Don't Take Our Water Until Science Settles It
Gene Powell Jr column argues West Texas water is scarce and fragile. He highlights Rio Nuevo and Mesa Water projects seeking to drill from vast state lands and questions remain on aquifer locations recharge rates amounts and impacts. He urges science to guide any water mining and warns against irreversible loss.
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West Texans
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Midland Oilmen
Steve Smith
Culberson
Hudspeth
Jeff Davis
Presidio
el Paso
John Poindexter
Cibolo Creek Ranch
Marfa
Presidio County
Mesa Water Project
Panhandle
T. Boone Pickens
Mesa
Bivins Valued For Sweden Ambassadorship Nomination
Former state Senator Teel Bivins faced a smooth U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing as nominee for Sweden ambassador. Don Stewart of Senator Cornyn’s team said committee approval could come by late April with Biden's consent. Bivins, a Panhandle cattleman and oilman, noted Sweden's aid to Iraq and Africa and praised Prime Minister Persson's peace leadership.
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U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
John Cornyn
Texas
Don Stewart
Cornyn
Congress
Teel
Stewart
Joe Biden
Delaware
Washington, D.C
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Bivins
Ector
Midland
Panhandle
Amarillo
Houston
Kel Seliger
Austin
Sweden
Iraq
Goran Persson
Stockholm
Snake handler educates about viper safety at luncheon
Midl and Fort Worth snake handler Monty Stallcop spoke on rattlesnake safety during the Petroleum Museum lunch lecture. About 40 attendees watched 16 venomous snakes in ventilated cases as Rebecca Greenfield and her children visited the exhibit. Ambience mixed nerves and jokes as the crowd learned about vipers.
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Fort Worth
Petroleum Museum
Monty Stallcop
Marissa Greenfield
Rat- Petroleum Museum
Monty Tlesnakes
Stallcop
Fort Worth Snakes At Big Spring Roundup This Weekend
Monty Stallcop a Fort Worth snake handler will appear at the 42nd Annual Big Spring Rattlesnake Roundup on Saturday and Sunday at the Howard County Fair Barns. Event hours run 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Rebecca Greenfield homeschooler notes her children just finished a unit on reptiles. See RATTLE on Page 5B.
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Monty Stallcop
Fort Worth
Howard County Fair Barns
Rebecca Greenfield
Fort Stockton drills mock terrorism exercise ends with praise
Fort Stockton first responders earned high marks from state trainers after a two day mock terrorism drill conducted by the Texas Engineering Extension Service. TEEX, part of the Texas A M System, coordinated the event with Ralph Staplin noting Scimitar of Justice staged the scenario to highlight their causes.
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Fort Stockton
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Scimitar of Justice
Ralph Staplin
Odessa students win state level in Texas Art Education event
Thirteen Odessa students earned scholarships by achieving superior ratings at regional and area contests to qualify for the statewide visual arts competition. Shanae Phillips Marjory Gibson Gabby Cervantes Josh Barnes and Shandy Heifner were among the Odessa High School participants who secured spots in the Texas Art Education Association Visual Art Scholastic Event.
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Texas Art Education Association
Odessa High School
Shanae Phillips
Marjory Gibson
Gabby Cervantes
Josh Barnes
Shandy Heifner
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Odessa American
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By Raechal Leone
Sindera Nealy
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