The Depot annual meeting will be held Friday February 10 at noon in the depot in city park. A lunch of cowboy stew will be served during the business meeting. All members and others interested parties are invited.
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The blood drive last week saw 62 donors and drew 55 units of blood with only 5 deferrals. A deferral is a donor that comes to give but is declined due to some health issue. Thanks to everyone that came to give the gift of life.
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From the Prairie Acres newsletter: Interim administrator Wally Johnson has left Prairie Acres. Crystal Carrasco, administrator in training, will take her test for her license in a couple of weeks and will then be assigned as administrator.
The Prairie Acres February resident of the month is Ila Burchett. Employee of the month is Thania Garcia. She works in the nursing department and has been employed since July 2013. Anahis Marinelarena is recognized for 5 years of service.
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Happy 50th anniversary to my sister Gena Rogers and husband Don. They live in Rendon near Burleson and celebrated last Saturday. Between our late sister Kathye, me, and our brother Rick, we have been married nine times. Gena and Don are the matrimonial Flagship in the family.
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Went back to the Cardiology Center Thursday for a pacemaker checkup. I still have arrhythmia issues so they gave me a prescription for it. The prescription requires that I have three EKGs in three days to see if it is working. So, I went Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday this week to PMC and they send results to Amarillo. So far so good but I have slowed down my pace here at the paper. Going to cut back on my activities a bit until I start feeling better. Grateful to have Dana Jameson and Nathan Parson to see that the paper gets printed every week.
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The Friona Public Library has an opening for a part time circulation clerk. Stop by the library for an application and info. See the classified ad in today’s paper.
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The Class 0f 2017 senior steak dinner will be April 2. Tickets are $15 in advance and $16 at the door. More info later. The first senior class banquet will be April 3 at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. St. Teresa’s Mexican dinner will be Sunday March 5. Spring chaos is about to descend on the community.
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Just to add to the chaos, Daylight Saving Time will be Sunday March 12, time to spring forward an hour.
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The trailer for collecting aluminum cans is parked at the Kendrick Farm Store behind the police station. Cans collected benefit the senior class.
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My oldest son Casey is 40 this Saturday. This week my youngest daughter Megan made a career move from a pizza restaurant to a shift leader in a new coffee house in Argyle, Texas, just east of Denton. The company she works for has about five different restaurants and this is a promotion she is very excited about. How about sharing news about what is happening in your family. Shoot us an email or give us a call, frionastar@wtrt.net or 806-250-2211. Until then!
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