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4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 | THE STONEWALL COURIER
Cottonwood Creek Bridge
Barbara Seal/For the Courier
The project to replace the Cottonwood Creek Bridge on Farm-to-Market 193 in King County
is right on schedule. Workers with Earth Builders of Decatur, the contractor for the project,
have demolished the old structure and have begun the dirt work for the embankment. A crew
was to begin drilling shafts this week. Estimated completion of this $727,863 project is May.
FM 193 is closed to the public for the duration of the project and traffic is detoured using U.S.
83, U.S. 82 and F.M. 265.
Voter ID cards will
be issued locally
By Linda Bradley
The Stonewall Courier
The Texas Department of Public Safety
in advance of the upcoming primary elec-
tion will be offering extended hours at
select driver license offices throughout
the state to issue Election Identification
Cards.
The Aspermont DPS office will have a
representative at the driver license office
at the northeast entrance of the Stonewall
County Courthouse to issue an EIC to
registered voters in the county who need
one.
Office hours are 1 to 7 p.m. Feb. 18-19;
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 20-22.
The primary election in Texas is March
4, with early voting from February 18-28.
Most residents already have an accept-
able form of photo identification needed
for voting and will not need or qualify for
a photo card.
Registered voters with any of the fol-
lowing documents are not eligible to re-
ceive the EIC: Texas driver license, Texas
personal identification card, U.S. Passport
book or card, Texas concealed handgun
license, U.S. Military identification with
photo or U.S. Citizenship Certificate or
Certificate of Naturalization with photo.
To qualify for an EIC, an applicant
must bring documentation to verify U.S.
citizenship and identify, be eligible to vote
in Texas.
The EIC receipt the individual receives
will include his or her photo and can be
used for voting until the permanent card
is delivered by mail.
The EIC is free of charge to qualifying
applicants and is valid for six years. There
is no expiration date for an EIC issued
to residents 70 years of age or older. The
EIC can only be used for the purpose of
voting in an election and may not be used
for personal identification.
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The 501
Shades of Fibber McGee
losets. The bigger they are, the
1 more stuff we have we don’t
need.
The bigger they are, the harder they
fall. Football terminology fits. Think
how often you’ve heard
someone say they’re
gonna tackle a closet.
Historically, one very
famous American clos-
et was quite the bruis-
er — the aggressive
hall closet on the radio
show “Fibber McGee
and Molly.” All Fibber
or Molly had to do was
open that hall door for
a cacophony of stuff
to tumble disastrously
from the overstuffed
space. Crash! Bang!
Clatter! It was the proverbial kitchen
junk drawer on steroids (sticking to our
sports theme). As far as I know, nei-
ther Fibber nor Molly ever tackled that
closet. As important to the show as any
regular character, it had its bluff in.
Maybe it was that very closet that
inspired mid-century home designers to
move the country into an era of bigger
closets including (drum roll here) walk-
ins! After all, television had eclipsed the
world of Fibber and Molly and their
timeworn closet. America was flexing
post-war muscles and looking for more
space. Station wagons came into their
own with kids hanging out every win-
dow. Walk-in closets came next. That’s
how I remember it.
Not that anybody I knew actually had
a walk-in closet.
But our family had the next-best
thing. Call it a “walk-up.” It was the at-
tic.
The wire strung under the peak of the
roof functioned originally as a clothes-
line for days when the weather was too
bad to hang the laundry outside. But
once we got a dryer, the attic turned into
one giant closet. I tackled it just last
week.
Forget football. “Wrestle” is the op-
erative word.
Closet wrestling:
Your strategy is clear as the starting
bell. You’re ready to get rid of stuff. Un-
expectedly, an old floor-length formal
gets you in a hammerlock. You beat your
own head on the floor. Seconds go by
and turn into minutes.
Then you notice the hem has unrav-
eled and the bottom ruffle is disinte-
grating. Yea! The dress loses its hold.
You toss it over the ropes. Victory!
Breaking one hold doesn’t end the
match. (My knowledge of wrestling is in
black and white and dates from the days
of vintage television; I’m guessing little
has changed.) As soon as you vanquish
one garment, another one sneaks up and
gets you in a death grip. They tag team.
Sure enough, my burgundy velour
bell-bottom pantsuit quickly put me in
a choke hold and talked into my left
ear, taunting me with the memory of a
concert when I lived in New Orleans
and forgot to tuck my house key into my
little concert purse and therefore, clad in
my beloved burgundy, I’d been forced to
climb through the backdoor transom to
get back into my house. Anyone watch-
ing would have thought me a circus
performer.
Uncle! Calf rope! Femme go! I’ll keep
you!
Score one for the attic closet.
Somewhere under the eave, that little
purse waits its turn.
I’m no good at this.
Hanaba Munn Welch is a columnist and regular
contributor to Blackburn Media Group newspa-
pers.
HANABA
MUNN
WELCH
Valentine's Supper
The Aspermont Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Valentine's Supper!!!!!!!
In conjunction with the supper, we will be having some entertainment!!!!
The entertainment will be
"The Almost Newlywed Game".
We will have 6 couples front and center after supper to answer questions about
their spouses!!!
it will be all in fun!!
1st prize will be $100.00 in double mountain bucks!
2nd prize will be $50.00 in double mountain bucks!
3rd prize will be $25.00 in double mountain bucks!
4th, 5th, & 6th will get a $10.00 participation bucks!
We will have door prizes thru out the night!!
The meal will be Steak and Baked Potatoes!!!!
Dessert will be served
Cost is $10.00 a person
Date—February 14, 2014
Time----------6:00 p.m.
This event will take place at the Stonewall Community Center
Come out and treat your spouse or yourself!!!!
Come out and support the Aspermont Chamber of Commerce!
The Chamber will be selling chances on a Fredericksburg or Ruidoso 2 night stay.
Winner will be drawn that night.
Tickets and chance can be bought from any chamber member or at the door.
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Any gift item with RED on it!
Sale prices good Feb. 6-8
Candy and Cards not included. Discount taken off regular
price. Some restrictions apply. All sales cash and final.
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Hodgin, Wayne. The Stonewall Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 2014, newspaper, February 6, 2014; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741383/m1/4/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.