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October, 2011Volume 1 Issue 8

Complimentary Copy

October, 2011Volume 1 Issue 8

Complimentary Copy

InsideHallmark HomesHaunted House

Fall Frolic

Scarecrows, Scaredy Cats

& Pumpkin Patches

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For information contact Jim Polk at 653- information about FFA programs.8200.

Hook 'Needle Charities Club – th Meets the second Wednesday of each Coldspring's Trade Days – 4

month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Saturday monthly , March – NovemberMedical Center – Livingston dinning

DMA – Don't Mention Age – For room. The club crochets, knits and sews people 55 and older meets at 10 a.m. the items for needy individuals. For second Monday at First United Methodist information, call Joan Reeves at 936-327-ARF-RC Model Planes Club- Meets San Jacinto County. We are located at 21 Church – Livingston. Luncheons, 1989.every Saturday at the Club Field located Butler St., Coldspring, Texas. You may speakers, book reviews, trips and

on FM 350 N. approximately four miles call for more information during our Levis and Lace Square Dance Club – entertainment. Call 936-566-4766.from Hwy. 190. Call Joe Hebert at 936- working hours at 936-653-5543. Meets on Tuesday nights at the elementary

Families and Individuals thanking 566-5804 or Don Hirt at 936-566-4098 for school in Onalaska at 7:30 p.m. For more Christian Motorcycle Association – heroes – Meets the second Thursday of information. information call Betsy Waite at 936-327-King's Kids – Meets at 6 p.m. the second each month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the 4610Better Breather's Club - These Thursday of each month at Texas Pepper. Livingston Physical Therapy office. For meetings are free of charge and open to Rides are planned on fourth Saturdays. For The Livingston Art League - meets information, call Andrea at 936-327-4084.anyone with lung disease, anyone with a information, call Doc Hinds at 936-566- on the 4th Monday of the months Sept.,

Friends of Myrphy Memorial friend or loved one with lung disease, or 4340 or Jimmy Mattix at 936-327-1223. Oct, Jan., Feb., April, and May, also the 1st Library- Friends are active workers in anyone that wants more information on Monday of Dec. at St. Luke's Episcopal CASA – Court Appointed Special library projects and raise funds for library lung health. Meetings will be held the first Church at 836 Jones St., Livingston, TX Advocates – For information to become a projects. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 3:30 pm. 77351. Our time is 9:00am to 12:00 for our volunteer donating time for children of Wednesday of each month at 11:00 a.m. at Meeting location: Memorial Medical paint-in (everyone welcome to come and Polk County, call Joanis Robertson at 936- the library, 601 W. Church Street.Center, Livingston, Tx, 936-327-8825, paint on whatever you chose) and 12:00 to 523-0519.

Contact: Shelia Peabody 3:00pm for our meeting. We have Friends of the Onalaska Library- Coldspring's Area Business and refreshments and demonstrators who show Friends of the Onalaska Library support a Boots and Babes Square Dance Club

Merchants - Meets the second Thursday all mediums. For more info. call Celeste wide variety of library projects. For – Every Friday night at 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at of the month at 5:15 p.m. Cora's Corner. Williamson, 936 967-2161 or email: details, contact the Onalaska City Hall the new location on DelaNorton Street or Call 936-653-2332 [email protected] 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays and Business 59. For information, call 936-

Saturdays. You may also call librarian 327-3384 or 936-967-0979 The Coldspring Area Lions Club - Livingston Rotary Club – Every Jenny Quintin, at 936-646- Book (2665).meets the second and fourth Tuesday of Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at Peppers Care Share Mission, Inc. of San

the month. First meeting is at the Resturant, For information , call Ray Future Farmers of America - FFA Jacinto County - is a food pantry open Coldspring Methodist Church and the Gearing at 936-327-2752.members learn leadership skills, public from 10am until 2pm, weekly Monday and second meeting is at The Bank of San speaking and occupational skills. Call Thursday. We serve qualifying residents of Jacinto County. All meetings are at noon. Candis Carraway at 936-328-2257 for


