Six candidates file for Stamford City Council seats
Six candidates have announced intentions to seek two Stamford City Council places in the April 4 election. Margie Barnett seeks re election for Place 5, facing Howard Swinney and John Earl Anders Jr. for the seat. Gene Shackelford, Bob Martini, and James Barnett seek the vacated Place 4 mayoral slot.
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Margie Barnett
Orient Street Church of Christ
Howard Swinney
John Earl Anders
Anders
Jim Astin
Gene Shackelford
Bob Martini
James Barnett
Shackelford
Martini
Barnett
Piggly Wiggly
Mrs. Barnett
Woman's Forum Flute Concert Saturday Night
The Woman's Forum of Stamford presents An Evening of Musical Entertainment featuring flutist Cynthia Benny at Stamford High School Auditorium Saturday at 7 30 p.m. Admission is 3 to benefit Stamford VIPs. Benny, a Texas Tech senior, performs with the Tech Symphony and Wind Ensemble and is joined by her mother and singer Doris Hoffman as soloist.
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Woman's Forum of
Stamford
Cynthia Benny
Stamford High School
Woman's Forum
Miss Benny
Texas Tech University
Cyril Stone
Stone
St. John's United Methodist Church
Cooper High School
Miss Bonny
Lubbock Symphony
Tech
Texas Tech Symphony
Tech Wind Ensemble
Graham W. Bridges
Abilene
Doris Hoffman
Georgia
Tennessee
Stanford seeks Hospital Board seat in Stamford race
Gene Stanford, operator of Stanford Funeral Home and city ambulance service, announced candidacy for four-seat Stamford Memorial Hospital Board. He faces incumbents Joseph High Leroy Lundgren Eugene Swenson Eugene Watts and nurse Dorrace Haynes. Stanford pledges to recruit doctors expand services and keep hospital budget tax neutral. He cites civic work with Boy Scouts and Stamford Exchange Club and is married to Andra with a daughter Melissa.
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Swinney
Lion's Club
Chamber of Commerce
Anson Chamber of Commerce
Danny
Baylor Medical School
Keith
Anson
Steve
Stamford High
Phillip
Kim
Abilene Christian University
Gene Shackelford
Stamford
Burlington
Gene Stanford
Stamford Memorial Hospital Board
Stanford
Joseph High
Leroy Lundgren
Eugene Swenson
Eugene Watts
Dorrace Haynes
Stanford Funeral Home
Lueders-Avoca High School
Louisiana State University At
Shreveport
Dallas Institute of Mortuary Sciences
Dallas
Chisholm Trail
Boy Scouts of America
Stamford Exchange Club
Andra
Melissa
Stamford Council approves industrial district near Lake Stamford
The Stamford City Council created an industrial district adjacent to Lake Stamford and made WTU an extra territorial entity for seven years in exchange for annual payments of 100000 dollars. The 4-2 vote included dissent from Mayor Martin Blackburn and Councilman Jimmy Dean.
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Lake Stamford
Stamford
City Hall
West Texas Utilities
WTU
Woody Lindsey
K.D. Lee
North Berthelot
Dan Ford
West Davenport
Winnie Cooper
Hattie Yeldell
Stamford High students win multiple firsts at Saturday meet
Four Stamford students earned first place medals at the Stamford Academic Meet held at Stamford High School. Top honors included journalism where Teresa Mueller won best feature and Tracy Wilson top news story, plus Brooke Brownfield in prose reading. Other strong showings span junior and senior high events across speech, math, spelling, and typing contests.
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Stamford
Stamford High School
Bulldog
Teresa Mueller
Tracy Wilson
Mueller
Jennifer Hickman
Dena Underwood
Brooke Brownfield
D’ette Shelhamer
Jackie Cooper
Roland Cisneros
Beth Stanford
Rosa Maldonado
Kara Bolding
Trung Pham
Gary Jenkins
Tiffne Taylor
Mandy McKeever
Lori Shelhamer
Three Way Race Expands for Stamford ISD Place 3
Three candidates enter the Stamford Independent School District Place 3 race challenging Jimmie Sue Thompson of Thompson's Jewelers. Bill Coe, a former West Texas Utilities employee, and Mark Merrill, a county court reporter, join the contest after Rick Harrison resigned to move to Lubbock. Incumbents J W Golden Place 7 and Jerry Manske Place 6 face no opposition as of Wednesday morning. Filing deadline passed, with Golden and Manske seeking new three year terms while Coe Merrill or Thompson seek Harrison’s remaining two years.
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Stamford Independent School District
Bill Coe
West Texas Utilities
Mark Merrill
Jimmie Sue Thompson
Thompson's Jewelers
Rick Harrison
Lubbock
J.W. Golden
Jerry Manske
Golden and
Manske
Cee
Merrill
Mrs. Thompson
Harrison
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Howard College
Big Spring
West Texas Evangelism School
University of Alaska
Northern Railroad
Central Presbyterian Church
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Billie
Gene, Jr
Vickie
Reen Valley Lumber Company
Stamford Housing Development Co-op
Ohn Wendeborn
Woman’s Forum
West Campbell
HUD
Jim Rye
Eric Burdon
Ida Mae Giddings
Sabas Moreno
Rufus Escobedo
Haskell
J.J. CoCkrel
Eddie Jones
Angelia Martinez
Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis, Inc
Ken Roberson
Roberson
Blackburn
Bridget Griggs
Julie Funk
Edie Howard
Sharon Morgan
Andrew Perez
Cassandra Stone
Hank Pham
Brenda Rothell
Matt Welch
Rex Delamore
Fritz Richards
Pham
Lee Ann Gray
Kelly Thompson
Jeff Latham
Thompson
Latham
Laurie Marugg
Melanie Cedillo
Tom Hickman
Delamore
Sheila York
Tom Walker
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