Photo Courtesy of the Texas Department of Transportation
Still attired in Christmas décor, the Collingsworth County Board of Directors and volunteers met for a bi-monthly meeting Monday evening, Jan. 12 in the Ellis Art Center. Items for discussion included the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 150th anniversary of Collingsworth County.
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Collingsworth County Home Delivered Meals and Senior Community Café Program Director Linda Duke addresses the Wellington Lions Club with her impactful program on hunger awareness. She mentioned that 19.3% of Collingsworth County’s population is food insecure.
PeeWee Showman Stetson Kemp, a Wellington Elementary School kindergarten student, competes at the Saturday, Jan. 17 Collingsworth County Livestock Show. Older sisters, Wellington Junior High School eighth-grader Brylnn Kemp and sixth-grader Presley Kemp, taught their younger brother lots of showing skills. See page 4B for additional livestock show photos.
The crowd waits in anticipation for the winners of Wellington Volunteer Fire Department’s Third Annual Varmint Hunt fundraiser to be announced.
Peter Jones
The Ellison Park Working Group convenes Thursday afternoon, Jan. 15 in anticipation of receiving approval of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department matching grant of almost $609,000 for a total of over $1.2 M to fund the renovation of Ellison Park. From left, Nancy Harris, Jeff Thomas, Karen Caldwell, Neal Odom, Lisa Manuel, Margret Wood. Not pictured: Kurt Ashmore, Chuck Darter, Jonathan Killian, Ashley Lemons, Justin Mixon, Lori O’Rear, Cecilia Orozco, Clint Thomas.
