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Monahans and Ward County Year in Review 1981
Ward County and Monahans reflect a tumultuous 1981 with a $108000 hangar project at Monahans Airport, a helicopter real estate count by Bury Fish, and a fatal shooting at Alice's Bar. Key events include a proposed water development funding measure, $52 million in tax exempt bonds for Dowell expansion, a 911 system push, growth plans for a motel complex, and annual building permits surpassing $10.8 million.
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Ment
Monahans
Ward County
Bury Fish
Gain Chevrolet
Safeway
Tx18
Elaine Esparza
Snyder Michael Steven Hoffman
Alice’s
Ralph Echols
Ward
Allan Spearman
Don Shepard
West Texas Children’s Home
Big Green
Little Green
Big Red
UIL
MHS
MJHS
Grandfalls Royalty
Milt Benham
Gerald McAnally
Quail View
Waylon Martin
Sands Hangar Group
John Tatum
Dale Wood
Midland
Richard White
Washington
Buryl Fish
TESCO
Carroll Samuels
Sam Turner
Juan Perez- Valladarez
Leslie Edington
Geosource Inc
Ted Leslie
Odessa
Ward County Manor Nursing Home
15Th Street