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STEM: 5 ways to get kids excited

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(Family Features) Many of the growing problems around the world, from famines and food insecurity to climate change and profound poverty, need the contributions of brilliant scientists, engineers, mathematicians and

Arena, Foundation to host meal for Mission Mammography

Circle T Arena is teaming up with the Hamilton General Hospital Healthcare Foundation on June 4 to host a special meal at the Crossfire Steakhouse for Mission Mammography. Patrons will

USDA reopens CRP signup

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WASHINGTON – USDA’s Farm Service Agency will accept applications beginning June 3 for certain practices under the continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup and will offer extensions for expiring CRP contracts.

Is your Ford tough enough to win $3K?

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Texas Farm Bureau is looking for the “best of the best” as the search begins for stories of dependable, hardworking Ford vehicles through the organization’s Ford Tough Tales contest. But

FIGHTING LADY BULL-DOGS

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Pictured (l-r) at the Hamilton High School athlet-ic banquet, senior Kyndall In-gram was awarded the Hamil-ton Lady Dogs Fighting Heart Award, senior Trinity Haile was the recipient of the Most Valuable Team Player Award, Macie Parrish received the award for Most Improved Athlete, and eighth grader Cortland Mehaffey outper-formed all seventh through eleventh grade female athletes in a series of fitness contests measuring strength, endur-ance, speed and agility to be crowned the 2019 Lady Bull-dog Ironwoman Champion.

SCHOLAR ATHLETES

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Retiring girls’ athletic coordinator and head Lady Bulldog basketball coach, Stephen Heers, presented the UIL Scholar Award to Hamilton High School’s top five academic performing senior athletes Monday night during the HHS sports’ banquet. Recipients of the award included (l-r) Faith Lane, Kyndall Ingram, Reagan Wagner, Elaine Polster and Brenden Tomlinson.

BIG JOHN HONOR

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In a touching and emotional tribute, senior Blake Pettit became the first ever recipient of the “Big John” Hall Bulldog Pride Award at Monday evening’s Hamilton High School athletic banquet. Pettit (middle) is pictured (l-r) with coach Sonny DeLaGarza, John’s mother Roseann Hall, nephew Nathan Hall, sister-in-law Chelsi Hall and head Bulldog football coach and HHS athletic direc-tor Casey Jones.

Council swears in new members

Hamilton City Council made short work of the agenda Thursday before swearing in three new council members at City Hall.

The council canvassed the votes from the May 4 election, approved the consent agenda and heard the annual financial audit report from Jeremy Shell of Boucher Morgan Young.

Shell said more than 100 man-hours were put into the audit to cover each fund and the financials as a whole and gave an unqualified opinion, which is the highest level of assurance BMY can give as an accounting firm.

Gustine homecoming May 25

Gustine is the place to be Saturday, May 25, for the annual homecoming celebration that will include a photography and art showcase, cornhole tournament, dominoes, sweet treats and good music.

If you paint or take photographs, showcase your craft at the annual Photography and Art Show at City Hall.

The showcase has adult and youth divisions and categories including people, picture story, animals, scenic and still life.

Art awards will be given in novice, advanced and professional categories and include oil/acrylic, watercolor, pastel, drawing and other media.

Small-town boy sees world through Air Force career

Dennis “Mike” Looney, 73, is a small-town boy, born and raised in Hamilton. He met his future wide in the first grade and graduated from Hamilton High School with students he’s known for years. What did he know of the larger world?

Maybe not much to begin with, but it wouldn’t take long before Looney got plenty of experience in the U.S. Air Force.

Looney decided to join the Air Force because he knew he was about to be drafted into the Army.

“I did not want to go to Vietnam, and I knew that’s where they would send me,” he said.