February 2023

The Terrell Lady Tigers hit the court just once last week due to the inclement weather, taking on the Crandall Lady Pirates Jan. 27. The two teams had met once before during the first round of district with the Lady Pirates pulling out a hardfought 44-39 win in Terrell Jan.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell soccer program hit its most important stretch of the season last week, tangling with a pair of Crandall teams to open this year’s district slate. Terrell would ultimately come away with a split against Crandall as the Tigers earned a 1-0 victory while the Lady Tigers dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker.

With the recent visit of Old Man Winter in our area, I began thinking about what it would be like to spend the winter up in the far north. I would greatly enjoy spending time, up around the Northwest Territories in northern Saskatchewan during the dead or winter, or at least I think I would. It would be an awesome experience to walk outside a remote cabin at night and have a bird’s eye view of the northern lights.

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION A group of House Democrats is proposing a $15,000 raise for the state’s teachers and a 25 percent raise for other state employees by using some of the state’s record budget surplus. State Rep.

Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 7.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.09/g Jan. 30, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 30.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 9.8 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 5.4 cents in the last week and stands at $4.65 per gallon.

Monday, January 30, marked the first of many public hearings on the state budget, as lawmakers try and decide how to allot a record amount of surplus cash and projected revenue. Though the comptroller has forecast as much as $188 billion in available funds, statutory and constitutional spending limits will keep the actual amount appropriated to pay for state services in 2024 and 2025 much lower. Both chambers have filed budgets that would spend $130.1 billion in discretionary state revenue. Both include $15 billion set aside for property tax relief, with the Senate earmarking $3 billion of that amount to raise the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $70,000. Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick have each vowed to deliver historic property tax cuts this session.

Better Business Bureau Serving Central East Texas (BBB) annually sponsors a video contest open to students in grades 9-12 who reside within the 19 counties BBB serves. Cash prizes will be awarded to students and their schools for entries receiving first, second, and third place.

Organizers have been hard at work in recent months, putting together the finishing touches on the 6th annual Jake Wilson Memorial Bass Tournament set for April 22. Jake Wilson was a children’s pastor and he had a love for children.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller reminds the Texas agriculture community that the USDA’s deadline to respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture is Monday, February 6th. Producers can respond online at agcounts. usda.gov.

Egg prices continue to set all-time per-dozen price records, and a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert does not expect that trend to reverse in the near future. David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist, Bryan-College Station, said inflationary pressure and the worst avian flu outbreak in U.S.