Wellington Leader (Newspaper) - February 7, 2008, Wellington, Texas t GENERAL HOSPITAL 101315th Street 447-2521 101616th St. Wellington 447-1186 Facility 101264 ton L 8 pages plus inserts Volume mm 2 43 18 3 52 22 4 59 30 5 73 36 6 77 46 7 70 38 8 70 . 36 9 63 26 10 54 38 11 62 28 12 57 =40 13 56 26 14 59 30 15 63 25 16 48 . 28 17 40 16 18 50 15 19 39 14 20 53 15 21 57 26 22 45 18 23 48 15 24 37 17 25 60- -.-.2% 27. 28 19 'M 29 74 36, 30 61 21 31 49 20 Just a trace of snow was about all the moisture recorded for Wellington Opportunity Center events A Valentine Celebration is set for Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. at the opportunity A at the includes hors d' dinner by Olive dessert a silent horse racing and door It is limited to 80 Cost per For Tickets call Cheryl Tarver Tickets available until Feb. 8. card ad are reminded to submit Correction a kindergarten teacher at Wellington Elementary was inadvertantly left out of the article about the children's book project of the Personnel The association is sorry for this Burn ban Dry along a recent string of grass fires and house caused the Collingsworth County Commissioners Court to issue a burn ban effective For Ninety-Seven Years a Builder in Collingsworth County Collingsworth Texas 79095 February 7,2008 Local gins report busy ginning seasons 75 Cents Number 32 All those white cotton fields in and around Collingsworth County led to a highly successful ginning season for area cotton Co-op located in and Tri-County Co-op located in both reported baling more cotton than the previous year while possibly hitting records in cotton Farmers Co-op Gin finished bailing their cotton on Jan. 26. It had a total bales compared to 58,913 bales in 2007. Tri-County Co-op Gin finished on Jan. 19 with a total of 33,270 bales compared to 19,644 last District Champs Wellington Rockets 6-0) and Lady Rockets clinched district titles Tuesday in For the it was their first district basketball title since J 999. The boys won the contest 58-44 and the girls won 4 Playoffs for the next and the Rockets begin playoffs two weeks from The teams also swept Shamrock last Friday in their last home games of the from top Ryan Lindsay Skyler Warrick and Sawyer Sims compete for 0 mKim Pancake breakfast to benefit sheriff's dept. The Wellington Lions Club will be hosting a pancake breakfast to help benefit the Collingsworth County Sheriff's The breakfast begins at 7 a.m. at the Bura Handley Community Center and will end at 10 a.m. All proceeds earned during the breakfast will be donated to the sheriff's The cost is for adults and for children under 12. The menu includes pancakes with specialty toppings to choose from along with milk and Tickets for the breakfast may also be purchased from any Lions Club member or from sheriff's department county sheriff Joe Stewart approached the Lions Club and the Wellington Community Service Club about donating funds to help the department purchase protective vests for sheriffs department On Jan. 25, the Wellington Community Service Club donated to help purchase the Forest service gives county warning This week Collingsworth County received a warning from the Texas Forest Service warning of highly dangerous wildfires in the According to the Texas has and continues to experience a protracted period of intense and violent Multiple and continuous cold fronts across a wide area of the state characterized by extremely high winds and record low humidity have created optimum conditions for numerous spontaneous and violent In the last 24-36 hour period over 70,000 acres have been burned destroying in excess of 60 Over 75 fires remain active at this Extreme wildfire conditions are expected to remain through the end of next week with brief relief in some areas of the Local leaders are making every effort the public of the conditions in your respective areas and solicit their assistance in observing burn bans and other measures deemed appropriate to mitigate the start of these Given these extreme conditions the most insignificant act can result in catastrophic Protecting your Few Texans believe their homes would ever be at risk from But whether you live near the forested areas of East Texas or the grasslands of the suburban areas in Texas are also at risk during severe fire Officials with the Governor's Division of Emergency Management recommend home owners take the following precaution to protect their homes and If possible in dry keep your grass well with grass and weeds mowed to no more than two inches in Remove trellises or any other objects that might serve as a path for fire to travel from ground level to the roof of a or from the ground into canopies of trees Avoid planting shrubs and trees that catch fire such as yaupon eucalyptus and fir plant crepe red China rose and Texas Remove any tree limbs located within ten feet of your chimney and Prune tree limbs from ground level to six feet Regularly rake up dead limbs and other dead Remove twigs and leaves from roof and gutter Prune limbs of trees and shrubs that are near the Ask power companies to clear branches away from power Stack firewood at least 100 feet away and uphill from the Store oily rags and other flammable materials in approved safety for more information of fire danger and see the Texas Forest Service Web site County declared to be in disaster state Official notice submitted by county judge John James the County of Collingsworth on the 30 day of January 2008 may suffer death or injury and widespread or severe damage caused by wildfires because of the drought conditions that The continuing drought conditions along with the amount of grass fuel we have greatly contributes for possibility for a disaster in our the County Judge of Collingsworth County has determined that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the lives and property of the citizens in our Now be it proclaimed by the county judge of Collingsworth 1. That a local state of disaster is herby proclaimed for Collingsworth County pursuant to Section 418.108 (a) of the Texas Government 2. Pursuant to Section 418.108(b) of the Government this Declaration of a local state of disaster shall continue for a period of not more than seven days from the date of this declaration unless continued or renewed by the 3. Pursuant to Section 418.108(c) of the Government this Declaration of a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly with the County Clerk of Collingsworth 4. Pursuant to Section 418.108 of the Government this Declaration of a local state of disaster activates the Collingsworth County Emergency Management This Proclamation shall take effect immediately from and after its Ordered this the 30 day of January 2008. Warrant Round-Up set for Feb. 16-24 Collingsworth County will participate in the Great Texas Warrant Between Feb. 16-24 participating area law enforcement agencies will combine forces to actively search for people with If you have any unresolved traffic fines that have resulted in please come to the Justice of the Peace office and we can make payment If you are currently making consistent this will not affect This round-up is through out the state of have any outstanding tickets anywhere in call that county's Justice of the Peace make arrangements Vision Dr. David Optometrist 812 Wast iron on Wellington 447-2212 Monday a Thursday 111 East 3rd-4S08) 286-2219 Carroll's On The Square 908 8th Street Wellington 447-2563 1-800-766-4564 ' Your Valentine Headquarters FTD home and life 447-2515 Durk Brandon Agent 1 FARM BUREAU INSURANCE r Helping You is 1.it do best
