This Week in Your Neighborhood

10-10-18

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:30 am

• St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Mineola will host a rummage sale on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 12-13, in the church hall from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The hall is located at Meadowbrook and N. Newsom streets. Follow the signs. The sale promises to have many fine items for sale. The rummage sale is the Ladies Guild’s largest fundraiser, and it supports various worthwhile projects.

• Quitman Arboretum and Botanical Gardens will hold its 2018 fall plant sale on Oct. 13 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the arboretum and botanical gardens located at 175 Governor Jim Hogg Parkway Quitman, TX 75783. Annuals, shrubs, perennials and trees will be available. Proceeds from the sale go directly towards creating and maintaining the beautiful gardens for all to enjoy.

• Holly Stitchers, a sewing ministry at Holly Brook Baptist Church, Hawkins, is collecting used T-shirts for constructing diapers for Kenya and Mexico missions. Receptacles for donated T-shirts are in the Welcome Center of the Family Life Center. Call the church office for more information: 903-769-2091.

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.