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GALA NETTLES I may have married a reporter. Last week Ronnie eyed a gentleman walking his dog near his car, plugged into a Walmart Electric Vehicle charger.
August 2022
Burn Ban lifted in Madison County
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By Richard Sirman richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com The burn ban placed on Tuesday, June 21 of this year, has officially been lifted as of Monday, August 29, in Madison County. In deciding whether or not to keep the burn ban, the county commissioners, the county judge Clark Osborne, and the Emergency Management Coordinator Shelly Butts looked at the drought index and the rain that we have had to determine the lifting of the ban.
SUCCESS AT BACK TO SCHOOL BASH
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By Richard Sirman richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com The City of Madisonville Department of Marketing & Tourism sponsored a Back to School bash, a day of entertainment, carnival games, and food trucks to help kids get school supplies. It took place at Lake Madison in Madisonville, Texas, on Saturday, August 27, the event was hosted by the city, but it had help from an outside influence.
4-H Ambassadors from Madisonville visit Hawaii
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By Richard Sirman richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com Kendel Cleere, Joeli Hardy, and Natalie Newton from Madison county visited Hawaii as part of the Texas 4-H Livestock & Equine Texas Livestock Ambassadors Hawaii Agricultural Experience alongside 22 others from counties in Texas. The event put on by the Texas Youth Livestock and Agricultural started on Monday, August 1, which began the adventure and cultural appreciation as soon as they landed.
Hempstead man attempts vehicle theft in Madisonville
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By Richard Sirman richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com Larry Allen Dodd, a 66-yearold man from Hempstead, Texas, was arrested on a theft charge by the Madisonville Police Department on Tuesday, August 23. Madisonville Police officers, responding to a call from Henson Ford in Madisonville, learned Dodd purchased two vehicles using checks, which would be found to be fraudulent.
Monterey Mushrooms & Amycel awards scholarships
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Special to the Meteor Monterey Mushrooms & Amycel Spawn Mate presented 73 children of its teammates with $207,000 in scholarship awards for the 2022-23 academic year. On August 12th, 2022, Kenny Wood, General Manager at Monterey Mushrooms, and Jose Nacianceno, General Manager at Amycel, presented 14 of those recipients with their awards in person at the company’s farm located in Madisonville, TX.
Mustangs stomped the Diboll Lumberjacks
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By Richard Sirman richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com Madisonville Mustangs won against the Diboll Lumberjacks by 42-0, scoring for the first game of the official season on Friday, August 26. The Head Coach of the Football team, Russell Urbantke had positive things to say about the team, “I was really inspired.
Local student attends Texas Farm Bureau’s Thrive event in Waco
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For the metor A Madison County student has returned from Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Thrive event empowered to serve as a leader and agricultural advocate. The three-day event was designed to equip students with leadership and public speaking skills.
Flooding prompts disaster declaration
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Heavy rains through Texas last week caused flooding, particularly in the Dallas area, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration for 23 affected counties. Texans who were affected by the rain, which dumped more than 10 inches in Dallas, are encouraged to file insurance claims with their providers and to complete the voluntary Self Reporting Damage Survey issued by the Texas Department of Emergency Management by visiting damage. tdem.texas.gov. The survey helps the state identify damage across Texas to gain an understanding of what areas were affected during the recent severe weather. Counties included in the disaster declaration are Camp, Culberson, Dallas, Duval, Ellis, El Paso, Henderson, Hopkins, Hudspeth, Kaufman, Kerr, Live Oak, Marion, Montague, Navarro, Pecos, Rains, Smith, Tarrant, Upshur, Van Zandt, Webb and Wood.
