Children warned against mailbox theft and sports physicals offered
Neighborhood mail theft concerns prompt officials to urge parental caution as curbside boxes are installed. Collingsworth Family Clinic offers free sport physicals on July 23 and 24 for county athletes with no appointment, bring form signed by a guardian. Darren Hall, 1983 Wellington HS and West Texas State alum, joins Gainesville 3A as defensive secondary coach and track head, honors set for July 30 in Fort Worth. Sumnerwood's Kenneth Shields says sport physicals July 30 at Shamrock Clinic, $15 fee.
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Collingsworth Family Clinic
Darren Hall
Wellington High School
West Texas State University
Gainesville
Hall
Wellington
Rio Vista
Paducah
Fort Worth
Radisson Plaza
Texas
Darren
Jennifer Janik
North Texas State University
Bill
Judy Hall
Kevin
Woodsboro
Sumnerwood
Kenneth Shields
Shamrock Clinic
County approves Community Action Week and hires election judges
Collingsworth County Commissioners designate August 4 to 8 1997 as Community Action Week led by Panhandle Community Services which serves 26 Texas Panhandle counties. The court also approves funding one third of a $23000 ambulance and appoints election judges for a one year term starting August 1 1997 with Betty Langford as judge and Lorene Jenkins as alternate.
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Collingsworth County
Collingsworth
Panhandle Community Services
Texas Panhandle
Collingsworth County Commission
Neeley
Glen Taylor
Texas County and District Retirement System
Pet
Betty Langford
Lorene Jenkins
WHS exes reunion on tap for August 2
The Wellington Ex-students reunion on Saturday August 2, 1997 will gather at the Burn Handley Community Center with 9 a.m. registration, a business meeting, a cash prize drawing, and the Rocket House Wall of Honor recipients. A catered lunch by Mary Waters follows and the day offers tours to WHS, the Collingsworth County Museum and Art Center, Rocket House, and the public library with a 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. art exhibit in the Omni Room. The evening Ex-student Dance runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with New West performing. Proceeds support a school activity center building fund and a quilt fundraiser benefits Johnny Shaver, a 1992 WHS graduate injured in a recent traffic accident. Association officers for 1997 are listed.
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Wellington
Marcy Sessions
Wellington High School
Johnny Shaver
Shaver
WHS
Betty Belew Langford
Marcia King Howard
Cheryl Spillman Tarver
Rose Mary Popwell Throne
Skyrockets begin '97 football season under new leadership
Wellington High School introduces Blair Brown as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for the 1997 season. First workout set for 12:01 p.m. August 5 at Powell Field under lights. Brown, a Stratford native and Texas Tech alum, arrives after coaching roles at River Road Canyon Randall Hart and Wellington will field a full staff including Jay McCook Tim Webb David Cobb and Brett Phipps with duties across junior varsity and middle school teams.
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Wellington
Blair Brown
Powell Field
Brown
Stratford
Texas Tech University
River Road
Canyon Randall High School
Hart High School
Wellington High School
Patti Sherrill Brown
Jay McCook
Tim Webb
Webb
David Cobb
Brett D. Phipps
McCook
Post
Abilene Christian University
Abilene Cooper
Canyon Randal
Hart
Lynn
Collingsworth General
McCooks
Gage
Coach Webb
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Tech University
Tascosa High School
Canyon High School
Mass at Our Mother of Mercy Church Sunday
Reverend Father Cal Stalter will conduct Mass at 8 30 a m on Sunday at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church located at 1110 Floydada Street in Wellington.
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Cal Stalter
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
Floydada Street
Wellington
John McClure Named Wellington Bank Comptroller
Richard Sims president of Wellington State Bank announced a staff addition as John McClure with 13 years banking experience becomes comptroller at the Wellington center. Sims presented McClure with a Lion of the Year certificate while Cameron Texas Evening Lions Club lauds his service to the club and community.
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Richard Sims
Wellington State Bank
John McClure
Wellington
Sims
McClure
Cameron Texas Evening Lions Club
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Norwood
Ronald Carter
Lutie
Mother Nature
Craig Needham
Billy
WHS Exes
WSB
John
Cameron
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