GUN BARREL CITY–Residents of Cedar Creek Lake are getting ready to enjoy the upcoming July Fest to be held July 30 at the Gun Barrel City Park. Historically, a firework show is displayed for attendees to enjoy but the recent disaster declaration made by Henderson County has changed the festivals plans.
CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Fire departments everywhere in Texas have been kept busy with worsening drought conditions leading to easily spread wildfires. A piece of glass on the side of the road will assist in igniting a fire that puts homes, businesses and livestock at risk. Mid-July a wildfire that succeeded in burning 100 acres outside Eustace was started by a spark from a chain on a vehicle.
Courtesy Photo/Cross Roads ISD Band
The State OPS adjudication took place July 21 and Cross Roads ISD Band Directors Alex Montgomery and Jonathan Gonzalez are unbelievably ecstatic to announce that Cross Roads High School Band got seventh place for their performance of Bazaar. “There were some high-level recordings from consistently successful programs and we were honored to even be included on this list,” Gonzalez shared. “Words can’t express how proud we are of our students and the work they did to make our first OPS run a historic one!”
MABANK–The Mabank Panther Band has already cranked into gear for the 2022-23 school year.
The band’s UIL competition show ‘Sunny Days’ is a musical depiction of the sun’s trajectory within a day. Selections include ‘You Are My Sunshine,’ ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ ‘Theme from Out of Africa,’ Post Malone’s ‘Sunflower’ from Spider-Man, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto and ‘Sunny’ Reprise.
County Judge Wade McKinney signed a declaration Thursday afternoon declaring a Local State of Disaster in Henderson County. The declaration comes because of the extended drought and rash of wildfires the county is experiencing.
The declaration will be in effect for seven days unless it is extended by Commissioners Court.
According to the declaration, Henderson County firefighters have responded to 40 fires just this week and 134 so far in July.
CEDAR CREEK LAKE–The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and the Mabank Police Department participated in a joint investigation that led to the arrest of eight individuals in connection with illegal gaming.
HENDERSON COUNTY–Commissioners’ Court of Henderson County voted July 19 to extend the burn ban it originally enacted June 21. That ban runs through July 21, with the following 30-day ban extending from that time.
County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg reported that the July 18 Keetch-Byram Drought Index, which measures moisture in the soil, shows Henderson County has a region with a county low of 595, a portion at 734 (the highest in the county) and that the index indicates a 695 average across the county.
HENDERSON COUNTY–Henderson County Judge Wade McKinney has been elected first vice president of the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, a 74-county subregion of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas (CJCAT).
County officials applauded McKinney as he took his oath of office during the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association Annual Conference conducted July 11-14 in Denton.
