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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1971
Page
3
The school board reviewed a 1.5 million dollar bond plan with a 5 6 or 7 year payoff, noting a five year term could avoid tax increases. A new high school library of 5,000 square feet and band hall remodeling are planned along with other improvements. The budget draft shows a teacher raise and a 4 percent raise for most staff, with total operating expenses near 2.6 to 2.7 million.
Two hundred University of Texas students in the School of Communication near graduation are listed as tentative candidates for bachelor’s degrees. Public commencement exercises will be held May 15. The candidate list, announced by Dean Wayne Danielson, includes James Randall Benham, 1296 South Franklin, Bachelor of Journalism. Randy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milt Benham of Monahans.
County Judge reads UT system letter agreeing to lease the old Pyote Air Force Base entrance to Ward County for restoration and park use. Commissioner Lenora Price notes the site may be the county’s only military installation and supports preservation. The entrance lies between U.S. 80 and I-20 west of Pyote.
The council approves drilling an additional water well and a one million gallon tank surpassing plans for half a million. Talks cover Rudy Park playgrounds, lawn hardiness, Monahans Lake seals, sprinkler systems near the lake, mulberry trees, and council plans to join the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission.
The American Association of University Women sponsors adult English classes for Spanish speakers at the high school, held Tuesdays to Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. The program, free to participants, is led by instructors Olga Cantu and Frank Fuentez with volunteers including Mrs. David Martinez and Porfirio Garcia and MAE Club representatives.
The district approved summer school offering English I IV Government Health Driver Education with a 10 dollar per student fee for the latter. Instructors are paid five dollars per hour, driver ed instructors twenty seven fifty per student. Summer recreation includes golf tennis gym and weight work. The board also named Callender and Walker to study teen baseball needs and discussed maintenance painting and hiring extra help. They reviewed enrollment at 3015 students, accepted five resignations hired two teachers ratified head coach Jerry Larned, approved GED AAUW education pay, and bids on three Pyote lots while deferring Permian Basin Planning Commission actions.
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