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Click It or Ticket A few seconds could save a life

Taking those few seconds to buckle your seat belt is the most crucial step you can take to protect yourself in a crash. Those few seconds can save your life

County will pay 12-year-old bill

Hamilton County commissioners Tuesday morning discussed budget and courthouse repairs as well as a 12-year-old bill that has just come to light. The court also approved bonds for Hamilton County

How the internet can help prevent Alz

(Family Features) Over the past 10 years, researchers have learned Alzheimer’s disease starts much earlier than the onset of symptoms - 10-20 years before an individual, family member or friend

Gustine event this Saturday

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

Military, tip and prayers

Memorial Day is coming up on Monday, May 27. Be sure and fly your flags. It is a time to remember all the ones that didn’t come back home and

FIGHTING LADY BULL-DOGS

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

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

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.

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.

Mrs. Hamilton County competes for Mrs. Texas

Mrs. Hamilton County Nancy Henkes didn’t bring home the Mrs. Texas crown, but she’s not too upset about it.

The Hamilton Junior High teacher said she had mixed emotions about the pageant experience.

On the one hand, she said, “I met a lot of strong women,” but on the other, “it was intense. I got so nervous about doing everything right that I lost myself.

“By the second night, I was more comfortable and thought, ‘I’ve got this,’ but I didn’t make the finals.”

A typical person watching the pageant only sees what goes on at the surface, she said.