This Week in Your Neighborhood

Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2017 1:30 am

• Mineola Primary School Roundup is going on through Friday from 1-7 p.m. today (Wednesday), 8-7 p.m. on Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. Head Start applications are also being taken, call the school for an appointment.

• On Thursday Mineola High School is hosting a track meet at Meredith Memorial Stadium.

• Also, on Thursday the Friends of Mineola Memorial Library will meet at 1 p.m. with Tina Davis of Kindness Kottage to be the speaker.

• Friday brings the Special Olympics to the Quitman High School track and field due to being postponed by rain last month. The opening ceremony and parade of athletes begins at 9:30 a.m.

• Autumn Wind Assisted Living is hosting a blood drive Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• The Quitman Bulldog baseball team will be at Edgewood Friday night at 7 p.m. while the Lady Bulldog softball team will be at Alba-Golden the same night at 6 p.m.

• The Mineola Lady Jackets hosts Grand Saline at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The baseball team will play away in Alba-Golden with junior varsity starting at 5:30. On Saturday, the baseball game in Mineola against Rains has been rescheduled to 9 a.m. due to prom.

• Saturday brings the Friends of the Arboretum Plant sale at the garden in Quitman 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. The public is invited.

• Family Discovery Day will be held Saturday at the Mt. Pleasant LDS Meetinghouse at 2810 Ferguson in Mt. Pleasant. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. and classes will be from 9 a.m. till noon. There will be a light lunch with question-and-answer time.

• Faith Building Ministries at 3950 FM 1647, Winnsboro, invites the public to Rev. Gregory and Marsha Duffey’s Pastor and Wife Appreciation Day Sunday beginning at 3 p.m. Lunch will be served immediately following the service.

Special Olympics returns in style

Thursday, April 11

After a five-year absence, over 150 athletes from Como-Pickton, Cedar Creek and Upshur and Wood Counties competed for special recognition at a state-sanctioned Special Olympics track and field meet at the Quitman High School track field on Friday, April 5.

Two seeking Ward Three city council position

Thursday, April 11

Only one of the three seats up for election on the Mineola City Council this year is being contested. Crystal Arcand has challenged 2-term incumbent Cassandra Sampson for the Ward Three seat. …

Residents on Hwy. 37 north of Mineola petitioning for center turning lane

Thursday, April 11

Residents who live north of Mineola are petitioning the Texas Dept. of Transportation to extend the center turn lane along Hwy. 37.

Property owners given more time to clean up locations in Quitman

Thursday, April 11

Citizens and commissioners came head-to-head at Thursday night’s Quitman Building and Standards Commission meeting. With the tension in the air almost tangible, the board decided after nearly two hours of deliberation...

Eclipsed!

Thursday, April 11

Two predictions surrounding Monday’s total solar eclipse in East Texas largely failed to come true. The clouds were thin to non-existent during the time of totality around 1:40 p.m., and the expected traffic jams did not materialize.

Symphonic band presents Christmas concert

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Come on over to Mineola’s beautiful Historic Select Theater and hear the Lake Country Symphonic Band’s Christmasy “Everything Christmas” concert.

Concerts are Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. and Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Mike Holbrook is back in the director’s seat, so it’s sure to be a fun-filled couple of hours.