Briefly
• I thank everyone for their generosity at the first Coaches vs Cancer benefit. This community never ceases to amaze me. When there is a good cause or a crisis, the community comes together and makes Glasscock County such a great place to live and work. Your donations raised $1,477 dollars to benefit the American Cancer Society. Thanks again for your time, effort, support, and especially your generosity. Brent Kirkland, Athletic Director/Girls’ Basketball Coach, Garden City High School
• Glasscock
County Senior Citizens
will meet Tuesday,
March 3 at 6 p.m. We will order hamburgers from Halfmann’s. It would be
helpful if you can be at the meeting by 5:30 so we can get the order to
Halfmann’s by 6 p.m. Please bring dips, chips and desserts. This will be the
only meeting in March.
We are planning to have a person from
Permian Basin Seniors to speak to us the first meeting in April. They will
update us on issues such as medical, social security and other services that
they offer to the seniors. Please join us for good food and fellowship.
• Mark your calendars
for the Community Wide Health Fair on Thursday, April 2.
It will be a fun-filled evening of health education and awareness. The fair
begins at 3 p.m. at the school, with a "Kat" Walk for Cancer at 6 p.m. with
proceeds benefiting the Glasscock 4-H Cancer Warrior Relay for Life team.
A meal will be provided in the
cafeteria between 5 and 7 p.m. with proceeds to benefit the 4-H Teen Leadership
Tour. The 2008 Shattered Dreams video will be shown from 6:30 to 7 p.m. in the
auditorium. Childcare will be available in the band hall during the video
presentation. If you have questions, contact Christy Seidenberger at 354-2243.
• Contributions to the Jessie Flores 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund can be made at the Glasscock County Bank, P.O. Box 90, Garden City, TX 79739. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a GCISD high school senior during the Glasscock County Junior Livestock Show.
• The Glasscock 4-H Cancer Warriors team has been developed online to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Annual Relay For Life in May. The team will consist of 4-H members, parents and Extension agents. Any 4-H member, kindergarten through high school senior, may participate. Each person attending, youth or adult, must register as a team member to participate. To register, go to http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=17560. Call the extension office for more information.
• Former Glasscock County resident Kallie Kohls York is working for an Internet marketing company out of Chicago called America’s Best Companies. The company helps small businesses and medium market companies get found on over 40 major search engines on the Internet. If your business would benefit from web advertising, contact her by email (kjkohls13@aol.com), phone (325/853-2585) or cell phone (325/277-7077). She suggests you also check out America’s Best Companies on the web at http://www.gowithabc.com.
• The St.
Lawrence Knights of Columbus
held its annual free throw contest on Feb. 1 in St. Lawrence. Winners of the
Council contest and advancing to the Diocesan level were: 14 year-olds Cassie
Hirt and Colton Belew, 13 year-olds Lexie Schaefer and Peyton Schaefer, 12
year-olds Hannah Halfmann and Shawn Walker, 11 year-olds Brylie Schaefer and
Bailey Matschek and 10 year-old Ashlyn Koenning.
Placing at the Diocesan contest held
Feb. 8 in Wall were Peyton Schaefer-2nd; Brylie Schaefer-3rd; and Bailey
Matschek-4th in their respective age division.
• A trial date of March 23 has been set for Rodney Mason, who is accused of a murder that occurred in 2008 on Highway 137 near the Martin County line. [Trial date is subject to rescheduling.]
• The Glasscock County Sheriff’s Office issued 179 traffic citations and made 4 arrests in January. The sheriff’s office currently has four inmates, 3 jailed in Reagan County and 1 in Howard County.
• GCISD’s board voted on Feb. 9 to extend the contracts of elementary school principal Randy Gartman and secondary school principal Misty Kinnibrugh for two years and awarded them each a $2,000 salary increase. Bringing their salaries to $57,000 and $62,000 respectively.