UPCOMING EVENTS

Borger Community Theatre is proud to present their rendition of Steel Magnolias in mid- May at the Plainsmen Auditorium located on the Borger campus of Frank Phillips College.

• Friday, May 17, 2024 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• Saturday, May 18, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Saturday, May from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• Sunday, May p.m to 4 p.m.

Tickets are available from $10 each for general admission, $8 each for senior citizens 55+ 19 2024 2024 from 2 each, teachers $8 each (with ID), Veterans $8 each (with ID), and a dinner and show package for $20 each. Tickets may be purchased at https:// borger-community-theatre-inc. ticketleap.com/steel-magnolias

THE STORY: The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

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* The Into Action AA group meets on Monday’s at 8 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church (on the corner of Coolidge and McGee). * Southwest Parkinson Society Support Group meeting. Perryton Support Group. 2nd Friday each Month @ noon. New Hope Fellowship 2821 South Ash. *Canadian River Archery and Gun Club Rabbit Gun Match 2nd Sunday of each month call Steve at 806-683-1713 or Kurtis at 806-595-0984. Helen’s Kids 2024 Scholarship recipients are (pictured left to right) West Texas High School seniors Kade Hamby, Timothy Castillo, and Laynie Monden with Amber Looney Francis, Helen’s Kids Director (far right) . All 3 students were awarded $1,000 for help with college expense. Francis stated that all three students are hard workers and have helped me with Helen’s Kids (a Stinnett based non-for-profit) when needed. Francis said, “I’m so proud of these 3 and excited to watch them move forward in the next chapter!” (PSPCISD photo)

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