Pecos FFA earns best ever El Paso show sweep
Pecos FFA members posted their best ever El Paso livestock show result at the El Paso County Coliseum. Top lamb champion and reserve were claimed by Jimmy Jones and Kirby Rankin with Lezlie McNeil winning the showmanship award. Rankin also won the breeding ram title. McNeil led the heavyweight Hereford steer. Additional placings and sale entries followed with several members advancing to other Texas shows in San Antonio and Houston.
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Pecos Ffa
el Paso
Lezlie McNeil
Jimmy McNeil
el Paso Kiwanis Club
Rankin
Hampshire
Miss McNeil
Jones
McNeil
Hampshire Lamb
Lamb
Pecos
June Middlebrook
Sam Davee
Jim Bob McNeil
Jim Bob
Leslie McNeil
Rodney Grable
Mark Reese
Menudo contest entrants and Bennington flag offer
John Pitts reports eight confirmed entrants for a menudo contest in Pecos with a judges panel including Mayor Pigman and locals. He invites more cooks, notes timing to be announced, and mentions a Bennington Bicentennial flag available for about 16.50 from the Veterans Administration.
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Fort Davis
Pecos
Bennington
Arvada Pet Elimination Rule Flawed, Hearing Planned
In Arvada Colorado a drafted error in the animal control ordinance could lead to a stray pet not claimed within 24 hours being destroyed. City Manager Capp Shanks says no disposals have occurred yet and the mistake will be corrected at a public hearing later this month.
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Arvada
Colo
Denver
Capp Shanks
House OKs 80 Million Emergency School Bill
The Texas House passed an 80 million dollar emergency relief bill for inflation impacted public school districts by a 136 to 4 vote. A Senate version already cleared, but a joint agreement is needed. Also, lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment authorizing higher pensions for retired teachers with an April 22 election date.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin
House
Senate
School board green light for construction and remodeling
Indications are the 16 owners who challenged the Dec 14 vote on the 2.7 million school bond do not plan to sue. Board president Dr Elvin Reynolds said no suit had been filed in 143rd District Court after a recount on Jan 2 increased the margin from 7 to 9 votes. Original 821 814, recount 824 815 in favor.
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Elvin Reynolds
143Rd District
Ques
Pecos-Barstow- Toyah
Wrecks Report No Injuries In Two Collisions
Police investigated a Wednesday one vehicle wreck on Plum Street at 1400 block where Eddie Ontiveros driven car left the road and landed in a yard. A second crash in the 1400 block of Park Street today involved Luis Pena and Stacie Hooper with Hooper rear ended. no injuries reported. Election recount deadlines discussed. Pecos-Barstow-Toyah school bond plans move forward with construction details and board meeting changes.
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S. Plum
Luis Joe Pena
C.C
Stacie Hooper
C C
Park St
Hooper
Pena
Reynolds
Pecos
Zavala Junior High
S. Park St
West Texas freeze hazards and multi state storm sweep
A cool front dropped West Texas highs a few degrees with Pecos near freezing and lows around 33. Arctic air spread snow and freezing drizzle across the Panhandle and Dallas Fort Worth region, with zero to near zero readings at Perryton Amarillo Dalhart and Lubbock. Snow and ice storms spread from New England to the South causing school closures and travel delays. widespread outages and accidents followed including I 95 closure in Rhode Island, bus rollover injuries in Massachusetts, and a major ice storm across central North and South Carolina with extensive power outages. A biblical verse and a proverb appear at article end.
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Panhandle
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Odessa
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Texarkana
Arkansas
Killeen
Perryton
Wichita Falls
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Rhode Island
Carolinas
Connecticut
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Attleboro
Mass
Rhode Island Line
Northboro
Blue Mountain Academy
Hamburg
Interstate 290
North Carolina
South Carolina
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