East Texas Quarterly Magazine Summer 2014 | Page 3

INSIDE
Do you have a picture from a local
festival or event you would like to see
published in the East Texas Quarterly?

Birding in East Texas................................................2

Submit your photo to:

Texas Remembers.................................................12

Blarney Stone Communications
252 North Main Street
Jasper, Texas 75951

Celebrating Native American Culture............15

Please include the name and date of
the event along with at least a 5x7 size
image. If we use your image we will
pay you $20. All pictures become the
property of
Blarney Stone Communications
and can not be returned.
Deadline for the Fall issue is
June 13, 2014

East Texas Quarterly Magazine

is published by Blarney Stone Communications,
Jasper, TX. Featuring people and events in
Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches,
Newton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine ,
Shelby and Tyler counties.
Publisher/Editor
Copy Editor
Graphic Design

- Gary Hanlon
- Judith Popejoy
- Keith Hale
Sandy Creek
Printing & Graphics

Blarney Stone Communications
252 North Main Street
Jasper, Texas 75951
409-383-3646

Personal Struggle Leads to Passion.....................8

Look What’s Cooking............................................19
Heroes’ Welcome...................................................24
Events Calendar ....................................................26

Honoring Texas fallen...
With this issue of East Texas Quarterly coming
off the press in May, it only seemed appropriate that we include articles honoring those men
and women who have served in the United
States Armed Forces.
May 30th is Memorial Day and a tribute to Texas’
fallen heroes and heroines is well- deserved.
On March 29th, the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument was dedicated on the grounds
of the state capitol in Austin honoring Texas
Vietnam veterans. Read more about the monument and the men and women from East Texas
communities who served and were killed in action in Vietnam.
Also included in this issue is an article highlighting the service and history of the 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stationed at Fort Polk, La. Since 2006 the brigade
has deployed more than 6,000 troops to Iraq
and Afghanistan. Read more about the history
of these men and women.
Remember, not just on Memorial Day but every
day, when you see a man or woman in uniform,
thank them for their service.
Gary W. Hanlon
Editor/Publisher

1