DeLeon Peach festival this weekend

The DeLeon Peach and Melon Festival returns this weekend promising a full schedule of fun. This year’s entries include: Thursday, Aug. 4 6 p.m. Triple T Amusement Carnival (Midway) 8 p.m. Jodi Nix sponsored by Farley’s and De Leon Tire (Festival stage) Friday, Aug. 5 6 p.m.

Blood drive held in honor of 5-year-old

A young girl in need and her family are asking everyone to donate blood at a blood drive this weekend. Carter BloodCare will be hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 in the Carter BloodCare Bus at First National Bank of Dublin in honor of Josey Roman of Comanche.

Community Calendar

Thursday •Middle Trinity Groundwater District meeting: 1 p.m. - 930 Wolfe Nursery Road (Stephenville) •Meet the Lions, 7 p.m. Cervetto Field •DeLeon Peach and Melon festival Friday •DeLeon Peach and Melon festival continues Saturday •DeLeon Peach and Melon Golden Saturday, parade 9 a.m.

Briefs

Market Days returns Aug. 20 Mark your new August calendar page: The Dublin Market Days on Aug.20, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Wright Park. It’s been hot, but some like the heat and at the market you’ll find fresh summer produce as well as other delicious eats, treats, and goods.

Dublin grad aids space exploration

Our understanding of the solar system has been changed ever since the launch of NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977. It was one of the most incredible mission plans in the history of space flight.

In the Neighborhood

The Hico News Review Steel framing is in place for a new building on Hwy. 220 next to Dollar General.

Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago Aug. 4, 1922 The Bosque river bridge between Clairette and Daffau collapsed the previous Wednesday when a truck returning from the Laney well went into the stream.

Erath, Eastland op yields 4 arrests

Four individuals were arrested in Ranger on Friday, July 29 after a search warrant was executed in cooperation with the Erath County Sheriff’s Office Investigators and SWAT team, the Ranger Police Department and Eastland County Sheriff’s Office The search warrant was executed in the 500 block of...

Elks pack park for cookoff, car show

Stephenville Area Elk’s Lodge hosted its second annual Drug Awareness Program car show and barbecue cook off Saturday, July 30 at the City Park. Many visitors checked out the classic cars and visited with barbecue cooks at the event as well as trying out their hand at a dunking booth.

Fair offers foam fun, free supplies

Bobber, the water safety dog, keeps a close eye to make sure all the kids are safe as they play in foam at the Dublin Public Library’s Back-to-School Fair Saturday, July 30.