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Fireworks Store in Center Setting Sales Goal To Help Military Family Members

Rick St. Nick — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:24:14 +0000

Once we get through the fireworks of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16, Independence Day will be next up to bat on the holiday calendar, and this year, America celebrates birthday number 237. The Fireworks Superstore in Center, Texas has announced it will be participating in World Class Fireworks inaugural “Support Our Troops, Buy Here [...]

Graduation is Near; Project Graduation Could Still Use Help

Jen Austin — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:25:36 +0000

With the Nacogdoches High School graduation coming up next week, there’s still a little time left to donate to the big after-party. Every year, parents and community members come together to put on an alcohol and drug free party for graduating seniors, with the help of volunteers and generous donations from businesses and individuals. Nacogdoches [...]

Donation To Red Cross Will Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims [VIDEO]

Rick St. Nick — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:55 +0000

Rebuilding the Oklahoma cities devastated by tornadoes this week may take more than a year; rebuilding lives could take forever. Helping our neighbors to the North will take less than five minutes When catastrophe strikes, the symbol of immediate relief is the American Red Cross (ARC). They pour into communities like ants to a food [...]

Raising Cane's Kept the Chicken Fingers Frying During 'Educator Appreciation Day'

Rick St. Nick — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:48 +0000

Here’s a follow-up, and a personal prop to restaurant chain Raising Cane’s (located right here in Nacogdoches), which celebrated a grand ole day on May 6. It was “Educator Appreciation Day”, and that meant honoring those who make a difference in the lives of children. And, that includes a shout out to bus driver Horace [...]

East Texas Food Bank + Walmart Grant Keeping Texans From Going Hungry

Rick St. Nick — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:20:46 +0000

The East Texas Food Bank has been selected as one of forty winning “Feeding America” food banks to receive a $45,000 grant from Walmart’s Fighting Hunger Together initiative. The locally operated food bank is just a microcosm of the more than 200 food banks located throughout the United States, and it is this type of [...]

Sister Station 'KICKS 105′ Broadcasting St. Jude Radiothon Thursday and Friday

Rick St. Nick — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:00:13 +0000

Fighting to live can be rough at any stage of life, but when it comes to kids who just want to ride their bicycle, innocent children may find it difficult to understand why they are spending so much time inside a hospital. If there is any silver lining, however, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is [...]

East Texas Kids Use Construction Project to Overcome Past

Jen Austin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:13:14 +0000

YouthBuild students have been teaming up with Nacogdoches County Habitat for Humanity to build a home, and in the process they’re learning more than just construction skills. YouthBuild is a program sponsored by Goodwill Industries, that helps kids with battered pasts turn their lives around. After classroom instruction, those in the program get to go [...]

Texas Highways Get New Facelift Over the Weekend

Rick St. Nick — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:39:39 +0000

People are always saying I'm a little quirky, because of my observation while driving tendencies. For example, my eagle eye description of unknown varmints crossing the roadway, the ability to find the obscure signage behind a cluster of trees announcing a two-for-one dining experience, and other motorists about to invade my lane due to "DWT" - that's "driving while texting".

2013 Pineywoods Cattle Baron's Gala Set For October 12

Rick St. Nick — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:17:48 +0000

Just got through kickin’ it over at Outback Steakhouse in preparation for the Fourth Annual Pineywoods Cattle Baron’s gala. Join hundreds of your friends, family, neighbors, and the American Cancer Society, as we plan on “Leavin’ Cancer in the Dust” (this year’s theme). This annual event raises funds to support cancer awareness, provides prevention of [...]

Whataburger Giving Back to the Community – Here's How You Can Help!

Rick St. Nick — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:48:15 +0000

Unless you are familiar with hamburger history, you may not know exactly "WHAT" you are actually looking at when you come face-to-face with that famous orange and white "W". And, as you dive into their scrumptious menu with the same intensity as Jerry Jones manages the Dallas Cowboys, you may still be in doubt about the legacy of your dining experience.

