A Wedding to Remember Page 2 May 8-14, 2020 · www.community-news.com · 75 cents THE COMMUNITY NEWS Serving Aledo · the Annettas · Hudson Oaks · Willow Park, Texas PARKER COUNTY Summer Mayors enrollment up at WC plan food Despite the challenges of COVID-19, enrollment is up at Weatherford College. drive As of May 3, registration for the Summer I semester Meals on Wheels to at Weatherford College stood deliver 6,000 meals in at 994 students, up from 886 during the same time in the May to senior citizens registration process last year. at home Classes in the Summer I semester begin June 1 with A sharp increase in the registration ending that same number of meals being deliv- day. ered to senior citizens in Parker “Our summer enrollment is County has prompted the up because many students are Mayor’s Council to announced recognizing the exceptional a food drive to help the Parker value of Weatherford College,” County Committee on Aging said Dr. Tod Allen Farmer, WC provide them through Meals president. “With the addition on Wheels. of $2.56 million in CARES Act During this pandemic, grant funding and our online Meals on Wheels plans to deliv- course expansion, we expect er 6,000 meals in the month of this growth trend to continue May alone to seniors who are in the fall. Many students who unable to leave their homes. were university bound are now Last year, Meals on Wheels taking advantage of the safety, delivered, on average, between convenience and cost of WC.” 1,800 and 2,000 meals per All general academic sum- month. mer classes have transitioned RANDY KECK/THE COMMUNITY NEWS to online formats this year due “As you can imagine, this Firefighters from Parker County Emergency Services District 1 “rescue” a 130-pound mannequin during a live fire to the pandemic. Only courses increase in requests to feed our training in Aledo on Wednesday. For more information, see page 2. requiring face-to-face instruc- senior neighbors has severely tion for accreditation purposes depleted the stockpile of gro- will meet on campus. ceries used to prepare these For more information on much needed meals,” according applying or registering for to a release from the mayors. classes, visit wc.edu. To speak Residents and business- with an academic advisor es can donate the following email [email protected]. items requested by the Parker County Committee on Aging: Midnight Special • Canned carrots, apples, peaches, baked beans, Local stylists plans Family yams, corn, and mixed 12 a.m. re-opening vegetables; By Randy Keck reading • Fresh onions and potatoes; The Community news • Dried rice and beans. Gov. Greg Abbott surprised program Items can be dropped off at many people around the state by any of the following locations announcing on Tuesday that, begin- promoted through May 25: ning Friday, May 8, additional businesses in Texas could open back • ESD 1 Station 34 — 991 for month of up for business. Bailey Ranch Rd, Aledo Those businesses include hair May • ESD 1 Station 37 — 701 and tanning salons, and swimming The Parker County 4-H Thunderhead, Annetta/ pools. and the Texas A&M Extension Annetta South In addition, other businesses Service are inviting the com- • ESD 1 Station 48 — 215 including gyms and certain offic- munity to participate in Goshen Rd, Springtown es and manufacturing facilities can Families Reading Every Day • Willow Park Public Safety open up on May 18. (FRED) for the month of May. Building — 101 Stagecoach The reaction of local operators Materials from the exten- Trail was unabashedly positive. sion service say FRED “is Abbott’s executive order allows a fun and effective way to • Hudson Oaks City Hall - for “cosmetology salons, hair salons, strengthen family bonds and 210 Hudson Oaks Drive SPECIAL TO THE COMMUNITY NEWS barber shops, nail salons/shops, and promote literacy development • Weatherford Fire Station other establishments where licensed Max Moore helped in the family remodeling project. by encouraging families to 4 — 905 West Park cosmetologists or barbers practice focus on reading together for their trade” to be open as long as that masks be worn by both the Heather; son, Max; and daughter, four weeks.” • ESD 8 Station 55 — operator and customer. Madeline. Central Community VFD there is six feet of distance between The goal is for the family operating work stations. “We were doing a typical Monday to spend 15 minutes reading 4100 Old Agnes Road Christopher Moore, who oper- Abbott said each operator in a off, you know, just little house together per day for the first ates a salon on Front Street in Aledo, • ESD 9 Station 39 — Brock- salon should not have more than chores,” Christopher said. “Max and two weeks, and 30 minutes Dennis VFD 1107 FM 1189, one customer at a time, and recom- said he was devastated when he I were actually outside snapping per day for the last two weeks. Brock mended that appointments be set up originally got the news that he had some sheet rock for some of the For more information on • Cresson City Hall - 8901 where people could wait outside for to close back on March 23. He was wood.” Heather walked outside and the program, visit https://fch. Hwy. 377 an appointment. He recommended at home at the time with his wife, Turn to MOORE, page 3 tamu.edu/fred/. Feeding vulnerable Wide Outs Rhodes’ Scholars Restaurant owner helps in Careity’s mission A look at Bearcats’ prospects for wide Aledo exes excel in pole vaulting at the to provide meals for cancer patients. receiver in the fall. college level. Volume 30, Number 19x PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 7 Published Weekly Copyright 2020, The Community News 2 May 8, 2020 THE COMMUNITY NEWS Training for Safety A Wedding to Remember Courtney Beall was to have the wed- ding of her dreams on April 11. Due to COVID-19, the fam- ily opted for a small family wedding. They asked their neighbors to help celebrate while social distancing. It was a complete surprise to Nic Leppke and Courtney when they made their exit from her parents’ house to horns blaring, homemade signs and headlights flashing. Courtney’s par- ents, Scott and Kim Beall, loaded them in the back of their Durango with the hatch up and drove them thru the neigh- borhood where about 98 percent of the neighbors participated. “It was a wed- ding to remember,” Kim said. Courtney’s dress was from a high school function, because her wedding dress was in quaran- tine at alterations. RANDY KECK/THE COMMUNITY NEWS Eight fire departments in Emergency Services District 1 spent Wednesday in a live-fire training excer- cise on John Street in Aledo. 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