Newly elected Mayor Rodney Craddick presided over his first Hamilton City Council meeting last Thursday evening where the council continued to move forward with downtown development and infrastructure improvements.
“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us’” (1 Sam. 7:12)
Organ donation is a topic that we consider when we go to get or renew our driver’s license, but after that we may not give it much more thought.
RETIREMENT- Jim Long was honored on his retirement Monday from Hamilton EMS during an EMS Week appreciation lunch. Long retired last year after 30-plus years, but COVID prohibited the celebration until now. Staff Photo/Hinton
LOTS OF WATER- Pecan Creek was rushing Tuesday at Pecan Creek Park on Gentry Street. Staff Photo/Hinton
New student, pre-k and kinder registration packets for the 2021-22 school year are available at the Ann Whitney Elementary office located at 400 S College St.
Kindergarten graduation
TRADITION- In keeping with a tradition that began in the 1990s, state champion Taylor Long rings the bell during a Hamilton High School ceremony held in his honor on Wednesday of last week. Placing first in the 800-meter run in Austin two weeks ago, Long became just the seventh HHS track athlete to bring home a state gold medal. The feat placed Long in the elite company of former individual state gold medal winners Garland Coalson, Mona Henkes Gloff, Leo Banda, Dr. Charles Johnson, Amber Weems and James Ratliff. Long also helped lead the Bulldogs this year to their first ever regional team track championship. Hamilton’s last regional track title was captured by the 2008 Lady Bulldogs in the same year Weems and Ratliff each earned individual gold medals at the state track meet. Pictured (l-r) following the bell ringing ceremony, Athletic Director Casey Jones, Head Track Coach Sonny DeLaGarza, Long, Coach Ryan Marwitz, Coach Aaron Emeyabbi and Coach Clayton Stuart. Staff Photos/Hinton
Friends of Hamilton ISD Foundation awarded innovative grants to HISD classes Friday. Clockwise from top left, recipients included ag department, HJH resource and English, Ann Whitney Elementary, AWE kindergarten and AWE/HJH life skills. Staff Photos/Jeschke
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