Volume 36 Number 5
May 2024
24 Pages
Lubbock, Texas
In May & inside 1st May Day 3rd First Friday Art Trail 4th VOTE .................................. 3 4th Chancellor to speak .......... 3 5th Cinco de Mayo 10th New Neighbors .................. 2 12th Mother’s Day 14th Christian Women ............... 3 27th Memorial Day Casas for CASA fundraiser ........... 2 Ransom Canyon upgrades ............ 7 Dear big kids ................................. 9 Watering times & days ............... 10 ‘Run to Remember’ ..................... 13 Lubbock in 1954 ......................... 16 Covenant earns accreditation .... 17 Five Wishes ................................. 18 Covenant Children’s .................... 20 Tips to maintain independence .. 22 Always call 811 first ................... 23 Backyard Mission........................ 23
Coming in June Summer Stampede........................ 5
By Donna Giovannetti In the 36 years we have been together, my husband, Robert, and I have picked up numerous stray dogs, returning to them to their owners or finding them new homes - even before there was an internet or social media. In September during a particularly rainy week, a dog wandered into the parking lot at the YWCA on University where I work. You could tell he wanted someone to help him, but he was too scared to come to us. After three days of trying, I finally managed to get him in my car and to my house. We had him scanned, no chip. We were planning on finding him a home, but in the meantime, he needed a name. I started by looking up golden German shepherds on Google because I thought that was what he looked like. The breed doesn’t exist, but the search led to me calling him Golden Gazette after a little newspaper I read at Raider Ranch where we visit my 94-year-old father-in-law every week. By the end of the day, he was Gazzy. It’s seven months later - we never found him a home and now he is a part of our family. I can tell you all of the shelters in town are full and the City of Lubbock Animal Shelter is so full that they can’t take any additional dogs until August. It’s a good reminder to have your pets spayed or neutered and remember to ADOPT, don’t shop!
May 4
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Mayor, council members, Proposition A, school board