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Keep up with what’s going on in Devine, Natalia, Lytle, Bigfoot and Moore areas in Medina, Frio, and Atascosa Counties.

Remember * Honor * Teach National Wreaths Across America Day is Saturday, December 16, only 3 weeks away

Contact Linda Kreinhop @713-746-7504 or kreinhopld@gmail.com; Martha Wall @ 210-213-5620 or mwalldev@gmail.com; or Glenda Allen @ 210-630-2763 or glenda.lee.allen@gmail.com to volunteer and/or sponsor wreaths for the 2023 ceremony at Devine Evergreen and St. Joseph’s cemeteries.
We especially need volunteers from 9:30 until around noon (or as long…

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62 miles

November 18 in the ultra running championship around Lake Georgetown which is no small feat. Jason Dodson, of Devine, is looking forward to the 100K race which is an amazing 62 miles long. He trains by running around Devine.

By Kayleen Holder
Editor, The Devine News
Ultra marathon runner Jason Dodson, of Devine, has placed in the top 5 in all of the races he’s run this year, some races with as many as 1,000 participants. He will race again on November 18 in the…

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A VETERANS STORY:PFC Henry Salas, US Army, Vietnam Vet“It is heavy, on Veterans Day.”

1967 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam – Doug Henning, Paul Flynn, and Henry Salas.  LRRP Shock Force unit

By Nancy Saathoff
“My dad told me, ‘Start preparing yourself”. Henry’s dad and uncles were veterans of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and knew about wartime and of military duty, service, and sacrifice; but in 1964, to 16-year-old Henry Salas, “Vietnam was more like TV – not real”…

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Cactus Festival draws 6,500+

Having a blast….These kiddos are all smiles just as Eddie would have wanted them to be, gathering lots of sweets at the parade as the posthumous Eddie Hutzler escort goes by to start of the Devine Fall Cactus Festival and Parade this past Saturday. You can almost just see him waving in the background! Eddie loved Devine and Devine loved Eddie.

Devine hosted its 62nd annual parade and festival last weekend, called the 2023 Devine Cactus Festival, with an estimated 6,500 in attendance at the festival alone, plus many more on the parade route. It is hosted and directed yearly by the Devine Chamber of Commerce for the past 62 years…

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Family uncovers Century old Time Capsule in Devine

By Kayleen Holder
Editor
Sealed for one hundred and one years inside a limestone brick was a time capsule in Devine. As the old St. Joseph Church in Devine was being demolished in 2020, there were few who remembered the time capsule, and where it was remained a mystery. It wasn’t until this past Friday, November 3, that one local family uncovered the surprise of a lifetime.

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