LOST COAT – Wayne Truesdell and son Hunter robbed this sheep of its coat Sunday in preparation for the 30th Annual Terrell County
Fair. Preliminary events began Thursday and the big day is tomorrow, Jan. 31, at Fair Hall.
SANDERSON – The 30th Annual Terrell County Fair, one of the biggest “red letter” days of the year, is under way this weekend here.
“The Terrell County Fair Association has a long and proud tradition of supporting the Terrell County youth,” Association President
Bobby Stegall said. “The fair allows our children to exhibit their projects and livestock.
“Members of the community also participate
in the fair, exhibiting their abilities in baking, quilting, photography, art and livestock,” he said.
Stegall said the fair is the
30th for the county but the sixth year at the Terrell County Fair Hall, which the association bought from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in 2002.
“For the past several years, we have added a new porch, ceiling fans, doors and a covered area for the livestock show,”
he said. “We plan to continue with more renovations throughout 2009.
“Our greatest appreciation goes to the many volunteers and contributors
for their unforgotten efforts,” Stegall said. “The Fair and Livestock Show would not be possible without the dedication and determination
of our members, parents and all in the community.”
Preliminary events began Thursday with arts and crafts, 4-H school projects, food and displays accepted at Fair Hall.
Today, Jan. 30, booth and vendors displays will be set up in the morning while arts and crafts
entries continue to be accepted at Fair Hall.
Arts and crafts judging will be from 1 to 4 p.m.
Brewster County Judge
Val Beard
P. O. Box 1630
Alpine, TX 79831
432/819-2412
Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson
201 W. Ave
E.
Alpine, TX 79830
432/837-3488
County Commissioner
Ruben Ortega
P. O. Box 233
Marathon. TX 79842
432-294- J 096
Marathon
ISD Superintendent Conrad Arriola
N. 5th Street
Marathon. TX 79842
432/386-4431
Terrell County Judge
Leo Smith
P. O. Box 4810
432/345-2421
Terrell County Sheriff
Clint McDonald
P. O. Box 320
Sanderson, TX 79848
432/345-2525
Terrell County
ISD Superintendent
Gary Hamilton
P.O. Box 747
Sanderson, TX 79848
432/345-2515
SANDERSON – The Sanderson Visitor Guide to attractions and services in Terrell County should be available to merchants and others
within a few weeks.
A final draft was presented to the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday and members were asked to call in any fixes to Editor Dana Davis.
Davis asked for corrections to be made by Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Read more...Roundtable planned
SANDERSON – There will be a “Partners for Progress” rural economic development roundtable discussion here Wednesday, Feb. 4, to determine “hopes” for the community.
Speakers will include Cynthia Delgado of the governor’s office, John Perkins of the US Department of Agriculture and Jack Stallings of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Read more...Eagle boys in playoffs after win
MARATHON – The Eagle boys of Sanderson landed in the playoffs by defeating the Mustangs 68-39
here Tuesday.
The Eagles advance to the play-offs is something they haven’t seen in about five years.
Darren Seidel scored a whopping 24 points, earning him high scorer for the Eagles.
Read more...Rodriguez votes
for recovery program in House
WASHINGTON, DC – US Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez last week voted in the full House for the passage of HR 384, the Troubled Asset Relief Program Reform and Accountability Act, which he said bolsters transparency and accountability and addresses the foreclosure crisis directly.
Read more...SANDERSON – The third grade class at Sanderson Elementary School was urged to “take a stand” last week.
Terrell County AgriLIFE Extension Agent Mark Carroll collaborated with Rosella Bilano’s third grade class to promote the new 4-H curriculum.
Read more...TxDOT tries four-day week
ODESSA – Workers at the Texas Department of Transportation maintenance office will work longer hours starting Sunday, Feb. 1, but that change will give them a three-day weekend every week.
It is part of an experiment designed to test whether the new work schedule can improve TxDOT’s safety record and save the state money.
