Merle Haggard to Headline Powell Field Show Saturday Night
Country icon Merle Haggard will perform at Powell Field in Wellington on Saturday May 9 starting at 8 p.m. The Bayou City Beat opens, Shelli Ingram spotlight follows, and proceeds benefit the Wellington Sheltered Workshop. Tickets are $12.50 at the door or $10 in advance. gates open 7 p.m., weather permitting move to Armory, and box office opens 3 p.m. Proceeds exceed expenses.
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Merle Haggard
Wellington
Powell Field
Flower Panhandle
Shelli Ingram
Childress
Wellington Sheltered Workshop
Toni Wright
Hatch Dry Goods
Lyman’s Automotive
Western Wear
Bayou City Beat
Shells Ingram
Haggard
National Guard Armory
Hghway
Pasadena
Gilley’s
Quanah
Shelli
Panhandle
KCTX
Ingram
Texas Highway Department
Pioneer Park
Hwy. 83
Clarence Jones
Benny Forrester
Clifford Thomas
Darla Seale
Carrie Shannon
Troy McQueen
Collingsworth and Summerwood Teams Vie in National Range Contest
Two judging teams from Collingsworth County and Sumnerwood will race in the National 4-H FFA Range and Pasture contest in Oklahoma City on May 7. The FFA team includes Shaun Coleman Spencer Seale Rene Del Bosque Craig Brown and Kimberly Macina Paul Macina Tammie Henard Al Forrester. The 4-H team features Coleman Seale Del Bosque Brown and Craig Brown with sophomores and first timer Forrester.
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Collingsworth County
Oklahoma City
Summerwood
FFA
Jimmy Brown
Sumnerwood
Shaun Coleman
Col
Dudley Coleman
Spencer Seale
Douglas Seale
Sue Skelton
Rene
Forrester
Coleman
Seale
del Bosque
Brown
College Station
Wellington Flood Hazard Status May Be Demoted
The city expects removal of Wellington's flood hazard designation within a year after rerouting floodwaters. With SCS input, the change would remove mandatory flood insurance for affected properties as two north-south waterways are deemed capable of handling a hundred year flood. Engineering work by Ober J. Engineering supported the plan and Diberged by SCS surveys.
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Wellington
Soil Conservation Service
City Council
Taylor
7Th Street
1St Street
Ft. Worth
Denver
SCS
Douglas Bartok
Robert Brown
Dwight Head
O.W. Johnson
Ober J. Engineering
Combined Bands To Play Wellington Pops Concert
Wellington school bands present the annual Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday May 11 in Burn Handley Center. Performers include the 6th Grade Band The Firecracker Band That Skyrocket Band and the Wellington High School chorus with refreshments by the Band Booster Club and a cake auction.
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Wellington
Burn Handley Community Center
Wellington High School
America
Etude
Total Eclipse
Elvira
Phoenix
Barbecue and Dance Planned Around Haggard Concert
Wellington High sophomores sponsor a May 9 barbecue at Ellison Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are available from the class or at the park. The Wellington Rodeo Association hosts a dance after the concert at its slab beside the arena, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., with Mary Blacksher stating many will stay to dance after the show.
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Merle Haggard
Wellington High School
Henry Sullivan
Ellison Park
Wellington Rodeo Association
Haggard
Wellington Rodeo Arena
Mary Blacksher
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Okie
Muskogee
Sumnerwood Ffa
Lubbock
Dan Beachy
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