Gruver News

“If you can believe you can do it, you can do it.”

Michael Lemmons / Amarillo Globe-News James Molina, an eighth-grader at Bowie Middle School, was among the estimated 500 or more junior high school students at The Church at Quail Creek on March 26 for the ... via Amarillo.com

“I want people to know what I know. I want to be successful. And success is being able to lay your head down at night knowing that you did something good for someone else, that God used you that day to change someone else's life.”

All Michael Kelly wanted were some chocolate chip cookies to take back to his Clements Unit cell. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Idolina Garcia

GRUVER - Idolina Garcia, 84, died Sunday, March 30, 2008.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2008 in Gruver United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gary Gumfory and Isabel Martinez officiating. Burial will be in Hansford Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Spearman.

Mrs. Garcia was born April 1, 1923, in Chihuahua, Mexico. She married Ramon Garcia in 1959. She was a homemaker and a member of the Primera Iglesia Bautista Church of Spearman

Survivors include six daughters, Eustolia Simental of Juarez, Mexico, Ramona Sota of El Paso, Josefa Granados of Gruver, Soledad Favela of Sunland Par, NM, Herminia Aguilar of Gruver, and Sandy Franco of El Paso; a son, Ramon Garcia Jr. of Gruver; a brother, Lalo Ochoa of Chihuahua; a sister, Socorro Morales of Juarez; 26 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. Read more

The students from Spearman and Gruver PK-6th grade were visited by Panhandle's own author, John Erickson, on Thursday, March 13th.

Mr. Erickson presented a delightful rendition of his Hank the Cowdog songs and books. The program was educational and very entertaining.

Local PTOs made this possible for the students. Morse Elementary shared in the program with Gruver.

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Leigh Ann Winger of Gruver and Jonathan Harder of Perryton won a 9-day, all expense paid trip to Washington, DC as winners of North Plains Electric Cooperative's Government-in-Action Youth Tour contest.

Leigh Anne, a sophomore at Gruver High School, is the daughter of David and Teague Winger. Harder, a junior at Perryton High School, is the son of Loren and Maylene Harder. They will join other young people from Texas who have won similar contests on June 12 in Irving. From there they will fly to Washington, DC. Read more

Pringle-Morse CISD 5th and 6th graders participated in a Solo Festival/Recital on March 11th at the Pringle-Morse auditorium. Each student played a solo before a judge an audience of family ang guests.

Superior ratings were awarded to Elsa Adkins, clarinet; Gabby Bravo, clarinet; Gabriel Briseno, trumpet; Rodolfo Carrazco, trumpet; Alex Ceniceros, alto saxophone; Erin Ford, flute; Gena Gillispie, flute; Jace Lane, alto saxophone; James Layton, snare drum; Molly Lieb, flute; Griselda Lopez, clarinet; Katie Miesner, flute; Ismael Ortiz, trombone; Ramon Ortiz, trombone; Kelsea Porter, baritone horn; Emilynn Robinson, clarinet; and Zachary Sandefur, trumpet. Read more

Four Gruver High School students received the "Texas Student Achievement Award" from the Texas ACT Council for their performance on the PLAN (Pre-ACT) Assessment.  These students are on target to meet or exceed ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks by graduation.  ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks are empirically-based and identify the level of achievement necessary in English, mathematics, reading and science to have a successful college freshman experience.

The students receiving this recognition from the Texas ACT Council are: Lindsey Mireles, Andre Silva, Veronica Teal, and Angelica Vela. Read more

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Commission of the City of Spearman and City of Gruver, Texas for sealcoating of approximately 69,600 square yards of streets, alleys, and parking lots entitled:

SEALCOATING - 2008

will be received at the office of the City Manager of the City of Gruver at City Hall, 201 E. Broadway, P.O. Box 947, Gruver, Texas, 79040 until:

2:00 P.M.

March 18, 2008

A cashier's check, certified check or acceptable bidder's bond, payable to the Owner an amount equal to not less than five percent of the bid submitted, must accompany each bid as guarantee that, if awarded the contract, the Bidder will, within fifteen days after receipt of Contract Documents, enter into a contract with the Owner and will execute bonds on the forms provided in the Contract Documents.  Any bid received after the time and date listed above will be returned unopened and will not be considered. Read more

The Board of Directors of North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc. has authorized the sponsorship of a speech contest among students attending school in the Cooperative's service area. Two winners of the Government-in-Action Youth Tour contest will be awarded an exciting all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC, June 12-20, 2008.

