The Judy B. McDonald will hold an End of Summer Bash Friday, Aug. 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
As school quickly approaches, come spend a night celebrating the end of summer with chocolate, games, and a summer reading prize drawing.
All ages are welcome, and no registration is necessary. Check this page to find a map of the location.
A free telephone and email etiquette workshop will be held in Nacogdoches, Tuesday, Aug. 23 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the Chamber Board Room.
This free workshop deals with important skills needed for most workplaces. Limited spots are available, so RSVP is requested. RSVP to Barbara at chamber@nactx.com or call 936-560-5533.
Check this website for a map of the location.
A Lego Club will be held at the Judy B. McDonald Public Library Saturday, Aug. 20 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The library has thousands of Lego® pieces from which to choose to build whatever you can imagine.
Some of the Lego creations can also end up displayed in the library. Ages 5-17 years are welcome. No registration is required.
For a map of the location, visit this site.
The Polk County First Responders Appreciation Dinner and Benefit will be held Friday, Aug. 19 from 5 to 10 p.m. to allow the community to show their support and give thanks to the first responders of Polk County.
All of the proceeds of this dinner will go to the Polk County Peace Officers Association.
The BBQ plates will be $10. There will be a live auction, silent auction, raffles, including a 50/50 raffle, live music, and more.
Laci Booth and the David Allen Band will be providing entertainment. Head out to the American Legion Post 312 to get some dinner, support your first responders, and participate in interesting activities.
For a map of the location, click here.
The Edward Jones Perspective Seminar will be held again Friday, Aug. 19 from 12 to 1 p.m. at Pine Ridge Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Livingston.
This month’s Edward Jones Perspective Seminar in Livingston will take a closer look at market pauses and their meaning for investors. Lunch is included in this seminar, and it will be provided by Pine Ridge Healthcare and Rehabilitation.
For a map of the location, visit this site.
Birds are more than just beautiful visitors to your lawn and garden, they are an important component of a healthy local ecosystem.
Making your property a safe haven for birds will beautify your garden and is the right thing to do. Here are a few simple steps to take to keep birds safe.
Offer Food and Shelter
Many birds will simply be using your yard as a rest stop on a long migration. Keep this in mind and fill your yard with native species of trees, shrubs and flowers to provide shelter and food.
You can supplement this nourishment with strategically located bird feeders that will prevent birds from striking your home’s windows. Ideally, bird feeders should be located within three feet of a window or more than 30 feet from a window.
Prevent Bird Strikes
Ninety-eight million birds are killed annually in the U.S. when colliding with windows, according to Western EcoSystems Technology estimates. Stem the loss of life by exploiting the keen vision of birds.
“When windows are visible to birds, they will enjoy a safer migration,” says Spencer Schock, founder of WindowAlert, a company that offers decals and UV Liquid that is visible to birds but not people.
Products from WindowAlert are proven to effectively alter the flight path of birds and prevent window strikes. An easy weekend project to complete this season is applying decals to your home’s windows and using UV Liquid to fill the gaps in order to form a visual barrier for birds. The ultraviolet reflecting coating will look like etched glass to humans, but be quite visible to birds. The coating can fade over time, so remember to periodically replace decals. More best practices can be found at windowalert.com.
Limit Other Hazards
Pet cats can prove hazardous to birds. Keep cats inside or monitor their time outdoors in order to prevent attacks.
Promote a natural food source for birds by avoiding the use of pesticides and fertilizers that kill off the insects that birds need to thrive.
By taking a few important measures at home, you can create a haven for migratory birds right in your own backyard.
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NACOGDOCHES- The City of Nacogdoches invites all residents to a discussion about sidewalks in our community. The meeting will be held at the Courthouse Annex on August 30th, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
This will serve as an overview from the first discussion series that was based on the philosophy of sidewalks in our community. Residents are invited to share ideas to help shape the future of our community in regards to connectivity, walkability, and sidewalks in the proposed urban core overlay district.
The proposed urban care overlay district denotes an area of mixed institutional, retail, offices, multi-family residential, lodging, dining and entertainment establishments. If established, sidewalks will be required for development in these areas. Guidelines for these requirements will be discussed and reviewed at the meeting. The meeting will also address the question of where the urban core overlay district should lie.
“This draft ordinance is a starting point based on our previous discussions,” Steve Bartlett, City Engineer said. “There is a cost to sidewalks and wide-spread connectivity. This must be practically balanced with input from community members, creative strategies from all parties involved, and with the impact on businesses in mind.”
In the first meeting, 44 people attended and expressed strong support for sidewalk construction through public funding such as taxes, bonds and road maintenance funds. Many at the meeting also suggested sidewalk construction should be required in conjunction with commercial construction projects. From this feedback the draft ordinance has been created for public review in order to solicit feedback and changes prior to approval from Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
“This is a topic the city has been asked to address by many citizens and we feel it’s important to have a second discussion about sidewalks prior to sending the draft to city council,” Larissa Philpot, Director of Municipal Services said. “Although we have drafted this document, it is important we continue to seek feedback now that we’ve put the community’s ideas in writing.”
