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2023 Who-Bilation Eastland Parade

By Cody Knott EISD is very proud of all of our students who auditioned for the All-State Band process that begins with All-Region Region 7 Auditions.

Santa greeted children of all ages at Grimes Garden for the 2023 Who-bilation. Many parents and children came after the Christmas parade to enjoy hot cocoa and Christmas music. Photo: Bob Hickox

___ _______ _________ Terry Simmons addressed the commission to make sure everyone had received their invitation to an Eastland County Museum event on November 29th, at which time the museum would receive a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority for a new HVAC system. Lunch would be served, he reminded.

Impossible to duplicate: VALUABLE ______________ ____________ ____ ______ ______ ___ ____ Eastland County Museum, thanks to the dedication of supervision and the generosity of like-minded lovers of historic and personally valuable items, too many to enumerate. Terry Simmon’s Eastland County Museum management, and the generosity of like-minded past and present residents, who hold these items from the past irreplaceable, is valuable beyond measure.

Road projects, travel options held delays below pre-Covid levels

Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County closes out 2023 by bringing special guest Sean B. Doherty to Cisco. Mr. Doherty will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 14, in the Big Dam Room of the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 West I 20. Come early: Doors open at 6:00.

Eastland County Retired Teachers will be meeting at the Connellee for a Christmas celebration on Monday, December 11, 2023. The potluck luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. and live music will follow. All retired teachers and others interested in education are welcome to attend.

If you approve of Hamas paragliding into a concert gathering and slaughtering hundreds of innocent people, you have a mental problem.

TJ Cummings Ag & Natural Resource Agent

Ranger Veterans Support Group will meet Tuesday, December 12th from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. All members need to remember to bring gifts we will be giving away for Christmas.

GRAHAM LIVESTOCK COMMISSION, LLC Sale Every Monday Starting at 10:00 AM, Graham, Texas (940) 549-0078 December 4, 2023 Receipts were 2242 including 440 Packer cows, Bred Cows, and Pairs. 1802 Calves and Yearlings. We had 253 consignors and 68 buyers. Packer cows were steady. Packer bulls were steady. Young replacement cows and pairs were steady. The market for steers and heifers weighing 500# and under were $3 - $5 higher. The market for steers and heifers weighing over 500# were steady. We had a good run of cattle today with the market being steady to strong. Our last Sale of the year will be December 18, 2023. RECEIVING STATION For GLC Located at Old Mineral Wells Sale Barn 2805 N Oak Ave – Mineral Wells Open Saturdays & Sundays 8 am – 5 pm GLC will transport to Graham for Monday’s Sale Representative Sales Circle S Ranch, Ft. Worth, TX 5 Blk Wf Cows 1260# @ $100 2 Blk Cows 1045# @ $100 William Clemens, Strawn, TX Blk Bull 1785# @ $124 Red Hfr 380# @ $298 Bradley Earp, Bellevue, TX 8 Blk Hfrs 429# @ $278 Blk Str 340# @ $338 Eddie Edington, Albany, TX 5 Red Bulls 657# @ $231 2 Blk Bulls 470# @ $260 McGaughey Oper., Wichita Falls, TX Blk Bull 695# @ $207 Blk Hfr 550# @ $240 Robert Montgomery, Albany, TX Blk Cow 1090# @ $113 Blk Cow 1155# @ $106 Rio Roca Ranch, Dallas, TX 2 Rd Hfrs 308# @ $275 5 Rd Strs 356# @ $363 Ben Robbins, Bowie, TX 2 Rd Strs 413# @ $295 Rd Str 455# @ $255 Perry Shaw, Crowell, TX 11 Blk Hfrs 585# @ $215 2 Blk Strs 410# @ $300 Steve Stephens, Olney, TX 2 Blk Wf Hfrs 405# @ $278 16 Blk Strs 615# @ $259 Cole Turner, Rochester, TX 2 Blk Wf Strs 378# @ $313 Gray Hfr 450# @ $278 Dennis Welch, Crowell, TX 4 Blk Bulls 594# @ $258 Blk Bull 740# @ $180 SEE YOU MONDAY AT GRAHAM LIVESTOCK!

Friday Dec.8, 2023

Eastland County 4-H Holds Annual Christmas Party

Ranger Lighted Christmas Parade

Ranger HS Culinary Friendsgiving!

Last year the Cisco Goodfellows helped over 70 families have a wonderful Christmas with boxes of groceries and toys for over 150 children. We are looking to assist even more families and the Goodfellows organization cannot accomplish that without the help of business and personal donations from the community. Please consider donating early this year, as Goodfellows will be distributing on December 16th.

The Rising Star Wildcats will host the 2023 Wildcat Shoot. The event is scheduled for December 7th, 8th and 9th at the Wildcat Gym The Shootout will feature both Girls and Boys teams. There will be teams from: Abilene TLC, Blanket, Azle Christian, Rochelle, Gustine, Panther Creek, Evant and Rising Star. Abilene TLC Girls and Blanket Girls will tip off at 9:00AM on Thursday to begin the tournament. Then the Boys teams from each School will play. There will be 8 games on Thursday.

The Goman Lady Panthers held onto the No. 2 spot in the latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ Class 1A poll despite dropping a pair of games this past weekend.

The Eastland Lady Mavericks picked up another impressive win this past week by downing the Gordon Lady Longhorns by a 63-58 margin.

The Eastland Mavericks ran headlong onto a buzz saw this past weekend, dropping four straight games in the Haskell Invitational Basketball Tournament. With the loss, Eastland slipped to 2-4 heading into their Dec. 12 showdown with Glen Rose.

The Gordon Longhorns will make their first appearance in the six-man state finals next week when they face off against twotime defending Class 1A Division I champion Westbrook. The game will be played at 11 a.m. on Dec. 13 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The Longhorns enter the game at 140. They punched their way to their first title game appearance since 1999 with a 54-8 rout of Jonesboro on Saturday in Weatherford. Westbrook is 13-1. They defeated Happy 34-16 on Friday in Lubbopck.

Delila Crain and Kyndall Scitern both pushed in doubledigit efforts on Saturday and helped push the Gorman Lady Panthers to a 38-25 victory over the Bowie Lady Jackrabbits in the finals of the Silver Division at the Breckenridge basketball tournament.

December To-Do’s for Writers

Continued from 11/30/23 edition