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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1998
Page
1
County voters may cast ballots early at the County Clerk's office in the Collingsworth County Courthouse. Early voting started Monday Oct 19 and runs through Oct 30. A voting booth will be at the Wellington Care Center on Tuesday Oct 27 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A select group of about 130000 teachers is honored in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers 1998, chosen by former students in Who's Who Among American High School Students and The National Dean's List.
Wellington City Council met at City Hall to hear fire station concerns over a wall on the east side. Fire Department and council favored curb and gutter as a cheaper fix to washout, with plans to finish the station by Christmas. Several agenda items were approved including overhead doors, landfill financing, and temporary parking for Warrick's Inc. Public notices included livestock permit refusals for noncompliance and interest in refurbishing the Ritz Theatre.
Quanah hosts 6-1 Skyrockets led by Marcus Jalomo who averages over 800 yards, while senior Claudrick adds 700 plus yards. Skyrockets boast depth at tailback and QB as Quanah, 3-4 in district, eyes a playoff push and eyes a tougher test after earlier losses to Sanford Fritch Anson and Wellington.
Texas Department of Transportation invites the public to a 6 30 p m meeting on Tuesday November 10 1998 at the Shamrock Community Center to discuss the Transportation Improvement Plan for Donley Briscoe Collingsworth and Wheeler counties. Comments may be sent to Darwin Lankford P E at TxDOT or to Barbara Seal for language access requests.
Bill and Anne Long donate to Collingsworth Public Library a CD-ROM titled PERSI Periodical Source Index. The Allen County Public Library and Ancestry, Inc. produced PERSI, the world’s largest index of genealogical periodical articles. It catalogs nearly 5,000 periodicals with locality and surname indexing and uses Folio VIEWS software for access.
The Voluntary Fire Department held a bi monthly meeting on Monday October 12 1998 at 7 30 p m in the temporary building. New officers were elected for 1998 1 with Danny Gray as fire chief Joey Martin as president J D Hamby as Istasg Chief Jeff Langford and James McLeod named for the coming year. Attendees included Wes Anders Darrell Colson Eddie Davis Josh Engelhaupt Danny Gray J D Hamby Kevin Hamby Steve Hartman Tommy Hudson Joan James Bruce Jones Kujawski Dan Langford Jeff Langford Gary Lemons Mike Lucas Joey Martin Kent Riley Kenneth Patterson Jim Sikes and Lang Wright. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays each month with the ladies auxiliary active.
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