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Governor Rick Perry Proclaims January As State Of
Thursday, January 3, 2002-THE GROOM NEWS-Page 3
Texas School Board Appreciation Month
children with the skills
Governor Rick Perry
irths proclaimed January as
wn Texas School Board
mph Recognition Month, by
* signing a proclamation,
aft In it he comments,
- "There is no resource
in towns and cities across
Texas are locally elected
school boards that govern
and guide schools, taking
into consideration the
erton more precious to Texas
a than the children of the
er Lone Star State. Our
feme] dreams for the future and
orton the Texas of tomorrow
son lie with our children and
bert how well-equipped they
ey are to face challenges,
I embrace opportunities and
ey build upon this state’s
. solid foundation. One of
s our most important
challenges, then, is to
offer our children the
best possible education.
children’s
and the
people.
School
best interests
will of the
boards
served our nation
have
for
more than 200 years, and
continue to serve a
pivotal role in shaping
needed for lifelong
success.
Each year, the Texas
Association of School
Board designates January
as School Recognition
Month, to emphasize to
parents, educators,
community leaders and
others the importance of
the services that these
dedicated men and
our great state’s next women provide to the
generation of leaders, schools and the children
Thanks to the dedication of Texas.”
won gold at the State
UIL meet, and Clif
Britten is elected School
Board President. 15
seniors graduated from
Groom High School and
Dewayne Gray and
Candace Bohr were
named fighting Tiger and
Tigerette.
June saw Groomites
turning out in force to
donate blood to a Claude
boy with Cancer. Groom
veterans Tator Blackwell,
destroyed Mr. and Mrs.
Scott McLaughlin’s home
south-west of Groom.
Luke Pavlovsky and
Garrett Britten were
named to the All-Region
Concert Band.
Christmas came
went with lovely
winterish weather
COUNTY
present a job description
and set the salary for the
secretary of that office.
It was proposed for the
salary to be set at a
level 2 secretary which is
ard
and hard work of Texas, He urged all Texans to
more than 7,000 school recognize the invaluable
board members, who so contributions that are
generously serve their revealed through the
communities without pay, work of our local School
NEW YEAR
ler Taking up this challenge '
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pad
j in the range of $16,387
un- to $19,773, depending on
and the skills and experience,
snow only fell after most A motion was passed to
travelers had returned allow the level 2 request,
home Contracts with Dobson
Who knows what Cellular were presented
challenges the new year to the court. A motion
*11 was passed to enter into
bring a all t _. . 1
uncertain would in which a 2 year agreement with
we live, but has it now the cell phone company
always been so. We Motion . carried with
must hope for the best Commissioner Strawn
and prepare for the voting againstthe
worst, and keep faith in contracts, a AIP Grant
those things in our lives money will fund these
that are un-changing like agreements..
God’s love. We at The County Auditor
News Jacqueline West submitted
happy that offices’ monthly
report. ^ motion was
• passed to accept it.
The court adjourned
until January 14, 2002.
Guy Blackwell, and
Norris Hoyt were
our schools are better Boards.u honored at the V.A. Flag
equipped to prepare our Local School BoardDay ceremonies. Pantex
*members currently serving employees turned ou in
are Clif Britten, Barry force to work on clean
Fields Tim Case Tony up projects for Groom.
. asex T ony In July, Groom School
Britten, Kelvin Ollinger, joined KVII’s Weather
and Mike Fnemel. We * 1 , D.
thank them for serving Net and 75 years of Rt
our community in this 66 was celebrated at
to Grooms downtown
capacity gazebo.
Holiday Visits Volunteer water
— jrationing was imposed in
T.C. and Shirey mid July as the area
Sustaire were . hosted drought continued. Solar
Christmas Eve in their cars traveled through
home. t Visiting were Groom causing quite a
Randy, Janelle, Brandy, few rubber necks and
Brad and Courtney double takes with their
Sustaire. , - „ "outer space" . like
Randy, and Janelle, appearance - So
then, hosted Christmas ?! "Groom Day or came
and went with a bang.
The melodrama was once
again held and proved
successful with the help
of many volunteers.
Showers finally came
back to the area in mid
Armstrong County Museum
& Gem Theatre
Claude, Texas
Saturday. January 19th at 7:30 pm
4th annual Gemmy Awards
Tickets: $8.00 adults $3.00 children
Call 226-5409 for reservations 83
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Come See Our Selections In The Gift Shop!
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Day in their home.
Visiting the Katie Tally
home over the holidays
were Amie, John King,
Anthony and Matthew of
Las Cruces, NM; Alice
and Gerald
Norman,
Lanita
children
Hooks of
Oklahoma;
McClure
and
Shultz of Groom.
and
Kenny
Pav, Toni and Luke
Pavlovsky traveled to
i Clarksville, Arkansas over
theholidays to visit
Toni’s Mom and: Sisters.
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wish you a
prosperous and
"New Year" in 2002.
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August. Groom ISD
welcomed back 152
students and was named
Exemplary for the
previous year.
Groom’s football team
gets things off to a
roaring success and the
City of Groom lowers
taxes while the school
must call : for a roll-back
election.
a. In October, Groom
* said "Good Luck” to
a retiring postmaster, Doris
% Kuehler and welcomed
about the new postmaster,
8 Ginger Dee. Garrett
A Britten and Candace Bohr
were crowned
t Homecoming King and
i Queen.
■ In November, The
a State National Bank
Jim Pepper 669-9710
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installed a wonderful flag
pole and Matt Fields was
seriously injured in a fall
from his horse. Tigers
continued their winning
ways all through early
December before losing
in the State Qualifier
Finals match up. Clay
Britten and Clay Ritter
were named MVP’s for
the District. Fire
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Burton, Donna & Reyes, Ella Mae. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 2002, newspaper, January 3, 2002; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1707011/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.