SFA School of Music to perform classic Christmas opera

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin

The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, and at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Cairee Mayfield, left, SFA junior from Houston, and Connor Parr, son of Dawn Parr and Chad Branton of Nacogdoches, rehearse a scene from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” to be presented by the SFA School of Music at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, and at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

All ages will delight in this classic Christmas opera about a poor widow and her crippled son, Amahl, who give shelter to the Three Kings as they follow a mysterious star.

Nacogdoches middle school students Connor Parr, son of Dawn Parr and Chad Branton, and Wesley Gipson, son of Vatrina Voeks and Robert Gipson, will alternate in the title role of Amahl.

SFA student performers will include Waco senior Amanda Garcia and Houston junior Lindsay Lymer alternating in the role of the mother; Houston sophomore Joshua Chavira and Fort Worth freshman Johnny Brown alternating in the role of Kaspar; Houston junior Cairee Mayfield and Katy sophomore Ruben Perez alternating in the role of Melchior; Houston junior Brenton Mattox as Balthazzar; and Houston sophomore Toby Otorubio as Page. Dancers are Bianca Stein and Christian Semmler.

The 45-minute opera is performed in English.

Tickets for the Thursday night performance are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors, students and youth. Tickets for the Friday morning performance are $6 for individuals and $5 each for groups of 20 or more. For tickets or information, visit www.finearts.sfasu.edu or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.

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December 3 – December 7: Building and Sign Permits

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December 3 – December 7: Health Inspections

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December 3 – December 7: Civil Cases, Divorces, and Marriage Listings

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Civil docket listings for the County Clerk

Civil docket listings for the District Clerk

Marriages

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December 3 – December 7: 145/420 District Court

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

Record Of Criminal Actions taken in the 145th and 420th district courts.

This is the report of the cases where a verdict was decided. The only cases omitted are juvenile cases.

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December 7: Nacogdoches County Booking Report

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

This is the report from the Nacogdoches County Jail that lists the arrests made from 6 a.m. of the previous day to 6 a.m. of the listed day.

Inmates can send letters to be posted on Everything Nac:
Everything Nac
PO Box 630091
Nacogdoches, Texas, 75963-0091

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December 7: Sheriff Office Daily Activity Log

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

This is the report from the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office that list the reports from 6 a.m. of the previous day to 6 a.m. of the listed day.

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December 7: NPD Crime Report

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This is a complete list of reports responded to by the Nacogdoches Police Department

Unattended death- no obvious signs of foul play. Appears to be a natural death.

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Chamber luncheon gives employment outlook

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

Curious for a peek at next year’s expected employment trends for employers and employees? Get the “2013 Employment Outlook” and meet speaker Marilyn Hartsook, operations director, Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas Planning at the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce and the Pineywoods Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Fourth Friday Luncheon. The event is noon to 1 p.m., Dec. 14 at Hotel Fredonia and sponsored by Suddenlink Communications.

“Issues affecting the employment outlook, how the workforce is changing and what industries and jobs look good for 2013 will be some of the main points covered in the presentation,” Hartsook said.

Hartsook assists the executive director with the planning and oversight of contracted operations for workforce centers and subsidized child care in the 12county, deep east Texas area. She is also a grant writer, labor market researcher and analyst, contract manager, performance analyst and special projects manager.

Hartsook has been involved in workforce development since 1988 as an eligibility specialist and program monitor with Deep East Texas Council of Governments. She worked with the Texas Department Human Services from 1994 until 1999, when she began employment with the Workforce Solutions Deep East Texas as the Program Manager for all workforce programs.

In 2001, Hartsook graduated magna cum laude from StephenF.AustinStateUniversity with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

She moved to Lufkin in 1985 where she reared her two children, and she now enjoys “the two most beautiful and wonderful grandchildren in all of Texas,” she said.

The luncheon serves as the chamber’s monthly membership meeting, and all from the community are invited to attend. Reservations are required by Dec. 11, and lunch is $16 at the door. Find the event registration form posted at nacogdoches.org. A safe “pay online” option is also available. All attendees will be entered in a $50 cash drawing, and every Chamber member is entered in a $250 drawing, but you must be present to win. Both drawings are sponsored by First Bank & Trust East Texas.

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This weekend at the Farmer’s Market

Posted on December 7, 2012 by admin

Don’t forget that the Nacogdoches Farmer’s Market is open year round on Saturday’s from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. We have a variety of vendors that provide access to fresh produce even during the winter season.

Things you might find this time of year: baked goods (breads, cakes, mini cheesecakes, cookies, fried pies & pies), organic beef, candles, canned goods (jams & jellies, marmalades, preserves, chow-chow, pickled vegetables, salsas & relishes), artisan Texas cheese, organic chicken, free-range eggs, organic tilapia fish filets, local raw honey, jewelry, plants (cacti, bedding plants, house plants, fruit trees, trees & whips), organic pork, smoothies, soaps (lye and herbal), sugar cane syrup, tamales, vinegars, fruit wines and wood products. LOCAL PRODUCE: frozen shelled beans (butter, baby Lima & pinto), unshelled pinto beans, beets, bok choi, Chinese cabbage, eggplants (5 types), greens (arugula, broccoli, Swiss chard, collards, kale, mizuna, mustard, sorrel, spinach & turnip), herbs (3 types of basil, 3 type of mint, rosemary & thyme), lettuce (red leaf & others), frozen shelled peas (blackeyed, brown Crowder, Lady cream, purple hull & zipper cream), unshelled purple hull peas, pecans (cracked, shelled & unshelled), peppers (banana, green Bell, cayenne, cow horn, habanera, jalapeno & serrano), persimmons, sweet potatoes, radishes (cherry bell & Diakon), squash (banana, butternut, pinata, spaghetti and winter), tomatoes (green & red) and turnips.

If you would like to sign up for the weekly Farmers’ Market email update, please send an email to obriens@ci.nacogdoches.tx.us. You are also more than welcome to visit www.nacogdochesfarmersmarket.com. Also be our fan on facebook@NacogdochesFarmersMarket.

The Nacogdoches Farmers’ Market, located at the “hitch lot” at the corner of West Main and Pearl Streets, is open from 8 a.m. until noon or later every Saturday morning. If the market parking lot is full, additional parking is available in the Nacogdoches County Courthouse Annex parking lot.
Please note that the Farmer’s Market is a “Smoke Free” facility for the health of our customers and vendors.

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