Ward County Seeks Jail Bond Amid Center Financing Debate
Ward County Sheriff John Ashcraft sent a June 23 letter to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards listing five more deficiencies. He notes temporary fixes while awaiting a promised permanent jail, funded by a bond election tied to a new community center and activities center. Local officials clash over priorities, risking jail approval if the bond fails. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Ward County
John Ashcraft
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Ashcraft
Commission On Jail
Ward
County agrees to fund seal coating of Monahans streets
Ward County Commissioners on Monday agreed to pay material costs for asphalt and aggregate to seal coat about 95 street blocks in Monahans. City Manager Jack Forga said project will take about two weeks and cost around 42 thousand dollars. The city will provide equipment and labor, with square yard totals by precinct and a yearly target of up to 125 blocks. The meeting also covered a bid from the Monahans Industrial Foundation for county land and a separate bid for a used portable x ray machine. The foundation bid was accepted at one dollar per acre.
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Monahans
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Forga
Monahans_ Industrial Foundation
Bryan Stuckey
City Hears Parking Ban On Stockton Street Plan
Fourteen residents attended the Monahans City Council public hearing on a proposal to prohibit parking on South Stockton from Eighth Street to I-20. Attendees varied in frontage and purpose, with not all owning property in the affected area.
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Monahans
South Stockton
Stockton
Eighth Street
Mayor seeks census help in Ward County drive
Mayor Richard Hoyer urged help for a census count in Ward County saying enumerator shortages threaten funding. Eleven workers are needed by July 11. jobs pay 4 dollars an hour plus 20 cents a mile. Monahans Housing Authority accepts applicants 18+ with a diploma or GED.
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Richard Hoyer
Census Bureau
Ward County
Hoyer
Dallas
Monahans Housing Authority
South
Dwight
Janet Faulkner
Monahans News
Chuck Pewitt named Monahans Pecos area manager
Charles Pewitt formerly manager of Southern Union Gas Pecos office was appointed manager of the Monahans Pecos area. He took office June 22, succeeding James R. Nicholas who moved to Roswell New Mexico on June 15 as distribution superintendent. The article notes a $1,000 donation to the Monahans Merchants Association for Christmas lighting equipment and an electrical code amendment removing a ground fault breaker requirement. Gerald McAnally said the association buys about 12 light fixtures annually at roughly $100 each, with members paying $50 yearly plus $20 more to maintain equipment.
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Pewitt
Southern Union Gas Co
Pecos
Monahans-Pecos
SUG
James R. Nicholas
Roswell
N.M
Gas Company of
New Mexico
Monahans Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Association
Gerald McAnally
Council
McAnally
Jury Duty Cancelled in District Court Cases
Jurors are excused from reporting for district court duty Thursday per District Clerk Jack Griggs. One criminal case was declared a mistrial while the civil matter was settled out of court.
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Angelo State University
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Ward Memorial Hospital
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