Cowboys grab the bull by the horns at Mabank 68th annual rodeo
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Monitor Photo/Di Johnson
Team ropers compete for their chance to win the prize money at the 68th annual Mabank Rodeo June 23.
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Water district allows Payne Springs impound lot
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CEDAR CREEK LAKE–East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District’s (ECCFWSD) Board of Directors voted June 21 to approve a request for permission by the City of Payne Springs to build a city impound lot on district-owned land that the city leases.
The approval includes a caveat that Payne Springs is to pay for all engineering costs, including a utility review, and all follow-up inspections.
Jazzy Reeder named Rodeo Queen
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Monitor Photo/Di Johnson
Mabank’s Jazzy Reeder is named Rodeo Queen at the Queen’s Dinner June 21 at B-n-R Country. Market Street Nest owner Shannon Steakley-Anderson presents Reeder with a new pair of boots in celebration of her title.
Log Cabin honors Scotts for heroic measures
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Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Log Cabin City Council Member Aaron Scott (left) and his son, Blake (right), receive Life Saving Awards and Letters of Commendation from Log Cabin Police Patrolman Nathan Hazelton (center) June 15 for removing a person from a burning vehicle following a May 29 accident.
Shining a light in a dark place
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Monitor Photo/Denise York
Tiffany Smith shares her experience in human trafficking with chamber members at the Gun Barrel City Chapter of the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast June 15 at Chicken Express.
East Texas Rec World Series held in Kaufman
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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Mabank’s 14U All Star team faces the Edgewood Cardinals in pool play for the East Texas Rec World Series June 17.
Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Eli Evans bats for Kemp Yellowjackets 8U All Stars against the ETX Rangers.
Eustace teaches future Bulldogs basics of football
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Eustace ISD holds football camp for incoming fourth through ninth graders June 12-14 at the school’s football field. Campers learned skills at all positions, plays that the high school runs, how to play 7 on 7, and how to compete in multiple drills. Eustace ISD says that it was a great week, the kids had a great time and the coaches were excited to have them.
Quick action from lake visitors saves life of two-year-old
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PAYNE SPRINGS– The quick thinking of lake visitors saved the life of a local two-year-old boy who had fallen off of a boat dock into the lake June 18. The visitors sat enjoying their evening on the lake and spotted the boy walking by the lake alone with no life jacket on.
