Ranger Times

The Ranger Veterans support Group will have a Patriot Day Freedom Walk on Monday September 11th at the Vietnam Memorial Park in Ranger. The program will start at 10:30 AM and be over at 12 noon. We will walk the perimeter of the park. It is too hot to walk down the hi-way. Around the park it will be a lot cooler with the shade trees.

The Ranger Citizen Task Force is celebrating their 13th year and inviting ALL to come celebrate with them. This event is at the Old Sale Barn located at 605 E Loop 264 Ranger, Texas.

The Ranger Bulldogs scored five touchdowns in the second quarter on Thursday and rolled to an easy 54-6 victory over the Paint Rock Indians in non-district six-man football action.

The Gorman Lady Panthers continued to shine on the trails this season. The squad raced its way to 11th overall at the Brownwood Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Overall, the GHS girls were 11th in the 18-team field. Hadli Hampton paced the Lady Panthers in the race. She finished the race in 77th position. IN all, more than 200 girls competed in the varsity girls’ division. Delila Crain

Mary Adams, W.K. Gordon Museum Director and Curator of Collections, gave an interesting presentation about the museum and research center at Ranger Lions Club’s August 10th meeting. She also arranged a captivating display of spurs, which were part of the 2022 “Texas Spurs and the Artists Who Created Them” exhibit. The spurs belong to the Hugh Edmondson Collection.

The Ranger Veterans support Group will have a Patriot Day Freedom Walk on Monday September 11th at the Vietnam Memorial Park in Ranger. The program will start at 10:30 AM and be over at 12 noon. We will walk the perimeter of the park. It is too hot to walk down the hiway. Around the park it will be a lot cooler with the shade trees.

Ranger ISD Administration Building 1842 Loop 254 East Ranger, Texas 76470 Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Education of Ranger Independent School District was held on August 31, 2023 at 5:15 p.m. in the board conference room of the administration office located at 1842 Loop 254 East in Ranger, Texas. At that meeting, the Board may deliberate or act on any of the subjects listed on the following agenda. The President may change the order of items listed below for the convenience of the board. The Board may enter closed meeting to seek the advice and counsel of its attorney at any time during the meeting under the authority of Texas Government Code §551.071 regarding any item listed on the agenda of this meeting or in order for the attorney to provide legal assistance or advice to the Board.

The Walnut Spring Hornets scored late in the second half on Thursday and then held on to grab a nail-biting 49-48 win over the Ranger Bulldogs in the 2023 season opener.

Recently I was in Abilene with two granddaughters (Laura and Leigha) on some sort of business and when it involved that time had slipped away, we just wanted to make one more stop— looked at the house where their late grandmother Gay Nell and I originally set up housekeeping. A G.I. eligible 2 bedroom on N. LaSalle where their late grandmother and I originally set up housekeeping on the north side where I had lived as an employee of the Reporter News— I had moved up from general reporter to Military editor because I had been in the Army and supposedly knew something about writing about Dyess AFB which was relatively new at that time.

The Ranger Veterans support Group will have a Patriot Day Freedom Walk on Monday September 11th at the Vietnam Memorial Park in Ranger. The program will start at 10:30 AM and be over at 12 noon. We will walk the perimeter of the park. It is too hot to walk down the hiway. Around the park it will be a lot cooler with the shade trees.

EVEN IN THE HEAT of what must be the classic heat wave, here we are making plans for FOOTBALL COVERAGE. It is vitally important to be able to properly COVER IN DETAIL what we informally call the fall (make that football season in Eastland County of highest priority because we are honored to report a great number of very important football clubs. Each one ready to claim the highest honor of making it to STATE honor. Teams in our county have been there to State playoffs and are now vowing to do it again.

The Ranger High School Lady Bulldogs will swing into full volleyball mode this weekend when they travel to Strawn to participate in the annual Lady Greyhound Volleyball Tournament. The tournament will be held from Aug. 17-19 in the SHS gymnasium. Ranger was scheduled to face Perrin-Whitt on Aug. 15, will join Strawn

Cliff Lindsay and Ranger Mayor Terry Robinson

RANGER LIONS CLUB--Lion Patrice Tyson and Ranger College Head Coach in Rodeo

Ranger Independent School District is excited to announce the hiring of Mr

HV O’Brien

The Ranger Veterans Support Group will meet Tuesday, August 8th from 10:30 AM to 12 noon.