🌱 How Bullard’s Murry family turned years of work into a state title

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In today's newsletter:

• How Bullard’s Murry family turned years of work into a state title
• Meet the Bullard valedictorian turning scholarship dollars into architecture dreams

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 83, low: 71.
• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bullard's softball state championship a ‘special' moment for Murry family (marshallnewsmessenger.com) — Bullard High School’s Lady Panthers have captured their first-ever softball state championship, capping a 23-game win streak and years of near-misses. Coach Julie Murry, her assistant-coach husband Brett, and freshman daughter Madelyn all shared in the title run, turning the Murry family’s long Bullard-centered softball journey into a milestone moment for the community.
   

• P.E.O. International awards scholarships to Tyler-area graduates (tylerpaper.com) — Bullard residents can celebrate Bullard High School valedictorian Piper Drinkwater, who just earned a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from P.E.O. International for her academic, artistic, and leadership achievements. The award recognizes her top class ranking, volleyball leadership, and extensive volunteer work, and will support her plans to study architecture at Brigham Young University. Another Tyler-area senior, Sylvie Geer, also received a $2,500 scholarship.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Missing Cat
  Mosley Neighborhood, Ash Drive. She went outside the morning of May 22, and we haven’t seen her since. She’s a stray who showed up when we moved… (Nextdoor Mosley Place)
• Needing estimates for a new meter loop pole installed.
  My power companies pole fell and snapped my meter loop pole. The meter on my pole is still good I bought a new one last year. The wires run in the… (Nextdoor Snow Mountain)

• Southside Bancshares, Inc. posted a job opening for Teller I in Bullard. Apply here.
• CVS Pharmacy, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Associate in Whitehouse. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bullard here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Whitehouse

• Winona ISD introduces 13 coaches (tylerpaper.com)
• East Texas boaters raise concerns over high fuel prices going into summer (ketk.com)

Tyler

• Tyler ISD schools celebrate national lighthouse certification (ketk.com)
• Proposed Toll 49 extension aims to reduce travel times in Tyler (ketk.com)
• North Tyler residents block metal recycling business plan (ketk.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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