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Sunday Fisherman’s Chapel United Methodist Church at North Lake Brownwood, located in Thunderbird Bay, holds services is 9:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
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BROWN COUNTY 4-H NEWS AND UPDATES
Dates to remember May 2 – Deadline to Apply for the Brown County TEEA Scholarship 5 – Brown 4-H County Council Meeting 5:00pm at the Extension Office 21 – Hunter Education Classroom Course 8:00am – 5:00pm at the Claybird Range 30 – Extension Office Closed for Memorial Day The 4-H checks for the Brown County Youth Fair are available for you to pick up at the Brown County Extension Office during our office hours of 8:30am – 4:30pm closed 12:00pm – 1:00pm for lunch Monday – Thursday and Friday 8:30am – 12:00pm. A thank you letter should be written to each buyer who contributed towards your project.
Students’ work highlighted at Gifted and Talented Showcase
Brownwood ISD (BISD) Gifted and Talented (GT) students showcased their 2022 projects Monday and Tuesday, April 25 and 26 at the BISD Central Support Center. The 2022 theme laced through the variety of projects, as students displayed research on a wide variety of topics, such as biographies, animals and their environments, proposed inventions, conflict and mediation, and city planning. BISD students in kindergarten through sixth grade participated in research, data collection, and practical application for displaying their ideas. GT students met with parents and visitors, answering questions and presenting their ideas in person to the community. Each student earned the opportunity to receive feedback and share their research while parents and students explored the displays.
BHS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Brownwood High School students of the. month for April are: Top row from left, Ta’Ha Lee, Kaden Bessent, Taylor Pinckney, John Perez. Bottom row, Olivia Ringer, Hudson Reagan, Jasmin Lopez, Caleb Modawell. PHOTO PROVIDED
Zoo announces birth of rare tree kangaroo
NEW YORK – A baby tree kangaroo that’s just poking its nose out of its mother’s pouch is the first of its species born at the Bronx Zoo since 2008, zoo officials announced Friday. The birth of the Matschie’s tree kangaroo joey “is an exciting birth for the Bronx Zoo and a unique opportunity for people to observe one of nature’s most intriguing evolutionary adaptations,” zoo director Jim Breheny said in a news release.
HPU students honored for servant leadership
Howard Payne University honored six students for their servant leadership demonstrated on campus and in the community at the annual Servant Leadership Awards Chapel on April 6. Students honored were Katherine Burnside of Lorena; Olivia Catlett of Alleyton; Casey Dufner of
HPU senior Clevenger to present her art exhibition May 2-6
Howard Payne University’s Haleigh Clevenger will present her senior art exhibition May 2-6 at the Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery, in HPU’s Doakie Day Art Center. The public is invited to an opening reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, May 2. The gallery will then be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, through Friday, May 6.
Ida retired from list of hurricane names
There will never again be another Hurricane Ida. The World Meteorological Organization hurricane committee has retired Ida from its rotating list of Atlantic storm names because of the death and destruction caused by the Category 4 hurricane in 2021.
GOP election-deniers elevate midterm races
ATLANTA – Add one more group of contests to the white-hot races for Congress and governor that will dominate this year’s midterm elections: secretaries of state. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 election and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state election offices who are sympathetic to his view have elevated those races to top-tier status.
Suspected tornado rips across Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. – A suspected tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas damaged multiple buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 people without power, officials said Saturday.