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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1998
Page
1
Precincts listed for Wellington area include High School, Dodson Hall, Courthouse, Wellington Elementary, Quail Boosters, Burn Handley Building, Sumnerwood Gym. Bring voter registration card and proper identification to qualify and vote, regardless of familiarity.
First Baptist Church Wellington hosts a Western Nights Fall Festival from 5 to 8 pm on Saturday October 31 1998 in the Family Life Center. Activities include hay ride face painting games and prizes for preschoolers through sixth grade in western attire. children must be accompanied by a parent. For more information call 447-5353.
The annual Wellington High School seniors presentation will be held at 6 45 Friday night October 30 1998 at Powell Field. Seniors and parents will be announced before the football game between the Skyrockets and White ee. Parents and seniors should arrive by 6 35 p m.
Three inmates escaped from Collingsworth County Jail at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday October 28 1998. A nearby Allsup’s store was robbed of roughly $110 by robbers who fled in the clerk’s car. A 1987 yellow Camaro was found abandoned later that morning on FM 1041. The escapees Andre Dupree Steptoe Melvin Mason and Gilbert Salinas remain at large and are armed and dangerous. Steptoe and Mason were being held for Hall County while Salinas faced charges in Childress County. Steptoe and Mason have prior robbery and burglary charges. Salinas parole was revoked awaiting aggravated robbery trial. District Attorney Randall Sims said the trio will face jury trials and could receive consecutive life terms for Salinas and Steptoe.
LifeGift Organ Donation Center reports a fourth straight year of higher organ recovery in West Texas with a 21 percent rise from Oct 1997 to Sep 1998. More than 200 families said yes to donation in 1998, an 11.6 percent increase from 1997, while 717 organs were made available for transplant.
Collingsworth Public Library marks its 10th anniversary in Wellington with a shared community mission alongside Greenbelt Electric Cooperative. The merged library project, funded by LSCA grants, in-kind city and county contributions, and a $50,000 automation grant, opened Sept 19, 1998.
Misty Barton, an eighteen year old from Quail, won a district scholarship contest at the Legend Steak House in Amarillo, earning a scholarship and plaque and advancing to the state finals in Lubbock on November 29. She praised the free enterprise system and thanked Seegincker County Farm officials.
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