Dinner Bell Menu For January 10, 2024
City National Bank is this weeks sponsor. MENU Old Fashioned Hamburger Casserole Bacon Green Beans Garden Salad French Bread Trotter Family Special Cake HAPPY 2024!!! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BY FOLLOWING SAFE HEALTH PRACTICES AS FLU AND COVID ARE STILL...
Roan Oak Masonic Lodge Awards Six Paris Junior College Nursing Scholarships
January 8, 2024 – The Roan Oak Masonic Lodge #860 of Garretts Bluff helped six Paris Junior College nursing students breathe easier last month when they awarded them $500 scholarships. Present to bestow the scholarships were Worshipful Master Logan Thomas, Senior Deacon Pat Thomas, and Master of Ceremonies/Scholarship Committee Chair Alan Tapp. “It’s always a great pleasure to work with PJC and their nursing program,” said Tapp....
Paris Junior College Welcomed Interim President with New Year
January 8, 2024 – When Paris Junior College reopened on January 2, 2024, a new era began at the institution. Dr. Jerry King, former president of Trinity Valley Community College and a dedicated educator, took the helm as PJC’s interim president while a search is conducted to replace Dr. Pamela Anglin, who resigned at the end of 2023. “The Board is pleased and excited to have Dr. King join our team during this transition...
Donald Wayne Owen
Donald Wayne Owen grew up in Seminole, OK, and attended Seminole High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics Engineering from Oklahoma University in 1968. He began his career at Southwest Electric Company, Oklahoma City, OK, as an electrical engineer in the 1970s. He was an entrepreneur at heart, starting companies in both the engineering and pool industries, notably TAPS Inc., and OB Cues (Don was the “O” in OB and the...
Try a Mortgage Lifter Tomato in 2024 From Master Gardener David Wall
January 7, 2024 – If you’re looking for a “different” large (as in huge!) tomato with great flavor, then perhaps the Mortgage Lifter is a plant you should consider. It’s an indeterminate, open-pollinated, heirloom tomato producing fruit weighing up to 2.5 pound that will produce until frost! The plant has a pinkish-red beefsteak-shaped fruit that has few seeds. Maturity occurs in 80-85 days. The plant can grow as large as...
Linda Butler
Funeral service for Linda Butler, age 73 of Weaver, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 8, 2024 at Murray Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Mike Eason officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with Dakota Watts, River Watts, Jesse Butler, Daniel Butler, Kaydon Weston, and J.D. Wilemon serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, January 7, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Linda passed...
Barry Law
Funeral service for Barry Law, age 77, of Ridgeway, TX will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. at Tapp Funeral Home with Bro. David Burns and Donnie Powers officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery with Clint Swafford, Jacob George, Michael Matthews, Donnie Powers, Hugh Pettigrew and Keith Robinson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be David Robinson, Wayne Bledsoe and Jeff Bledsoe. A...
Paris District Road Report for week of January 8, 2024
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Jan. 8, 2024. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
David Allen Stewart
David Allen Stewart, 73, a longtime resident of Haltom City passed away January 3, 2024 in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was born December 27, 1950, to Ernie and Louis Stewart. He is survived by his loving wife of 23 years, Patricia Ann Stewart; stepdaughters, Annie and husband, Brian, Cathy, Rachel and Shawn; sisters, Peggy, Phyllis, and Elaine; step grandchildren, Jessica and husband, Carlos, Jimmy, Kim and Chelsea; great grandchild,...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Awards Ceremony to be held January 15, 2024
The Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place Monday, January 15, 2024, beginning at 7 PM, at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 208 Fuller Street Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 Guest Speaker will be Zenetta Drew, Executive Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre. She has been Executive Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre since 1987. During her tenure, Dallas Black Dance Theatre has grown...
