Cedar Creek Lodge Boutique Senior Living hosts Business After Hours
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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray

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GUN BARREL CITY–Gun Barrel City is proud to present JulyFest 2025, an exciting community celebration taking place Saturday, July 26 at Gun Barrel City Park located at 301 Municipal Drive. This annual event brings together live music, family-friendly entertainment, food vendors and a fireworks show for an unforgettable evening in our lakeside community.
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Tri-County Library summer reading program encourages children to read throughout the summer. This summer there were 49 participants ages 0 to 18. Participants are treated to a movie and popcorn at Hometown Cinemas along with prize bags. Although the reading program is complete the library offers fun reading activities for readers of all ages.
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Joe Bridges, David Bridges and Drew Lowry make memories July 11 while participating in the cakewalk at the 97th annual Aley Picnic to benefit the adjacent King Cemetery, located west of Seven Points.
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Mabank High School FFA officers played a big role in the Mabank Rodeo, according to Mayor Randy Teague, and the city council recognized them July 8. Teague said, “They volunteered and were a big part of the kids corral, we could not have made it happen without them.”



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TYLER-Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) is inviting customers to join the company in supporting the communities impacted by the devastating flood in Central Texas. Now through July 23, customers at Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market, and FRESH by Brookshire’s stores in Texas can donate by adding $1, $3, $5 or $10 donation coupons to their purchases at checkout.
All proceeds will benefit the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund and TEXSAR (Texas Search and Rescue), both groups helping provide critical aid to those affected by this tragedy.
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Veteran Tom Mills served in the Air Force from 1969 to 1991. Mills looks over names from the Vietnam War Memorial replica at the VFW 4376 in Seven Points July 4. The two original walls in Washington D.C. are 246 feet and nine inches long, ten feet and three inches high with 58,318 names engraved.