Both are part of Wolfforth United Methodist’s Men’s weekend calendars in May and early June.

The annual pancake breakfast is set for 7-10 a.m. Saturday in the church at 102 Donald Preston Drive.

A golf tournament sponsored by the men’s group also is set on June 7 at Reese Center, said DeLoach.

Rusty DeLoach, who is directing the pancake breakfast, said the breakfast has been a church tradition for more than 10 years.

“I know it’s been going on at least 12 or 14 years,” he said.

But instead of having it on election day as in years past, DeLoach said this year’s pancake breakfast is a week earlier.

“We’ll have it a week beforehand,” he said.

All the pancake breakfast’s proceeds will aid in sending children to summer church camps, said DeLoach.

“We pay half (the funds) of each child to go to church camp,” he said.

DeLoach said he’s had a good turnout in years past, but hopes for more attendees this year.

“It’d be great if more of the city (attended the breakfast),” he said. “We always have a good turnout from the church. There’s always a few non-members who join us. It would be nice if we have a few more.”

Donations will be accepted at the pancake breakfast, he said.

The golf tournament in early June also is planned, said DeLoach.

“It’s a scramble tournament. The bigger, the better,” said DeLoach. “We are looking for sponsors for holes.”

For more information, call DeLoach at 778-1040.

• Record: 18-15-1 (9-0 in district)

• Looking back: Frenship had a playoff bye last week after winning the District 4-4A title. Frenship played two warm-up games in which they lost 8-1 to Midland Christian last week, and 8-6 to Abilene Wylie on Friday.

Schedule/Results

Feb. 12 Midland L, 5-7

Feb. 18 Cooper W, 11-1

Feb. 22 Hereford W, 10-0

Feb. 22 Belton L, 0-13

Feb. 22 El Paso Hanks L, 3-4

Feb. 23 Levelland L, 4-8

Feb. 23 Monterey W, 10-0

Feb. 23 Midland Lee L, 2-9

Feb. 26 @Odessa L, 0-4

Feb. 28 Pollock Central W, 10-2

Feb. 28 Lampasas W, 4-1

Feb. 29 Forney L, 1-5

Feb. 29 Midland Lee L, 0-7

Feb. 29 Belton L, 1-10

March 3 Coronado Canceled

March 7 Abilene W, 14-4

March 13 Hubbard W, 14-8

March 13 Saginaw W, 8-5

March 13 Midland Christian L, 1-11

March 15 Pampa T, 3-3

March 15 Argyle W, 2-1

March 15 Colleyville L, 1-2

March 18 Hobbs W, 13-0

March 25 Lake View* W, 10-0

March 28 @Plainview* W, 8-2

March 29 Big Spring* W, 3-0

April 1 @Estacado* W, 19-0

April 4 Coronado L, 1-12

April 8 @Lake View* W, 10-5

April 11 Plainview* W, 10-4

April 12 @Big Spring* W, 5-4

April 15 Estacado* W, 16-0

April 18 Midland Greenwood L, 2-4

April 22 Midland Christian L, 1-8

April 25 Abilene Wylie L, 6-8

*District 4-4A game

Hanslik is a four-year letterman and leads the Frenship baseball team with a .427 batting average, five home runs, six doubles, 10 triples and 48 RBIs. He was also a three-year starter on the football team at linebacker, receiver and quarterback.

He decided last week to commit to Texas Tech.

“It is a good opportunity for me to stay in town so my parents and friends will be able to come and watch me play,” he said.

Hanslik was considering attending the University of Houston as a walk-on, but Tech offered him a scholarship.

Chad Reynolds, Frenship head coach, played for Texas Tech from 1996-2000, and Chris Richburg, former Frenship standout, is currently playing for Tech.

“I talked a lot to Reynolds and Richburg and they helped me make my decision,” said Hanslik. “They told me to choose what I felt was best for me, but they also told me all the good things about Tech.”

Hanslik looks forward to playing for Larry Hays, Texas Tech head baseball coach.

“He is one of a kind,” said Hanslik. “His record tells you what kind of coach he is and how much he cares about winning.”

Hanslik said playing at Tech will give him the opportunity to compete alongside former rivals.

“It will be cool to play with A.J (Ramos) and Chad (Bettis),” said Hanslik.

Ramos played for Estacado and Bettis played for Monterey.

Hanslik said he is glad to finally sign with a team so he can focus on the season at hand, which continues when the Tigers face Hereford at 7 p.m. today at Levelland. Game two of the best-of-three series will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at Amarillo High, and a third game will follow if needed.

Permian Basin Railway officials showed off some 30 miles of its track to Lubbock and Levelland officials April 25.

The train made three runs from Cagle Steaks in the Frenship Community to the ethanol plant in Levelland and back.

The $4 million upgrade allows the railway to ship materials to and from the ethanol plant and might also include scenic line rides in the future.

“Not a lot of people know about these short-line railroads. We’ve stepped up our business and have helped bring business to the West Texas area. We want to make people understand we are here and we are around. We are here to support the community.”

Permian Basin Railways was formed in May 2002 when Iowa Pacific Holding purchased and combined the Texas New Mexico Railroad and the West Texas & Lubbock Railway.

“This (train ride) was to create awareness of our railroad in general,” said Pierce Adams, an account representative for Permian Basin Railway.

Adams said the railway is in talks with John Cagle of Cagle Steaks, Visit Lubbock and others about bringing some general passenger rides to the area in the off-season. It would possibly include a train ride as soon as the Christmas season or be used to take Texas Tech boosters to and from games.

