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Sharon Roberts, 86, of Houston, passed away Friday, July 21, 2023. Services are currently pending. Arrangements and care entrusted to

In its heyday (the 1920s and 30s) the Elgin American Legion Band was very active giving many concerts locally and out-of-town. People flocked to hear live music concerts for entertainment. As the public schools provided so little music training, the all-male band had to seek other training. The Swedish communities provided some, some coming from immigrants trained in Sweden. One Swedish immigrant, Albert Smith, was able to go to a Swedish college in Lindsborg, Kansas. He studied music there and came back to the Kimbro community and started training some of the younger men. One student, Arthur Swenson, became a fine trumpet player. Smith also trained others in brass instrumentation.

In Mark 8:1-9, The four thousand people had been faithfully listening to Jesus for three days with nothing to eat. Their devotion really puts us to shame, doesn’t it? We give up an hour or two a week and think about Sunday dinner in the meantime, and they had gone three days without food! But their feast was the greatest kind, for they had been feasting on the Bread of Life, the Word of God from the lips of Jesus, so they had already received food that satisfies the soul and brings eternal life. But they still needed to eat regular food too, so Jesus has compassion on the crowd. And this compassion is not just an attitude of pity but actually accomplishes something. Jesus shows mercy to the crowd with a feeding miracle.

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ROUND ROCK – On July 21, Jacklete Fitness and TurnFit Academy hosted a first-of-its-kind football event in Round Rock.

TAYLOR – Last week, the EYFC Wildcats hosted a youth cheer camp in preparation for the fall season which begins Aug. 1.

BASTROP – Bastrop Independent School District is concluding a scorching hot month of July as both Bastrop and Cedar Creek will have their final youth athletic camps of the summer.

BASTROP COUNTY – Smithville Independent School District and McDade Independent School District are both staying busy with football as the Smithville Tigers and McDade Bulldogs have upcoming important dates.

Heading into July, Miguel Castillo began serving as Elgin Independent School District’s new Director of Emergent Bilingual and Early Childhood Programs.

Shirley Irene Bankes Harris, 93, of Elgin, passed away peacefully, Sunday morning, July 16, 2023.

Robert Burrell Landry, 75, of Hutto, passed away peacefully, Thursday evening, July 13, 2023.

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