Pecos Barstow cafeteria head sighs at rising food costs
Geraldine Keely, director of food services for Pecos Barstow Independent School District, feeds 3800 children daily with a staff of 52. Daily food costs top 91,000, up 20 percent from May. Meats are pricier and lower quality, yet nutrition rules demand 60 percent lean meat and daily vitamin A and weekly vitamin C. Half the students receive free lunches, while snack bar prices risk future increases.
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Geraldine Keely
Kerley
Pecos- Barstow Independent School District
Bicycle Riders Fail to Obey Traffic Rules on Highway
City of Patrolian Leone ard Saint warns riders in the area about dangerous behavior observed in an informal survey. Three of five cyclists were on the wrong side facing traffic while many youths rode three abreast in the street. Officials outline rules requiring riding on the right, use of paths when available, proper seating, lights and reflectors, and caution at night and near intersections.
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Patrolian Leone
Ard
Saint
Department of Public Safety
Bit Ness
Thehanc
Texas cattle ad warnings urge shoppers to check yield grades
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White warns buyers to read small print on beef ads about yield grades. He explains Yield 5 signals higher fat and bone. thus savings vanish after trimming. He advises asking about wrap and delivery, grade, and yield, noting Prime, Choice, and Good grades and how they differ in marbling and flavor.
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Austin
Texas Agricule
John C. White
Whitt
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
White
Wood joins DPS office in Pecos
Glenn Wood of Van Horn transferred to the Texas Department of Public Safety in Pecos to replace Fred Parrott, moving with wife Mary to Pecos. A three year veteran, Wood previously served at Center and Van Horn, and is a former Odessa resident who attended Odessa College and the Marine Corps before joining the DPS. He noted housing shortages as a main concern while settling into the new assignment.
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Glenn Wood
Vai Horn
Pecos
Texas Department of Public Safety
Fred Parrott
Houston
Wood
DPS
van Horn
Center
Odessa
Odessalligh
Mary
Odessa College
The
Marine Corp
Yuma
Ariz
Arizona Western
Student opinions split on Peeps High School cafeteria meals
Students at Peeps High School voiced mixed views on cafeteria food on Tuesday. Comments ranged from very critical to favorable with many mentioning poor taste and slow service. Dean Dutchover noted pleasing every palate is unlikely.
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Don Dillingham
Starky Warren
Sanny Privett
Peeps High School
Don
Stan Monlau
Filipsell Lewis
Avier Pena
Oscar Varela
Debra Barrier
Gaintila
Rs Kay
Sonny Privetti
Cantaloupe harvest described as worst in history
County Agent Paul Tapp and local growers describe this cantaloupe season as the worst in ten years due to excessive moisture. Rain delayed harvesting, reducing quality though supplies remained, with labor shortages and some growers destroying crops or feeding rotting melons to livestock.
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Paul Tapp
Tapp
Summers Promoted to Roswell Office Manager
Danny Summers of Pecos is promoted to area accountant and office manager for Southern Union Gas Company in Roswell New Mexico. He and his wife Gloria and two children will move from Pecos this week and report September 10. Summers, who arrived in Pecos as local office manager in 1969, says they will miss friends but are glad to be near relatives again in Roswell.
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Southern Union Gas Company
Danny Summers
Pecos
Roswell
N. M
Summers
Wyoming St
Gloria
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