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Photo credit to Milam County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page

Milam County Sheriff Brown Santa golf fundraiser

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am

July 19, The Cameron Country Club hosted the 15th annual Milam County Sheriff’s Office Brown Santa golf tournament. In total, over 100 golfers participated in the morning and over 50 golfers played in the afternoon. During a break in play, there was also a golf ball drop fundraiser and live music too. People would enter a golf ball for the fundraiser and the balls were dropped out of a helicopter. Those closest to the pin won prizes. The live music continued in the nighttime with performances from The Jams ATX along with night golf where over 60 participants competed.

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Keeping up with the Thorndale Exes

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am

You probably won’t believe this, but the last 3 or 4 weeks, I’ve had 2 different raccoons, 1 smaller than the other, 1 opossum and a rat or another opossum as I only saw the tail and it wasn’t moving very fast, but faster than I was,in my garage. I still keep moth balls all over the garage, cayenne pepper all around the car, rat & mouse repellent discs all around and Irish Spring soap all around in the garage and anything else trying to keep out all the varmints . Seems to be a losing battle. Pest Patrol keeps my black boxes full all the time but I don’t see any evidence that anything goes in them because spider webs over the opening. Oh!! Well!! I know you are tired of hearing my problems.

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NEWS BRIEFS

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 5:00am

JULY MEETING OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS TRAVEL CLUB The July meeting of the Central Texas Travel Club is scheduled for Thursday, July 31, at Johnny’s Steaks & Bar-Be-Que in Salado at 11:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will be trips to Fort Parker, Waco and a Christmas trip to Florida. The meeting is open to anyone interested in travel and meeting other travelers. For more information, contact them on Facebook or at centraltexastravelclub@outlook.com

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District’s Student Registration, Nutrition Applications Now Open

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 5:00am

It’s time for parents and students to complete the online student registration and child nutrition applications for the upcoming school year. These will be open from now until August 14. All students must be registered through the parent portal and complete the child nutrition application. To get started, visit: https://bit. ly/2UNCXMP. There are also QR codes you can scan to register as well. Middle School and High School students can pick up schedules at Meet the Teacher Night once registration and the nutrition applications are complete. Meet the Teacher Night is on Tuesday August 12 from 5-7 p.m. For any additional questions, contact district registrar Jenny Dickerson at (512) 8982538.