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July 2022

Heat is on for start of high school football

Monday marks the official start of high school football preseason practices, with coaches racing the clock to prepare their teams for the Aug. 25-27 regular-season openers. Coaches in Central Texas this year will also have to manage the heat more than normal.
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Court records

The following cases were filed in the Brown County District Clerk’s office: Brownwood Hospital LP vs. Eva Simmons, civil Brownwood Hospital LP vs.
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Brown County 4-H news and updates

Dates to remember August 10 – Backpack Drive Drop Off Deadline at the Extension Office 12 – State Fair Entry Deadline 12 – Heart of Texas Fair Deadline BROWN COUNTY 4-H GIVING BACK WITH A BACKPACK Brown County 4-H is partnering with the Brown County Child Welfare Board to assist with putting together school supply need boxes for local school districts. Brown County 4-H will be doing a backpack drive for used/new backpacks that will be donated to this great cause.
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Appalachian floods kill at least 15 as rescue teams deploy

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling.
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Bottle-magnified sunlight ignited Possum Kingdom fire

Sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500-acre (200-hectare) North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said Thursday. The July 18 fire on Possum Kingdom Lake’s western shore, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Fort Worth, took eight days to fully contain.
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If you love track, take a trip to Hayward Field

If you love track and field, and get discouraged by how the sport is sometimes treated in Texas, you ought to visit Eugene, Oregon, and attend a meet at Hayward Field. At least for a few days, you’ll feel like you’ve been parachuted into something close to heaven.
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Water conservation checklist for the home

The availability of water, now and in the future, should be a concern for everyone. In most areas of the country and most of the time, water has been readily available. The situation is changing. There are constantly new demands on our water supply. Sometimes that supply may be less than at other times because of climatic conditions such as a drought, a disaster, or just a breakdown in the water system.
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