Concerned Citizens has received several donations. Donating to the general fund were Devon Energy Employees, J E S Edwards Foundation, Lindsey State Jail, Enbridge, ALL Seasons Air Plus and Jean Henderson.
The Southwest Baptist Church gives a monthly mission donation to the center.
For students that will be enrolled in grades 9-12 for the 2017-18 school year at Jacksboro High School, parents need to login to Family Access and click on the tab, “Online Registration”. Update your child’s information and sign the required forms electronically and submit. A green check mark will appear beside each step as it is completed. Make sure and click on the Complete Online Registration.
You may also change the language translation of the forms in the right hand corner.
Country Gospel Recording Artist Danny Bingham is coming to Perrin, Texas. Bingham will perform in concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 30 at Perrin Assembly of God, located at 124 E. Davis Street, directly across from Perrin-Whitt CISD.
There will be no admission charged but a free-will offering will be received.
PERRIN – Coming back to where you started can have rewards sometimes.
After spending a year in Jacksboro, April Richardson came back to Perrin last year, where she had taught for more than a decade, to take a counseling position. This year, Richardson moves up the chain once again, taking over as principal at the junior high/high school campus after Karrie Wilhoit decided to go back to the classroom after one year as principal.
The Jacksboro ISD cheerleading program hosted a UCA home camp July 6-8. The teams showed worked in areas such as stunting, tumbling, jumping, and crowd leading in preparation for the upcoming season.
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Texas’ Jack County and the Jack Soil and Water Conservation District cordially invite the public to attend their FY17 Local Working Group meeting from noon to 2 p.m. August 10 at the Jack County Fair Barn, 1072 State Hwy. 59, Jacksboro.
The purpose of this annual LWG meeting is to set local conservation priorities and bring conservation stakeholders together to discuss conservation topics and issues relevant to helping Jack County farmers and ranchers better conserve on-farm natural resources.
Members of the STOMP - Standing Together on Meth Prevention board of directors Joe Mitchell, Sharon Robinson and Linda Bennett accepted a donation from Courtney Irwin of Avangrid Renewables - Barton Chapel Wind Farm at the organization’s meeting Friday, July 21.STOMP is heavily involved in all Jack County schools in spreading the word on the dangers of methamphetamines and staying away from them. The organization is comprised of parents, law enforcement and community members.
Retirement has not slowed Kelly Williams down at all. The 56-year-old retired Jacksboro kindergarten teacher finished her 34-year career at the end of the school year and now spends her time pursuing another passion — junking.
For the last 2 1/2 years, Williams and her husband, Wesley, also a retired teacher, have been sifting through garage sales, barns, you name it, all over the area to find treasures, then reselling them.
DALLAS – The Texas AgrAbility program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present a back-to-back farm tour and workshop in Dallas.
The activities, to be held at different locations, are oriented to veterans but also open to beginning farmers and ranchers as well as individuals with disabilities, coordinators said.
The farm tour will be 6-8:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at Bonton Farms, 6905 Bexar St. The cost for the tour is $20 and includes food and drinks. To register, go to http://bit.ly/2tNCfC4.
After successfully completing degree requirements at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, McCall Maddox from Jacksboro, TX, received a Bachelor of Science in Geology. Commencement exercises on May 13 honored 2,010 graduates in the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena on the TCU campus.