This contest is open to any boy or girl, age 15-19, who attends school (either public, private or home taught) in the North Plains Electric Cooperative service area. Students must be either a sophomore, junior or senior in high school. Schools considered to be in NPEC's service area include Booker, Canadian, Darrouzett, Follett, Gruver, Higgins, Perryton and Spearman. Read more

“Big Mouth was a single modem system using a single phone line to individually call each resident of threatening conditions. The "Big Mouth”

Residents of Hansford County will soon recognize an additional component of warning has been added to the arsenal of warning capabilities as they begin receiving "test" messages over their phones in the next few weeks. Several partners in Hansford County have financed a new system of warning called "CodeRED". The partners making the new system possible include Hansford County, the Cities of Spearman and Gruver, Hansford Hospital, the Pringle-Morse CISD and GRUVER ISD. Through these partners' efforts every citizen of Hansford County can now be "warned" of impending emergencies and disasters in a matter of only a few minutes. Read more

“I will miss the patients terribly and all the girls I work with. It's my second home, so I just hate to leave it, but I'm still kind of glad.”

A doctor and nurse team are known as the oldest and longest running pair in town. via KVII-TV Amarillo

“A solid white truck with a little chrome and some lights is the best-looking truck on the road.”

Only two men stand between Tim Heddins and a reborn ride. "With some paint and chrome, she'll still be able to put 'em all to shame while being the best-looking rig on the road." "She looks a little rough and ... via Layover

“Then for power we pay them what we would have paid to run other facilities”

Stephen Spillman / Amarillo Globe-News Looking past a blade of a wind turbine propeller resting on the ground at a new wind farm at Texas Farm Road 293 and Texas Farm Road 2373 northeast of Pantex. via Amarillo.com

“My wife alerted me about the contest when she was surfing online one day”

Rev up your engines because Castrol TectionTM Extra has kicked the Big Honkin' Truck MakeoverTM contest into overdrive by narrowing the pool of contestants to the final three.

Online visitors of www.castroltruckmakeover. com and attendees at the Mid- America Trucking Show (MATS) will vote to determine which lucky owner-operator will receive a monumental $50,000 truck makeover "Bilt by the Boyz" of the Chrome Shop Mafia. The grand prize winner will be announced on March 29 in Louisville, KY, as decided by trucking peers and the general public. Read more

The Hansford County Sheriff Department is investigating a death occurring from an industrial accident involving a grain auger.

The accident was reported to the Hansford County Sheriff Department at approximately 10:00 a.m. on 01-05-2008. This accident resulted in the death of a 32 year old Gruver man identified as Heath Grimes.

Mr. Grimes was employed at a local elevator in Gruver, TX.

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The Board of Directors of the Gruver State Bank in Gruver, TX recently announced the promotion of K. Kyle Irwin to President & CEO.

K. Kyle Irwin is a Gruver native and a Texas Tech graduate. He started his banking career with Boatman's Bank in Amarillo and then worked for Bank of Amarillo. He has been with Gruver State Bank for nine years.

Kenneth Irwin, a 57-year veteran of Gruver State Bank, will retain his present title of Chairman, President & CEO of the holding company and it's subsidiaries. Read more

She finds putting up a tree a bit more difficult these days and the house quieter than what she would prefer. via Amarillo.com

Several student athletes competed and qualified in the regional cross country meet in Lubbock. The meet was the conclusion of a very successful season for the GHSXC teams.

Katie Gibson ran a personal best 13:12 in the two mile event and placed 31st among 176 runners.

The boys qualified as a team, with Ramon Mendoza, Wil McCloy, Joel Soto, Gustavo Vega, Gabriel Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega and Jeronimo Trejo earning the top seven spots on the team. Each boy recorded a personal best in their race, with Jeronimo Trejo leading the way with an impressive 17:26 and a 21st place finish, in the 3 mile run. Read more

The Office of Rural Community Affairs held a Big Check Award Ceremony on August 23, 2007 for the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (PRPC).

The following local individuals and businesses received awerds: Spearman - D'Anda Widener, $4,027, Rural Communities Healthcare Investment Program; Julie Stedje, $4,027, Rural Communities Healthcare Investment Program; Hansford County Hospital District, $9,157, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program and $3,500, EMS Enhancement Grant; Samantha Wilkerson, $4,027, Rural Communities Healthcare Investment Program; Stepnannie Tyler, $4,027, Rural Communities Healthcare Investment Program; and the City of Gruver, $250,000, Community Development Fund. Read more

Gruver Elementary third grader, Braxton Crane, received word on Friday, August 31st that he had won an all expense paid trip for four to Disney World.

Braxton was entered into a national drawing with all children who collected money for Jump Rope for Heart last year. The drawing was sponsored by the American Heart Association.

Braxton, his sister Makenzie, and mother, Tiffany, and sponsor Cindy Martindale were all very excited about the news.

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