County joins street project for U S 285 widening
In a joint meeting state, city and county officials agreed to cooperate on widening and lighting U S 285 from IL 20 to 14th St. The state will fund four lanes. local entities cover gutters and curbs. The Pecos council will decide participation Oct 23. The group also approved ambulances funding, tax property evaluators, jail landscaping bids, and an Open House for a Christian learning center.
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U.S. 285
IL 20
14Th St
Marshall Huffman
Texas Highway Dept
Bill Pigman
Cit
Jay Maxey
Dwayne Dobbs
Doug Fernandes
Pecos
Permian Regional Planning Commission
Wendell Faulkner
Pritchard and
Abbott
Odessa
Christian Learning Center
Maple
Jack Webb
U.S. Hwy. 285
Bloodmobile visit brings out Pecos donors
Public response grows as the Blood Services bloodmobile schedules Oct 23 at 1302 S. Park St from 2 to 7 p.m. The drive, themed Be Kind to Yourself Day, aims to boost donor participation with advance commitments and outreach to working residents. Nobel winners Koopmans and Kantorovich named for resource allocation theory. Otis Mawhiney coordinates arrangements.
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Blood Services Bloodmobile
Pecos
Evening Lions
Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish
Royal Academy of Science
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Yale University
Leonid Kantorovich
Soviet Union
Otis Mawhiney
Mawhiney
S. Park St
Homecoming queen candidates named and voting complete
Freshman Kathy Salcido was chosen as freshman princess to the queen in a vote by freshmen. Queen candidates are Mary Jane Lopez Gwen Thigpen and Terry Salcido with the crowning planned at Friday's halftime of the EaglesMustang game. Also notes absentee ballot access in the November 4 election and a 17 percent Texas auto insurance rate increase set to take effect December 15.
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David Dutchover
Kathy Salcido
Eagles
Cxes
Eagle Gym
Pecos High
CYF
First Christian Church
Fair Barn
Lubbock
Bill Denmore
Ashley
Austin, Tex
Charles Edwards
Dallas
Edwards
Texas
Pecos High School
Gwen Thigpen
Terry Salcido
Liz Guerrero
Mary Jane Lopez
Memorial Hospital Visit A Light Hearted Field Report
LYNN WEBB reviews a one day stay at Memorial Hospital noting friendly nurses and staff, quirky moments from lab to X rays, and humorous nods to castor oil, barium enema, and a purple and gold I See Purple Day in Pecos. The piece cheers hospital care and local pep traditions while playfully recalling the author’s misadventures during tests.
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Lynn Webb
Memorial
Dr. Briere
Lily Dominguez
Lily
Castor
Betty Hinkle
Hinkle
Betty
Lucille Mauldin
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County
Gholson
Melissa Gholson
Vance McNeil
Enterprise
Jim Bob McNeil
Miss Gholson
Julie Smith
Randy Reynolds
Catherine Ashley
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