Students in Nacogdoches Standing Tall Against Modern-Day Slavery Today

Jen Austin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:22:56 +0000

Students at Stephen F Austin today are getting attention today as they gather in front of the Baker Pattillo Student Center to draw attention to sex-trafficking and slave labor. Students are standing for 27 hours to draw attention to the 27 million people world wide, who are impacted by modern-day slavery. KTRE reports there are [...]

SFA Lumberjack Basketball Raises $1,000 for Local Food Bank

Rick St. Nick — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:01:57 +0000

It’s great to hear stories about student-athletes performing for their community off the field/court/diamond/floor. The SFA Lumberjacks basketball team collected nearly $1,000 for a local food bank called Harvest House. Each year, during my first three years in radio, I sat atop a tree house in the dead of winter for five straight days, collecting [...]

Winner Announced in Nacogdoches Girl Scout Cookie Cram

Jen Austin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:29:54 +0000

How many Girl Scout cookies could you eat in 60 seconds? Last night’s champ of the Girl Scout Cookie Cram in Nacogdoches managed to wolf down 14 Shortbread cookies in a minute. Last year’s winner ate 12 Thin Mints in that amount of time.KTRE says those who took part in the Cookie Cram included Sheriff Jason [...]

Lufkin 'Legion' Sends Goodies To Military Service Members

Rick St. Nick — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:47:38 +0000

Need to get a care package to a soldier, but unclear of the avenues afforded you to do so, then STOP! The solution is the American Legion Family (Post & Auxiliary Unit #113). It’s called the “Because We Care” project, and those words are not just words. Simply advise them of the name and address [...]

The Best and Worst of the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy Benefit

TheFW Staff — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:05:52 +0000

Yesterday’s 12-12-12 benefit concert for Hurricane Sandy relief raised over $30 million dollars, but it wasn’t all good. We’re still cringing for Bobby Moynihan’s awkward appearance as his ‘SNL‘ character “Drunk Uncle,” for example. Kanye West wore a skirt, which is bad in and of itself, but it was a leather skirt, which is always [...]

Red Kettle Campaign Brings Money for 2013

Jen Austin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:13:19 +0000

All of that spare change tossed into the famous Red Kettles at storefronts, will add up to thousands of dollars for the Salvation Army's charity work in Lufkin.

As my family was about to enter a grocery store last Friday, a bell-ringer was standing at the front and I gave my two oldest daughters some change to drop in. They were so excited to drop the coins in, and even though it wasn't much, they're starting to understand what the holidays are all about. And the bell-ringer was nice enough to hand them a sucker for their efforts. We can't promise there will be a sucker in it for ya at every Red Kettle, but the rewards will add up in other ways.

SFA Students Bowling For Kids This Weekend

Rick St. Nick — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:12:52 +0000

Bet you didn’t know this about me, but in 1972, I was in the Valley Anteaters – Bowling League. Now today, I bowl no better than I did back then. My average? 97. Is that good? Didn’t think so. But for some kids in Nacogdoches, it just plain is not going to matter the score [...]

Empty Stocking Fundraiser at Walmart November 29-December 1

Rick St. Nick — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:27:06 +0000

The ‘Empty Stocking Fund” has been around for 41 years, and each year volunteers patrol the gates of a selected location collecting money donations to insure that each child in East Texas has at least one present to open on Christmas Day! This year, the fundraiser heads to Wal-mart in Nacogdoches, commencing on Thursday, November [...]

'Toys For Tots' Comes to Lufkin and Nacogdoches Region

Rick St. Nick — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:26:13 +0000

If you happen to see some military troop carrier trucks with a conspicuously looking banner draped across it that reads “MARINE CORPS RESERVE…Toys For Tots”, that’s the place to hand over a newly unwrapped gift to be distributed to less fortunate children around East Texas. Your “present” donation doesn’t have to be expensive, because it’s [...]

The Home Depot Foundation + Lufkin Community Fix Veteran's Home

Rick St. Nick — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:03:39 +0000

Props to the Home Depot and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 84 for helping out Eddie and Christie Estevez of Lufkin. Eddie is a veteran who served two years in Iraq, and during that duty, a tree fell onto the couples house, removing the siding, and creating a gaping hole in the structure. Due [...]