Berry’s Picks

Ramblings It can be very difficult to come up with a specific topic for an article every week, so this week I am just going to cover a variety of topics of importance to agriculture producers in the county. Everyone is very aware that we are smack dab in the middle of a La Nina weather pattern.

Brittany Lovelace Kolodziej

From helping out with the children’s ministry at her church to raising her own daughter, Brittany Lovelace Kolodziej has always felt that working with children was her calling.

COVID Update

Erath County Emergency Management Coordinator Cyndi Smith reported 35 new cases and 45 active cases of COVID-19 in Erath County in the most recent report Monday afternoon. “We are seeing an increase of COVID-19 cases, wrote Smith.

Turning Back the Pages

100 Years Ago Dec. 9, 1921 It was announced that the City Drug Store, under management of Ray Franks and Doc. Landers, was to open in the former building of the Franks Drug Store. 75 Years Ago Dec.

Briefs

Market Days downtown for lighted parade Come on downtown Thursday evening, Dec. 9. Dublin Market Days will be set up on Dublin’s Holiday Parade route, downtown. Come shop local crafters, creators, and producers while you enjoy the parade and Santa.

Community Calendar

an event calendar for Dublin and nearby communities Thursday ■Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District: 1 p.m. -930 Wolfe Nursery Rd., Stephenville ■Dublin Market Days: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. -Patrick and Blackjack ■Lighted Christmas Parade: 6 p.m.

MUSEUM MATTERS

If you have never been through it, the community of Bunyan is located 6 miles north of Dublin on highway 219 between Dublin and Lingleville. Settlers started moving there about 1878.

The Dublin

The Dublin Woman’s Thursday Club met on December 2 for a final meeting of 2021. Each member brought a wrapped Christmas ornament and a lively round of Chinese Exchange was enjoyed.

In the Neighborhood

The Comanche Chief Comanche County Medical Center is set to receive a $200,000 from the James and Dorothy Doss Foundation, which will go towards furniture and fixtures for the new nursing home building.

The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

21 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.