Briefly
* An appreciation dinner for county Emergency Medical Service and Fire Department volunteers will be held Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the St. Lawrence Hall. All county volunteers are invited.
* A barbecued chicken dinner, sponsored by Project Graduation, will be held on Super Bowl Sunday, Jan. 30. Students will be contacting people in the county for orders. If you haven’t been contacted by Jan.22, call Lana Hirt, 397-2317 or Kay Donna Machicek, 397-2364. Chickens are $6 each, and another $2 gets you a quart of beans, a pint of slaw and sauce. Pick up your order on Jan. 30 at the St. Lawrence Hall, the courthouse in Garden City or the Catholic Church in Midkiff.
* The Cub Scouts will hold a food drive Jan. 25 -- 29. Collection boxes will be placed in the post office in Garden City and the CCD building at the church in St. Lawrence. On Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., scouts will go house to house to collect food items which have been left on your porch for pickup.
* The Senior Citizens will meet Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. in the new Senior Citizens’ Center. There will be chicken and dumplings, and folks are asked to bring a salad or a dessert.
* A computer desk that is for sale is on display in the hallway at the courthouse. Submit your sealed bid to the county judge’s office. Susie Hillger says bids will be opened at the commissioners’ court meeting Feb. 14.
* Earn $10.25 per hour working for the census bureau in Glasscock County. Testing is currently being conducted every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Glasscock County Courthouse. Bring your driver’s license and social security card. For more info, call 1/888/325-7733.
* Pedro Trevino and his family want to thank the Glasscock County EMT unit for their work when he had a heart attack in November. His son Jesse says Pedro is at home now after a lengthy hospitalization, and is doing well.
* There are several bowls at the Baptist Church, which have been left from funeral meals. Please go by and pick yours up. Call Anita Calverley (354-2378) for more information.