Ambulance service rebrands to Wellington EMS after annual meeting
Collingsworth Volunteer Ambulance Service becomes Wellington EMS at its annual meeting led by new president Craig Needham and new vice president Kirby Campbell. The group, now 13 members, added a $37,000 ambulance in 1994 and logged nearly 400 calls despite a per-call loss. operations remain joint with Collingsworth County and Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth
Marshall Peters
Wellington
Craig Needham
Wellington Ems
Kirby Campbell
Vines
Campbell
Tim Harris
Angie Anderson
Russell Lee
Sheriff Department
Ambulance Service
Peters
Collingsworth County
City of
Jim Forrester
Joe Tipton
Tipton
Sam McGill
McGill
Collingsworth County General Hospital
Travis Roderick
Roderick
Conversation with Greenbelt’s McClendon in Wellington
The Leader interviews Stan McClendon, general manager of Greenbelt Electric Cooperative, about his Texas roots in Gould Oklahoma and Dodson, his Oklahoma State University degree in Agricultural Education, and his decade in Wellington serving Wheeler County customers.
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Stan McClendon
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative
Wellington
McClendon
Dodson
Gould
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Greenbelt Electric details payroll, meters, and lines
Greenbelt Electric reports a $450000 payroll in its county area serving Collingsworth Childress Donley Armstrong and Gray counties with customers in Roberts Hemphill and Randall. The utility has 3800 meters 2000 cooperative members serving one town, Howardwick, with 2090 miles of line and 25 employees based in Wellington and crews in Wheeler and Clarendon. Deregulation enables wheeling of power while the organization shifted from REA to Rural Utilities Service. Loans from RUS continue at 5 percent. since 1989 cooperatives could loan up to 200000 for 10 years interest free, now up to 400000. Cont'd on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClendon
Lighthouse Electric
Floydada
Greenbelt
Wellington
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative
Wheeler
Collingsworth
Childress
Donley
Armstrong
Gray
Roberts
Hemphill
Randall
Howardwick
Clarendon
REA
RUS
Rural Utilities Service
Chamber Board Sets February Meeting Date
Chamber of commerce directors approved a February meeting for Tuesday February 5 at 5 pm per David Lindley. Location to be announced. The January meeting approved a carnival company agreement for 1995 with events August 29 to September 2 at Owens Enterprises location. Bluegrass Festival planned for the last weekend in August. Wellington representative Tommy Hudson discussed NA Trade Corridor Association meetings with board members present: Lindley Daves Hudson Maxwell McGill Campbell Holland Needham Davis Tarver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
David Lindley
Carnival Company
Carnival
Owens Enterprises
Tommy Hudson
Wellington
North American Trade Corridor Association
Lindley
Carrol Daves
Hudson
Donna Maxwell
Dorothy McGill
Evelyn Campbell
Chad Holland
Kevin Needham
Keith Davis
Cheryl Tarver
Contemporary Art Show Arrives at Collingsworth County Museum
A private collection of contemporary water media art goes on public display at the Museum Art Center starting January 18, running through February 2, daily 12 noon to 5 pm. The exhibit features works by five American Watercolor Society members, including Robert Laessig and Gordon Grant, plus Dr. Emilio Caballero and numerous other noted artists. Co coordinators Burl and Mary Brim invite the public to attend this unusual collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Collingsworth County Museum Art Center
American Watercolor Society
Robert Laessig
Gordon Grant
Phil Austin
Edmond Fitzgerald
Morris Shubin
Emilio Caballero
British Royal Institute of Painters In Watercolors
Woody Gwyn
Don Ray
Lynott Matthews
Estelle Pruitt
Robert Hobbs
Heather Gregware
James Ivy Edwards
Jeanne Denton
Burl Brim
Burl
Mary Brim
Museum Art Center
Grand Jury Action in Wellington Indicts and Revises Sentences
The 100th Judicial District Grand Jury met in Wellington on Monday December 16 with 31 cases in the box. Three probation revocations were handed down for driving while intoxicated, delivery of a controlled substance, and forgery, plus four year terms in the state institutional division for two defendants and a jail sentence for another. Guilty pleas on burglary of a building led to probationary and financial penalties for David Anthony Ciempa Jeffrey Ryan Cahill and David Stoney Wayne Blades with restitution to Holton Oil Company and IGA respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
100Th Judicial District
Wellington
Jackie Ray Pendleton
Ray Pennon
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Myra Elisia Archie
David Anthony Ciempa
Holton Oil Company
Jeffrey Ryan Cahill
Ciempa
IGA
David Stoney
Wayne Blades
Wellington Girl Scouts launch annual cookie sale
Wellington’s 29 Girl Scouts in two troops began taking orders Friday January 13 for the Texas Plains Council Cookie Sale. Orders run through January 29 with proceeds staying in the Panhandle for troop activities, council programs, camps, training and materials. Cookies cost 2.50 per box and deliveries occur February 21 through March 10. For information contact cookie chairman Cathy Needham at 447-2973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Texas Plains Girl Scout Council
Panhandle
Cathy Needham
Collingsworth County Reports Eight Arrests in Jan 10–17
Collingsworth County Sheriff reports eight arrests from January 10 to 17. Break-ins at Wellington High and Junior High led to a male arrest on January 17 for burglary. a $500 school reward was offered. A January 10 arrest for driving with suspended license, fined $270, released to Wheeler County. January 11 saw two arrests: burglary charge and public intoxication. A probation-for-fee violation led to January 13 jail time. A January 16 probation-for-forgery arrest, plus two men charged with interference and public intoxication, fined $200 each. Weekend jail time to serve for several charges.
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Collingsworth County
Wheeler County
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7Th Street
Greenbelt Electric
Chamber Board
Girl Scout
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