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Last week, health care leaders and trustees across Texas made the trek to Austin for the Texas Healthcare Trustees annual Healthcare Governance Conference. HGC is the largest meeting in the country for hospital and health care trustees and board members, and it’s one we look forward to partnering with every year! Thank you to all the sponsors, speakers, organizers, and attendees who made this one of the best HGC events yet.

The Scranton Musical will be August 5, 2023. The hostess for the meal is Glenda Hargrove of the Putnam area. She is serving spaghetti, salad, garlic toast, and dessert. For a donation of $7.00 you may enjoy the full meal including coffee or tea with free refills. Sandwiches are available for $1.50.

David Walter Bosecker, a Deputy Sheriff at Eastland County Sheriff’s Office passed on Friday, July 21, 2023. He is 57 years old. He was on a Domestic Call when fatally wounded. Funeral services directed by Davis-Morris Funeral Home will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 2023, at the Brownwood, Texas Coliseum. Pallbearers will include Stepson John Tanner Edwards and Law Enforcement.

Randall Lee Gauthier passed away July 24, 2023 at the young age of 71.

Kathleen Alexander Watson of Cisco passed away peacefully during the early morning hours Saturday, July 29, 2023, just four days after her 80th birthday.

Some residential sprinkler systems not following schedule

EMH Congratulates Teresa Cleaver

Life-time Eastland County resident, Joy Lynn Craven Maynard turned 90 years young on July 4, 2023! Family and friends helped her celebrate this occasion at First Presbyterian Church, which was her family’s church home when she was born. Joy Lynn “Firecracker Punk” as her daddy (Howard “Shorty” Craven) called her, has three children (Howard (Susie Sneed), Diana (Grady Gregory), and Nancy Lynn (Michael G. Jones). All three children and their spouses were EHS graduates (and high school sweethearts!). Joy is a proud granny to seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

By Cody Knott Joel Hernandez was presented with the Outstanding Performer Award. This award represents the attainment by an individual of superior musicianship as demonstrated in the exacting competition of the Texas State Solo-Ensemble Contest. This is the equivalent to a state championship in Solo and Ensemble performance. Only 2-3% of soloists at TSSEC receive this award. Congratulations!

(formerly Old Rip 5K) benefiting the Eastland Meals on Wheels at the Siebert Elementary School

Academy Award nominee lends star power to legendary anti-littering campaign

7/1/2023 - 7/31/2023

Kakki Dobbs, LVN - Population Health Nurse, along with Brittany Bradshaw, RN - Clinic Nurse Coordinator, and Scot Holster, FNP-C - Family Nurse Practitioner, - Eastland Memorial Hospital’s Regional Healthcare Clinic staff, - gave the July EMH Lunch and Learn program. July’s theme was Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit. This visit follows the first 12 months of being insured by Medicare and a “Welcome to Medicare” visit - once in a lifetime visit - during the first 12 months of Medicare Part B coverage. There are no out of pocket costs for the Annual Wellness Visit.

In the June/July issue of Fiscal Notes, the Texas Comptroller’s office offers a synopsis of its new workforce report and highlights some of the efforts underway to address attrition issues in state government. The recently released A Report on the Texas State Employee Workforce (PDF) analyzes the state government workforce and factors affecting state employee retention and turnover for fiscal 2019-- 2023. “To make state agencies more competitive in the job market, lawmakers approved a meaningful salary boost for all current state employees as part of the 2024-25 state budget,” Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said. “The other concern is that much of the state turnover comes from critical needs positions like Child Protective Services workers and prison staff, to name just two.”

With three or four scattered settlements to its name, on the “border land of civilization,” news in 1861, of the approaching Civil War, did not travel fast in Eastland County.

Event Date, Case, Style, Event Type, Disposition, Trial Court 7/27/2023 11-21-00250-CR Eustolio Encinia Jr v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Chief Justice Bailey, AFFIRM, Midland / 441st District Court 11-22-00002CV Cruzita Dobyns v. Odessa Dental Solutions, PA and Shihab Mulah Diais, MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Williams, AFFIRM, Ector / 358th District Court 11-22-00025-CR Stephen Wayde Meade v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Chief Justice Bailey, AFFIRM, Brown / 35th District Court 11-22-00144-CR James Scott Pfeffer v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter, AFFIRM, Nolan / 32nd District Court 11-22-00145-CR James Scott Pfeffer v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter, AFFIRM, Nolan / 32nd District Court 11-22-00237-CR Adam Garcia v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter, AFFIRM, Ector / 161st District Court 11-22-00238-CR Anthony Giaccone v. The State of Texas, MEM OPINION ISSD by Chief Justice Bailey, AFFIRM, Taylor / 42nd District Court

Notice is hereby given that the Gorman City Commission will meet in Regular Session at 5:30 p.m. in the Gorman Community Center Meeting Room at 118 S. Kent St. Gorman, on August 3, 2023, to consider the following agenda items: 1. Opening Prayer, Followed by Pledge of Allegiance and Texas Pledge, Attendance 2. Call the Meeting to Order 3. Approve the Minutes of the Previous Meeting 4. Approve the Bills for Payment 5. Citizens Forum and Input Maximum 5 Minutes 6. Reports from Department Heads 7. Discuss and Consider Inspections of Downtown Unoccupied Buildings 8. Denver Rainey to Address the City Commission Regarding City Operations 9. Discuss and Consider Action on the No New Revenue Tax Rate and the Voter-Approval Rate Determine the 2023 Tax Rate 10. 1st Reading of Ordinance 9-7-2023 An Ordinance Adopting the Ad Valorem Tax Rate for the 2023 11. Discuss and Consider Action of the Water Tower CDBG Project: Consider Change to Purchase Tower Rather Than Repair.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, State law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — priced below $100, saving shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend. The dates of the sales tax holiday and list of tax-exempt items are set by the Texas Legislature.

Summer Contest Winner

A trip to Grand Teton National Park How amazing is this! Still snow on the mountains.

The July Membership Meeting was cancelled due to illness. The same program will be hosted on September 13 at the Membership Meeting, Lori Dodd reports.

Aren’t we a funny people? Do you ever laugh at yourself? Apparently if you say “bless his heart” or “bless her heart” it frees you to gossip all you want about another person. “Bless her heart” she tries so hard on making the turkey and dressing”, which means you could have done better. “Bless his heart” he just never learned to iron a shirt”, which means, you aren’t going to Wal-Mart till he changes his shirt. And if you preface your response to another person’s statements with “I’m just saying”.

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

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