Saturday, December 10 the Lady Gladiator JV basketball team traveled to Itasca to participate in the Itasca Invitational JV Basketball Tournament. With Italy, Itasca, and Maypearl battling out in the round-robin style tournament, Italy came away with the bragging rights.
Saturday December 10th a benefit gospel concert was held in the cafeteria of Stafford Elementary to raise money for Camisha Monk and her son. Many friends and family members and church members from surrounding churches came out in support.
Italy ISD will host a parent EOC/STAAR Info-Meeting on Tuesday, December 13 at 6:00pm and Wednesday, December 14 at 5:30pm in the Italy High School cafeteria. The administration is hopeful that by offering this meeting on two separate evenings that all parents will be able to come to one or the other of the meetings. Parents of 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grader students are urged to attend. STAAR and EOC testing requirements will be discussed as well as how these tests will affect graduation.
Italy High School/Junior High School will be giving final exams on Wednesday, December 14 through Friday December 16. See schedule below. There will NOT be any exemptions this semester. Exemptions can be earned for the second semester.
The Italy City Council voted to approve the exchange of property with Family Dollar at its monthly meeting held Monday evening in council chambers.
The Avalon Water and Sewer Service Corporation met Thursday evening for their regular monthly meeting to hear KSA Engineering’s presentation on their concept for increasing Avalon’s sewer plant capacity.
It may have been a little cold and wet on Saturday, but that did not stop the parade from barreling down Main Street of Italy Texas. There were elves, floats and even a special visit from a jolly old friend from the North Pole.
Meagan Hooker is a sixteen year old junior at Italy High School with a burning desire to help preserve our wildlife and to help conserve our world that we live in. So much so that she wants to tell others what she has learned and how others can gain knowledge to help the cause.
Central Baptist Church youth fundraiser! — Please place your order by 10:00pm Tuesday, December 13th. Thank you for your support.
The award-winning Gladiator Regiment Band will be performing their annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 15 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the George Scott Gymnasium at the Italy High School campus.
Cedric Overton, Italy resident, was at the wrong place at the wrong time early this morning. Apparently, the victim of a random shooting, Cedric ran into a Dallas convenience store and suffered three gunshots, one to the back and two to the arm. One bullet shattered his elbow. Luckily, others passed through the body and missed any vital organs. Overton was rushed to Charlton Methodist Hospital where he was taken to surgery to rebuild his elbow.
Christmas hymns and beautiful faces graced Central Baptist Church on Sunday evening as Italy Ministerial Alliance hosted the annual Christmas Service. The weather was a little sloppy and cold but that did not stop the faithful from coming.
The seventh annual Reading Marathon is in full swing this week Dec. 5-9 at the Italy High School Library! Students, faculty and staff are participating in a week-long event that has someone constantly reading in the “Reading Parlor” in the library from 8 a.m. Monday morning until school dismisses at 3:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9.
The Stafford Elementary Honors Assembly honored students for their work during the first and second six weeks of school. The gymnasium was filled with smiling parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and students. But the biggest smiles were the ones on the students faces when Jason Miller (principal) handed each of them their awards.
In order to make the environment of athletic events safe and more enjoyable for all of the fans, Italy Junior High and High School is implementing the following rules effective Monday, December 12, 2011.
Milford Titus Women are sponsoring the Milford Angel Tree again this year. We have 38 children who need help to have a Christmas. With the economy as it is we have more children on the tree. If you are able please consider making a child’s Christmas this year by taking an Angel from the tree. Angels are on the Tree at the City Hall (100 S. Main Street, Milford, Texas).
The Italy Police Department is starting their own “Shop with a Cop” program to help build positive relationships between police officers and the children of the community.
The Avalon Water and Sewer Service Corporation will have their regular monthly meeting Thursday, December 8, 2011. The meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church in Avalon. Meeting time is 7:00pm. The meeting agenda is included with this notice.
Italy High School’s varsity and JV boys basketball teams will travel the end of this week to tournaments in Burleson (Centennial High School) and Lancaster (Red Oak Life) and our JV Lady Gladiators will travel to Itasca for their annual basketball tournament.
The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Prior to that meeting there will be a special Board Training Webinar. The Board training will begin at noon and will be followed by the regular monthly meeting which is slated at 1:30pm. Meeting agendas are attached. The meetings will be held in the Administration office at 300 S. College Street, Italy and are open to the public.
The City of Italy Park Board will have their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, December 6, 2011. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers of the Italy Municipal Building at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is 5:30pm. The agenda slates there will be discussion of pros and cons regarding the recent Christmas Festival.
Italy Gladiator Band Booster Club will meet Monday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the Christmas Band Concert and the concession stand they will oversee at the UIL competition at Stafford Elementary on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Plans will also continue regarding the February fundraiser at the Uptown Cafe. All band boosters are encouraged to attend.
On November 14 the Milford National Honor Society hosted a blood drive for Carter BloodCare, the first of two scheduled for this school year. This fall blood drive was a success with 40 donors crowding the single portable bloodmobile.
On Saturday, December 10 Purified Records will present “Love In Action,” a benefit concert for Camisha Monk and her son Dylan who were recently involved in a serious automobile accident. The benefit will be held at the Stafford Elementary Cafeteria in Italy and will begin at 7:00pm.
