Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Page: 1 of 8
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CELEBRATION SET — Electra Acoustic Group -Kim Ray, Rory Gee, Marilyn and
Eddie Stoddard -- will be performing Friday night at the July 4 Gig Under The Rig
Independence Day celebration. The event is being sponsored by the Pump Jack Capital
Association under the derrick north of the police station. Entertainment will begin at 8
p.m. Free hot dogs will be served.
Eddie Stoddard, Rory Gee and
Kim Ray will be performing hits
of the 50s and 50s as well as
classic country music.
The office is located at 221
W. Roosevelt and is open on
Tuesdays between 4 and 5 p.m.
July 29 is the deadline for
applying and supplies will be
distributed on Aug. 18.
Patty Bruce said school
supplies as well as monetary
donations are being accepted for
this project.
For further information call
495-4393.
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Drawing tickets are
from Dick Cranford
Antique Emporium.
the City received from USDA
for water improvement..
City officials first believed sponsored by
Melton, Devin Rakestraw, Sandy r
Thomas, Sherri McClane, Ashley children who are enrolled in
Ward, Katherine Rodgers, James public school, receive some type
of federal/state assistance and
reside in Electra are eligible to
apply at the H.E.L.P. office.
Proof of assistance received
must be shown when applying.
July 5 Senior Citizens Opry
To Benefit Meals On Wheels
and chips will be served at 6 invited to participate and attend
p.m. the festivities.
The opry is free, however
donations will be accepted for
Meals on Wheels.
certificates provided to
association by Electra Chamber
of Commerce to be redeemed at
Wiling
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Bids will be open on July 22
for the remaining USDA water
improvement project in Electra.
Administrator Steve
Giesbrecht said Tuesday the
City had been informed by letter
that the remaining 1.1 million
dollars was available for this
purpose.
The funds are remaining
from the 3 million dollar loan
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The pool will open at 1 p.m.
and close at 6 p.m., normal
operating hours.
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The July Gig Under The Rig
concert series on Friday night
will be an Independence Day
celebration in Electra
Free hot dogs will be served
Friday, July 4, in celebration of
the holiday, and a concession
stand will be available serving
soft drinks Those attending
should bring lawn chairs.
Drawings for
certificates will be featured
during the evening on Friday
Bid Opening Set For
Remaining USDA Water Project
replacement oi wtuv. lines of
various sizes throughout the
City as well as a automatic
chlorine analyzer at the Midway
Church storage tank and pump
station, and riser pipes at the
two water towers to insure
circulation of the stored water.
Swimming Pool To Be Open
For Independence Day Here
Electra Municipal The pool will open at 1 p.m. The pool is open Tuesday
Swimming Pool will be open and close at 6 p.m., normal through Sunday each week
Friday July 4 operating hours. during the summer.
the City Hall building had to be
brought up to ADA standards
before the funds would be
available. Giesbrecht said a 20-
year plan was in place for these
improvements, and the water
project would be completed.
Work to be done includes
Memorial Wall Grows
and the 2.5 million dollar grant To 360 Veteran Names
Veterans Memorial Wall
the Electra
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POOL TO BE OPEN — Electra Municipal Swimming Pool in City Park will be open for
normal hours on Friday, July 4, according to Misty Wheeler, manager. The pool will be
open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Electra Senior Citizens
Opry will be staged on
Saturday, July 5, to benefit
Meals on Wheels..
A meal of chili dogs, beans
H.E.L.P. To Sponsor ■
School Supply ProgramBiamg!
H.E.L.P. Outreach is again office 1S located at 221 J
sponsonng a program to provide
school supplies for qualified
Chamber of Commerce now has
360 names.
Chairpersons Reba and Jim
. Madera said this week the board
Garbage Collection has grown since the Memorial
On Normal Schedule £
Garbage collection service IESI will be working on the wall which is located m the
in Electra will follow a normal Friday for curbside collection as
schedule this week. usual despite the holiday.
NEW WALL COATING - Chamber of Commerce directors Olan Bourland, Scott
Strange and Curtis Warner are joined by Chamber Manager Sherry Strange, second from
left, in examining the new wall covering for the west side of the chamber building. A one-
inch coating of BASF polyurethane foam was applied the length of the west side of the
building over the weekend.
OBI Blood Drive Here
Attracts Potential Donors
Among those volunteers to
Carol Bourland, Nickie Hanks, help with the drive were Dustin
Sheri Lalk, Wayne Tennell, Coats
Terry Holbert, Jackie A. Caty Rodgers became a one
Roebuck, Jimmie Rich, Dewayne gallon donor.
Alexander, Harry McAlister, Jerry Hanks was a first time
Pam Ward Crane. donor.
Gig Under The Rig Set
For Friday Celebration Here
Gig Under The Rig staged
the under the derrick north of the
police station is a summer
Three gift certificates from monthly concert series
Walmart and four S25 gift sponsored by the Pump Jack
the Capital Association.
On Friday the Electra
Acoustic Group will entertain
any local business will be given beginning at 8 p m Marilyn and
away to lucky ticket holders
The summer concert senes
will conclude on the first Friday
night in August
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Moore, Jerry Hanks, C.E. Crow,
Thirty Seven
registered for the Oklahoma V
Blood Institue Blood Drive held
in Electra on Wednesday, June
25
Registering included Stephen
Lalk, Dana Gnsso, Max
Schlegel, Don Seale, Kim
Bryant, Betsey Rios, Stacy Case,
Raymond Borton, Nora Curry,
Richard W. Cranford, Priscilla
(Pat) McAlister, Mary Jane
Clark, Jan Wilson, William D.
Wall, Ruben Perez, Scott
Strange, Mary Rokey,
Also, Carlos Byars, Rodney students.
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Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 2008, newspaper, July 2, 2008; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1238238/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.