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Homeowner’s Water Well Maintenance Checklist Properly constructed private water supply systems require little routine maintenance.

Crop Report

Industrial hemp acres in Texas were expected to rocket after legalization, but the crop has yet to take off in a state that presents many challenges to it as a profitable commodity, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Community Calendar

Thursday ■Lingleville ISD School Board: 8 p.m. - School Library Saturday ■Dublin Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. - School Library Monday ■DISD School Board Meeting: 6 p.m. - 420 N. Post Oak Tuesday ■Dublin Lions Club: 7 a.m.

Elementary registration set Aug. 5

Registration for PreKindergarten and Kindergarten for 2021 -2022 will be held in the Dublin Elementary Library on Thursday, Aug. 5 from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Briefs

Keep Dublin Beautiful seeking volunteers to beautify town Keep Dublin Beautiful is looking for volunteers to adopt some of the big pot planters downtown along Patrick St. Beautiful flowers and greenery in these pots help to show visitors we care about our city.

Dublin speaker featured at OK breakfast

Eddy Weiss, of the Frontline Heroes Museum in Dublin, was guest speaker for the Southwest Oklahoma Crime Stoppers breakfast in Lawton, Okla. recently. Weiss, whose topic was Blue Lights Matter, discussed accident reconstruction and the use of UAV lights in forensic investigations.

In the Neighborhood

Hico News Review Two of Hico’s well known cowboys are facing different health crisis. Cody Ohl was transported to Fort Worth from Stephenville after an infection turned into sepsis. Bobby Kerr was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and is undergoing treatment.

Turning Back the Pages

100 years July 15, 1921 Higginbotham Brothers & Co let shoppers know that they would not be participating in Dollar Day due to a remodel. The ad read “We must clear out all our space as much as possible, in order to do this we will make especially low prices on season able summer goods.

ERCOT responds to directives

Last week, Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) directing the PUC and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to take immediate actions to increase power generation capacity and ensure reliability of the Texas power grid.

Frontline museum mourns loss of inspiring hero

On Monday morning, The National Health & Public Safety History Museum reported the loss of Pastor and Lt. Edward Weiss, whose influence was cited as the inspiration for his son and grandson, Eddy and Jon in founding the museum located at 136 E. Blackjack in Dublin.