Holiday Spirit meal sign-up underway for Christmas
The annual Christmas Holiday Spirit Meal will be held on Christmas Day at Wilbarger Auditorium. To request a meal, call 940-414-0401. Delivery requests up to eight meals will be taken. If you do not get your request in you will need to come to the auditorium on Christmas Day from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.…
Read MoreFriday is last day to request holiday meal
Meal requests for the Thanksgiving Holiday Spirit Meal currently total 234 delivered meals, Sharon Goins, coordinator of the program along with her husband, Billy Goins, reported on Tuesday as preparations continue for the annual event. Goins said more delivery requests are expected. “We will receive the lists from Meals on Wheels on Friday, Nov. 19,”…
Read MoreCommunity Thanksgiving service set for Sunday
The annual Community Thanksgiving service sponsored by the Wilbarger County Ministerial Alliance, will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Second Baptist Church, 2815 Sand Road. Giving the Thanksgiving message will be Pastor Brooks Kimmey of the First Baptist Church. Pastor Ric Rosalez, Second Baptist Church, will give the opening prayer, and…
Read MoreLots of Halloween fun this weekend
Sunday, Oct. 31, is the official day of Halloween but activities in Vernon are not confined to just one day this year as the week preceding the spooky holiday is also filled with a number of activities with the fun concluding on Halloween with the Munchkins on Main Street Celebration and the Second Baptist Church’s …
Read MoreVernon Musicians Club celebrates 100th anniversary, farewell performance Sunday
On Sunday Sept. 26, 2021, the Vernon Musicians Club will celebrate a momentous occasion: the club’s 100th anniversary. A party will be held that afternoon from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Wilbarger Auditorium. Refreshments will be served at the come-and-go affair. The public is invited to attend. In January,…
Read MoreJust One Mom to Another Class begins
The Just One Mom to Another Class begins Monday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. at The Center. The class is for pregnant women to learn more about raising babies. Prizes are given each week, and a shower held at the end of this three week class. The Center is located at 2300 Pease Street. Call…
Read MoreTexoma Gives to benefit 4 Vernon non-profits
Four Vernon non-profit organizations will be among those in the Texoma area that will be a part of the sixth annual Texoma Gives take place on Thursday, Sept. 9 as a 16-hour online giving day event shines a spotlight on over 200 nonprofit organizations in North Texas and Southwest Oklahoma. The four organizations from Wilbarger…
Read MoreSummer’s Last Blast features lots of cars, great music
Summer’s Last Blast is set to get underway with activities beginning on Thursday, Aug, 12, and concluding with the cruise itself on Saturday, Aug. 14. Jim Gryseels, president of the Vernon Street Machines and Classics Association, hosts of Summer’s Last Blast, said he was pleased with the turnout last Saturday night for the Mini Cruise.…
Read MoreArea car show set at Second Baptist
The Second Baptist Church will hold its Area Car Show on June 6 beginning at 5 p.m., on the church parking lot. There will be an outdoor concert and barbecue as well. For additional information call the church office at 940-552-2870.
Read MoreHere come the donuts
The Salvation Army will be giving out free doughnuts at the Farmer’s Market on June 5, 2021, from 8 a.m. until they’re gone. It is Donut Day in recognition of the women from WWI who served the doughnuts to the troops.
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