Cross Plains News

Life YAHOO! Life Columns Awash with so many winning beach books Saturday, July 4, 2009 So you're looking for a good beach, mountain or poolside read? Well, here are three to consider: "Sworn to Silence" by Linda Castillo is more than fast-paced enough for men or women readers.

Book signing: M. Dennis will sign copies of his new book, "Dream Paladin," at 5 p.m. June 11 at Hastings in Abilene.

Two area community health clinics will share more than $800,000 from the federal stimulus package to boost health care for low-income patients.

Ty Wolosin uses a watering can on a patch of garden after seeding it with salad mix seeds.

Replace aging buses and vans, buy support vehicles and equipment, refurbish the bus transfer facility and buy covered bus shelters for CityLink Transit.

Strolling through the streets of Cross Plains on Saturday, one couldn't help but wonder if Robert E. Howard, a prolific writer perhaps best known for his Conan the Barbarian character, could ever have imagined such a scene -- even in his wildest fantasies.

For 15 years, Susan Jones, a registered nurse from Albany, has moved mountains to make sure primary health care is accessible to residents in the Big Country.

And now some words from a public relations firm: "This is the perfect user's manual for any kid with a body." The third paragraph of a news release about "Body Science: The Head to Toe Guide to the Science in You" reads exactly so.

Kenneth Dale Farmer, 63, died Saturday, May 23, 2009 in a local hospital. Memorial services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 29th at the Cross Plains Fire Department with Reverend Matt McGowan officiating, arrangements by Starbuck Funeral Home.

Krista Phillips, daughter of Allen and Janice Phillips of Cross Plains, has been a member of the National Honor Society for three years.

R. E. "Bob" Greene, age 82, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Hendrick Hospice, Abilene, Texas.

Applications came in from 132 eighth-grade students for the New Tech High School, a magnet program that will start in the fall with an emphasis on science, math, engineering and technology.

Plug/Abandon: Lease: Gary Jones. Well: No. 1. Field: Blind Hog . Location: Six miles northeast of Cross Cut, in Section 798 of the J. McGloin survey.

A tornado watch that remains in effect until 8 p.m. tonight was issued by the National Weather Service for Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Fisher, Nolan, Throckmorton, Haskel and Shackelford counties.

Whatchya want? Because, baby, they probably got it. On the third weekend of each month, folks from across Texas and even parts of New Mexico and Oklahoma gather at the Seminole Trade Days trade show, a three-day shopping event that offers off-the-beaten-path shoppers a chance to find that one-of-a-kind object they may be hard-pressed to find at the ...

The Brazos G Regional Water Planning Group is soliciting nominations for three voting members representing various interests in the water planning area.

Bob McNeil, age 76, of Baird, Texas, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Hendrick Hospice.

Mrs. Lona Myrtle Rutledge, age 85, passed away at her home in Cisco on Saturday, April 11, 2009.

Anyone needing to find information on Texas literature or authors could usually count on Dr.

Dr. Lou H. Rodenberger died peacefully April 9, 2009 at her home north of Cross Plains.