Draft Ordinance can be found here: http://www.ci.nacogdoches.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/998
Ready or not, here it is.
The Angelina College women’s and men’s soccer teams have had very few days of practice, with the focus more on introductions to each other than to the sport. With college soccer teams not able to practice together during the summer, those first days can be critical, especially with the first game looming before the student athletes have had time to build a laundry pile.
With Thursday’s cancellation of the scheduled pre-season game at the University of Houston-Victoria (flooded fields), maybe the team will get decent enough weather for some extra reps.
The good news for head coach Freddy Drago is twofold: First, his rosters contain several sophomore transfers, many of whom played for him at Cisco College last season. During Monday’s practice, those players were serving as assistant coaches, showing the newcomers how to perform Drago’s preferred drills.
In addition to the veterans familiar with the coach’s ways, the rosters sport no less than 22 players with ties to the immediate area, including Lufkin, Hudson and Nacogdoches. Many of those players have either been teammates or opponents; either way, they’re not strangers, which gives the teams a better chance of jelling early.
Earlier this week, the program released its rosters for the upcoming season. The Lady Roadrunners feature sophomore transfers Allie Chapman (Boerne), Max Hinojosa (Abilene), Biatris Arevalo (Lancaster), Leslie Saenz (Corinth), Lauren Voss (Katy), Bre Hinojos (Mineral Wells), Ashley Felan (Arlington), Chris De La Paz (Crowley), Alizah Mendoza (Glenn Heights), Kaelah Reynoso (Irving) and Kelly Copeland (Marble Falls).
Freshmen on the roster include Joni Olivo (Lufkin), Leslie Escobar (Nacogdoches), Jennifer Morales (Nacogdoches), Cameryn Garcia (Leander), Carolina Miranda (Porter), Kennedy Sessions (Spring), Carley Elkins (Fort Worth), Olga Villatoro (Pasadena), Juanita Rodriguez (San Antonio), Alexis Barrientez (Georgetown), Erica Garcia (San Antonio) and Daisy Flores (Fredericksburg).
Sophomore transfer Avery Collins (Austin) and freshman Marylou Frias (Crockett) serve as the team managers.
The Roadrunners’ roster features sophomore transfers Fredie Barboza (Nacogdoches), Manuel Morales, Jr. (Nacogdoches), Gregorio Rojo (Lufkin), Jose Zarate (Nacogdoches), Juan Zarate (Nacogdoches), Jose Escareno (Mission) and Omar Rauda (Rosenberg).
Roadrunner freshmen are Enrique Acevedo (Nacogdoches), Kacy Bennett (Lufkin), Dorian Bravo (Lufkin), Cesar Camacho, Enrique Carranza (Lufkin), Jesus Cisneros (Lufkin), Modesto Corpus (Nacogdoches), Freddy Esoh (Lufkin), Gustavo Garcia (Lufkin), Jose Garcia (Mineral Wells), Julio Islas (Lufkin), Luis Lopez (Lufkin), Jose Perez (Lufkin), Riley Thornton (Lufkin), Othoniel Zamarron (Lufkin), Carlos Campos (Marble Falls), Antonio Cortez (Glenn Heights), Gary Randolph, Jr. (Goodrich) and Oziel Alcaraz (Pasadena). The men’s team manager is Juan Santamaria of Lufkin.
Following Thursday’s cancellation, the Lady Roadrunners now will play their season opener Monday at Richland College in Richland. Game time is 6 p.m. The teams’ home opener is Tuesday, August 30 against Ranger College at Lufkin High School. Game times for the doubleheader are 6 p.m. for the women an 8 p.m. for the men.
The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.
Rapid changes in the health care delivery system continue to be a challenge for all hospitals and health care systems across the United States, including CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial. Reducing expenses will continue to be the norm for all healthcare organizations as Medicare payments continue to drop and additional federal regulations are implemented. As a result, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial announced today it will close its Homecare department effective October 1.
The decision was part of an overall strategic plan at the national level to reorganize operations and enhance clinical and financial performance.
“Because of sweeping mandatory federal changes coming at the end of the year for home health agencies, we were forced to assess the financial risks and additional challenges that would ultimately affect the way we do business,” said Shawn Barnett, CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Chief Operating Officer. “This was not an easy decision. However, as part of a national reorganization process, we feel we can now utilize our resources to better align ourselves with the greater needs of this community.”
During the next few months, the Homecare team will transition all current patients to other local home health agencies and will not accept any new patients.
In the early 1980s Dr. Bill Shelton, Lufkin’s first radiation oncologist, realized a need for in-home health care and established the Memorial program. It was one of the first home health agencies in the area and has since been recognized as the Best Lufkin Homecare Service by The Lufkin News readers in 2007-2011, and 2014-2016.
