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News Briefs
Veteran’s Breakfast Nov. 11 at Legion
The American Legion Post 273, located at 202 South Jefferson Street
in McGregor is sponsoring a Veterans’ Breakfast on Monday, No-
vember 11th beginning at 7:00 a.m. They will be serving biscuits and
sausage gravy and scrambled eggs, coffee and water. Donation is
$4.00. All Veterans, please plan to attend, and if you haven’t joined
the the Legion, we invite you to join at that time. We want to keep
our Post open to serve our Veterans.
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
MVFD Toy Sign Up Dates Scheduled
The McGregor Volunteer Fire Department will be having their Toy
Sign-ups on Sat. November 9th andSat. November 16 from 8:00 un-
til 11:00 a.m. Those registering must bring Social Security or Med-
icaid card for each child, a McGregor City Water Bill, proof of ALL
household income. It is for ages 0 to 14 years. Apply at McGregor
Fire Dept. 302 S. Madison. No phone calls.
Community Blood Drive November 23rd
A Community Blood Drive, sponsored by First United Methodist
Church, will be held from 10 am -3 pm on Saturday, November 23.
Please donate
old eye glasses
to Lion’s Club
Take worn flags
to The Mirror
Coffee Shop
The McGregor Lions Club is ask- If you have worn U.S. Flags, The
ing the McGregor Community to McGregor Mirror and The Cof-
please donate their old eye glass- fee Shop are two locations in
es. Donations sites are Rocket McGregor you can take them to
Federal Credit Union and The to make sure they are disposed of
McGregor Mirror. properly.
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November 9th! |
Crawford First United Methodist Church
^ Lord's Acre is Sunday, November 10th
Crawford High School Cafeteria.
The Barbeque Meal
will be served from 11:30 am until 12:45 pm.
Arts and Crafts, Baked Items, Homemade Jelly
and Sauces and Auction
will begin around 12:15 p.m.
A
American Legion
starting 7 p.m.
$5 couple, $3 ind.
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Appeals court
grants stay in
abortion law case
AUSTIN — A three-judge
panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals on Oct. 31
granted the state an emergency
stay, allowing a certain contested
portion of the Texas abortion law
to remain in effect for the time
being.
The action stems from a
case brought by Planned Par-
enthood Greater Texas Surgical
Health Services and more than
a dozen other plaintiff entities
and individuals who filed suit to
stop the state from enforcing two
new portions in the abortion law,
Chapter 171 of the state Health
and Safety Code. The portions
were added as amendments to
the law by the Texas Legislature
last July in a second special ses-
sion. Three days earlier, Judge
Lee Yeakel, U.S. District Court,
Western District of Texas, Aus-
tin Division, on Oct. 28, had
Eagle Springs
Baptist Church
Homecoming
November 9th
The Historic Eagle Springs
Baptist Church will have its
Homecoming 2013 on Saturday,
November 9 from 10 a.m. un-
til 3 p.m. at the Historic Eagle
Springs Baptist Church.
A special gospel group, The
Good OF Boys, will be entertain-
ing during the day, so make plans
to attend.
Hamburgers, chips and
drinks will be provided for a
small donation. Those attending
are also welcome to bring their
own food as we did in years past.
This year there will be a ga-
rage and bake sale to raise money
for further restoration of the his-
toric church. Those attending
are asked to bring any item they
wish to contribute to the garage
or bake sale.
“We have finally reached
the computer age,” said Martha
Deeringer. “People may wish to
visit the church webpage, which
is now located on the Ancestry,
com website, at www.rootsweb.
ancestry.com/~txhesbca/.”
Public
Notice
PUBLIC NOTICE
An Ordinance of the City of
Crawford, Tx Prohibiting the
Use and Operation of Pocket-
bikes, Minimotorbikes, All Ter-
rain Vehicles, Golf Carts, Motor-
ized Play Vehicles or Motorized
Skateboards on Sidewalks, Paths,
Trails, Alleys, Streets and High-
ways in the City of Crawford,
Prohibiting a Parent from Allow-
ing a Child to Ride a Prohibited
Conveyance in a Prohibited Lo-
cation: Prohibiting Motorized
Mobility or Wheelchair Opera-
tion on Streets, Alleys and Side-
walks by Disqualified Individu-
als; Providing a Saving Clause;
and Providing for an Effective
Date, has been adopted at the
regular scheduled meeting held
on October 22, 2013. Failure to
comply with Ordinance is pun-
ishable by fine of $250.00 for
first offense, other violations not
to exceed $500.00 A full copy
of adopted Ordinance may be
picked up at Crawford City Hall
during regular business hours.
declared the two portions uncon-
stitutional and granted plaintiffs
an injunction on their motion to
prevent to the state from enforc-
ing them.
