Balmorhea News Briefs Add Girl Scout Troop Organizer
Sharon Harrison is organizing a Balmorhea Girl Scout troop for local girls and valley residents. Contact the school office or call 375-2218 after school hours. FFA and 4-H stock show set for Saturday January 19 at the new Country Barn on Toyah Road, starts 10 a.m., barbecue to follow. Sheep shearing and blocking underway, plus a 30-30 rifle drawing at the barbecue. Damion Compton leaves for Houston to attend law school after completing undergraduate work. he is the son of Mr and Mrs Dick Compton of Balmorhea.
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Sharon Harrison
Toyah Road
Damion Compton
Houston
Dick Compton
Balmorhea
Stock market gains amid commodity asset rush and gold surge
Broad stock advances led by computer and natural resource shares push the Dow to 873.63 at noon as gold hits 765 an ounce in London. Other markets rise with NYSE, AMEX indexes up, while cotton futures and grain prices edge higher amid Iran Afghanistan tensions. Obituaries note births in New Orleans and Balmorhea with family details. local clubs host events and church farewells occur.
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New York
London
Iran
Afghanistan
International Paper
Pittston
Louisiana-Pacific
Champion International
Extended West Texas Weekend Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered showers over the weekend. Above seasonal temperatures Friday and Saturday turning cooler Sunday. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s, cooling to the mid 40s to lower 60s by Sunday. Lows in the 20s to lower 40s through the weekend.
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Texas
Priest Assigned to Brogado Balmorhea Area
Fr. Gus has served this church the past two years and is being sent to the Brogado Balmorhea Sara gosa area to continue pastoral duties and support local communities.
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Brogado-Balmorhea
Saragosa
Gus
Texas oil buyers seek 2.65 million barrels a day in February
The Texas Railroad Commission said major crude purchasers want to buy 2,652,720 barrels daily in February, down 18,758 from January, as the agency prepares to set the statewide oil allowable. The allowable production factor has run at 100 percent since April 1972 with three exceptions. An out-of-state vehicle cannot be registered in Texas without an inspection sticker. Attorney General Mark White announced on Monday.
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Austin, Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Texas
Mark White
New probation officer Jim Price named for Ward County
Judge Larry Fuller and Joe Trujillo appointed Jim Price as adult probation officer for Ward County. Price, from Springfield Missouri, studied at Drury College and Abilene Christian College and earned a BS in December 1978 with a focus on law enforcement. He will serve Ward County and fill in during Trujillo's absences, while promoting community programs and an area internship effort to boost local involvement in probation work.
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Jim Price
Ward County
Larry Fuller
Joe Trujillo
Pecos
Springfield
Taylor County
Texas
Drury College
Price
Kraft Foods, Inc
Abilene Christian College
Trujillo
Fire reported at Pecos Valley Gun on Highway 17
Police log details a fire at Pecos Valley Gun on Highway 17 Tuesday at 2 06 PM. Arrests include Bruce Lynn Johnson 18 of 1602 Cowen for failure to appear on traffic warrant 122 Q at 627 AM in the 1100 block of South Cedar and Luis Lara Orona 38 of 1235 E Second for public intoxication at 12 15 AM in the 100 block of South Pecan. Also noted is criminal mischief to a 1979 Chevrolet pickup left door vent window broken between 4 PM and 4 15 PM Saturday with an estimated $150 repair. damage to a tire at Dan's Record and Tape Shop 312 S Cedar reported by Thomas Bowling at 10 15 PM Tuesday in the alley north of the shop. and theft of chrome wheel covers from a 1977 white Pontiac reported by Philip Troha at 10 30 PM Sunday totaling 118.
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Pecos Valley
Highway 17
Bruce Lynn Johnson
Cowen
South Cedar
Pecos
Luis Lara Orona
Pecan
Luis Alvillar Mora
S. Cypress
Thomas Bowling
Limpia
Philip Troha
S. Elm
Community Club Meeting Schedule and Notes by Day
A compiled listing of recurring club meetings and活动 times for Monday through Friday. Includes Lions Clubs Optimists Rotary Jaycees and senior center events with locations such as Amistad Lions Den CPS Reddy Room Saragosa Hall and Holiday Inn. Several entries note biweekly meetings and contact numbers.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS
Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
S. Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Pecos Jayceeettes
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Huff and Puff
Nebraska
Twentieth Century Club
First Presbyterian Church
Lonnie Kelly
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Young Homemakers
Walthall
Sheriff reports teen arrested for marijuana possession
Reeves County Sheriff’s Office jailed a 15 year old Monday on marijuana possession charges. Douglas Edward Lawrence of Westminster, Md. was seized Friday and awaits extradition to Maryland for hindering secured creditors. Ham’s Exxon at Balmorhea reported Monday that unknown persons left without paying for 20.90 dollars of gas.
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Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Douglas Edward Lawrence
Westminister, Md
Sheriff’s Office
Maryland
Ham
Exxon
Balmorhea
Sheriff's Office
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NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Cash Grain
Chicago
DOW Jones
A.m
Jeremy James
James Pratt
New Orleans
Jeremy
George Rodriguez
BHS
Jack Hoffman
Teresa Ann
Alpine
Teresa Moore
Walter Hoffman
Smithville
Bill
Mrs. Harvey Moore
Toyahvale
Jim Rankin
al Cate
Verhalen
Joe Kingston
Harvey Moore
Carolyn Rankin
Peggy Moore
Odessa Hospital
Mrs
Christ the King Catholic Church
Gus Oquendo
Catholic Center
Hurley
N.M
Balmorhea High School
Shawn
Demetrio Anchonda
Jose Rodriguez
Saul Mendoza
Julian Fuentez
Arnulfo Vasquez
Lupe Ornelas
Feliciano Vasquez
Joe Hinojosa
Charles Towry
Texas News
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barret
Linda Daniel
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Ruth Wells
Reeves County
Geery
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jett Davis Counties
Dan
Record and Tape Shop
MT Wtf
Fen
Sheriff's Report
Pecos Motors
FORD
Mercury
Lincoln
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