One of the challenges is finding the passenger cars. The company operates a line, the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, in Colorado. It is used as a scenic railway during the spring and summer months. Using the passenger cars in the winter months may be the answer.

“I see (the scenic railroad coming) in the next six months to one year,” said Adams. “We are still putting together the logistics. Maybe we can bring it down to where it wouldn’t hurt our scenic railroad and have enough engineers to run on the freight and the scenic route.”

Qureshi was named the Best of Texas Outstanding Business Education Student. She is the only student in the state to receive the award. Cookston was a runner-up for Best of Texas Outstanding Trade and Industries Student.

“I was just very, very thankful that I received an award and very honored,” said Qureshi.

The students were recognized April 21 at an awards ceremony in Austin. To receive the award, the students had to be nominated by a career technology education instructor, get two letters of support and complete an essay and resume.

Cookston said the hardest part of the application process was “getting all the paperwork together and making sure everything’s right.”

Along with the awards, the students received scholarships totaling $800 for Qureshi and $500 for Cookston.

The scholarships will help the students with their goals. Qureshi intends to major in business then move on to pre-med and medical school. Cookston is debating between going into trade and industries or horticulture.

• Frenship High School Latin students took fourth out of 23 schools during state-level competition in Humble.

• Competing in the event were: David Baker, Jill Beaver, Austin Carder, Amanda Garcia, Jaron Hardage, Jonathon Harger, Austin Harleson, Katie Hicks, Jazzlynn Jackson, Paola Jimenez, Kimberly Johnston, Alex Kennel, Maegan Ladd, Kristina Lizama, Amadeo Luna, Steve McLain, Sarah Miller, Tyler Miller, Quinten Nail, Kimiko Ordono, Elizabeth Peggram, Landon Roberts, Spencer Scheef, Steven Schoor, Heidi Smith, Philip Wampler, Alix Young and Rachel Young.

Frenship High School students earn awards at arts festival

• Three Frenship High School students placed in the annual young writers competition at the Lubbock Arts Festival.

• Jeremy Maner, an FHS 11th-grader, took first with his poem which depicted Tom S. Lubbock writing a letter to his wife. Marnie Lemonik, a ninth-grader, took second in poetry with a poem about the differences between Lubbock now and 100 years ago. Colton Walworth won an award in prose for his humor piece about his take on the theme.

Frenship high school, middle school bands earn sweepstakes

• Frenship middle school and high school bands dominated the UIL contest with seven sweepstakes awards.

• Three Frenship High School bands, two Terra Vista Middle School bands and two Frenship Middle School bands received first-division ratings in concert and sight reading to earn sweepstakes awards.

Frenship middle-school choirs earn sweepstakes awards

• Two Frenship middle-school choirs won sweepstakes awards during UIL choir competition in April.

• The Terra Vista Middle School treble choir competed at the varsity level and earned division one ratings in concert and sight reading for a sweepstakes award.

• TVMS and Frenship Middle School combined to compete in the non-varsity level. The singers also earned a sweepstakes award.

FHS business students place in stock market game

• Frenship High School had five teams of students from Krista Scott’s accounting I and II classes and Angel Boyles’ introduction to business classes place in the top ten recently in a stock market game.

• The game was an online simulation in which students were given $100,000 to invest.

• Students Kayla Hendrix, Alisha Kluzek, Megan Low and Rebecca Smith were the third-place team in the competition. Other Frenship teams placed fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth.

Frenship HOSA students place in state leadership conference

• Two Frenship High School HOSA students placed in the top 10 during the state leadership conference in Austin.

• Jonathon Boswell took eighth in concepts of health care exam and Jennifer Farber took third in home health aide to advance to the national competition.

The Texas Department of Transportation, which broke ground on the project in January, moved a little ahead of schedule because of a sunny spring.

“We are a little bit ahead on the bridge portion,” said Penny Mason, a public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation.

The completion date for the $23.5 million project was originally set sometime late this year or early 2009.

When the spur project is finished, it would add a limited access freeway facility along Spur 327 from South Loop 289 to U.S. 62-82,

Traffic remains down to one lane at the Milwaukee intersection. The spur is being built in two phases, with the first phase from the South Loop to just east of Milwaukee Avenue. This phase also includes an interchange at Frankford Avenue.

Plans call for building main lanes, rebuilding the frontage road system along the spur and constructing a concrete intersection at Milwaukee for a future interchange that will be built in the second phase of the project.

In addition to the Milwaukee interchange, the second phase includes extending the main lanes from Milwaukee to U.S. 62-82 and building an interchange at U.S. 62-82 and the spur.

The second phase won’t begin until TxDOT begins the last phase of the Marsha Sharp Freeway. It will extend the freeway to about a mile southwest of Wolfforth, said James Combes, Brownfield TxDOT area engineer.

“The goal right now is to complete the Frankford Avenue overpass to alleviate traffic congestion and to prepare the area for a full freeway facility,” said Combes.

With the population increase in Southwest Lubbock, traffic volumes have increased and caused some congestion, particularly during morning and afternoon commute hours.

Children who are 5 years old by Sept. 1 will be eligible to enroll. To register, the child must have a certified birth certificate, immunization record, social security card and proof of residence. The person who enrolls the child must have a current picture ID.

Students participated in games and drills for four hours in the classroom and one hour of the Survivor Challenge Games outside. At the end of the third day, the students determined tribal winners of the camp.

Bring your own ice cream and cookies.

The church is currently searching for a pastor to replace Mark McMillan, who recently left the post.

Thompson will preach at the Sunday morning service. The congregation will vote in the 7 p.m. Sunday evening service.