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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1997
Page
1
Heavy snow swept Collingsworth County with Wellington and nearby towns seeing up to three inches. Roads became icy causing numerous minor accidents. one injury reported. Cold conditions to linger into the weekend with frigid lows around five to ten degrees.
The Wellington Leader plans a February 13 Valentine section with heart framed photos of children from newborn to six years old. Deadline to submit is 5 p.m. January 27 with name ages and parent grandparent details. Billfold or 3x5 photos preferred. other sizes may be considered.
Collingsworth County Extension Agent Dale Dunlap announced plans for the fifth annual Collingsworth Livestock Show and Premium Sale to be held January 25 in Wellington. goat show starts 9:30 a.m. at Bill Wilson Arena, with a 6 p.m. 4-H Premium Sale and barbecue at the old high school gym. Advance barbecue tickets—$5 adults, $3 children 12 and under—are available from 4-H and FFA members or the county extension office.
Hall County Rural Health Clinic will terminate its contract with the VA effective January 31, 1997. Baptist St. Anthony's of Amarillo officials and VA Hospital representatives attended the December board meeting where cost overruns were cited. VA patients have often used Medicare or Medicaid but VA paid all costs including prescriptions with veteran copayments, while the clinic ran a loss of about 226 thousand dollars over thirteen months.
Wellington service unit expands to seven troops as 2 new cookies debut for the annual cookie sale running Jan 11 to Jan 27. Proceeds fund cop activities council programs camps training and materials.
A farmer spotted the armed robbery suspect crossing Interstate 40 east of Shamrock after he ditched a car and fled on foot. He is jailed on aggravated robbery and kidnapping charges with a $550,000 bond after robbing Puckett's Food Store at 8:00 am Monday December 31 and stealing the manager's car. The man, who remained armed at capture, yielded with no resistance and had over $4,000 still on him. The search involved about 50 officers from Wheeler, Hemphill, Collingsworth, Gray, Beckham counties, Shamrock, a DPS plane, a helicopter, game wardens, a Texas Ranger, and tracking dogs from Pampa and Childress.
The Running Rockets boys and girls basketball teams beat Panhandle in both district openers. Girls improve to 18-2 and 1-0, overcoming a 23-14 deficit after one period to win 68-60 with key contributions from Camora Lewis Tiffany Williams Angie Kilgore and Tracey Davis who poured in 27 points. Boys win 43-42 in a tight affair as the Rockets edged ahead late.
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