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Final round
Justin Largent is one of three seniors who played their final round of high school golf for the Granbury Pirates Tuesday in the 4A State Golf Tournament at the tree-lined Onion Creek Course in Austin. Largent joined Austin Kinsey and Travis Benson in leading the Pirates to a seventh-place finish, wrapping up with their best round of the season in the program’s first appearance at state since 2002.… Read the rest
Technology threatens historic drive-in
As one of the few remaining original drive-in theatres in Texas and the U.S., the Brazos Drive-In Theatre is a draw for those who want to experience a blast from the past.
But the need to blast into the 21st century is threatening to turn out the lights at the drive-in that opened in 1952 to an eager crowd of boys with Pomade and girls with bobby socks.… Read the rest
Scholarship winner
The Lake Granbury Newcomers Club’s May meeting at the Pecan Plantation Clubhouse included naming this year’s scholarship recipient. Pictured with her mother Maria Oviedo, Granbury High School senior Angelina Oviedo (right) received her $2,000 scholarship, renewable each year she maintains her grade-point requirements in college. Representatives from several charities were in attendance to receive donations. The charities were Ada Carey Women’s Shelter, Children’s Advocacy Center, Christian Women’s Job Corps, Friends for Animals, HALO, Senior Citizens Center, Operation School Supplies, Ruth’s Place, Salvation Army Women’s Service League and Special Olympics.… Read the rest
House passes innocence group bill; Keffer reverses stance
Five days after a former prosecutor was arrested in the Texas courthouse where he currently sits on the bench as an elected district judge – accused of withholding exculpatory evidence in a wrongful conviction case – the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill calling for an Innocence Commission. … Read the rest
GHS names top 10 seniors
Granbury High School announced the top 10 seniors.
Alyssa Tigner and Devon De-Young will represent the senior class as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Others in the top 10 of the graduating class are (in order): Zach Morgan, Blair Cowden, Caitlyn Thatcher, Blake Ward, Klint Keating, Ryan Hammonds, Evangelina Oviedo and Jessica Martinez. … Read the rest
Call to prayer
Granbury’s fifth annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast was held Thursday at the Granbury Resort Conference Center. Austin Loignon of Cleburne leads the call to prayer with the traditional African-American spiritual “Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger” performed on a Native American flute. The breakfast recognized the honorary chairman, Granbury Mayor Rickie Pratt, who led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. A full house were treated to a program packed full of inspiration and entertainment leading to guest speaker District Judge Ralph Walton’s fiery address.… Read the rest
GHS grad pens song for Boston bomb victims
Just minutes after finishing the Boston Marathon, Megan Conner heard and felt the first bomb blast that shocked the city and the nation on April 15.
“I saw the smoke, and I heard the blast. I was just a couple of blocks away,” said Conner, a 1998 graduate of Granbury High School who works in the music business as a songwriter, singer and producer.… Read the rest
Constables struggling to work within gas budgets
It’s getting to be that time of year again – the time when county fuel budgets are running on empty.
New Precinct 1 Constable Joe Lee was questioned at last week’s Commissioners Court meeting regarding his second request for additional fuel money since taking office in January. The first time, the court gave him an additional $500. This time, he asked for $2,650, but was given $1,500 instead.… Read the rest
Former Lipan valedictorian, 3 others die
A two-vehicle, head-on collision late Sunday afternoon in Erath County claimed the life of 2012 Lipan High School valedictorian Courtney Kay Smalley and three other people under 30 years old.
There were no survivors.
Smalley, 18, a freshman at Tarleton State University, was reportedly traveling back to Stephenville for the start of this week’s classes with a passenger, 19-year-old Kimberly Genice Peacock of Fort Worth.… Read the rest
All dressed up and someplace to go
All dressed up and someplace to go
Glitzy Granbury High School students get ready for the cameras Saturday in Shanley Park before traveling to Arlington for the annual Granbury High School Prom. Beautiful Shanley Park near downtown Granbury has become one of the favorite sites to photograph prom attendees. … Read the rest
