NEWS

Visitation for TOM COOK is 6-8 p.m Friday at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, 1805 U.S. 281 North in Marble Falls, (830) 693-4373.

Funeral service is 10 a.m. July 24 at First Baptist Church, 501 Twelfth St. in Marble Falls, with the Rev. Max Copeland officiating.

Interment is 3 p.m. at Comal Cemetery in New Braunfels.

RESULTS AND UPCOMINGS

"Howdy from the Sunny Caribbean. There is still time to buy that plane ticket,splash on the sun block and sink your toes in a white sand beach near a clear blue ocean at this years chili cookoff. The date is Sunday August 22nd and the special cooks rate at the Island Beachcomber is just $99!!" Erik Ackerson

POTPOURRI

Did you know, as concerns that oil exploration threaten shrimp harvests in the Gulf, that oil exploration is helping produce shrimp on farms in west Texas? At one time, this area was under the Permian Sea. Oil wells often tap into this salty underground water supply and produce large saltwater ponds used for farming shrimp. This water is very pure and the shrimp produced are certified "organic" and taste very sweet. In 2005, west Texas produced nearly 7 million pounds of shrimp on these inland farms.

Happy Birthday to John Perry and Vickie Sanders.

"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them." - E. V. Lucas

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