DEPORT â The dream of Ray and Pat Evers of the Texas Dream Center lives on today at Adult and Teen Challenge of Texas facilities at the East Texas Menâs Rehab Center in Deport and the East Texas Womenâs Rehab Center in Clarksville.
The couple began working with those with addictions more than 40 years ago by putting them in camper trailers and working with them one on one. They began the Dream Center in 2013, and transferred ownership of the nonprofit organization to the Adult and Teen Challenge organization in November 2020.
A ribbon cutting by the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce is to take place at 4 p.m. Thursday with a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. at the menâs center, 126 Highway 271.
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Letters to the Editor COVID-19 vaccines, Supreme Court decision on Texas lawsuit, Texas Republicans, liberal and conservative letters
Readers urge everyone to take the vaccine and ask how to sign up, agree with the Supreme Court in turning down Ken Paxton’s lawsuit, criticize Texas Republicans for supporting the lawsuit and question placement of liberal and conservative letters.
Samantha Rowley, the executive in charge of the Parkland COVID-19 Tactical Care Unit, sends a homemade meme to her TCU staff GroupMe message group after she and colleagues received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination during a media event at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on Dec. 15, 2020. The first Parkland frontline staff and senior leaders received vaccinations at Parkland after receiving a shipment of Pfizer vaccines early Tuesday morning. The COVID-19 Tactical Care Unit has seen a rise in acuity of patients with COVID-19, and has a higher number of intubated patients in the COVID ICU sin