Cancer Support Group, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at Missionary Baptist Church, 405 S. 15th St., Corsicana. All are invited to come and help support their loved ones. For more information, call (903) 874-5830 or (903) 872-1994.
Corsicana Public Library would appreciate donations of annuals from G.W. Jackson School. For more information, call (903) 654-4810.
Anyone interested in volunteering for the Navarro Regional Hospital Auxiliary is asked to contact Cleita Ferrell at (903) 874-8092.
United Way of Navarro County is sponsoring a community needs assessment. If you received a survey in the mail, please fill it out and return it promptly. In addition to the mail-out survey, those clients of the United Way agencies as well as the Health Department, Adapt of Texas, and Corsicana Housing Authority, may complete a survey form. Surveys are confidential and participants will be entered into a drawing for 10 $100 H-E-B gift cards. For more information, call (903) 874-5253.
Area Agency on Aging of North Central Texas, Ombudsman Program, needs volunteers interested in advocating for residents in nursing facilities in Navarro County. No previous experience is required, 36 hours of training is provided, it takes only two to three hours per week and the hours are flexible. Ombudsmen (advocates) investigate and work to resolve complaints for or on behalf of the resident and work to educate residents and their families on residents’ rights. For more information, contact Lisa at (800) 272-3921.
Experience Works, a national non-profit organization, provides training and employment services for mature workers 55 and older who have a low income and are in need of a job. For more information, contact Betty Northcott at North Central Texas Workforce Center at (903) 874-8276, Ext. 230.
Donations are being accepted to the Angel Lay, trustee, for Nicholas Cameron Lay Benefit Fund at Bank of America. Nicholas is a 9-year-old boy in Navarro County who has leukodystrophy. Benefits will be for ongoing medical expenses.
MLK Center board conducts a senior citizen program from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of the month. Senior citizens are invited to come and be a part. The seniors do chair exercises, play games and make gifts for special occasions or events throughout the year. For more information, contact Della Borkchum at (903) 874-7259 or (903) 872-3994, or Jim Graves at (903) 874-7259 or (903) 874-8053.
Corsicana Community Band is seeking participants. If you are interested, please call Mike Mitchell at (903) 229-7055.
Storytime is held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. each Wednesday for children at the Corsicana Public Library. For more information, call (903) 654-4810.
Latest News
June 11, 2007 01:00 pm
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Council hears from shelter supporters
An item not even on the agenda drew the most attention and most time at Tuesday’ Corsicana City Council meeting, as supporters of a new animal shelter spoke out during a public forum time.
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‘That lady welder’
Diane Billingsley first fell in love with metal working as a 7-year-old when her parents took her to see a blacksmith’s shop.
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Job Fair opens doors
Job seekers of all ages and experience levels will want to attend the Navarro County Job Fair slated for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Navarro College.
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P&Z tackles wells
Drilling within 600 feet of a subdivision will be the topic of both an open and closed meeting of the Navarro County Lake Planning and Zoning Commission, scheduled to meet in regular session at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Navarro County Courthouse.
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Local Beat for 2/8/12
A listing of meetings and events of interest throughout Navarro County.
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Shelter supporters speak out
Supporters of a public vote on a bond to pay for a new animal shelter in Corsicana turned out in numbers Tuesday to speak at the Corsicana City Council meeting.
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Dance hall appeal before council
The Corsicana City Council will hear an appeal of a denied dance hall permit application when it meets in regular session at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Council members are scheduled to meet in a work session at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Government Center conference room, before the regular agenda meeting starting at 6 p.m. -
Texas primary date in doubt after deal talks stall
Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after what at first looked like a breakthrough deal in a bitter dispute over redistricting maps ended with wide rejection of the proposal.
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CISD quartet out to win cuisine competition
They’ve been at it for months.
Just enough of this, just enough of that, cooked “just so.”
For four teens from Corsicana High School, Tuesday holds a special thrill for them as they compete in the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association’s ProStart Culinary Competition at Arlington Convention Center. -
Gander Mountain now home to small deer population
When Gander Mountain opened in August of 2004, it did so with an outdoor ATV track, giving potential buyers an avenue, of sorts, to test models out. The last several years, that patch of grass has been barren.
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