Radar balloon enroute to Marfa Aerostat site
General Electric Aerostat site Manager Gary Metzger said the radar balloon is en route and expected to reach the Marfa site soon. Officials foresee a 15 hour inflation in coming weeks, followed by test flights before radar equipment is mounted. The ILC Co. built the 595000 cubic foot craft shipped from Dover, Delaware for U S Customs Service use to track suspected drug smugglers from Mexico.
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ILC Co
Dover
Del
Oregon
U.S. Customs Service
Mexico
Metzger
SRSU Dean's List honors span Presidio and Marfa students
Presidio and Marfa students at Sul Ross State University earned Dean's List honors for the spring term. Recipients include Elizabeth Carrasco 4.0 and Joseph LaFollette 3.3 from Presidio. Judy Cross 4.0 Jennifer Dixon 3.8 Katie Guest 4.0 Nancy Luna 3.8 Nelida Martinez 3.7 Debra Nunez 3.7 Cami Renfroe 4.0 Eloy Tavarez 3.7 Richard Vasquez 3.5 from Marfa, plus Gregory Rothe 3.5 of Big Bend National Park. The article also notes Presidio High School's 1989 graduates, graduation at 8 p.m. Friday, and highway resurfacing along routes near Marfa with asphalt rubber mix by International Surfacing Inc. on U.S. 67 90 and U.S. 90 toward the Jeff County line.
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Presidio
Marfa
Sul Ross State University
Elizabeth Carrasco
Joseph LaFollette
Judy Cross
Jennifer Dixon
Katie Guest
Nancy Luna
Nelida Martinez
Debra Nunez
Cami Renfroe
Eloy Tavarez
Richard Vasquez
Gregory Rothe
Big Bend National Park
Jeff County
Shafter
International Surfacing, Inc
Chandler, Ariz
Phase-out begins for home health care in Presidio
Brewster Memorial Hospital Alpha line phase-out begins for Presidio County patients in Alpine. Presidio district faced a June 1 deadline to contribute about 15 527 or lose the home health program. Public hearings set for June 14 in Presidio and June 15 in Marfa to discuss budget amendments and the Alpine hospital's Medicare shortfall.
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Marfa
Presidio County
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Brewster County Hospital
Presidio County Hospital
Presidio
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Alpine Hospital
American Legion Hall
Marfa National Bank
Presidio Hospital
Brewster Offi
Harte brothers donate ranch to Big Bend park milestone
Ed and Houston Harte donated 56 700 acres known as the Harte Ranch to Big Bend National Park. A ceremony at Persimmon Gap Visitor Center marked the transfer first proposed when the ranch joined the Nature Conservancy in 1985 and authorized by a 1987 act signed by Ronald Reagan.
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Harte Brothers
Big Bend Park
Persimmon Gap
Ed Harte
Rosillos Mountains
Harte Ranch
Big Bend National Park
Houston
Land Conserva
Texas Nature Conservancy
The
Nature Conservancy
North Rosillos Mountains
Ronald Reagan
Congress
U.S
Lamar Smith
San Antonio
Smith
National Park Service
Marfa High School Class of 1989 Commencement
Dr Abeldardo Baeza told 36 graduates at Martin Field they will be future leaders with brain power to tackle AIDS illiteracy homelessness and other problems He praised teachers parents and school leaders Valedictorian Sandra Silva spoke of adulthood and lasting friendships Salutatorian Lora Lee was noted in ceremonies
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MHS
Baeza
Marfa
Abelardo Baeza
Martin Field
Sul Ross State University
Fessor
Sandra Silva
Silva
Lora Lee
Former Alpine chamber chief and BP agent indicted
A Brewster County grand jury indicted Alpine Chamber of Commerce executive director Cheryl Fulcher and Border Patrol agent Loncie S. Tucker on multiple felonies May 19. Fulcher faces theft and forgery charges tied to the chamber. Tucker is charged with carrying a firearm in a prohibited place and aggravated assault from a May 8 incident at Sul Ross State University. Bond set at $20,000 for both.
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Alpine
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Border Patrol
Brewster County
Betty Peters
Cheryl Fulcher
Alpine Chamber
Fulcher
Rio Grande City
Border Patrol
Loncie S. Tucker
Sul Ross State University
Tucker
Charles Hensley
Marfa Border Patrol Sector
Peters
Three killed in head on collision near Valentine
A former Marfa resident Jose Espinoza Najar 20 of San Diego and two men, David B. Rodriguez 69 and Manuel B. Tarango 78 of Saragoza, died in a two vehicle head on crash on U.S. 90 about 6.3 miles east of Valentine around 1 45 a m Sunday. Najar crossed into the eastbound lane striking Rodriguez in a 1960 Mercury Comet. Rodriguez and Tarango were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Marfa
Valentine
Department of Public Safety
Jose Espinoza Najar
San Diego
Calif
David B. Rodriguez
Manuel B. Tarango
Saragoza
U.S. 90
DPS
Najar
Rodriguez
Tarango
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Presidio County
Richard Elmendorf
Jeff Davis County
George Vickers
Delma Najar
U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Vancouver
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PHS
Presidio — Presidio High School
Manuel O. Hernandez
Don Karl
Presidio District
Cials
United States
Chamber
Coazmund
Carrasco
Permian Basin
Jesus Herrera
Midland
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