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Dear Editor,

The Hamilton County Child Protective Services Board wants to thank our wonderful community for all the support we have received. Your generous juror donations have made it possible for us to fulfill a wide range of needs for our children, from school clothing to birthday gifts to Christmas presents. When you serve on a jury, we really appreciate your remembering the children of Hamilton County by donating your juror pay to the CPS Board.

Thank you.

Hamilton County CPS Board

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Four or five weeks ago you had a write-up in your paper about 1952 girls championship basketball team and you had pictures of four women who said they were the last survivors, but they were wrong.

Barbara French Tucker is still very active and would have been easy to get in touch with. She deserves better.

I am very disappointed.

Her uncle,

Maurice Williams

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

Thank you Hamilton County! With your support through the “Hay For Heroes” campaign, the purchase of Commemorative bricks, numerous raffle items and outright donations, the Hamilton County Memorial for Fallen Soldiers is very, very close to being completely funded.

We are within $3,000 of our total goal of $65,000 needed to complete the project. So close to the end!

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Over the past few weeks I’ve wandered around the community of Hamilton noticing the activity of street repairs, or maybe I should say; the lack of activity on street repairs.

Early this year, we were told the city had purchased a new piece of equipment for this very purpose and the city would start on some minor street repair once the designated crew received training on the machine’s maintenance and capabilities. Well where is this machine? Has anyone seen this equipment on our streets doing some repair work?

Better Living for Texans

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Have you ever heard the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, physical activity can prevent one in 10 premature deaths. Physical activity can help maintain and improve your health, however studies show that only half of adults get the amount of physical activity that they need to prevent chronic diseases.

Back to the Bible

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In a book entitled On Borrowed Time: 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Come in 1988, Edgar C. Whisenant predicted that Christ would return to rapture His saints on Tuesday, September 13, 1988 at 11:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time. Christ did not come at the time predicted so Whisenant moved the date up to Wednesday, then Thursday, and then Friday. Even though his predictions did not come to pass, Whisenant’s book sold three million copies and made him a “prophet” who made a profit!

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They say if you’re feeling down, do something for someone else, and you will feel better.

I have found they are right. For the past few years, fall temperatures and the prospect of December have brought me down. Tamee lost a sweetheart on her 20 th birthday in December. I lost Jamie three years ago in December; and last year, my mom died in December, on Tamee’s birthday of course.

There are some bright spots of the month – the celebration of Christmas, to begin with, 13 birthdays in our family and time off to enjoy the company of loved ones.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

It was a good day on Monday Nov. 22, as I came in the driveway, I watched a huge red tailed hawk fly deftly through the trees on the hunt for lunch. The beauty of the moment reminded me why I lived out here in the country.

Be safe out there

Hamiltonians are no strangers to holiday traffic as Highways 281 and 36 back up at the first scent of cranberry sauce.

It doesn’t even have to be a holiday, as the highways stay congested, especially on Fridays and Sundays as big city folks rush to and fro taking shortcuts through our city.

In the wake of the triple-fatality fiery crash last Friday on Interstate 20 involving the Andrews High School band bus, Hamilton Herald-News extends its sympathy and concern while also imploring our neighbors to be careful this Thanksgiving week.

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I had a friend once who was traveling from West Texas to somewhere east of here and passed through a town close to here.

She and her children were in desperate need of a restroom and pulled into a station to use the facilities and grab a snack.

When they got to the door, it was locked. It seemed deserted.