City Park in Quitman was officially dedicated with a ribbon cutting Friday afternoon.
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10/26/23 08:14 AM
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