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Hunt Elementary held its annual Spelling Bee on December 11, 2023. Fifty students participated in the Bee, spelling words such as glumly, appreciation, spacious and inscrutable as they whizzed their way through ten rounds.

Pet Adoptions of Cuero hosted a Christmas event recently for the children that belong to the Happily Homeschooled organization. The group’s director Kimberly Lapp came by in November to collect all the empty Christmas stockings that were hung outside each pet’s kennel. The school group purchased toys, treats, pet blankets and goodies galore to fill each stocking. The children, ages 3 to 13, arrived with all the “named” packets and had a fun afternoon finding their chosen pet’s kennel to hang their stuffed holiday stocking. It was a delight for the students to meet the orphan pet they were gifting with some toys and chews that are not normally in the shelter’s budget. The highlight of the event was catering by Sugarplum’s Sweets Shop with some gorgeous cupcakes and best of all “paw” print cookies. On Christmas morning, there will be some very happy homeless (for now) canines getting some new chews and toys thanks to this caring group of homeschooled children and their parents.

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Six of Yorktown High School’s most talented individuals recently attended the University Interscholastic League Student Activities Conference at Texas A & M in Corpus Christi. The students participated in workshops for UIL competitive events including Current Issues and Events, Social Studies, Ready Writing, Science, Number Sense, Mathematics, Copy Editing, and Calculator Applications. Jeanne Peterson, Yorktown HS UIL Coordinator accompanied students to the conference.

The Centennial Anniversary (100th anniversary) was celebrated in conjunction with the “Little World’s Fair”. The day of October 13th began with a parade of over 100 entries. The parade was led by the Band of Fort Sam Houston. State Senators were in attendance. An army helicopter and the J. George Loos Greater United Shows were part of the exhibitions.

Wilburn Oehlke and Marilyn Hartman Oehlke, who were married June 18, 1953 on Marilyn's 17th birthday, celebrated their 70th wedding Anniversary and Wilburn’s 90th Birthday on August 26, with friends and family present.

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