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. As a teacher who came to love history through the lens of fiction, attending the National World War I Museum and Memorial Fiction and Literature Institute was a dream come true. Twelve teachers from across the country were selected to create approximately fifty lesson plans for teachers from elementary school to high school combining fiction and primary source documents. Collaborating and brainstorming with experienced colleagues and WWI experts on the military, artillery, and military literature was enough to make my head explode. I put on a gas mask that someone actually wore, tried on a jacket, held a bloodstained backpack, sounded the signal for poison gas, flipped through the contents of a soldier’s pockets, held hand grenades, and examined one soldier’s dishes.

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It's nearing homecoming time in Yellowpine. The annual community event is Sept. 21-22, 2024, at the Yellowpine-Macedonia Baptist Church campus, Hwy. 87 South at FM 2343. On Saturday, Sept. 21, there's a community gospel singing starting at 6:00 p.m. Activity on Sunday, Sept. 22, begins at 10:00 with the homecoming service, highlighted by the music of The Master's Men of Silsbee and the message will be delivered by Bro. John McGuire of Nacogdoches. A covered dish lunch is served at noon and then more music with The Master's Men begins at 1:15 p.m.

Sabine and San Augustine County Court Activity for August

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Sabine County Court Activity August 13, 2024 – Judge James Payne Rockey Shyann Craft, 33, Pled True to the Judgment Revoking Community Supervision for the charges of Failure to Register as Sex Offender and was Sentenced to 5 Years TDCJID, $3000 Fine, and Failure to Register as Sex Offender and was Sentenced to 5 Years TDCJID, $3000 Fine David Thomas Ferguson, 57, Pled True to the Judgment Revoking Community Supervision for the charge of Evading Arrest and was Sentenced to 5 Years TDCJID, $2500 Fine Helen Dubois Fontenot, 58, Pled True to the Judgment Revoking Community Supervision for the charge of Possession of Controlled Substance and was Sentenced to 18 Months State Jail, $2500 Fine Dylon Wayne Fruge, 24, was found Guilty to the charge of Possession of Controlled Substance and was Sentenced to 2 Years Deferred Adjudication, $1000 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $180 Restitution, $550 Attorney Fee Ryan Alex McDaniel, 42, was found Guilty to the charge of Assault Against Public Servant and was Sentenced to 6 Years TDCJID, $4000 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $550 Attorney Fee Lane Brayden McIntyre, 19, was found Guilty the charge of Possession of Child Pornography and was Sentenced to Pre-Trial Diversion Program, $500 PTD Fee, $307 Court Cost, $550 Attorney Fee Teresa Denise Tarver, 64, was found Guilty to the charge of Theft and was Sentenced to 20 Months Deferred Adjudication, $1000 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $550 Attorney Fee, $4000 Restitution Connie Frances White, 38, Pled True to the Judgment Revoking Community Supervision for the charge of Theft and was Sentenced to 16 Months State Jail, $2000 Fine Anthony Dewayne Wilson, 55, was found Guilty to the charge of Burglary of Habitation and was Sentenced to 3 Years TDCJID, $4000 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $800 Restitution, $550 Attorney Fee and Burglary of Building and was Sentenced to 2 Years State Jail, $2000 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $275 Attorney Fee Sabine County Court Activity August 22, 2024 – Judge Craig Mixson Justin Bee Smith, 41, was found Guilty to the charges of Assault Family Violence and was Sentenced to 6 Years TDCJID, $2500 Fine, $307 Court Cost, $550 Attorney Fee