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CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Gun Barrel City Mayor David Skains was the guest speaker at the July luncheon meeting of the Cedar Creek Lake Chamber of Commerce at the Cedar Creek Country Club. Skains was congratulated by the crowd on his recent win of a third term as mayor. According to the city charter, this will be his final term as the charter only allows three terms as mayor.
Skains began with an update on Welch Road, which he called the worst in the county, having now completed phase three of the road repair, completing 22 miles of road repair in the last year.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Property owners in Henderson and Kaufman counties should have received by now a Notice of Appraised Value from your local appraisal district.
The notice shows the value the appraisal district has set for your land and buildings as of Jan. 1. This notice is not your property tax bill, which will come later this year.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–As triple digit temperatures and zero chances of rain add fuel to the already burning fire of a drought, firefighters are seeing an increase in fast spreading wildfires. 
A wildfire that burned nearly 100 acres between Eustace and Athens July 6 called upon 12 departments, the Texas Forrest Service, Fire Marshal, Emergency Medical Services, Red Cross, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Precincts 1, 2 and 4. 

ALEXANDRIA,VA–The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named truck driver Shawna Lewis, from Gun Barrel City a Highway Angel for stopping to care for a fellow trucker experiencing a medical emergency while driving. Lewis works for Artur Express in Hazelwood, Mo.

MABANK–Mabank ISD Superintendent Brad Koskelin introduced Amanda Bolton as the new Intermediate School Principal at the June 27 Board meeting. Bolton comes highly recommended from Crandall ISD and attended the meeting with her husband Chance and young sons.