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July 2, 2009
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Salute to America
Celebration to feature fun, food, parade and fireworks
By Tom Hawkins
The red, white and blue banners and bunting are up all over town, and many flags will be flying soon! This is a true sign that the Fourth of July or Independence Day will soon be here, and all is ready for Groesbeck Fourth of July celebration this Friday and Saturday, July 3 and July 4. More...
Soaring Numbers
BALD EAGLE POPULATION IS GROWING IN LIMESTONE AREA
By David Stone W

When America's founding fathers were selecting a national emblem back in January 1784, an elderly statesman by the name of Benjamin Franklin campaigned vigorously against the bald eagle. "It is a bird of bad moral character who lives by sharping and robbing," Franklin claimed. "He is generally ... More...

GROESBECK CAR SHOW
Hot rods, hot weather
By David Stone

After a week of watching temperatures hover around the 105 mark, memories of late April's eight-inch deluge are beginning to fade. The heavy April 28 rains left the grounds at City Park saturated and forced the Groesbeck Lions Club to postpone its annual car show, which had been scheduled for May... More...

 News
•Groesbeck Fire Department received check
The Groesbeck Fire Department received a check for $150.00 recently from Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies as an expression of thanks for the department's work on the property of Peggy and Wayne Ward. The money will be used for their loss prevention program. More...
•July 4th Arts & Crafts and food vendors
•No Livestock Sale Thursday
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 Ag and Energy
•GROESBECK AUCTION & LIVESTOCK COMPANY
The Groesbeck Auction & Livestock Company held its weekly livestock auction sale on Thursday, June 25. The sale is held each Thursday beginning at 12 noon. There were 1102 head sold. There will be no sale July 2. More...
•BUFFALO LIVESTOCK & MARKETING REPORT
•4-H Livestock Judging Teams enjoy success at State Level
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 Society
•LMC Volunteers purchase new equipment
Members of the Limestone Medical Center Volunteers are shown with a Fluid Warmer and a Schwinn Bike donated to the Limestone Medical Center. The volunteers obtained the money used to purchase the items from local fundraisers and dues paid by its members. More...
•Senior Citizen's Day Out
•New Arrival
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 Our Backyard
•an American Dream
Many Limestone County residents don't know Emily Wilson. Many do, however, know her voice. The 16-year-old junior-tobe at Groesbeck High School has become a fixture at local sporting events and festivals by singing the National Anthem, and she's hoping the exposure will open doors to a career in... More...
•Shiflett to play July 3rd concert
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 Obituaries
•Billie Cleon "Sissy" Johnson
Billie Cleon "Sissy" Johnson passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the Groesbeck LTC Nursing and Rehab Center, at age 81. Services were held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 29, at the Groesb eck Fu- neral Home Chapel, with Reverend Johnny Layton officiating. Burial followed at Lost Prairie Cemet... More...
•Mary L. Jones
•Alvon Ray "Boe" Pierce
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 Calendar
•COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SUMMER TENNIS Thursday, July 2 Junior tennis clinics will be held at Groesbeck High School. Future Stars, for students 5 to 12, will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and Tournament Stars, for students entering seventh through 12th grades, will be from 7:45-8:45 p.m. The clinics cost $6 a day or $10 a wee... More...
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 Sports
•Lady Crushers are state champs
Softball team Worth Lady Crushers won the State Championship in the ASA 18-under B division on June 21 in Bryan. Five Groesbeck players are on the Crusher roster: Cassie Anders, Tori Pankonien, Toni Madison, Keeley Salazar and Cynamon Walters. These five girls also played on the select team last y... More...
•Lady Goat Volleyball Camp
•Dooey's Ultimate Volleyball Camp is scheduled for GHS, July 20-22
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 Thornton Hustler
•Attention Thornton Folks: The history of Thornton has been completed; book to go on sale soon
Thornton, One Small Town in Texas, a two volume set of over 1,000 pages soon will be available. The book has been compiled and edited by GAnn Smith-Tilley and Robbie Thames-Ahlfinger. This labor of love by these two former Thornton ladies has taken several years for this publication to become ... More...
•Full Story
•Thornton Homecoming Schedule Announced
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 Kosse Cyclone
•A Positive View Peggy McCaleb
Peggy McCaleb was born in Houston and lived there 28 years and then married. She and James, her husband of 38 years, moved to Kosse and she's never tarried. Because she quit school to care for her ill father, Peggy did not receive her high school diploma until 1996 - much later. More...
•Kosse to have fireworks display
•Glance Back At Kosse
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 Coolidge News
•News of Tehuacana and its people
Mary Douglas is at home in Hillsboro following hip replacement surgery on Tuesday. Her husband Bob says she is doing ok. The Methodist folks went to the Haven Nursing Home Thursday to help celebrate June Birthday. The Pastor of Tehuacana Church was unable to attend, so Brad Brittian, the Pastor o... More...
•TOPS offers healthy cookout tips to spark up the grill
•Falls County Burn Ban
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