The Stonewall County Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 2012 Page: 1 of 8
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 Aspermont, stonewall county, Texas • US507630 • 50* Volume 25 • Number 20
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Pasa?
AHS All Awards
Banquet
Tuesday, May 15 th 6:00
PM at the Community
Center. Meal Tickets will
be $10 and can be pur-
chased in advance in the
high school office.
Old Globy
Coohthy
Music
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The Old Glory Country
Dance will be Thursday
Night May 10th. from 7:00
PM. until 10:00 PM. at the
Old Glory Community
Center.
There will be a live band
and refreshments will be
served. Everyoneis wel-
come. For more informa-
tion call 940-989-2966
or 989-2816.
Sr. Citizens Center
Fundraiser
Stonewall County Se-
nior Citizens Center is
selling tickets on a beau-
tiful cross made by Shelly
Dunham, daughter of Pide
and Mittie Dunham, as
one of our fundraisers.
Tickets are 1 for $1.00 or
6 for $5.00. Come by 536
S. Washington to purchase
your tickets.
Vote
Saturday, May
12, 2012 at
the Stonewall
County
Community
Center
Take a Kid
Fishing and
send us
your photos.
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or PO Box 808
Aspermont, TX 79502
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City Appreciation Day held for citizens of Aspermont
Aspermont celebrated and
city council and employees
showed their gratitude to resi-
dents as the first ever City Ap-
preciation day was enjoyed
this past Saturday. The brain-
child of City Manager Sonny
Campbell came together with
the help of council members
and employees and the gener-
osity of Lawrence Brothers
Grocery, Coca Cola and the
efforts of countless volunteers.
The City Appreciation day
began at 10:00 am and lasted
until 3:00 with free tortilla
wrapped hot dogs, cokes, wa-
ter and refreshments. There
was a water slide, bouncy
house, train ride, tatoos and
face painting and live music by
“The Buzzards” and Sonny
Campbell’s Band.
“After redoing our water
tower inside and out Sonny
came up with an idea to show
City Council and School
Board elections this Saturday
Aspermont voters head to
the polls this Saturday to elect
two city council representa-
tives and two school board
members. Vying for election
to the city council are candi-
dates Kellye Elkins, Stephenia
Mullen (incumbent) and Billie
Petterson-Carter. Petterson-
Carter is stepping down from
her position as Mayor and
hopes to win a seat on the
council. The only candidate
running for the office of mayor
is Ralph Ridell III.
The Aspermont Indepen-
dent School District school
board has a field of 4 candi-
dates running for the two seats
that are up for election. Can-
didates include Lacy English,
Barry Richardson, David
Brown and Tina Meador.
The Stonewall Memorial
Hospital board had two seats
that were filled when incum-
bents Buddy McNutt and
Martha Jones filed unopposed
for reelection.
Voting will take place this
Saturday May 12 at the Com-
munity Center at 516 So.
Washington Ave. in Asper-
mont.
USDA invites applications for grants to provide
broadband service to remote rural communities
TEMPLE, TEXAS, May 4,
2012 - Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack announced today
that USDA is accepting appli-
cations through the Commu-
nity Connect Broadband pro-
gram for grants to provide
broadband service to residents
of remote, rural communities.
“These grants not only are
critical for businesses and resi-
dents, they also help first re-
sponders, educators and health
see USDA Grants
Continued on Page 8
it off to our citizens,” said As-
permont Mayor Billie-
Petterson Carter. We also just
wanted to show the commu-
nity how much we appreciate
them. To our knowledge, the
city had never done anything
like this.” Mayor Petterson-
Carter said the city is making
great progress on upgrades to
the sewer plant to make it
more efficient.
“Sonny did an great job co-
ordinating and planning the
City Appreciation day, every-
thing was free. The cheerlead-
ers volunteered to be dunked.
“The Buzzards” and Sonny’s
band played live music,
George Abernathy was MC.
we had a train ride, water slide,
bouncy house, free cokes and
water and hot dogs wrapped in
tortillas, First Baptist Church
did tatoos, there was a lot go-
ing on and it was all good!”
With all of the fun and suc-
cess, it looks like City Appre-
ciation day might something
that will take on a life of its
own. Maybe there will be
more in the future.
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visit:
• Snacks at the Paricutin Volcano
• Missions Under the Northern Lights
• Music at the Matterhorn
• Recreation at the Grand Canyon
• and Crafts at the Great Barrier Reef.
It’s Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church of Aspermont, Texas like you’ve never
experienced before! Children age 4 through grade 6 are admitted free from June 4th- 6th, 6:00
p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Registration at 5:00 p.m. June 4th.
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White, Jay. The Stonewall County Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 2012, newspaper, May 10, 2012; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth740782/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.