Briefly
• A Thanksgiving meal will be served to the public in the school cafeteria Nov. 16 from 11:15 to 12:30. All plates are $6 and the deadline for to-go orders is Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. Pickup time for to-go orders is 11 a.m.
• Glasscock County’s senior citizens will meet Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Senior Citizen’s Building; bring snacks and finger food. The seniors’ Christmas party will be Dec. 5 at 6 p.m.; ham will be furnished, so bring something to go with it. The group will not exchange Christmas gifts, having opted instead to bring canned goods for the local 4-H club’s effort to provide food for those who need it.
• A Christmas party with catered dinner for Glasscock County employees and their guests will be Dec. 6 in the community center.
• The school band concert will be Dec. 18 from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Cook Auditorium.
• The Bearkat Booster Club Basketball Tournament (varsity girls and boys) is Nov. 30 – Dec. 2.
• The 70th Annual Glasscock County Jr. Livestock Show is scheduled for Jan. 4 – 6, 2007.
• Jeremy and M’Lynn (Niehues) Taylor returned from China in mid-summer after ten months with the ELIC program, teaching college students who know English how to use their English words and make conversation. They now live in Midland where M'Lynn is a staff accountant for Warren Cat Corp and Jeremy commutes to Texas Tech University to get his Masters of Science in exercise and sport science.
• Victor Yanez, his wife Rhetta Alvarado Yanez, and their son, Lee Alexander are living in Germany where Victor is on active duty in the United States Army with the 412 Alpha Company. Rhetta, daughter of Jaime and Cecilia Alvarado, is a 2003 GCHS graduate.
• Glasscock County 4-H Club and Adult Leader Association thank everyone who helped make the Halloween Carnival a success. Winners in the costume contest were: Kindergarten and Under - Tatum Kinnibrugh 1st, Peyton Royall 2nd, Zoe Granzin 3rd; Grades
1 – 3 - Hope Halfmann 1st, Carlie Hollingsworth 2nd, Brooklyn Batla 3rd; Grades 4 – 6 - Hannah Halfmann 1st, Brandon Gartman 2nd, Brylie Schaefer 3rd; Groups - Brody and Ty Halfmann 1st, Reed and Owen Seidenberger 2nd, Avery and Weston Jost 2nd, Kamie and Holly Halfmann 3rd.