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Table of ContentsPage 1, Cover Page 11, Page 2, Select Power Sport Page 12, Photography with a TwistPage 3, We Buy Gold Co. Page 13, Fall FrolicPage 4, Monthly Meetings Page 14, Page 5, Monthly Meetings Cont. Page 15, Page 6, Lake Area Physical Therapy Page 16, Page 7, Page 17, Haunted Jail Cont.Page 8, Sally Coming Home Page 18, Pumpkin PatchesPage 9, Page 19, Page 10, The Real Estate Brokerage Page 20,

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Onalaska-Polk County AARP Ike Turner Camp 1275 meets the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Chapter 3876 – Meets at 10 a.m. every Masonic Lodge, 1907 N. Washington. Call second Thursday of the month at Idlewilde Craig Reese at 936-327-8232.Clubhouse. For information, contact Lew

Vail at 936-646-4330. Soup for Seniors – 936-327-3696 Soup Donation Sites: Guardian Healthcare Piecemakers Quilt Guild – Meets the 1601 Hwy 59 Loop N. Mikes Saw and second Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Supply 2118 Hwy 190 W, TexTia's 904 W at Chesswood Baptist Church on 59 South Church Street, Escapees Care Center 155 in Livingston, Come expand your quilting Care Center Drive, VFW Hall 3916 Hwy experience.59 North, The Coffee Spot 1503 E

Piney Wood Lakes Chapter of Texas Houston St Cleveland.Master Naturalist - Meets the first

Stroke Support Group “The Thursday of each month at the Polk nd thPreventers” – The 2 & 4 Thursday of County Chamber of Commerce located on

the month, 1 pm at Guardian Health Care Hwy 59 North of Livingston. Our meeting in Northridge Plaza, next to the hospital on time is 2 PM.the Hwy 59 feeder raod, Suite 400. A

Polk County Mission – Mission is hands – on community forum for open for free food for families that qualify. preventing stroke and helping those 707 S. Washington, 936-327-7634. Open affected by stroke.Tuesday and Thursday 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

TOPS Tx 1448 Livingston (Take Off Send donations to Box 1973, Livingston, Pounds Sensibly) - Meets every Thursday Tx 77351. Call BJ Cooling at 936-327-in the hospital dinning room from 4:30 - 5806 or Aline Fisher at 936-365-2825.6:30 pm. For more information please call

Polk County Social Club – Meets (936) 328-4926 or 328-4170every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW

United Daughters of the hall. For more information, call Mary at Confederacy – Meets the second 936-327-9015.Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Livingston

San Jacinto County Chamber of Heritage House. The genealogical society Commerce - Meets first Thursday of the welcomes the public.month at 8 a.m. in at the Chamber's Office.

Upper Lake Livingston Wireless Shepard Chamber of Commerce – Association – Meets the second Thursday

Meets the fourth Monday of every month of each month at 7 p.m. at Polk County at 5:00 pm at the Pct building in Shepard. Emergency Operations conference room.

Call Lew Vail at 936-646-4330.Sons of Confederate Veterans – Capt.


Located in Livingston, the Iontophoresis, Matrix and Massage impressive staff at Lake Area Physical Therapy, Positional Release Therapy, Therapy and Rehabilitation has been Gait training, Balance Therapy and working to achieve the goals of no pain Pulmonary Rehabilitation. since 2003. Shelia Peabody RRT/RCP

Open Monday through Friday and Sammy DeLeon LPT and head from 8a.m. until 6p.m., they are located physical therapist have topped more at 400 Bypass Lane Suite 100 in than a combined 40 years experience. Livingston, Texas. Their phone number Sammy DeLeon’s technique and is 936-327-8825. Lake Area Physical practice is very gentle, as he believes Therapy and Rehabilitation is eager to that you shouldn’t have to endure pain improve South East Texas health, one to improve and he can often relieve patient at a time. pain in the first visit.

Shelia Peabody is the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Director, specializing in lung therapy. Lake Area Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation the only rehabilitation center in the area that has a Pulmonary rehab program, making it convenient for people to keep up the health of their lungs, locally. She is dedicated to inform her patients about the importance of lung health, as she believes that the more you know about your lungs, the more you can do to improve them. She offers to everyone in the community the opportunity to learn more at the Better Breather’s Club. These meetings are free of charge and held on the first Thursday of each month at 3:30 pm at Memorial Medical Center in Livingston.

