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American Legion Steak Night

Clifton

Aug. 1

American Legion Post 322 will resume its steak night Friday, Aug, 1. Serving will begin at 6:30 p.m. For reservations call 675-8782 after 4 p.m. Cost is $14 per person.

Hill County Genealogical Meeting

Hillsboro

Aug.4

The Hill County Genealogical Society will host Paul Harvey Jr. at their monthly meeting Monday, Aug 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hill County Courthouse Annex. For more information, call 254-582-3603.

Small Grain Seminar

Cranfills Gap

Aug. 7

Texas AgriLife Extension offices in Hamilton and Bosque counties will sponsor the annual Small Grain and Stocker Seminar Thursday, Aug. 7 at the Cranfills Gap Community Center.To confirm attendance contact the Hamilton County Extension Office at (254) 386-3919, or the Bosque County Extension Office at (254) 435-2331 no later than Aug. 1.

Laguna Park Library presents author Sherri Knight

Laguna Park

Aug. 9

Author Sherrie Knight will present a program about her award-winning book on Hill County desperado Tom P. Varnell at the Laguna Park Library Saturday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m.

Kopperl VFD Ice Cream Feast

Kopperl

Rescheduled for Aug. 9

The Kopperl Fire Department hamburger, hot dog, and ice cream feast at the Kopperl Fire Department Hall, originally set for Saturday, July 19, has been reset for Aug. 9.

Kopperl ISD Student Registration

Kopperl

Aug. 12-13

New student registration for Kopperl ISD Pre-K-6th grade will be Tuesday, Aug. 12, and 7th-12th grade will be on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Both groups can register in the cafeteria from 2-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. on both days. For more information, call 254-889-3502, ext. 225.

Kopperl Meet the Teachers Night

Kopperl

Aug. 21

Kopperl Parent/Teacher Organization will host a meet the Teacher night Thursday, Aug. 21at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Hot dogs will be served for a cost of $1.50 per person and the teachers will be available until 8 p.m.

Lakeside Village VFD Flea Market, Silent Auction & Bake Sale

Lakeside Village

Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 4-6

The Lakeside Village Area VFD Ladies Auxiliary will hold their Annual Flea Market, Silent Auction & Bake Sale Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 4-6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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By Evan Moore

Bosque County News

VALLEY MILLS – A few miles east of Valley Mills, straddling the Bosque/McLennan county lines, sprawls China Spring Estates, several hundred acres of rolling prairie that form what is possibly Bosque County’s strangest subdivision.

It’s a subdivision that at least a few residents would like to change.

From a distance China Spring Estates might appear like any other new country development, home sites spotted at intermittent intervals in a bucolic setting far away from the bustle and roar of the city.

On closer inspection, however, many of the 70-plus structures in China Spring Estates would hardly qualify as “homes.” Instead, they are decrepit, virtually uninhabitable single-wide trailers, propped precariously on cinderblocks: hovels with no water, electricity or septic systems, broken windows, missing doors, strips of siding ripped away to leave insulation flapping uselessly in the wind.

By D’Leesa Keys

Bosque County News

CRANFILLS GAP-Cranfills Gap ISD will get a fresh start this school year as Jack Davis, a veteran of school administration, takes the helm as the interim superintendent.

Davis, 60 and retired, is the former superintendent at Tolar. He was hired in Cranfills Gap during a special school board meeting on June 26.

Davis was raised in Belton and received his bachelor’s and master’s in education from Sul Ross State University. He has had a long career in school administration. He served as principal in Georgetown (1980-1988) and Santo (1988-1993), then as superintendent at Chilton ISD (1993-1997) and most recently at Tolar ISD (1997-2008).

By D’Leesa Keys

Bosque County News

For many children, camp is as essential a part of summer as hot dogs and popsicles.

But what about children who suffer from a chronic illness such as spina bifida or cancer and can’t do the normal things most other kids do at camp?

Camp John Marc in Bosque County offers those children with chronic illnesses or major physical disabilities and their families an opportunity to enjoy the full camp experience year round without having to worry about their health.

Each summer, Camp John Marc hosts a number of different camps for children with disabilities. Each camp gets about one to two weeks during their 11 week summer period.

By D’Leesa Keys

Bosque County News

IREDELL - The Iredell Fuel and Feed has been sold to Petroleum Wholesale Inc., even as the company was being cited for cheating customers at other stations by overcharging for gas.

The sale of the Iredell facility comes after a long and frustrating battle over corroded pumps and equipment that resulted in the store closing down in June.

Diane Winchester, the former owner of the Fuel and Feed, said that she sold the store to the company over the July 18-19 weekend.

At the same time, unknown to Winchester, the Texas Department of Agriculture was conducting a three-day investigation of Petroleum Wholesale’s Sunmart stations. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said that investigation showed that numerous Sunmart gas stations have cheated customers by giving them less fuel than they purchased.