Levelland Civic Leader Honored as Man of the Year
Levelland county judge Huron Moreland named Man of the Year by the Levelland Chamber of Commerce. He leads Little Dribblers Inc. guiding a youth basketball program expanding to 10 states and 38 inquiries while cherishing hunting fishing and golf and serving as a civic leader on local projects.
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Levelland
Moreland
Little Dribblers Inc
Harold Phelan
Frank Burnett
Chester Bridges
Pat
Crook
Hockley County
Caddo Lake
Louisiana
Masonic Lodge
Levelland Chamber of Commerce
Prison delay lets bank robber wed in Ventura
UPN reports Stuart Bell a 34 year old Los Angeles bank robber won a stay of execution while beginning a five year term to marry Thais Gratton 37 of Santa Seriana. Judge William Grey told Bell he was not dangerous and noted his love for his bride as 75 guests attended a Unitarian ceremony with passages quoted from Kahil Gibran.
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Ventura
Calif
UPN
U.S. District Court
William Grey
Stuart Bell
Los Angeles
Thais Gratton
Sante Seriana
Bell
Kahil Gibron
Tornado Fence Art and Pecans Amid Levelland Yard Tales
Levelland family by Felix Mendoza displays a fence tornado piece painted before a Lubbock event, a caged parrot, two squirrels in a custom cage, and three spring birdhouses. They also harvest pecans in Oklahoma and Campwood areas with a homemade pecan cleaner by son Namen Mendoza.
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Avalanche-Journal
Levelland
Felix Mendoza
Mendoza
Oklahoma
Campwood
Idabell
Okla
Lubbock
Pete
Namen Mendoza
Shallowater School Election Heats Up as Criticism Grows
The Shallowater district faces growing scrutiny as the Committee for Better Schools intensifies calls for two trustee seats in the April 3 election. Connie Davis chairs the group which cites teacher turnover, bilingual needs, and board responsiveness while supporters back Leroy Grawunder Jr. and J. W. Young to challenge incumbents Ben James and Jay Stanton.
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Shallowater
Committee For Better Schools
Connstenius
Connie Davis
Davis
Weldon McCreary
McCreary
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Reese Afb
Southwest
W. A. Hardin
Leroy Grawunder Jr
J. W. Young
Ben James
Jay Stanton
James
Stanton
Board of Trustees
Man of the Year Hulon Moreland Shows Off Trophy Collection
County Judge Hulon Moreland of Levelland, named Man of the Year by the chamber of commerce, poses with trophies in his office. He displays a fish and a mounted antelope, but cherishes the memories of a San Andres Mountains gold hunting adventure.
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Jane Kirby
Avalanche-Journal
Levelland
Huron Moreland
Levelland Chamber of Commerce
Moreland
Tularosa
N.M
San Andres Mountains
Hulon Moreland
Chamber of Commerce
San Andres
Planting Project Begins At SPC
The South Plains College campus launches a four year beautification program led by landscape architect Dr. James Kitchen of Texas Tech. About 200 trees will be planted in the next three weeks including master honey locust Japanese black pine Arizona cypress and purple leaf plum. The project features brick and stone walks thousands of plants and a campus watering system nearing completion around the boys dormitories.
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Levelland
South Plains College
James Kitchen
Texas Tech
New swimming aid patented by Wilmette inventor
A. J. Vasilat ors of Wilmette received a patent for a contoured swimming aid that fits on the upper body to engage the swimmer while allowing free arm and leg motion. The buoyancy relates directly to how weight is distributed by the body parts it supports.
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Wilmette, Tl
A. J. Vasilators
Wilmette
Tech Concert Band to Perform at Coronado High
Texas Tech's concert band will play at 3 p.m. on April 4 in the Coronado High School Auditorium. Soloists include Richard Tolley cornet and trumpet instructor and Anthony Brittin French horn instructor. Dean Killion will direct a 90 member ensemble chosen from the 400 piece marching band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Coronado High School
Richard Tolley
Tech
Anthony Brittin
Dean Killion
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Lubbock Avalanche -Journal
Levelland Civic Leader
New Mexico Mountains
Little Dribblers
Guy Marble
Avalanche
Joreecl
SPC
Lubbock's New
Quaker Ave
Frigidaire Refrigerator
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