As the parade floats line up, here’s a rundown of events going on this weekend for Jacksboro High School’s Homecoming.
The Homecoming Parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. This year’s parade theme is “Live Your Brand.”
Following the parade, the Homecoming Princess and Queen Coronation will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the High School Main Gym. The Homecoming Pep Rally will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the High School Gym.
The 2017 Jacksboro High School Homecoming week begins Monday with the annual homecoming bonfire beginning at 8 p.m.. The site for the bonfire will be adjacent to the Pee Wee football field on Highway 59 near Lake Jacksboro. This year’s bonfire is the result of a cooperative effort involving the City of Jacksboro, Jacksboro Police Department, Jacksboro Fire Department, and Jacksboro ISD. Arrangements have been made for the bonfire to be constructed of wooden pallets that have been donated by local businesses.
Seniors Brady Adair and Rebecca Vela were named Perrin Homecoming King and Queen during halftime of the Sept. 15 Homecoming game with Lake Country Christian.
PERRIN – Dropping to Class A, which would mean six-man football, was a topic of discussion during Tuesday night’s school board meeting.
Superintendent Cliff Gilmore said the high school is at 106 students right now with the Class A limit set at 104.9. He said for districts that play 11-man football, the only way to count enrollment is students in grades 9-12. After a conversation with UIL Executive Director Charles Breithaupt recently, six-man districts have more leeway of figuring enrollment.
Students from Perrin will be helping a sister school damaged during the storms resulting from Hurricane Harvey.
Perrin alumus Craig Schweitzer, who teaches fourth grade math and science at Scanlan Oaks Elementary, reached out to Perrin Elementary Principal Amy Salazar for help after learning another school in his district, Fort Bend ISD, was damaged by flooding.
There are a few donation drives going on now in Jacksboro to help with the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.
The Jack County Law Enforcement Center will be accepting donations through 5 p.m. Friday. Keith Morrison, of Meridian, father-in-law of Jack County Game Warden T.J. Tweedle will be taking supplies to the temporary game warden headquarters in Rosenberg Saturday.
They’re looking for Gatorade, Powerade, nonperishable snacks like granola bars, protein bars, nuts and more. Any supplies for flood victims and evacuees will be taken to the Red Cross shelter in Rosenberg.
Reports of gas shortages in the North Texas area sent Jacksboro residents scrambling to fill up their tanks Thursday morning.
As of 11:30 a.m. customers were still filling up at all of the gas stations in Jacksboro. Short lines were forming at some, but waits were not long.
Cowboy’s in Bryson Manager Rose Coldwell said she did not foresee that her store would run out of gas but gas sales have been busy for the morning.
Prices are up slightly to between $2.22 and $2.29 per gallon.
Pirate’s Cove in Perrin had signs on two of its pumps by late morning.
In a three-day trial that ended Thursday evening, Andrew Michael Wilson was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
A Jack County traffic stop and then pursuit involving four agencies resulted in a drug bust of more than 4 pounds of methamphetamine.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Trevor Topper stopped a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe just south of Antelope on Highway 281 at about 1 p.m. Tuesday for operating a vehicle with no license plate or only one plate. He initiated a search of the vehicle driven by Jessie Tyrone Stafford, 32, of Olney according to Stafford’s driver’s license.
BRYSON – Council members approved a $3,500 budget for the Festival in the Park event scheduled for Oct. 7 during Monday night’s regular meeting.
It will be the second year of the event, which featured some gospel groups which brought a number of out of town guests from as far as Azle and Weatherford. Mayor Sheila Birdwell said there were possibly more people from out of town than residents at the event.
