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By J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Chairman, Texas Transportation Commission The star on the Texas flag somehow seems to shine a little brighter every year as more and more people move to Texas to find a thriving economy and a better quality of life. While that growth is wonderful to see, it does bring challenges to our transportation system.

Annual 2023 Charity Golf Tournament Is Sept. 9

*The ShinOak Bar B Q Cookoff will kick off Friday September 8 at the RV Park - Old Deport. Categories as follows: Beef Brisket, Chicken, Pork Spareribs, Beans, Bloody Mary, and Margarita. Results will be announced at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Contact Jess Maupin 817-652-2633 or GormanCommunityEvents@ gmail.com *9:00 a.m. HOMECOMING OF EX STUDENTS Gorman Ex Students will kick off the annual homecoming gathering at the Gorman Community Center. All Exes welcome - please be sure to make plans. Other reunion activities are planned for the afternoon- evening.

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Pleasant Hill Homecoming wil l be held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church September 10. The church is located 2 miles East of Hwy 183 on FM 2526. Registration at 10 a.m. - Shirley Tucker Barbeque meal and desserts will be provided by church and members. Please join us for worship and fellowship. RSVP for meal can be made via voice message or text to 254-488-2553. Donations and memorials to Cemetery may be mailed to: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association P.O. Box 312 Cisco, TX 76437.

The local presidents from Texas Retired Teacher Association District 14 met at the Conrad N. Hilton Center in Cisco for lunch on Thursday, August 31, 2023. The meeting was hosted by the District 14 officers and Eastland County Ret i r edTe a c h e r s ’ Association. District 14 officers included President Ruth Stewart and Carole Clower from Eastland County Retired Teachers’ Association; First Vice President Paula Haynes, Treasurer Susan Leamy, and Past President Sharon Daugherty from Abilene Retired Teachers’ Association. Eastland County RTA President Gail Norris, Treasurer Kathy High, and Past Presidents Tammy Loran and Kathy Glidewell helped to welcome guests.Presidents from local chapters included Presidents Gail Norris (Eastland CountyRetired Teachers’ Association); Patsy Sanford (Rolling Plains RTA, Roscoe); Vanessa Murray (Scurry County RTA, Snyder); John and Marilyn Kieke (Stephens County RTA, Breckenridge; Dellnita Jones (Schakleford County RTA, Albany; and Janna Dowell, representing Steve Post (Abilene RTA); and some of their local officers.Special guests TRTA District 10 President Gary Schepf and District 15 President Karen Hoelscher presented a program about improving an onlinepresence for local chapters and districts. AMBA Jacob Dunham also presentedmany benefits that can come with joining TRTA along with giving some door prizes.The delicious Barbeque meal was catered by Schaefer Family Farm representatives Paula Schaefer and Babshi-Coleen. (The BBQ meat was doneby Brian Schaefer.) They also decorated the beautiful cake to celebrate TRTA’s 70th birthday this year.The presidents received packages of cards and buttons to let friends and neighbors know about voting FOR Proposition 9, which will permit the COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for retired teachers. They were also invited to theTRTA District 14 Fall Conference luncheon at the Abilene Country Club, North on September 14th. All retired public school teachers and personnel are invited to join TRTA, the state organization, and it can be done by going online at trta.org

Wayne and Shirley want to thank everyone for coming to our 50 year celebration at the beautiful Myrtle Wilks building. We had many travelers that came long distances and we appreciated that very much. Not only family but friends but also former employees of our insurance business.

Making Complex Nonfiction Fun to Read by Vera Day I have an engineering physics degree. I totally get it. Nonfiction, especially complex or scientific subjects, can be boring. But if an author can connect to the reader on a more personal level by channeling the subject and its examples into a character, then it’ll be easier for the reader to grasp and more fun to read, too.

The Cisco Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the re-grand opening of Tea’d Up in Cisco on Wednesday afternoon. Tea’d Up is now owned by Jamie and Mike Harrison. Let’s go welcome them and their new business.

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.

Cisco Police Department August 2023 Arrests 8-2-23 Susan Burns, 56 of Cisco Tx, was arrested by Officer Munoz for Multiple Municipal Warrants 8-3-23 William Cagle, 42 of Cisco Tx, was arrested by Officer Thomas for Warrant- Violation Bond/ Protective Order 8-4-23 Joel Medico, 45 of Cisco Tx, was arrested by Officer Munoz for Warrant- Assault Causes Bodily Injury States Motion to Find Defendant’s Bond Insufficient 8-6-23 Morteza Lavasani-Nia, 76 of Oplin Tx, was arrested by Officer Thomas for Public Intoxication & Littering 8-8-23 Amil Lakhani, 23 of Fort Worth Tx, was arrested by Officer Sanchez for Driving Without Financial Responsibility, Driving While Intoxicated, & Possession of Marijuana 8-9-23 Mark West, 68 of Cisco Tx, was arrested by Officer Munoz for Warrant- Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Threaten) 8-10-23 Kenneth Brown, 27 of Breckenridge Tx, was arrested by Officer Munoz for Warrants-Bond Insufficient Possession Marijuana =4G

Wall defeated the Cisco Loboes in football at Chesley Field in Cisco 27 to 10. This marked the second loss in a row for the 2023 season. Last week Cisco lost to Clyde by a score of 40 to 28. Cisco's JV Team recorded its second victory of the season at Wall Thursday night winning 37 to 13, and a week ago also defeated Clyde JV 34 to 32.

Blake Carr rushed for two touchdown and passed for two more on Friday and powered the Clyde Bulldogs to a 3421 come-from-behind win over the Eastland Mavericks.

The Gorman Panthers made their large homecoming crowd happy on Friday by rolling to an easy 72-26 victory over the Evant Elks at Brogdon Field. With the win, Gorman ran its season record to 1-1. Evant fell to 0-2.

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

Eastland County Museum is pleased to announce that it is hosting the Texas Lakes Trail traveling exhibit on the historic Chisholm Trail beginning August 31. The Texas Historical Commission celebrated the 150th anniversary of this fabled trail which took millions of longhorns north to railroads in Kansas. The money from the sale of the longhorns brought Texas out of the financial disaster following the Civil War.

By Anna Ford Bankhead Community Theatre (BCT) is a new community driven group that is excited to bring theatrical performances and workshops to the area. Currently composed of people from Cisco, Clyde, Eastland, and Ranger, the troupe is open to everyone. No theater background or prior experience necessary!

We all knew the joy of those once in a lifetime hamburgers that Louise used to turn out in her Cafe on Lamar St., just west of the Courthouse.

U.S. Congressman Roger Williams, 25th Texas District, spoke and took questions from a group of Eastland City officials, county leaders and educators last Wednesday at the Eastland Connellee Roof Garden. These included EHS Dual Credit students, political science, with instructor Nancy Hughes, Ranger College.

EASTLAND vs. WALL