In The Spotlight
• Garden City Bearkat and Lady Kats basketball teams have entered post-season play. The Lady Kats won the Bi-district title by defeating Aspermont 48-37 in Post Feb. 14. Their next game, for the Area title, will be against Spur or Ropes at a place and time to be decided.
The Bearkats will meet Paducah for Bi-district Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in Post.
• Three GCHS athletes recently received honorable mention honors on the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association’s all-state football team. They are sophomore quarterback Alex Halfmann, senior runningback Trey Hillger, and senior lineman Wade Machicek.
• David Hartley Meyer graduated from Texas Tech Dec. 18, 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Natural Sciences. He is the son of Gerry Hartley Short and grandson of Virginia Hartley and the late Jack Hartley.
• Jessica Hoch, daughter of Michael and Melissa Hoch, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Southwestern University in Georgetown. Jessica, a 2004 graduate of Garden City High School and a freshman chemistry major, is also a member of the Southwestern University Lady Pirate basketball team.
• Cade Halfmann, a Glasscock County 4-H member, exhibited a first place heavy weight Wether goat in the Wether Goat Show at the 2005 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Ft. Worth.
• Megan Niehues was recently nominated from GCISD’s gifted and talented program for recognition by the Region 18 Educational Service Center. Megan, a GCHS senior, is the daughter of Rory and Tibby Niehues.