On the Run Deer Handling and Upcoming Ag Events
Deer hunting season returns with carcass handling tips to preserve moisture and flavor including field dressing and neck or head shots. December events list Predator Control Workshop in Kermit on Dec 14 plus 4-H entries and training across Reeves Loving counties. AGGIES PROFS DISPROVE CHOLESTEROL CLAIMS by Texas A&M professors showing beef and eggs do not raise cholesterol. diet study by Dr. Raymond Riser and Dr. Barbara O'Brien uses four meal plans with red meat poultry fish and varying eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
Brown
Pecos
Reeves-Loving County
Texas A&m University
Raymond Riser
Barbara O'Brien
Chicago Markets and Commodity Quotes Report
Wheat and corn prices move with No 2 hard red winter at 3.59n and No 2 soft at 3.64n while No 2 yellow corn sits at 2.28n with hopper and box readings. Cotton futures in New York show mixed midday quotes with Dec at 67.60, Mar 71.21, May 72.75 and an advance in the spot price to 65.23 cents per pound. Gold prices rise across London Paris and New York with Handy & Harman base at 200.20. Dow Jones indicators show declines in all major averages around 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Associated Press
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Handy & Harman
Pecos United Way Schedules Sunday Junior Olympics
The Pecos United Way will sponsor a Sunday afternoon version of the Olympic Games at Prairie Dog Park on November 26. Hector Roman and Paul O Briones direct events including Tug O War Sack race Frisbe Throw Softball Throw Broad Jump and Arm Wrestling. Open to students ages 8 to 17 with 25 cents per event and awards for 1st 2nd and 3rd place plus a school participation prize. High school students may register in Mr Briones room 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos United Way
Prairie Dog Park
Hector ‘Tito’’ Roman
Paul O. Briones
Elfida Ortega 43 Pecos resident dies after illness
Elfida Ortega of Pecos died last Friday at Reeves County Memorial Hospital after an illness. A Catholic and lifelong Pecos resident born April 24, 1935 she was buried at Santa Rosa Cemetery after services at Santa Rosa Catholic Church. Survived by three daughters Sally Galindo Nancy Ortega and Sylvia Menchaca a brother Basilio Mora Sr. and five sisters plus three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfida Ortega
Pecos
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Ophelia Ontiveros
Christina Brown
Angelita Minjarez
Enevina Ramirez
Josie Mora
Mentone Reeves 4 H Food Show Winners Named Sunday
Reeves County 4 H Food Show chaired by judges Millie Villalobos and Becky Heard awarded prizes across main dish side dish breads desserts snacks and beverage categories. Winners Kim Calhoun Melissa Gholson Michael Lee and Kenda Dulaney earned top honors with several runners up and district competition spots in Odessa on Dec 9. Loving County 4 H Show set for Nov 26 at Mentone School features junior and senior divisions with finalists advancing to district rounds in Odessa on Dec 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Millie Villalobos
Becky Heard
Kim Calhoun
Jimmy Calhoun
Donna Schaefer
van Schaefer
Sherrie McCoy
Dean McCoy
Melissa Gholson
Floyd Thompson
Brenda Moody
C.K. Moody
Kenda Dulaney
Ken Dulaney
April Faulkner
Bob Faulkner
Michele Lee
Roy Lee
Becky Oden
Terry Oden
Eric Clark
Don Clark
Odessa
Loving County
Mentone School
Mentone
Mary Nell Haley
John Haley
Kim Wilkinson
John Wilkinson
Sue Camboa
Librato Gamboa
Debbie Murphy
L.B. Shifflet
Karen Blair
Bill Blair
Study group meets tonight meeting of Women’s Informative Group
The Women’s Informative Group of Study will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming projects. All members are asked to attend at the home of Carol Uranga, 2014 Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Uranga
Wyoming
Immigrants receive varied sentences in Pecos proceedings
A resident alien and three Mexican nationals were convicted of misdemeanor INS violations Monday before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston. Guzman received one year unsupervised probation and a $150 fine. Gonzalez-Rivera got 179 days in jail. Estrada-Márquez 120 days. Navarrete-Martíez 90 days. They pleaded guilty and acknowledged their rights to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Enrique Guzman
McAllen
Texas
