Kubena's makeover home featured on ACS home tour
By BURLON PARSONS bparsons@journal-spectator.com
      The East Wharton County Unit of the American Cancer Society will host its biannual Christmas Tour of Homes from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. This year two of the three homes are in East Bernard and the third in Lissie.
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Soup, stew recipes fill kitchens with inviting aromas
Cooking on the Colorado
Leigh Pless
      We are finally getting some soup and stew weather and I love it. These dishes will fill your kitchen with a wonderfully inviting aroma; then complete your meal with hot rolls or breadsticks that are so soft and delicious that they melt in your mouth.
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Thanksgiving weather doesn't stop gatherings
Egypt- Glen Flora
Carol Russ
      This past Thanksgiving Day was a beautiful and grateful chilly holiday where families and friends gathered to give God thanks for a blessed year. Paula and Augustine Espinosa Sr.
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A.D. Players perform here
      Grace Community Fellowship will be hosting the A.D. Players National Touring Company at a Ladies Christmas drama and dessert party at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Grace Community Fellowship located at 1900 E. Boling Highway in Wharton.
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Parade attracts record number of participants
Wharton Chamber News
      We enjoyed a record 83 entries in the Nov. 20 Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. We thank all the participants and all the entries for the grand success. The previous record was 63 entries - so 83 is not too shabby.
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Yackel, Stockbauer tell their wedding plans
      Mona Jane Yackel of Shiner and Don Marcus Stockbauer of Victoria announce their engagement. The couple will marry at 6 p.m. on Dec. 31, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Victoria. Mona is the daughter of James and Sylvia Yackel of East Bernard.
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Teaching vessel sails Saturdays
      The Texas A&M University teaching vessel, R.V. Karma, routinely provides its marine biology and ecology discovery cruises for the public on the first Saturday of each month. These exploratory excursions will depart at 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m., from the home berth of the 57-foot boat located in M...
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WCJC candlelight service is Dec. 6
      The Wharton County Junior College Music Department will present the annual Christmas Candlelight Concert Thursday, Dec. 6, at First Baptist Church in Wharton. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. WCJC's Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Lee Lemson, will be joined by the Siv...
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