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The phone call was received around dusk that summer afternoon in 1963. The caller was a neighbor who explained to my wife, Clara, that she was looking at a man on the roof of our house. I was watching television when my wife ran into the living room and announced that there was a man on top of our house. “What?”, I questioned, “someone on our roof? All kinds of questions popped into my mind. This was our newly purchased house and why would someone want to get on my roof?

Golfers of all skill levels are invited to hit the links for a great cause at one of the most renowned waterfront golf courses in western Louisiana and eastern Texas. On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the recently remodeled Cypress Bend Resort on Toledo Bend Lake in Many, Louisiana will host a golf tournament benefiting the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum ‘Remembering Columbia.’ The format for the tournament is a two-person scramble with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.

The Hemphill Care Center held an Easter Egg Hunt on Good Friday and kids showed up by the droves to enjoy the many games, snow cone cups, hot dogs, meeting the Easter Bunny and hunting the more than 1500 brightly colored eggs. The residents of HCC got a kick out of watching all those children having a great time as well.

The Sabine County Beekeepers will meet for our monthly meeting on Monday April 1st at 6:30pm. We meet every 1st Monday of the month at 6:30PM at the Sabine County Extension Agents office in Hemphill, located in the Brookshire Brothers parking lot next to Family Dollar. We welcome the public to come out and join us. We have no dues, or officers. This is for anyone interested in becoming a new beekeeper or an already experienced beekeeper. For more info, call James at (409)625-4787.

VFW Post 10351 Commander Curtis Buckner and crew were on hand at the Hemphill VFD meeting room to give $1000 check donations to all of the local VFD's including Shamrock Shores, Pineland, Six Mile, Fairmount, Hemphill, Pendleton Harbor, Bronson and Rosevine. These proceeds are made available through the monies made from the VFW Bingo nights.

The newest addition to the downtown Hemphill community, By Local,has opened its doors at 130 Main St., offering a unique selection of art and handmadeitems. The store represents the dedication and talent of 43 local artisans from East Texas.By Local is not your average store.