Amarillo, TX

LADY SANDIES WRITE HISTORY: THIRD CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

A FIRST FOR CLASS 5A SCHOOLS

The Amarillo High School varsity volleyball team beat Austin Westlake in the State volleyball

finals Saturday, Nov. 22, to become the first Class 5A team in the State's history to win three

consecutive state volleyball championships.

The Sandies vs. Westlake match finished 19-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-19, and 15-11. The match was

held at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos. Last year, the Lady Sandies also played Austin

Westlake for the state title. This year's win is coach Jan Barker's 7th state title as a volleyball

coach at Amarillo High.

Senior Aryn Bohannon was named most valuable player for the Class 5A state tournament, with

14 kills, 13 digs, two blocks and an ace.

WAY TO GO GIRLS!!!!

Amarillo, Texas has some really great schools in the community. But even with good schools, sometimes bringing home a report card can be very traumatic for some students. Some students just need a little extra help. So, one local organization has started the Brainfuse program. Brainfuse is an online tutorial that helps students bring up their grades.

Brainfuse has been funded by the Harrington Library Consortium, available to almost all libraries in the Texas Panhandle. The program gives students the opportunity to get one-on-one tutoring from a professional. The program is available from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day of the week in both English and Spanish.

Library officials can assure parents that the program is safe and reliable for children to improve their studies.

The professional tutors working with Brainfuse each have four year degrees, are specialists in their subject, and are all current educators. They have even had background checks. The tutors range from graduate students to retired teachers.

To access the program, students only need a library card and pin number.

If you have a student in Amarillo , Texas schools, you can access the program by clicking on any of the links below:

http://proxy.harringtonlc.org:2048/login?url=http://main.hlc.tx.brainfuse.com

http://www.brainfuse.com/

http://www.harringtonlc.org/

http://www.amarillolibrary.org/

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Every community across the nation needs a good public library. Amarillo , Texas has one of the best library systems around. The Amarillo Public Library was founded by handful of women from the Just Us Girls Club. Since then, the library has served Amarillo residents for over 100 years.

In the beginning, the library only had one location and 123 books. Now, the Amarillo Public Library System has five locations that offer a varied collection of learning materials including over 1/2 million printed books, books on cassette tape and CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes of documentaries, CDs, MP3s, and 56 computers throughout the 5 libraries with Internet access and the wonderful, much used Microsoft office program.

The Amarillo Public Library offers several programs that take place daily, weekly and monthly. Story-time is held each week day, sometimes two or three times a day. Meeting facilities are also available for non-profit organizations. Must reserve the room in advance.

The library, now, wants to hear from you. They want to know what your story is. If you have used the library to learn something exciting about your family history, or if you found information to help your business, or if you have ever taken advantage of the library's online resources to prepare for test or homework help, they want you to let them know how the library made a difference in your life.

To let the library know how it's made a difference in your life, just write them a short paragraph of 75 words or less and send it to stacy.yates@amarillolibrary.org. Just by submitting your story, you will have the chance to win a cash prize and be featured in the marketing campaign of the Library.

Library Address and Hours of Operation:

Central Library Southwest Branch

413 E 4th 6801 W 45th

Amarillo, TX 79101 Amarillo , TX 79109

(806) 378-3054 (806) 359-2094

Monday - Thursday 9am to 9pm Friday & Saturday - 9am to 6pm Sunday - 2pm to 6pm.

East Branch North Branch Northwest Branch

2232 E 27th 1500 NE 24th 6100 W 9th

Amarillo, TX 79103 Amarillo , TX 79107 Amarillo , TX 79106

(806) 342-1589 (806) 381-7931 (806) 359-2035

Monday & Tuesday 12pm to 9pm Wednesday - Friday 9am to 6pm Saturday closed Sunday 2pm to 6pm.

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Amarillo Public Library System: http://www.amarillolibrary.org/about/index.php

Amarillo Public Library Calendar: http://www.amarillolibrary.org/calendar.php/

Amarillo, Texas will be celebrating Veterans Day for days before November 11. There will also be traveling replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial with over 58,000 names on it coming through the city. This will definitely be an emotional day for many Amarillo residents.

