Lone Star Iris Society to meet Nov. 6

The Lone Star Iris Society is looking forward to our November meeting. Our meeting will be held November 6, 12 noon, at the Hico Community Center, 102 N. Railroad, Hico, Texas.

Quilt of Valor Ceremony set Nov. 11

A Quilt of Valor ceremony hosted by the Dublin Historical Museum will be held at 6 pm on November 11 to honor two Vietnam veterans by presenting them with original, homemade quilts. The Quilt of Valor Foundation was established in 2003 by a mother of a deployed soldier in Iraq.

Community Calendar an event calendar for Dublin and nearby communities

Thursday Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District meeting: 1 p.m. -930 Wolfe Nursery Rd., Stephenville Mobile Food Pantry: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - FBC Parking Lot Monday ■Dublin City Council Meeting: 6:30 p.m. - City Hall Tuesday ■Dublin Lions Club: 7 a.m.

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

The Bosque River Chapter of Daughters of the Republic of Texas will meet on Tuesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM in the First Presbyterian Church of Stephenville. The program will be about the Texas Rangers. In addition, the chapter will celebrate the November 3rd birthday of Stephen F.

American Legion sets Veterans’ Day program Nov. 11 in Stephenville

Turnbow-Higgs American Legion Post 240’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Thursday November 11 at The Erath County courthouse. Program begins at 10:30 a.m. and will conclude at 11 a.m.

DEDC awards grants

The Dublin Economic Development Corp., meeting in regular session on Tuesday, approved two Home Improvement Grant applications. Barbara Poplin was awarded $350.52 for improvements to her home at 402 W. Live Oak. Chase Timmons received $3,000 for a house at 423 W. Mesquite.

In the Neighborhood

Hico News Review The Hico Cross Country varsity girls team was second in Regionals, qualifying them for the state meet. Advancing were: Yesenia Osoria, Grace Booth, Kelli McKee, Kaylee Hunt, Caroline Langley, Vicky Zuniga and Emma Folks. Their coach is Marianne Wienecke.

Turning Back the Pages

100 Years Ago Nov. 4, 1921 The Texas-Iowa Oil syndicate reported that drilling was expected to start in the next week at the Laney Well near Duffau. W.W. Murrel reportedly traded his 100-acre farm a mile and a half from Dublin to M.M. Dixon for his sevenbungalow house within the city limits.

SHERIFF'S REPORT

October 23 At 12:55 a.m. a vehicle struck a wild pig on Hwy 377 South causing minor damage, no injuries. At 9:15 a.m. a vehicle caught fire in a pasture on the Crouch dairy on FM 2156. At 9:37 a.m.

Public input sought in I-20 study

As part of the I-20 Texas Corridor Study, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is requesting public input through an online survey.