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QC students 'supplied and ready' for a great year

Purchasing school supplies for students attending J.K. Hileman Elementary was made easier and more affordable this year thanks to the Queen City Churches Association.

At the bottom of each grade level’s school supply list were specific items that were purchased and contributed by the supportive outreach group. These supplies were picked up by the school, sorted, and waiting for students when they arrived on the first day of school.

In addition to the grade-level specific items that were donated by the Queen City Churches Association, other local churches, businesses, and individuals pitched in to make sure J.K. Hileman students started off the year with the tools that they would need for success.

Donna Hanner with the First United Methodist Church Volunteer Ministries made numerous trips to the school to ensure the student supply cabinet was stocked and ready for students who might show up on the first day of school in need of supplies.

Individuals including Freddy and Charlotte Brimer contributed to this effort by bringing in fully supplied backpacks for various grade levels. The local and main Texar offices also collected school supplies to be distributed amongst the local schools.

J.K. Hileman Elementary staff would like to commend the contributors for their commitment to the success of our students. Students, parents, and teachers are very appreciative for all of the school supplies that the campus received. These supplies will allow every student the opportunity to start the year in a positive way.

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Backpack Program provides food for kids

By CHRISTY GREEN

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A church-sponsored "Backpack Program" will feed many children throughout the school year who don’t get enough to eat at home, but organizers say it will take contributions from the community to help make the program a success.

When most people think of hungry children, they probably think of them being in a foreign country as shown often during the heart-wrenching commercials on television. Unfortunately, there are many children in this area who receive one good meal a day, and that is during school hours.

Thanks to members of Westside Baptist Church and program founder Beverly Pennington, children at Atlanta Primary School will not feel the emptiness of hunger when they are away from school.

Bags or backpacks filled with healthy meals and snacks to get through the weekends are anonymously sent home with the child on Friday, and are returned to the school on Monday.

"It’s not that we chose just to help in an Atlanta school, we just don’t have the resources to sponsor all the other schools," said Penny Nolte, a volunteer for the program.

According to Nolte, it takes some $20 a month to feed a child through the program.

"I’m hoping other churches will join in the program so we can help out other schools in the area," said Rick Grandmaison, also a volunteer.

Enrollment forms for the Backpack Program can be found in the packet given to all students by school officials at the beginning of the year.

Anyone interested sponsoring a child or school may send a check to Westside Baptist Church, 714 W. Main St., Atlanta, Texas 75551, and specify "Backpack Program."

WFT Committee names winners

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L-K grads earn Wildflower Trails scholarships

Members of the Linden Wildflower Trails Festival Committee announced this year’s scholarship winners are Sarah Strickland, Cliffton Wells, Brant Roberts and Allen Watson.

Strickland is a senior at Arkansas Tech University majoring in Early Childhood Education.

Wells, who is majoring in psychology, is a senior at East Texas Baptist University.

Senior student Roberts will graduate from Southern Arkansas University with a major in chemistry and plans to attend pharmacy school.

Watson attends Tarleton State University where he is a junior majoring in biology and will seek entrance to a physical therapy program.

"The scholarship program is an important part of the Wildflower Trails Committee’s mission to serve the community, and we are happy for the opportunity to support Linden-Kildare graduates as they work toward collegiate degrees," said Rebecca Narramore, committee member.

New Rabbit teachers

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AISD welcomes new teachers for 2010-11

Atlanta ISD welcomes several new teachers this year. They include:

Pamela Boyce will be director of the Behavioral Adjustment Center (BAC) at Atlanta ISD.

She was previously employed at Texas High School.

Boyce attended Atlanta High School.

She and her husband Prince have two children, Jeremy, 26, and Kabrelyn, 21.

Christy Solomon will be a math teacher at Atlanta Elementary School.

She was previously employed with Linden-Kildare CISD and is now returning to Atlanta.

Solomon attended Pleasant Grove High School and college at Henderson State University.

She and husband Jim have two children, Jordann Ashlee, 9, and Aaron James, 7.

Erika Purtle will be fourth grade science and language arts teacher at Atlanta Elementary School.

She attended Atlanta High School and college at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.

Melinda “Mindy” McAfee will be special education teacher at Atlanta Middle School.

She was previously employed for five years with the Social Security Administration and has been a stay-at-home wife and mom for the past nine years.

McAfee attended Arkansas High School in Texarkana and college at Florida State University-Panama Canal Branch and Texas A&M University-Texarkana.

She is married to Chip McAfee, TV meteorologist and instructional technologist at St. James Day School.

The couple has four children, Alexandra, 16; Tabitha, 9; MaryGrace, 7; and Chance, 4.

Lorri Moore will teach sixth, seventh and eighth grade multimedia at Atlanta Middle School.

She was previously employed with Moore Financial Services.

Moore attended Magnolia High School in Magnolia, Ark., earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science degree and will have a ??????MSITED in the spring of 2011 from Texas A&M-Texarkana.

She is married to Eric Moore and has one daughter, Kelsey Meadows, 19, a freshman at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.; three step-children, Erica Stone, 30, Adam Moore, 28, and Rachel Alexander, 26.

She also has six step-grandchildren, Addison, 9, Haden, 6, Olivia, 6, Miles, 5, Ashlyn, 4, and Marley, 1.

Daphne Forbes will be fourth grade math teacher at Atlanta Elementary School.

She was previously employed with Windham School District and Telford Unit in New Boston.

Forbes attended Linden-Kildare High School, received a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M and a Master of Education Administration degree from Texas A&M University-Texarkana.

She and husband Tim have two children, Steven, 23, and Nastasha, 21.

Pizza and fun for Girl Scouts

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Bowling for scouts set Saturday, Aug. 28

Local girls are encouraged to attend a registration rally for Girl Scouts and enjoy pizza and bowling on Saturday, Aug. 28.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Bayou Lanes Bowling located on U.S. 59 in Atlanta.

Girls, from kindergarten through 12th grade, in the Queen City, Atlanta and McLeod area are invited to attend.

Free bowling is available for girls registering for Girl Scouts. Pizza and drinks will be served.

For more information, call 903-796-4280 or 903-748-4192.

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