Ward County Livestock Show Parade Opens 40th Exposition
The 40th Ward County Livestock Show kicks off with an Exposition Parade at 5 p.m. Monday from Hill Park along Bruce Street to Sealy and into downtown. Floats win cash prizes. parade chairmen are A. D. Scott and Wayne McPeak. After, Kids Kanine Kostume Karnival at 7 p.m. at the County Coliseum with judges named. Entry fee 25 cents. open to Ward County youths under 19 with dogs on leash and rabies vaccination. Stock show events resume Tuesday with weighing in at 1 p.m. Judging runs Wednesday through Friday for rabbits goats lambs steers barrows and sale entries. Flying Colonel Sandy Leverett auctions top 4-H and FFA animals at 1 p.m. Friday. Food concessions run midweek to Friday with various clubs operating them. Door prize winners from Ranch Breakfast listed.
Ward County Commissioners Schedule Dual Meetings This Week
The Ward County Commissioners will hold a double session this week with a 9 a.m. Monday meeting and a 1:30 p.m. Tuesday special session. Agenda items include a resignation letter from Bert Potts as Justice of the Peace of Precinct 2, and a vote to appoint a new JP from Bill Grant Ed Hammond or Ted Leslie.
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Ward County Commissioners
Bert Potts
Ward Memorial Hospital Board of Managers
Corporations Must File 1978 Tax Return by March 15
The Internal Service states that corporations with fiscal years ending December 31 must file their 1978 federal income tax return by Thursday March 15. If more time is needed, file Form 7004 by March 15 for an automatic extension and deposit at least 50 percent of the balance due in an authorized bank or at the Federal Reserve.
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Internal Service
Federal Reserve
City Council Eyes Opposing Texas Utility Bill
At Tuesday 2 p.m. the City Council will consider sending a resolution to the Texas Legislature opposing a bill that would bypass city governments in approving rate increases by directing utilities straight to the Utility Commission. Grady Wooldridge plans to restore the old convalescent home into efficiency apartments. City Manager Jack Forga will report on grants for sewer plant rehabilitation and a Mona Hans Housing Authority routing of utilities request for the low rent project. Bids will be opened on a depository bank and a tax roll adjustment will be considered.
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Texas
Utility Commission
Grady Wooldridge
Jack Forga
Weather Watching lecture set Monday in Midland
The Midland Amateur Radio Club and Midland County Civil Defense sponsor a "Weather Watching" lecture with Larry Eblen of the National Weather Service in Lubbock. He will discuss tornado recognition signs and public warning techniques at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. in the Midland College Fine Arts Building Auditorium. The public and officials are urged to attend any session.
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Midland
Midland Amateur Radio Club
Midland County Civil Defense Department
Larry Eblen
National Weather Service
Lubbock
P.m
Midland College Fine Arts
West Highway 80 upgrade planned in West Texas
Bids received February 15 for upgrading the last gap on Interstate 20 corridor to near interstate standards. Project on US Highway 80 from east of Monahans to west of Judkins covers 13.7 miles with reconstruction of main lanes, frontage roads, grade separations, and interchanges at Farm to Market Road 1053 and Park Road 41. Bridges use unusual decks with wax beads and super water reduced concrete to resist deicing chemicals, per Odessa district engineers.
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West Texas
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Monahans
Judkins
Farm To Market
13-Mile Hill
Park Road
Sandhills State Park
Vernon R. Wilkinson
Odessa
Henry Pearson
Texans Warn of Solar Eclipse Monday Safety
An optometrist warns Texans not to look at Monday's total solar eclipse. The event will start in Houston at 9 11 a m with 57 8 percent of the sun obscured at 10 23 a m and end by 11 41 a m. Indirect viewing methods are recommended to avoid eye injuries.
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J. J. Coats
Pacific Ocean
United States
Continental
Houston
U.S
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Kanine Karnival
Ward County
Hill Park
Bruce Street
Sealy
A. D. Scott
Wayne McPeak
County Coliseum
Bill Goins
Don Hughes
al Vasquez
Pearson
Cooper
Sandy Leverett
4-H Adult Leaders Association
Alberta Allen
A. L. Renick
Dennis Counts
Tommy Holt
Pat Hancock
Jim Davall
Milbert Helm
E. R. Wessels
Nicky Weaks
Ben Keele
First National Bank
Pyote
Country Club
Judy Greer
Kirkland Nursery
Transwestern Pipeline Company
Chamber of Commerce
Coliseum
Big Springs State Hospital
County Mental Health Center
JP Training Center
Bill Tipton
Grandfalls
Soil Conservation Service
Upper Pecos
The
Monahans Housing Authority
Park Road 41
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