Panhandle Eye Group is bringing Mission Cataract back this year!
The goal of Mission Cataract is to eradicate blindness due to cataracts in our community and bring as many people as possible from blindness to useful productive lives. We want to make sure every vision impaired person in Amarillo and the surrounding areas without insurance or financial resources learns about this remarkable program.
To qualify for this free community service, applicants must have: poor vision, due to cataracts uncorrectable with glasses, which interferes with activities of daily living, no Medicare, Medicaid, or third-party insurance coverage, and no other means to pay for cataract surgery. Free cataract screening will take place on Saturday, June 15th.
To receive an application package, email Janet Tarr, Executive Assistant, at janet.tarr@paneye.com or call 806-331-4444.
Janet Tarr, CAP
Executive Assistant
Panhandle Eye Group, LLP
7400 Fleming Ave.
Amarillo, TX 79106
806-331-4444 Business
806-356-0014 Fax
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum: Take in “Ranching Remudas,” on view through July 27. (2601 E. Interstate 40; 806-376-5181)
Council to Discuss Charter Review Process
AMARILLO – Amarillo City Council has scheduled a work session for Thursday (May 9) at 8:30 a.m. The work session will be open to the public and livestreamed on the City of Amarillo YouTube channel.
The work session will be available online at: www.youtube.com/CityofAmarillo
The work session will be at council chambers on the third floor of City Hall.
The work session will be facilitated by Baker Tilly US, LLP, for council and senior staff to
discuss and review the City of Amarillo Charter and Governance and Ends
policy. Council may discuss numerous related topics such as public safety,
infrastructure, development, community services, parks and recreation, water resources,
public works, finance, council pillars, strategic plans, legislative agendas, policies and
procedures and other matters related to the charter and governance and ends policy
discussion. Council may give staff direction and reach broad consensus on
governance and ends policy and charter topics. No final decisions or vote will occur.
For more information contact City of Amarillo Media Relations Manager Dave Henry at (806) 378-5219 or by email at David.Henry@amarillo.gov.
Thanks,
David Henry
Media Relations Manager
Office of Engagement & Innovation
O: 806-378-5219
Aaron Watson & Walker Montgomery are taking over the Starlight Ranch main-stage on Saturday, June 15th!
Set your alarms- tickets go on-sale Friday, February 9th @ 10am http://tinyurl.com/ya97h56e #Amarillo #LiveMusic
AMoA hosting exhibit by
Brooklyn-based artist
A Swoon exhibition will be on display
at the Amarillo Museum of Art, April 13
through Aug. n. A reception will be held
at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 19,with cock-
tails and hors d’oeuvres followed by an
artist talk at 7 p.m. by Caledonia Curry.
Admission is free for AMoAmembers or
$10 for non-members. Tickets will be
available at the door.
Caledonia Curry, whose work ap-
pears under the name Swoon, is a
Brooklyn-based artist and is widely
known as the first woman to gain large-
scale recognition in the male-dominat-
ed world of street art. Curry took to the
streets of New York while attending the
Pratt Institute of Art in 1999,pasting her
paper portraits to the sides of buildings
with the goal of making art and the pub-
lic space ofthe city more accessible.
The Amarillo Museum of Art is locat-
ed at 2200 S.VanBuren on the Washing-
ton Street campus of Amarillo College.
Museum hours are Wednesday through
Saturday, na.m. -5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5
p.m. For additional information, visit
www.amoa.org, email amoa@actx.edu,
or call 806-371-5050 or 806-371-5392
(weekends).
THURSDAY, MAY 9
Ribbon Cutting: BSA Health System (Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy)
2:00 p.m.
1600 Wallace Blvd (1st Floor)
Major Expansion
More Information: Kirstyn, (806) 212-0343
TxDOT HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING FOR PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE LOOP 335 SEGMENT D
Where:
In Person: Diversity Church
5631 Pavillard Dr
Amarillo, Texas 79108
Virtual: www.txdot.gov, keyword search “SL 335 Segment D”
When:
In Person: Thursday, May 9, 2024
*First In-Person Option: 2 – 4 p.m.
Second In-Person Option: 6 – 8 p.m.
Virtual: Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 2 p.m. CT through Friday, May 24, 2024
Purpose:
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Amarillo District is conducting a virtual public meeting with in-person options to share information and gather input from the public regarding the proposed recommended alternative design elements for the State Loop (SL) 335 Segment D in the City of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
Description:
The proposed project would consist of improving an existing four-lane roadway (between Echo Street and US 60) and a six-lane roadway (between US 60 and Southeast 3rd Avenue) with ramps, one-way frontage roads, and grade separations over intersecting cross streets.
Railroad crossings would be bridged with the exception of matching the current configuration near Southeast 3rd Avenue in which the roadway is depressed beneath the railroad bridges. The proposed project would also provide bicycle and pedestrian accommodations via an 11-foot shared-use path adjacent to each frontage road.
*Media availability will only be at the first in-person option from 2- 4 p.m. so please plan to attend this one if you are needing to speak to the Public Information Officer. There will be no media availability at the second in-person option.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Jason Britsch
Public Information Officer
Texas Department of Transportation
Amarillo District
5715 Canyon Drive
Amarillo, Texas 79110
(806) 356-3256 O
(806) 672-8585 C
X: @TxDOTAmarillo
Facebook: Texas Department of Transportation (Amarillo)
Spring Art Exhibition to highlight
works of graduating WT seniors
CANYON- Five West Texas A&M
University student artists who’ll soon
begin making their mark on the world
will offer one last look at their work in an
upcoming exhibition.
“The World Is Our Oyster,” on view
May 2 to 18 in the Dord Fitz Formal Gal-
lery in Mary Moody Northen Hall on
WT’s Canyon campus, will feature the
work offive May graduates, all studio art
majors: Kayla Monds of Pampa, Chit Bu
of Amarillo, Cristal Chavez Saavedra of
Amarillo, Anna Vongkaysone of Amaril-
lo and Andrea Hernandez of Amarillo.
The show will open with a 5 to 7 p.m.
May 2 reception in the gallery.
Fitz Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Thursdays and by ap-
pointment Fridays and Saturdays.
Emailjrevett@Wtamu.edu.
Zach Williams: The contemporary Christian singer brings his “Hundred Highways” tour to the Amarillo Civic Center Complex Auditorium with opener Riley Clemmons. (7 p.m. Thursday; 401 S. Buchanan St.; tickets $18 and up; 806-378-3096)
Amarillo Little Theatre
Members! It’s time to funny-walk to the Box Office and get your tickets for Spamalot! This hilarious Monty Python classic takes over the Allen Shankles Mainstage May 2-19. Get your tickets in-person, by calling 806-355-9991 or by visiting http://tickets.