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50 years of Cullen Baker Country Fair
Teena Westmoreland is all alone leading the parade of the 50th annual Cullen Baker Country Fair in Bloomburg on Saturday. A long line of paraders are behind her and Main Street is already crowded.Westmoreland is representing a leading historical family business - the Lester Westmoreland’s General Merchandise Store.
Marvin Nichols meetings continue
Close to 300 people packed the meeting room at the Region 8 Service Center last week in Pittsburg to listen to presentations and voice their concerns over the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir in the Sulphur River Basin of Northeast Texas, and to oppose its inclusion in the 2027 Texas State Water Plan. That number included Region D board members and a group from Region C. Experts at the meeting told the Tribune that the fact that Region C members attended suggests that the Marvin Nichols issue is getting more statewide and DFW attention.
Burn ban lifted
Cass County has rescinded the burn ban on November 1, 2024. “Based on the collaborative decision of the Weather Assessment Committee comprised of the County Judge, the Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator, and the Texas A & M Forest Service, and due to the recent rain in all or part of Cass County, the BURN BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED for all unincorporated areas of Cass County, Texas effective immediately.
An outlaw puts Bloomburg on the map every first Saturday in November
The Bloomburg Cullen Baker Country Fair is really all about memories and history, meeting friends and finding something unusual to enjoy eating or playing with or maybe purchasing.