Klondike High School student council members have been collecting items for the local Lights of Love campaign which provides Christmas gifts for children of low-income families. A total of 117 items were turned over Monday to the Dawson County Child Welfare Board, which hosts the Lights of Love. Klondike ISD photo
Decorated Christmas trees stationed at the Dawson County Public Library are helping local organizations raise funds for their causes.
■ On Dec. 25, 1776, Gen. George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 Patriot troops, hoping to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Christmas at their winter quarters in Trenton, New Jersey. Washington’s men quickly overwhelmed the German defenders, who were groggy from the previous evening’s festivities, and by morning the town was surrounded.
Chester Huff age 70, of Lamesa passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021, in Lamesa, Texas.
Miniature horses Nugget and Sugar pulled a small cart during the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Light-ed Christmas Parade this past Saturday at Forrest Park.
The Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas Parade Saturday night brought out a ton of kids visiting with Santa, making gingerbread houses, seeing a parade that cruised around Forrest Park and watching a fireworks show to wrap up the evening.
Dawson County voters will not have any contested local elections on the ballot in the party primaries next spring.
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