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In any community large or small, towns, organizations, or families, getting along well makes our lives more pleasant. The more we encourage one another and are kind, the more do part to have this happen.

Bethel Baptist Church in Eastland is having a huge Rummage and Bake Sale Friday and Saturday, March 24 and 25 from 8 AM to 5 PM. There will be clothes, children’s sports uniforms, furniture, linens, kitchen stuff, jewelry, purses, toys, glassware, plants, what nots, fabric, craft kits and patterns, and lots of miscellaneous. They will also have bake sale items of cakes, cookies, pies, candies, breads and cobblers. And last but not least there will be raffles. Hope to see you there!!!

The Cottonwood Historical Association will again be hosting an entertaining musical line up with dinner on Friday, March 24th. The Musical kicks off with dinner at 5:00 pm until 7:00 or until everything is gone! On the menu is King Ranch Casserole, or sandwich, salad, and your choice of dessert and drinks. The music will start at 5:30 and features a variety of tunes from blue grass to country, some country classics and even rock ‘n roll.

Gorman SkillsUSA chapter has had success with community service projects over the last few months. The SkillsUSA chapter hosted the “Holiday in the Park” to raise money for the students to compete at the district level contest. This project raised $2,500 that funded 13 students to compete and travel last month to Ft. Worth. The SkillsUSA chapter had a fantastic turn out with the following placements: Ruby Resendiz Landa - Gold Nailcare Brandy Formby- Gold Job demonstration “Open” Ceidy Guzman/ Paige Johnson / Kayle Nichols- Gold in Community service Emma Little- First place Job exhibit Lauren Campbell -Bronze Esthetics Ceidy Guzman -Bronze Nailcare Paige Johnson -Bronze Barbering Shawndelle Harrington -District 4 - Adviser of the year These students will go on to compete at state March 30-April 1st in Corpus Christi. This will be the second year for the SkillsUSA chapter of Gorman to advance.

Bakery Cookie Decorating Class

Morton Valley Extension Education Club members provided a buffet breakfast for County employees on a recent Monday morning. Staff Photo

In a previous article, I used the dictionary definition of the word PERVERSION: “to alter something from its original course, its meaning or state, to a distortion of corruption of what was first intended”. Perversion is basically the substance of woke culture along with alphabet ideology about sexual orientation. The logical response of most people would be to correct that which has been corrupted and establish its original intent. A parent does this, using a ‘quiet time’ for a misbehaving child, to think about their actions and correct them.

How can any closure come to a Spider Rock Texas Treasure Hunt that began in 1902 and has continued to the present, a hunt that continues today? We are talking about a 120-year period of searching; this writer joined the hunt 55 years ago. It has been 74 years since Eve Ball interviewed Archie Frame about their Spanish Research Mine in New Mexico which they dug on for 22 summers, from 1920 to 1942. The Archie Frame interview was printed in True West in December of 1973— 50 years ago. That magazine issue is rare and hard to find so it will be reprinted here.

Cisco Senior Nutrition Program would like to thank the following business for their continued support, Brookshires Store #99 (Cisco), Kimberly Fullen State Farm and Walmart Store #561 (Eastland). It is because of local support that CSNP can prepare and deliver meals Monday through Friday to the home-bound of Cisco and it’s surrounding area. If you or anyone you know needs this service, please give us a call at 254-4425420.

I want to thank the community of Cisco and Eastland county for your tremendous support of MWCC and all of its programs and events. It has been an honor serving the community, and an experience I will remember with fondness for the rest of my life. I am moving on to another adventure, and Friday was my last day here.

Cisco Head Start Registration for children ages 3-4 before Sept. 1, 2023 What to bring: Income verification, Proof of Birth, Proof of Residency, Insurance Card, Immunization record, Social Security card, Driver’s license Enrollment for 20232024. Registraition is April 4th 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Cisco Elementary School 442-2316.

Cisco Writers Club invites you to an informal writing class: Poetry for Those Who Are Scared of Poetry. The class will be held Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the Hilton Center, 309 Conrad Hilton Blvd., Cisco, from 7 to 9 p.m.

(Food Pantry): Open the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month-3-5pm Located in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center in Cisco.

Great American Songbook Foundation Exhibit explores the intersection of entertainment, politics and patriotism from George and Ira Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical!

Ranger ISD Administration Building 1842 Loop 254 East Ranger, Texas 76470 Notice is hereby given that a April Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Education of Ranger Independent School District will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 6:30 PM in the Board Conference Room of the Administration Office, 1842 Loop 254 East, Ranger, TX 76470. At that meeting, the Board may enter a closed meeting to seek the advice and counsel of its attorney at any time during the meeting under the authority of Texas Government Code §551.074 regarding personnel. 1. Quorum 2. Call To Order 3. Invocation and Pledge 4. Board Preparation and Role Count 5. Recognition of Visitors 6. Citizen Input 7. Consent Agenda 1. Minutes of the Regular Meeting on February 23, 2023 2. Financial Reports 1. Monthly Expenditures 2. Investment Report 3. Budget Amendment 4. Principal Reports 5. Athletic Reports 8. Superintendent Re-port 6. Blackstone update and attorney recommendations 7. Cotton 8. Roof 9. Other Facilities 10. Fencing 11. Legislation 12. Staffing and numbers 9. Action Items 13.4 day calendar approval 14. Approve contract with E-3 for A C Units for $150,000 through ESSER III money 15. Approve additional money for training and ammunition for up to $20,000 for TAC Pro 16. Retention allotments for teachers of $2,000 to be paid in August through ESSER III grant.

Cisco Senior Nutriton Program helps to serve meals to those who are 60 years of age or older, and/or are physically unable to prepare a well-balanced meal each day and live within a 5-mile radius of Cisco. If you are in need of this service, please give us a call at (254)442-5420.

Spring Bingo April 26, 2023 Come eat, laugh, and have lots of fun and fellowship!

Good grief, I hope that was the last cold spell! Of course, this is Texas so who knows. No scissortails yet that I’ve seen and those old mesquites still don’t have leaves so we’ll see.

Spring just might be our favorite season of the year. Sure, we're excited for warm weather, but it's getting into the garden— and planting flowers— that really brightens our spirits. Spring isn't just a time to add some color to your early-season garden; it's also when you can incorporate flowers that will bloom in summer and into fall and even those that come back each spring for years to come.

The Gorman Lady Panthers swept all three relay races last weekend and cruised to the girls’ team championship at the Rising Star Invitational.

Most of the area’s top track and field athletes will converge on Eastland on Thursday for the running of the 2023 Maverick Relays. The meet will get started at 3:30 p.m. at the EHS track.

Delila Crain and Hadli Hampton both enjoyed breakout seasons for the Gorman Lady Panthers this year en route to leading Gorman to a deep postseason run.

Our Wildcats and Lady Cats competed in the Wildcat Shootout golf tournament

Tucker Kendall and Brayden Stoker ended up with 29.50 lbs for first place on Brownwood

Dine in or take out chili meals will be available for sale Wednesday, April 5 at Bethel Baptist Church in Eastland from 11 AM to 1:30 PM. Meal for $7.00 will include cobbler or other dessert, nacho peppers, onions, cheese, and tea or water. Or you may want to make a Frito chili pie. You may call to order take-out meals the following: Gail at 254-433-0658 or Ruby at 254-433-6495.