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The City of Post Oak Bend held its 2nd annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest. The event grew this year with 10 contestant entries and the city is already planning the event to be larger next year. The winners were awarded a metal Holiday Home yard sign purchased from Superior Custom Signs in Terrell and a $100 electricity credit from TVEC. Pictured are Laura Melton, TVEC Public Relations; winning homeowners, Julie and Joey Wages; and City of Post Oak Bend Mayor, Alison Novak. Courtesy photo

Sophia Pikett was among 660 Bob Jones University students named to the Fall 2021 President’s List. The President’s List recognizes students who earn a 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester.

Mother Nature delivered a devastating one-two punch at the start of 2021, following up a round of relatively light snow during the opening weeks of January with record-breaking totals in February. January’s round proved to be idyllic for most county residents, blanketing the area with powdery snow that led briefly to the closure of schools and many area businesses.

Members of the Class of 2021 on June 4 walked from the stage into a new life – a life no longer bound by the confines of Terrell High School or the expectations of its educators. Students from the Class of 2021 will no longer walk the school’s hallways filled with friends and classmates or sit in its classrooms offering enrichment and learning.

Last year was a time of growth for the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum and 2022 is expected to be even more exciting with all the initiatives we hope to pursue.

Kaufman County cities had plenty to celebrate in 2021 with the Texas State Comptroller’s Office announcing that virtually every local city, with the exception of Rosser, had seen sales tax revenue growth when comparing collections totals from 2021 against those posted the previous year.

Members of the Terrell community marked a somber milestone September 11, holding a remembrance event to recognize the lives lost and sacrifices made by first responders 20 years earlier in the terrorist attacks that claimed 2,996 lives.

Kaufman County voters went to the ballot box in 2019 determined to help the county make needed infrastructure repairs. That vote of confidence began to pay dividends in earnest throughout the latter half of 2021 with numerous projects funded by those efforts coming to completion.