Several grants were approved at the recent meeting of the Dublin Economic Development Corporation and revisions on the new home grant were unanimously approved. At the Tuesday, March 26 meeting, Paul Bradberry was unanimously elected as president of the board.

Two arrest warrants were issued for Cheryl Barker in an ongoing animal cruelty investigation in conjunction with the Erath County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies from ECSO were called to 518 CR 712 which is Barker’s property in reference to an animal cruelty investigation.

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I am seeing more Texas Squaw weed than I remember in many years. While there are lots of yellow flowered weeds, most of what we are seeing is either Texas Groundsel, commonly called Texas Squaw-Weed or Tansy Mustard.

GOOD. Water stained; 65 degrees; 8.61 feet below pool. Black bass are excellent with catches up to 8.30 pounds on jerkbaits, chatterbaits, topwaters and crankbaits in 3-8 feet of water. Bass are in a prespawn mid lake, and starting to get on beds on the lower end. Crappie are excellent, suspended in 10-12 feet of water on brush piles in the cove pocket on black and chartreuse jigs or minnows. Some fish are spawning in 1-4 feet of water. White bass are good on crankbaits. Catfish are slow on cut or prepared bait around baited holes.

Two great programs are coming the end of this month!! This workshop will be addressing Conservation Challenges Associated with Ex-Urban Beginner Land Stewards. The program will be April 27, 2024, from 9:00-3:00 p.m.

Hamilton, TX --4/1/24 Head Count: 1,683 Dorper & Dorper X Lambs 20-40 lbs: 200-300 CWT 40-70 lbs: 225-325 CWT 70 lbs & up: 170-305 CWT Dorper Ewes & Rams Ewes: 85-265 HD Rams: 110-150 CWT Wool Lambs 20-40 lbs: NT 40-70 lbs: NT 70 lbs. & up: NT Show Lambs: 150-185 Wool Ewes Stocker: NT Slaughter: 60-120 CWT Barbados Lambs: 170-290 CWT Ewes: 40-90 HD Rams: NT Kids 20-40 lbs: 200-340 CWT 40-70 lbs: 200-345 CWT 70 lbs & up: 220-285 CWT Show kids: 225-240 CWT Slaughter Nannies Thin: 70-115 HD Med: 120-150 HD Fleshy: 160-240 HD Replacement Nannies Med Quality: 120-150 HD Choice: 160-250 HD Boer, Boer Cross & Spanish Billies Slaughter: 160-215 CWT Breeding: NT Pygmy & Nigerian Dwarfs Kids: 130-275 CWT Nannies: 40-80 HD Billies: 120-140 CWT.

facility,” said Hurley. “This was a project that we managed in-house...we managed this project to-and-through completion. Disclaimer, we are not completed with this facility yet, there are other additional things that we will be doing throughout the next three-to-six months to continue to enhance, but we wanted to play some games here at our new facility (this season). I can’t believe how fast and how quickly (we completed this project)...but we’re here and it’s just absolutely incredible.”

Dublin FFA has been grabbing several medals over the spring season so far amidst a multitude of top 10 finishes. Below is a list of Dublin FFA students and teams who have finished in third place or better.

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