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Courtesy Photo Firefighters from five departments meet to undergo water rescue training in preparation for the Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake Airshow June 28. Courtesy Photo Firefighters practice recovering victims in water, bringing each to shore for EMS treatment.

Courtesy Photo A double-wide trailer on East Acres Loop becomes fully involved with fire July 2. Gun Barrel City Fire Department responds with assistance from Payne Springs Fire Rescue and the Mabank Fire Department.

Monitor Photo Gun Barrel City leaders voted June 27 to enter a contract with the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake for animal shelter services. The facility is open to the public for adoptions five days per week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is located at 10200 County Road 2403 in Tool.

Monitor Photo/Di Johnson Team ropers compete for their chance to win the prize money at the 68th annual Mabank Rodeo June 23.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Monitor Photo/Di Johnson Councilman Mike Dumont presents the architect’s rendering of the Eight at Tool Park at the meeting June 15.