Community Calendar

Tuesday •Dublin Lions Club: 7 a.m. -Dairy Queen •Dublin Rotary Club: Noon -First National Bank Building (between FNB and Dairy Queen) Friday •Dublin ISD Band Spaghetti Fundraiser: 5 p.m. -Dublin Secondary School Thursday •Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District meeting: 1 p.m.

Briefs

CTFAC hosting water color exhibit The Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council will be displaying ‘Watercolors of the World,’ an exhibit of the artwork of Chuck Markham from Jan. 15 - Jan. 30 in the River North Gallery (204 River North Blvd.) in Stephenville. The gallery is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ragin’ Cajun returns March 26

Mark your calendars for the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council’s (CTFAC) signature fundraising event, the 19th Annual Ragin’ Cajun Crawfish Boil and Silent Auction, happening Saturday, March 26 from 6 – 9 p.m. at The Big Red Barn Event Center.

Erath offering free tests

Erath County is offering free COVID testing on a first come, first serve basis and starting last week, is offering the testing at different locations throughout the week. This week’s schedule is: WEDNESDAY - 01/26/2022 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tarleton professor named to national committee

Tarleton State University Associate Professor Dr. Tom Faulkenberry has been named Chair of the Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics and Data Science Education, co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association and the Mathematical Association of America.

In the Neighborhood

Comanche Chief Two Comanche High School athletes received academic all-state honors. They were: Aaverie Seegmiller, 1st Team Football Academic All-State and Reagan Harris, 2nd Team Football Academic All-State.

Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago Jan.27, 2022 Dublin Fire Department held a business meeting before having an oyster supper at Kid and Charlie’s Cafe. 75 years ago Jan. 31, 1947 H.L. Harris was named the new Dublin ISD bands director.

Tarleton offering free tax preparation

Free income tax preparation will be available Saturday, Jan. 29  and Feb. 19 at Tarleton State University’s Stephenville campus. Taxpayers with income below $60,000 are eligible for free tax return preparation and e-filing.

Senior LIVING!

Hello Toni: My husband recently retired from his job and because I am over 65, I needed to sign up for Medicare. I had to go to the local Social Security with the Request for Employment Information signed my husband’s HR department to sign up for Medicare Part B.

COVID Update

Erath County Emergency Management Coordinator Cyndi Smith reported 881 new cases of COVID-19 in Erath County in the most recent report Tuesday. The report also included a total of 2,306 probable cases of COVID that have gone unreported.