Ward County Livestock Show Parade Opens Week
The 42nd Ward County Livestock Show begins with a downtown parade Monday at 3 17 p m led by bands floats scout groups and mounted riding clubs. Hill Park hosts float judging with cash prizes for top three, then the parade routes Calvin Street Sealy Alice Second Main Fourth and back to the courthouse.
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Hill Park
Calvin Street
Sealy
Alice
Second
Main
Heinz
Bill Goin
del Forbush
The Cemetery Story That Rose Into Truth
In West Texas I learned a town relies on a three member committee for cemetery care a housewife a grocer and a funeral home director The grocer recalls trash clearing Cedar trees were plowed up for neglecting donations The tale underscores the reporter’s quest for truth against upbeat press pressures and gatekeeping officials continued on page 2
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West Texas
Funeral Home
Palo Duro Canyon
Jesus
Local MWPISD Plans Open House Week Activities
Public School Week in Texas prompts all MWPISD schools to host open house nights from March 2 to 6. Elementary open houses run Monday 7 to 8 30 p.m. and secondary events Tuesday 7 30 to 9 p.m. Administrators urge parents to attend and visit multiple campuses. The high school adds a 7 30 p.m. auditorium assembly with program overviews and Q&A. Junior high showcases welding projects, stage band performances at 7 45, and choir at 8 30, highlighting arts and vocational offerings.
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Cecile White
Susie Hilburn
Judy Goin
Linda Forbush
Texas
Mwpisd
Lathan Walker
Princi
Clean-up meeting urged for Sealy Street area
Ruben White, chair of the Chamber Clean-Up and Beautification committee, invites citizens to attend an open forum Tuesday March 10 at 7 p.m. at the chamber office. He seeks general or specific ideas and notes a Feb 26 Monahans News letter urging Sealy Street cleanup, with priority on the Million Barrel tank area and Sealy Street mess.
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Ruben White
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
White
Con
Tinued
Monahans News
Sealy Street
Jaycees
Lawmakers seek state to pay court costs in frivolous suits
Rep. Jerry Cockerham and Sen. Walter Meng introduced HB 1249 and SB 707 to let courts order a state agency to cover a defendant’s court costs and attorney fees if a suit by the agency is found frivolous or without foundation. They argue excessive bureaucratic action chills citizen rights and deters challenges to agency rulings.
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Cockerham
State
Jerry Cockerham
Monahans
Walter Mengden
Harris County
House
Senate
Rep. Cockerham
Ward County Appraisal District to straighten tax rolls
Chief Appraiser Everette Hewett outlines correcting erroneous property descriptions and realigning tax rolls. He plans public explanation in the newspaper and seeks board approval to send staff to a state approved assessor school in Temple. Hewett may meet Rep. Jerry Cockerham in Austin about appraisal district bills. contracts with Pritchard & Abbott and McMorries Appraisal Co. will be signed.
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Ward County Appraisal District Board of Directors
Everette Hewett
Hewett
Temple
Austin
Jerry Cockerham
District Judge to Name Griggs Successor Clarified
A correction states the district judge appoints a successor to finish the unexpired term of District Clerk Jack Griggs, not the county commissioners as previously reported.
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Jack Griggs
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Justin Yates Polk
Monahans Feed and Supply
Freddy
Linda Hinojos
John
Carolyn Dumas
Bob
Ruth Ann Perkins
Joyce Miller
Bill
Judy Moss
Arthur Carpenter
Ward County
Newsbeat
Bob Litton
Ted
V.O.C.T
C.V.A.E
Pritchard & Abbott and
McMorries Appraisal Co
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