BENJAMIN-Benjamin School Board preliminary totals, Special election Jake Cowen 78 (no write-ins). General election: Jacob Siemens 50, Enrique Acevedo 45, Ben Grill 50, Jason Doran 50, and Stephen Kuehler 38.

KNOX COUNTY – Cast your vote in Munday for City Council members and School Board Trustees at the Perry Patton Community Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Menus for week of May 6-10 Monday: Steak fingers, white gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots, bread, bars. Tuesday: Chicken and sausage gumbo, fluffy rice, black eyed peas, cornbread, Mandarin oranges.

AMANDA BURBANK | MUNDAY CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY “We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of do’s and don’ts: We need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but once upon a time lasts forever.

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STAFF REPORTS A historic “Quail Appre- ciation Dayc will be held at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch in Fisher County on Friday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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KNOX COUNTY - Radar showed severe thunderstorms were headed toward Knox County Saturday afternoon Apr. 27 traveling northeast. The severe weather was initially forecasted to pass between Benjamin and Truscott. Warnings for hail damage and a tornado watch were soon issued.