Gladewater Youth Baseball Season Opens Friday
Gladewater Youth Baseball Association announces Friday and Saturday games at Spencer Park and Todd Park. Opening night features Giants vs Dodgers and Tigers vs Sabine with 6:30 pm starts. Saturday schedule includes Gladewater, Sabine, Mojos, Lionettes, and multiple doubleheaders across two parks.
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Gladewater Youth Baseball Association
Association
Giants
Dodgers
Tigers
Sabine
Spencer Park
Royals
Gladewater
Mojos
Lionettes
Green
Swans
Twins
Fort Smith National Historic Site Highlights Judge Parker Era
Federal Judge Isaac Parker known as Hanging Judge dominated Fort Smith court from 1875 to 1890. The site attracts about 100000 visitors yearly, with a jail a courtroom and a gallows replica among the main draws. The facility sits near the Arkansas River on the Oklahoma border and offers surrounding park amenities and a Santa Fe trip planner.
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Army
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Arkansas River
Poteau
Corps of Engineering
Corps
National Park Service
P. O
Santa Fe
N. M
NPS
Twilight league ends season with banquet
The Twilight league at Glade Lanes wrapped up its season with a banquet at Hushpuppy Restaurant in Longview on May 10. Fashion Shop won first with Gene Hackey, Joan Wageman, Lillian Anderson and Ruby Hudson. Wingfield Used Cars took second with Eula Deaton, Beth Dees, Marlena Terry and Marie Jones. J&L Gutter Dusters finished last with Virginia Smith, Pat Steelman, Paula Smith and Janetta Owens. Penny Johnston topped high series scratch at 658. handcap leaders Katy Davis and Kathy Montgomery tied at 667. high scratch game went to Virginia Smith at 233 and Kathy Montgomery had the high handicap game at 275. Johnston also earned high average 177 and most improved 10 pins. Six of 48 regular participants earned perfect attendance pins: Eula Deaton, Mary Ann Anderson, Gene Hackey, Kathy Montgomery, Elsie Vardeman and Liz Berry, with several bowlers receiving 200 and 500 series pins.
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Team Fashion Shop
Gene Hackey
Joan Wageman
Lillian Anderson
Ruby Hudson
Wingfield
Eula Deaton
Beth Dees
Marlena Terry
Marie Jones
J&l Gutter Dusters
Virginia Smith
Pat Steelman
Paula Smith
Janetta Owens
Penny Johnston
Katy Davis
Kathy Montgomery
Mary Ann
McKaig Chevrolet Team Wins Early Bird League Title
After ten years in the Early Bird League the McKaig Chevrolet team clinched a win led by sponsor Joe Jones. Notable performances include Penny Johnston’s high 549 series and Barbara Van Houten’s 217 high game. Final standings show McKaig atop a tight field with Dave's Power Tongs and Davidson Ford Sales close behind. The report also notes Army Reserve openings and contact details.
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McKaig Chevrolet
Joe Jones
Mary Griffin
Billie Moore
June Carnutt
Susie Schmidt
Penny Johnston
Penny
Barbara van Houten
Dave
Proctor Farms
Hewitt's Corp
B&b Grocery
Ellis Carpet Villa
Red wolf recovery efforts in Texas highlighted in Parks Wildlife
An article in Texas Parks Wildlife traces the decline of the red wolf Canis rufus and gray wolf Canis lupus in Texas and outlines recovery work. It notes fragmented range in Liberty, Chambers and Jefferson Counties, hybridization with coyotes, habitat loss, and a USFWS led program with captive breeding and radio tagging to reintroduce red wolves.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Parks Wildlife Magazine
Liberty
Chambers
Jefferson
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Texas Dove Harvest Estimates Up in 1976 Season
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports revised 1976 dove harvest estimates show higher whitewing and mourning dove totals than earlier counts while populations remain not critically affected. The survey covered 38H,500 hunters in 1976 with 98,700 hunter-days, mainly in Cameron Willacy Hidalgo and Starr counties.
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Austin
Hal Irby
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Migratory Game Program
P&wd
Cameron
Willacy
Hidalgo
Starr
Rio Grande Valley
Lower Valley
McKenzie to Teach Free Park Swim Classes This Summer
Charles Ben McKenzie will lead free swimming lessons at the park pool for students who completed one year of school and hold a season pass. Registration is May 28 from 10 am to 1 pm at the pool. Classes start May 9 with a schedule through August 5. lifesaving courses run in the first session. Season tickets cost $10 for adults and $7.50 for children. general admission is 75c for adults and 50c for children.
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Charles Ben McKenzie
Park Pool
Texas forest service reports March 1977 fires and acreage
The Texas Forest Service reports 1 375 fires and about 31 000 acres burned in the first three months of 1977 across east Texas. District 1 in Linden logged 97 March fires and 1 535 acres lost. Overall 262 fires and 6 184 acres burned through March. Debris burning caused most March and nearly half of February fires in District 1.
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Texas Forest Service
Texas
District 1
Linden
Bowie Camp
Cass
Franklin, Gregg
Harrison
Marion
Morris
Red River
Titus
Upshur
Wood Counties
Light spring turkey harvest across Texas in 1977
Texas Parks and Wildlife field biologists report a generally light spring kill with growing hunter interest. Forty three counties opened April 16 24 for eastern turkey hunting in some areas while Rio Grande birds dominated most counties. Largest eastern gobbler weighed 21 pounds. Brownwood area reported about 225 Rio Grande birds.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas
P&wd
Gary Spencer
Sibbee
Whitetail and mule deer seasons set for Trans-Pecos area
The 1977 78 hunting plan limits mule deer and whitetails to a nine day season in most of the Trans Pecos with an extended whitetail season in Jeff Davis Pecos Terrell and Val Verde counties west of the Pecos River from Dec 5 to Jan 1 1978. Archery seasons run Oct 1–9 and Oct 10–31 with bag limits and antlerless restrictions. About 13 000 whitetails were reported in 1976 77 across the four counties with most in Val Verde and Terrell.
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Austin
Trans-Pecos
Jeff Davis
Pecos
Terrell
Val Verde
Pecos River
P&wd
Jack Parsons
San Angelo
Parsons
Jeff Davis County
Davis Mountains
Brewster
Presidio
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Willie Hagan
Doss Hunt, Jr
Robert Allgood
Paul Hill
Don Jasper
Eddie Eddington
Todd Park
Cubs
Rangers
Colts
Yankees
White Sox
Indians
Orioles
Angels
Cuties
Redbirds
Expos
Astros
Cards
Mets
Moffett
Banquet
Glade Lanes
Longview
McKaig
Army Reserve
U.S
The
Red
Cannon’s Saddlery
W. Upshur
Dove Harvest Not Critical
Gladewater, Texas
McKenzie
Gladewater Mirror
Paula
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