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Fern Morrison doesn’t like attention, but her artwork screams for it.

Mobile clinic provides vet services to 56 animals

Hope House women’s home will have a drawing for a fall festival three wick candle on Oct. 15. Proceeds will go towards attending a retreat at Mo Ranch in Kerrville. Tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. Contact Tica at 830-613-8280, Leighla 817-487-0809, or Christy 254-784-0177.

CENTENARIANS DAY- Sept. 22

On Saturday, Sept. 17, friends and family joined Bernice McDonald Hemphill to celebrate her 100th birthday at Rancher’s Steak House in Gatesville. Bernice was born at home near Red Rock in Bastrop County. Her dad Cecil had to “fetch” a doctor in a pouring rain. The family lived on and worked several farms along the Colorado River while Bernice was growing up. The middle of five children, she attended Red Rock, Webberville and Elgin schools.

Louise Latham made hometown proud

POW/MIA Recognition Day is commemorated on the third Friday of September, a date that’s not associated with any particular war. Resolutions making it official were passed in 1979 by Congress and the president after the families of the more than 2,500 Vietnam War POW/MIAs pushed for full accountability. The day was established to ensure that America remembers and shows that it stands behind those who serve, and to make sure the nation does everything it can to account for those who have never returned. The remains of almost 82,000 Americans are still missing, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). The DPAA reports that the numbers of missing soldiers from conflicts as:

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