Briefly
• Glasscock County Senior Citizens will resume their meetings March 6 at 6 p.m. with potluck. All seniors are encouraged to go to the health fair at the school before this meeting, where School Nurse Christy Seidenberger will have tests available for all. We will have snack night on March 20. Come join us for fellowship and games.
• Recent telephone solicitations and mailed flyers from the Texas Highway Patrol Association and Museum are bogus, according to Deputy Sheriff Keith Burnett. He says legitimate law enforcement organizations do not make telephone solicitations. Burnett said if county residents get these calls, and if they become in any way forceful, they should be reported to the local sheriff’s department.
• The county commissioners’ court on Feb. 12 appointed Alan Dierschke and Mary Jo Cope to the county’s historical association. Dierschke and Cope are to find several other members for the group.
• County commissioners approved on Feb. 12 a $25 connect fee plus a $25 refundable deposit for the Garden City Water Supply system, lowering the cost of beginning service with an existing meter. A $250 charge for a new meter and installation remains in effect.
• Applications for the Glasscock County Cooperative extension office secretary will be taken Feb. 14 through Feb. 28. Those interested may pick up applications and job descriptions at the office from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday. The job is part-time, requiring 20 hours per week, 8 to noon, Monday through Friday, with no county benefits and a salary of $12,000 per year. Interviews will be conducted March 1 or 2 with a starting date the second week in March. According to County Judge Wilburn Bednar, secretary Tracy Hollingsworth resigned to take a job with the McDowell Ranch. Call 354-2381 or 354-2608 for more information.
• Winners of the Glasscock County FFA Varmint-Calling contest were: first place team of Baylor Walker, Wesley Glass, Barney Sisco, Trey Sisco; second place team Casey Smith, Nathan Spencer, Jake Quine; third place team Josh Gaines, Bailey Gaines, James Gaines.
• Metal trash barrels are available from the local Lions Club for $10 each. You can pick them up, or a club member will deliver. Call John Kinnibrugh, 354-2512, Eric Seidenberger, 354-2314 or Warren Multer, 354-2466.
• GCISD is participating in Walk Across Texas, an 8 week 836 mile virtual trek across our great state. After four weeks of wearing a pedometer, the staff has nearly walked across the US by logging 2,620 miles as a team. The elementary students have walked 2,327 miles all together. Each class has averaged 60-80 miles a week. Walk Across Texas is a fun, flexible and free way to exercise offered by the Texas Cooperative Extension that promotes regular daily activity.