This week has blessed me with one challenge after another; and, I am thankful once again for the opportunities found in Bullard.

Some of you may know Daisy Mae Hargraves, who like me is new to town. She is a fitness trainer and has eighty ladies signed up for Fitness 45, a 45- minute "Body Camp" of cardio and Pilates, of which I will be the first to admit is tough work.

I went into class the first night with the mindset that pilates was simple. Wrong! Pilates is hard! I also thought maybe she'll take it easy on us. Wrong! Hargraves is a trainer. She is supposed to push and that's excatly what she does.!

So if you see us, women - all in different stages of physical condition and fatigue - walking, whether it be in your neighborhood, or in the park, we are on a mission; just 45 minutes at a time.

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Lt. Weston Amaya, a member of Bullard First United Methodist Church, stationed in Samarra, Iraq, has a platoon of men to help overview the city, Particularly the schools, Weston has picked a school with 800 students in a poor section of the city and asked that the people of Bullard make a contribution of regular school supplies, as well as black or whiet socks. Monetary donations are also being accepted to purchase supplies and pay for shipping costs. For more information, contact Pat Martin at 903-894- 6778.

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Bullard Community Library will host a welcome reception for Joanne Buenttner, new director and head librarian, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Feb. 20, at the library. Friends of Bullard Community Library will provide refreshments everyone is welcome..

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The Mission House is in need of volunteer staff. The Mission House Health Clinic is open 9 open 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month.

The Food and Clothes Closet is open 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month and 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Fourth Tuesday of the month.

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Moms In Touch meets 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Bullard Properties, on the corner of Main and Phillips Streets.

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Smith County Commissioners' Court meets 9 a..m. each Monday at the Smith County Courthous Annex.

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Cherokee County Commissioners' Court meets at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month at Cherokee County Courthouse.

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Bullard City Council meets 6:30 p.m., the second Tuesday of each month. Come out and see what is happening in the city.

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Bullard ISD meets the third Tuesday of the month.

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