Bring your protest

signs or your

American Flag and

join group of citizens

in Jacksonville who

have organized a TEA

(Taxed Enough

Already) party/rally

5:30 p.m. Wednesday,

April 15 in front of

Norman Activity

Center

The TEA party is

part of a national

movement to protest

government spending.

Bullard

Community Library is

open until 9 p.m. on

Monday, in response

to community

requests.

Among new

things to consider as

the May election

approaches are questions

some of you

may want to ask our

city and ISD candidates.

Bullard Banner

News and Bullard

High School's Panther

Post have partnered to

host a public forum

for candidates to

answer these questions.

The forum is 6:30

p.m. Thursday, April

23 So far Bullard has

two mayoral candidates,

four council

member candidates

and five ISD candidates.

If you have a

question for the candidates

please call

Kathryn Penrose,

Bullard Banner editor,

at 903-894-9306. You

may also email

Kathryn at

Kathrynpenrose@gm

ail.com or at

editor@bullardnews.c om .

The Mission

House is in need of

volunteer staff. If you

have the time please

give it to those in

need.

The Mission

House Health Clinic

is 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 Fourth Tuesday of the month.

Plan to take a thrilling ride across the land down under as Bullard Southern Baptist Church hosts Boomerang Express VBS. Children aged four years through sixth grade (completed) are welcome. Dates are June 8 through 12.

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

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

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

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

Bullard ISD Board of Directors meets the third Tuesday of the month.

Bullard Area Kiwanis Club meets Noon Tuesdays at the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center. Next month's programs include: Kathy Krafve, columnist who live and writes with a Texas Twang; Don Lehew, private investigator; and, Karen Ream, forensic scientist and chocolatier.

Bullard Area Rotary Club meets 6:30 a.m. at Keipersol. The rotary Club this month has heard from speakers on topics such as economic development and the future of local sports programs.

Attention Southern History lovers! General Joseph L. Hogg Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, meet the second Saturday every month in the Bullard and Jacksonville area. For more information call J.D@ Campbell at 903- 894-6727.

Call or stop by the paper with calendar events, news, or story ideas.