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Residents at Villa Haven Health and Rehabilitation Center were the recipients of a grant fund from the Elk’s Lodge #1480 in Breckenridge. Wayne Justus, a member of the local lodge said each year the “Gratitude Grants” are given by the National Elks Foundation. The local lodges usually receive around $10,000.

This year the Elk’s #1480 purchased bed size blankets, clocks, puzzles, and an assortment of other household items for the residents.

The city of Breckenridge put out two boil water notices in the past wee. ne for the 500 through 900 Blocks of North Parks, effective Thursday, Jan. 10, and one for the 600 through 700 blocs of Zest lm treet, effective unday, Jan. 13, according to release sfrom the city. In both cases, a water line broke during construction, causing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to recommend residents in the aficted areas boil their water before consumption.

The city of Breckenridge is partnering with Republic Services to conduct a monthly bulk pickup for residents in Breckenridge this year, according to a release from the city.

Residents are allowed up to three bulk items with no loose trash. The city is asking to please place bulk items at least three feet away from the poly cart. All items must be at curbside the day before collection. A specific collection vehicle will collect the items, as well as bagged or bundled yard waste. The vehicle will only collect once from each residential unit, according to the release.

Calls for Service = 34

Inmates Currently Housed = 27

Civil Papers Served = 14

Calls for service include but are not limited to: 911 calls, non-emergency calls, registering sex offenders, working traffic accidents, serving civil papers, transporting prisoners and juveniles in and out of the county, mental hospital transports, court security, some proactive calls, etc.

Jan. 7

• A deputy took a report

of a burglary of building in the 10,000 block

of FM 207 that occurred

Monday, Jan. 7

• Joshua Paul Armstrong, 33, was arrested by Officer John Butler for public intoxication.

Tuesday, Jan. 8

• James Daniel Vickers, 44, was arrested by Officer Kirby Brown on a Stephens County warrant for injury to a child/elderly/disabled criminal negligence. His bond was set at $25,000. The suspect was transported to Stephens County jail and booked without incident.

The Breckenridge American would like to apologize for a few of the posts made to our Facebook page during the last couple of weeks. It has been brought to our attention that some of our readers and subscribers did not appreciate a variety of the stories we had posted about, specifically regarding stories from other publications.