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Gruver News

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Thursday May 1 | Amarillo.com

Step Up to Success focuses on positives

“If you can believe you can do it, you can do it.”

Michael Lemmons / Amarillo Globe-News James Molina, an eighth-grader at Bowie Middle School, was among the estimated 500 or more junior high school students at The Church at Quail Creek on March 26 for the ... via Amarillo.com

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Saturday Apr 12 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Tangled path leads man from criminal to chaplain

“I want people to know what I know. I want to be successful. And success is being able to lay your head down at night knowing that you did something good for someone else, that God used you that day to change someone else's life.”

All Michael Kelly wanted were some chocolate chip cookies to take back to his Clements Unit cell. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

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Apr 10, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Idolina Garcia

Idolina Garcia

GRUVER - Idolina Garcia, 84, died Sunday, March 30, 2008.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008 in Gruver United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gary Gumfory and Isabel Martinez officiating. Burial will be in Hansford Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman.

Mrs. Garcia was born April 1, 1923, in Chihuahua, Mexico. She married Ramon Garcia in 1959. She was a homemaker and a member of the Primera Iglesia Bautista Church of Spearman

Survivors include six daughters, Eustolia Simental of Juarez, Mexico, Ramona Sota of El Paso, Josefa Granados of Gruver, Soledad Favela of Sunland Par, NM, Herminia Aguilar of Gruver, and Sandy Franco of El Paso; a son, Ramon Garcia Jr. of Gruver; a brother, Lalo Ochoa of Chihuahua; a sister, Socorro Morales of Juarez; 26 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. Read more

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Spearman, TX

Apr 4, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Author Visits Schools

The students from Spearman and Gruver PK-6th grade were visited by Panhandle's own author, John Erickson, on Thursday, March 13th.

Mr. Erickson presented a delightful rendition of his Hank the Cowdog songs and books. The program was educational and very entertaining.

Local PTOs made this possible for the students. Morse Elementary shared in the program with Gruver.

© 2008 The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman Spearman, Texas. All Rights Reserved. This content, including derivations, may not be stored or distributed in any manner, disseminated, published, broadcast, rewritten or reproduced without express, written consent from STPNS. Read more

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Apr 2, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

NPEC Youth Tour Winners Announced

Leigh Ann Winger of Gruver and Jonathan Harder of Perryton won a 9-day, all expense paid trip to Washington, DC as winners of North Plains Electric Cooperative's Government-in-Action Youth Tour contest.

Leigh Anne, a sophomore at Gruver High School, is the daughter of David and Teague Winger. Harder, a junior at Perryton High School, is the son of Loren and Maylene Harder. They will join other young people from Texas who have won similar contests on June 12 in Irving. From there they will fly to Washington, DC. Read more

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Mar 31, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Pringle-Morse 5th and 6th Graders Participated in Solo Festival/Recital

Pringle-Morse CISD 5th and 6th graders participated in a Solo Festival/Recital on March 11th at the Pringle-Morse auditorium. Each student played a solo before a judge an audience of family ang guests.

Superior ratings were awarded to Elsa Adkins, clarinet; Gabby Bravo, clarinet; Gabriel Briseno, trumpet; Rodolfo Carrazco, trumpet; Alex Ceniceros, alto saxophone; Erin Ford, flute; Gena Gillispie, flute; Jace Lane, alto saxophone; James Layton, snare drum; Molly Lieb, flute; Griselda Lopez, clarinet; Katie Miesner, flute; Ismael Ortiz, trombone; Ramon Ortiz, trombone; Kelsea Porter, baritone horn; Emilynn Robinson, clarinet; and Zachary Sandefur, trumpet. Read more

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Related Topix: Morse, TX, Spearman, TX

Mar 6, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Four GHS Students Receive Student Achievement Award

Four Gruver High School students received the "Texas Student Achievement Award" from the Texas ACT Council for their performance on the PLAN (Pre-ACT) Assessment.  These students are on target to meet or exceed ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks by graduation.  ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks are empirically-based and identify the level of achievement necessary in English, mathematics, reading and science to have a successful college freshman experience.

The students receiving this recognition from the Texas ACT Council are: Lindsey Mireles, Andre Silva, Veronica Teal, and Angelica Vela. Read more

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Mar 3, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Bid Notice

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Commission of the City of Spearman and City of Gruver, Texas for sealcoating of approximately 69,600 square yards of streets, alleys, and parking lots entitled:

SEALCOATING - 2008

will be received at the office of the City Manager of the City of Gruver at City Hall, 201 E. Broadway, P.O. Box 947, Gruver, Texas, 79040 until:

2:00 P.M.

March 18, 2008

A cashier's check, certified check or acceptable bidder's bond, payable to the Owner an amount equal to not less than five percent of the bid submitted, must accompany each bid as guarantee that, if awarded the contract, the Bidder will, within fifteen days after receipt of Contract Documents, enter into a contract with the Owner and will execute bonds on the forms provided in the Contract Documents.  Any bid received after the time and date listed above will be returned unopened and will not be considered. Read more

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Mar 1, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

North Plains Electric Offers Free Trip to Washington, DC for Area Teenagers

The Board of Directors of North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc. has authorized the sponsorship of a speech contest among students attending school in the Cooperative's service area. Two winners of the Government-in-Action Youth Tour contest will be awarded an exciting all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC, June 12-20, 2008.

This contest is open to any boy or girl, age 15-19, who attends school (either public, private or home taught) in the North Plains Electric Cooperative service area. Students must be either a sophomore, junior or senior in high school. Schools considered to be in NPEC's service area include Booker, Canadian, Darrouzett, Follett, Gruver, Higgins, Perryton and Spearman. Read more

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Feb 28, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

Hansford County Residents to Benefit from Increased Warning Capability

“Big Mouth was a single modem system using a single phone line to individually call each resident of threatening conditions. The "Big Mouth”

Residents of Hansford County will soon recognize an additional component of warning has been added to the arsenal of warning capabilities as they begin receiving "test" messages over their phones in the next few weeks. Several partners in Hansford County have financed a new system of warning called "CodeRED". The partners making the new system possible include Hansford County, the Cities of Spearman and Gruver, Hansford Hospital, the Pringle-Morse CISD and GRUVER ISD. Through these partners' efforts every citizen of Hansford County can now be "warned" of impending emergencies and disasters in a matter of only a few minutes. Read more

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Gruver, Texas is located in Hansford County. Zip codes in Gruver include 79040.