Both Sammy DeLeon and Shelia Peabody carry pride and compassion with them every day at Lake Area Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, as they gently lead patients towards recovery. “Our before and after really speaks for itself,” says Peabody. Among the two highly qualified therapists are a number of technicians, all servicing Physical Therapy, Ultrasound Therapy,


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Lake Area PhysicalTherapy and Rehab

After 6 weeks of Balance training I was walking tall and looking good.-Ed Spake

I came in pushing a walker and oxygen and I left twirling my cane.-Bettye Travis

I have COPD. Until a year ago I made many trips to the E.R. because of difficulty breathing. I had been using a nebulizer and other "helpers". I was unable to walk much distance or exert myself. My pulmonologist recommended Pulmonary Rehab and suggested Lake Area Physical Therapy. I was very skeptical about it but was amazed at the results. I am now able to do more than I thought I ever could. Shelia is so helpful and knowledgeable about respiratory problems, I am so glad I found that place. Everyone pulls together to make breathing beter and life easier.-Rhita F.

your garden questions to Plant http://www.montgomerycountymasteAnswers at 9020 Airport Rd., rgardeners.org/ .Conroe TX 77303 or e-mail me at t-

Educational programs of [email protected] . For a schedule of

Texas AgriLife Extension Service are our educational programs and

open to all citizens without regard to events go to our Master Gardener

race, color, sex, disability, age or website at:

national origin.

By: Tom LeRoy U.S., but consumers have never really developed an appreciation of

The Jesuit missionaries sent the pomegranate fruit. One of the few

to work with the Indians brought varieties still available is 'Wonderful',

pomegranates from Spain. From which, if picked and aged at room

Mexico, they were carried northward temperature for a month or two, will

to missions in California and possibly develop the rich, sweet taste

east to Texas. They were also thought characteristic of better-quality fruit

to be in the early-Florida city of St. varieties. A few heirloom varieties

Augustine. Some pomegranates have such as "Cloud" and "Anna", along

naturalized in the coastal areas of the with an antique, very sweet white

United States.cultivar, have occasionally been sold,

The pomegranate plant form in the area, the past few years.is that of a small deciduous tree or

Although of very easy large shrub, growing up to 25 feet

culture, pomegranates prefer a sunny tall. Pomegranates are multi-stemmed

location and deep soil. They thrive in unless pruned to a single trunk.

acid or alkaline soils, and tolerate Originally grown for their fruit, they

heavy clay as long as there is are also known for the beautiful

sufficient drainage. Many forms flowers that occur for several months

exist, and not all fruit well. Generally, in the spring and early summer. Most

double-flowering types provide little, commonly, they are red-orange, but

if any, fruit. Mature specimens white, pink, and variegated flowers

withstand drought well, but fruit may also be found. Double-flowering

often splits after rainy spells types have blossoms that are

following extended dryness. carnation-like. Pomegranates are also

Pomegranates may be grown from useful for large hedges. Their foliage

seed or cuttings. During the winter is shiny and dark green, and the

dormant period 8-10" cuttings may be stems are somewhat thorny.

stuck in containers of potting soil or Native to Arabia, Persia, directly into well prepared beds in the

Bengal, China, and Japan, garden. Commercial nurseries often pomegranates are sometimes hardy as root them under mist during the far north as Washington, D.C., but are summer months. Propagating new best adapted to the Deep South, plants from cuttings ensures where they have escaped cultivation reproducing the same genetic in the Gulf Coast states. material from which the cutting was

taken.Many legends concerning the

pomegranate have been handed down In addition to eating fresh (it by Asian people. The many seeds are is very seedy), the fruit may be used supposed to be a symbol of fertility. in the preparation of syrups Legend also says that the (especially grenadine), alcoholic pomegranate was the 'tree of life' in beverages, and jellies. Plants of the the Garden of Eden, and from this dwarf and large-growing forms are belief it became the symbol of hope sometimes available. Plants tend to and eternal life in early Christian art. be long lived, but occasionally they The erect calyx-lobes of the fruit freeze back to the ground. Interesting were the inspiration for Solomon's trials with pomegranates from Iran crown and for all future crowns. and Russia are being conducted in the

Houston area by fruit specialists who Pomegranates were often

believe that some of the plants may found in nineteenth century Southern

have superior fruiting, growth, and gardens and nurseries. For a period in

hardiness characteristics.the early 1900s, pomegranates were grown in commercial quantities in the Don’t forget to send


Pomegranate Flower

PomegranateJewel of the Landscape

Sally is “Coming Home” on October 22, 2011 to Livingston’s VFW Hall.

