Friends of the Library and Hamilton Public Library Staff and Board completed our THIRD annual “Love Your Library” golf fundraiser. We had a beautiful (very warm) day and an “awesome” course to play on…Thank you to our PCC hosts, Randy Gardner and Crystal Rea, for making our scramble so enjoyable! MANY, MANY Thanks to all our golfers—the young as well as the “young at heart”! Your participation made this event happen…you were a fantastic group, so Thank You! Next, Thank You to our Sponsors….the community has a wonderful group of businesses and people that contributed in support of our benefit: Big Red Brand, Companion Senior Care, Davidson-Craig Real Estate, Kelly Kuhl/Edward Jones, Hamilton Healthcare Systems, Melanie J Financial, Riley-Gardner Memorial, Storm’s Hamburgers, David Turrentine & Turrentine Insurance Agency, CMK Wines, Farmer’s Market, Finley Grace Organization/Mary Owen, Blue Dog/Brandi Murphree, Country Donuts, Craig Ranch/Karen Craig, Brandon/Bridgette Haile, Joy Alexander, and Danna/Clay Hurst.

Accused of repeatedly sticking their noses in Mexico’s business, Rip Ford and his company of hard-riding, hard-fighting Texas Rangers were mustered out of federal service on Sep. 26, 1851.

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Republican leadership is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. Senate campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is locked in a tight race with Democratic nominee and state House Rep.

Texans from every corner of the unhappy state gathered in Austin on Sept. 22, 1871, for the “Taxpayers Convention,” the first mass protest against the Radical Republican regime.