Marian Williams’ “Garden Lady” at the Georgetown Public Library

Judy Madsen, Women Helping Others vice president, meets with Sarah Bolton, executive director of Wilco Women’s Health Center, to make a donation. Photo by Anne Marshall

Dana McLaughlin, left, playing Billy Lawlor, and Lorri Boyd, as Dorothy Brock, are shown in a photo from the dress rehearsal of the Georgetown Palace production of “42nd Street” on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The show runs through August 30 on the Springer Stage. Photo by Andy Sharp

Nick Salome’s “A Hawk of a Different Color” won first place.

Paul Finley will perform an acoustic set in Liberty Hill July 24.

Private First Class Joe Klepac, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klepac of Jarrell, Texas, was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in action in Korea while serving with the Fifth Cavalry Regiment of the First Cavalry Division. The presentation was made by Colonel Jonathan M. Rigon, Commanding Officer of the 172d Station Hospital where Klepac is recuperating. Prior to his entry in the armed forces in July, 1950, Klepac worked with his father in “Klepac & Son, Mechanics.”

Georgetown resident Edward Pastor displays history books he used to learn about John Sparks, a former Nevada governor who lived in Georgetown in the late 1800s. Photo by Linda Dwyer