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Sentinel Photo/MaLinda Reddell Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Association's Livestock 2025 Grand Champion steer was shown by Van Vleck FFA member Kenzie Brown

Sentinel Photo/MaLinda Reddell Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Association's Livestock 2025 Grand Champion steer was shown by Van Vleck FFA member Kenzie Brown

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"’25 MCFLA auction, show results" by: MaLinda Reddell

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
The 2025 Grand Champion steer was shown by Van Vleck FFA member Kenzie Brown at the Matagorda County Fair & Livestock Association (MCFLA) Junior Livestock Auction Saturday, March 8.  Brown also received the AOB Heavy Weight Class Champion Steer title.

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"Council calls for a public hearing on PID" by: Jessica Shepard

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
City council unanimously approved a resolution to call the public hearing to create Public Improvement District (PID) #2 for Jim Maddox’s Meadow Lake subdivision last week.   All council members were present for the special called meeting Tuesday, March 4.
Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard Mother Superior (Stacey Steiner), left, and “Father” Paul (Clay Breeden), work out their plan to discover the secret reports a newly appointed nun will send to Rome in CAST’s “Drinking Habits” press night Thursday, March 6.

Sentinel Photo/Jessica Shepard Mother Superior (Stacey Steiner), left, and “Father” Paul (Clay Breeden), work out their plan to discover the secret reports a newly appointed nun will send to Rome in CAST’s “Drinking Habits” press night Thursday, March 6.

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"CAST’s ‘Drinking Habits’ full of laughs" by: Jessica Shepard

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
General admission tickets for the Community Actors of South Texas (CAST) comedy production of Tom Smith’s “Drinking Habits” are going quickly.   The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 13-15, at the CAST theater, 920 Nichols.   All shows will have a 15-minute intermission.
Contributed photo The 2025 “Cattlemen of the Year” title was awarded to Harold Bowers, center, with his wife Cheryl Bowers, who together have farmed grain, farmed seafood, and have raised up to 800 head of cattle on 3,000 acres of land.

Contributed photo The 2025 “Cattlemen of the Year” title was awarded to Harold Bowers, center, with his wife Cheryl Bowers, who together have farmed grain, farmed seafood, and have raised up to 800 head of cattle on 3,000 acres of land.

Harold Bowers 2025 Cattleman of the Year

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
If you asked Harold Bowers, what is his creed?   One would venture to say that it is Faith, Family, & Farming...in that order.   Along with his wife of 50 years, Cheryl Bowers, they have farmed grain, farmed seafood, and have raised up to 800 head of cattle on 3,000 acres of land.
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