Sally Mayes made her Broadway debut in Cy Coleman's Welcome To The Club. Her performance won critical praise along with a Theatre World Award and Outer Critics Circle nomination as one of Broadway's outstanding newcomers. On

The New York Times calls her "a theatrical voice that elevates a show Broadway, Sally is perhaps best singer of incandescent ebullience, tune." And Time Magazine says, known for her performance in the deliciously saucy." People Magazine "Sally Mayes renders songs as richly Roundabout Theatre revival of She describes her as "the kind of rich nuanced as one-act plays." And now Loves Me for which she won Tony,

Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Urban Cowboy garnered her another Drama Desk nomination, (Featured Actress in a Musical), and she most recently appeared in Steel Magnolias. She has also starred in several Off-broadway productions, including Closer Than Ever (Outer Critics Circle nomination), and Das Barbecue, Pete N'keely (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actress in appears on countless cast recordings, a Musical), She drew raves as Mae including Closer Than Ever, She Loves West in the National Tour of Dirty Me, Das Barbecue, Bye Bye Birdie, Blonde. Film and television credits Lost In Boston, Unsung Musicals, include City Hall and Bye Bye Birdie, Unsung Sondheim, Night Of The Law And Order Criminal Intent, Sex Hunter, etc. Sally has four solo And The City, and The Job. Sally also albums, The Dorothy Fields Songbook

and Our Private World, The Comden And Green Songbook, The Story Hour, Boys And Girls Like You And Me, and her latest release, Valentine.

Her rare and much anticipated nightclub appearances have garnered her rave reviews from Coast to coast, and she has been nominated for twelve Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) awards and has won two Bistros for excellence in Cabaret and recording.

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see Sally Mayes live in concert. Tickets are available at the Chamber office in Livingston. For more information call (936) 327-4929.


Bri Bagwell

Coming HomeSally


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On October 22 in Huntsville at and release event. Natives, veggies, 8:00am – 4:00pm Walker County annuals and butterfly merchandise for Master Gardeners invite you to the 2nd sale. Held at Walker County Master Annual Butterfly Festival and Plant Gardeners Facility - Hwy 75N & 102 Sale to celebrate butterfies with Tam Road, 2 miles north of IH-45 exit seminars, garden tours, face painting, 118. (936) 435-2426.children activities and a monarch tag

2nd Annual ButterflyFestival and Plant Sale

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On October 14, 15, & 16 Heritage Village Museum presents the Fall Festival. This is the largest fall folk life festival in East Texas. It features pioneer craft demonstrations, 30 historic buildings full of artifacts, Russian & American Indian Dancers, wood carving, spinning and felting, Civil War encampment, Kids Day, weaving, blacksmithing, fold artists, toy makers, quilting, furniture making, basket making, Polynesian show, food booths, Bluegrass, Gospel, Dulcimers, buggie and wagon exhibit, book signing and more. Come join us for Fall's Finest Fun!

Heritage Village is a living museum of pioneer history, with a main street that is right out of the mid 1800's to early 1900's.

Walk through an old-time blacksmith shop. Check out a railroad depot. Visit a livery stable or any one of the community's log cabins. Or just stroll through the East Texas forest. See demonstrations of the old ways from people who have either studied the art or lived it.

Heritage Village is an outstanding insight into what pioneer life in East Texas was like. Enjoy our website and come visit us soon!

