June 2022

Body During the Grand Saline City Council meeting held June 14, the council approved the retirement and sale of the city’s K9 Officer Figo. According to Figo’s handler, Officer Foster, K9 Figo has a medical issue that caused blindness.

Body Van Area Chamber of Commerce President Pat Valentine provided updates on upcoming chamber related activities June 7 during the chamber’s quarterly luncheon held downtown at The Movie House.

Body The Grand Saline Salt Festival was held Saturday, June 11, in downtown Grand Saline. The event featured a long parade, games such as horseshoes, corn hole, a car show and more.

Body At the conclusion of the regular monthly meeting of the Van City Council June 9, former Van Mayor Pro Tem Amanda Davis announced her resignation from the city council, effective immediately. “I am moving out of the city limits of Van,” said Davis to those in attendance.

Body Photos by Amandi Goldman.

Body As I was finishing up cataloging a stack of books, I looked at Mr. Rogers and told him that it feels like we have been doing nothing other than this since January. That got me to thinking, so I started doing some number crunching.

Body Van Freedom Boom celebration set for Saturday, June 25 The City of Van recently released plans for their sixth annual Independence Day celebration known as Van Freedom Boom. Activities will take place from 5-10 p.m.

Body June 18: Wills Point’s annual Juneteenth celebration will begin at 11 a.m. with a parade making its way down from the intersection of O’Neal and S. Fourth St. towards South Park.

Body The SPCA of Texas and the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office served a search and seizure warrant at a property in Van Zandt County, before removing 14 animals from the property June 10. The animals included five dogs, five koi fish, two cats, one macaw and one deceased cockatoo.