Fenceline Chatter

Pick tomatoes at color break Ripening off the vine extends harvest, quality with no taste difference There is a common misconception among the public and home gardeners that vineripened tomatoes taste better.

Small steps to save drops

Recent conversations here at the district have swirled around drought forecasts and below normal rainfall totals even with the past rains. As the days heat up and the water demand rises, have you thought about the water requirements of your landscape?

Community Calendar

Friday •Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council Membership Meeting/Dinner: 6:30 p.m. -130 W. College, Stephenville Monday •Dublin ISD School Board meeting: 6 p.m. - City Hall Tuesday •Dublin Lions Club: 7 a.m.

Fundraiser meal this Friday

Don’t forget to get your tasty pulled-pork meal and support the Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum in its fundraiser this Friday. The fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Briefs

Comanche Historical Museum hosting quilt show The Comanche County Historical Museum is hosting a Quilt Show June 15 through July 15 at the Museum. We will feature several family and friendship quilts that have been donated or loaned to the Museum.

In the Neighborhood

Hamilton Herald-News Hamilton Civic Theatre’s presentation of ‘The Hallelujah Girls,’ a comedy by Jones, Hope and Wooten, begins Saturday, June 18 at 7 p.m. at the Ross Street Theater. Additional performances will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 7 p.m.

Wagner adds experience to MTGCD

When Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District General Manager Patrick Wagner started the job, he was able to join his work experience with a long-standing interest in geo-science and helping preserve the environment. “I started Jan.

Library happenings

Summer Reading Club participants enjoy live programs at the Dublin Public Library. Clockwise from top left, participants follow along with Elizabeth Kahura, the founder of the African Safari Program, as she sings an African song.

Honored for sharing belief with brothers behind bars

Mac McKinnon of Dublin recently received his cross made of prison bars from the Bill Glass Behind the Bars Prison Ministry. The cross is given after five prison visits, the latest one coming at the Bonham Choice Moore prison.

POLICE LOG

May 30 Report of what sounded Report of what sounded like gunfire in the 500 block of East Elm Street. Officers located kids popping black cat fire-works. A turtle with an egg was re-ported in a caller’s backyard in the 300 block of Blackjack. Officer relocated the turtle near a pond.