October 29, 2009 Community Focus

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The Rhome Volunteer Fire De-artment haunted house marks its

ourth year this Halloween and ex-ects a big crowd Saturday.This year, the Rhome Volunteer

Fire Department Brigade has cre-ted a haunted orphanage in theormer school building that houseshe fire department and also has aaze in the building.Performers in the haunted house

nclude firefighters and elementa-y students up through high schooltudents. Students from Jennifer

Peeks science class at Alvord HighSchool make up the bulk of the

erformers. Peek lives in Rhomend her husband is a volunteer fireghter.They do an awesome job. Theyeserve props for everythingheyve done, said Judy Weyandith the Brigade. All the sur-

ounding communities have comeut and helped out a lot.

Weyand recommends the haunt-d house for ages 6 and up, al-hough individual children mayeact to the house differently.he Brigade has set up an areaor younger children while theiruardians go through the hauntedouse.The haunted house is open fromto 11 p.m. Friday and 7 to about

idnight Saturday. Admission is

$7 and all proceeds go to the firedepartment.

The Rhome Parks and Recreation

Committee sells concessions atthe haunted house, with proceeds

benefiting parks and recreation.

The haunted house is located at105 W. First Street in Rhome.

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FRIGHTENING The Rhome Volunteer Fire Department haunted house opens at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday andtakes patrons through a haunted orphanage. Above, assistant chief Lawrence Hopkins takes a bite of a prop arm.

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MUSIC MAKERS Newarks annual Cruisin Days held Saturday, Oct. 17, brought together the community for food and fun. The ChisholmTrail Middle School orchestra, pictured above, provided some of the music at the event.

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Rhome haunted houseThe Rhome Volunteer Fire Departments annual haunted house is 7

to 11 p.m. Oct. 30 and 31 in the old school next to the fire hall. Admis-sion is $7 per person. For information, call (817) 696-6742.

Rhome Spirit of ChristmasApplications for Rhomes Spirit of Christmas are available at Rhome

City Hall, 105 W. First St. Applications must be returned to city hall byNov. 20. The program provides toys and clothes for economically dis-advantaged children. It is sponsored by the city of Rhome and RhomeUnited Methodist Church.

Book Fair for preschoolersThe Northwest ISD Family Involvement program is hosting a book

fair, Oct. 27 through Nov. 5, at the Special Programs Center (1800 Texas114, Justin). The book fair will be open weekdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with

a special Family Shopping Night until 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5. Parentsand children are invited to trick or treat at the fair and make fun craftsduring Boo and Books, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Oct. 31. For moreinformation, visit http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/nisdfami-lyinvolvement.

NISD Spirit ShoppeThe Northwest ISD Spirit Shoppe has Northwest Texan and Byron

Nelson Bobcat spirit items, including sweatshirts, T-shirts, blanketsand more. Located in the Northwest ISD Stadium across from thehome side concession stands, the Spirit Shoppe will be open at the

following times:Thursday, Oct. 29 - 4:30 - 8:30 p.m.Friday, Oct. 30 - 6 - 9:30 p.m.

NHS parade, pep rally and fireworks showThe Northwest Texans will show off their spirit on Thursday, October

29, as they honor their athletic teams and seniors. The celebration willinclude a parade and pep rally and fireworks show at NISD Stadium.The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will follow along Texan Drivefrom Northwest High School to NISD Stadium. Texan Drive will beclosed to traffic until the parade has ended. The community pep rallywill follow in the stadium, and the fireworks show will begin at approxi-mately 8 p.m. Originally scheduled as part of the schools Homecomingfestivities in September, the parade, pep rally and fireworks show waspostponed due to inclement weather.


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The Northwest ISD Education Foundation (NEF)icked-off a year of fundraising on Sept. 18 in anffort to support the students and staff of North-est ISD. Area businesses, community membersnd NEF board turned out to support the causet the annual kick-off luncheon, during which leadonors were recognized for a combined contribu-ion of $188,965.Leading the way was a record-setting donation

rom the staff of Northwest ISD for $59,015. With donations still funneling in from districtmployees, the combined staff donation contin-es to rise and could soon reach $60,000.Fifty lead donors were recognized, including

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The mayors of Rhome and West-ake are among the first volunteerso register for Northwest Reads, alassroom reading event designedo inspire lifelong readers. Rhomeayor Mark Lorance, Westlakeayor Laura Wheat and hundreds

f other volunteers will share morehan stories as they read to North-

est ISD students on Oct. 30; theyill share a love of reading.Lorance will read to Prairie View

Elementary students, while Wheat

reads to a class at Lakeview El-ementary during the district-wideevent taking place 9:30 to 10 a.m.Friday, Oct. 30.

Sponsored by the Northwest ISDPartners in Education program,Northwest Reads provides an op-portunity for community volunteersto read to students in grades PreK-

3, sharing information about theirprofessions and portraying readingas more than just a necessity. Elisabeth Angelique Daniel of Rhome received a bachelor of sci-

ence degree in gerontology from Stephen F. Austin State Univer-sity in Nacogdoches at August commencement.

FFA members at Northwest High School will seek canned fooinstead of candy this Halloween. For the past five years, the North-west High School FFA has conducted a Trick or Treat for cannegoods food drive. FFA members will collect donations from areahomes Oct. 29 and 30.

We have seen this event grow each year, from just a few hun-dred cans to the more than 4,000 pounds of food donated in 2008,said FFA sponsor Kevin Deal. We would like to thank all the NISDpatrons for their donations the past five years. Their continuesupport is appreciated.

Northwest FFA members will distribute collection bags to asmany homes as possible the week of Oct. 26-30. All of the col-lected food will be donated to surrounding food pantries.

FFA members will be collecting donations on Oct. 29 and 30. I

you are interested in participating and will not be at home thatevening, or do not wish to be disturbed, please leave your dona-tion by your front door.

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While we dont sell gastransmission pipe, MessengerOffice Supply works hard tomeet the office-product needsof companies such as MasTecNorth America, one of the ma- jor pipeline installers operat-ing in Wise County.

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Fifty employees work out ofthe office headed by MasTec

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We do all the paperwork forour pipeline group here in thisoffice. Our division of MasTecis mainline pipeline installa-tion with some compressor sta-tion work, Sandy explained.

The groups regional officeis in Shevlin, Minn. MasTecNorth America Inc. has itsheadquarters in Coral Gables,Fla., with regional and field of-fices across the USA.

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