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CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Gun Barrel City Mayor David Skains was the guest speaker at the July luncheon meeting of the Cedar Creek Lake Chamber of Commerce at the Cedar Creek Country Club. Skains was congratulated by the crowd on his recent win of a third term as mayor. According to the city charter, this will be his final term as the charter only allows three terms as mayor.
Skains began with an update on Welch Road, which he called the worst in the county, having now completed phase three of the road repair, completing 22 miles of road repair in the last year.

Mabank girls’ soccer camp 2022 was a success. With over 35 girls at camp, they beat the heat, got ice cold water poured on them daily, scored goals, made some new friends and had a ton of fun.

HENDERSON COUNTY–Commissioners’ Court of Henderson County voted July 12 to accept a petition for creation of Emergency Services District (ESD) 13 and to set an Aug. 9 public hearing on the matter.
Those steps come before the county can put the ESD’s creation before the voters, Precinct 1 Commissioner Wendy Spivey said. County Election Administrator Paula Ludtke told the court that the county has verified signatures of registered voters.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Property owners in Henderson and Kaufman counties should have received by now a Notice of Appraised Value from your local appraisal district.
The notice shows the value the appraisal district has set for your land and buildings as of Jan. 1. This notice is not your property tax bill, which will come later this year.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–As triple digit temperatures and zero chances of rain add fuel to the already burning fire of a drought, firefighters are seeing an increase in fast spreading wildfires. 
A wildfire that burned nearly 100 acres between Eustace and Athens July 6 called upon 12 departments, the Texas Forrest Service, Fire Marshal, Emergency Medical Services, Red Cross, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Precincts 1, 2 and 4. 

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