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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agents and 4-H coordinators Penny Berend and Justin Rogers were on hand during the Commissioner’s Court meeting on Monday, May 13, to discuss recent and upcoming programs and projects.

Rogers said the Hay Day program the organization held on April 30 was successful.

“We had a really good program on the 30th of April, it was the largest ag producer program we have had since I have been here,” Rogers said. “We had 65 people at our annual Hay Day program and we sponsored it along with the Farm Bureau and Farmers Milling.”

Graham Independent School District announced Wednesday nominations are open for the third annual Graham Public Education Foundation Hall of Honor, which recognizes alumni, staff and community members who have provided meritorious service to the district and/or their profession.

Approximately seven grams of suspected methamphetamine was taken off the streets on Wednesday, May 8, by Graham Police Department Code Enforcement Officer B.J. Cook and his colleagues.

Cook stopped a male driving a GMC pickup truck pulling a trailer for a traffic violation on the U.S. 380 bypass. During the stop, Cook learned the man, of Wichita Falls, had his driving privileges suspended and the officer placed the subject under arrest.

The 14th annual Run for the Children will be held on Saturday, but the message behind the run is one to stop child victims in the community through support given to Virginia’s House in Graham and their satellite office, Dr. Goodall’s House, in Breckenridge.

Water safety will be taught and free new lifejackets will be given out at the Remembering Wyatt Dale Water Safety Family Fun in the Sun event Saturday, May 18, on the historic downtown square.
This will be the sixth annual Family Fun in the Sun event held by the organization according to co-founder Tracey Terasas.

The Graham Fire Department and Salt Creek Volunteer Fire Department combined efforts Thursday, May 9, to put out a mobile home fire on Lake Graham.
The departments were dispatched at 1:58 p.m. to 1525 Eastside Lake Road. The two units acted quickly and had the fire cleared by 3:19 p.m., just under an hour after they had arrived on scene.
Graham EMS and the Young County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the scene Thursday.
For the rest of the story, see the Wednesday, May 15 edition of The Graham Leader

The Graham Independent School District board approved a vendor for the construction of a greenhouse at Graham High School on Wednesday.

GISD Superintendent Sonny Cruse said last year when the campus made changes with their agriculture teachers, they hired Lauren Lange for horticulture and floral design. Lange had a baby and Cruise intentionally held off purchasing a greenhouse in case she made the decision to be a stay at home mother, which would leave the school with a greenhouse, but no teacher for it.

The city of Graham and Young County will be accruing higher sales tax rebates from March. Newcastle and Olney will have lower sales tax rebates for March, but higher year-to-date payments overall.

Since 2018, the city of Graham has seen increases which exceeded their year-to-date budget, starting with 0.49% increase in January 2018 and continuing with a 2.53% increase in March 2019.

A subcommittee of three Graham Independent School board members was created on Wednesday, during the school board meeting held at Graham High School, to reevaluate the GISD dress code policies.

Since 1974, the Graham Noon Lions Club Carnival has brought community members a chance to have memorable moments while supporting various projects in the town. The carnival has been in town since Wednesday, May 8, and will celebrate its last day today from 5 p.m. to midnight.

Carnival Chairman Jim Senkel said this will be the 46th consecutive year which the Lions Club has ran the event.