The Monitor Newspaper - Cedar Creek Lake

11/20/2025

🎄✨ Christmas Parade & Market on Main Street – Join the Holiday Magic! ✨🎄

Kemp’s holiday celebration is bigger than ever this year — with a full Christmas Market at Kemp City Park from 3 PM to 8 PM AND the Christmas Parade on Main Street!

🛍️ Christmas Market at the Park
📍 Kemp City Park
🕒 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Enjoy shopping, local vendors, holiday treats, gifts, crafts, and family fun before and after the parade! Make an afternoon of it!

📣 Parade Route:
The parade begins at Old Hwy 40 & Main Street and travels straight down Main Street.
Bring your chairs and blankets—get the perfect viewing spot!

🎅 Event Highlights:
✨ Christmas Parade
🎁 Vendor Market (3–8 PM)
🍬 Treats, music & family activities
🎅 Pictures with Santa
🎄 A magical night in Downtown Kemp

📅 Saturday, November 29th
📍 Kemp City Park & Main Street

💚 Thank You to Our 2025 Christmas on Main Sponsors! 💚

⭐ Kemp Mini Storage
⭐ First Baptist Kemp
⭐ City of Kemp
⭐ Nana B’s Sweets & Things
⭐ Pirates Unlimited
⭐ Twisted Hallows Ranch LLC
⭐ Tharp Family Farm
⭐ Ruidoso Snacks
⭐ Fidelity Openings LLC
⭐ Scurry Rosser Munchies

11/20/2025

Congratulations to all the graduates of the Citizens Academy hosted by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office and the Kaufman County District Attorney’s Office! Your dedication, participation, and commitment to learning more about public safety and the justice system are truly commendable.
A special thank-you to all the instructors whose time, expertise, and passion made this program a success. Your efforts make a lasting impact on our community.

11/20/2025

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11/20/2025

11/20/2025

Catherine Sue Hughes
Oct. 13, 1954 - Nov. 17, 2025

Catherine Sue Hughes, 71, died peacefully Nov. 17 in Wimberley surrounded by her family. Catherine was born in Dallas Oct. 13, 1954, to Benjamin and Barbara Miller.
She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend whose gentle strength and unwavering love touched everyone she met. Catherine cared deeply for her family and friends and she had a special love for her dogs Abby and Leo.
Catherine cherished her family above all else. She found great joy in shopping, celebrating holidays and birthdays and especially cruising with her husband to new places where the made many lifelong friends.
Catherine had a gift for making others feel special- she put thought and heart into every card, gift and gesture. She touched many lives with her kindness. She was also a diehard Cowboy Fan.
Catherine loved her church family and spoke often of the joy and strength she found in her faith community.
Catherine was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband Glenn Hughes, son Jonathan Chadwick Andrews and fiancé Kim Skinner and unofficial adopted son Charles Edward Noe III, siblings Benjamin M Miller III and wife Janet Miller, Thomas C Miller and wife Melissa L Miller, Deborah R Martin and husband Tommy Martin, bonus children Whitney Hughes, Jennifer and Jay Bachman, Scott Hughes, Robyn and Rohan Chang, Lindsay and Ben Haney and Stephanie and Joshua Stanley, grandchildren Amberli and Ian Klein, Malayna Hughes, David Chang, Autumn Brake, Willam and Brooke Bachman, Cayden and Kye Haney, Morgan, Hailey and Joshua Stanley and great-grandchildren Elijah, Elliott, Giovanni and Rylee who brought immeasurable joy and filled her heart every time they were together.
There was a family gathering Nov. 19, 2025. There will be a Celebration of Life at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Wimberley Service Industry Relief Fund.

11/19/2025

Mabelle’s Toy Drive continues tomorrow at Walmart in Gun Barrel City!
Let’s come together again to help bring joy to local children this Christmas season.

Collection Tomorrow:
🕓 4 PM – 7 PM at Walmart

Bring a new, unwrapped toy and help make a difference.
City Hall and the Police Department remain open for drop-offs as well.

