Gulf opens new Lamesa office and yard facility
Gulf officially relocates Welch operations to a new 20 full time staff and 18 contractors site in Lamesa serving 355 producing wells 146 water injection wells and six secondary recovery projects across 15 fields. The facility features seven offices a lounge restrooms and utility areas with a caliche fenced yard. Open house hosted 2 to 5 p.m. with Chamber Gold Keepers assisting.
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Usda Cotton Marketing Service
Bruton Manufacturing Company
J & K Construction Co
Odessa
Gulf
Lamesa Industrial Foundation
Welch
Lamesa
North Welch
Dawson County
James
Elgin Avenue
J & K Construction Company
Porter Lumber Co
Britt Construction Co
Pioneer Fence Co
Midland
Lamesa Printing Co
Margie’s
Chamber of Commerce
Renovation plans eyed for school building replacement
Huckabee outlined a full renovation plan costing about 2.69 million dollars to improve the school facility. The proposal includes moving science labs, expanding the library, adding main entrances, and giving the exterior a unified stucco or brick look with new heating and cooling. Construction would take 14 to 18 months, with a separate 8 million estimate for a new building if chosen.
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Huckabee
Crane
Joe Smith
First Southwest
Abilene
Smith
Claude Estes
Northridge Retirement Center plans HUD loan for Lamesa complex
Parkhill Smith and Cooper and Northridge Retirement Center Inc pursue a Section 202 loan from HUD approved in May for a three story complex at N 27th and Woody Road. The project will have at least 50 apartments with lounges and a Caterer's kitchen. Construction to begin after plans are accepted, about 12 months out. The facility will be a healthy active elderly community, not a nursing home. Carl White, pastor and nonprofit president, expects a board meeting in October to discuss next steps.
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Northridge Retirement Center, Inc
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
HUD
Ellis
Parkhill
Smith and Cooper
Northridge Retirement Center Board
Department of Housing and Urban Development
N. 27Th
Woody Road
Carl White
Northridge Methodist Church
Parkhill, Smith and
Cooper
PATCO strike claims air traffic fights crowded skies myth
The piece argues that air traffic control capacity is limited to about 25 percent of flights, with only 6 percent of airports having control towers. It notes general aviation dominates, carrying 120 million intercity passengers versus 22 major airlines, and contends skies are not as crowded as claimed, calling for measured traffic management.
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PATCO
Poli
U.S
United States Airlines
New Mexico
Purdue University
University of Delaware
Air Controllers Retire Any Time Under 1974 Law Change
New details reveal a 1974 amendment to the Federal Employees Compensation Act allows air traffic controllers to retire at any time. The disclosure notes potential cost and reform considerations for the aviation safety and federal workforce programs.
Enrollment shifts across district schools show mixed gains
Enrollment on August 31 totals near projections with elementary gains and middle and high schools dipping. North Elementary K 3 classes total 688 up from 670, South Elementary second week 361 up from 352, W Z Rogers Fourth grade 243 up from 225, Middle School 899 down 10, High School 788 down 51 from last year.
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North Elementary
South Elementary
W.Z. Rogers
Lamesa Press Reporter merger notice and pricing
Publication number 303700 announces the merger of Dawson County News Dawson County Courier and The Lamesa Reporter with The Dawson County Free Press. It lists publication schedule Thursdays and Sundays and rates for subscriptions across Dawson County Texas and outside areas. It names Walter Buckel Russell Skiles Hank Myers as publisher staff.
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Dawson County News
Dawson County Courier
Lamesa Reporter
Dawson County Free Press
Trustees tighten school use policy
Trustees expand charges for high school and elementary facility use and remove social activities from allowed functions. Auditorium barred for religious groups. A first reading on non renewal policy. grant of 8947 dollars from the U S Department of Energy for energy efficiency at W Z Rogers Elementary. Open houses scheduled for North South and the High School with dates in homecoming week.
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U.S. Department of Energy
W.Z. Rogers Elementary
Estes
North Elementary
Dawson County
Bob Brown
Delbert Bush
Equitable Insurance Company
W.Z. Rogers
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Cheryl
Gresham
Hurley
Hagle
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J.C. Penny
Tg&y
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Ron Scott
Gibsons
Carroll Hagle
Olson
Cartwright
Burleson
Jody Brown
Dorothy Dunbar
Sparky Fleming
Albert Lucbano
Weldon Menix
Kenneth Porterfield
Roy Tomlinson
Wayne Tomlinson
John Wheat
Gary Cartwright
Terry Coleman
Guy Dunbar
Helen Rodgers
Ken Vestal
Andy Wilkins
Gulf Oil
Howdy
Paul Harvey
Japan
Germany
Detroit
North First Street
Texas
Lamesa Press
Walter Buckel
Russel
Skiles
Hank Myers
Adv. Mgr
Texas Press Association
Lubbock Highway
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