South Plains Water District opts for $1 million loan program
The district board plans another million dollar loan from the Texas Water Development Board to finance irrigation systems and flowmeters for producers. Flowmeter inclusion raises financed amounts 1 1/2 percent but aids management. Loan packets available September 1. for details call 637-7467. A TNRCC public hearing August 23 in Lamesa will redraw Subdivision No. 4 boundaries of the Ogallala aquifer across multiple counties and districts to improve groundwater management. Call 637-7467 for hearing info and 637-4060 for plant monitoring data.
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South Plains Water District
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
TNRCC
Mesa Water District
Lamesa
Texas
Ogallala
Canadian River
Yoakum
Terry
Dawson
Gaines
Andrews
Borden
Martin
Howard
Ector
Midland
Sandy Land
Yoakum Co
Mesa
Dawson Co
South Plains
Terry Co
Permian Basin
Prices form pioneer duet in Terry County history
Third in a seven part series honors Terry County pioneers. Gay and Ethel Price, aged 92 and 88, poised for the 35th Old Settlers Reunion Aug 26 at the American Legion Hall. Price, a longtime barber, recalls farming, barbering roots, and family histories in Brownfield and Gomez.
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Mitch Word
Terry County
Terry County Pioneer Association
Old Settlers
American Legion Hall
Brownfield
Gay
Ethel Price
Ethel
Gay Price
Price
Courthouse Square
Ethel Luker
George Luker Jr
May
Comanche County
Union
She
Union School
Texas Defense Guard
Donald
Frances
Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Cowboy Hall of Fame
First Baptist Church
Broadway Barber Shop
State Capitol Highlights Focuses on Welfare Waivers and Local Grants
Federal approval last week for a six year Texas welfare plan would withhold $25 per child per month from families on Aid to Families With Dependent Children who fail to immunize preschoolers. The policy takes effect Oct 1 and includes exceptions if affordable clinics are unavailable. Texas also pursues education initiatives and $10 million in immunizations. Other items cover school aid, inmate lawsuits costs, Senate races, and Turn Around Texas anti drug grants to six cities.
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Austin
Texas
Clinton
Vermont
Texas Department of Human Services
Morales
State Comptroller’s Office
Congress
Odom
Gramm
Houston
John Odom
U.S. Senate
Phil Gramm
Democratic Party
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South Plains Underground _ Water Conservation District
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Dee Elliott
Dee
Gay Was
Gomez
T.J. and
Sally Price
Young County
Ethel and
Nikesmity
State Capitol
Dan Morales
Scott McCown
Lyndell Williams
Larry Neal
Sen. Gramm
Neal
Dallas Morning News
Bill Clinton
John
Texas Youth Commission
Mark White
George W. Bush
Alice
Greenville
LaMarque
Corsicana
Athens
Waxahachie
Criminal Justice Division
Bush
CJD
Texas National Guard
Texas Agriculture
Rick Perry
Rio Grande Valley
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