Stenholm lauds Stamford VIP Center dedication
Congressman Charles Stenholm praised Stamford and its senior citizens at the grand opening of the VIP Community Center. He presented a flag to the Stamford Day Care Center as 90 year old Maggie Fare untied the blue ribbon. Stenholm hailed local support, noted a $275,000 project with $40,000 still needed, and urged continued community funding.
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Charles Stenholm
Stamford
Stenholm
Maggie Fare
Jim Astin
Jim Enfield
United States
Washington
America
Reagan
Mary Stone
Greg Jaklewicz
City Receives April Tax Rebates From State Comptroller
Stamford collected an April tax rebate check for 5251.95 from State Comptroller Bob Bullock. Houston’s $5.5 million rebate was withheld over $287,690 in interstate traffic fines. statewide rebates total 18.3 million to about 1,000 Texas cities.
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Stamford
Bob Bullock
Houston
Texas
Bullock
Barnett and Martini Win Runoff City Council Seats
Stamford voters chose Margie Barnett to Place 4 and Bob Martini to Place 5 in a council run off. Barnett defeated Howard Swinney 258 to 203 while Martini beat Gene Shackelford 251 to 209. They take office at the next council meeting and serve two year terms joining Beggs, Dean and Haliburton on the five member panel.
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Stamford
Margie Barnett
Bob Martini
Gene Shackelford
Barnett
Howard Swinney
Electton
Orient Street Church of Christ
Shackelford
Burlington Northern Railroad
Martini
James Barnett
Rhonda Collins
Burlington Northern
Jim Astin
Martin Blackburn
Thunderstorms Drench City and Surrounding Area
Severe weather drenched Stamford and nearby areas with a string of thunderstorms from April 13 to 22. Rain totals reached 4.59 inches for April, while KDWT logged 7.36 inches for the year, both above normals. A tornado was reported three miles north of Stamford with no injuries or damage reported. another tornado prompted alerts near Hawley.
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Stamford
KDWT
Jones
Hawley
Jones County
PCA Stockholders Meet for 47th Annual Session Saturday
Rolling Plains Production Credit Association will hold its 47th annual stockholders meeting Saturday at the Stamford High School Auditorium for stockholders wives and guests in the Spur Stamford and surrounding office areas. Registration at 9 30 a.m. with the business session at 10 a.m. followed by a barbecue. Guest speaker Dr. Jim Scott humorist from Oklahoma. Elections will select two directors with terms for W J Boykin and B H DeBusk expiring. Nominating committee chair Billie J Holley will present the nominating report. The association serves farmers and ranchers in a 16 county Rolling Plains Texas area including Childress Collingsworth Cottle Dickens Donley Foard Hall Hardeman Haskell Jones Kent King Knox Motley Shackelford Stonewall and part of Briscoe. Board members include W J Boykin chairman W H Williams vice chairman B H DeBusk Dan Howard Jr Garon B Tidwell.
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Rolling Plains Production Credit Association
Stamford High School
Spur
Stamford
Jim Scott
Oklahoma
W.J. Boykin
Northfield
B.H. DeBusk
Anson
Boykin
Hoyt Russell
Paducah
John Pike
Rule
DeBusk
Garon B. Tidwell
Munday
K.C. Cobb
Billie J. Holley
Rolling Plains of
Texas
Childress, Coll
Ingsworth
Cottle
Dickens
Donley
Foard
Hall
Hardeman
Haskell
Jones
Kent
King
Knox
Motley
Shackelford
Stonewall
Briscoe County
W.H. Williams
Dan Howard, Jr
Wellington
Cinco de Mayo Fest Set for Stamford Saturday
Stamford plans its Cinco de Mayo celebration with music by Roland Smith and the Roadrunners and Ben Ruiz and the Unicos de Norde Band from 5 30 to 7 30 p m. Food booths and arts displays run from 10 a m. No dance this year. Booth permits cost 10 dollars and are available from the Stamford Chamber of Commerce. For details call 773 2411 or 773 3292.
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Stamford
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Charlies Stenholm
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James Earl Anders, Jr
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PCA
Cinco de Mayo
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