Wellington City Council halts WTU 29.9 percent rate bid
On June 1 Wellington officials paused West Texas Utilities rate increase bid of 29.9 percent based on $211,128,178 revenue. The 90 day hold begins June 23 and ends Sept 21 1987 to study the proposal with Don Butler hired for representation. Deputy Keller updates junk-car removal and stray dog vaccination tag issues.
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Wellington City
West Texas Utilities Company
Tommy Hudson
Wellington
Don Butler
Richard Keller
Keller
Mike Pena
Clean-up Drive Extended by Weather in Wellington
Wellington extends city-wide cleanup for a week due to bad weather. City trucks will haul debris from alleys starting at First Street, urging residents to place throwaway items in alleys and keep keepsakes on premises. Vacant lot owners must remove trash at their expense and control weeds.
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Wellington
Glen Taylor
First Street
Indian Creek Reunion Planned for June at Pioneer Park
The annual Indian Creek reunion will be held Saturday June 20 at Burn Handley Community Center Club Room with a 10 AM start and noon basket lunch. An evening meal and music follow, continuing into the night. Sunday events at Pioneer Park begin afternoon visiting and old time fiddling, with 4 PM sandwiches and soft drinks. Organizers Jackie Pritchard, Joe and Mary Carol Pritchard, Gladys Cartwright, and Amey Seale invite former residents from as far as California and Arizona.
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Indian Creek
Park
California
Arizona
Jackie Pritchard
Lubbock
Joe
Mary Carol Pritchard
Dallas
Gladys Cartwright
Amey Seale
4 H Land Valuation Team Competes at Texas Roundup
Collingsworth County 4 H Club range evaluation team leaves June 8 to compete in the Texas 4 H Roundup after a 1986 second place and national title in Oklahoma City. Extension Agent Don Reeves notes a Tuesday practice at College Station and a Wednesday competition with about 20 teams. members Craig Brown Tammie Howard Spencer Seal Shaun Coleman, with Reeves and Jimmy Brown as escorts.
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Collingsworth County
Oklahoma City
College Station
Don Reeves
Craig Brown
Tammie Howard
Spencer Seal
Shaun Coleman
Reeves
Jimmy Brown
Summerwood Vocational
Tammie
Rene del Bosque
Collingsworth
Vernon
Texas A&m University
Gayle Hall
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Rudder Auditorium
Hall
Nashville, Tenn
Texas 4
Jack Stein Named Managing Editor of Wellington Leader
Jack Stein with 26 years in Texas newspapers was named managing editor of the Wellington Leader by Publisher Henry Wells. He moves from LaPorte area where he edited and published a suburban paper and has co owned The Wood County Democrat in Quitman with his wife Brenda. Stein, 41, from Freeport, started in journalism in high school at The Brazosport Facts, served in the Air Force, and credits small communities like Quitman as ideal for newspapers.
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Jack Stein
Texas
Wellington Leader
Henry Wells
Wellington
LaPorte
Houston
Brenda
Wood County Democrat
Quitman
Wells
Jack
Stein
Freeport
Texas Gulf Coast
Brazosport Facts
United States
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Council
WTU
Tony Maxwell
Indian Creek Reunion
Air Force
David Baumgardner
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