Round House closes

By ANNA La FLEUR

Production Manager

SANDERSON – Local restaurant, the Roundhouse Café, closed its doors Monday.

“I stayed open for Father’s Day but decided to close the restaurant due to a lack of customers,” owner Sharon Wolfe said. “I will be keeping the laundry facilities open.”

Wolfe said there were suggestions that she rent the facility to those interested in short-term use of the building.

“I might consider that thought,” she said.

By ANNA La FLEUR

Production Manager

MIDLAND – Ten Sanderson kids competed at the West Texas Amateur Athletic Union District meet here Saturday and Jalen Chrisman, William Roberts, Hunter Truesdell, Travis Roberts and Grace Jahn won 13 first-place awards.

Jalen was first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.66, first in the 100–meter hurdles with a time of 17.48, first in the 200–meter hurdles with a time of 30.32, first in shot put youth with a distance of 8.69 meters and first in discus throw youth with a heave of 28.24 meters.

All star games set

SANDERSON – The 2009-10 school year is over and the year’s seniors are now high school graduates. But three of them will be in action again next month.

Two football players and one basketball player will compete in all-star games.

Darren Seidel will be in the football all-star contest at Garden City at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 10.

Jacob Benavidez will play in the Six Man Coaches All-Star Football game in Lubbock at 7:30 p.m. July 17.

And Sarah Sivils will compete in the Six Man Coaches Association All-Star basketball game at 1 p.m. that date, also in Lubbock.

Pay up front for lunch

SANDERSON – While not directly tying it into the current national recession, the Terrell County Independent School District cited a need to “keep cafeteria costs down” with a new rule to no longer accept delayed payments for school lunches.

“The district will no longer allow charges in the cafeteria,” Superintendent Gary Hamilton said. The School Board ratified the decision at its monthly meeting Monday.

Toler touts trees for Terrell

SANDERSON – A plan to provide some shade on the main street through town by planting trees was suggested this week to the Sanderson Chamber of Commerce.

Terry Toler told the Chamber he would be willing to undertake a plan to plant “oak trees along Oak Street, pine trees along Pine and some others along Hackberry” to provide some needed shade in the hot summer.

‘Tea Party’ plans Alpine meeting

ALPINE – The “Tea Party” movement started last year after the Obama Administration got several bills, including a $787 billion “stimulus” bill, through Congress and adding significantly to the national debt, will be here next week.

Beating arrest made

ALPINE – Police here reportedly have made one arrest in the severe beating last week of Continental League baseball star Trey George, a member of the Big Bend Cowboys, and an account has been set up to help pay for travel and medical expenses.

News reports identified the suspect as Dominique Carson but no other information was immediately known.

Alpine Police said Lt. Darrell Lasoya was the “only one” with information on the case and he was not available for comment this week.

By ANNA La FLEUR

Production Manager

SANDERSON – Clarissa Gabrielle Fuentes celebrated her quinceañera at St. James Catholic Church here Saturday, hosted by grandparents Arturo & Bertha Fuentes of Sanderson.

Clarissa is the daughter of Jose A. Fuentes, Sr., and Iris A. Bernard of Odessa.

During the church ceremony she received a Bible, a rosary and roses.

SANDERSON – The Sanderson High School graduating class of 2011 got a $403 boost toward next year’s “Project Graduation” party after a bake sale Saturday at Uncle’s of Sanderson.

The School Board Monday appointed Board Secretary Johnnie Couch to be chairman and PG members were told they could elect other officers as they saw fit for next year’s all-night, chemical-free party for graduates.

AC installed at Legion Post hall

SANDERSON – American Legion Post 160 in Sanderson now has a five-ton central air conditioning system to keep meetings cool in the summer heat.

Post Commander Dean Autrey said the accomplishment was only possible because the post and its auxiliary worked together to raise the needed funds. 

UAVs on border get OK

WASHINGTON – The use of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles along the US-Mexico border has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Associated Press yesterday quoted Homeland Security Department officials as saying FAA will allow it to operate UAVs along the border and the Gulf Coast region.

Customs and Border Protection will base a surveillance drone at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.

BRYAN – Frank and Diana Steelman celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary yesterday, June 24, and will have a formal observance next month.

Diana Steelman is the former Diana Duke, daughter of Helen and Stump Duke, who lived in Sanderson for 50 years.

The Steelmans were married in Sanderson and have five children, Susan Butler and her husband Tell, Robin Thurmond, Joan Bentley and husband Andrew, David Steelman and wife Meleah and Carol Piña and husband Darrell. They also have 17 grandchildren.