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The second annual Sam Rayburn Cardboard Boat Regatta is set for Labor Day weekend September 2nd at Jackson Hill Park and Marina. Sponsor boats are available for a $200 donation or you can be a cosponsor for $100. Everyone who wants to build and race their own boat will pay a $25 entry fee and spectators will pay a $5.00 event entry fee that will be donated to our local Sam Rayburn Lake Area Toys for Tots campaign. If you would like to have a little help getting started you can come down Jackson Hill every Saturday in August to attend a boat building workshop. Cardboard donated by Haley's Furniture, Conns Appliance and Lone Star feed along with glue and tape will be available for those who would like to make the basic hull and then take it home to add your special touches and decorations. There will be a best of show and race winner who will receive cash prizes and trophies.

Texas Outlaw Running is hosting a 5K, 10K, 25K, and 50K trail run held in Sabine National Forest in the piney woods on the border of Texas & Louisiana. Featuring a singletrack dirt trail with beautiful scenery, the race follows an out & back course beginning and ending at the Lakeview Recreation Area. Register online.

The Hogpen Indian Mounds Fire was started by lightning and discovered July 24 by USFS fire patrol who spotted the smoke plume. Angelina-Sabine Forest Management Officer (FMO) Joey Silva and Assistant (AFMO) Matt Laricos scouted the area and located the origin of the fire. It currently threatens no homes or improved property. Smoke in the area may increase as time goes on but the fire is being closely monitored and suppression operations are ongoing to contain the fire.

Angelina College’s Lex Hernandez (holding check, left) and members of Legacies Nursing and Rehabilitation pose with a ceremonial check representing a $10,800 grant awarded through the Texas Workforce Commission Skills for Small Business for Employers (SSB). Pictured with several nurse aides are (in no order) Tiffani Bradberry, Legacies Administrator; Amber Williams, Director of Nursing; Amanda Corley (ADON); Jordyn Eddings, LVN; and instructor Lucy Puntes.

Glenda Smith, April McCauley, Madison Gipson, Rebekkah Harley, and Caleb Harley (pictured above) are the planning committee for the Pineland Day. They hosted the Kick-Off Banquet on Saturday night at the Hemphill VFW Post 10351. There was a a great crowd and group of sponsors for this event. See page two for more details.

Substance Abuse Treatment Jeffrey Decresie separated from the Army in 1997. The experiences he lived through during his time in war, combined with an unshakable feeling that he’d left his brothers behind, became the cradle of an alcohol dependency.