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Lee Healthcare is sponsoring an angel tree for the elderly to benefit the less fortunate in the Hamilton area. Pick angels for the Christmas tree at 116 E. Main through Dec. 17. For more info. Call Kelley Johnson 254-386-8971.

Salvation Army bells are ringing at Brookshires and Dutchman’s Hidden Valley. For those unable to visit these stores mail donations direct to Extraco Bank, P.O. Box 311 - Hamilton, Tx. 76531 All donations stay in Hamilton County.

Though toy giving for the Billingslea Wilson Goodfellow Christmas program has ended, monetary donations are still being accepted.

The Goodfellows rely on these donations to continue providing support for Hamilton families.

More than $125,000 was raised during Friends of Hamilton ISD’s Boots and Bling on Dec. 4 making the eighth annual event one for the record books.

More than 200 people attended the event at Circle T Arena.

(Editor’s note: Some portions of this report may be disturbing for young readers.)

Speaking behind closed doors on Dec. 10, 1839, Mirabeau Lamar shared a startling secret with the Republic Congress. Texas’ second president informed legislators that for the past seven months he had been working to make peace with Mexico.

Hamilton Healthcare System employees received a reprieve from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate last week when a Louisiana federal judge filed on injunction pausing it.

The Hamilton Community Center is offering free, hot meals Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone who would like to come by and eat.