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‘Explore’ photo contest deadline approaching

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Over the years, the Terrell Tribune has produced an annual publication dubbed ‘Explore’. The magazine serves as a guide to all things local for longtime residents and visitors alike and includes features and photos.

JUNETEENTH 2022

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Local Juneteenth events commemorating the 157th anniversary of Major General Gordon Granger’s arrival in Galveston with the news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free included food, games, music and fellowship. Photos by David Kapitan
JUNETEENTH 2022

Robbery attempt thwarted by off-duty officer

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A would-be bank robber was arrested and taken into custody without incident June 16 thanks in large part to the efforts of an off-duty Terrell Police Department officer. According to a narrative of the incident released by the police department the following day, “An off-duty Police Lieutenant thwarted a robbery attempt at a local bank in the 2400 block of West Moore Avenue (USHWY80).

ALL SMILES

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The Association of Breezy Hill Park and the City of Terrell rolled out the red carpet June 20, welcoming people from across the area for their 6th annual Juneteenth Celebration event at Breezy Hill Park.
Breezy Hill Park was filled with smiling faces June 20 as hundreds of area residents came out to celebrate Juneteenth. Additional photos on 10A. Photo by David Kapitan

Kaelynn Nikole to open July 3 Concert

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Terrell’s own country/rock music star, Kaelynn Nikole, is excited to be the opener for the BFTS Museum’s July 3 fundraiser at the Terrell Municipal Airport that features the American Country Music nominated band, A Thousand Horses.
Kaelynn Nikole

Citizens University seeking applicants

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The City of Terrell is seeking applicants to participate in the Terrell Citizens University – an engaging seven-week program designed to promote awareness of government services, knowledge of city processes and procedures, and more.

BFTS Museum helps theatre production

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In early 2020, Joanne Zipay, founder of New York’s award-winning Judith Shakespeare Company, was preparing to direct a play in Fort Worth later that year. Into the Breeches! by George Brant tells the story of a (fictional) group of women who decide to keep their local theatre alive by taking on the men’s roles in The Henriad , an amalgamation of several of Shakespeare’s plays about wars. Set in Fort Worth in 1942, she needed to research what life was like on the home front during the war years. She heard an ad on local station KEOM-FM about an area veteran’s presentation at the BFTS Museum and came from her home in Plano to hear it.
BFTS Museum helps theatre production