Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2011 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2 ★ Alvarado Star ★ Thursday October 27, 2011
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Meetings of the Al-
varado City Council take
place on the third Mon-
day of each month at City
Hall. The work session
begins at 6:30 p.m. and
the regular meeting fol-
lows at 7p.m.
City Manager
Clint Davis
City Secretary
Debbie Thomas
Director of Finance
Kelle Whitfill
Fire Chief
Richard Van Winkle
Police Chief
Brad Anderson
104 W. College
817-790-3351
Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
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Abundant
Plenty of
Mix of sun
Mix of sun
with rain
sunshine.
sun. Highs
and clouds.
and clouds.
showers at
Highs in the
in the low
Highs in the
Highs in the
times. High
mid 60s and
70s and
mid 70s and
low 70s and
54F. Winds
lows in the
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N at 15 to
mid 30s.
mid 40s.
upper 40s.
mid 40s.
25 mph.
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calendar
Cahill United Methodist
Church Pumpkin Patch,
12 p.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Sat-
urday; 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sun-
days until Oct. 31.
Planning and Zoning
meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 1 in the council cham-
bers, 104 W. College.
Johnson County Quilt
Guild meets from 6-9 p.m.
the fourth Monday every
month at Shepherd’s Valley
Cowboy Church at the inter-
section of FM 917 and FM
2280 in Egan. Call Fran Snay
at 817-295-4649 for informa-
tion.
Johnson County Genea-
logical Society meeting,
6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov.
10, Cleburne Public Li-
brary, 302 W Henderson.
Veteran’s Day Parade 10
a.m., Saturday, Nov. 12 on
the Downtown Plaza ending
at the Glenwood Cemetery;
Veteran’s memorial service
at 11 a.m. Floats and other
participants will begin to line
up in front of the Alvarado
Public Library at 8:30 a.m.
AISD Board meeting 7
p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, Ad-
ministration Building.
City Council meeting, 6:30
p.m., Monday, Nov. 21, Coun-
cil chambers, 104 W. College.
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Santa's Helpers
Fajita Dinner & Auction rw
w Saturday, Nov 19 - 5:00pm
Tickets $5.00
(Auction begins at 7:00pm)
n Johnson County Pioneers
& Old Settlers
Reunion Pavillion
Color Television to be given
away at end of auction
MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!!!!!
seen around
Items for both LIVE A SILENT auctions may be
left at any of the 3 banks in ALVARADO -
First Financial Bank, Grandview Bank
& Wells Fargo Bank
Serving 400+ Alvarado iSD
Children for 28+ years!
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Logan Henn, 3, left, and Tristan Henn, 5, look for pumpkins Main-
stay Farms off Bethesda Road.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
When: Saturday, October 29th
Where: American Legion Post 426
CR 3136, Alvarado TX
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Live band starts @ 8pm §3 GEES?
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For questions, please call 817-991 -6894 ^
Do well, be well
A number of physicians,
dieticians, nurses and other
experts will participate Nov.
3, 10 and 17 and Dec. 1 and
8 in diabetes education semi-
nars at 6 p.m. at the Booker
T. Washington Community
and Recreation Center, 100
Mansfield Road in Cleburne.
A preregistration fee of
$20 will be charged to attend
the seminars. Contact Tarren
Oswald at 817-556-6370.
Tea Party
Wes Riddle, a candidate
for U.S. House District 25,
and Kenny Howell, a candi-
date for Precinct 2 county
commissioner, will speak
and participate in a ques-
tion and answer session
when the Texas Patriots Tea
Party meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 8
at the Burleson Area Cham-
ber of Commerce, 1044 S.W.
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information.
Veterans Help
To alleviate confusion
about benefits available to
military veterans, the Dis-
abled American Veterans'
Mobile Service Office will of-
fer counseling and claim fil-
ing assistance from 8 a.m.-4
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the
Lort Worth Harley-Davidson,
3025 W. Loop 820 South.
Canned goods for
Meals on Wheels
It’s that time again to col-
lect canned food/boxed food,
bottled water etc. for local se-
nior residents.
Please help Meals on
Wheels with it’s cam-
paign. Bring donated items
to local MOW meetings or
the above partners offices be-
tween now and Dec.
All items collected in
Johnson County will go to
Meals on Wheels of Johnson
County. Last year more than
1,100 pounds of food was col-
lected.
Alvarado Public
Library
The Alvarado Public Li-
brary is open 10 a.m.- 7 p.m.,
Monday-Lriday; 10 a.m.-l
p.m., Saturday; closed Sun-
day.
Materials can not be
checked out after 6:30 p.m.
on weekdays or after 12:30
p.m. on Saturdays. The li-
brary is located at 210 N.
Baugh Street.
Johnson County
Quilt Guild
The Johnson County
Quilt Guild meets from 6-9
p.m. the fourth Monday ev-
ery month at Shepherd's Val-
ley Cowboy Church at the in-
tersection of LM 917 and LM
2280 in Egan. Call Lran Snay
at 817-295-4649 for informa-
tion.
Gift-filled
shoeboxes
Johnson County fami-
lies are participating in the
world’s largest Christmas
project of its kind—Opera-
tion Christmas Child—an
effort that has hand-deliv-
ered 86 million gifts to kids
worldwide since 1993.
Fill shoe boxes with
school supplies, toys, neces-
sity items and a letter of en-
couragement. Step-by-step
shoe box packing instruc-
tions are available at www.
samaritanspurse.org/ occ.
The local collection site
is Lirst Missionary Baptist
Church, 1626 W Kilpatrick
Street in Cleburne which is
open 6-8 p.m., Monday-Lri-
day; 6-8 p.m. Saturday and
6-8 p.m. Sunday.
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McMichen, Candy. Alvarado Star (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2011, newspaper, October 27, 2011; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803975/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.