Pool to end run Saturday

SANDERSON – The swimming pool here will close for the rest of the year Saturday.

“We decided to close this weekend instead of last weekend because it is tax-free weekend,” Road and Bridge Supervisor, Mike Sanchez said.

The pool will not be open on Sunday to give the lifeguards a break before school starts on Monday, Aug. 23.

By ANNA La FLEUR

Production Manager

SANDERSON – If it seemed like “déjà vu all over again,” as Yogi Berra once said, there was a reason this week.

Two more giant vessels arrived by train early Saturday and were moved to the Harrison Stone yard next to the US Post Office here.

20 sign up for Nopalito

SANDERSON – The Nopalito Market Committee reported about 20 vendors had agreed to participate as of press time this week in the market test run Sept. 4.

“That’s not bad for a test run and I think the next one will be even better,” said Anna La Fleur, who came up with the market idea.

Paper puts Eagles on page 1

SAN ANTONIO – Sanderson football was highlighted on the front page of the San Antonio Express News Sunday edition this week.

A Page 1 picture shows former Eagle Ryan Rosas, who graduated this year, watching his younger buddies practice on the field.

SANDERSON – Faced with a clamoring for more spending programs in the 1970s, President Nixon coined the term “Silent Majority” to indicate that most people favored personal responsibility and a free market economy to government control but they were not among those causing a stir at the time.

“Well, we are silent no longer,” said Francisco “Quico” Canseco of San Antonio, the Republican nominee for the 23rd Texas Congressional District.

ODESSA – Glen Larum, who has been the “voice” of the Texas Department of Transportation in this area, is retiring after 17 years, six months, as the Public Information Officer for the 12-county Odessa District.

Larum came to TxDOT on March 1, 1993, after 25 years in the news media.

 He graduated from the University of Montana - Western in Dillon, MT, with a degree in education and taught English and History at St. Ignatius High School prior to taking a position as the editor of the Ronan Pioneer in Montana in 1974. While attending college, he worked at KDBM Radio in Dillon.

He   was   editor of the Fort Stockton

SANDERSON – The US Natural Resource and Conservation Service has completed its annual inspection of all 11 Sanderson Canyon Watershed dams, constructed by the Soil Conservation Service after the 1965 flood in Sanderson.

District Conservationist Darrel Seidel and Terrell County Road and Bridge Foreman Ruben Rosas checked all the sites last week.

By KELLY LOMAS

Special to the News Leader

SANDERSON – My three-week trip to Spain last month was an amazing adventure and a breathtaking experience.

After seven years of attempts at getting me to Madrid to visit my Uncle Juan and cousins, I finally left our little town of Sanderson at seven o’ clock in the morning, arriving at Midland International Airport at noon.

SR Classes begin next week

ALPINE – Fall semester classes will begin Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Sul Ross State University.

Water bill threatens rights

WASHINGTON – US Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has introduced legislation that would create a commission to decide how best to distribute scarce water in the southwest but it is not without its detractors.

His opponent in the November General Election, Francisco “Quico” Canseco, warned in Sanderson last week that the proposed bill would transfer all Trans-Pecos water rights to the federal government to redistribute as it sees fit.

FORT DAVIS – The Sanderson Eagles looked strong in their first test against another team at this year’s first scrimmage Saturday against the Indians and Balmorhea Bears.

“The team executed offensively and defensively very well,” Athletic Director and Head Coach Mark Dominguez said. “They are a great team and every player comes in and works hard.”

Painting class offered

ALPINE –The Sul Ross State University Art Department is offering beginning oil painting 2301 for the fall semester.

SANDERSON – There were  54 people attending the Terrell County 4-H enrollment swim party Monday, including 35 children who wanted to sign up for another year of animals, cooking and more.

Ages ranged from five to eight years old as Clover Bud members and eight to 18-years old for junior 4-H members.

By KIM RAPP

Special to the News Leader

MIDLAND – Juliana Castro, Cordell Lawson, Tim Hopkins and Kelly Lomas were among the Sanderson residents at the 11th annual Rock the Desert concert here this month.

The RTD is an event designed to reach out to the youth with music and entertainment. It began in the parking lot of a church but it quickly outgrew that venue and relocated to the current spot north of the Midland International Airport.

By ANNA La FLEUR

Production Manager

SANDERSON – Sanderson students Kelly Lomas, Julianna Larrinaga, Juliana Castro and Cordell Lawson Sunday described what it was like going to Boys and Girls State and running for office.

Amber Bon also went on the trip but she has since moved out of town with her family.

SANDERSON – Cactus Health Services has had five of the six cooking classes in its Cocina Alegre series, each consisting of a different level from the food pyramid.

Milk, meat and beans, fruit, vegetable and grains, oils and discretionary calories are the levels presented at different classes in the series.

Cross country scheduled

SANDERSON – With fans eyes squarely on the Sanderson Eagles football team and its fall season just around the corner, the cross country team is almost an afterthought to some.

By MARK GLOVER

Contributing Editor

MARATHON – One week into August, a line of thunderstorms formed in the Del Norte Mountains near here. Dark, anvil shaped thunderheads obscured the top of Altuda Mountain.

ALPINE – Dr. David Cockrum has spent 36 years on the Sul Ross State University faculty, nearly 20 as an administrator, and has witnessed massive facilities expansion as well as academic growth.

Cockrum, who stepped down as provost and vice president for academic and student affairs in June, retired July 31 as a full-time faculty member.

Also a professor of psychology, he will remain on the faculty, teaching two classes during fall semester under the Early Retirement Option II, which provides for 50 percent time.

Grant renewed at Sul Ross

ALPINE – Students who are the first in their families to attend college and those who meet TRiO Program eligibility requirements can count on a little extra help this coming academic year at Sul Ross, thanks to a five-year, $238,496 per-year award from the Department of Education’s Student Support Services program.