Briefly
• Early voting for the Nov. 7 election is Oct. 23 – Nov 3 from 8:30 – 4 p.m. The last day to apply for a mail-in ballot is Oct. 31, and these ballots must be back in the clerk’s office by Nov.7. Contact the office for an application. The General Election is Nov. 7 and polls are open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• Glasscock County Senior Citizens will meet Oct. 17, and Glasscock Co. 4-H students will hold a bingo session for the Seniors. The group will have snacks and finger foods that night, so come out and enjoy meeting with the youth of the community. Potluck will be served at the November meeting, which has been changed to MONDAY, NOV. 6, since the building will be used as a polling place for the Nov. 7 election.
• A Hunter’s Safety Course will be taught Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Oct. 22 from 2 – 6 p.m. in the home economics classroom at the school. The course is required for all hunters born after Sept. 1, 1971, and participants must be at least 12 years old by Oct. 21, 2006. The course costs $15; for more information call Rusty Hollingsworth 354-2244 or 354-2250 or Larry Bradford 354-2396.
• Mary Joyce Wilkerson’s family invites you to celebrate her 90th birthday Sat. Nov. 18, 2–4 p.m. at the Glasscock County Senior Citizen’s Center in Garden City. No gifts, please.
• The Glenn Riley family has donated medical equipment including crutches, walkers and a shower chair to the Glasscock County EMS. If you are in need of any of these items temporarily, contact any of the EMT’s to borrow the equipment.
• Halloween Carnival is Oct. 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the community center.
• To all of the huge hearts in this small community, thank you from the bottom of ours for all of the donations, food, flowers and love that you have showered us with since we lost our Granny. But most of all, thank you for your presence both in the past and right now. You all helped care for her when we could not be there and now you are here for us when she cannot be. We have truly been blessed many times, so for all that you do, we sincerely thank and appreciate each of you. Take care and may God continue to bless you and yours. -- The family of Retta Stephens
• Oct. 13 is the deadline for applications for a fellowship in The Senator Gregory Luna Memorial Scholars Program, according to Sen. Kel Seliger’s office. The program, coordinated and funded by the Hispanic Research Council, allows undergraduate and graduate students to gain real world experience in the Texas Senate as full-time legislative assistants in the Capitol during the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January 2007. To apply, contact Sarah Saenz at 512/499-8606 or by email at sarah@txshre.org.
• Senator Kel Seliger will be holding area town hall meetings Nov. 14. He will be at the Martin County Community Center from 12 – 1 p.m., and at the Howard College Performing Arts Center from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.