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This year, make plans to enjoy the 4th of July Fireworks display at a new location – Terrell Municipal Airport. A decision was made to relocate the show for safety concerns, considering the close proximity of the Timbers apartment complex, Furlough Middle School and the ExCEL Center.

A chilly Saturday morning didn’t stop racers from coming out to Ben Gill Park for the Fountain 5K Run/Walk. The event, which was part of the 40th annual Terrell Jubilee, benefits the Volunteer Services Council (VSC) of Terrell State Hospital and it celebrates the charm and heritage of Terrell as participants pass historic homes built at the turn of the century on the scenic neighborhood route.

Grand Champion: We Dem Boyz BBQ Reserve Grand Champion: Short Rib BBQ Local Division Winner: Randy Brumbelow Congratulations to the following winners!! Local Chicken 1st Place - 1 NUCOR 2nd Place - Acuña Matata 3rd Place - A-Towne Hippies 4th Place - B Smokers 5th Place - Redneck Smokers Pit Chicken 1st Place - Short Rib BBQ 2nd Place - Sure Shot BBQ 3rd Place - Limp Brizkit 4th Place - Dos Eggies BBQ 5th Place - Big Ed BBQ Local Brisket 1st Place - Hands On BBQ 2nd Place - 1 NUCOR 3rd Place - Almost Energy 4th Place - Crow Boys 5th Place - Boom-Boom BBQ Pit Brisket 1st Place - Sure Shot BBQ 2nd Place - We Dem Boyz BBQ 3rd Place - Steel Smoke 4th Place - Burn Barrell BBQ 5th Place - Big B BBQ Local Ribs 1st Place - Own it 2nd Place - Hands On BBQ 3rd Place - Smokin Crows 4th Place - 1 NUCOR 5th Place - B Smoker Pit Ribs 1st Place - Short Rib BBQ 2nd Place - We Dem Boyz BBQ 3rd Place - Tiny E BBQ 4th Place - Limp Brizkit 5th Place - Hat Creek Q Beans 1st Place - Ed Faulder 2nd Place - David Leflet 3rd Place - Randy Salinas Cobbler 1st Place - George Taylor 2nd Place - Randy Brumbelow 3rd Place - Teresa Faulder.

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At left: Kiwanis Club President Don Archer, with his fiancée Judy Dodd, was honored Tuesday evening for Archer’s President’s Project, which was placement of five flags outside the clubhouse on Elm Drive. American and Texas flags flutter alongside service flags for the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary clubs in a “monument to unity,” according to Geron Bryan, pastor of Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ and a Kiwanis Club member. Archer’s project “speaks to a beautiful community that thrives on unity and celebrates unity,” Bryan said. At right are Carlton Tidwell, president of the Rotary Club (left), Archer (center), and Joe Hood, president of the local Lions Club. The clubs all use the clubhouse as their meeting place. HANK MURPHY PHOTOS