Lifestyles

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Live Oak Veterinary Clinic, Dry Fork Veterinary Clinic, and Merck Animal Health will host a meeting for livestock producers at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 at the Jack County Fair Building, 1072 SH 59, Jacksboro. Dr. Peter Armstrong will present “Management and Testing of Beef Herd Bulls.” Dinner will be sponsored by Merck Animal Health and Live Oak Veterinary Clinic. The program and meal will be provided at no charge to those attending.

Oakwood Cemetery Association spring cleanup will begin March 15 in preparation for Easter April 21. As always, the association appreciates any help with this project as it prepares for mowing, cleaning, trimming and other maintenance.

Any misplaced or unsightly flowers and any remaining Christmas arrangements should be removed. Items placed on the ground must be removed so that the necessary work can be done. These items include but are not limited to flowers, easels and mementos.  

Elizabeth Hines and Abigail Mangum, members of Jack County 4-H, each caught a calf during Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble February 7, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $12,500 in scholarship awards. 

Hines’s parents are David and Stacie Hines. Hines’s award was sponsored by Stampede Springs.  Mangum’s parents are Will and Denise Mangum. Mangum’s award was sponsored by Bill Ratliff III. 

Jacksboro High School announced the achievement of Level 3 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools™. Level 3 certification means Jacksboro High School has created a “Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum,” which requires schools to create a single curriculum that is taught by all teachers.

Members and friends of First Baptist Church celebrated Sunday afternoon the completion of its approximately 8,700 square foot Sunday School classroom addition with an open house and potluck luncheon.

Builder and church member Joe Underwood said the project could not have gone better and with the addition of the 15 new classrooms, the congregation can host Sunday School all in one building.

Libby Mosley’s path in life has taken her from her birthplace of China to being a member of a state champion Jacksboro FFA team.

Libby was adopted by her parents Sean and Michele Mosley from China when she was 10 months old. She had a difficult start to life.

Libby was found abandoned in a box containing some clothes and bottles of milk. She said because the Chinese one-child policy was very strict at the time, parents wanted to have a son because when daughters married, they tended to help their husbands’ families.

There are a lot of events coming up over the next week. If you're looking for something to do, here's what's going on.

Oct. 26-27

FUMC Garage Sale

First United Methodist Church will host its annual garage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. The church will also hold a prize drawing for a Walmart gift card and an Amazon gift card. Call the church office for information on tickets. 940-567-6341.

Saturday, Oct. 27

Trunk or Treat

Last week, quilters and quilt enthusiasts from at least six counties visited the community of Post Oak for the Busy Bee Quilt Show held September 28 and 29. More than 50 quilts shown by 26 people from Bowie, Jacksboro, Blue Grove, Henrietta, Montague, Bridgeport, Graham and Wichita Falls were displayed at the Post Oak Community Center.

Ribbons and prizes were given to 1st and 2nd place winners and the Best of Show winner. They were:

Best of Show: “Sassy Chicken Quilt”, Julie Browning, Bowie, TX

1st place large quilt: “Sham on You” by Robbie Ashley, Montague, TX

Abilene, TX - On Thursday morning, Oct. 4, vehicles carrying promoters of heritage tourism will pull out onto FM 600 from downtown Abilene, and head north to Fort Richardson - just as they did 50 years ago, when Gov. and Mrs. John B, Connally led the way to dedicate the newly launched Texas Travel Trails. 

The Forts Trail 50th celebration will then make its way south to Brownwood, then west to San Angelo and up north again to Buffalo Gap. In the process, they’ll cover more than 660 highway miles.

Things to do this weekend

Sept. 28-29

Busy Bee Quilt Show