Graduation 2023
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In this issue
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Blood drive set
Thursday, May 25
A blood drive with Carter BloodCare is planned Friday, May 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Walmart in Mineola.
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Council OKs new street, reviews funding plan
Thursday, May 25
Mineola City Council approved the bid to pave Park Central for $927,186 Monday. The road will connect Bromberg with the new Park Central housing subdivision. The council also reviewed a …
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Quitman council OKs COVID fund projects
Thursday, May 25
Quitman City Council selected three projects for remaining COVID-19 federal relief funds last Thursday. The first project will be repainting the water tower near the football stadium for an …
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Club offers brain health course to students
Thursday, May 25
First and second graders at Quitman, Alba-Golden and Yantis schools were treated recently to BrainMinders™, a signature curriculum of Pilot International. This community outreach program, …
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Mineola ISD board hands out recognitions
Thursday, May 25
The Mineola school board meeting Monday, May 15 was filled with recognition. Superintendent Cody Mize noted that student achievements are limited to state qualifiers, and it still yielded a …
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Mineola senior center sports new paint job
Thursday, May 25
The Mineola Senior Citizens Center is up and running again. New activities include a monthly potluck with a guest speaker on the first Thursday of each month. The next one is set June 1 at noon. …
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Military honor awarded to Hammer
Thursday, May 25
Landon Hammer, son of Kelly and Sharon Cothern of Heartland and grandson of Jimmie and Pam Pollard of Yantis, was recently named NCO Soldier of the Month. He was recently awarded his fifth Army …
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Mineola Memorial Library Notes
Thursday, May 25
Greetings, fellow readers. There’s a lot to update you on, especially because I missed the last deadline. We had just returned from the Texas Library Association’s annual conference in …
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Singer to add touch of Broadway to symphonic band
Thursday, May 25
Get ready for a summer spectacular with the Lake Country Symphonic Band on Sunday, June 11 at 2 p.m., at the Historic Select Theater in downtown Mineola.
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402nd District Court accepts guilty pleas
Thursday, May 25
The following guilty pleas were heard in 402nd District Court on Thursday, May 11. Colton Ray Hawkins, Gilmer, injury to a child/elderly/disabled reckless bodily injury-family violence, state …
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Mineola Fire Department Report
Thursday, May 25
Medical assist, assist EMS crew: May 14, 1:34 p.m., 22245 Cypress Lane (Enchanted Lakes), Mineola; May 15, 1:32 p.m., 1581 N. Hwy. 69, Mineola; May 17, 8:56 p.m., 404 Meredith St., Mineola. …
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Wood County Sheriff’s Report
Thursday, May 25
May 10 Deputy Pollard; victim had protection order against ex-husband that expired, ex-husband has started threatening victim in front of CPS workers, incident report completed. Sgt. …
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Mineola Police Report
Thursday, May 25
May 13 12:34 a.m., unknown offense, University, follow up from prior incident. 12:41 a.m., disturbance, S. Stone, family dispute. 5:50 a.m., alarm, Country Club Lane, employees …
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UT Tyler names spring semester honor students
Thursday, May 25
The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2023 President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List. To qualify for the President’s Honor …
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Quitman grad makes college President’s List
Thursday, May 25
Justin Hirsch of Quitman has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s winter 2023 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate …
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Pair to lead Yantis Class of ‘23 grads
Thursday, May 25
Elgin Curry and Jude Calvillo will lead the Yantis High School graduating class of 2023 when 27 seniors cross the stage at the high school Saturday, May 27 at 6 p.m.
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Hudsons benefit library, McFarland
Thursday, May 25
The Mineola Memorial Library and The Addie E. McFarland Foundation each received a donation of $4,855 from the Max and Mary Hudson Charitable Foundation on Friday.
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Quitman church planning annual community event
Thursday, May 25
Faith Baptist Church of Quitman will hold VBS EXPRESS PLUS on Saturday, June 3. The event will start at 3 p.m. with a one-session Vacation Bible School for children ending at 6 p.m. A family-oriented Community Block Party will be held from 6-8 p.m.
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Judge approved to negotiate opioid settlement
Thursday, May 25
Following a closed session last Tuesday, Wood County commissioners appointed County Judge Kevin White to negotiate on behalf of the county in the ongoing opioid litigation. That case, involving …
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Savor on the bricks
Thursday, May 25
The Mineola Chamber of Commerce helped kick off sesquicentennial week in Mineola with Savor on the Bricks, a five-course dinner served on N. Johnson St., prepared by local restaurants Tuesday, May 16.
