Dunlap and Long Chosen for WISD School Board Terms
Dale Dunlap and Brad Long were elected in a regular WISD Board of Education meeting on Monday April 8 to fill the two trustee terms. A resolution canceled the May 4 election as no opposition existed for the two expiring terms. Terms run May 2002 to May 2008 with several board and staff members in attendance.
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Dale Dunlap
Brad Long
Wisd Board of Education
Mon
Dunlap
Jim Cabbell
Long
FSA Meeting on Uninsurable Crops Planned at Shamrock Church
The Farm Service Agency will meet at 2 p.m. Monday April 15 at the Lutheran Church in Shamrock to discuss a new program and its impact on producers planning non insured crops in 2002. All interested growers are urged to attend.
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Farm Service Agency
Lutheran Church
Shamrock
FSA
Sumnerwood ISD Opens Full Day Prek to Kindergart enrollment
Sumnerwood ISD invites parents to enroll pre-k and kindergarten for the 2002 2003 year at the central administrative office 101 North Main Street. Required documents include certified birth certificate social security card and immunization records.
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Sumnerwood Isd
North Main Street
Wellington FFA Contest Summary Across March and April
Wellington FFA members competed in Range Plant ID, Pasture and Range, Wildlife and Land Judging contests across the Panhandle. The Range Plant ID team led by Matt Orr and Ty Hartman earned multiple top finishes, including 2nd in WT on March 22 and 1st at Childress on March 27, with Orr as 2nd high and Hartman 3rd. The district team title came on April 3 in Wellington. The Pasture and Range team finished 9th at Clarendon on March 23, while the Wildlife team with Orr, Heward, Anglin also placed 9th at Clarendon. The Land Judging team, Zach Hightower, Justin Westmoreland, Justin Mixon and Kyle Anglin, placed 4th at Perryton on March 26 and again 4th at Childress on March 27, with Mixon as 9th high individual. The district contest in Wellington on April 3 saw the team finish 6th.
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Wellington
FFA
Panhandle
Matt Orr
Ty Hartman
Colby Heward
Jacen Lemons
Orr
Hartman
Childress
Heward
Lemons
Clarendon
Kyle
Anglin
Perryton
Zach Hightower
Justin Westmoreland
Justin Mixon
Kyle Anglin
Mixon
Back Row
Zack Hightower
Justin Westmorland
Front
Colby Howard
Quail Store Under New Management Opens for Lunch
The Quail Store changes hands with Reed Souder Bobby Faulk and Donnie Morris taking ownership in March. The eatery opens Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to about 4 p.m. Lunch runs from 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. with daily grilled hamburgers sandwiches and chicken strips. Wednesday offers steak baked potato and salad while Friday features all you can eat catfish.
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Quail
Reed Souder
Bobby Faulk
Donnie Morris
Opportunity Center Selling Red Geraniums and Cookbooks
The Opportunity Center will sell red geraniums from April 15 to May 25 on weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm on the square in front of the center to fund future programs. Cookbooks are available from the center for 25. A spokesperson thanked supporters for the fundraising effort.
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Opportunity Center
Newt Gresham Joins Farmers Union In Point Texas Rise
Economic hardship hit Newt Gresham after Observer failed. In 1901 he relocated his family to Point Texas in Raines County and launched The Point Times while facing near starvation and credit rejection. He appealed to cash merchant W A Harris for staple food to keep his family, and fellow charter member W S Sisk recalls Gresham’s faith and nightly star gaze predicting the place’s future role.
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Newt Gresham
Farmers’ Union
Gresham
Observer
Raines County
Point
Texas
The
Point Times
C.S. Barrett
Farmer's Union
Grange
the Wheel
Farmers’ Alliance
Robert Hunt
W.A. Harris
Harris
W.S. Sisk
Sisk
Mr. Sisk
Not too late to sign up for pageants at high school
Registration for Little Miss Jr Miss and Teen Miss pageants is open for the Saturday April 20 event at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Call Linda Johnson at the high school at 447-5143 or 5104 after 5 p.m. to register.
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Linda Johnson
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Alicia Ward
Bridget Pena
Lauren White
Andi Needham
Rachel Reeves
Taber McPherson
Joe Baumgardner
Betsy Lemons
Richard Sims
Michael Souder
Danny West
Carl Taylor
Danny Chisum
Don Hinsley
Dian Souder
Linda Powell
Uli al
Collingsworth County
Reece Bowen
Mark Fires
Bowen
Sheriff's Office
Mona
Cocina
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Quail Store
Farmers' Union
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