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Coach Whitaker,

I had the pleasure of being the home plate umpire for your game tonight in Cross Plains.

I had the plate earlier today for two teams in your district. The underdog in that game won and the hate and bitterness bestowed upon me from the players and especially fans of the losing team made me question why anyone would choose to umpire. Luckily, I was able to call your game tonight and the experience was the exact opposite of what I encountered earlier today.

Let’s Talk About… Spring!

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Spring has sprung! It’s a great time to rediscover what’s right outside your door.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor,

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Letter to the editor

Dear Editor

I would like to publicly express sincere thanks to our Dr Randy Lee at the Hamilton General Hospital for his consistently dedicated effort in managing and dealing with all logistics processes required for acquisition, distribution and administering of thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine shots for life saving benefit of people living in our central Texas area.

Let’s Talk About… Pools

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The City of Hamilton is currently hiring lifeguards for the rapidly approaching summer season.

Lifeguards, fencing, chlorination and daily water sampling are all measures taken to ensure that pool users have a safe and healthy experience.

But what about the private pools, from the plastic waders sold at Dollar General to the large in-ground pools on residential lots?

Swimming pools are regulated by a pyramid of federal, state, county and / or city laws, each becoming progressively more restrictive, but they all have the same objective – public safety.

GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWERS

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“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 The. 2:9-10).

Letter to editor

Hi Maria,

Let’s talk about… Contractor scams

With the warming temperatures, greening grasses and budding trees, many of us will want to end our winter hibernation by doing some home improvement projects. This is when our motivation is high and we want to tackle the big things like installing a new roof or rain gutters or having our trees trimmed or our driveway repaved.

Gardeners MAILBAG

Dear Gardeners Mailbag, I have received an unbelievable number of questions about winter damage following the February cold spell. This week’s column will focus on the most common question “our live oaks turned grey/brown with all the cold.” First step everyone take a deep breath; count to 10 and repeat. Your live oaks will be ok.