Gatesville, TX "Eclipseville", 2024

05/05/2024

If you were in Gatesville for the eclipse and stayed with us at Faunt Le Roy Park, here is a video from today, showing historic flooding.

04/15/2024

Volunteers from the 1-395th Engineer Brigade Battalion from Ft Cavazos assisted at our BLOCK >out the sun< PARTY! on April 6-7 and also provided static displays and engaged with our visitors. We appreciate the role that our soldiers play in our community and thank them for their service!

04/12/2024

04/11/2024

As Special Events Coordinator for the City of Gatesville, I want to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the following:
Police Chief Brad Hunt for his sincere care and concern for our community and visitors and his leadership in the process which were key to making this a successful event.
Fire Chief Billy Vaden whose experience and connections were crucial to planning this event. He and his crews assisted everywhere that we had people gathered and they stood ready for any emergencies.
Parks and Recreation Director Seth Phillips and his entire crew worked thoughtfully and tirelessly to make sure all our visitors had a great experience and left with a positive impression of our community.
Librarian Shea Harp and the Friends of the Gatesville Public Library for hosting the NASA presentation on Saturday evening and for holding an incredibly successful viewing event at the sports complex on Monday.
Morgan Smart was truly my right hand throughout all of this. She put in many hours leading up to and throughout the festival weekend.
Former Street Department Director Jim Shepard played an important role in the planning process and interim Brent Kirchmeyer and his team did a great job of stepping in and making sure that the final preparations went smoothly.
Thank you to City Manager Scott Albert, for allowing me to take on this role and to all of the City Staff and Council for their support. Special thanks to Mayor Chumley for his involvement and guidance in this process.
Thanks to all the community volunteers and business support!
Carla Manning’s experience in organizing community events was invaluable in planning for the weekend festival and she worked many long hours to help make that a success.
Sarah Jo Poynter handled the festival social media needs and assisted in planning, and at the event. Susie Meelbusch helped with promotion and with activities on the square.
Yvonne Williams chaired a successful art show which was one of the highlights of the weekend. Leairds furniture was a wonderful host for this event.
Chamber President Mason Mathews and his wife Tiffany worked the entire weekend at our information table and helped welcome visitors. JoAnn Sugg was a huge help with the festival, especially with the food vendors. Volunteers Cherry Braziel, Billy Byron, and Julie Mathews were on hand to make the weekend go smoothly.
Kristi Roberts, Lauren Morrell and Marsha Streiber worked to bring our churches together to put on a Sunday praise and worship time.

Our business community contributed in many ways. Natural Resources Solutions sponsored our Block out the sun Party volunteer tshirts. Thank you to the Gatesville Messenger for their dedication to covering all aspects of our planning for this event and for helping keep our community informed. Monica Hinds organized the motorcycle show and Hinds Jewelry provided prizes. Higginbotham’s provided our Gatesville sign. The Feed Mill, Cindi and Alan McDonald and Marie Dominquez loaned us photo props. Kim Hill at United Country and Teresa Johnson at Front Porch Realty loaned ATVs for our volunteers to use as shuttles and to navigate the grounds.
Soldiers from Ft. Cavazos manned our roadblocks and completed trash patrol duties.
Thank you to the Gatesville Pilots group, Ken Mallach and Pete Wesson for taking care of our airport visitors. I would not have known what to do without you.
I'm sure I've left someone out. There were so many more supporters, encouragers and volunteers!
Thank you to each one of you. You are the best! Without your help the Gatesville Eclipse events would not have been the success they were.
Cheri Shepherd

04/10/2024

Did you enjoy the Syzygy presentation by our NASA Ambassador, Liam Finn? Then please let NASA know!

04/10/2024

🤓🤓Eclipse Glasses🤓🤓
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Not sure what to do with all of those eclipse glasses lying around? Return all of your eclipse glasses to your local Extraco Banks branch by April 30 and they will be sent to Latin America to be used for the Oct. 2 eclipse!

04/10/2024

It was a busy weekend and we didn’t get as many pictures as we should have, but here are a few from the Art in the Shadow - art show!

04/09/2024

GATESVILLE on the news 📰

04/09/2024

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MISSION MONDAY! Drop off your Solar Eclipse Glasses at Righteous Roots this week and we will send them to Latin America!
Mon-Thurs 9-5
904 E Leon Street
Gatesville, TX 76528

04/09/2024

Copy & paste the link to watch this. It is a time lapse with the courthouse as the center 🩷

Sent to me by Latana franks

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18c6z7BZ9SAxx_9IGHq_L8sY3aznwjg7V/view?usp=drivesdk

04/09/2024

Whether you traveled to Gatesville for the eclipse or you live here and experienced it, we invite you to click on the link below and leave a note in our virtual guestbook on GatesvilleTxEclipse.com. It will be printed and placed in a time capsule to be opened in 2044.

04/09/2024

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04/08/2024

The festivities continue 🥳🥳🥳
Hillside Medical Lodge

04/08/2024

Some photos from the Gatesville Sports Complex event!

04/08/2024

B-I-N-G-O📣📣📣
My nephew, Thomas, and I had a BLAST doing the Eclipseville BINGO game!
We want to WIN a souvenir flag that has been hanging on Main as advertisement for several months now.

We had FUN doing this together.
Gatesville, TX "Eclipseville", 2024




Morgan Smart
Cheri Lock Shepherd
Please count this as 2 seperate entries as Thomas does not have Facebook:)
Kari Dixon Belt==PLEASE show TAB 🥰