Preseason lawn mower safety and shopping guidance
Consumers in Austin face spring sales on mowers edgers and tractors but should plan carefully to avoid unsafe purchases. Articles warn about 77000 annual injuries from walk behind mowers and stress safety features such as deadman controls engine shutoff blade stop and automatic blade shutoff by June 30 1982 federal standards. Advised checks include rear chute safety catchbag absence debris hazards and housing material durability with accessible oil and fuel components plus low discharge design to protect eyes and housing.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Monahans Crime Stoppers Offers Reward For Local Misdeeds
Crime Stoppers Anonymous offers a reward between 50 and 500 dollars for tips that lead to arrests in Monahans. Read details involve a 1978 Dodge on South Main May 22 vinyl roof and windshield damage, Rudy Park May 19 paint damage, and a .22 Ruger pistol theft from a camper behind 1405 South Leon between May 14 and 22. Call 943-2100. anonymity guaranteed.
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Rudy Park
Caution urged over glass work prices in Monahans
Local residents report high quotes for window work with prices said to range from 30 to 50 dollars per window. The Chamber of Commerce notes a company charging 30 dollars for the first window and 7.50 for each additional, encouraging written estimates, contractor references, and three bids. Homeowners should pay after completion per agreement, with insurance collection their responsibility. Contact Odessa BBB at 563 1880 for available contractor information.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and City Hall
Monahans
Chamber
Better Business Bureau
Odessa
Watts attends Pecos PD 32 hour instructors course
Lt. Watts completed a 32 hour instructors course sponsored by the Pecos Police Department and taught by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Education and Standards from May 24 to 27. He earned a certificate to teach virtually any law enforcement procedures course.
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Dave Watts
Pecos
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Austin
Pattillo
Southside Baptist Church
James Heflin
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Agriculture
Reagan Brown
Mark White
Philip Bell
Monahans Moose Lodge
H.A. Lee Clayton Tatum
Watts
P.D
Framing Square Lumber Co., Inc
S. Doris
Bill Middlebrooks
Wally Watson
Allstate
Ifey Tall
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