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The Sophomore Class of HHS won their division with the Barbie Pink themed-Homecoming Float. Ken (Connor McDaniel and Barbie (Bethany Nichols) say, “Hello!” .

This fall has been stellar for Pineland native and West Sabine graduate Teresa Weatherspoon. She was in town for Pineland Day and the unveiling of the Top 100 in UIL Penants that the Tigers presented on Oct. 6. (Full details on that ceremony in next week’s edition.) Weatherspoon was glowing and grinning when she visited with the 1963 Tiger Basketball Champs and families which were also celebrated during the ceremony. You can be sure the hometown hero was on cloud nine, having recently been honored by Louisiana Tech with a statue commemorating all of her Lady Techster Greatness. Just days after the local penant dedication ceremony, the announcement came that the Chicago Sky had selected Teresa for their head coach. Below is their official press release.

Left: West Sabine High School students show off a barbecue pit that they recently built as part of the school’s building and trades program. Pictured from (l to r) are Yana Ogletree, Georgia-Pacific Public Affairs Manager-Texas; Curtis Jacks, West Sabine High School Instructor; Briannah McElhaney, student; Ryder Clark, student; Hannah McElhaney, student; Trevor Mitchell, student; and Ronnie Comeaux, Georgia-Pacific Regional Lumber Manager.

The Sabine County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the San Augustine County Sheriff’s Office have completed an investigation into a string of burglaries and thefts which started occurring in September and in an area of each county where the two counties are adjacent.

“Mirror, Mirror on the wall” I am 66 years old. I am married, more than once. I have 3 adult daughters, 1 adult step-daughter, 5 grandchildren and 2 stepgrandchildren and I actually am awaiting the birth of my first great-grandchild, Kutter. Just reading this back to myself makes me want to laugh out loud or maybe SOB? Because, when I think of “me”, I think of a barefoot, tanned skinny kid with braces, wearing a halter top and bell bottoms, dishwater blonde hair in a pixie cut, usually sitting on the bank of the bayou crawfishing with a pole and a slice of bacon or riding the tractor with my daddy. I still dream I am this person with no worries, especially worries like weight and wrinkles and thinning hair and wobbly arms and of actually having to wear a bra. (Remember – skinny – halter top) Reality faces me each time I walk by the mirror or see my reflection in a store window. SHEER FRIGHT! Who is that short fluffy woman with thinning hair and dark spots all over her hands and arms and wrinkles even on her knees? The only skinny parts of my body now are my hands and I can actually pick up the loose skin on them where it sometimes stays for more moments that I can stare. And I would have to use a square tablecloth to tie around the GIRLS as a halter top at this point.

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