Peavy News

A collection of toasts, this week, after a successful - if harrowing - weekend of shopping in conjunction with Black Friday: A toast to the Angelina County Health District, for its "Got Shot" promotion of the swine flu vaccine.

The public will soon have its chance to speak out about a new charter school being formed by the Burke Center at the Peavy Switch Recovery Center, as discussed at Tuesday's board of trustees meeting.

DISTRICT NEWS: Flamingos are migrating to Hudson! You can flock a friend for a donation of $25. Upon receipt of your order form, the Highlights will secretly place a flock of "Dancing" Flamingos in the requested friend's front yard.

Angelina County Texas A&M Mother's Club will be having its first meeting for the school year at 6 p.m. Monday at Lufkin First Baptist Church Family Life Center.

District News: Hudson ISD has many changes for the new school year. The addition of classrooms on the Peavy Primary and Bonner Elementary Campus will allow the fifth grade students to be moved to the elementary campus.

Overgrown grass, peeling paint and abandoned buildings sit in a taxpayer's ghost town in Hudson that some are hoping will be the site of a new state pilot program serving juvenile probationers with mental health issues.