Briefly
• The Garden City spring band concert will be May 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ruth Cook Auditorium. A retirement reception for Charles Zachry will follow the concert.
• A public meeting will be held Tuesday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in the courthouse regarding the courthouse restoration project. Everyone is urged to attend, in order to be informed about the project, to voice what you would like to see done in it, and to provide memories of past activities in and around the courthouse and the old jail (the original courthouse). The county historical committee is still asking for old photos of the courthouse and old jail, and for any information any of you might have regarding the buildings.
• The Glasscock County Senior Citizens are hosting an open house Sunday, April 30 from 2 until 5 p.m. in their new center at 601 Highway 33 in Garden City. Everyone is invited!
• Seven candidates have filed for the three positions open in the GCISD board election which will be held May 6. The candidates, all running at large, are: Brad Avery, Kenneth Branham, Ernestina (Tina) Flores (incumbent), Doug Schafer, Randy Schmitz, Cecilia Schwartz and Paul Schwartz. Early voting runs from April 19 through May 2 in the courthouse. On May 6, voting will be at the St. Lawrence Hall (Precinct 1), the Garden City Church of Christ (Precincts 2 & 4) and Drumright (Precinct 3).
• State approved septic system inspections can now be done by Jim Havlak, who is the county’s licensed inspector. The inspection fee, set by the county commissioners’ court, is $110. If the TNRCC does the inspection, the charge is $210.
• Fiddle lessons for any age person will be offered in Garden City starting in June. Ricky Boen, a world championship fiddler, will conduct classes at the Baptist Church. Interested folks should call Tanya Multer at 354-2466 or Boen at 570-9609 in Greenwood.
• The Bearkat Booster Club will host the 2000 UIL Banquet Tuesday, May 16 at 6 p.m. at the school cafeteria. A meal will be catered by Al’s Bar-B-Q. Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the high school office and from Nancy Hillger or Becky Batla. Come and show your support to the youth of the community.
• Donna Donica was recently hired as the Glasscock County Underground Water Conservation District’s secretary at an annual salary of $19,000. She will begin work April 24.
• The GCHS Student Council is primarily responsible for the trash clean-up west of town on Highway 158. Please, help us keep it clean. Reminder: when using your Target credit card, you may designate Garden City Junior/Senior High School as the benefit school.
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special message from Teresa and Leon Reed
“Thanks
for the memories - 21 years of them. Thanks to all the great Glasscock County
friends and family who welcomed us ‘newcomers’ into the community and helped us raise our
family there. We will miss you all. Whenever you’re in Midland, please call or
come by. (Of course, we will probably see you at Wal-Mart!)”
Address: 904 S. Bentwood Dr., Midland, TX 79703-6863, Phone: 689-8001.
• The Glasscock County 4-H Club is sponsoring a “Window Washin’ Day” Friday, June 2. They will be washing windows for anyone in the community, with preference given to the elderly. If you would like your windows washed, please call Jill Hoelscher, 354-2449, so your name can be put on a list. This is a community service project and is free of charge. However, they are accepting donations to purchase stuffed animals to donate to a children’s hospital. Your donations will be greatly appreciated.
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