11/19/2025

🍭Two weeks left to sign up for the Gun Barrel City Christmas Parade! 🍭

This year’s theme is Christmas in Candyland, and we’re inviting floats, marching groups, and organizations to be part of the sweetest parade of the season.

📅 Saturday, December 6 at 6:00 PM
📍 Gun Barrel City
🎁 Sign up here: https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=37981

Think gumdrop lanes, candy cane forests, and gingerbread dreams come to life! Don’t miss your chance to spread holiday cheer and show off your Candyland creativity.

Let’s turn the streets into a winter candy wonderland, thanks to every one of you adding your own flavor to the parade! 🍬

11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

Bill Sekel of the Athens Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented a resolution to the Henderson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday honoring key events from 1775 as part of the national 250th anniversary observance. Judge Wade McKinney thanked Sekel for his work and said the court looks forward to future presentations. The resolution encourages residents to join the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution in commemorating the early milestones that shaped the nation’s founding.

Pictured, from left, are Commissioners Mark Richardson and Chuck McHamm, Bill Sekel, County Judge Wade McKinney, and Commissioner Wendy Spivey.

11/19/2025

Karen Jane Penland 🩷
JUNE 8, 1948 – NOVEMBER 17, 2025

Karen Jane Anders Penland, 77, passed peacefully on November 17, 2025. Born June 8, 1948, in Athens, Texas, she was the beloved daughter of James Elmer Anders and Artie Belle Slaton Anders.
Karen was the devoted wife of Kenneth Penland for 57 wonderful years—years filled with unwavering love, partnership, and adventure. Together, they built a life rooted in faith, family, and service.

For many years, Karen worked as an Escrow Officer, known for her professionalism, integrity, and dedication. She also faithfully served as church secretary and treasurer at A Sinner’s Hope Baptist Church and was a faithful member of Grace Community Church.

After her retirement in 1999, Karen and Kenneth enjoyed traveling the country by RV, creating cherished memories on the open road. Yet no matter where she went, Karen’s heart was always at home with her family and friends. She was deeply involved in various ministries and joyfully supported her children and grandchildren in all their activities. A cancer survivor and one of the toughest women her loved ones ever knew, Karen faced every challenge with remarkable strength and grace.

Karen’s legacy lives on through the family she adored. She is survived by her three children: Tammy Denham; Kim Marshall and husband Rodney; and Kenny Penland and wife Angela. She leaves behind her treasured grandchildren—Cameron Wood, James Renfroe, Haley Chaparro, Ashley Marshall, Camron Marshall, Kendall Penland, and Kaden Penland—along with nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

In loving memory of Karen, the family invites all who knew her to join in celebrating a life beautifully lived and deeply loved.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Grace Community Church in Mabank, Texas. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at New Harmony Cemetery in Ben Wheeler, Texas.

Serving as pallbearers will be Kendall Penland, Kaden Penland, Kaleb Marshall, Luis Chaparro, Cory Tidwell, and Joshua Arnold.

11/18/2025

Happy 95th birthday to Ms Fran!!
🥳🎂🎈🎉🌷

FROM VICKI DUMONT FB:

We are now at Tool Elementary school.

We’re waiting for the students to come in for lunch this morning.

Miss Fran has already begun reading the birthday cards that she’s received from all the students as well as the community.

We are wishing her a very happy birthday 95 years, oh my!!!!

God bless her.

11/18/2025

🦃 Thanksgiving Break Hours at Whatz-Up Fun Park! 🎢
Bring your family and friends for some holiday fun! Here are our special hours for Thanksgiving Break:
🎡 Thanksgiving Break Schedule:
Fri, Nov 21: 5 PM – 10 PM
Sat, Nov 22: 11 AM – 10 PM
Sun, Nov 23: 11 AM – 8 PM
Mon, Nov 24: 11 AM – 8 PM
Tue, Nov 25: 11 AM – 8 PM
Wed, Nov 26: 11 AM – 8 PM
Thu, Nov 27: CLOSED for Thanksgiving 🦃
Fri, Nov 28: 11 AM – 10 PM
Sat, Nov 29: 11 AM – 10 PM
Sun, Nov 30: 11 AM – 8 PM
Come make some holiday memories with us! ✨ See you at the park!