One contested portion re-
quires that a physician perform-
ing or inducing an abortion have
admitting privileges on the date
of the procedure at a hospital
no more than 30 miles from the
location at which the procedure
is performed. The New Orleans-
based Fifth Circuit reversed
Judge Yeakel’s injunction pre-
venting enforcement of that por-
tion.
The other contested portion
limits the use of abortion-induc-
ing drugs to a protocol autho-
rized by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, with limited ex-
ceptions, and in effect prohibits
a medical abortion determined
necessary by a physician for the
preservation of the life or health
of the mother at or after 20 weeks
of gestation. The Fifth Circuit
sustained the lower court’s in-
junction preventing the state
from enforcing that provision.
Defendants in the case are
Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott, Texas Department of
State Health Services Commis-
sioner David Lakey and Texas
Medical Board Executive Direc-
tor Mari Robinson.
The case remains active.
The Fifth Circuit scheduled oral
arguments to be heard by a mer-
its panel of the court in January.
GRANT
MORATORIUM
IS LIFTED
Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov.
David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe
Straus on Oct. 30 authorized the
Cancer Prevention and Research
Institute of Texas, a state-funded
agency, to resume grant opera-
tions and finalize remaining con-
tracts.
The authorization lifts a
moratorium on grant operations
in place since December 2012,
when allegations of financial
mismanagement arose. This fol-
lows what the governor’s office
described as “a strict review of
the agency’s processes and the
passage of major reforms in the
83rd regular session” of the Tex-
as Legislature.
Straus said reforms passed
by the Legislature would make
the institute more transparent
and accountable to the public and
lawmakers “will closely monitor
CPRIT in order to ensure that the
agency’s mission is realized and
taxpayer dollars are used prop-
erly.”
VAN PROMOTES
SOBER DRIVING
Texas Department of Trans-
portation on Oct. 24 announced
a “Fan Van” will visit many col-
lege and professional football
games across the state to remind
fans about the importance of
planning for a sober ride home.
The TxDOT Fan Van is a
football-shaped vehicle staffed
and designed to educate fans
about the consequences of drink-
ing and driving.
“Alcohol-related traffic
crashes in Texas were alarmingly
high last football season. More
than 1,600 total crashes occurred
when a Texas college or profes-
sional football team was play-
ing,” TxDOT said.
BISON DAY
IS CELEBRATED
Caprock Canyons State Park,
near Quitaque, and Trailway and
Texas Bison Association joined
dozens of bison-friendly busi-
nesses and groups from around
the country to celebrate the sec-
ond annual National Bison Day
on Nov. 2.
The free program featured
the viewing of the state bison
herd in its native prairie range.
Texas Parks & Wildlife De-
partment on Oct. 30 promoted
the event, noting that in the early
20th century bison numbered
fewer than 1,100 after ranging
across North America in the tens
of millions a century earlier. Bi-
son number in the hundreds of
thousands in the U.S. today.
DROUGHT
EMERGENCY
CONTINUES
Gov. Rick Perry on Nov. 1
renewed the drought proclama-
tion he originally signed on July
5,2011.
The proclamation, affecting
240 or Texas’ 254 counties, certi-
fies that exceptional drought con-
ditions pose a threat of imminent
disaster in specified counties.
Even with recent regional heavy
rains and flooding, declining res-
ervoir and aquifer levels, water
supplies and delivery systems re-
main threatened. Conditions un-
der which wildfires may develop
remain.
All necessary measures,
both public and private as au-
thorized under state law will be
implemented to meet the threat,
according to the proclamation.
Program on Waco Suspension Bridge Nov. 14th
The McLennan County His-
torical Commission will sponsor
a free historical presentation,
“Spanning the Brazos: The Waco
Suspension Bridge,” by John
Wilson, Director of the Texas
Collection at Baylor University.
The presentation will be given at
the new Hillcrest Hospital Meet-
ing Room at 6 p.m. on Thursday,
November 14. Refreshments will
be served.
Visitors are requested to
come in the main entrance to the
hospital, where Historical Com-
mission members will be on hand
to give directions to the meeting
room and distribute copies of
the new map showing locations
for the Texas historical markers
within the county. For further in-
formation, call 254-776-2844 or
254-486-2366.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
TO DISCUSS CRAWFORD ISD’S
State Financial Accountability Rating
Crawford ISD will hold
a public meeting
at 6:00 p.m., November 18, 2013
in the Board room,
Crawford High School, 200 Pirate Drive
Crawford, Texas
The purpose of this meeting :s to discuss Crawford ISD’s rating
on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST).
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