One activity director in Hardin County has this to say about her job. “You can make it what you want it to be. Sometimes the residents need someone to be their friend, to hold their hand, to love them but most of all to be their friend.” That director is Judy Smith.

Mark Mason has been the activity director at Mill Creek Rehabilitation and Transitional Care Center for eight years. His mother was a resident in the home and he came to see her every day after work.

The Paradigm, formerly Pine Arbor Nursing Center, has a new activity director. Miss Marla Allen who had spent many years in Las Vegas and in Oregon, was something of an empty nester when she decided to get a motorhome and tour the country.

Rhonda Tanton has been the activities director at Silsbee Oaks for 20 years. She actually went to work there 24 years ago.

Amanda Darby is the Activity Director at Paradigm at the Pines. She reports that there are activities seven days per week.

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.

In the early morning hours on January 3, 2023 officers at the Orange PD took a report of a stolen vehicle at Frey’s Nursery in Orange. It appeared that the suspect used a firearm to enter the business where a vehicle was ultimately stolen.

The Hardin County Commissioners met Tuesday with a light agenda. They approved a request by Mr.

January is School Board Recognition Month. The theme this year is Forward, Together, which highlights the collaboration among school leadership, teachers, and parents on behalf of students.

HARDIN COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers investigated a single-vehicle crash on Neyland Road, just north of Mormon Road, that occurred Thursday, January 5, 2023. The preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 4:50 p.m., a 2004 GMC pickup was traveling south.