“Our Homecare team delivered excellent, compassionate service over the past three and a half decades, and we sincerely appreciate our patients who allowed us into their homes,” said Homecare Director Patricia Jones, who will become Director of the Temple Cancer Center, Wound Care, and the Polk Education Center.
Twenty-two employees are affected by the Homecare closure; however, the majority of employees have been offered available positions with the Memorial system. As CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial aims to fully integrate with the national CHI organization and the CHI Texas Division, all areas of the four-hospital system are being explored for cost-savings, efficiency and improvement opportunities. As part of that process, four additional layoffs were announced today.
Angelina County
Rio Olympics at Your Library
Aug. 17 to Aug. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cheer Team USA on at the public library. Snacks, blankets, and other comfortable items are welcome to bring. This event is free.
Located:
Buddy and Ellen Temple Community Room, TLL Temple Memorial Library, 300 Park Street, Diboll
Nacogdoches
Makerspace: Vortex Air Cannons
Wednesday, Aug. 17 from 5:30 to 6:40 p.m.
Head to the Nacogdoches Public Library to create a giant vortex air cannon and bring home the skills to make one again later. Crowds have previously loved this event. This event is free and requires no registration.
Located:
Judy B. McDonald Public Library 1112 North St, Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches ISD’s Meet the Teacher
Thursday, Aug. 18 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
The school year is almost here, Nacogdoches ISD’s Meet the Teacher is too. The 2016-2017 school year is upon us, and we want you to meet your new teacher! Mark your calendars to come and meet your child’s teacher. Bring your child to meet their teacher. Questions will be answered to ease first-day-of-school jitters.
Located:
Location depends on the child’s school.
Chocolate Tastings and Pairings
Thursday, Aug. 18 from 6 to 7:10 p.m.
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Exercise your taste buds and learn about the different types of chocolate, as well as ways to incorporate it into your favorite recipes.
Ages 18 years and up. Please register by Aug. 17.
Located:
Judy B. McDonald Public Library 1112 North St, Nacogdoches
End of Summer Bash
Friday, Aug. 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
As school quickly approaches, come spend a night celebrating the end of summer with chocolate, games, and a summer reading prize drawing. All ages are welcome, and no registration is necessary.
Located:
Judy B. McDonald Public Library 1112 North St, Nacogdoches
Lego Club
Saturday, Aug. 20 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The library has thousands of Lego® pieces from which to choose to build whatever you can imagine. It’s fun for the whole family! Some of the Lego creations can also end up displayed in the library. Ages 5-17 years. No registration.
Located:
Judy B. McDonald Public Library 1112 North St, Nacogdoches
Telephone and Email Etiquette Workshop
Tuesday, Aug. 23 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
This free workshop offers training in a very important skill in the workplace, phone and email etiquette.
Located:
Chamber Board Room
2516 North St.
Nacogdoches, TX 75965
Polk County
Livingston Back to School Fair
Thursday, Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
We’re giving away school supplies again this year to all students in Pre-K through grade 12. There will be giveaways, health information, safety, nutrition, and more. One backpack with school supplies will be given to each school aged child while supplies last. An adult must accompany the child. No income varification is necessary.
Located:
Edward Jones Perspective Seminar
Friday, Aug. 19 from 12 to 1 p.m.
What’s your reaction to low investment returns? Do you feel like giving up on investing? In this month’s Edward Jones Perspective Seminar, we’ll take a closer look at market pauses and what they might mean for investors. Lunch included by our friends at Pine Ridge Healthcare and Rehabilitation.
Located:
Pine Ridge Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 1620 Hwy 59 Loop N, Livingston
Polk County First Responders Appreciation Dinner and Benefit
Friday, Aug. 19 from 5 to 10 p.m.
This will be a dinner and benefit so the community can show their support and give thanks to our first responders. All proceeds will go to the Polk County Peace Officers Association. BBQ Plates will be $10. We will have a live auction, silent auction, raffles, 50/50 raffle, live music and more!!! We hope everyone can join us. Laci Booth and The David Allen Band will be providing entertainment.
Located:
American Legion Post 312, 816 US 59 Loop N, Livingston
San Augustine County
Meet The Wolves
From Aug. 19 to Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
The San Augustine Wolves will be at Wolf Pack Stadium from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22. Come out and meet the Wolves!
Located:
200 High School Dr, San Augustine
San Jacinto County
Hamburger/Hot Dog Cookout
Thursday, Aug. 18 from 4 to 6 p.m.
This free cookout held by the Coldspring Senior Citizen Center is sponsored by Texan EMS, Timberwood, Health South, Carter Healthcare, Aero-Care, and Gentiva.
Located:
Coldspring Senior Citizen Center, 60 Butler St, Coldspring
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