Briefly
• Glasscock County is taking sealed bids on a 1995 F510 John Deere lawn mower. The minimum bid is $1,001. Bids must be turned in to the county judge's office or to the county clerk's office no later than 9 a.m. Nov 12, and will be opened at 10 a.m. that day. Call Douglas Plagens at 270 -8576 for more information.
• The school will hold an auction Nov. 16 beginning at 9 a.m. in the bus barn. Various items will be sold, including tires, two buses, and furniture. These will be available for preview on Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Those interested in weather should take a look at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center online. Go to http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
• The Glasscock County Senior Citizens will meet Nov. 5 at the Senior Citizen’s building. Turkey and dressing will be provided. Each member is asked to bring a vegetable, salad, or dessert. Anyone over the age of 50 is invited to attend. The seniors meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m.
• The November general election will be Tuesday, Nov. 5. Early voting is Oct. 21 – Nov. 1. No local positions are contested.
• The Lion’s Club Halloween Carnival will be Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Glasscock County Community Center.
• Poinsettias are being sold by local 4-H’ers. The plants are $10 each and will be delivered the second week in December.
• The school library is open every Monday and Tuesday night from 6 to 9 p.m. for anyone who wants to use a computer or surf the Internet, according to School Superintendent Steve Long.
• A Rangeland and Watershed Restoration Demo will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov .5 at the Wagon Wheel Ranch in Upton County. Topics include chemical IPT strategies for mesquite control, individual plant mesquite grubbing with backhoe, land reclamation with contour ripping/furrowing, and mapping with GIS. For more information, call Steve Sturtz at 354-2381.
• Spaces are still available in community computer classes, which are being held every Monday night from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the elementary school computer lab (Kenneth Chandler’s room), according to Steve Long. The classes are free and began Oct. 14. The first sessions will teach basic computer skills, keyboarding, and how to use the Internet. Later sessions will cover Word, Power Point and Excel. Call 354-2230 to sign up.
• The Farm Services Agency’s County Committee election will be held this year in Local Administrative Area Number One, which is all portions of the county north of County Road 110 and Hwy. 158. That position is now held by Joe Melanie Calverley, who is not running for reelection. Generally, to be eligible for the committee, a person should live in LAA #1 and be eligible to participate in a local FSA program. Call 354-2391 for more specific information. Nominations are being taken until Oct. 28.
• The Glasscock Groundwater Conservation District’s board of directors elected Larry Wheat as its secretary and reelected Kenneth Braden chairman and Dennis Seidenberger vice-chairman at its meeting Sept. 17, with director Mike Hughes absent. District Manager Rick Harston reported that there would be no cloud seeding from October to March because of too few opportunities and the possibility of too much icing on the planes.
• Jackie Schaefer has been hired as the part-time secretary for the Texas Cooperative Extension Service. Steve Sturtz said there were seven applicants for the job.
• Clarification: Glasscock County has budgeted $100,000 for all road equipment, not just for a maintainer, as we indicated in the September issue of this newsletter.