The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 2003 Page: 7 of 32
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REST AVAILABLE COM.
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003
The Dublin Citizen
Sec. A, Page 7
H.O.P.E. provides help to those Id need
Groundwater District
to open satellite office
Helping Other People
Effectively was their goal when
a group of Erath County citizens
recognized a need in our com-
munity and got together to try to
help. H.O.P.E., Lnc. was formed
in May of 1984 as a private,
non-profit organization to assist
the needy residents of Erath
County with food, clothing and
financial assistance in an effec-
tive manner.
H.O.P.E., Inc. has been locat-
ed in 4 sites since its inception,
originally operating out of the
Farmer's Bank Office Building.
Later moving to the American
Legion Hall and then to
Lingleville Road. In August
2001 H.O.P.E. moved to the
current location at 1617 E.
Washington. This site has
offered a permanent location
with almost double the amount
of space from the previous site.
This move has allowed
H.O.P.E., Inc. to expand all
areas of operation.
During the last fiscal year
H.O.P.E., Inc. distributed
approximately $370,000 worth
of nutritional food. Each month
approximately 20,000 pounds of
food is given to approximately
400 family households. Last
year H.O.P.E, Inc. distributed
more than $200,000 worth of
clothing and household items.
H.O.P.E., Inc. also provides
limited financial assistance (one
time per household) for rent,
utility bills, emergency trans-
portation and transient lodging.
Last fiscal year this assistance
amounted to over $29,000.
Food, clothing and financial
assistance are available from 9
a.m. to noon Monday through
Friday.
Dr. Nathan Cedars
approached the H.O.P.E., Inc.
Board of Directors about open-
ing a free medical clinic. He
saw that many citizens needed
medical help and could not
afford it. In 1991 the "Nathan
Cedars Medical Clinic" was
opened to provide free medical
assistance to uninsured low-
income patients. H.O.P.E., Inc.
Medical Clinic and Class D
Pharmacy provided over
$250,000 worth of free medical
and pharmacy assistance last
year to clients who find them-
selves making too much money
to qualify for government assis-
tance programs, yet too little to
afford medical insurance for
their families. All services are
completely free of charge and
provided by a totally volunteer
staff. The clinic operates each
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoon and averages
15 patients each session.
In 1988 the volunteers who
worked sorting and hanging
clothes approached the Board of
Directors about starting a thrift
store because • the amount of
items donated were more than
could be given away. The
H.O.P.E. Thrift Store offers
clothing, shoes, household items
and miscellaneous items at
greatly reduced prices. The
H.O.P.E. Thrift Store is current-
ly open to the public on
Tuesdays and Fridays from 9
a.m. to noon.
A Board of Directors made
up of a wide cross section of
community population governs
H.O.P.E., Inc. Currently it con-
sists of 7 men and 5 women. All
members are active on site vol-
unteer workers demonstrating
their belief in the purpose of
H.O.P.E., Inc. and the under-
standing of the needs of those
we serve. H.O.P.E., Inc. oper-
ates on a $1,000,000 budget
(excluding dollar value of vol-
unteer labor) with one paid
Executive Director, one paid
Assistant to the Director, one
paid Pharmacist Assistant and
approximately 100 active volun-
teers. Volunteers perform at
least 90% of the work in a typi-
cal day. H.O.P.E., Inc. currently
maintains a low administrative
cost of less than 10%.
By TRACEY McMILLIAN
Special to the Citizen
Joe Cooper general manager
of the Middle Trinity
Groundwater Conservation
District got the go ahead from
the board of directors to open
another office in Comanche, and
hire a secretary for the satellite
location during last week's
directors meeting.
The district, which represents
both Erath and Comanche coun-
ties currently has their main
office located in Stephenville at
the Town and Country bank
building. The Comanche office
location will better serve the
Comanche county citizens when
they are asked to register their
wells in coming months. George
Bingham, Comanche board
member expressed his buoyancy
with the board's decision. "This
will make things easier on
Comanche County folks",
Bingham stated.