With a Federal Communications Commission deadline of January 1, 2013 looming ever closer, Ellis County Commissioners approved a contract extension with RCC Consultants that will take the County to full compliance. The action was taken during the Court’s regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday, November 28.
Guests were welcomed into the home of Tina Haight and her family with admission being one donated unwrapped toy to be given away during the 4th Annual Italy Christmas Parade and Festival.
The Avalon Water and Sewer Service Corporation met in a special meeting Thursday night to discuss their current engineering contract and to approve money to make necessary repairs to get the sewer system functioning properly.
Italy had ten Gladiators receive all-district recognition with head coach Craig Bales being named the district’s Co-Coach of the Year.
On Thursday, December 8 from 6:30pm to 7:45pm Stafford Elementary will host a STAAR Informational Night. This meeting will be for parents of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade students and is designed for parent to review student expectations, strategies and pose questions.
William (Bill) Harlan Windham, 67, of Tyler passed away Wednesday.
The Italy Junior High girls basketball 7th and 8th grade played Whitney on Monday night at home as part of their season. The Lady Wildcats worked hard and beat the Lady Gladiators in both games.
The Lady Gladiator varsity basketball team took a two hour trek south to take on the Bremond Lady Tigers. The final score was 61 to 52 with the Lady Gladiators taking the win.
On Sunday, December 4, the Italy Ministerial Alliance will host different activities that includes all faiths, all people and all walks of life. The following is the schedule for that day:
The 4th Annual Italy Christmas Parade and Festival will be Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The parade will begin at 10:00am and will travel down Main Street, Italy. Vendors will be located along Main Street and inside the McConnell Building (101 E. Main Street, Italy). Vendor booth and parade float forms are available with this article or at City Hall.
The school year is almost a third over. Mrs. Davis has published a few reminders to help the Italy High School’s 2012 graduating class on the rest of their journey this year.
The annual Italy Invitational Basketball Tournament is scheduled to start on Thursday, December 1 and will run thru Saturday, December 3. There will be both boys and girls divisions. For our reader’s convenience we have provided brackets. Good luck to our hardwood heroes and heroines as they battle it out on the court during this three day event.
The Italy Lions Club kicks off the Christmas Festival and Parade with an all you can eat breakfast. For just $5.00 you can have a great breakfast and hang around for the parade and festivities.
The Avalon Water and Sewer Service Corporation met to discuss the status of a program to increase sewer plant capacity. Scott Hoelzle of KSA Engineers was scheduled to give a presentation of a possible enlarged plant but was unable to make the meeting.
A truckload of food and a passel of boys unloading boxes means only one thing this time of year. The NHS food drive for the local food pantry. Tina Richards, sponsor of the IHS National Honor Society, helped organize the food drive with Stafford Elementary.
The Italy Police Department would like for every citizen to enjoy the Holidays and not be a victim of a crime that could easily be prevented. We would like to share some valuable crime prevention tips that may just keep YOU from being a victim!
On Sunday, area churches hosted a community Thanksgiving feast at Stafford Elementary that made even the best cooking grandma’s meal pale in comparison. BBQ chicken, sausage and brisket, prepared by Mt. Gilead, Union and Mt. Zion, were just a few of the delights offered at the Thanksgiving Feast.
The Italy School Board of Trustees voted to enter into an agreement with Lockridge-Priest for an Alerton Control System for the dome at its monthly meeting Monday night.
Early Saturday morning many of the members of the Italy Church of Christ were up and cooking a delicious appreciation breakfast for the City Employees of Italy. The dinning hall was decorated to the hilt and delicious aromas were wafting through the air.
The Italy Police department has joined thousands of other agencies across the nation by creating its own Facebook page to disseminate information to citizens regarding issues, crime alerts, safety tips and law updates.
Making their 3rd straight appearance into the NESA C-Division Superbowl, the IYAA C-Team Gladiators challenged Ferris in the Superbowl rematch.
Ghouls, terror and screams in the night should be very scary but maybe not this time. The Necroplex, local haunted house, not only took care of the darker sides of Halloween this year but also gathered area actors from other haunted houses in the Metroplex and collected canned goods for the Italy Food Pantry, which was totally not frightening.
Italy 7th and 8th grade boys played Monday night in the dome against Clifton to begin their 2011-2012 season. The boys pulled out the big guns and took on the Cubs and stopped them in their tracks. It may be the beginning of the season but the other teams need to watch out. Here come the Gladiators!
The Janicek Family Farm and the Walker Creek Ranch, located near Ennis, were recognized in Commissioners’ Court during the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, November 14, 2011.
On Saturday, November 19 at 8:00am the Italy Church of Christ will have a pancake breakfast in honor all of the Italy City employees. The church is located at 601 S College Street in Italy. Everyone is invited to come and thank our city employees and enjoy a great breakfast.
The Lady Gladiators played their game two in the Hamilton Sonic Basketball Tournament on Thursday at 7:30pm. After loosing this game to Waco Connally the Lady Gladiators find themselves in the Silver Bracket. Play continues for Italy on Saturday, November 19 at noon. At that time, Italy will take on Newcastle.
