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Fenceline Chatter

Fenceline Chatter

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Erath Extension Agent Lonnie Jenschke
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Learn how to create and care for a wildlife pond in your backyardBackyard wildlife ponds — also called ornamental ponds or water gardens — do more than add beauty to your landscape.
Berry’s Picks

Berry’s Picks

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Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Honeybee SwarmsIt is the time of year that honeybees start swarming. This time of year, we always have folks call concerned about seeing a large numbers of bees either flying or gathered in a huge mass. There is nothing to be alarmed about, this is just a honeybee swarm.
Berry, Berry Good

Berry, Berry Good

Berry, Berry Good

The Country Writer
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
John MooreThere wasn’t anything accidental about blackberry season in our family. When harvest time came, dad had the harvest trip mapped out long before the berries ever ripened.The same narrow country roads, year after year. Ditches, fence lines, and creek beds.
The Stephen Hotel was built and operated by Mattie Stephen. The 22 room building served the Purvis community until it burned August 30, 1914. Jim and Leathia Whisenant are standing center in the photo. In a suit and standing to the right of the front door is J. J. Knox. Images of America, Erath County by Sheryl Reed Rascher/Photo from the Ralph and Dossie Rogers Collection

The Stephen Hotel was built and operated by Mattie Stephen. The 22 room building served the Purvis community until it burned August 30, 1914. Jim and Leathia Whisenant are standing center in the photo. In a suit and standing to the right of the front door is J. J. Knox. Images of America, Erath County by Sheryl Reed Rascher/Photo from the Ralph and Dossie Rogers Collection

Museum Matters

Ben Pate Special To The Citizen
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
In 1900 there was a population boom in Dublin and the surrounding area. There was also a boom in Purvis where housing was scarce. It was during this time that Mattie Stephen built a 22 room hotel. It housed travelers and permanent occupants. Mattie Stephen owned and operated it for many years.

Faith: Running Through the Cloud

Jerry D. Ousley
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
I never did run track. However, when I was younger, I loved to run. Being a thin guy, I was pretty fast too. There was a time when a fellow student, who was in track, challenged me to a race around the track. I readily accepted, thinking that I would most likely get beat.

Senior Living: Plan ahead for the hot days

Amy Mcdonald
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
As summer quickly approaches, I am not surprised to hear we’re in a for a hot one. As we age, our bodies are changing how we handle extreme conditions – especially hot weather.
Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry

Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry

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News Staff
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Weeds Galore We have been blessed with some wonderful rainfall this spring. The rainfall provided some good early grazing from some of our cool-season grasses like Texas Wintergrass, ryegrass, and others. It has also really got our warm-season perennial grasses off to a good start.
Tiffany Villegas, a 2006 graduate from Dublin High School, became the assistant director of nurses at CCS Hospice. She enjoys sharing time with her husband, Hervey and two children Emma Rose and Matthew, who are teenagers. Courtesy photo

Tiffany Villegas, a 2006 graduate from Dublin High School, became the assistant director of nurses at CCS Hospice. She enjoys sharing time with her husband, Hervey and two children Emma Rose and Matthew, who are teenagers. Courtesy photo

Where are they now? Tiffany (Marsh) Villegas

Eva Frederick
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Dublin graduate Tiffany (Marsh) Villegas has been working in the healthcare industry since she was 17 years old. Now a hospice nurse, Villegas works directly with patients and their families, while also educating the community about the benefits of hospice care.
Soundin

Soundin

Sounding Off

John Moore
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
New music coming out used to be an event. Most of the time, you and your friends knew it was coming and you were waiting, money-in-hand, at the record shop to buy it.