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Granbury’s Hometown Parade, fireworks scheduled July 4
The Granbury Chamber of Commerce presents the 39th Annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration from Thursday – Sunday, July 4-7.
Over 100 vendors will frame the courthouse lawn showcasing hand crafted/embellished works from Thursday through Saturday. Top-rated food vendors will serve Philly cheese steaks, funnel cakes, hotdogs, hamburgers, cotton candy and more. … Read the rest
Pecan artists are preparing for annual art show at Langdon
The Pecan Plantation Art Guild (PPAG) welcomed spring and several guests and new members at its April meeting where Doug Prine treated attendees to a fabulous art demonstration.
The May meeting of the guild comes Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Pecan Activities Center (PAC) when full-time professional artist Marian Hirsch will demonstrate pastel techniques. Marian’s career as an artist includes much study and display of her work, and she is also teaching a one day pastel workshop on May 19 at the PAC.… Read the rest
United Cooperative Services will present scholarships to 14
Demonstrating its commitment to the communities it serves, United Cooperative Services this summer will provide $50,000 in Energy Scholarship Awards to 14 students who are members of the cooperative. .
United will award 10 scholarships valued at $2,500 each. Three additional scholarships will be awarded at $5,000 each and one lucky student will win a scholarship valued at $10,000. … Read the rest
‘Foreigner’ runs through June 1
What does a shy Englishman in search of rest do when he visits a fishing lodge in Georgia?
In Larry Shue’s hilarious farce, Charlie Baker, a proofreader by day and a boring husband by night, adopts the persona of a foreigner who doesn’t understand English. When others begin to speak freely around him, he not only becomes privy to secrets both dangerous and frivolous, he also discovers an adventurous extrovert within himself.… Read the rest
Neighbors Feeding Neighbors nonprofit organizing
It started with a casual meeting of the dozen or so food pantry coordinators in Hood County. Since that initial meeting more than two years ago, the core group has tackled community projects to “Feed the Hungry.”
With its expanding presence in the community, the group has taken an official name, Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. … Read the rest
A gift for you
Newcomers Club recently presented a total of $12,000 in donations to 10 local nonprofit organizations. From left: Sally Timmons of Salvation Army Women’s Service League, Sandy Miller of Special Olympics, Lauren Anderson of Ruth’s Place, Pam Wurtz of HALO, Getta Stephens of Friends for Animals, Mindy Hodges of Hood County Senior Center, April Mitchell of Ada Carey Women’s Shelter, and Carol Seay of Christian Women’s Job Corps.… Read the rest
Participants log more than 30,000 miles in eight weeks
They walked across Texas.
Not really across Texas, but it seemed like it.
Between Hood and Somervell County, Brianne Langdon is reporting that 24 teams and participants logged 30,725 miles in eight weeks.
Langdon is the county extension agent for Family & Consumer Sciences.
“Almost every team made it all the way across Texas,” Langdon said. It was actually the equivalent in miles walked during the program.… Read the rest
A day of community
Brandon Mabery (left), his one-year-old daughter Mabry and wife Jenny enjoy a smoked brisket dinner complete with all the fixings at the recent Tolar Volunteer Fire Department sponsored Community Appreciation Day and Tolar class reunion at the J.D. Neely Community Center. Little Mabry represents the first of the fifth generation of Maberys in Tolar.… Read the rest
Helping Hands, May 11
PRESERVE GRANBURY
AWARDS PRESENTATION
Preserve Granbury’s fourth annual Preservation Picnic is at noon today at Lambert Branch Park, 510 N. Brazos St. Local residents are invited to join the gathering.
Awards for Preservation Projects of the Year and Preservationists of the Year will be presented during the picnic.
Preserve Granbury’s annual membership meeting at 11 a.m. will precede the picnic. During the meeting, members will elect directors for three-year terms.… Read the rest
Country music, chuck wagon planned for Cowboy Gathering
A Cowboy Gathering returns to Granbury next Saturday, May 18. The program features cowboy cooking by Homer Robertson and musical entertainment by The Jolie Holliday Band.
Based in Dallas, Holliday is a Nashville recording artist. In the male-dominated world of Texas music, it’s said that Holliday can hold her own. She’s known to provide shows full of hand clapping, foot stomping, get-up-out-of-seat-and-dance country music.… Read the rest
