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Members of the Republican Women of Van Zandt have been busy with elections and preparation for the upcoming state GOP convention as well as fundraising. At the April meeting, member Debbie Burden was honored with our ‘Girl Power’ award for the first quarter of 2024.

Finding connections, finding answers: Patti Huff Williams took her audience on a fascinating family research journey, with the GEDMatch DNA program as the roadmap during the April 27 Spring Genealogy Workshop of the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society.

Van Zandt Newspapers is putting out the call to all local photographers for the Summer 2024 Explore Magazine Photography Contest. Winning entries will be featured in Van Zandt Newspapers’ annual Explore Magazine with name credit.

This week, Canton Maintenance is scheduled to perform mill and inlay on SH 64 between SH 243 and FM 16. Crews will perform the same work on SH 19 between I-20 and SH 64. Expect lane closures with flaggers controlling traffic. Also, crews will perform herbicide operations on various roadways throughout the county. Weather permitting, crews will be patching potholes at various locations.

As one of my radio heroes, Garrison Keelor, used to say, “It’s been a quiet week here in Lake Wobegon.” Change the word “Wobegon” to “Kaufman County” and my exact sentiments will be mirrored, but I have managed to venture afield close to home in pursuit of wild hogs between floods. You might remember me mentioning that I have been on a quest to capture on video for our weekly outdoor TV show, ‘A Sportsman’s Life,’ the harvest of one of the ‘too many’ wild hogs in the bottomland close to my house.

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Van Zandt County Director of Emergency Management Vicki McAlister shared that there were several road closures in Van Zandt County as a result of a storm that went through the area April 26. “We had several road closures on Friday (April 26) into Saturday (April 27) and there are still some roads in the county that are impassible,” said McAlister through a statement released April 29.

There will be a seminar titled, ‘What’s Up in VZC?’ scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

A software upgrade to the Van Zandt County Financial Package received unanimous approval by the VZC Commissioners Court during its regular meeting April 24. The upgrade received approval from the commissioners’ court following a presentation by VZC Auditor Sandy Hill.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com Van Zandt County Judge Andy Reese was authorized by the VZC Commissioners Court to apply for the 202425 Texas Historical Commission Courthouse Restoration Grant. The grant would total $9.5 million.