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Staff Report on April 5, 2017
Dahlstrom’s Legacy

(photo courtesy of Cecilia Barrentine)

At the time of printing for our March edition of the Hays  County Echo, which was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Hays School District, we did not have a photo of Eric Dahlstrom, namesake of Dahlstrom Middle School. Since then, granddaughter Cecilia Barrentine was able to provide us a photo and some background information on her grandfather. Eric Dahlstrom, a rancher by trade, was on the board of trustees for the Elm Grove School and for the Buda S...

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