Hunting season is almost upon us
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MIKE NOVAK AUSTIN COUNTY GAME WARDEN Hunting season is almost upon us, with dove season about a month away. Now is the time to start planning your fall hunting calendar.
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NEWS BITS
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Back to School Clearance Sale, August 13th The Sealy Ministerial Alliance Announces GOOD SAMARITAN SHOP BACK-TO-SCHOOL CLEARANCE SALE! Fill a bag of merchandise for $5. From 8 am – 6 pm.
Obstacles reeling real estate
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CECILIA ALLICE WALLIS EDC CHAIRMAN It’s budget time again as the fiscal year for the city begins October first. The EDC’s budget is due as well and we’ve already met several times to hash it out so to speak.
CHIPS-Plus Act assists auto dealers
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Thank you to Congressman McCaul for his support and addressing the challenge US Auto dealers have faced during the pandemic and recovery in the form of semiconductors. These tiny components have had one of the most significant impacts on the automotive industry in recent history. This shortage has put tremendous pressure on the auto industry, which has become increasingly reliant on semiconductors. With the passage of the CHIPS-Plus Act is a bold, important step toward ramping up the domestic manufacturing of essential inputs.
I’ll admit it: It is nice to have Lulu
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My husband, Peter, and I are back in our little place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Of course, it is not really “our” place.
Even mules have a heat limit in the summer
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“You know it used to was even hotter than it is right now, don’t you?” Windy looked up from his lunch. Oh boy, professorial mood. We’re gonna get it. “I used ta pack mules, a-course. Well, I packed ‘em ‘til the accident, anyway.”
New company coming to Wallis
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Our next exciting business coming to Wallis will be Marini’s Catering Kitchen and food truck. Mr. Sergio Marini has purchased the building Wallasites call the Jones building, or the original bank building. And for those that have been in the building the original vault and safe were still there because the safe was cemented into the floor and the vault walls were designed as support structure for the roof. For the rest of us it is the corner building on first street with the arched window openings. I’ve heard many fond memories of the Jones family’s hamburgers being served there.
I’ve decided that I’m good enough
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I had a big birthday, and it got me to thinking, as big birthdays will, about what would change and what would stay the same in the decade to come. I found my list of selfimprovement chores much shorter than in previous years.
Wildfire danger continues to rise
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As we cross the halfway point of July, wildfire danger continues to increase across the state. On Friday, Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters responded to 15 new wildfires that burned 651 acres. As of Sunday, there were eight active wildfires; the largest was the Nethery Road Fire in Kimble County, involving an estimated 3,500 acres. It has been 70% contained.
DOMINICK ALOYSIUS ZIENTEK
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“He was a Good Man” Dominick Aloysius Zientek was called home to be with the Lord at the age of 84 on July 22, 2022. Dominick was a very soft-spoken and kindhearted gentleman.
