Eighteenth Annual Grand Saline Rodeo Sets Attendance Record
Lonnie Austin of Wills Point won 404.15 for bull riding top money as the Grand Saline Riding Club hosted the eighteenth annual rodeo. Event winners included Sandy Lowley Elmo and Wayne McTash second and third in bronc, Sonny Shankles and Bob Mobley top team roping, and Carol Goostree winning barrel racing. The entire show set new records for contestants and attendance per club president R.V. Carnes.
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Lonnie Austin
Wills Point
Sandy Lowley
Elmo
Wayne McTash
Mineral Wells
von Woodruff
Wichita Falls
Mike Lewis
Corsicana
Sammy Montgomery
Dolphin
Sonny Shankles
Bob Mobley
Steve Tosh
Mike Marsh
David Carroll
Ronny Erwin
Bobby Douglas
James Higgins
James Brodrick
Dub Herring
Rusty Rife
Bob McCleary
Don Hardin
Bob Moss
Sam Redfern
Bobby Hill
Henry Byrd
Carol Goostree
Marsha Bures
Pam Danner
Donna Kelly
Gwen Eaton
Debra Mahon
R.V. Carnes
Grand Saline
Grand Saline pool project needs more funds for extras
Directors of the Grand Saline Youth Foundation discussed finishing the park and pool area at their Monday night meeting. They concluded additional money is needed to complete grass, shrubbery, walks, lights, parking and other improvements before the pool opens.
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The
Grand Saline Youth Foundation
Beef Meeting Set Tuesday In Canton Courtroom
A countywide meeting on the Beef Research and Information Act is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday June 14 in the district courtroom Canton. C E McDonald chairs the Van Zandt County Beef Development Task Force and will explain the beef referendum and two slide presentations from the Extension Service and the task force.
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Canton
C.E. McDonald
van Zandt County Beef Development Task Force
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Beef Development Task Force
BDT
Jimmy Owne
Tyler
Chase ends in fiery blaze near Grand Saline
A high speed pursuit across Van Zandt County ends east of Grand Saline when a Rambler station wagon is disabled by gunfire and a resulting crash. Crandall, 35, of Arlington, is jailed in Edgewood on charges including speeding resisting arrest and endangering life.
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Travis Shafer
Cody Crandall
Arlington
Crandall
Edgewood
Grand Saline
Shafer
van Zandt
Highway 80
Fruitvale
Grand Saline City
Main Street
Lyndell Cook
Salt Festival draws big crowd for heat filled games
Last Saturday's Salt Festival featured heat as 106 contestants competed in egg toss, washer pitching, golf cart races, and more. Winners included Tasha Neal Kelly Means in under six, Matt Means Ricky Means seven to 14, Randall Alexander George Horton fourteen plus, David Alexander in washer pitching, Truman Jane Heddins in golf cart race, and Steve Davis in horseshoe pitching. Park chairman Arlee LaPrade urged donations for the pool fund while the board delayed final Gary Pools payment until work on the concrete walk and equipment is completed. Pool opening target is about two weeks barring delays.
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Jim Parr
Raymond Sloan
Tasha Neal
Kelly Means
Matt Means
Ricky Means
Randall Alexander
George Horton
David Alexander
Truman
Jane Heddins
Steve Davis
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Grand Saline Cra
Ed Bourquin
DeSoto
Billy Moore
Terrell
Tuffy Williams
Dallas
Lamion Ziegler
Bubba Blessing
Larry Richardson
Shorty Maxey
Arthur Brown
Tommy Woods
David Warren
Todd W. Berry
James Long
Beef Research and Information Act
Secretary of Agriculture
McDonald
Chase
Arlee LaPrade
LaPrade
Gary Pools
Ron Sherbert
Jerry Varnado
David Gann
Chamber OF Commerce
Debra Heddins
Anderson Nursing Home
Denise Means
Omega Phi
Boston
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