Briefly
• Glasscock County Senior Citizens will meet Tuesday March 18 at 6 p.m.; bring finger foods. We will meet Tuesday, April 1 at 6 p.m. and the fare will be sandwiches, chips and dips and desserts. Please come and join us.
• Glasscock County’s volunteer fire fighters thank all those who helped them in fighting the Feb. 25 fire, which burned in Sterling, Glasscock, Irion and Reagan counties. The firemen worked for 20 hours straight before coming home. They appreciated those who brought food and drink, and extend special thanks to Larry Halfmann, Leon Halfmann, Tex Halfmann, Tommy Hoelscher, Warren Multer, James Schwartz, Brenda Bradford, Tanya Multer, Linda Avery, Terri Halfmann, the county road crew personnel and Halfmann’s General Store and its employees.
Also, special thanks to the Darren and Eugene Jost families who recently donated a 1,000-gallon fuel transport truck to the volunteer fire department.
• Volunteers are needed in the county’s fire defense efforts! If you are interested in helping out in any capacity, contact the Glasscock County Sheriff’s Office, 354-2361 or 354-2404. Volunteers can do several things to help other than riding on fire trucks or driving equipment. For example, during a large wildfire, there is a need for people to help locate useful roads for equipment and water sources for refilling the fire trucks, among other tasks.
• The GCISD school board gave both its principals raises and contract extensions at a meeting Feb. 18. By a unanimous vote, Elementary/Secondary Principal Ken Hoskins got a $1,000 raise and one year added to his two-year contract, while Assistant Principal Randy Gartman was given a $750 increase and a two-year contract. Board President Karla Hoelscher told both men they were “…doing an outstanding job.”
• The Glasscock County Little League is looking for baseball umpires for the 2008 season. Please contact Douglas Jost at 432-260-3040 for more information.
• I would like to thank everyone who voted for me for the office of Tax Assessor/Collector in the 2008 Republican Primary. I am very excited about filling this position and look forward to continuing to serve the people of Glasscock County.
Nancy Hillger
• USDA is accepting applications for several grants and loans. Among those are: Housing Preservation Grant to repair or rehabilitate single-family or rental residences in rural communities; Business and Industrial Guaranteed Loan Program allowing lenders to make larger loans, provide competitive rates and longer terms to create and maintain employment in rural communities.
Also available is the Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program that allows the agency to partner with private lenders to finance public facilities in rural Texas communities.
Some have April deadlines for application. Call (254) 742-977, or go to http://www.grants.gov. Also, call the state office at 254/742-9780 or go to http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/mfh/brief_mfh_hpg.htm.