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20

Kids put what they’ve learned about fishing to use during Kid Fish at Purtis Creek

Posted by : Monitor Admin | On : May 20, 2013

Category: Community, Non profits

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell

Mild May weather presented the perfect day for a Kid Fish event at Purtis Creek State Park May 11. Usually held the first Saturday in June, the event was moved because it is always legal to fish without a fishing license in Purtis Creek Lake, as long as you release any bass. All other fish may be kept. In the first week in June, the state lifts the fishing license requirement to encourage families to get outdoors and fish.
More photos can be found in the Sunday, May 19, 2013 issue of The Monitor.

May

15

Local letter carriers help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ – collect nearly 10,000 pounds

Posted by : Monitor Admin | On : May 15, 2013

Category: Community

Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler

Monitor Photo/Robyn Wheeler

Mabank Post Office letter carriers, under the direction of Postmaster Janet Johnson, collected 9,268 pounds of nonperishable food stuff Saturday in the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign. They are pictured along with representatives from three local food pantry organizations: Christian Life Center, Mabank Area Good Samaritans and Care and Share. On May 11, Boy Scouts from Troop 333 helped letter carriers unload their collections at the post office for weighing, and on Monday, Mabank City workers packed the comestibles into trucks and delivered them to the food pantries.
See more photos on page 4A of the Thursday, May 16, 2013 issue of The Monitor.

May

15

Nursing home seeking new entertainment ideas

Posted by : Monitor Admin | On : May 15, 2013

Category: Clubs, Community

Courtesy Photo Daughters of the American Revolution Sarah Maples chapter member Nina Hendricks attends the volunteer brunch with host Sunflower Park Nursing Home activity director Elizabeth Barnette.

Courtesy Photo
Daughters of the American Revolution Sarah Maples chapter member Nina Hendricks attends the volunteer brunch with host Sunflower Park Nursing Home activity director Elizabeth Barnette.


Special to The Monitor
KAUFMAN–Daughters of the American Revolution, Sarah Maples chapter member Nina Hendricks attended the volunteer brunch at the Sunflower Park Nursing Home in Kaufman hosted by the new activity director Elizabeth Barnette.
Barnette set up a meal of fruit and vegetable trays, and chicken salad was served.
About 15 people attended to hear Barnette explain the volunteer brunch was to thank the volunteers who so diligently help her with patients and encourage new entertainment ideas for the residents.
She is known as “the crazy lady” because she creates “wacky” activities including Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Elvis Presley days and many others.
The patients make and color cutouts, and post them on the lunch room walls for Easter, Christmas and other holidays.. When finished, it creates an impression of a painted mural.
Barnette is looking for fresh ideas to keep her patients’ minds active, which she believes is just as important as any medicine they receive.
Each volunteer was given an award certificate and a bag of goodies.
Hendricks told Barnette the DAR Sarah Maples Chapter collects gifts and cards for the veterans in Tri-County nursing homes at Christmas, and many members in the chapter help with the delivery.
For more information on volunteering, or to make idea suggestions, contact Barnette at (972) 932-7776 or go to Sunflower Park Nursing Home located at 1803 Hwy 243 E., Kaufman, TX 75142.