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When the Cisco College Wranglers met the New Mexico MIlitary Institute Broncos in Roswell Saturday for the ESPN “Game of the Week,” not even the ESPN announcers could have predicted that the Wranglers would walk away with a 21-10 victory, as the announcers admitted over the air.

Asking a fellow Texan if they have read the Texas constitution in its entirety usually yields a hard no, perhaps because its printed form fills over two hundred pages. In the upcoming election on November 7, Texans have an opportunity to add to the constitution through popular vote. The fourteen proposed amendments cover a wide variety of things from wealth tax restrictions to allowing Galveston county to abolish the office of county treasurer.

Jodi Frizzell’s whole life has been immersed in art to the point that she is now the Art Department Chair at Cisco College.

Eastland County Retired Teachers met Monday, October 9 at Myrtle Wilks Community Center. President Gail Morris introduced Dr. Sandi Hazelip and Eleanor Hamby. Together they presented a fascinating program with a slide presentation of their trip “Around the World in 80 Days.” Traveling first to Antarctica and then the Artcic, they then traveled the globe. The two became more and more noteworthy as they traveled from continent to continent and were mentioned in national newspapers and interviewed by ABC News. The lovely friendship and bravery of these two women has enabled them to meet “good people everywhere. In store for them now is a book deal in the making.

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Cisco Chamber of Commerce Banquet was held Tuesday evening. Award winners 2023: Glenn Boles was named Citizen of the Year; Billy’s Restaurant was New Business of the Year; and Cisco Lumber and Hardware Business of the Year. Congratulations to all. Photo by Bob Hickox

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The Cisco “Friendship Meal” will be this coming Tuesday, October 17th, 2023.

Cisco Police Department September 2023 Arrests 9-2-23 Breyann Chancellor, 36 of Cisco Tx, was arrested by Officer Thomas for Assault Causing Bodily Injury Family/Household with Previous Convictions 9-3-23 Robert Frye, 34 of Eastland Tx, was arrested by Officer Purpura for Terroristic Threat Against Peace Officer/Judge and Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More 9-4-23 Michael Foux, 28 of Eastland Tx, was arrested by Officer Purpura for Warrants-Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon and Possession Controlled Substance 1>=1G =1G

1st Quarter Kickoff to Olney made one 1st down and punted to Cisco. Thompson fielded the kick on the Cisco 29. Orsagh made 3 and Hart ran for the 1st down on the Cisco 42. Thompson took a pitch out to the Olney 39. 1st down. Orsagh took it to the 27. 1st down. Silva swept the right end. 1st down on the 3 yd. ln. Pitch back to Hart for the TD. Proffitt made the extra point. It was 7 to 0 with 6:40 left in the 1st Quarter.

Cisco Strong will have its 5th annual Cisco TX Pie Fest on October 21, 2023. Since 2017, this festival has grown to be a regional event for everyone. Last year we celebrated with more than 3000 attendees from multiple counties and cities throughout Texas. We will be holding our community Pot Pie Dinner on Friday, October 20th at the Conrad Hilton Center from 5:30 pm-8:00 pm and then on Saturday, October 21st, we will have our Pie Fest starting at 10:00 am. The Festival includes a pie eating contest, an All-You-Can-Eat Pie Buffet, a Pie Baking Contest, with a grand prize of $1000, and Pie Auctions that helps fund our local projects. We will have live music, arts & crafts and food vendors, children's activities, a Mud Pie Color Run hosted by Muddy Mikes Restaurant, a car show sponsored by Cisco Big Dam Car Show and much more. The event is held at the Conrad Hilton Center and within the downtown area of Cisco, TX. To find out more about our event, you can visit our website @ www. ciscotxpiefest.com

CISCO SENIOR NUTRITION-- Thank you to Cisco Brookshire’s for their gift card donation to Cisco Senior Nutrition Program. This goes to help feed the home-bound seniors of Cisco and the surrounding area.

CISCO HOMECOMING QUEEN 2023 is Braley Brunson pictured with Hunter Long

Bethney Jacobs taught in Eastland public schools for six years and then taught at Cisco High School for 14 years. Now she has a new title: full-time Professor of English at Cisco College.

1st Quarter Kickoff to Cisco. 1st and 10 on L35. Cole Thompson around LE to the 48; it was a pass/run. 1st and 10. Gus Hart up the middle for 7; a pass to Julius Proffitt was incomplete. 3rd and 3. Hart ran 41 yds around LE for a TD; point was good and it was 7 to 0 Cisco with 10:17 left in the 1st Quarter.

