Congratulations

are in order for Lexi

Abercrombie,

Bullard Middle

School seventh grader;

and Cullen

Hippler, BMS eighth

grader, who won

outstanding

Bandsman of the

Year," for their

grades respectively.

Lexi also earned the

role of drum major.

The VA is

accepting applications

for the Post 9-

11 GI Bill.

Individuals with

active-duty service

since Sept. 11, 2001,

may be eligible for

this benefit and can

apply online at

www.GIBILL.VA.gov

. The program provides

tuition assistance,

a housing

allowance, a books

and supply stipend

and the option to

transfer these benefits

to family members

under certain

circumstances.

By law the new

benefit is effective

Aug. 1. For more

information visit the

GI Bill website or

call 1-888-GIBILL-1

(1-888-442-4551).

Bullard

Community Library,

in cooperation with

Bullard High School,

hosts three special

screenings of an

Alzheimers project.

Programs are scheduled

for 7 p.m.

Tuesdays, May 26,

June 2 and June 9.

Smith County

Historical Society

will hold its annual

"ice cream social" at

the Historic Aviation

Memorial Museum,

in the former Tyler

airport terminal

building at 150

Airport Drive, on

Tuesday, June 2, at 7

pm.

Members and the

public are invited

For more information

e-mail

info@smi thcounty-

historicalsociety.org

or call 903-592-5993.

The Mission

House Health Clinic

is open 9 a.m. until 4

p.m. on the fourth

Thursday of each

month. The Food

and Clothes Closet is

open 9 a.m. until 3

p.m. on the third

Wednesday of the

month and 9 a.m.

until 2 p.m. in Fourth

Tuesday of the

month.

Bullard Southern

Baptist Church hosts

Boomerang Express

VBS. Children aged

four years through

sixth grade (completed)

are welcome

June 8 through 12.

Moms In Touch

meets 8 a.m. to 9

a.m. Tuesdays at

Bullard Properties,

on the corner of

Main and Phillips

Streets.

Smith County

Commissioners'

Court meets 9 a.m.

each Monday at the

Smith County

Courthouse Annex.

Cherokee County

Commissioner sCourt mee

a.m. on the second

and fourth Monday

of each month at

Cherokee County

Courthouse.

Cherokee County

Master Gardeners

Association meets 10

a.m. the second

Monday of each

month at the Norman

Activity Center. For

more information em

a i billings704@yahoo.c

om.

The Heritage

Center of Cherokee

County is open 10

a.m. to 5 p.m. every

Saturday and 1 p.m.

to 5 p.m. every

Sunday.

The center is at

208 S. Henderson,

just off the square in

Rusk. For more information

call 903-683-

5643 or log onto

www.hccc-

museum.org.

Bullard City

Council meets 6:30

p.m., the second

Tuesday of each

month.

The next regular

meeting of Bullard

City Council is June

9.

Bullard ISD

Board of Directors

meets the third

Monday of the

month.

Friends of the

Bullard Community

Library meet 2 a.m.

the third Tuesday of

each month at First

United Methodist

Church of Bullard.

Bullard Area

Kiwanis Club meets

Noon Tuesdays at

the First United

Methodist Church

Family Life Center.

Bullard Area

Rotary Club meets

6:30 a.m. at

Kiepersol.

General Joseph L.

Hogg Camp, Sons of

Confederate

Veterans, meet the

second Saturday

every month in the

Bullard and

Jacksonville area.

For more information

call J.D@

Campbell at 903-

894-6727.

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