The Monitor

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The Monitor Managing Editor Ashlee Sawyer (from left), Layout Coordinator Donna Graham, Reporter Carla Gray and Director of Sales and Marketing Janice Grubbs Vincik greet chamber members at the Business After Hours held at the new Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative (TVEC)VIP section at the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Rodeo Arena April 15.

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.