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Cedar Creek Lake honors veterans

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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Texas State Rep. Keith Bell (from left) stands with Cedar Creek Veterans Foundation (CCVF) 2025 Honorees Master Sgt. Wade Brisse, Chief Master Sgt. Kelli Brisse, Chief Warrant Officer Ben Dempsey (who served in three branches), Army Bronze Star medalist Jerry Tate, Colonel Kathleen Mackey and Corporal Don Garrett, along with Henderson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Scott Tuley, following the CCVF Golf Tournament Oct. 20.

Bennett elected Tool mayor, Eustace ISD tax nixed

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HENDERSON, KAUFMAN and VAN ZANDT COUNTIES—Voters turned out in Tool, Eustace, Mabank, Trinidad and elsewhere around the Cedar Creek Lake area for the Nov. 4 constitutional amendment/joint election to make their choice on state and local propositions, as well as selecting their municipal representatives.

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All treats, no tricks in Mabank

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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Justice (from left) the Mabank Police Hound gives candy to Brooklynn Ward and her brother Corey during the trick or treat on Market Street Oct. 31. 

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Halloween in Gun Barrel City

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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Hunter James (left) and Ryder Castillo are in line at the Gun Barrel City Haunt Fest Oct. 26. The rain postponed the event to the next day but that did not slow trick or treaters down.

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