August 19 21 Wellington Rodeo Opens With Grand Entry
The Wellington Rodeo runs August 19 to 21 at the VFW arena with a grand entry led by Collingsworth 4-H Horse Club. Events include seven standard events and two special nightly, with prize money and buckles. Jackpot roping Sunday starts at 2 p.m. Entry fees and stock charges are listed. Red River Band plays dance music each night. all entries closed August 18.
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Collingsworth 4-H Horse Club
Wellington
VFW
C&c Rodeo Co
Childress
Wellington Skyrockets Scrimmage Wheeler Mustangs Aug 18
Wellington Skyrockets schedule a scrimmage with Wheeler Mustangs at Powell Field on Thursday August 18 at 5 30 p m. Coach James Williams notes a structured 20 offensive and 20 defensive plays for each unit ending with the Skyrocket Varsity. Hale Center scrimmage follows the same pattern.
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Wellington
Wheeler Mustangs
Powell Field
Hale
Matador
Motley County High School
James Williams
Williams
Wheeler
Harris
Manson Porter
Wade Bentley
Lance Reems
Mustangs
Dwayne Culpepper
James Benton
Joe Bill Mann
Darvin Nix
Michael Souder
Michael Breedlove
Chad Holland
Fire Destroys 1% Sections on Wilson Ranch
A grass fire burned one and a half sections of land on the Tom Wilson ranch in the western part of Collingsworth County Saturday before being contained. Fire departments from Wellington Summerwood Shamrock McLean Memphis Howardwick Clarendon and Hedley responded, with assistance from the Childress department.
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Tom Wilson Ranch
Collingsworth County
Wellington
Summerwood
Shamrock
Mclean
Memphis
Howardwick
Clarendon
Hedley
Childress
Sana
Meet the Rockets at Powell Field Scrimmage Night
Skyrocket football mothers invite fans to a Meet the Rockets event after Wheeler Scrimmage on Thursday Aug 18 at Powell Field. Families are asked to bring a watermelon and ice-filled tank will serve chilled watermelons near the field house after the scrimmage. All football fans welcome.
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Meet the Rockets
Powell Field
Indian Creek Reunion Weekend Planned at Burn Handley Center
The Indian Creek Reunion will be held Saturday August 20 at the Burn Handley Community Center with a 10 a.m. start, registration all day, and a 6 30 p.m. basket supper led by Clyde Hall of Lubbock. Music and visiting fill the program until about 10 p.m. Any former Indian Creek resident or person who lived there at any time may attend. invitations are not required.
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Rockets
Williams
Indian Creek
Burn Handley
Pritchard
Pioneer Park
Gladys “Pritchard Cartwright
Clyde Hall
Lubbock
Lois Ratliff
Seale
Nicholson Reunion Slated on Sunday
Plans are complete for the annual Nicholson Reunion to be held at Sumnerwood School Cafeteria on Sunday August 21. The event invites all former residents of the Nicholson School community and especially former teachers, with gathering starting at 10 30 a m. See WICHOLSOM page 2.
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Nicholson
Sumnerwood
Nicholson School
Wicholsom
Farmers Granted Grazing on Conservation Use Cropland
PIK Collingsworth County farmers may graze their own livestock on conservation use cropland. ASCS Weatherly announced that August 9 provisions from the USDA authorize limited grazing in drought areas, limited to producer owned animals as of August 1, with restrictions to protect cover and erosion. Applications are filed at the county ASCS office and must occur within the county’s six month non grazing period.
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Collingsworth
Bob Weatherly
ASCS
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Weatherly
Norwood Adopts Budget and Sets Tax Rate at 82 Cents
Samnorwood school board approved a 646,283 dollar budget and set the tax rate at 82 cents per 100 dollars valuation, up 3 cents from last year to fund a new bus and a vocational agriculture building. Local tax funding totals 336,000 dollars with the rest from state and federal sources.
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Sumnerwood School Board
Garland Cavitt
Peggy
Hedley ISD Sets 67 Rate for 83 84 Budget Hearing
Hedley school board set a 67 cent tax rate for 1983 84, up from 64 cents, with 54 cents for local operating and 1.9 cents for interest and sinking. Lunch 80 cents, breakfast 40 cents, reduced price meals 25 cents. free meals for eligible students. Superintendent Glyndor Holland to handle applications. about 100 students expected to enroll. in service days Aug 19 and 22, classes start Aug 23.
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Hedley
Glyndor Holland
Ash-Aaai
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Don Reeves
Fresno
Wilson Ranch
Indian Creek Reunion
Norwood
Juanita Hernandez
Cavitt
Samnorwood
Samnerwood
Hedley Isd
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