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School Boards The Lumberton ISD Board of Trustees meet the first Thursday after the first Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the Administration Building, 121 South Main Street.

The Sixth Annual Spring in the Big Thicket Festival, hosted by Friends of the Silsbee Library, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, April 29, in the library parking lot, 4th street and Ave H in downtown Silsbee.

Voters in the cities of Silsbee and Kountze started going to city halls in Silsbee and Kountze Monday and early voting will continue through Tuesday, May 2. Voting is from 8 a.m.

The Silsbee High School Choir has a lot to be proud of in their latest triumph. The talented group of students achieved a monumental feat by earning Sweepstakes in Mixed Choir at the UIL Concert/Sight Reading competition.

Drugs may be far more dangerous than many people believe and a Town Hall meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. next Monday, May 1, at the Silsbee High School auditorium to discuss the issue.

Members of the Hardin County Historical Commission and others met last Thursday afternoon for a ceremony unveiling and dedication of a county historical marker for the Grayburg Black Cemetery, The marker, located at 17762 Grayburg Road near Sour Lake, is actually about a quarter mile away from the cemetery itself, which is down a narrow rough road through a pasture and in a wooded area.

Two Silsbee players were honored as winners with the prestigious Willie Ray Smith Award at a banquet at the Elagante Hotel in Beaumont Monday evening. This was the second time ever two different players from the same school were chosen for the 31st annual Willie Ray Smith Award.

Sour Lake Lions wish to congratulate three Hardin Jefferson graduates- Elijah Nichols, William Benoit, and Clara Robertson. Each of these outstanding students will be awarded a $1000 scholarship to be applied to future study at a university. Area Lions wish success to these young adults as they use additional education opportunities to prepare for the next phase of their lives and their future careers.