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SOLD OUT

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- If you haven’t bought your tickets yet for Saturday’s Laughs for the Library, you’re too late. The comedy improv show at the Rustic Lantern is sold out. Pictured are half of the improv troupe, clockwise from top left, Mike Ceresini, Jeff Layhew, Melissa Craig, Kristina Burks, Duane Cowart, Nancy Henkes and Harmony Payne.

Antique tractor show returns for 28th year

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Hamilton’s 28th annual Antique Tractor and Farm Machinery Show is this Saturday at Fair Park.

Registration for tractors will begin at 8 a.m., and the pull will begin at about 10.

There will be a tractor parade on the grounds at 1 p.m., and the pull will end at 5 p.m. or when all tractors have pulled.

Food vendors will be selling hamburgers, sausage wraps, snow cones, Blue Bell ice cream, cold drinks and bottled water.

Tickets will be sold for a garden wagon drawing. Tickets are $1 each or sic for $5.

Secretary of State: Register by Oct. 9

AUSTIN – Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos re-minds eligible Texans to register to vote by Oct. 9 and to make necessary preparations to be able to cast a ballot in the up-coming Nov. 6 General Elec-tion.

Secretary Pablos encour-aged all eligible Texas voters to ensure that they:

(1) are registered to vote in their county of residence

(2) are aware of what they need to bring to the polls in order to cast a ballot.

HHN launches new website

Hamilton Herald-News on Friday will launch two exciting upgrades to its services – a new website and an e-Edition, a digital version of the print newspaper

E-Edition is an exact replica of the printed HHN in a popular flip-book format. It is the best way for online subscribers to access timely community news, and no matter where you live, e-Edition is easy and convenient, delivered right to yor email inbox with nothing to download – just click and read.

Witzsche-Menzdorf Reunion

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The 2018 Witzsche and Menzdorf Reunion was held Labor Day weekend. On Sunday, it started with a meal at noon at Michael and Kay Hopper’s creek and lots of visiting.

Military, tip and prayers

Hamilton County Dove Festival is coming up the fourth weekend in October. Put it on the calendar, as a lot of activities are getting planned. Sure hope some of the dove stick around!

Country church gathering Sept. 22 in Lamkin

Lamkin Country Church will have its annual church gathering Saturday, Sept. 22, with a 5K Run and Family Fun Run beginning at 8 and 8:15 a.m., respectively.

The church, located at Highwy 36 and County Road 286, will serve breakfast burritos beginning at 8 a.m., with a barbecue brisket lunch at

11. Eat in or take out for $10. There also will be $3 hotdogs for the kids.

A silent auction is planned at 9 a.m. and will include unusual items like a picture of Elvis, honey, large chair cushions, copper earrings with 3-D silver stars and two NFR belt buckles.

Better Living for texans

6 Simple Steps for Better Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping: You either love it or you hate it. Either way, you’ve got to eat. Cooking and preparing more food at home is a great way to shape up your diet. When it comes time to cruise your supermarket’s aisles, here are six simple steps to become a better grocery shopper.

Don’t Forget About Frozen and Canned Foods

Scoop

I’ve been putting off this column, hoping I would have some great news to report on our fight against Alzheimer’s and Jamie’s miraculous advancements. He did make some advancement in

USDA names counties as disaster areas

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WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has designated 37 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Camp, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Crockett, Delta, Eastland,