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Please join us for the 1st Annual Guns & Hoses Slow pitch softball tournament fundraiser for the Eastland Animal Shelter.

First Baptist Church in Eastland invites the public to join them on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm for an immersive worship experience through song, dance and video story telling presented by the African Children’s Choir.

The Eastland “Friendship Meal” will be this coming Tuesday, March 7th, 2023.

We will resume the Scranton Musical on March 4, 2023 at Scranton Community Center. Our meal of beef/vegetable stew and cornbread will be served at 5:00 PM for $6.00 and a piece of pie or other dessert is $1.00. Included with the meal is tea or coffee with refills.

CONGRATULATIONS to Harlee Messenger!!

CONGRATULATIONS

We are just over halfway on our “Around the World in 80 Days”. The Lord has blessed us to be able to make the first half of this exciting journey with adventures of seeing impressive sights and meeting many wonderful people. We have also experienced some of the most exciting activities, from a husky sleigh ride in Lapland to a Hot Air balloon ride in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

Blue Collar is an art exhibition at Lyric Art Center in Eastland County, Texas. Four artists contemplate labor using materials ranging from clay and barbed wire to paint and charcoal. Gary Ford and Beth Pearson Lund from Eastland and Kirstyn Wright and William Wright from Decatur find inspiration in their West Texas surroundings. This is visible in choices of materials and subject matter. Motifs of barbed wire, cowboy hats, work boots, and wind turbines, weave throughout the artworks representing only a part of labor in West Texas.

First Baptist Church Eastland is excited to announce that we are planning for this year's Mission Eastland: Serve Fest. We are looking to help families with minor home repair and/or yard work on the weekend of March 31-April 1st. Applications are processed by our team to determine who is eligible. Anyone who is within Eastland County can apply. The service will come at no charge to those who are chosen. Anyone who is wanting to complete an application or has any further questions, can contact FBC at 254-629-3355. Deadline to turn in applications is Tuesday, March 7th.

The Eastland County Commissioners’ Court met at 9:00 A.M. on February 27, 2023 in the Eastland County Commissioners’ Courtroom. The meeting opened with a prayer and pledge to the flag.

Week of Feb. 20-24

Lowell and Georgia Thomas celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary Feb. 27,2023. They were married February 27, 1958 in Eastland, Texas.

Superintendent Robby Stuteville submitted his resignation effective February 20, 2023, to the Rising Star ISD Board of Trustees. David Evans, Rising Star ISD Board President, called a special meeting of the Board of Trustees to discuss the resignation and appoint an acting superintendent until such time as a superintendent could be employed.

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Kilee Guthery, Rayleigh Hutchins, Cady Smith A-B Honor Roll 6th Grade Kaden Ahearn, Lexi Fraire, Kailey Geffre, Jacob Leal, McKenzie Martinez, Blair Maupin, Sophia Murphy, Edith Pele, Baylor Seaton, Juan Solis A Honor Roll 7th Grade Carson Johnson, Colten Laminack, Kelby Wycoff A-B Honor Roll 7th Grade Justin Brown, Kimberlynn Everhart, Adyson Hobbs, Shawn Jones, Daniela Rodriguez, Dylan Sanchez, Kellan Scitern, Audie Seay A Honor Roll 8th Grade Andrew Alanis, Gunner Rainey, Ty Roper, Alina Torres A-B Honor Roll 8th Grade Virginia Bivens-lara, Logan Campbell, Wyatt Degano, Pepper Dukes, Adyn Duske, Matthew Emmons, Natalie Hunsuckle, Dorian Madera, Connor Neel, Vanessa Pele, Fabian Recendez, Yasmin Reyes

Place 1 - Bill Miears: Unopposed Place 3 - Robert Ervin Unopposed

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY PANTHERS FOR AN INCREDIBLE BASKETBALL SEASON! Thank you to all of our student athletes for providing our community with the best entertainment money can buy. Getting to see our youth compete in sports is a great treat. The success of our schools in athletics and academics is a great help in maintaining our community and attracting new residents to our area. I also want to thank all of our coaches for their dedication and the extra hours they work preparing our students to be competitive. The same goes to all of our teachers. I want to thank our Superintendent and School Board for budgeting the funds to support our programs and our maintenance department for physically maintaining the facilities! We have a wonderful school district!

The City of Rising Star owns and operates a natural gas distribution system. The gas system consists of an underground network of pipelines throughout the City. The purpose of the gas system is to provide a reliable and safe economical source of energy for heating purposes to the homes and businesses adjacent to the underground gas pipelines. The pipeline system has the capacity to reliably deliver natural gas to the customers.

Scientific data shows that a female is born with X chromosomes which is established in the womb, and a male with an XY chromosome. When a man wants to be called a woman, or a woman wants to be called a man, does their request make it so?

Ranger Lions Club members were privileged recently to hear the account of an amazing woman who broke down barriers and overcame obstacles to reach her goal of pursuing a college education and completing her doctorate.

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is actually March 29th but the Ranger Veterans Support Group will have this day on Saturday, March 25th. The program will start at 1 p.m. Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and speech.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lance Hawvermale who successfully completed his Ed.D. in Community College Leadership. Dr. Hawvermale serves as the Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at Ranger College.

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.

Want to start a garden, but not sure where to begin? In this post I’ll cover the basics of gardening, and provide links to more detailed information so you can garden with confidence and have fun doing it. We'll take you from bed preparation through harvesting your homegrown vegetables, flowers and herbs. Nothing beats the flavor of fresh picked produce picked at the peak of ripeness! How to start a garden Decide what you’d like to grow Choose a location Plan your garden beds Invest in basic garden tools Test your soil Prepare the soil Choose the right seeds or transplants Plant with care Nurture your garden Enjoy your harvest! #1 – Decide What You’d Like to Grow in Your Home Garden Rule #1 – If you won’t eat a crop, don’t grow it in your vegetable garden. (I break this rule for flowers. Edible or not, I like to see at least a few in every garden.) Focus on the fruits, vegetables or herbs that your family enjoys the most.

Oscar Villarreal ended the 2023 powerlifting regular season on a high note this past weekend. The RHS senior clinched a berth in the upcoming regional meet by winning the 275-pound weight classification at the Strawn Invitational.

The Slidell Lady Greyhounds pieced together a 17-5 run in the second quarter on Friday and then held on to claim a 46-29 victory over the Gorman Lady Panthers in a regional semifinal showdown in Mansfield.