Some of the events you can take advantage of and enjoy are:

November 7 -

• Take a Vet to School from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Austin Middle School at 1808 Wimberly Road in Amarillo .
• Military Appreciation Night at 7:05 p.m. at the Amarillo Civic Center with the Amarillo Gorillas at 401 S. Buchanan Street . All veterans will receive discount tickets.

November 8 -

• American Legion Post 54 Breakfast from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at 617 S.W. Seventh Avenue in Amarillo . They will be accepting donations at the breakfast.
• Hutchinson County Veterans Appreciation Dinner at 5:00 p.m. at Borger Elks Lodge. Dinner will be free with feature speaker, state Rep. Warren Chisum.
• Veterans Day Cookout and Welcome Home from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center at 6010 W. Amarillo Blvd.
• Veterans Day Parade to honor all who have served our country at 10 a.m. on Polk Street in downtown Amarillo . They are asking for everyone to bring U.S. flags and wear the colors red, white and blue.

November 10 -

• Military and Family Appreciation Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at Leal's Restaurant on Georgia Street and Interstate 40 in Amarillo . The event will be sponsored by All Saints Church. All active duty military personnel and family are welcome. Please RSVP.

November 11 - Veterans Day -

• Veterans Day Program at 11:00 a.m. at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial at 4101 S. Georgia Street in Amarillo . There will be a featured speaker, Andrew M. Welch, from the Amarillo VA Health Care System.
• Veterans Day Program from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 pm. at Houston Middle School at 815 S. Independence Street in Amarillo . There will be a featured speaker, Letus Lebow, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis.

November 17 -

• Free Military Appreciation Dinner from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Golden Corrall on Coulter Street and Interstate 40 in Amarillo .

Whether you live in Amarillo , Texas or are looking to buy a home in Amarillo , I hope you will get to attend some of these great events.

As you probably already know, today is voting day. To help you get out the vote, the following are the polling places by precinct in Amarillo today:

Precinct 110 - High Plains AG Park Nutri-Chem, 1219 E FM, 1151 Claude Hwy, Amarillo, TX 79118

Precinct 111 - Comanche Trail Church, 2700 E 34th St, Amarillo, TX 79103

Precinct 112 - Landergin Elementary, 3409 S Taylor St, Amarillo, TX 79110

Precinct 113 - Lamar Elementary, 3800 S Lipscomb St, Amarillo, TX 79110

Precinct 114 - South Lawn Elementary, 4719 Bowie St, Amarillo, TX 79110

Precinct 131 - Village of Lake Tanglewood Town Hall, #1 Tanglewood Dr, Amarillo, TX 79118

Precinct 208 - Falcon Club, 9001 Bridle Trails Dr, Amarillo, TX 79119

Precinct 219 - Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church, 7801 W 34th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79121

Precinct 220 - Ridgecrest Elementary, 5306 W 37th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 222 - Puckett Elementary, 6700 Oakhurts Dr, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 227 - Southwest Church of Christ, 4515 Cornell, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 228 - Sleepy Hollow Elementary, 3501 Reeder Dr, Amarillo, TX 79121

Precinct 230 - Windsor Elementary, 6700 Hyde Parkway, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 309 - Sundown Elementary, 4715 Sundown Lane, Amarillo, TX 79118

Precinct 324 - Arden Road Baptist Church, 6701 Arden Rd, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 325 - Lakeview Elementary, 6407 Lair Rd, Amarillo, TX 79118

Precinct 332 - Randall County Fire & Rescue Station #2, 9451 FM 2186 (Hollywood Rd), Amarillo, TX 79119

Precinct 415 - South Georgia Elementary, 5019 Susan, Amarillo, TX 79110

Precinct 416 - Coronado Elementary, 3210 Wimberly Rd, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 417 - Crockett Middle School, 4720 Floyd Ave, Amarillo, TX 79106

Precinct 418 - Paramount Terrace Elementary, 3906 W 40th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 421 - Western Plateau Elementary, 4927 Shawnee Trail, Amarillo, TX 79109

Precinct 426 - Gene Howe Elementary, 5108 Pico Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79110

Precinct 429 - Randall County Annex, 4111 S Georgia St

No matter how you feel about each of the politicians or the issues, please exercise your Constitutional right to vote. If you don't vote, you can't change a thing.