BELTON â Hometown heroes emerged as one of the themes Saturday morning of the Belton Fourth of July Parade. The rain held off and a cloudy overcast kept the temperature down during the 1½-hour parade, which followed a short program on the north steps of the Bell County Courthouse.
The main speaker, Brigadier Gen. Brett Sylvia, acting 1st Cavalry Division commander at Fort Hood, underscored remarks made earlier by Randy Pittenger, president of the Belton Chamber of Commerce, concerning hometown heroes. Sylvia included police officers, firefighters, educators responders and educators in that group. Other unheralded persons in the past year, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the winter storm, he said, have been truck drivers and grocery store workers.
Rain or shine, the Belton Fourth of July Parade will go on.
The popular annual event, which became a virtual event during the coronavirus crisis last year, returns to the streets of Belton this morning despite a 70 percent chance of rain by the paradeâs start.
At 9 a.m., before the parade, a 30-minute patriotic program will be held on the steps of the Bell County Courthouse, 101 E. Central Ave. in Belton.
âThis is the traditional way to start the parade,â Randy Pittenger, president of the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Telegram.
The program will include a color guard from Fort Hood, along with the singing of the National Anthem by the Belton High School Madrigal, the schoolâs show choir. A Scout troop will lead the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance and state Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, will give the invocation.
Update | Local church must still pay $57,000 electric bill, but overtime
Immanuel Lutheran Ministries won t be forced to cut programs or close doors, but their debt isn t going away either. Author: Andrew Moore Updated: 6:47 PM CDT July 1, 2021
TEMPLE, Texas A local church is stuck paying a $57,010 power bill for the month of February, even after the energy company and Public Utility Commission took another look at the issue.
Immanuel Lutheran Ministries has a Temple campus and a Belton campus. They ve been with energy company Constellation since 2012 and recent energy bills at the Belton Campus ranged from $500 to $1,000 a month.
When they got a Belton campus bill for $57,010.78 after the winter storm, Pastor Dana Wilhelmsen thought it had to be a mistake.
Itâs a tradition that Texas lawyers have conducted for many years.
The effort is organized by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, which holds public readings of the Declaration of Independence across the state just before the Fourth of July is celebrated.
âWe are proud to emphasize the patriotism associated with Independence Day,â association President Grant Scheiner, a Houston resident, said in a news release. âTCDLA recognizes the Declaration of Independence as a bedrock document that not only liberated the colonies but eventually led to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the American rule of law â concepts criminal defense lawyers use every day to protect individual liberties in courthouses across the land.â
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