Hi, my name is Lilly’Ann Rodriguez and I am the Cisco High School Lobo Mascot in Cisco, Texas. I’m a Junior at Cisco High School and have been the Mascot for my school since my freshman year in 2021. I am also a 3 time NCA All-American Mascot. I was awarded the Top Mascot at the NCA Cheer Camp in 2022 held at ASU in San Angelo, Tx and this Years 2023 NCA Cheer Camp held at UTSA in San Antonio, Tx. I’ve also received awards for best props each year. For my accolades as the Best Mascot/All-American I have been invited to participate at the halftime performance of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando Florida on January 1, 2024. I am so honored to be invited along with other Squad & Team Trophy winners and Mascot Al-Americans. I would like to represent Cisco High, our City of Cisco and Eastland County at this once of a lifetime opportunity. As a child I watched my older sister, Cheyenne cheer for the Cisco High School Loboes as the Lobo Mascot from 2013-2017. And I knew I wanted to follow in her footsteps. I saw it as my legacy. I love entertaining the fans and enjoy the smiles I see on the children’s faces as I high five them, dance and take pictures with them. A Friday night for me isn’t complete without my hard work on the sidelines cheering on our football team. In the heat of Texas or the blizzards of winter. It doesn’t end there. I along with our cheerleaders support our basketball, baseball and softball teams throughout the school year. It’s not an easy task in a very heavy and hot costume but I LOVE IT. And I would love to entertain the crowds on a bigger stage at this years Cheez-It Citrus half time show. I would like to be the first Cisco High Mascot to represent us!

Texas Family Defense Committee welcomes Brian Massey, founder of Abilene-based nonprofit Houses for Healing, to Cisco Thursday, September 28, at 6:30 p.m. He will speak in the Big Dam Room of the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 West I 20.

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It was literally Owen Schauer’s first rodeo ~ in college. And as a member of Cisco College’s Rodeo Team, he brought home the championship in steer wrestling from the Eastern New Mexico University Rodeo in Portales, N.M., held Sept. 15-17. “I was a bit nervous coming in, my first rodeo as a college student,” Owen said, “but after I nodded my head, I was just back to business and do what I can.” Owen, who has had success as a high school rodeo athlete in Canada, said he chose Cisco College because “I really liked the rodeo grounds and the coaches that are here for our rodeo team.” The coaches he was referring to are Head Rodeo Coach Don Ed Eddleman and Assistant Rodeo Coach Chad Biesemeyer. “They do a lot to help out their athletes. It’s just really nice being a part of something like that.” Owen is from Halkirk, Alberta, Canada, “just a small town east of Red Deer.” He performed well in the LRA Finals (Lakeland Rodeo Association), an amateur organization in Alberta, winning two rounds in the tiedown roping, and was the season leader tiedown roper in that association. He connected to Cisco College “through mutual friends, and friends that have been to this school, and they convinced me to come. It didn’t take much convincing, but I came down in early Spring this year and looked, and I knew where I was going.” Owen has two older sisters who were involved in rodeoing, and he has followed in their footsteps. “Both my parents grew up on ranches but never (Cont. on pg. B3) really rodeoed,” he said. “My Dad didn’t start roping until he was 40. But my sisters, they started rodeoing before me, so I kind of grew up around that.” One sister is in university now, and the other has graduated. This was Owen’s first year to participate heavily in amateur high school rodeo. “I went to finals a week or so ago and it went pretty good, overall a pretty decent year, but hopefully, I’ll start pro-rodeoing next year, or maybe a year or two, I’m not sure yet. We’ll see how it goes.” He plans to get a degree and transfer to a university, or go back home and start ranching and rodeoing. He’s not 100 percent sure which yet. Meanwhile, he practices rodeoing at Cisco College, “as much as your body will let you. It’s a little bit every day, putting in the work to get there. Everybody else is working just as hard as you are or harder, so you’ve got to keep working hard at it. And hopefully it’s your turn to win.” He also has the daily responsibility of taking care of his horses. “They’re a huge part of a guy’s success,” he said. He brought three horses to Cisco: Otis, his steerwrestling horse; Ice Cube, his rope horse; and Leo, his young rope horse. Owen said he enjoys living in Cisco. “I like it a lot. The heat was a bit hard to adjust to the first week or so, but it’s been very nice lately. With the rains, it cooled off a lot. I’m liking it a lot. And good people. I’ve made some great friends so far, and I’ve really been enjoying it.”