Read more...‘Super Sully’ set for next week
ALPINE – Prospective students and their families will be able to explore educational opportunities
and campus life at Sul Ross State University during Sully’s Super Saturday, Feb. 7.
Check-in and registration begins at 9:30 a.m. in Marshall Auditorium.
The opening assembly will include a greeting from the Sul Ross administration and the Student Ambassadors.
Read more...The mighty creosote bush
By MARK GLOVER
Contributing Editor
With leathery hands, the shaman laid the creosote twigs across the corpse
then positioned the male cadaver in the prone position, facing north in the shallow grave.
Pottery jars of seeds and dried venison
for the afterlife were sealed by creosote lac and tucked up next to the dark dead skin of the La Junta warrior.
“Progressive Souls”
by Chet Gordon.
The creosote plant covers over 120 million acres of land in Mexico and the southwestern USA.
Native people of this region have used the plant medicinally from birth to death for centuries in the form of tea, smoked leaves or chewed raw.
Read more...Falcon closes areas
BIG BEND – The Peregrine falcon is back on the closure program because of a shortage of the raptors in Texas.
In August, 1999, the Peregrine was removed from the federal endangered species list, a move prompted by the falcon’s comeback from the brink of extinction.
However, throughout Texas there are less than a dozen known nesting pairs and the falcon remains on the state’s endangered species list.
Read more...SANDERSON – It likely was not the first person named Sanderson to overnight in Sanderson and it certainly won’t be the last.
But Don Sanderson of Bloomsdale, MO, made it a point to stop in Sanderson last week.
Bloomsdale is in Ste. Genevieve County south of St. Louis. Ste. Genevieve is the name of a popular wine bottled in nearby Fort Stockton.
Read more...Red Devils devour JH Eaglettes
RANKIN – The Sanderson Junior High Eagle girls lost to Rankin here Monday by a score of 22-10.
Eighth grade Lady Eagle Danielle Fisher held high score with six while sixth grader Mikayla Baker and seventh grader Kayla Fuéntez added two apiece.
Read more...SR spring enrollment up 2.1%
ALPINE – Preliminary spring semester enrollment figures at Sul Ross State University indicate a 2.1 percent
increase over corresponding 2008 numbers.
A total of 1,749 students were enrolled as of the third day late registration, compared to 1,713 last year.
The figures are 66 more than final figure of 1,683 a year ago, a 3.92 percent hike.
Read more...JV boys lose three
RANKIN – The Sanderson Junior Varsity boys basketball team came to town last week for a tournament but came home winless in three games.
In game one against McCamey, Joe Hopkins scored 12 points, Robert Montalvo put seven points on the board, Fabian Orozco and Shawn Stegall scored two points apiece and Kelly Lomas added one point to the tally.
Read more...‘Buck Stops’ with repentance
By T.J. Joyner
Pastor, Marathon Baptist Church
MARATHON – As children, we seem to be born with the ability
to shift the blame or “pass the buck.”
We quickly learn to blame others for our failures and it seems like some of the first sentences we learn to speak are, “I didn’t do it” or “Don’t look at me.”
The art of blame-shifting goes all the way back to Adam and Eve in the Garden. Read more...
FIREWALLS – Terrell County Road and Bridge worker Correy Hafner was at work this week putting up interior walls at the newly expanded
Volunteer Fire station. The work, done primarily by county and volunteer labor, has doubled the capacity of the building.
IT ROCKS – Terrell County Road and Bridge workers Ruben Rosas, left, and Ray Shoemaker were part of a work gang that erected a stone
pillar at Terrell County Airport this week. The rock, donated by Harrison Stone, is to be used as a sign at the airport entrance.
Wording being built by the Jon Tom Lowrance’s Sanderson ISD shop class will mark the airport.
IT’S COMING – Dana Davis showed fellow Sanderson Chamber of Commerce members the final draft of the newest Visitor Guide for 2009
Tuesday. Looking on were Teresa Smith and Suzanne Gilmore. The guide to attractions and services in Terrell County has been out of
print for several years. The new full-color magazine is due in a few weeks after final proofreading this week.
