Downburst disrupts WHS graduation and barns leveled
A severe wind event disrupted a WHS graduation with injuries in the community though most were in the auditorium. Agricultural barns were leveled with a hog sheltering near a fence that sustained damage. The pig escaped with a nose scratch and was nicknamed Lucky by WHS instructor Mark Arnold. Superintendent Raymond Lusk described the wind leveling barns but sparing the fence and noted pieces of the agen flew around as a football scoreboard remained erected.
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Mark Arnold
WHS
Agen
Raymond Lusk
Lusk
Town debate on prison site stirs residents and officials
Medley and Wade clash over a proposed prison facility near Wellman with concerns about crime, safety, and nearby families. Council weighs land cost and utility access while officers defend site choice amid objections from residents and a nearby PCA member. Storm damage later disrupts a local graduation as reports of hail and wrecked property surface.
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Medley
Wade
Lubbock
Midland
Mountain Air
N.M
Albuquerque
Cargill
Joe Sears
Bynum Lane
Charter Plains Hospital
Johnny Raybon
VFW
Bill
Jim Pete
Hale
Sears
PCA Production Credit Association
Tommy Hamilton
Price
Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
City Council frames land use and funding decisions in Wellman
City council discussed land use steps near a new landfill and a lease deal with farmer Howard Moorhead to avoid delays. They denied funding for an AAU Junior Olympic trip, reviewed street paving and Caliche alley concerns, and approved SPAG 911 service, fire department monitors, and local health authority Morris Knox.
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Texas
Fletcher
Howard Moorhead
Moorhead
Hamilton
Garza
American Athletic Union
AAU
Salt Lake City
Mack Streun
Lubbock
Terry County
Herb Chesshir
Streun
Glenn Waters
Ricky Churchwell
Bill McGowan II
Cargill
Sears
Gilbert Garza
Plainview
Stephen C. McIntyre
Texas Rural Legal Association
Cook and Bridges Addition
Philip Salas
City Hall
South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
Joe Sears
George Cox
Fire Department
Motorola Communications and Electronics of
Amarillo
Tommy Hamilton
Morris Knox
City Health Authority
Roy Edwards
Knox
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United
Tohoka Road
Doug Ryburn
Alan Berryhill
Jackie Burris
Jackie Moss
Wellman
Moss
Keepa Davis
Texas Community Development Program
McIintyre
McGowan
MeraBank
Lloyd Hahn
West Texas Municipal Power Agency
Ryburn
Ken Anderson
Building Code Board of Adjustment and Appeal
Eddie Perry
Anderson
Perry
Leon Jones
Robbie Slack
Chamber of Commerce
Edwards
Cox
Kellie Neal
WISD
Bro
Les Carey
Wellman Church of Christ
Carey
Michael Moss
Student Council
Judy Cagle
Cessie Wafer
Wafer
Lewayne Rowden
Bobby Moss
Scott Rowden
Penlight
Bahamas
Wellman High School
First National Bank
Attn
Bruce Woods
Carpet Shop & Decorating Center
Seagraves Road
Brownfield, TX
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