Highway 190 West, PO Box 888, Woodville, Texas 75979. 409-283-2272 or 800-323-0389. Email [email protected]

23rd Annual

Harvest FestivalHeritage Village Museum, Woodville, Texas


The computer mouse selects, clicks, Sometimes, however, there isn’t time and drags – adding a twist here, a twirl to stop, set up, adjust settings, and shoot. there, or perhaps a wrap for good Under these conditions, shooting now and measure. Digital photographs, under the editing later is always an option.creative hand of a local area photographer,

Professional photo-editing programs emerge into distinctive works of art. John

include numerous effects and techniques Davis, owner of Chelten’s Photo Gallery

beyond the basic enhancements. Twists, enjoys the challenges and creativity that

twirls, wraps, and other special effects, photography provides. Making a great

can turn almost any photograph into a photograph, as opposed to just taking a

unique work of art.picture, starts with being in the right place at the right time. Mother Nature provides Chelten’s Photo Gallery is located the most alluring subject matter, the inside “Junk in the Trunk” on Highway 59 lighting, and often, the most memorable South Frontage Road just off Highway photographic opportunities. With nature 190, in Livingston. Chelten’s Photo supplying the scenery, the photographer Gallery provides photographic art for your takes a meter reading, adjust the camera’s home or business.aperture, shutter speed, composes the

Chelton’s Photo Gallery will also be shot, and clicks. If all goes as planned,

on exhibit/sale at the Senior Center in very little, if any, digital photo editing will

Coldspring on October 29th to benefit the be necessary.

Senior Center.

With a Twist

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Polk County SPCA presents the first our facility.annual Fall Frolic slated for October

If 300 people donate $300.00, we 29, 2011. This date will also mark their

can reach this goal. Ask us how you grand opening. 10:00am – 1:00 pm.

can join the 300 club!! If you can't Join Us For Tail Wagging Fun… afford a one-time donation of $300, you

Their will be Live Music, Live Auction, also have the option of making a Silent Auction, Vendor Booths, Raffle recurring monthly donation. An auto-Giveaways, Kids Costume Contest, transfer form is available here for your Clown & Kids Craft Area, Dog convenience. Please consider making a Costume Contest & Photos, Tour our donation either in person or online. Facility, Food….And Much, Much, Your support is greatly appreciated. For Much More!!! more information call (936) 967-2287.

If you want to help us build a better facility to care for the precious pets in Polk County that deserve a second chance at a "forever Home", we need your support.

We have estimated that it will take approximately $90,000 to complete the renovations and retire the mortgage on

First Annual

Fall Frolic

The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival area. attraction, the festival is beginning to scheduled for October 14th, 15th and Activities include Arts and crafts attract nationwide attention.16th and located in downtown Conroe exhibitors from all over Texas and from Included among the entertainment lineup benefits the non-profit other states near and far. Families can are bands such as Cody Canada "The Friends of Conroe, Inc., who are working come out and spend the day in our Kid’s Departed", Scooter Brown Band, Jason to enhance the quality of life in Conroe Area that includes children’s fun rides, Cassidy, and much more!and Montgomery County through civic Monster Mural, petting zoo, and cultural improvements. The Friends amusements, pony rides, and the Small contribute funds to other established Fry Stage where young dancers from nonprofit organizations, promote several local dance and art schools community projects and support the perform.renovation of the downtown Conroe No need to bring your fishing poles, the

Catfish is already on the grill! But catfish is not the only food you’ll find at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival, you’ll have plenty of items to choose from; shrimp, gumbo, frog legs, alligator, boudin, sausage, chicken, red beans & rice, and much more.Several notches above the basic community festival. The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival annually draws 30,000 to 40,000people to hear its stellar music line-up, browse through the many craft booths and exhibits and eat a variety of Cajun style food. A strong regional

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Conroe Cajun Catfish FestivalFeaturing 3 Days Of Music, Food & Fun!

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There has always been mystery several horizontal projecting courses associated with the old jail in and with masonry in high relief at the Coldspring, Texas, but now we know corners suggesting square partial why that is… It’s Haunted! Well, at columns. The building presented a least for the last two weekends in handsome and solid symbol of law October. From 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm and order in a no-frills (and virtually on October 21-22 and October 28-29 fireproof) public building. (The get ready to be afraid… Be very contract for the building was given to afraid! The historic jail will be John R. Johnson and Thomas Ireland. transformed into a haunted house. For The building cost $1500 and 1/8 of children under 12 years old it is 1% on taxable property was levied for suggested that you check it our before the creation of the building.) 7:30 pm. Ages 5-12 are only $2 and

In 1911 the building was expanded 13 and up are $5. For more

26' to the south, giving it the current information contact Cora at (936)

54' by 28' dimensions. The 653-4177.

construction methods, materials and A Little History about The Old Jail most details inside and out were

