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4-H to host ATV e-Course

Hamilton County 4-H was selected as a recipient of a Texas Farm Bureau Clover Cash grant award valued at $1,500.00. The application was selected from among many qualified applicants, so it is indeed an honor to be named a recipient. Farm Bureau appreciates efforts to provide Texas 4-H members the opportunity to help students understand the importance of advocating for agriculture.

texas history

His fate was already sealed when Gov. James Edward Ferguson rose to speak on Sep. 24, 1917.

The defiant defendant aimed his parting shot not at the 28 jurors, whose minds were already made up, nor the hostile gallery but at the people of Texas. “You have decided to remove me from office so that another man can take it. But you have made a political issue which will follow you and which this state will fight over for the next twenty years.”

School, KCLW settle mixup

Hamilton Independent School District board of trustees Monday evening discussed a grievance with radio station KCLW and board operating procedures and appointed the county Extension agent an adjunct staff member.

Ann Whitney Elementary fifth graders presented a program on the Constitution, and COVID and a stomach bug were blamed for falling attendance averages although enrollment is up.

Sandie Swinson Jaggars and Bill Huffman of KCLW discussed a misunderstanding between the radio station and HISD regarding broadcasting Hamilton Bulldog football games.

GREAT SHOT

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GREAT SHOT - Just two days after her 12th birthday, Haley Hopper receives her first COVID vaccine at Hamilton ISD’s drive-thru COVID vaccination clinic Saturday. School nurse Shannan Roberts administers the vaccine. HISD will again team up with Hamilton Healthcare System Oct. 9 to offer vaccines for anyone 12 and older. Last month, FDA approved Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 for those 16 years and older, and the vaccine is now available under emergency use authorization for youth 12 through 15.

HHN welcomes new team member

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Hamilton Herald-News welcomes award-winning journalist Wyndi Veigel to its staff as the paper’s News Editor.

Most recently, Veigel was the editor of the Marshall News Messenger, a six-day-a-week daily paper in East Texas.

“We are so very excited to welcome Wyndi to our HHN family, and we look forward to introducing her to our loving community,” said HHN Publisher Grant Lengefeld.

Veigel also worked for more than 13 years for a group of weekly papers in the DFW area including Farmersville, Princeton, Wylie, Sachse and Murphy.

Gesick to lead chamber

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A new face can be seen in the community as Jenn Gesick prepares to lead the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

As the newly hired Executive Director for the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Gesick said she is excited to be in town and loves the small-town feel the community provides.

Growing up in Lorena, the new community member is familiar with small towns. Attending Texas State University, she met her husband Patrick Gesick. They began their life of a 20-year military career in the U.S. Air Force, eventually landing in Jonesboro.

HOMECOMING QUEEN

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HOMECOMING QUEEN- Hamilton High School senior Emma Griffin was crowned the 2021 Homecoming Queen at Friday night’s ballgame at Kooken Field. Griffin is the daughter of Jeff and Kristy Murray. 

Center opens Oct. 1

Hamilton Community Center will have its fund-raiser spaghetti lunch soft opening Oct. 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The center, located in the Conference Center on the south side of the square, will provide lunch, activities and fellowship primarily for Hamilton’s senior adults.

The lunch, which was previously postponed because of COVID, will be dine-in and to-go and on a donation basis. Volunteers will be in front of the center and in the alleyway behind so those who do not wish to come inside will not have to leave their cars.

New film promises Billy the Kid answers

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Storied Billy the Kid claimants “Brushy” Bill Roberts of Hico and John Miller of Prescott, Arizona, will finally get their day in court to prove their claim to being legendary outlaw Billy the Kid.

The trial, part of the upcoming docu-drama “The Final Trial of Billy the Kid.” will be filmed in downtown Albuquerque next week.

Hico maintains that “Brushy” Bill Roberts was The Kid, and he in fact went in front of New Mexico Governor Thomas Mabry in 1950 asking for the pardon he says he was promised by Territorial Governor Lew Wallace in 1878.

We remember 9-11

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Left, speaker David Segit; Don Haile places the wreath. Right, Alex Bays plays TAPS; Madison Hailey chimes the bell during Saturday’s ceremony. Staff Photos/Hinton, Jeschke