Briefly
• Correction: It was Ashley Hirt, not Erin Hirt, who showed the Reserve Grand Champion Swine at the Glasscock County Junior Livestock Show in January. We regret the error.
• Applications for the current Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ranking period must be filed no later than March 29. Practices include brush control, livestock water facilities, terracing, waterways, and irrigation management. For more information, or to schedule an appointment for filing applications, call the FSA office, 354-2391. The Sterling County NRCS office may be contacted, toll-free, at 1-800-962-9369.
• Early voting begins Feb. 25 and ends on March 8 for the March 12 primary election. Locally, the only contested race is in the Republican primary, where Nell Zunker is challenging incumbent Alan Dierschke for the county treasurer’s position.
• GCISD’s school board changed its meeting from Feb. 11 to Feb. 18 due to conflicts with livestock shows. The rescheduled meeting will be covered in the March issue of theGlasscock County News.
• A beginning Emergency Medical Training class now has 10 members. Those who complete the training will become valuable volunteers for the local Emergency Medical Service.
• The third annual Stribling Art Extravaganza will be held Feb. 22--24 at Fort Concho in San Angelo. One hundred twenty artists and artisans will display more than 230 works in various media at the event, which benefits West Texas Rehabilitation Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and 23; 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 24, and admission is free.
• Lana Hirt thanks the community for its support of the chicken dinner sale to benefit the 2002 Project Graduation.