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October 15, 2009  RSS feed

BONDS FOR BUSES
If paid for with bond money, 30 new buses would cost GISD less than $3 million
Voters in Groesbeck Independent School District will decide the fate of an $8 million bond proposal on Nov. 3. At the top of the district’s needs list is replacing an aging bus fleet, according to Dr. Harold Ramm, GISD superintendent. More...
Early voting will begin on Monday
GISD, city and state elections will take place November 3
By Tom Hawkins

Early voting by personal appearance for the Nov. 3 elections will start on Monday, Oct. 19, and will continue through Friday, Oct. 30. All of the people of Limestone County and the State of Texas will be voting on eleven proposed constitutional amendments on November 3. More...

LMC Foundation fund-raiser is set for Saturday
By Tom Hawkins

The fourth annual LMC Foundation fundraiser is all set for this Saturday night, November 15. The annual affair, which will feature an old fashioned stew supper, will be held at the Groesbeck Civic Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the serving of the meal to start at 6:30 p.m. More...

 News
• Limestone County OutReach911 sign up
OutReach911 is a mass notification system designed to keep Limestone Countyresidents and businesses informed of emergencies and certain community events. More...
• 6th Annual Limestone County Fair Queen Contest
• Relay for Life Kickoff Luau re-scheduled
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 Ag and Energy
• WEEKLY OIL & GAS NEWS
Location Reports XTO Energy is drilling a field development, directional well in Freestone County. Well #36, C.A. Newsom Est. lease is in the Freestone field and Newsom, J. A480 survey. The well has a total depth of 13,500 ft. and located 3.2 miles NW of Donie. There are 703.5 acres in the lease. ******** More...
• AG EVENTS
• GROESBECK AUCTION & LIVESTOCK COMPANY
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 Society
• article has image Ivey Carey is E.P. Rayzor Teacher of the Year
Ivey Carey, who wants children to view learning as an exciting process, is Denton’s E.P. Rayzor Elementary’s 2009 Teacher of the Year. More...
• Groesbeck Senior Citizen Center News
• article has image Help our team in the fight against MS!
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 Our Backyard
• article has image Ambulance campaign begins
A campaign to raise money for a new Limestone Medical Center ambulance will kick off Saturday with a fund-raising stew supper and auction. The fund-raiser is sponsored by the LMC Foundation, an organization formed in 2006 to raise money to meet the growing needs of the Groesbeck hospital. More...
• article has image TG’s opens near Kosse
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 Today's Youth
• article has image Academic achievement awards are presented
The Groesbeck Study Club presented academic blankets to those students who were eligible during the 08-09 school year. To be eligible for a blanket, students must make honor roll five of the six six-weeks grading periods. Shelby Rasco let the audience in the United States and Texas pledges. Luke Allison and Karon Golden gave introductory remarks. More...
• article has image Groesbeck student wins Luminant essay contest
• article has image GISD School News
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 Obituaries
• article has image Ila Modena (Dena) Pruitt
Ila Modena (Dena) Pruitt, of Groesbeck, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family, on Friday, October 9, 2009, at age 87. Graveside services were held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, October 12, 2009, at Faulkenberry Cemetery, with Reverend Tracy Sims of the Central Baptist Church of Thornton officiating. More...
• John Milton Kasner
• article has image Baby Zariya Niasia-Masha Shed
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 Calendar
• COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SHILOH MUSICAL Saturday, Oct. 17 Shiloh Community Center will have its last musical of the year beginning at 6 p.m. The featured band will be Old Country of Donie. Hamburgers, chips, dips and desserts will be available for $6. There also will be a cake auction. For more information, call (254) 562-3063. LMC AUXILIARY More...
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 Sports
• article has image Baseball Magic still happens
With all the black eyes and unanswered questions about steroids, gambling and bad behavior by some of the fallen heroes of our national pass tie, I would suggest to you that in most part baseball in this country is still a fanciful escape to our own childhood’s greatest moments of shear joy and disappointments tied to our own performance on the field and following our favorite team. More...
• article has image Rockets zip past Goats, 24-14
• Goats face Lorena on Friday
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 Thornton Hustler
• article has image Students on page 247 of Thornton, One Small Town in Texas are identified.
L-R top: Coach Guy Washington, L.W.(Bubba) Bates, Troy Speake, Vesta F. Hammond, Janie Nuse, Pauline Sealy, and Mrs. Gladys Risden. Middle: Raymond Mills, Lamar Rasco, Doris Wright, Odella Jordan, Aline Irwin, and Emma Jane Parrot. Bottom: John Fahey Rasco, Kimbell Gazzaway, Wayne Peery, and E. S. Ellis, Jr. More...
• article has image GMS Cross Country teams finish second at Golden Eagle Run
• Pilgrim Rest Bapt. Church hosting homecoming musical
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 Kosse Cyclone
• article has image Open House at 103 Moss Rose
As most of you know, the Church of Christ sold the old preacher’s home at 201 N. Mignonette to Roger Ross, who has the RV park and other business property that is presently being built in Kosse. A new preacher’s home was built at 103 Moss Rose, next door to the acupuncture center. Charles and Rita Boren moved into the house near the end of August. More...
• Kosse Leo Club
• article has image Outstanding Youth Award
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 Coolidge News
• article has image Spectacular Singing Group C.A. & The Boys Men’s Gospel Group from Waco
The First United Methodist Church of Coolidge was honored to host an outstanding singing group and piano player extrodinare at their 4th Sunday night singing. This is a regular joining together of the Methodist and Baptist churches of Coolidge but C.A. & The Boys are anything but regular. It was a well attended evening that all enjoyed. Thanks goes to Rev. More...
• First Lady observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• News of Tehuacana and its people
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