Archive for May 2013

ABILENE,TX. – Friday, May 17 the Rose Park Senior Activity Center will host a Living Well/Health and Fitness Jamboree. Activities begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until noon.  The Jamboree is a day of fun activities to promote the importance of overall health and fitness for senior citizens.  This free event is open to adults…

As Alexis Yueh Xuan Chuah picks up a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hardin-Simmons University, she not only has the distinction of magna cum laude, but has also managed to secure her first full-time job. Kevin Schulle, manager of desk top computing and educational technologies in the HSU technologies office, says he was…

Tessa McGinnis is one of eight Hardin-Simmons University students who will walk the stage during graduation ceremonies with a perfect grade point average. During McGinnis’s time at HSU, she has participated in the HSU Honors Program, become an avid ballerina, a running enthusiast, and honed her interest in economics and finance into a dream to…

ABILENE, Texas – The Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club will be hosting an awards lunch for fifty-two AISD graduates who are participants in a federally-funded initiative that provides assistance to unaccompanied youth.  During the lunch to beheld on Wednesday, May 15th at Sharon’s Barbeque, graduates will be recognized for overcoming obstacles to achieve the successful completion…

When Charles Goodnight was just 20 years old and living in the Texas Panhandle, he was already on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated cowboy-rancher figures of Texas history. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Goodnight joined the Confederate States Army and later became part of a frontier regiment guarding against…

McMurry University will launch the Pre-College Summer Learning Program this June 3-21. The program provides outstanding students entering 8th, 9th, and 10th grade the opportunity to earn college credit in courses uniquely designed for them in Art, English, Music, Computer Science, Business, and Mathematics. The cost per three-hour course is $300.00. For more information, contact…

ABILENE, Texas – Abilene businessman and city councilman Robert Briley will be the featured speaker at McMurry University’s 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Hunt Physical Education Center.  McMurry will confer degrees on 175seniors at the event. Baccalaureate service for the graduates will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 10,…

John “Pete” Murray was a two-sport star for the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys from 1952 to 1957, playing football in 1952, 1953, and 1956, and basketball from 1954 to 1957. He is one of only four Division I athletes to claim two team victories on the same day, playing football and basketball . During his senior…