Community leaders plan disaster preparedness drill in Pecos
Public meeting led by DPS trainers Charles Harrison and Dick Bucks outlines emergency planning and post crisis recovery. A simulated tornado will strike Pecos crippling local life and testing city resources, with a drill at the Pecos fire station and city hall. Staff at Memorial Hospital to receive service awards during a separate banquet.
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DPS
Charles Harrison
Austin
Dick Bucks
Midland
Pecos
Reeves County
Harrison
Civil Defense
S.B. Hunt
Waco
Lubbock
Memorial Hospital
Holiday Inn
Pauline Drew
North Pecos
City Hall
Commissioners OK 54-man county jail plan and bids
County Commissioners approved bids for three dump trucks and one pickup for Precinct 4. They also backed a 54-man jail funded by revenue sharing, while Sheriff Nail urged a 72-man facility. Special sessions authorized a shop building in Toyah and a Blue Cross Blue Shield policy for hospital staff. Librarian and juvenile findings noted, including 2,012 circulations and 33 parent contacts.
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Cecil Cothrun
County Commissioners Court
John Prewitt
Roy Hickes
Gioria San Roman
A.B. Nail
Nail
Darrell Glover
Gene M. Owens
Toyah
Owens
Pecos
Former Pecos resident dies in accidental gunshot in Odessa
Rufino Aldaz aged 33 of Pecos and Barstow died after an accidental discharge of a .44 caliber pistol while he showed it to a friend in his Odessa home shortly after 9 15 p m Police say the gun went off as he handed it to his companion Aldaz was born July 10 1940 and had spent most of his life in the Pecos Barstow area His wife Anita received treatment for shock and was released from the Odessa hospital
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Pecos
Barstow
Rufino Aldaz
Odessa
Aldaz
Eddie Nealy
Bob Cawthon
Anita
Pecos-Barstow
Felipe Aldaz
The
Leader Grocery and Hardware
Clay
Odessa Man Dies In Car Fire Near Pecos
A 23 year old Odessa man identified as John Wesley Morris died in a car fire about 8.5 miles south of Pecos on U S 285 early Sunday. Police and DPS investigated with Texas Rangers Reeves County sheriff's office and the autopsy ordered by Peace Justice Cliff Preslar. Morris was a Sul Ross University student in Alpine. Funeral arrangements were pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home in Odessa.
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Odessa
Pecos
U.S. 285
John Wesley Morris
DPS
Jerry Byrne
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Texas Rangers
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Moris
Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home
Weather Forecast Keeps Cool Clear Weekend Ahead
A cool, clear pattern continues across Texas with Saturday highs around 75 and a morning low near 22. Forecasters expect a cold spell through Wednesday before a slight warming trend. The Associated Press reports widespread clear skies as a high pressure system over the central Rocky Mountains dominates the state, with the exception of the southern tip where clouds lingered and no precipitation occurred.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Pecos-Barstow school board to weigh field house cost
At its regular monthly meeting Pecos-Barstow school board will consider the final cost of the new high school field house and authorize two new school buses. The board will also revisit plans for a proposed bond election.
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Pecos-Barstow
All-Region honor for Pecos ESS band members
Thirteen of the 17 Eagle band members were named to the All-Region band after regional auditions in Midland. They will perform in the regional concert and clinic in Fort Stockton on January 12, with eight attempting today for the area band in Odessa. Band Director Bill Carrico praised the showing, noting that 13 of 17 qualifies is a strong 76 percent.
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Eagle Band
Midland
Fort Stockton
Bill Carrico
Odessa
Lubbock
Pecos
Melinda Eisenwine
Jimmie Ann Hagar
Mary Margaret Moore
Kristi Kesey
June Sharp
Cecile Montgomery
Kay Youngblood
Monya Hooker
Vicki Simpson
Carrico
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Pecos Savings and Loan Association
Rozan Curcuruto
Pecos Savings
John Curcuruto
Ise
Jeremy
Karen
Richard D. Naylor
Jim Lunney
National Weather Service
Lunney
Fran Dearing
John Lewis
Lewis
Glen Vandiver
Department of Public Safety
Jerry
U.S
Bob Strother
Richard Rankin
Randy Reynolds
Curtis Wilson
Kathy Hopper
Carla Potter
Clarinte
Valerie Hamer
Scott Ramsey
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