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Volume 76 Number 14
Cnin munitg
Calendar
THE GROOM
Economic Development
Corporation has four
openings to fill on the
board. Please contact City
Hall if you would be
interested in serving the
community of Groom in
this manner.
The
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The Groom-McLean News 79039
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Groom Tigers Turn Out The Lights
On The Chillicothe Eagles, 36-29
In a game that will
not soon be forgotten, the
Groom Tigers rallied
from a 22-6 deficit to
beat the Chillicothe
Eagles 36-29.
"What a huge win for
this football team," stated
first year coach Toby
Tucker. "These kids
have worked so hard, and
number to call is 248- we finally had the ball
7929. bounce our way a couple
of times. Watching this
GROOM JR. High game you can see what
Cross Country team will type of character these
travel to Shamrock boys have. They battled
Saturday, September 28, and scrapped their way
to compete at 3 p.m. back into the game and
when they
SEPTEMBER 27 is chance to
had
deliver
the end of the first six knockout punch
weeks at Groom School, did."
the
a
they
Six weeks .test will be in That knockout punch
the days prior, started when Groom
came out of the locker
THE K-6 music room at halftime down
classes will present a 22-20. "You could feel
. _the momentum starting to
Patriotic Program at 7 shift in our direction,"
p.m. on September 30. , said Tucker. "We went
Groom Tiger captains Doug Fields, Brett Britten, Cody Babcock & Lance Ollinger meet Chillicothe’s captains mid-field for
the coin toss.
a THERE WILL be a
Groom High School Pep
Rally at 3 p.m. Friday,
September 27.
THERE WILL be no
school on October 14.
GROOM TIGERS
will kick off district play
against Lefors in Lefors
at 7:30 Friday, September
27.
in down two at the half
and it seemed like we
were up 20. The kickoff
return team started off
the second half with the
some huge blocks that
opened up Doug Fields
for an 82-yard kickoff
return for a touchdown.
"We had several players
de-cleat their kids on that
play," added Tucker.
"Lance Ollinger got our
lick of the week on that
play by taking two
Chillicothe players out.
There were bodies flying
all over the place." That
would be Groom’s first
lead of the game and
they
back.
score
would not look
Fields would later
on
touchdown
a
run
would come on
4th down play.
46-yard
that
a huge
also scored twice
on 1-yard runs.
Fields
more
Calvin
Schaffer also chipped in
with a 19-yard
touchdown run earlier in
the game. Brett Britten
added 6 points off extra
point tries. Defensively,
the Tigers settled down
to contain a very good
running back in Roy
Araiza. Groom held him
to his lowest output this
season. Doug Fields had
15 tackles, Brett Britten
had 7, Calvin Schaffer,
Bobby Ratteree, and
Owen Weinheimer all
had 6. Cody Babcock
contributed with 4, and
Lance
tackles.
The
Ollinger had 2
game had a
See Tigers, pg. 4
GROOM JR. High
Cubs play host to Lefors
Thursday September 26
at 5 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST
Church AWANA Club
meets Wednesday,
October 2 from 6:30-8
p.m for children 3 years
old through 6th grade.
Please bring a canned
food item this week. If
you need a ride, call the
church at 248-7941
County Court Votes To Convert
County Attorney’s Law Library
To C.D. Rom Format
The Commissioners’
Court of Carson County
met on September 23.
Commissioners present
were Lewis W. Powers,
abatement process and
the replacement would
follow immediately. The
electrical work for the
construction would take
place
October
between
Kenneth
Strawn
Howell.
September
Ware, Jerry
and Kevin
Minutes of the
9 meeting
project
dis
was also
u s s e d .
November
and
for
mid-
mid-
the
replacement of materials
:
:
Attebury Grain
Wheat........$4.30
Mio $4 10
******+*
Soybeans..$4.82
Sunflowers.$8.50
Local Fair Exhibitors Win Prizes
Some Groom students
competed in the Tri-State
Fair last week and
brought several ribbons
home to Groom.
Brett and Blaine
Britten showed in the
Junior Calf Show. They
placed 5th and 10th in
their respective classes.
Trent Murray placed
See Fair, pg. 2
were read and approved.
The commissioners
approved a motion to pay
all claims. A late claim
added to the list was for
$233 for tire service
from Robert Moore. The
commissioners met with
consultants concerning the
replacement of heating
and air conditioning units
in the courthouse and the
abatement of asbestos.
The court was informed
that it would take about
2 weeks for the
Commissioners decided to
wait until spring to begin
the work.
County Attorney Scott
Sherwood petitioned the
court to enter into an
agreement to convert the
county’s law library to a
new system. Mr.
Sherwood is wanting to
purchase the required law
books on a CD format
instead of actual books,
stating that it would cost
the county less money.
The commission voted to
approve the request.
Commissioner Ware
informed the court that
on rail crossings
County Road 11
County Road L.
Ware stated that
on
and
Mr.
the
roads will be closed for
one day during the
process.
The commission voted
to accept the AIP Grant
as submitted which was
$30,000 more than the
annual amount.
The court reviewed the
rates for the Texas
County and District
Retirement System. The-
court voted to make no
plan changes for 2003.
See County, pg. 3
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Burton, Donna & Reyes, Ella Mae. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 2002, newspaper, September 26, 2002; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1707048/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.