Photo by Annette Harris
GAME STOPPER – Sanderson junior Cordell Lawson, 5, put a nail in the coffin of the Eagle’s victory over
SANDERSON – The last major project in the $14 million bond issue for
The School Board Monday awarded $1,347,518 in contracts for the field house to be built at the east end of Eagle Stadium,
$1,152,518 to Mid-Tex Midland for the building and $195,000 to Honeywell for plumbing, electrical and heating, ventilating and air
conditioning.
The Honeywell contract includes a 25-year warranty.
Mid-Tex was lowest of four bidders for the project. It includes a
“roll rubber” floor in the weight room, the one alternate bid separately.
The board could choose between the roll rubber and rubber
tile with the former just 2.5 percent more than the tile.
Architect Monte Hunter told the board the roll rubber was a better option,
which normally costs much more than the tiles.
He said the roll rubber is much easier to keep clean because the tiles tend to “absorb”
dirt.
The board first got bids for the field house in December but rejected the $1.7 million offer on a 7,748-square-foot field house
and asked Hunter to scale back plans to reduce costs.
Hunter and Athletic Director Mark Dominguez reworked the plan to 5,095 square
feet and the winning bid for the structure itself was $1.13 million.
Bids were opened early this month but action was deferred last
week for further study.
Field House contract let
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
‘Pachanga’ to be new, improved
SANDERSON – The Arts & Education Alliance has released a schedule of activities for the 12th Annual
Prickly Pear Pachanga Saturday, Oct. 10, on the tree-shaded lawn of the Terrell County Court House.
The Pachanga celebrates Sanderson
and
AND IN FIRST – Sanderson Junior Eagle Abby Carrasco, left picture, outdistanced 51 other junior high school girls at the Wink Invitational
Cross Country Meet Saturday. Senior Travis Roberts, right, continued his winning ways with a first as did fellow senior Noemi Nuñez.
By KIM RAPP
Production Manager
WINK – Three Sanderson Eagles, including seventh grader Abby Carrasco, took home first place honors at
the Wink Invitational Cross Country meet Saturday.
High school seniors Travis Roberts and Noemi Nuñez also won their divisions.
Read more...Halloween planning begins
SANDERSON – We must be doing something right this year. The Fourth of July conveniently fell on Saturday
and now Halloween will do the same.
Halloween is always celebrated on a date chosen by School Superintendent Gary Hamilton on a Saturday nearest the actual holiday.
Read more...And the Eagles have won half of them now after the Sanderson High squad met the Knights from
SandRidge acquires Crusader Energy
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – SandRidge Energy announced this week that it has entered into an agreement with Crusader Energy Group purchase all shares of Crusader common stock that will be issued upon the effectiveness of their Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
Read more...Venison to be offered
ALPINE – There soon may be something a little extra in boxes of food being distributed by food banks in west
Anthony Guzman of the West Texas Food Bank here said a grant from Kraft Foods will allow hunters to donate unused deer meat to Food Pantry clients and drop off locations include Sanderson Tire Company in Sanderson.
Read more...Sul Ross gets grant for Hispanics
The “Puertas Abiertas,” or Open Doors, grant will fund the program to promote higher educational opportunities for Hispanics and other low-income students in the region through distance education and other graduate services.
Read more...By MARK GLOVER
Contributing Editor
ALPINE – Unsolved mysteries or merely mirages is the question author James Bunnell seeks to answer
in his new book “Hunting Marfa Lights.”
Bunnell graduated from Marfa High in 1958 and, after a career as an engineer in the defense Industry, returned to the area and launched an eight- year study in the Mitchell Flat eight miles east of Marfa in search of scientific data to uncover the source of the Marfa Lights.
Read more...West Fest back at
MARATHON – A “red letter” day in Marathon will kick off tomorrow, Sept. 26, with the beginning of the annual
West Fest at the
The cook off is an annual event benefiting the Chamber of Commerce. The cooks will begin
setting up today and getting ready for the big day tomorrow.
Cabrito is not the only delicacy on the menu. Judges will also sample brisket, beans and even desserts for those with a sweet tooth.
Read more... ALPINE – Dr. Ricardo Maestas has been confirmed as the 11th President of Sul Ross State University.
The Board of Regents of the
Texas State University System unanimously approved the confirmation at a meeting last week.
Maestas, who currently serves as vice president
for student and university relations and dean of students at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology at Socorro, will begin
his new duties Nov. 9.
He succeeds Dr. R. Vic Morgan, who retired Aug. 31 after serving 19 years.
Read more...
Beware online rent scammers
Phony ads for rental properties across the country are cropping up and are
specifically aimed at stealing money from unsuspecting renters.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition says more than one-third,
or 36 million households in the
Two more state amendments reviewed
With October less than a week away, the November 3 General Election is looming closer – just a bit
more than a month from now.
There is a $1.6 million “recapture” school bond for
City to mark 150 years with event
FORT STOCKTON –- The City will celebrate its Sesquicentennial with an "Old Fort Day" at Historic Fort Stockton at 301 East Third on Saturday, October 17.
Read more...Healthy’ border rules introduced
US Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez filed the Healthy Borderlands Act of 2009 this week.
Read more...‘Meet and Greet’ to be tomorrow
SANDERSON – The Sanderson Lion’s Club will host its annual “Meet and Greet” from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 26, at the Bicentennial Park Pavilion.
Read more...Photo by Annette Harris
INTO THE SUNSET – Sanderson junior running back Jonathan Calzada ran into the setting sun at
ROADHOUSE DUO – Jim Hall of Fort
CLASS GLASS – New glass in windows at the new Sanderson High School classrooms being built south of the junior high building indicate
the structure is nearing completion. This picture, taken from just south of the new vocational building also shows the close match
of the brick between the new and the older building.
Maestas confirmed as SR president
NIGHT VISION – James and Sandy Bunnell paused with Owlbert, one of their three solar-powered monitoring stations at Mitchell Flat
near Marfa recently. Bunnell has told about his eight-year study of the Marfa Lights in his new book, “Hunting Marfa Lights.” He said
97 percent of the mysterious lights can be explained. But what about the other three?