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Cothern joins honor society
Thursday, May 25
Allyson Cothern, daughter of Kelly and Sharon Cothern of Heartland and granddaughter of Jimmie and Pam Pollard of Yantis, was recently inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Texas A&M …
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Mineola HS students pass on scientific knowledge
Thursday, May 25
From air rockets to zoos, teams of one to five Mineola High School students entertained elementary school students while also imparting science lessons Friday in the elementary gym and adjacent outdoor areas.
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Mineola ISD plans numerous free summer sports camps
Thursday, May 25
The following summer camps are being offered at Mineola schools at no charge to participants.
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Mineola girls golf team places 12th in state meet
Thursday, May 25
The Mineola varsity girls golf team did not improve on their 12th-place position on the second day of the state golf tournament Tuesday, May 16 at the Jimmy Clay municipal golf course in Austin.
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Annual kid fishing event June 3 at Lake Fork
Thursday, May 25
The annual Kid Fish sponsored by the Wood County Sheriff’s Dept., Sabine River Authority and Texas Parks and Wildlife is Saturday, June 3 at the SRA headquarters on FM 288 between Hwy. 154 and Hwy. 182.
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Yantis board names superintendent finalist
Thursday, May 25
The Yantis ISD school board named Robyn Derington as the lone finalist for superintendent Monday, May 15. Derington serves as the assistant superintendent of teaching and learning in the …
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City seeks donations for annual fireworks show
Thursday, May 25
The annual city of Mineola Fourth of July fireworks show is planned Tuesday, July 5 at nightfall at the Mineola Civic Center.
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Service clubs combine forces for car show
Thursday, May 25
A car show benefiting the four service clubs in Mineola is set Saturday, June 3 at the Mineola Civic Center. The Mineola Sizzling Summer Car show will feature cars and trucks, 28 different classes, and all makes and years of vehicles.
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Garden club tour set June 3
Thursday, May 25
Fannie Marchman Garden Club’s 3rd Annual Garden Tour will be held Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Tickets are $10, available on the day of the tour at any of the following five locations...
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CNB hosting Caring & Sharing benefit
Thursday, May 25
City National Bank in Mineola is sponsoring a burger lunch fundraiser benefiting Mineola Caring & Sharing on Friday, June 9 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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FFA preserving meeting decorum
Thursday, May 25
Inspiration can come in many forms. It is one of the surprises of life, that at an unanticipated moment, life can hand you some help.
It was while reading a “Hank the Cowdog” book as a part of a little one’s bedtime routine that inspiration struck. -
Mineola ISD Education Foundation makes teachers’ day
Thursday, May 25
Cowbells clanged, drummers drummed, cheerleaders cheered, bubbles floated and confetti rained down as the prize patrol for the Mineola ISD Education Foundation made its annual rounds of the school campuses Friday.
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Council honors Taylor
Thursday, May 25
Kevin Taylor has spent 37 years working for the city of Quitman.
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Quitman HS names top 2023 grads
Thursday, May 25
Joisalyn Tarno is the valedictorian for the Quitman High School 2023 graduating class. She is the daughter of John and Kelee Tarno.
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Memorial Day event planned at courthouse
Thursday, May 25
The Wood County Military Monument Committee will be hosting a short Memorial Day Ceremony from 11:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 29 at the Wood County Courthouse.
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Primary school groundbreaking Thursday
Thursday, May 25
Groundbreaking for the new Mineola Primary School will be held Thursday, May 25 at 10 a.m. at the site on E. Loop 564, adjacent to the city water tower.
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Memory care center gets $6 million boost
Thursday, May 25
The Quitman City Council provided the venue for a piece of exciting news last Thursday night.
The Memory Health Life Center project has been approved for a $6 million federal appropriation. -
Mineola celebrates sesquicentennial in style
Thursday, May 25
Spanning nearly a dozen decades represented in style, the fashion-forward looked back at looks from years gone by.
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Growing competition gets hairy
Thursday, May 25
Bushy, sculpted, whispy or coarse – the competitors in the beard master competition all brought something unique on their chins to the gazebo in downtown Mineola.
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Mineola spans century and a half, rolls down Broad St.
Thursday, May 25
Ms. Sesquicentennial Martha Holmes participated in the procession westward through town.
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Sesquicentennial festivity aglow at dusk
Thursday, May 25
A balloon glow capped off the day of sesquicentennial festivities dubbed Spring Fling.
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Sylvia Kay Dykes, 1941-2023
Thursday, May 18
Sylvia Kay Dykes, 81, of Mineola passed away peacefully on May 1, 2023 in Fort Worth. Sylvia Kay was born on Dec. 28, 1941 to Mr. & Mrs. C.J. Clark in Elizabethton, Tenn.
