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The Vatican is the world\'s smallest country, at 0,44 square km (0,16 square miles).
And Now You Do
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12:9, He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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An important milestone affecting the future of Kerens passed by us a few weeks ago in our state capital. The significance of this event may seem small at the moment, but the fact on signed paper, along with the seal of Texas, is that another important stone in a growing foundation has been put solidly into place.
In July of the year 2000, the Kerens Ex-Students Association became an official corporation, a non-profit one of course. From this point forward, all of our documentation will carry the KESA title suffixed with the word INCORPORATED. This is something for all of us to be proud of and will provide us with the mechanism to continue forward progress for the great city of Kerens.
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Books: Been There, Done That
by Eddie Fisher
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Published 1999; Pages: 340; Rating: Excellent
Eddie Fisher, what a character. I was browsing through the On Cue bookstore in Corsicana one day and happened upon this one. Looking through the inside of the cover, it looked like this fella had led one interesting life. I put it on my Christmas list and lo and behold, on Christmas morning I unwrapped a gift from my father and there it was. Good book too! Took me a couple of months to get to it, but it was worth the wait reading about all the exploits this guy had during his many years in the entertainment industry.
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The past couple of weeks have been flat tremendous when you pull out your progress gauge and measure just how far our current downtown construction project has moved forward. It is awesome what the Kerens Volunteers have done in order to earn their meals in the Garden Park on weekends.
Speaking of meals, two weeks ago that huge crock-pot that everyone seems to pass around town was used by Murlene Sessions to cook a slew of beans that Slim Pickens would have been proud to put his dipper in. Isn’t it a down home image to see a bunch of dirty sweaty men sitting around a picnic table out in the open going after steaming bowls of beans? Where was my camera at anyway! As fast as Glynn Holloway’s spoon was moving, the camera lens would have probably been spattered anyway. Oh well.
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Ora Anna Reed, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Monday, March 1st in the Heritage Oaks East Nursing Home.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 4th, in the First United Methodist Church in Kerens with Reverend Cathy Mordecai officiating and Reverend Glen Jones assisting.
Burial was in the Kerens Cemetery.
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Several people have sent in emails to Kerens.Com at one time or another asking how to create a web page and where you can go to publish one. Well, cut out this column and keep it around for when you have the time to do so and a ready-made reference to get you started will be at your fingertips.
There are basically two categories of web sites; free sites and professional dedicated web space leasing companies that provide you with high-speed connections and a large amount of space for a fee.
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Dorothy Perry, 78, of Powell passed away on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004, in Navarro Regional Hospital.
Visitation was from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Paschal Funeral Home.
Servicecs were held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 5th, in the Paschal Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Clayton Smith officiating.
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This past weekend saw the best turnout in volunteer help for downtown building construction that we have seen since beginning this project earlier in the year. With the temperature hovering around a 100 degrees on both Saturday and Sunday, who would have thought this would be the time when the best of Kerens would choose to wander out their front doors and head to Main Street for many hours of labor in conditions resembling that of a world class sauna. Whewwwww it was hot!
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Released: 2003; Rating: Terrible
Now I have seen some bad movies before, but last night I saw a horrible one. Some of these slapstick comedies they make are reasonable, but never great. Some of them are bad but rarely terrible. Well this one was terrible.
"Johnny English" was the name of it starring the world famous Mr. Bean. At least I think he is world famous, his name is recognizable. The plot line is
that we have a British Secret Agent from MI-7 in the tradition of what actually is a great character, Mr. James Bond. But, this one is a spoof filled with gags, fall down gimmicks, and a good looking girl that tried to play a serious part in a dumb movie. You know when I think of dumb, a good slapstick flick does come to mind, and that one is "Dumb and Dumber." That was a good one with Jim Carrey.
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Wasn’t that a great July 4th community gathering in downtown Kerens, right there on Main Street. We had more people than last year, the Chamber of Commerce brought in more money for the city, and the Power Mountain rock climbing event was something new that was not only entertaining to climb, it had many people’s attention (while munching on their hotdogs) just watching all the efforts to make it to the summit. When is the last time you saw a climbing mountain sitting right in the middle of Main Street with kids crawling all over it? It was a sight to see, a great challenge, and it was fun!
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Bennie Clark Bailey, 89, of Athens, Texas passed away at his residence in Athens on February 21st, 2004. Services were held Wednesday, February 25th, with the Reverend Richard Palmer officiating.
Mr. Bailey was born January 13th, 1915, in Athens, Texas and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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A couple of months ago I received an interesting email here at Kerens.Com about a place outside of Kerens with a name I had never heard spoken. They had a web page at location www.cowcreekfarm.com and wanted to be linked into the city website. Now, Everyone who has heard of Cow Creek Farm, please raise your hand. Hmmmm, just what I thought, I am not the only one.
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Helen Ruth (Standlee) Boggs, 82, of Salem, Oregon passed away on February 19th, 2004. Services were held on Saturday, February 21st at Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service in Salem, Oregon.
Helen was born in Kerens, Texas and moved to Salem from Houston in 1956. She married Walter C. Boggs, Jr. on December 23rd, 1948. He passed away in 1985. She worked as a bookkeeper for the City of Salem for eleven years, retiring in 1983. She enjoyed reading and listening to music. Her daughter Martha Blissett and son Walter Boggs, III also preceded her in death.
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Tribune Columns: Kerens.Com #20
The National Center For Small Communities
June 25th, 2000
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Sometime late last Monday afternoon, Janie Quinn and Gail Christie put their signatures on a document, addressed a large envelope to Washington D.C., and threw down a challenge to the rest of the United States. America had better watch out, because Kerens has its face in the wind and is on the move. Janie signed as the President of the Kerens Ex-Students Association, and Gail put her formal signature down as a duly elected official of this great city of Kerens and as a member of K.E.S.A.
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Services for Merle Cullision, 83, of Bryan, Texas were held on Friday, February 13th, 2004 at the Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan. The Reverend Bill Van Winkle officiated.
Mrs. Cullision was born in Kerens and had lived in Bryan since 1976. She was a homemaker and did volunteer work at the University Hills Nursing Home in Bryan. Mrs. Cullison was a member of the Fellowship Freewill Baptist Church.
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Lester S. Walker, 88, of Kerens passed away on February 12th, 2004 at the Kerens Care Center. Services were held February 15th, 2004 at the Paschal Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Harold Scott officiating.
Pallbearers were David Bond, Jackie Walker, Shannon Walker, B.H. Upchurch, Roy Gerald Tramel and Norton Conner.
Honorary Pallbearers were Don Paschal, C.E. Blissett, Bill Hyder, and Rick Mangus.
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 QOTD:
My mother was the travel agent for guilt trips.
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