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Published May 21, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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It is time for the annual Mineral Wells Index Readers’ Choice Awards, only with a new twist this year.
For the first time, voting will all take place online.
Beginning today, you can go to the online voting site where you will register for free if you did not registere during the nomination phase. Through May 31, readers can cast a bal-lot once every 24 hours for their favorites in all the categories – nearly 300 nominations total related to businesses, services, professionals and favorite foods and places to eat, and more.
You will need to be 18 years and older to vote, and participants will be able to cast votes once every 24 hours during the voting period.
Simply go to our homepage at mineralwellsin-dex.com and at the top of the page look for the Readers’ Choice banner, click it, and start voting. Contest rules are listed there as well.
Good luck to all of the area’s businesses, spe-cialists and professionals and remember to vote early and daily.
Reader’s Choice voting – all online
– begins today
A bAlAncing ActAs area lakes suffer from ongoing drought, Lake Granbury-
area residents want increased draw downs at PK Lake
There is a lot of shoreline at Possum Kingdom Lake as the result of the lake currently being down more than 15 feet, at 61 percent capacity.
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Fighting for health off the clockPPGH top 2014 Relay for Life fundraiserBy TYLER [email protected]
Every year, people from all across the U.S. join forces to par-ticipate in Relay For Life to raise money for American Cancer Society.
Palo Pinto County began par-ticipating in RFL more than 19 years ago. This year’s relay for life took place on April 25 at the Mineral Wells High School track.
Palo Pinto General Hospital puts together a team every year, going above and beyond their work on the clock, taking health-care to a more personal level. This year, PPGH’s goal was to raise $10,000, PPGH Relay For Life Team Captain Sharon Barham said, something they beat by more than 33 percent, with a grand total of $13,580.12 raised. This means Team PPGH raised more than any other team
in PPC this year.Their team consisted of more
that 20 individuals, with some gaining more than $1,000 a piece.
Individuals breaking $1,000 include:
• Sharon Barham, $2,037.44.• Brendan Greer, $1,007.72.• Kenneth Howell, $1,022.16.• Mary Howell, $2,847.76.
• Judy Lowe, $2,181.43.• Rena Wilson, $1,457.13.From bake sales and yard
sales to Jail and Bail and various races, PPGH put no limit on what they were willing to do to raise funds.
“I am very proud of my team,” Barham said. “They are just amazing to work with. It’s a
See PPGH, page 2
TYLER MASK/INDEX
Pictured is most of team PPGH. From left, front row, Theresa Stuhff, Robert Freeman, Margaret Freeman, Kimberly Kennedy, Rena Wilson and Judy Lowe. Middle row, Cresha Greer, Janice and Milton Rucker, Sharon Barham, Krista Ramos, Donna Wells, Kara Johnson and Jimmy Murray. Back row, Kerri Walker and Kenny Howell.