MEDALISTS – All four Sanderson entrants at the Amateur Athletic Union track meet near
SANDERSON – The last $4.5 million of a $14 million bond issue to finance new facilities for
The board sold the first $9.5 million last fall and proceeds
have been committed for new high school classrooms, a new vocational building, improvements to the elementary building and gyms and
other work.
A new field house should go to contract later this summer.
Renovation of the 1931 high school building and auditorium will
be the only projects that will not have gone to contract by the sale date, Business Manager Blain Chriesman said.
Like the earlier
sale, this will be a private placement under a financial services contract with First Southwest Company of
Meanwhile, work
was moving ahead slowly on the high school classrooms being added onto the south of the current junior high school building.
An overlay
will be placed on the cement floor because the finish was not of the quality needed to give a “polished concrete” surface, Superintendent
Gary Hamilton said.
“The concrete is good,” he said. “It is a good, solid
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
AAU athletes all win medals
Brothers Travis, William and Jesse Roberts all brought home first-place medals competing in nine events among them. Jimmy Rapp won a silver medal for second place.
Read more...Fourth party grows
SANDERSON – The popular band “
Sanderson School Band Director
Eric Cooksey, who was instrumental in getting the
Visitor Guide ready to deliver
SANDERSON – After a few false starts, the new version of the popular Visitor Guide has arrived and is
available for businesses to display and use.
The Chamber of Commerce took over the project started several years ago by the Community Development Association.
Read more...Vet bill passes US House
It still needs action in the Senate and signature of the President to become law.
Read more...‘Project’ back under school
SANDERSON – The Terrell County School Board voted Monday night to take over the annual “Project Graduation,”
an all-night, chemical-free party after graduation each year.
A small group of parents of the 2009 graduation class decided to operate outside the purview of the school and to use the IRS tax-exempt number of Cactus Health Services for its money-raising activities.
Read more...School mulls ‘recapture’ bonds
SANDERSON – An issue of “voter approved” bonds for the sole purpose of reducing the amount of money
Terrell County schools have to send to other districts will be offered in a future election.
The School Board Monday night agreed to
ask First Southwest Company of
Ice cream to cool Fourth
SANDERSON – The sun will likely be hot on July 4 as the community gathers to celebrate the 233rd anniversary
of the Declaration of Independence that began our independence from the crown of
But not to worry. Just like Fourth of July celebrations for many years, there will be lots of homemade ice cream to cool the celebrants.
Read more...Cost of lunch going up
SANDERSON – The cost of a meal in the school cafeterias here went up by two bits for the school year beginning
this fall.
The Terrell County School Board agreed to raise the cost of breakfast from 80 cents to $1 and lunch from $1.50 to $1.75 at the Elementary School and from $1 to 1.25 and $1.75 to $2 for secondary schools.
Read more...Solar plant seen in W. Texas
Tessera
Solar of Houston and CPS Energy of
‘All Stars’ lose three close ones
OZONA – The Sanderson All Star team lost all three games at a tournament here last week but their
coach praised the team’s efforts.
The McCamey Badgers downed the Eagles 8-6 Wednesday, June 17, “in a very exciting game,” Coach Lay Lozano said. “Sanderson hit the ball good against the Badgers and played very good defense.”
Read more...MARATHON – The Summer Reading program continued this week at the Marathon Public Library with Arlene Griffis reading “The Armadillo
from
Steve Griffis showed the children how to make “Armadillo Bracelets” from toilet tissue rolls, rocks and eyes.
Read more...SANDERSON – The success of Sanderson students at this year’s History Fair has prompted the Texas State Historical Association to honor
David Carrasco as “one of the top history teachers in the state of Texas.”
Out of the 24 Sanderson students who participated in this year’s History Fair, 21 went to the state final in May.
Read more...By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
SANDERSON – Former Sandersonite Brenda Billings was spotted in town this week.
She now resides
in Comstock with husband Ike, who is employed at True Value in
J is spending
his summer in Army Reserves basic training in
By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
FORT
Relay for Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of the American Cancer Society.
Read more...‘Branding’ offers race
ALPINE – The Third Annual “Branding Together 5K Walk and Run” will be Saturday, July 11, at Kokernot Field here.
The
walk/run will begin at 8 a.m. and race material can be picked up from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 10, at the
LEAKEY – There were 76 trombones in the “big parade” in the Broadway musical comedy “The Music Man” and there were 76 McDonalds and
their kin at McDonald family reunion near here last week.
The family members of
‘Way Out West’ festival back
By ARLENE GRIFFIS
ALPINE – For the second consecutive year, the Rotary Club of Alpine will
host the Way Out West Texas Book Festival Saturday, Aug. 1, at the
Featured authors include Laurence Parent, Joe Nick Patoski, Jeffrey McClanahan and Pam Cumbie who write together under the pseudonym Dixie Cash, Stephen Harrigan, Sarah Bird, Elizabeth Crook, Wyatt McSpadden, Bill Neal, Paulette Giles, Mike Cox, Carol Dawson, Karleen Koen, Mike Blakely, Scott Wiggerman and E. Dan Klepper.
Read more...‘Hams’ plan Field Day
ALPINE – Thousands of amateur radio operators, often called “hams,” will show off their wireless capabilities
tomorrow and Sunday, June 27 and 28, here.
They will hold a “Field Day” and show their emergency communications abilities while talking to friends all over the continent with their radios.
Read more...‘The Will Rogers Follies’
opens tonight
ALPINE – The Theatre of the
The play is a musical tribute to one of
‘Sales tax holiday’ items added
For the first time since it began in 1999, the annual August sales tax
holiday will include many school supplies.
“A lot of families look forward to saving their hard- earned money during the sales tax holiday weekend,” Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said. “Now they can make their back-to-school budgets stretch even further because more than two dozen school supply items will be tax free.”
Read more...Dam capacity at third
Out of this quantity, 22.8 percent, is owed to
upstream users under the Rio Grande Compact between
SANDERSON – Strict enforcement of state laws prohibiting hunting of reptiles along public roads is driving visitors away – along with
the revenue they bring with them – the Chamber of Commerce was told Tuesday.
Ruth Engeldorf, who owns the Outback Oasis Motel with
husband Roy, said “harassment” of people trying to see and photograph reptiles in the county is driving them away.
“And they are not coming back,” added Sharon Wolfe, owner of the Round House Restaurant.
Read more...VBS brings 36 students
SANDERSON –
The motto of the week
was “God’s truth. Dig it – live it.”
Coordinated by Mary Roberts and Leila Cash, the students focused on Proverbs 7:1, which reminds all to keep God’s commandments within us.
Read more...DEBRIS FIELD – Significant rain over the weekend officially dumped about 2.5 inches on rain in Sanderson, though some rain gauges
recorded significantly more.
NEW FIELD HOUSE – The
TOP TEACH – Sanderson history teacher and school Technology Director David Carrasco was recognized by the Texas State Historical Association
as “one of the top history teachers in the State of Texas.” The citation notes student involvement from Sanderson has tripled since
Carrasco became involved and this year 21 of the 24 students entered went to the state finals in
ARMADILLO ON YOUR ARM – Giana Gonzales showed off her “Bracelet Armadillo" at the
FOR A CAUSE – Fred Picaso, along with daughter Jessica of
MORE McDONALDS – Billie McDonald of Sanderson was shown with her sons and a grandson at a McDonald family reunion in Leakey last week.
Standing behind her, from left, were son Gary, grandson Dillon and sons Tom and Earl.
SEARCH OBJECT – Many reptile enthusiasts come to west
YOUTH FOR CHRIST – Five Sanderson youth and one from
