LITTLEST CHEER – Pep Squad members Kate Roberts and Landry Lowrance helped cheer on the Sanderson Eagles during a halftime performance
last week. Kate is the daughter of Odie and Mary Roberts. Landry belongs to Jon Tom and Tanna Lowrance.
SANDERSON – A private effort by several preservation-minded citizens here has been working to acquire, move and restore Sanderson’s
historic 1882 railroad depot.
Sharon Wolfe said the group is seeking endorsement by the Sanderson Chamber of Commerce, the Friends
of the Museum and anyone else who wants to support it.
“We are working against the clock since Union Pacific recently put a scheduled
date for razing the structure,” she said. ”Members stress that they are not seeking Terrell County taxpayer funding nor County assistance
in this latest effort to save the depot.”
The county turned down a Texas Department of Transportation grant in 2003 that would have
restored the depot.
County officials were concerned about language that made it responsible for all cost overruns on the project.
“We welcome and encourage any other interested individuals who appreciate railroad history and the heritage of this community to join
the effort,” Wolfe said. “Already, a number of property owners near the depot have offered to donate their property or sell at a reduced
price in order to save this historic building that represents the very beginning of the town.”
She said foundation and corporate grant requests are being drafted and contributions are being accepted even while structural assessments and moving costs are being explored.
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
MONAHANS – The Sanderson Eagles took three first places again at another cross country meet here Saturday.
Travis Roberts took home another first-place ribbon in the high school boys division, Noemi Nuñez did the same for high school girls and Abby Carrasco brought home the gold for junior high.
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Noemi, Travis, Abby win CC
FIRST AGAIN – A trio of top trotters brought home the gold again for Sanderson secondary schools from Monahans Saturday. From left,
they are High School Girls’ Champion Noemi Nuñez, High School Boys Champ Travis Roberts and Junior High Girls’ Champ Abby Carrasco.
By RYAN ROSAS
Special to the News Leader
SANDERSON – The
The game was tough and very intense but the Eagles came up short handed and lost by a score of 58-30.
Read more...SANDERSON – Before dawn Tuesday the “rock yard” at Oak and School across from Sanderson Bank was clear of the huge tanks that dominated
the landscape for the last two weeks.
Barnhart Crane & Rigging of
By ANNA LaFLEUR
News Leader Writer
Every tent, tepee and fort building displayed educational paraphernalia that reinforced
understanding of life in the 1800s.
Damage suit names
SANDERSON – Aurora Abrigo, owner of
The suit, filed in 63rd District Court by Victoria Imboden, claims the plaintiff spilled hot liquid on herself when emptying a roaster on Oct. 3, 2007.
Read more...‘Trick or treat’ a long story
By KIM RAPP
Production Manager
SANDERSON – Next weekend is Halloween and Sanderson plans a “Fall Fest”
with fun and games complete with a costume contest at the Fair hall at 1 p.m. followed by a parade to the Courthouse Lawn.
By MARK GLOVER
Contributing Editor
ALPINE – Under blue skies, about 50 wine lovers from all over the state met in the high elevation of the Paisano Plateau area south of here to pick grapes at Cathedral Mountain Vineyard’s third annual grape harvest.
Read more...SANDERSON – The Sanderson Lions Club had its third annual broom and mop sale here Tuesday.
The sale is to help the blind help themselves by providing the means to make merchandise to sell.
Read more...Rubenser named to CJ post
ALPINE – Dr. Lorie Rubenser,
Team to walk for cure
SANDERSON – Three Sanderson women have appealed for support for a three-day walk in
Jill Jahn, Tammy Truesdell and Janith Truesdell will participate in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer
3-Day Event in
Observatory plays moon bomb part
By ANNA LaFLEUR
News Leader Writer
SANDERSON –
They watched the Eagles play six-man football with John & Tutie McRae.
Read more...Beware ‘Scareware’
State alters property lists
Comptroller Susan Combs said the statewide newspaper insert listing thousands of unclaimed property owners has been replaced with six regional lists distributed on four days over the next five months.
Read more...Photo by Annette Harris
END SWEEP – A gaggle of Sanderson Eagles chased down a Balmorhea Bear trying to sweep around left end in Friday’s
Eagle loss at home. Honing in on their prey were Jacob Benavidez, 3, Tim Hopkins, 10, Jonathan Calzada, 21, and David Shoemaker, 85.
WIDE LOAD – And this time they mean it. Barnhart Crane & Rigging of
UP IN THE AIR – If it looks like some of the wheels are up in the air, so to speak, on this giant rig moving north out of Sanderson
this week, you are not seeing things. Extra eight-wheel bogies were retracted, like landing gear on an airplane, for much of the journey
to the Century Plant 37 miles north. They were lowered to spread the million-pound load when going over bridges.
STEERING WHEEL – Backing a trailer with some 206 wheels is a tricky maneuver at best. But the driver has help. An assistant can steer
the wheels on the trailer hydraulically by a single lever at the front if the rig. Barnhart Crane & Rigging of
LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS – Howard Johnson, Elaine Johnson and Timothy McElwain, from left, appeared to step out of the pages
of time on Saturday at the Sesquicentennial in
BACK IN THE NEWS – The aging Sanderson Depot, which dominated news coverage six years ago, is back in the news. A private group hopes
to find ways to move and restore at least part of the 1882 structure that has seen Sanderson history almost from the beginning.
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES – Cannons “fired up” the crowd Saturday at the Sesquicentennial in
Grapes harvested
at
PEAK-ABOO –
GRAPEVINE – Bill Snow plucked grapes from the vine recently at
SWEEP UP OR SHIP OUT – Mary Nell Hinkle and son Glen Bob Hinkle livened up the broom sale on Tuesday morning at the
More visitors here
HOME AWAY FROM HOME – Marcia Kneeland and husband
CLEAN UP THIS TOWN – Sheriff Clint McDonald can “clean up this town” in more ways than one. He also is president of the Sanderson
Lions Club. And the club offers brooms and mops every year in the annual sale to benefit the blind.
OUCH – Veterinarian Dr. Paul Weyerts of Alpine, left, administered a rabies vaccination to Pam Bowers’ dog Fancy Saturday. Helping
with the chore were Ralston Rosas, center, and Nacho Carillo. Weyerts also offered other vaccinations as needed.
OWN TWO FEET – Kristy Salazar, who belongs to Amparo Salazar, stood on her “own two feet” Saturday. She was one of 116 animals vaccinated
for rabies at the semi-annual
THE COLOR OF
GO, ROBERT – Robert Montalvo, 9, headed for yardage last week in the Sanderson Eagles game with Balmorhea at home. Cordell Lawson
looked for a block. It was for naught, however. The Eagles lost to the Bears 58-30.
