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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2013
Page
1
A large Balmorhea crowd gathered in the downtown plaza for the Memorial Day Weekend Fun Fest after last year’s cancellation. Children played with water guns as Texican Sol performed, food and gift booths lined the area, and dancing ended just before 11 p.m. due to storms passing north of the city.
The Texas House approved two State Sen. Carlos Uresti bills benefiting Reeves County and Pecos City, sending them to Gov. Perry. SB 551 expands hotel tax use for tourism and sports facilities, while SB 890 creates Reeves County Groundwater Conservation District with bond and tax powers. a related road maintenance bill gained new life in a modified form.
The Town of Pecos City Council approved plans for a Willow Street modular home site on Adams and Jackson, a Plum Street apartment complex, and Texas Street single family housing. They also named Frank X. Spencer & Associates and Kleinman Consultants as engineers for two southeast Pecos infrastructure projects and Grantworks for the Texas Department of Agriculture grant application. Developer Greg Burgeson announced 15 new three bedroom, two bath modular homes to be placed within 60 to 90 days.
Toyah city officials work to repair a troubled water plant drawing supply from the Davis Mountains forty miles away. Mayor Karen Hornberger urges residents to conserve, limit usage to household needs, and use a city well for outside watering at 1.40 per 1000 gallons while a licensed operator from Midland finalizes his Texas commission license. Continuous testing by Lindsey Butler and Mike Edmonstin confirms safe water, with updates promised if conditions change.
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High Memorial Day near 100 with a weekend rainfall of 0.65 inch at Pecos Municipal Airport. Wednesday mostly sunny near 99 with winds 5 to 20 mph, gusts to 30 mph. Thursday and Friday sunny and hot with highs 101 and 104, nightly lows around 66 and 71.
Town of Pecos City mulls using Reeves County Detention Center treated wastewater to irrigate Maxey Park as part of a plan to drill a water well. Council has $80,000 set aside for the well and discussed bids. City officials cite feasibility and blending waste water as potential benefits.
Noe Torres Ortega, 34, described as the ringleader of a Fort Stockton based cocaine trafficking conspiracy, received 262 months in federal prison and five years supervised release on May 21. The case involved more than 50 kilograms of cocaine distributed since 2009, with 24 indicted defendants and multiple agencies participating in the Alpine MT F task force.
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