IN BRIEF: NCTC, Workforce Texoma to host health jobs fair next week
Mar. 25—North Central Texas College and Workforce Solutions Texoma will be partnering together for a Health Sciences Career Fair Thursday, March 30, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. located at North Central Texas College 1525 W California St Health Science Center, Building 2400 in Gainesville.
To find out more information about the employers that will be on site register with www.workintexas.com or contact the Workforce Solutions Texoma Gainesville office 940-665-1121.
Mountain Springs Community Center opens 2023 season
The market season has kicked off at the Mountain Springs Community Center, 173 Mountain Springs Ln. in Valley View. The schedule is as follows: April 1 — Market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
April 15 — MSCC Spaghetti Supper Dinner & Silent Auction 6 p.m.
May 6 — Market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
June 10 — Market and communitywide picnic Meet & Greet (sign up for different events — time and details TBD) July 1 — Early Bird / Rise & Shine Market, 7 a.m.-noon Aug. 5 — Early Bird / Rise & Shine Market, 7 a.m.-noon; Ice Cream Social, a night to recognize the Mellowdrama Memory Night Gather Pictures, videos Caricature Drawing, 6 p.m.
Sept. 2 — Early Bird / Rise & Shine Market, 7 a.m.-noon Oct. 14 — Fall Festival, Lester Haynie Music Festival Nov. 4 — Holiday Market Dec. 9 — Festival of Light Program and memorial Any vendor interested in participating in market events should contact Kim Comeau at mountainspringstx@ gmail. com.
Cooke Co. Library closed Easter weekend
The Cooke County Library will be closed on Friday, April 7, 2023 and Saturday, April 8, 2023, for the Easter Holiday. We will open at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, April 10, 2023 with regular hours.
Patrons can still access our eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, magazines and music.
Find all of these products by visiting the Cooke County Library website (https://cookecountylibrary. org/), click the "eLibrary" tab, and then click on the eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, eMagazines, Languages and Music headers to learn more details on each of these services.
St. Faustia service at Sacred Heart
There will be a Divine Mercy Sunday Service April 16 at Sacred Heart Church in Muenster.
There will be no Mass, but a special blessed image of Jesus, The Lord of Divine Mercy and First Class relic of St. Faustina will be present for veneration. Confessions will be heard from 2-2:45p.m.
The service begins at 3 p.m. at the church, located at 714 N. Main St.
Chamber networking events coming up
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce hosts mixers on the fourth Thursday of each month as a way for chamber members to network and familiarize themselves with what the local business community has to offer.
This event is open to the public and is free to attend. Those planning to come can anticipate needing to bring business cards for networking purposes. For more information, email jshumate@gainesvillecofc. com.
The chamber also hosts networking breakfasts. Held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, Rise & Shine is a way to learn more about the businesses around Gainesville and Cooke County while enjoying a morning coffee.
Upcoming Rise & Shine dates:
—Screen printing company Gandy Ink — March 28;
—Abigail's Arms Cooke County Family Crisis Center — April 11; Electrical services company Conductive Electricon — April 25.
Rise & Shines are free and open to the public. They are held at the Gainesville Civic Center, 311 S. Weaver St., from 7:45-9 a.m.
Cooke Co. Library event at zoo April 29
"Zooper Reads" combines the love of reading and visiting the Frank Buck Zoo. This special early literacy event will take place on Saturday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Frank Buck Zoo in Leonard Park in Gainesville. Both children and adults are welcome to attend.
Thanks to a PenTex Energy Charitable Foundation grant, admission will be paid for all who enter during the program. Each child that enters will be able to select their own book from a variety of titles and then read it to their favorite zoo animals. The book selected will become the child's to take home for their personal library. The idea behind this collaborated event is to combine the love of reading and animals.
This event is sponsored by a PenTex Energy Charitable Foundation grant. For more info, call 940-668-5530.
Lions golf outing May 27 in Gainesville
The Gainesville Lions Club will host its annual golf tourney May 27 at the Gainesville Municipal Golf Course. It will be a four-person scramble, with registration at 7 a.m. and a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
The entry fee is $75 per person/$300 per team, which includes lunch, drinks, door prizes, longest drive and closest to the pin prizes, and a hole-in-one prize — a 2023 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 presented by Glenn Polk Auto Group.
Hole sponsors are $100 each. Call 940-634-1234 or email bkp1406@att.net for sponsorship information.
Proceeds will benefit local causes, including VISTO, Cooke County 4-H and Camp Sweeney, as well as Lions programs to support the blind and sight-impaired.
Send payments to Gainesville Lions Club, c/o Brian Pearson, 323 N. Howeth St., Gainesville, TX 76240-4452 or call 816-516-1538 for more information.
The Lions meet each Wednesday at the Neu Ranch House in Gainesville. People start gathering for fellowship and to eat lunch at 11:30 a.m., with the meeting beginning at noon, with a speaker and program each week. Visitors are always welcome.
For more information, call 816-516-1538.
