Briefly
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Glasscock Co. Senior Citizens
will meet May 4 for potluck. The
April 20 meeting has been canceled.
• A public
meeting will be held Tuesday, April 27 at 7 p.m.
in the school’s Ruth Cook Auditorium for discussion and explanation of GCISD’s
upcoming bond election.
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Early voting for GCISD’s bond election
will be April 30 – May 4 from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. (weekdays only) in the
Glasscock County Courthouse. The Election Day for the bond is May 8 from 7 a.m.
– 7 p.m. at the
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Call the local sheriff’s office
anytime you see dumping of any substance or material on or along county roads or
to report unsafe driving. (354-2361 or 354-2404)
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The family of JoAnn Turner
expresses our gratitude to the Garden City and St. Lawrence communities for the
outpouring of love you showed us.
‘Thank you’ seems such an inadequate response for the way you ministered to our
families. The banquet you served was
delicious, before and after her service.
Mother would have been humbled, as we were, by the kindnesses you
showered on us. Her deep and abiding
love for the community she lived and served in was only second to her love of
God and her family.----------In
His love, Jo Ann Turner family
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Rabies Vaccination Clinic:
Dr.
Dustin McElwee of Brock Veterinary Clinic will be in St. Lawrence at the Parish
Hall from 1 to 3 p.m. and at the
• Swim lessons
for ages 3 and up will be June 14-17 and June 21-24 at the home of Tibby Niehues.
The price is $25 per week or $40 for both weeks. For more information or
to sign up, call Tibby at 354-2220.
• Katy Multer
won the Youth Grand Champion of the cooking division at the recent Glasscock
County Pecan Show with her Crunchy Pecan Bites, while
Amber Halfmann took Youth Reserve
Grand Champion honors with a cookie entry.
Debbie Schraeder’s Frost on Harvest
Cake was voted the Adult Grand Champion, and
Carol Batla won Adult Reserve Grand
Champion with cinnamon rolls. Pecan show cookbooks are for sale at the Extension
office for $5, and all show recipes are included.
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Applications for a scholarship
funded by proceeds from the Glasscock County Pecan Show are available either
through Krista Hughes at school, on the GCISD website, or at the Extension
office. The deadline for applying is
May 3. The scholarship will be
awarded during graduation ceremonies May 28. Thanks to all who
competed in the pecan show cooking contest, and to those who purchased the
entries.
• The Glasscock 4-H Cancer Warrior Relay
for Life Team
is currently seeking members. If you
would like to join the team, please go to
http://www.relayforlife.org to sign up.
If you would like to donate to Relay for Life through our local team,
drop by the Extension Office, or mail your donations to Glasscock Extension
Office,
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Russell Halfmann and Galen Schwartz
will replace John Phillips and Larry Wheat on the Glasscock Groundwater
Conservation District’s Board of Directors. The two were certified as unopposed
candidates at the March 16 GGCD board meeting (Kent McMillan absent), and the
election scheduled for May 8 was cancelled. Phillips and Wheat had chosen not to
run for reelection. Other directors are McMillan, Allan Fuchs and Kenneth
Braden.
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A plant sale will be held April 17
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Horseshoe in
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An earth-kind compost class
conducted by the Midland County AgriLife Extension Service will be June 8 & 10
at 6 p.m. at the CAF Air Power Museum at Midland Air Terminal. Learn how to
improve your soils, garden and landscape by recycling yard and kitchen waste
into soil-enriching mulch and compost. To register by phone, call 432/498-4071.
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Reminder:
The Garden City 2010 Alumni football game between Garden City and Forsan is
Sunday April 25 at noon in
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Farewell from Katherine Sturtz:
I have
learned two things since moving to Garden City.
First of all, I discovered that I am the one with the accent – not you
all. Secondly, I have learned that
no matter where you go, there are good people.
I want you to know that I have so much appreciated your hospitality and
your good will and your support during my 11 years here.
A man once said to me there is nothing in
I also
appreciate the way in which you trained, nurtured and mentored Steve in his job
as your County Agent. You prepared
him for further success and indeed I know that a part of Garden City will remain
with him just as it will with me. You exemplify what I have long believed that
strong families make strong communities and that strong communities in turn make
for strong families. You have been a blessed people and those blessings have
been shared. May God continue to
bless you and may you, in turn, continue to be a blessing to each other. Again,
my thanks for your hospitality and for the memories. Until we meet again, my
best to each of you.
I will be moving to
• Garden City Head
Start registration will be April 20 thru April 22 in the Head Start Office/
Parent Room from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Applications will be taken for children
who will be three and four years old by Sept. 1, 2010. Parents should bring
birth certificate, immunization record, and medical insurance for the enrolling
child, along with social security cards for all members of the household and
proof of income, such as W-2 forms, income tax returns, recent check stubs or
TANF. Contact Delia Pierson @ 354-2413 for more information.
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Kindergarten Registration for 2010
– 2011 is Wednesday, May 12 at 2:45 p.m. Children who will be attending
Garden City’s kindergarten next year are invited to come to the kindergarten
classroom. At this time, the
students will be able to meet the teachers, and participate in fun activities.
Parents will
need to meet in the elementary office to register their children for
kindergarten. Please bring a copy of
your child’s birth certificate, shot record, and social security card.
If you are unable to register your child at this time, please come by the
elementary office at your convenience or call 354-2243.
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County residents are encouraged to complete and mail their census forms.
Anyone who has not gotten a form can pick one up in the hallway of the
courthouse in Garden City. Call Glasscock County Judge Kim Halfmann at 354-2382
for more information.
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A
Christian concert by “The Wager”
will be performed Sunday, May 23 at the St. Lawrence Hall, doors open at 7:30
p.m. Sponsors are the St. Lawrence
CYO and the Garden City FCS and donations will be accepted.
For more information call Tibby Niehues, 354-2220.
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The USDA Rural Development
Local Area Office will hold an office day in Garden City April 20 from 10 a.m. –
2 p.m. in the small meeting room of the community center. A representative will
be available to discuss housing programs for very low, low and moderate income
families, various community program loans and grants, business and industry
loans and grants and to provide guidance in applying for USDA Rural Assistance.
For more information, call the Ozona office at 325/392-2301, ext. 4.
• USDA
Rural Development, Section 504 loan funds
are available to qualified applicants to make their homes more energy efficient.
Loan funds may also be used to make general repairs to improve or modernize the
property, as long as the dwelling remains modest. Call the USDA Rural
Development office in Ozona, 325/392-2301 for more information.
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Jenny Abney was recently hired
as the high school principal’s secretary replacing Dinette Watkins, who will
fill the part-time accounting/payroll position of the late JoAnn Turner in the
superintendent’s office.