Organizers with the Terrell Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau have been hard at work in recent months, putting together the finishing touches one of the group’s signature events: the annual Civic Auction.

The Kaufman County Commissioners Court met for more than two hours on Tuesday morning, discussing a wide range of topics including monthly bookkeeping items as well as a propos-al to “implement a structure of a county fire marshal and deputy fire marshal and to move the office of the fire marshal into the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office.”

Area fire departments have been kept busy in recent weeks, responding to multiple grass fires in and around the Terrell community. The Terrell Volunteer Fire Department provided updates on two recent fires via social media, noting in a Sept.

On Tuesday, Sept. 21, Mayor Rick Carmona signed and presented a Proclamation declaring September 17-23 as "Constitution Week" to the King's Fort Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Those present at the event included Dora Trejo, Administrative Assistant, Mayor Pro Tem Tim Royse, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Mayrani Velazquez, Municipal Development Director Charles Fenner, DAR Recording Secretary Crystal Persall, Finance Director Jay Ayers, DAR Corresponding Secretary Katherine Bunch, Mayor Rick Carmona, City Manager Mike Sims, DAR Vice Regent Cynthis Goode, Susie Hagler, Council member Stephanie Holmes-Thomas, DAR Honorary Regent Stacey Browning and City Attorney Greg Shumpert. See more pictures for Constitution week on page 11. COURTESY PHOTO