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A bright opportunity for budding engineers Carl Kieke For girls with a yen for scientific or engineering activities, you have an opportunity to build a solar-powered car and compare it to cars built by other girls from the area. And you don’t have to go anywhere to do it; it’s all virtual. This event is designated for Girl Scouts of all ages — and non-Girl Scouts from kindergarten through high school — who live in the area covered by Girl Scouts of Central Texas. That includes any county completely south of Interstate 20 – i.e., if I-20 runs through your county, you are not in Cen...

Big Country juniors earn 4-H accolades Carl Kieke Last week I reported on the 4-H Seniors who advanced to the state round-up based on their finish at the District 7 competition. This week, we look at the juniors who finished Top 3 in their events. Juniors do not advance to the state level. Runnels and Taylor counties picked up quite a few top finishers in a variety of categories, which bodes well for competitions in future years as these members advance to the senior level. Runnels County competitors picked up four top finishers, while Taylor County had three. Rylee Vahlenkamp was first with ...

Girl Scout gets veterans' accolades Carl Kieke Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6873 in Abilene honored a young woman as their Girl Scout of the Year during ceremonies last week. Olivia Hessock, now a freshman at Angelo State University, received the annual honor. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Norman Hessock of Abilene. Hessock graduated from Wylie in 2020 – one of the seniors with the misfortune of losing much of their senior year to the COVID pandemic. But before that, she was obviously quite busy. Before moving to Abilene, she lived in Alaska, where, as a Junior Girl Scout, she earned...