The McGregor Mirror and the Crawford Sun (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2012 Page: 1 of 14
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75C • Thursday, September 20, 2012 • REFLECTING THE MOC COMMUNITY • Vol. 108, No. 38 •
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Your stories.
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McGregor, TX 76657
CELEBRATING MCGREGOR RICH HERITAGE was this colorful Folklorica dancer at the 130th birthday of the town’s found-
ing in historic downtown Saturday at the 21st annual Founders Day Festival. Over 5,000 attended the event this year.
Let’s create a better McGregor
School Board adds teacher
for large kindergarten class
By Charles Mooney
Members of the McGregor
School board hired a new kinder-
garten teacher and approved the
business and property insurance
policy renewal for 2012-2013
at their regular meeting held on
Sept. 13 at the administration
building.
“The kindergarten class has
increased this year to 122 stu-
dents and another kindergarten
teacher needs to be added,” Su-
perintendent Kevin Houchin told
the board members last Thursday
night.
The board approved a con-
tract with Akeiah Owens Dillon
as recommended by the super-
intendent. Supt. Houchin added
that Julie Eubank would be hired
as an aide for the new kindergar-
ten class.
Under more business, the
trustees reviewed a business and
property insurance policy renew-
al for 2012-2013 submitted by
Pinnacle Insurance Group, Inc.,
formerly Naler Insurance. The
submitted renewal compared the
premiums for business cover-
age insurance with Trident to the
premiums with Trident for the
past school year. The proposal
showed an increase in premium
of about $1300 for the current
school year. The board approved
the renewal of business and
property insurance with the Pin-
nacle Insurance Group, Inc.
Demographic enrollment
information was presented to the
board. Out of 1375 students this
year, Hispanic are 47.6 percent,
White are 43.9 percent, African
American are at 7.6 percent, and
Pacific Islanders or Asian are at
.9 percent. There are 730 males,
or 53.1 percent, and 645 females,
or 46.9 percent.
“Percentage of students
qualifying for free or reduced
lunches is 68.3 percent,” Supt.
Houchin told the board. “The
trend for the district, just like
Texas, has been for an increase in
percentage of Hispanic students.
Demographics of the district
look much like those of Texas
as whole except the district has
a smaller percentage of African
Americans than the state.”
The superintendent told the
board that the first meeting of the
community strategic planning
committee was held recently and
he thought it was a good one. He
added that several school-affili-
ated people are participating on
the committee.
Here are a few more items
brought up at the board meeting:
• Supt. Houchin told board
members that a meeting on the
progress of the Mobile Learning
Initiative would be held in Octo-
ber. Any needed budget amend-
ments would be presented at that
time.
• Annual audit for the dis-
trict will begin next week.
• Three hours of board train-
ing will be offered as a Team
Building Activity during the
month of October.
• Board members approved
the McLennan County 4-H Res-
olution, the School Health Advi-
sory Council (SHAC) for 2012-
2013, and an application for a
maximum class size waiver for
the elementary.
Board member Gary
Hannemann commented that
band parents seem to be happy
with the progress of the band so
far this year and Board mem-
ber Carolyn Lillard said she
was pleased with the sound and
overall atmosphere of the band
at the games this season. She
asked about the possibility of a
student section at some point in
the future that might sit near the
band and drill team to help pro-
mote the team and school spirit.
Board member Robbie Jo Allison
reported she attended the recent
open house and that the event
ran well, and that the teachers
seemed excited about the new
school year.
Stategic planning group
to study city’s needs
Citizens asked to participate
A new community effort currently underway is a Strategic Plan-
ning Project for the City of McGregor. This is open to all citizens of
McGregor and the second meeting will be Monday, September 24th
at the Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative Meeting Room from 6:00
to 7:15. It will be your time to voice your opinion on how to create
a better McGregor.
A steering committee of about 30 folks met September 8th to
help get the project started under the leadership of facilitator Rose-
mary Townsend and co-chaired by Teresa Sneed and Ottis Loster.
Citizens and business community members with a can-do atti-
tude are encouraged to come join the group. There will be four com-
munity meetings held in the next two months to gather input.
McGregor ISD Superintendent told the group that McGregor
was growing according to school enrollment. A new kindergarten
teacher was just added to take care of the growth in the elementary.
There are 121 students in kindergarten alone.
Some of the top needs mentioned during the initial meeting was
community cleanup, housing, EMS, a valued diversity, managing
growth and infrastructure. Come Monday and let the committee hear
your ideas for a better McGregor.
MCGREGOR HIGH SCHOOL’S PROJECT GRADUATION FUND RAISER got off to a big start last Saturday morn-
ing for the running of the 5K Fun Run in conjunction with the Founders Day 5K Run. It was reported that more
than 600 runners and 600 spectators participated and attended. There was also a high school through junior
high cross country meet held immediately following the 5K. Thanks to all who participated and helped at the run.
Mullen It Ovcv by Bonnie Mullens
oS Another one in the books
THE 21ST ANNUAL FOUNDERS DAY has come and
gone, and by all accounts it was another successful event. Heck,
even the weather cooperated, though it looked doubtful it would
on Thursday and Friday. In fact, Saturday turned out nice and
cool. It was a beautiful day. The rain waited until the close of
the street dance to start falling again. How is that for cooperation.
Our congratulations to the Founders Day committee for all
their hard work and planning. Teresa Sneed and the Community
Development Board and volunteers worked countless hours plan-
ning a party for the 5,000 plus guests. The City of McGregor re-
ally stepped it up this year with their help with the festival. City
employees took care of the heavy duty work such as trash pickup,
bounderies and much, much more.
Thursday morning Mynette and I watched from our Main
Street window as Gretta Fisk marked all the spots for the vendor
spaces. Ask anyone who has done that job before and they will
tell you it is a painful one, especially the day after. Muscles you
didn’t know you had make themselves known. About the time Gretta
completed marking the spaces up and down both sides of the street,
the rain came, erasing all her hard work in a matter of minutes. She
had to wait out the rain for about 24 hours before she could start over.
It was great having the 1st Cav Horse Detachment and Band,
along with the Marine Honor Guard again this year. I know attendees
enjoyed having an opportunity to visit with them and to thank them
for all they do in serving our country.
Those attending Saturday enjoyed a near flawless day-long
event, thanks to many volunteers, City staff and sponsors. On Page
7 is an advertisement from Community Development thanking all
those responsible for a great birthday party for McGregor. Take time
to read all the names, and if you happen to run into them, give them
a pat on the back. There are also plenty of pictures from the festival.
The third week in September of 2013, the 22nd Founders Day
will be held celebrating the 131 st founding of McGregor. If you want
to be involved and volunteer, visit with Teresa Sneed and her group.
They will certainly find a spot for you.
FESTIVAL STILL AHEAD FOR MCGREGOR ....
Everyone is invited to a Fiesta celebration on the grounds of St
Eugene Catholic Church in McGregor on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Plenty of food choices will be available that day including hoi
dogs, hamburgers, cabrito, tamales, enchilada plates, nachos, briskei
taquitos, tostados, tacos de bistek, tacos sudados. There will be £
sweet shop indoors, shaved ice cones outside along with soft drinks
and Aqua Fresca.
A silent auction is planned at the festival this year along with
live music and a horseshoe tournament. For those wishing to registei
for the horseshoe tournament contact Luis Aguilar at 254-223-0254
for more details.
ON THE BACK PAGE this week Mirror readers will find a new
column, Capital Highlights, written by Texas Press Association’s Ec
Sterling. We hope that this column will help keep our readers in-
formed of what is happening at our State Capital. We are pleased tc
offer this legislative news column each week to our readers.
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