In other business directors
discussed:
• A good turn out at the dis-
trict's booth at the TriCounty
Agribusiness Dairy, Farm and
Ranch Show.
• Progress on the districts
Web site development.
Ongoing progress of devel-
oping rules for the district, with
the possibility that it might take
until May 2004 before they are
in place.
• Tabled discussion of hiring
a Field Technician until the dis-
tricts rules and regulations are in
place.
• Approved attendance of
General manager Cooper and
administrative assistant Cindy
MeCroskcy at an election law
training seminar in Austin on
December 3-5. "The training
they will receive at this seminar
is very valuable". Chairman of
the Board Ed Withers said. The
district will hold its next elec-
tion in May 2004. at that time
additional directors will be
elected to the board.
Game day planned City Council to meet on day after holiday
for senior center
A new game day with lunch
is going to get started next
Monday, Oct. 13 at the Dublin
Senior Center..
Games to be played will
include bridge and anyone play-
ing bridge is asked to bring a
pamtner if possible.
Other games will also be
available from 10 a.m. To 2 p.m.
Lunch will be $4 and will
consist of a green salad,
spaghetti garlic bread, dessert,
and coffee or tea.
Anyone having questions is
asked to call 445-3596.
Dublin City Council will
meet next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
rather than Monday due to
Columbus Day holiday.
On that agenda will be items
relating to trash services. IESI
has purchased Waste
Corporation and the council will
be asked to allow them to
assume the WC contract with
the city.
The council will also be
asked to extend the contract for
another year at the same rate as
is now in effect with he CPI
clause that is also now in the
contract. That allows the com-
pany to increase rates based on
Consumer Price Index.
IESI is going to offer to pro-
vide two haul-off trash contain-
ers twice a year for community
clean-ups. Should the council
not agree with the transfer and
contract extension, they will be
asked to consider what options
to take for a new trash company.
Also on the agenda will be a
new ordinance on community
. communication with the council
and the council will be asked to
allow city employees to trade
Moonshine Festival Celebrates Glen Rose Heritage
The first annual Glen Rose
Moonshine Festival and
Heritage Day will celebrate the
rich history of Glen Rose and
Somervell County this
Saturday, October 11 in down-
town Glen Rose and Heritage
Park.
Festivities will kick-off
Saturday morning and run
throughout the, day arouhd the
square in downtown Glen Rose
and in Heritage Park. There will
be games and activities for the
children, plus food, entertain-
ment and craft vendors for all
ages. There is no admission
charge and the public is wel-
come.
In Heritage Park visitors can
step back in time with quilting
demonstrations, a moonshine
display, games and much more.
Heritage Park is home to sever-
al buildings which depict the
history of Somervell County.
One of those buildings, the
Lanham Mill Schoolhouse will
be the site of a dedication cere-
mony at 1 p.m. The one-room
schoolhouse was donated to
Somervell County by R.C.
McFall and was relocated to
Heritage Park.
During prohibition,
Somervell County was consid-
ered the "Moonshining Capital
of Texas," and while the activity
was illegal, it did support the
local economy during The
Depression. However, the Texas
Rangers took a dim view of the
trade and swept into Somervell
County in August of 1923 and
arrested more than 40 citizens
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In addition to the Moonshine
Festival, Glen Rose will also
host the 6th annual Tommy
Alverson Texas Music Family
Gathering at Tres Rios. This
popular event will kickoff
Thursday, October 9 and run
through Saturday, October 11.
A number of Texas music stars
will be performing including
Tommy Alverson, Radney
Foster, Rusty Weir, Ray Wylie
Hubbard and Johnny Bush, just
to name a few. In all more*jpn
30 performers will shoMhae
their talent during the three day
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(at right) Dublin Lions Club
members were busy Friday sell-
ing mops and brooms including
a new item which will extend to
sweep away cobwebs. Pictured
are, left to right, Ronnie Barnett,
Tom Gordon. Proceeds go
toward financing Lions Club
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The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 2003, newspaper, October 9, 2003; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770223/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.