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•  Glasscock Co. Senior Citizens will have only one meeting each month in January, February, and March because of scheduled community events and weather concerns. Meetings will be the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m., and everyone is asked to bring a dish for potluck.  All are invited for an evening of good food and dominos.

•  Wednesday, Jan. 13, is the last day to order Bearkat State Championship T-shirts and sweatshirts.  The Bearkat Booster Club is ordering t-shirts and sweatshirts to commemorate the STATE CHAMPS!! The shirts will be black with a Texas on the front with State Champs, a roster is on the back with playoff games and scores.  We can order YS – XXXL in short sleeve t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hooded sweatshirts. Order blanks are available at the school and can be turned in at the school office. Please attach payment to your order, and make any checks payable to Bearkat Booster Club.  For additional information, contact Tibby Niehues, 354-2220 or 264-8220.

• The Glasscock County Junior Livestock Board of Directors, the Glasscock County AgriLife Extension Office, the exhibitors and their parents, thank everyone who contributed their time and/or donations to the livestock show. Thanks to generosity of our supporters, the 73rd Annual Glasscock County Junior Livestock Show was a complete success! There were 47 exhibitors and the premium sale totaled more than $60,000, according to Extension Agent Rebel Royall.

• A Take-Home Bar-B-Que Chicken Dinner will be hosted Feb. 7 by the Glasscock County 4-H Leadership Tour Group.  Items available for purchase will be: fully cooked whole chicken $8, pint of sauce $4, pint of cole slaw $3, quart of beans $3 and homemade desserts.  Pick-up will be 11:30 a.m. at St. Lawrence Parish Hall Kitchen.  Delivery will be 11:30 a.m. at the Garden City Community Center parking lot, and 9:30 a.m. at St. Thomas Church in Midkiff. You may pick up an order form at Halfmann’s General Store, or call the Extension Office at (432) 354-2381, Marianne Hirt 268-3942, Terry Halfmann 354-2498, Mike Hale 325-207-5669 or any jr. high or high school 4-H member of the Leadership Group. 

• Coaches across the country are raising money to fight cancer.  Be sure to visit the “Coaches vs. Cancer” table at the Lady Kats and Bearkats basketball games with Water Valley on Feb.9.  All proceeds will benefit Relay for Life and American Cancer Society.  Contact Christy Seidenberger if you would like to donate a baked item.

•  January is School Board Recognition Month in Texas. The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Governor’s office use the designation to emphasize the importance of the services that dedicated board members provide to the schools and children of Texas.

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