TAKE A STAND – Terrell County AgriLIFE Extension Agent Mark Carroll, center rear, told Rosella Bilano’s third grade class to “take
a stand” against bullies and other threats last week. He told about a 4-H program by that name. Teachers aid Della Fuentes and eleven
school children posed for this picture.
SANDERSON IN SANDERSON – Mary Nell Hinkle greeted Don Sanderson at her Granny’s Guest House in Sanderson last week. Don, lives in
Bloomsdale, MO, south of St. Louis in Ste. Genevieve County, had “always wanted” to visit Sanderson.
By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
SANDERSON – Anyone with school-age children may have noticed lately that a good percentage
of our kids are sick.
Dr. J.P. Swartz and the staff at Sanderson Clinic have been staying busy seeing the younger patients.
The biggest problems seem to be that children don’t wash their hands and they don’t stay home from school when they are contagious, Schwartz said.
Read more...SICK KIDS – Cactus Health Medical Director Dr. J.P. Schwartz discussed a patient’s chart this week with receptionist Anna Martinez.
Schwartz said a lot of school children are sick, much of the problem coming from going to school when sick and not washing hands often
enough.
Juan Yniguez retires from SR
ALPINE – Juan Yniguez, a groundskeeper for the Sul Ross State University Physical Plant, will retire tomorrow,
Jan. 31 after 28 years on the job.
Yniguez, an Alpine native, attended Centennial School, graduated from Alpine High School, then spent three years in
Read more...By JASON HENNINGTON
Sul Ross News Writer
ALPINE – Sul Ross State University wasted no time in becoming a joint partner on a portable wastewater treatment project.
Sul Ross is working with Texas State University System partners Sam Houston State University at Huntsville and Lamar University in Beaumont on a portable system that can be used for military, commercial and civilian emergency use
Read more...Energy assistance funds available
FORT STOCKTON – The Pecos County Community Action Agency serving Pecos, Crane and Terrell Counties
is accepting applications for assistance in the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program.
Funds are available under the program to respond to the energy needs of low-income households.
The CEAP has four different components, energy crisis, elderly/disabled, co-payment and heating and cooling.
Read more...County could get new officers
SANDERSON – If Terrell County could find office space, it could get a new Texas Ranger and a Department
of Public Safety officer stationed here, Sheriff Clint McDonald said this week.
McDonald met with the Texas Border Coalition in Del
Rio this week and discussed law enforcement along the border.
Gov. Rick Perry in his State of the State Address Tuesday asked the Legislature for $135 million for border security in the new biennium and Terrell County could get a significant part of that if and when it is approved, McDonald said.
Read more...By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
SANDERSON – Ryan Mlynarczyk and Mandy Creighton pedaled their way through Sanderson last week in a contraption they call a “bicycar,” which essentially is two bicycles welded together.
The two are on a trip across the US in search of sustainable communities. They began in San Francisco, CA, and plan to cover 12,000 miles in one year.
Read more...BICYCAR – Ryan Mlynarczyk and Mandy Creighton passed through Sanderson last week in a contraption they call a “bicycar.” It’s essentially
two bicycles welded together. The two are on a cross-country trip in search of “sustainable” communities.
WATER TREATER – Sul Ross graduate student Raquel Acosta prepared media bottles in the lab that will be used
with the Deployable Aerobic Aqueous Bioreactor at the Alpine Wastewater Treatment plant. The work was in connection with a project
on a portable wastewater treatment plant.
MAP TOUR – Museum of the Big Bend director Larry Francell, left, benefactor Marty Davis and curator Matt
Walter reviewed the book, “Going to Texas,” which includes portions written by the trio. A two-year traveling exhibition, organized
by Texas Christian University's Center for Texas Studies and the Museum of the Big Bend, features 64 maps from the Museum of the Big
Bend's Marty and Yana Davis Map Collection, which will open Feb. 2 at the Union League in New York City.
