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Rotary Club of Terrell delivered cookies made by its members, cups from Starbucks, courtesy of Starbucks of Terrell on Highway 34 and cookies donated by Terrell’s own Whisked Away to both the Terrell PD Dispatchers as well as the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers as part of a service project April 18. April 14-20 was declared Public Safety Communicators Week by Governor Greg Abbott. Pictured are dispatchers for Kaufman County, excited to be receiving their gifts. For information about Rotary Club of Terrell, please visit terrellrotaryclub.GoDaddysites.

The City of Terrell and the Terrell Chamber of Commerce will be holding their annual Taco Festival in Historic Downtown Terrell, Saturday, May 4. The festival will be from 11 a.m.

My family and friends that know me well often joke about the way I go about planning a hunt. I almost always have the hunt planned out in my mind before I ever hit the woods, everything from the time I expect game (hogs this time of year) to show up to the seasoning I plan to use on the meat I harvest.

Former Kaufman County Judge Hal Richards, who is a volunteer pilot, and Melanie Carroll, Executive Director of Angel Flight, gave an extremely informative presentation April 16 at the Terrell Kiwanis Club. Check out www.angelflightsc.org to see the amazing service they are offering to patients in need of medical care outside the area in which they live.

Terrell Chess Club’s Robert Castro donates a Chess Club T-shirt to Terrell Tribune Editor Bodey Cooper April 24. .

A large and enthusiastic crowd heard Hillwood Aviation president and CEO Matt Byrd tell of his experiences flying the F-117 Stealth Fighter and other unique aircraft at the BFTS Museum April 18. We were honored to have Mayor Rick Carmona in the audience. Byrd had three tours of duty in the Middle East during Desert Storm and has flown over 50 types of fixed wing and rotorcraft airplanes during 40 years of flying. For more than 20 years, Byrd has held a variety of positions with The Perot Group of Companies which focuses on real estate, investments and aviation related business opportunities including Alliance Texas, a 27,000-acre master planned, mixed use development in north Fort Worth. A special surprise of the evening was the announcement that Byrd is donating a ride in his aerobatic aircraft to some lucky bidder at the Museum’s Casino Night Sept. 21.

The four-year-old classes from W.H. Burnett Early Childhood Center made a visit to the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler late last week and enjoyed their time around all the animals and spending time with staff and friends.