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Restaurant owner Guy New (from left) works the 11th Semi-Annual Car, Truck, Motorcycle, Boat and Off-Road Vehicle Show with promoter Gabby Eguia and her husband, Cisco Trevino.
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Greg Allen of Kerens shows off a 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 at the April 15 Mabank vehicle show.
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Mabank High School softball seniors Baylee Sales (left) and Hailey Ledbetter gather before their last home game April 14, a win over Quinlan Ford.
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Mabank third baseman Presley Green tags out a Quinlan Ford runner in the first inning of the Lady Panthers’ April 14 victory.
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Jared Minzenmayer (back row, from left), Elias Delgado, Tenilee Anthony (front row, from left), Briana Benitez and Lezmailin Hernandez gather for a group photo after signing their letters of intent April 14.
A celebration of the life of Ruthie Foss, 77, of Mabank will be held at 10 a.m. April 29, 2023 at Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home.
Ruthie passed away surrounded by family April 15, 2023 in Mabank. She was born April 11, 1946 in Rice Lake, Wis., to Garritt Van Beek and Sophie Stoik Van Beek.
Ruthie grew up around Spooner, Wis. and graduated from Spooner High School.
On June 27, 1964 she married her one true love, Harold Foss. The couple had over 58 wonderful years together. The couple moved around for Harold’s job and finally settled in Mabank.
Marshall Milton Butler, 90, was born Feb. 16, 1933, to the home of Charlie and Nellie Butler in Bennington, Okla. and was called home April 6, 2023.
Marshall began working at the Ford Motor Company in Dallas, after high school.
After a year he moved to the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company in Dallas as a Map Draftsman. He became the ARCO Independent Union Representative and retired from ARCO after 23 years to open a dairy in Mabank.
He later retired from the dairy business but continued to raise cattle on his farm in Mabank.
William Lee Smith, 85, of Gun Barrel City, passed at his home surrounded by his family, March 27, 2023. He was born Sept. 1, 1937 in Kaufman County to his late parents Ransom S. Smith and Oneita Parsons Smith.
William was named after his grandfather and always preferred to be called William. He joined the National Guard after graduating Kemp High School in 1958 and while serving he was called to active service in October 1961 where he started as a tanker but moved to cooking.
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Henderson County Commissioners’ Court proclaims April 21 as San Jacinto Day marking Texas’ independence from Mexico, including Precinct 3 Commissioner Chuck McHam (from left), Precinct 4 Commissioner Mark Richardson, University of Texas at Tyler History Senior Lecturer Dr. James Newsom, James George Chapter of The Sons of the Republic of Texas President Clayton Starr (holding proclamation), County Judge Wade McKinney, Precinct 1 Commissioner Wendy Spivey and Precinct 2 Commissioner Scott Tuley.
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In late March, workers continue construction beside State Highway 31 where the Integrated Pipeline section from Lake Palestine will bore under the highway in west Malakoff. The pipeline also will go under a nearby railroad.
Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Kerens’ Raygan Brooks successfully evades the LaPoynor catcher while the ball skips past the plate.
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State Rep. Keith Bell (right) presents proclamation and state flag to Cedar Creek Lake Parrot Head Club President Robert Render.
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LaNell Oehlers cuts the ribbon to re-dedicate the handicapped fishing pier named after her late husband Eddie Oehlers.
