Briefly
• GCISD is taking applications until Aug. 13 for a cafeteria position. Call Kay Chandler, 354-2230, for more information.
• Glasscock County’s Senior Citizens will meet Aug. 17. Bring snack foods. On Sept. 7, the meal will be potluck. September is the month for election of officers for the new year so please try to attend. All meetings start at 6 p.m.
• The county 4-H Achievement Banquet is set for Aug. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Center. All 4-H members, their parents, immediate family members and adult volunteers are invited. A meal will be served, and each 4-H family is asked to bring a dessert. The banquet is a time for 4-H members to be recognized for their work and participation in the program.
• Piano lessons are being offered by Leroy Moore in Garden City at the First Methodist Church. Lessons for children or adults will be given on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning Aug. 16. Call Karen Wheeler, 397-2753, to schedule a lesson time or for more information.
• County rainfall data dating back to 1912 is available online at the Glasscock Underground Water Conservation District’s web site: www.angelfire.com/tx/gcuwd. As of Aug. 9, with 20 of the district’s 30 rain gauges having been reported for July, the county’s average rainfall has been measured at 1.43 inches for July and 10.99 inches for the year. For the previous five years, the district’s data shows the following annual total inches of rainfall: 2003, 13.18; 2002, 15.22; 2001, 13.2; 2000, 14.54 and 1999, 10.53.
• Wayne and Linda Cypert thank everyone for the cards, calls and visits after Wayne’s knee surgery. He plans to have surgery on the other knee either Sept. 3 or 17, so be sure to check your fuel tanks before then.
• Anyone interested in weather will find the following web sites helpful: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), http://www.noaa.gov for all sorts of weather information -- look under the home page menu for topics including weather radar and drought information; National Weather Service in Midland, http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf/, Weather Underground, www.wunderground.com for lots of weather information, including forecasts and radar which can be animated to show cloud movement; Intellicast, http://www.intellicast.com for more good weather information, www.texaswaterinfo.net for a link to the Texas Palmer Drought Severity Index, and the West Texas Weather Modification Association at www.wtwma.com.
• There will be a public tax hearing Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. in the school administration building. At 7 p.m. that same evening, the GCISD Board will meet in special session to set the 2004-2005 tax rate.