Pony League Baseball Youth Program’s Community Focus
The Pony League originated in 1951 as a transition program for Little League graduates. It emphasizes sportsmanship, teamwork, and self discipline while serving many boys through non elite participation. The Pecos chapter began in 1953 under Cecil Jim Lee, with 40 000 adult volunteers aiding leagues nationwide and internationally, though with no national sponsor.
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Pony League Baseball
Boys’ Baseball, Inc
Washington Ymca
Pecos
Cecil Jim Lee
Lee
United States
Puerto Rico
South America
Mexico
Pacific Islands
Pecos Pony League Runs On Volunteer Support In Six Team League
The Pecos Pony League program covers about 95 to 100 boys with five Pecos teams and one Barstow team. Management and coaching are provided by volunteer adult leaders. All league operations including field work local league officers and umpires are donated by volunteers. Financing comes from United Way contributions and private gifts.
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Pecos
Barstow
United Way
Pecos High School 1979 Yearbook Subscriptions
Subscriptions for Pecos High School 1979 yearbooks will be taken tomorrow at the school. Students have one opportunity to order. absent students can have orders placed for them. Nonstudents may purchase by sending 10.50 dollars per book to Janie Hudson c/o Pecos High School 1201 S Park, with a mailed receipt.
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Pecos High School
Janie Hudson
c/o
S. Park
Texas gas blast kills five at Brookside mobile park
An unexplained 30 inch natural gas pipeline blast at the Royal Mobile Home Park in Brookside Village, Texas, killed five residents and injured at least 50 including a missing woman. The fire created a warlike scene with destroyed homes, a crater, and scorched fields. Victims named include Thelma Sue Hardcastle Jones, Wilbur Hanegan, Sandra Worthy, Fred Worthy, and Peggy Sue Worthy. 14-year-old James Worthy hospitalized in serious condition.
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Brookside Village
Texas
Frank Noe
Mobile
Kathie Mahaffey
Brazoria County
Weather roundup for Pecos shows 2.30 inches rainfall
Rain in Pecos Monday and Tuesday totaled 2.30 inches with 2.25 inches by Tuesday morning after 10 am. Sunshine returned after dense fog. Highs reached 57 Tuesday. 49 at morning low. Forecast calls for fair mild weather through Thursday with cool nights and mild days. Colder tonight with lows mid 30s north to mid 50s south. Highs Thursday upper 50s to upper 60s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Plea Accepted in Aggravated Assault Case Pecos Man Pleads Guilty
George Ybarra 23 of 124 S Peach Pecos pleaded guilty in Reeves County Court-at-Law to the misdemeanor of attempted aggravated assault from January involving a firearm. Judge H D Glover placed him on one year supervised probation, fined 1000, and ordered restitution of 2000. Probation begins after a year in jail. payments due by Oct 15 1979 for the fine and May 1 1979 for restitution, plus court costs and 15 monthly probation fee.
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Pecos
Reeves County
H. D. Glover
George Ybarra
S. Peach
Ybarra
Pecos man on probation after involuntary manslaughter plea
Loranzo Garcia Carrasco, 18, of 238 West C Pecos, received a 10 year suspended sentence on a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter. District Judge Lawrence Fuller placed him on 10 years of supervised probation after the plea in the 143rd Judicial District Court. Carrasco was indicted Aug 11 by Reeves County Grand Jury for murder in the July 23 shooting at Saragosa Hall that killed Faustino Flores Jr., 18.
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Pecos
Loranzo Garcia Carrasco
West C
Lawrence Fuller
143Rd Judicial District Court
Walter Holcombe
Carrasco
Reeves County
Grand Jury
Faustino Flores Jr
S. Orange
Saragosa Hall
Sixth and
Peach
Flores
Indictments Return For Attempted Murder In Pecos
Reeves County Grand Jury returns charges against Pete Lujan Prieto 23 of Pecos for one count each of attempted murder and aggravated assault in the Oct 14 stabbing at the Spanish Inn Club. Prieto on PR bond 20000.
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Pecos
Reeves County Grand Jury
Judicial District Court
Pete Lujan Prieto
Mariner
Prieto
Spanish Inn Club
Ramiro Rodriguez
Odessa
Carter urges austerity in fight against inflation
President Carter calls for national sacrifice to curb inflation and outlines wage and price guidelines of 7 percent and 5.75 percent respectively. He promises limited federal insurance for workers, contract incentives for businesses, and deficit reduction to 30 billion dollars or less for 1980 with only half of federal job openings filled. White House adviser Strauss hints at a new anti inflation director, possibly Alfred E. Kahn.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Robert S. Strauss
Alfred E. Kahn
Civil Aero
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Lori Salcido
Elidia Varela
Becky Gutierrez
Rosie Granado
Laura Boswell
Elfida Turin
Robert Hernandez
Connie Chavez
Robert Hinojos
Bill Wilcox
Friendswood
Jule Bertothy
Pearland
Rodriguez
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Don Carlile
Marty Dale Howard
Rediger
Howard
Reeves County Correctional Facility
S. Eddy
Roy Lee Wilson
Pecos Sporting Goods
Wilson
West Third
Nautics Board
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