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Solar farm gets final nod

Hamilton Independent School District Board of Trustees Monday evening authorized the culminating steps in an agreement with Grizzly Ridge Solar for construction of a solar energy facility in Hamilton County.

No one spoke at a public hearing on the application for appraised value limitation on qualified property from Grizzly Ridge Solar LLC, Comptroller Application #1530, pursuant to Texas Tax Code 313.

Court approves 2 new roads

The Hamilton County Commissioner’s Court approved two new roads in Hamilton County at their meeting on Jan. 26. Private Road 3032 and Private Road 3033, located in a subdivision off County Road 303, will be referred to the Council of Governments and added to the 911 address system.

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HCT has calendars

Hamilton Civic Theater has 2021 wall calendars available for $10 at Hamiton Herald-News, Storm’s, Ken’s True Value, Rejuvenation Station, Hometown Designz and the Jerky Store or contact a board member. The calendars feature local

The calendars feature local actors and actresses in HCT productions past and present. They make wonderful gifts and keepsakes.

Master Gardeners online

Better Living for Texans

Highlights

• Honey is between one and 1 ½ times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar)

• Honey is approximately 40% fructose, 30% glucose, and 17% water, with the remainder being other sugars, carbohydrates and a small amount of vitamins and minerals.

• North Dakota produces the most honey of all the states in the United States.

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has established specific requirements for the labeling of sugars in pure honey.

• A potential health benefit of honey is its role in cough suppression.

Let’s Talk About… Trees

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“I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.”

When Joyce Kilmer wrote those words, he could have been walking through Hamilton. We are blessed with a bounty of beautiful trees, from magnificent stately oaks to colorful crepe myrtles. They signal the coming of spring. They provide much-needed shade in the summer. They are a splash of color before the drabness of winter. But even in winter, they are regal and elegant when cloaked in a mantle of our oh-so-rare snow, as they were a few weeks ago.

USDA designates Mills area natural disaster

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Mills County, Texas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency.

This natural disaster designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.

Tarleton nursing prof earns exellence award

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STEPHENVILLE — Tarleton State University’s Dr. Chiquesha Davis has been named an Excellence in End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Award winner for 2020.

Davis has been a part of the Tarleton faculty for six months. An assistant professor, she heads the Department of Post-Licensure Nursing.

She earned her associate’s degree in nursing from Tarrant County College and her undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees from UT Tyler.

Library commission announces virtual research webinars

AUSTIN – The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has announced a new virtual Research Webinars series, free online programming provided by its Archives and Information Services division. TSLAC reference staff will offer virtual versions of the popular Second Saturday workshops formerly provided on site.

TSU receives rural library grant

Tarleton State University’s Dick Smith Library has been selected as one of 200 libraries to participate in “Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries.”

More than 300 libraries applied for the grant.

“Our library is so grateful to have been chosen for this opportunity to help our community dealing with this pandemic,” said Interim Library Director Tracy Holtman. “We look forward to working with the Stephenville Public Library and Tarleton’s Career Services to help those looking for job resources.”

The desperate search of Britt Johnson

Surrounded by a raiding party of Kiowas, Texas’ most respected African-American and three other black teamsters had no choice but to stand and fight on Jan. 27, 1871.

Because he was born a slave, next to nothing is known about the early life of Britton Johnson. He was probably in his teens, when his owner Moses Johnson brought him to Texas from Tennessee in the late 1850’s.