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THE VIEW FROM the batter’s box at the newly upgraded baseball field at OSR and Commerce. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

THE VIEW FROM the batter’s box at the newly upgraded baseball field at OSR and Commerce. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

Baseball field off OSR gets upgrade

Baseball fields are in big demand in a place like Burleson County.Thanks to the efforts and generosity of some local citizens, the city’s baseball field at West Old San Antonio Road off Commerce Street just underwent some major upgrades.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

To be in the current list of calendar events, submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on Mondays prior to publication.Democrat election worker dinnerThe Burleson County Democratic Party will host an election workers dinner on Thursday, May 2 at the Caldwell Civic Center at 6 p.m.

POSGCD discusses application by SLR

The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District Board met in executive session for legal advice at their Tuesday, April 23, meeting to discuss a pending drilling and operating permit application by Sandow Lakes Ranch (SLR) in Milam County.

City, school races to be decided Saturday

This Saturday, Caldwell and Somerville voters will determine the makeup of both its city governments and its school boards.May 4 is Texas’s uniform election date for cities and school districts, with early voting just having ended on Tuesday, April 30.
LARRY SEE, A longtime sheriff’s deputy, is carried to his final rest on Tuesday, April 30, at the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery. See served in the area for decades, starting when he was one of only a few Burleson County deputies patrolling the entire county. See was remembered as a faithful friend and law officer. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

LARRY SEE, A longtime sheriff’s deputy, is carried to his final rest on Tuesday, April 30, at the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery. See served in the area for decades, starting when he was one of only a few Burleson County deputies patrolling the entire county. See was remembered as a faithful friend and law officer. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders

LARRY SEE, A longtime sheriff’s deputy

LARRY SEE, A longtime sheriff’s deputy, is carried to his final rest on Tuesday, April 30, at the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery. See served in the area for decades, starting when he was one of only a few Burleson County deputies patrolling the entire county.
MELISSA YOUNG, KATHY Pollock, Norma Medina and Fran Pack work on Saturday during the city-wide cleanup effort.

MELISSA YOUNG, KATHY Pollock, Norma Medina and Fran Pack work on Saturday during the city-wide cleanup effort.

MELISSA YOUNG

MELISSA YOUNG, KATHY Pollock, Norma Medina and Fran Pack work on Saturday during the city-wide cleanup effort.
CALDWELL ELEMENTARY School students received ukuleles purchased from money raised through the school’s BoosterThon Fundraiser for the elementary music program.

CALDWELL ELEMENTARY School students received ukuleles purchased from money raised through the school’s BoosterThon Fundraiser for the elementary music program.

CALDWELL ELEMENTARY School

CALDWELL ELEMENTARY School students received ukuleles purchased from money raised through the school’s BoosterThon Fundraiser for the elementary music program.
THE CALDWELL ROTARY Club

THE CALDWELL ROTARY Club

THE CALDWELL ROTARY Club

THE CALDWELL ROTARY Club sponsored its annual free rabies clinic last Tuesday with Texas A&M University’s Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. The clinic vaccinated nearly 200 Burleson County pets.

Community rallies to help family of accident victim

Community rallies to help family of accident victimAnyone wishing to donate for funeral expenses for Nicole McNeil, a Somerville High School student killed in an April 15 traffic accident, may do so by contacting Phillips &LuckeyFuneralHome.

July 3rd event planning underway

The Elizabeth Lutheran Church’s July 3rd annual celebration and fireworks display preparation is underway.This year the big event will be held on Wednesday, July 3rd, and all the committee members are already working on the details to deliver a great celebration this year.