HENDERSON COUNTY—Henderson County Judge Wade McKinney has chosen not to seek re-election. In a letter dated June 20, McKinney states that, “When I started with the county in 1994 I was a road hand filling potholes in Precinct 2. I never set out to hold office. I just wanted to chase cows and bale hay. Commissioner Harold Hammer talked me into coming to work for the county for a year and one year turned into 32.”
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Kyra Mason (from left), La’Darrius Mason, Cailee Mason, Douglas Omari and Imani Allen attend Malakoff’s Community Juneteenth Celebration June 21 and show off their bracelets made during the event.
CEDAR CREEK LAKE—A boat carrying 10 adults and two children capsized in the Heatherwoods subdivision of Cedar Creek Lake around 10 p.m. June 22.
Tool Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Randall Newkirk told The Monitor that the boat lost power, was pushed around by the waves and capsized after a large wave pushed the boat over.
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June 9, Jameson Twyman (right) makes contact in the Mabank High School batting cages as his father, James, catches during practice for the June 21-22 Rec World Series.
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Tri-County Library starts off the summer reading program with an explosion of fun from Texas A&M University Chemistry Road Show June 5. Demonstrator Jim Pennington starts off the show with chemical wonders that turn ordinary objects and events into exciting learning experiences.
HENDERSON COUNTY–At the June 10 meeting of the Henderson County Commissioners’ Court, speakers turned out to protest the proposed drilling of 22 groundwater wells in eastern Henderson County between Moore Station and Coffee City by private companies with a Dallas address that plan to extract more than 5 billion gallons of water per year, which the court opposes.
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Mabank High School bass fishermen Gavin Foote (from left), Caid Wilkerson, Aaron Roden and Nathan Carruth compete at the May 31 - June 1 Texas High School Bass Association tournament at Lake Conroe. Carruth and Roden, guided by Captain Gary Harrison, weighed in at 5.32 pounds on Day 2, totaling 17.58 pounds over the two-day tournament. Caid Wilkerson and Foote, led by Captain Eric Wilkerson, weighed in at 2.40 pounds on Day 2, totaling 8.44 pounds over the two days.
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