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Newspaper
Lamesa Press Reporter
Location
Lamesa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
1
Public School Week in Texas prompts school tours and events at Lamesa schools. A band concert Thursday at 7 30 pm, Dawson County Science Fair this weekend, and the Junior Stock Show highlight a busy week as students prepare for spring planting and harvest.
The Dawson County Science Fair will display a record number of entries Sunday at the Middle School Gym. Richard Davis cites an over 300-entry total, up from last year, with many exhibits from middle school students.
Schools in Lamesa host a week of parent visitation with North Elementary offering informal visits, W Z Rogers encouraging homeroom attendance for a coke party, and South Elementary holding an informal open house 6 to 7 30 pm. A Middle and High School Band concert at 7 45 pm follows.
Lamesa City Council declines Band Boosters request to use city hall land for a carnival citing possible grass and property damage and alternative sites. The meeting also approves participation in an airport improvement project valuing 140,282 dollars with cost shared by city and county.
Sonia Brookreson, a freshman at Lamesa High School, won the annual conservation essay contest sponsored by the Dawson Conservation District. Runner up was Paul McLaurin of O'Donnell High School. Both receive $25 savings bonds. Her essay warns that natural resources are being drained and urges careful use to preserve future capacity.
Lamesa groups will present their annual winter concert at the high school auditorium at 7 45 p m Thursday. The Middle and High bands will perform five selections each with a special number noted by band director Bill Brown. The event was postponed from last week due to the state finals in Austin.
Some 500 of the area’s best show animals enter the annual Dawson County Junior Livestock Show this Thursday to Saturday. Weighing in Thursday, judging begins Friday with lambs by Frank Brownfield, steer by Bobby Lemons, barrows judged Saturday by Jess Holloway, and showmanship by Robert Becker. From La Mesa to Gail areas, about 225 lambs and 235 barrows and steers are expected, with many entries advancing to the Southwest Junior Livestock Show in Lubbock. The 4-H Adult Leaders run the concession at the Fair Barn across the three days.
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