Museum carried out in this new addition increasing the number of cells upstairs

The San Jacinto County Jail, built and providing living quarters for the

across Loyd Avenue from the original jailer and his family, as well as an

courthouse square in 1887 is a two entry foyer. Narrow and steep metal

story yellow pink brick building of stairs lead to the cells on the second

Victorian influence. The square (28' level. The upper floor is concrete

X 28') structure with so-called supported by concrete beams dividing

'common' brickwork is punctuated by the structure into four equal bays with

Enter at your own Risk

Haunted Jail


one concrete column in the center. through grants, donations and fund raisers to undertake a reconstruction

After the wooden courthouse and and adaptive reuse of the old jail.

several other buildings burned in These efforts were successful and the

March of 1915, it was determined that old jail now serves the county and

the new courthouse be built at a thousands of visitors each year as the

different location about four blocks to Old Jail Museum. The Old Jail

the south. The merchants soon Museum houses artifacts pertaining to

discovered that people attending the history of the East Texas and San

business at the new courthouse no Jacinto County are. The Old Jail

longer visited the original town Museum boasts both Texas Historical

square, so within a short time all the Commission and National Register

businesses migrated to the new recognition. (San Jacinto County

square. By 1923, Coldspring was Heritage Society)

firmly entrenched in its new location. Except for the jail, the old square, which had been the heart of early Coldspring and San Jacinto County, was forgotten and neglected.

By 1980, the building was deemed no longer within acceptable limits of jail standards, and was abandoned for this function in favor of a modern facility at another location. The San Jacinto County Historical Commission was granted a 100 year lease on the property by the Commissioners. Monies were raised

On October 29th the Coldspring’s local shops will be opened to give Merchant’s Association presents that you a jump start on Christmas 2nd annual Pumpkin Fest & Tractor shopping.Show in downtown Coldspring from

Old Tractor? New Tractor? 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Doesn’t matter, come out and show it There will be music, venders, and off! Entry fee for your tractor is only

pumpkin decorating for ages 12 and $20, for more information contact under (10:00 am -2:00pm). All the Barbara Shelton at (936) 653-2332.

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Get in the fall spirit, it has been a your customers something to talk long hot summer for everyone… So, about!kiss it goodbye & celebrate fall!!

And don’t forget that November The Livingston Specialty Merchants’

4 &5 is Hunting Widows’ Shopping Guild wants all of our members to

Spree, while hunters are away – participate in the October and

Shoppers can play.November promotions.

The month of October; Scarecrows, Scaredy Cats, & Pumpkin Patches; Be creative and get in the decorating spirit!! Have fun & go all out – From a pumpkin to a pumpkin patch, wild and crazy scarecrows to scaredy cats, give

Scarecrows, Scaredy Cats

& Pumpkin PatchesColdspring’s Merchant’s Association 2nd Annual

Pumpkin Fest &Tractor Show

The Livingston Art League shortly after 11:30 am. Critiques for Everyone is welcome to come and announces plans for their Fall Art those artists who want a critique will eat, view art works, and visit.Show and Sale on November 5th, begin between 12:30 pm and 1:00pm.

Celeste Williamson, President LAL2011. The show will be held in the Visitors are welcome to listen to the First Baptist Church atrium. The critiques and learn from the judges Ph. 936 967-2161address is off North Business 59, at what is needed in painting a winning

Drawing for door prizes will begin 106 Colt Rd. picture.

at approximately 2:00pm.The registration for LAL members Pictures of blue ribbon winners,

(Pictures are courtesy of the and LSAG associate members. There best of show and best floral will be

Livingston Art League and are from are approx. 20 leagues in the Lone taken during critiques.

last year’s Fall Show and Sale)Star Art Guild. Students are

Vistors may start viewing the encouraged to enter the shows.

paintings as soon as the judge has Registration will be open from 8:00

completed his work and the ribbons am until 11:00.

have been placed on the paintings. Refreshments are free and tickets Colored dots will be placed on the

for door prizes can be purchased paintings that are for sale.for $1.00 a ticket or six for $5.00.

There will also be art items at The show will be judged by Peggy the sale table for visitors and artists to

Fare, a well-known watercolorist from chose from.Nacogdoches. Judging will begin

Livingston Art LeagueFall Art Show & Sale


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