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Mr. McInturff’s Third Grade
Dear Santa,
I want a basketball & a football and shoes and a soccer and close and a notebook and a snake and a 2 more elfs.
Your friend, Lainey R.

Dear Santa,
This is Elerby. I’m telling you what I want for Chrostmas, OK. I want a huverbord that is pink. Green wireless beats. A black rabbit. A Ashton Drake doll.
Your friend, Elerby Kate

Dear Santa,
I want a basketball and the real cooking baking set. Thank you for getting me Christmas presents all these years and I just want to thank you for making all the children in the whole intire world happy with Christmas presents under there tree whenever they wake up!
Your friend, Avery Barron

Dear Santa,
It is Carson Wetmore #15 McRowan I want stouf animals, paans, selfy stick, mintens. From Carson Wetmore to Santa. P.S. I asow a camo green hoverboard.
Your friend, Carson Wetmore

By Allyson Pebsworth
Staff Reporter

The story of Jesus’ birth filled the streets of downtown New Boston Saturday night with the annual Christmas parade and its theme of O Holy Night. Pictured, Tristen Burks as Mary, Kipton Burks as Baby Jesus, Kooper Hilton as a wiseman and Zach Burks in the back as Joseph ride one of the many themed floats in this year’s parade.

Photo by Allyson Pebsworth

Calvary Baptist Church of Simms, Texas held a ground-breaking service on Sunday, November 27, 2016 for their new Calvary Multi-Purpose Building. Building Committee members Kenneth Barron (Deacon), Bobby Sellers (Deacon), Mike Amason, Jr., Steve Hawkins (Deacon), Tommy Caraway, Pastor Aaron Crawford, Shane Pope, Aron Crabtree (Deacon), and Alan McEntire held a special prayer over the project that when finished will consist of a full-size gymnasium, fellowship area, kitchen, children’s chapel, youth meeting sanctuary, game room, conference center and several class rooms. The building will be a much-needed asset to the church and community. It will be used for several different functions, mainly for the Calvary Adult, Teens and Children’s ministries as they carry forth the Great Commission. The building will also be available to the Community for various purposes. The church is in prayer to reach their goal of a June, 2017 completion.

Members of the State Bank leadership team gathered at the Williams House Museum for their annual planning meeting just before the holidays. State Bank, now with three branches serving Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas recently announced plans to open two additional branches, one in Nash and another in Texarkana, subject to regulatory approval.

Photo by Angela Hankins

By Laurel Wren Emerson

Redwater High School Journalism

Surrounded by friends and family at his house west of DeKalb, retired Army Colonel Iverson Shavers celebrated his 99th year of life on Thursday, October 20.  A life that began as a farm boy only a mile from his present house and saw him travel all over the world in military service, finally returning home to Garland Community, west of DeKalb, where he has resided since retiring from active duty in 1962.
After returning to DeKalb, Shavers raised cattle and was active for years with the local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Oak Grove Water Board and the DeKalb School Board.

‘Tis the season to get your Christmas creative on as the 2nd Annual Vyve “Create Our Christmas Card Art Contest” is jingle-belling into town.
 The contest is easy and fun. All you have to do is create an original piece of artwork showing what the “Spirit of Christmas” means to you, and submit it to Vyve.
 The winning entrant will win an iPad Mini, and have their design featured on the official 2016 Vyve Christmas card, produced by Hallmark Business Connections and sent to over 200,000 households, and thousands more across Vyve’s online and social media platforms.
 And for art teachers out there, the winning entry wins a Cookies & Cocoa party for your school, plus $200 in art supplies.

Texarkana College Cosmetology will host the seventh annual Shear Madness Avant Garde Hair and Fashion Show, on Thursday, November 3, 2016, from 1pm to 4pm on the Texarkana College main campus in the Truman Arnold Student Center.

Cosmetology students battle it out on the runway in a fierce competition that pushes students to embrace a creative edge. Using human hair, students create elaborate designs to adorn a runway model that represents an all-out design theme.

"Shear Madness offers a unique opportunity for students to experience an industry level design competition," Brandon Dixon, TC Cosmetology Instructor said. "The annual competition provides a chance for students to embrace creative design concepts to elevate their talents in ways they never thought possible."

Cosmetology students from across Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and nearby schools in Louisiana have been invited to participate in the competition. 

On November 9, 2016 the Alzheimer’s Alliance Tri-State Area will partner with UAMS Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program to host a come-and-go Caregiver Appreciation Day at the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging.