– U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on National Agriculture Day March 18 announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program for the 2024 crop year.
Hamilton FFA junior Presley Long and her Red Angus heifer won their class at the Houston Livestock Show Junior Breeding heifer show last week. The calf remained undefeated for the major show season having placed first at Fort Worth, San Angelo and Houston. The heifer was produced locally by Massingill Cattle Co. Long also caught a calf in the scramble.
Applications for the Susan Patricia Pitts Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the John H. Reagan Chapter 325 UDC in Gatesville are due by April 15.
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BAC plans 43rd FUNdraiser event
There’s always a good time at Hamilton Community Center. At left, Janet Service recites “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” which was written by her grandfather’s cousin, Robert Service, who also was an actor in “The Spoiler” with Marlena Dietrich and John Wayne. Top right, an intense game of 42 last Thursday. Above, Friday is Music Day at the center.
Hamilton Independent School District Monday evening recognized basketball athletes who received district honors and discussed the Teacher Incentive Allotment, school security, TEK certification and budget amendments.
Hamilton I.S.D. had plenty of extra help in hosting the annual junior high and high school Extraco Relays on Thursday of last week at Kooken Field.
Community Foundation of Hamilton County will have a plant sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, March 29, in the parking lot/drive-through of First Baptist Church’s Youth and Family Life Center on Bell Street.
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