Manuel Gonzalez-Rivera
Mexico
U.S. Border Patrol
Guzman
Pilgrim Day Celebration Planned at Lamar Elementary
Lamar Elementary School will host a Pilgrim Day event tomorrow from 1 to 2 30 p m. Students and staff will wear period costumes and take part in games contests and races similar to 1600s Pilgrims. Refreshments will be served and all interested persons are invited, says James Hill the principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Elementary School
James Hill
Pecos Soldier Participates in REFORGER ’78 in Germany
Private James L. Sharp Jr. of Pecos, son of Mr and Mrs Leon Sharp, recently joined Allied troops in REFORGER 78 in Germany. More than 11 600 soldiers were flown in and about 37000 tons of U S equipment shipped for the exercise. Sharp, who enlisted last March, is a radio relay operator with the 26th Signal Battalion in Heilbronn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Sharp Jr
Leon Sharp
Missouri
Pecos
NATO
Germany
U.S
Sharp
26Th Signal Battalion
Heilbronn
PPG Plans 420 Acre Fiber Glass Plant West of Midland
PPG Industries announces plan to buy 420 acres six miles west of Midland Texas for a new fiber glass plant to supply plastics reinforcements with production potential of 250 million pounds per year and employment for 1000 to 1200. Site along U S Highway 80 and I 20 offers labor and gas advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PPG Industries
Midland
Texas
Robert A. McLaughlin
PPG
Fiber Glass
McLaughlin
West
Odessa
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Midwest
Industrial Foundation of Midland, Inc
Shelby
Lexington
N.C
Pittsburgh
Odessa College offers eight day midwinter mini-term
Odessa College will run a midwinter interim session Dec 26 through Jan 5 with registration through Dec 7. The eight day eight class term meets 8:30 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 4 p.m. each weekday. Fourteen courses will be offered including Biology 2201 Marine Ecology English courses and Government History Math Nursing Sociology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Odessa College
Bernhard Sedate
United States
Counseling Center
Jazz Band Opens Year with Basie Tunes Tonight
The Jazz Band under Bernie Rose performs its first concert of the year at 8 15 p m in the main auditorium featuring visiting clinician Dr Thom David Mason from the University of Southern California. The program includes Count Basie tunes swing numbers ballads and rock pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa — Odessa College
Thom David Mason
University of Southern California
Bernie Rose
November 1978 Pecos area club meeting schedule
A single page listing weekly meetings for Lions, Optimist, AA Al-Non, TOPS, Barstow Lions, and Rotary clubs plus senior center activities. Noting Thanksgiving closures on Thursday and Friday and telephone contacts for Pecos AA and Al-Non.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Franklin's
Third St
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Rotary Club
Destruction and theft cases clutter Pecos Police docket
Police in Pecos investigate a rock- smashed storefront at Estrella Bar and a burglary of a 1976 pickup with firearms valued at $739.45. Citations issued after a Nov 18 crash. theft of a citizen band antenna. multiple reckless destruction reports. a Barstow fire, fence damage, and a vehicle collision with property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estrella Bar
S. Locust
Pecos
Salvador Arias
Iowa
Douglas Edward Mires
Midland
Texas
South Plum
West Adams
Betty Jaso Perea
W. Washington
Plum
Adams
Dale Bryan Morelan
S. Oak
Lonnie Harris
N. Alamo
S. Hickory
Robert Bundy Jr
Hickory Street
Jesus Manuel Terrazas
S. Willow
Gene Terry
E. 13Th
South Cypress
West 13Th
Terry
Sharon Lee Bolton
Dorothy Martin
S. Cypress
Bolton
Martin
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With Mike Mallett
Reeves -Loving Counties
DOW Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff David Counties
Edvenes
United Way
Mary Rutledge
Reeves County Hospital
Marilyn Hines
Fort Worth
Robert Hinojos
Jose Estrada-Marquez
Bernabe Navarrete-Martiez
Lamar
W.germany
United Kingdom
Federal Republic of Germany
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Linda Lynn Foster
S. Hackberry
Johnny Shaw
Barstow
South Pecan
West Eighth
S. Pecan
Eufemio N. Carrasco
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