Archive for July 2008

Everyone throughout the area is invited to celebrate the City of Tye’s 2nd Annual All American Fireworks Show and Military Appreciation Day on Thursday, July 3rd, in Rister Park, in Tye, just off I-20. {{more}}The event officially will begin at 6 p.m., with family fun, children’s games, food and other vendors will be on hand…

Announcing the establishment of The Abilene Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation®. Health and nutrition minded individuals {{more}} are invited to attend the chapter’s monthly meetings and learn more about Price’s research, the foundation and restoring nutrient dense foods to the American diet. The Abilene chapter is dedicated to sharing and educating others to…

The local Girl Scout Council ended their week long Twilight Camp with a theme of Knights in Shining Armour and Princesses. The Girl Scouts came dressed in their finest princess costume and a local living history group gave demonstrations in Heavy Armoured fighting and Rapier to and with the Girl Scouts.The armor and equipment {{more}}…

The Woodson All-Schools Reunion 2008 Committee and the Interested Citizens of Abilene North , join together to highlight and preserve the history of Abilene’s African-American Community {{more}} in two different and special ways. The return of the Woodson All-Schools Alumni and Teaching Staff to Abilene will feature the celebration of the history of Abilene’s African-American…

The Child Protective Services defines disproportionality as the over representation of a race or cultural group in a particular program or system. This has been documented for decades, nationwide in different programs such as child protective services, special education services, juvenile justice and the criminal justice system. In Texas, African American children {{more}} spend significantly…

Dr. Rhonda Collier, assistant professor of English at Abilene Christian University, has been selected from a national applicant pool to attend one of 17 summer study opportunities supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. {{more}}The National Endowment is a federal agency that supports seminars and institutes at colleges and universities each summer so teachers…

The Salvation Army celebrated a century of service in Abilene on June 26th at the Civic Center by having just a wonderful dinner banquet that included one of the most witty and classy speakers around. Oh, and he played excellent football {{more}} for a number of years also! Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, Drew Pearson,…

The Alzheimer’s Association’s major fundraiser, Memory Walk, will be held on September 20, 2008. A Memory Walk Kick-Off Party will be held on July 24th where participants can learn more about Memory Walk, register your team and learn how your participation will make a difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

Robert Hardy, president of Witt, Fiala, Flannery and Associates Facility Services, recently presented a gift of $10,000 to Dr. Royce Money, president of Abilene Christian University. {{more}} WFF has provided professional custodial services to ACU since August 1994.In celebration and appreciation of the partnership between WFF and ACU, the facility services company committed to an…