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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1981
Page
1
Mayor Dick Hoyer kicks off two day event at Ward County riding arena with 8 AM Saturday start. Competitions span Open, Youth 13 and Under, and other divisions as top riders compete for prizes.
Texas shows one of the nation’s lowest jobless rates with Monahans near 1.4 percent in April. Officials say skilled workers are scarce amid a booming economy, housing is a major hurdle, and TEC offices in Odessa assist job seekers and employers. many opportunities arise in Monahans and Kerr.
Ward County Chief Appraiser Everette Hewett outlined private bids from Cooper Aerial Survey Co. of Tucson and Bovay Engineers Inc. of Albuquerque to update county aerial photos at roughly 10 thousand dollars and 9 thousand dollars respectively. The county rejected a 12 frame 1 inch to 130 000 feet option from the Texas Department of Natural Resources as impractical and will use 220 to 274 photos from Bovay or Cooper with 1 100 and 1 400 scales for urban and rural areas. Two McMorries appraisal staff will travel to Monahans to begin on site work and price and sales data collection.
Gardeners enter the Ward County Green Thumb Exhibit at the National Room of the First National Bank by 9 a.m. Friday July 24. Five prize categories award 25 dollars each for fruits and nuts vegetables horticulture canned preserve and dried foods and summer arrangement. A 15 dollar special prize goes to the gardener with the dumbest thumb. A Plant Trouble Clinic offers insect worm and disease salvage tips. Rules are on the Monahans Chamber publicity sheet at 401 South Dwight.
Monahans experienced a three hour water outage as crews at Hogg Ranch worked to connect 4200 feet of new 14 inch pipe to the system. City Manager Jack Forga said the delay was caused by misaligned joints, a poorly machined coupling, and a leaking gasket. Water returned by Sunday afternoon with gradual restoration and radio advisories followed.
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