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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1982
Page
1
A meeting to organize a governing body for the new Ward County Community Center is set for 7 30 tonight in the county courtroom. Persons interested in ensuring the building serves all county citizens are invited.
In Saturday's Ward County Democratic runoff turnout reached 3,224, down 585 from the May 1 primary. Incumbents sheriff Ben Keele and commissioner Bob Spinks were unseated, with D Hall topping Keele 1,650 to 1,275 and Bill Middlebrooks defeating Spinks 585 to 486 by 99 votes. Judge Richard Sitz won reelection amid a limited field as the county judgeship race proved less competitive.
In the Democratic runoff Mauro defeats Snelson for land commissioner with 269,253 votes (53.6%) to Snelson's 233,517 (46.4%) after 5,230 precincts. Local Ward County results show Snelson leading Mauro 2,374 to 481. Other statewide runoffs include Jim Mattox over John Hannah for U.S. House and Campbell over Humphreys for Place 1 on the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Ronald Coleman, the El Paso state Representative, defeated T Udell Moore by over 3,500 votes in the Democratic bid for the 16th congressional district nomination. With all 144 districts reporting Coleman led 20,537 votes 54.7 percent to Moore 17,003 45.3 percent. In Ward County Coleman won 1,381 to Moore 1,362 out of 2,743 ballots. Coleman will face Pat Haggerty in November after Haggerty defeated Hadley Robinson in the Republican primary May 1.
Next Saturday June 12 a Defensive Driving course will be held in the Reddy Room at Texas Electric in Grandfalls. Instructor Mildred Rose says this will be the last DDC sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons Retired Teachers Association. Beginning in July the course for insurance premium purposes will be taught by the
Monahans News urges balance in a near complete community center project. While arts oriented design dominates, organizers stress the building must serve broader uses from 4 H shows to Scout banquets. A meeting with guest Peter Fox aims to clarify inclusive goals at 7:30 in the county courtroom.
Pritchard-Abbott appraisal firm places Ward County taxable mineral values at 1.4 billion for tax purposes, excluding 80.9 million in state and university royalty property. Of the total, 1.13 billion is in production and 269 million is oil field related personal property and utilities. The report shows 140.5 million taxed by Grandfalls Royalty ISD, 983.9 million by Monahans Wickett Pyote ISD, 263.4 million by Pecos Barstow Toyah ISD, 11.2 million by Monahans city, 3.2 million by Wickett, and 41.2 million by Ward County Water Improvement District No. 2. The appraisal was presented at the Ward County Central Appraisal District meeting. hearings to follow June 14–17 at Ward County Coliseum.
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