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at Devine VFW this Thursday, BBQ Plate sale also

Devine VFW Post 3966 charity bingo will have a $1000 pull tab bingo pot this Thursday, May 2, 2024. The $10 tickets will be first come, first serve. Multiple pull tabs may be purchased. If attendance is over 110 players, the jackpots for regular Bingo will be raised $100 (to $300 and $600).
A $10 chicken leg quarter and sausage plate with beans and rice will be available (50 plates) in addition to the regular food items served. Bring your friends for an evening of fun and excitement.
The Bingo Hall doors open at 4:30 pm with regular bingo starting at 7:00 pm. Pull tabs may start before 7 pm as they sell out each round.

What is on the ballot?
PROPOSITION A- Shall the City Council of the City of Lytle, Texas be authorized to sell the Natural Gas Utility Distribution System that is owned by the City of Lytle, Texas?
WHY?
THINGS TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION:
The City of Lytle contracts with CPS Energy for the maintenance and operations service of the City’s
Natural Gas Utility System. CPS Energy announced that they will not provide our gas system service after October 1, 2024. At this
time, the City is not able to provide the service to maintain and operate the City’s Natural Gas Utility
System. The City does not…

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By Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer
Stephanie Blanks of Go Medina informed the Natalia City Council about a huge project coming into the area called “Project Cinco.”
“All these projects have code names, they don’t reveal who the company is [and] there’s lots of nondisclosure agreements, basically it’s a data center that has purchased 440 acres that’s between Natalia and Lytle,” Blanks said. “When they’re done building and constructing everything, the estimate is probably about a 500 million dollar investment,” she said. “This is huge…

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By Victoria Arredondo
Staff Writer
Come join Napa Auto Parts as they host a grand opening ceremony for their third store located in Devine where attendees can enjoy free food Friday, April 26 and live music by The Solis Brothers, a car show, a bounce house and a drawing for prizes on Saturday, April 27.
Located on 202 E. Herring Ave. in the old fire station in downtown Devine, this free event will last from Friday and Saturday, April 26-27. Catered by Dirt Road Cookers, attendees will have a chance to try a slice of a 10 – 12 foot pizza!
They will begin serving pizza on Friday beginning at 11:30 a.m. until supplies run out.
There will be a tool tent sale. Gearwrench will also…

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Early voting started for May 4 elections

City of Devine- City of Devine Council has two contested races. District 1- Between Rufino Vega and Ray Gonzales. Vote for one. District 3- Between Stacey Pyron and Jeff Miller . Vote for one.

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Voters in Natalia ISD will decide on two propositions. Natalia ISD will start Early Voting on April22 running through April 30th. Election Day will be May 4th. Here is a little about the two bonds totaling approximately $23 million.
Prop A is a $17,465,000 bond which will provide additions and updates to the Elementary some of which include new classrooms, library, life skills room, courtyard, front entrance and admin offices, and relocating the playground. It will also provide renovation of the…

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By Anton Riecher
Better understanding the intricacies of tax collection might have helped avoid a property tax shortfall that impacted the 2022-2023 city budget, Devine City Accountant Denise Duffy explained to the city council at its April 16 meeting.
“I know that one of your questions was on the property tax and why we had a shortfall on that,” Duffy said. “So we budget 100 percent of our property tax. We say we’re going to collect 100 percent. We actually collected 87 percent, roughly.”
The council questioned Duffy on the budget following the city’s recent official outside audit in which the city received an unmodified or “clean” opinion, the highest…

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Safeguarding agricultural chains through research, innovation

By Susan Himes
The disruption of the food supply chain during the first few years of COVID made Americans aware of how critical the ability to move agricultural products reliably, safely and efficiently is, according to Texas A&M AgriLife experts.
A Texas A&M AgriLife-led team is doing their part to protect the U.S. food supply chain from future threats that are accidental, intentional or an act of Mother Nature. The project, Systematic Mapping of Cross-Border Threats to Enhance U.S. Agricultural Security, began…

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