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LEGEND GONE – Bud Powers, whose yellow 1970 Chevrolet El Camino was a hit at the
SANDERSON – The annual fun fest known as Halloween, or “Fall Fest ‘09” as this year’s planners are referring to it, will be tomorrow,
Oct. 31, at Fair Hall and the Terrell County Courthouse.
It all starts with a costume judging contest at Fair Hall starting at 1 p.m.
Judges will pick the scariest, funniest, most original costumes in several age groups.
It ends with the annual “trick or treat” by
the littlest spooks going door to door seeking goodies.
Sheriff Clint McDonald said those taking part in that activity should start
at the Sheriff’s office where kids can get reflective bags and “starter candy.”
The reflective tape on the bags should make them more
visible to motorists but McDonald also cautioned drivers to be extra alert.
“Look out for the kids because they won’t be watching out
for you,” he said.
Costumes will be judged for children between infant and three years old, Pre-Kindergarten through first grade,
second through fifth, sixth through eight and high school and a relatively new adult category.
Some adults in recent years have dressed
up with as much enthusiasm and originality as their children.
After the judging, which organizers promise will be quick, the ghosts, goblins, pirates and other assorted characters will line up for a parade to the Courthouse Square for the other activities.
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
Bud Powers dies
Powers was the oldest racer in the annual road race.
The number on his 1970 yellow Chevrolet El Camino always displayed his age.
A memorial service was being planned but no date had been
set at press time.
The News Leader will make every effort to have a full obituary in the Nov. 6 edition.
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EXCELLENCE –
Eagles run top races at Balmorhea
BALMORHEA – The Sanderson Cross Country team continued to show everyone else how it’s done Wednesday,
taking first place for both high school boys and girls teams and bringing home individual first place medals in three of the four
categories.
Dr. Jean Clottes of
‘Broadband’ grant eyed
SANDERSON – A company in a far-away city provides an entry-level employee in
Sanderson and the county have struggled for years to get a dose of “economic development,” something to lift the local economy out of the doldrums.
Read more...SANDERSON – If this is Halloween, it must mean the Christmas Holiday season is at hand.
Trick or treaters will be out in force tomorrow night after a day of activities on the Courthouse Lawn and at Fair Hall.
Read more...No Oops!
It’s been decreed by Congress in its infinite wisdom. Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday Morning, Nov. 1. You get
back that hour you lost last spring after “trick or treating” Saturday night. Set your clock back one hour. At 2 a.m., it will really
be 1 a.m. Got it?
Obama honors Cibolo owner
By MARK GLOVER
Contributing Editor
WASHINGTON, DC – “Alpha Troops, you are not anonymous anymore,” President Barack Obama said last week at the White House as he presented the Presidential Unit Citation to a group of US soldiers who fought with “extraordinary heroism” in the Viet Nam War 39 years ago.
Read more... SANDERSON – The skies over
It was all part of Red Ribbon Week, a time to call attention to drug and alcohol awareness for kids.
Read more...SANDERSON – The Chamber of Commerce Tuesday voted to endorse plans for an “exploratory committee” to study possible restoration of the Sanderson Depot, to use the chamber’s non-profit bank account for tax-free donations and to name Sharon Wolfe as official spokes-person for the project.
Read more...DRYDEN – A perimeter fence eight feet high with two feet of barbed wire on top could be one of the first improvements to come at the
Burglaries continue
SANDERSON – A series of break-ins at county ranches continued this week as the nature of illegal aliens changes.
Nine Mexican nationals were arrested in August and remain in Terrell County jail charged with burglaries in the area of Ranch Roads 2400 and 2886 but other ranches as far north as Independence Creek have reported break-ins.
Read more...Election day to be Tuesday
It’s all over but the voting. Next Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters will go to the polls around the state to voice
their opinions on 11 amendments to the state Constitution.
Enacted in 1876, the Texas State Constitution has been amended more than 400 times.
Read more...Bach’s Lunch today
ALPINE – The Sul Ross State University Music Department will present a Bach’s Lunch recital at noon today, Oct.
30, in the Studio Theater in the
The program will feature faculty performing classical chamber pieces
along with the the new Sul Ross Mariachi Ensemble “Lobos Del Desierto.”
The audience is invited to bring box lunches to enjoy during
the free recital.
For more information, contact Erin Lippard at 432/837-8222 or elippard@sulross.edu.
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Basketball to start
SANDERSON – The Eagle football season is coming to an end with its final regular season game scheduled next week,
Nov. 6 here.
Attention turns next to basketball and Eagle schedule for this year has been release.
Read more...About
2:30 Friday morning, a Border Patrol agent traveling back to Alpine noticed vehicle lights on a ranch road 13 miles west of here.
GOING SOLO – Seeing cross-country cyclers passing through is nothing new in Sanderson. We are on published cross-country maps. But
they usually travel in a group. Bruce Mabbott of Salem MA, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, passed through Sunday on a solo ride from
ROCK OF AGES – Dr. Carolyn Boyd of Comstock spoke to the
HERE’S THE CHURCH – Native American rock art at
UP, UP AND AWAY – Jessica Harkins, Johnnie Ann Montalvo, Julie Flax and Violita McDonald, from left, were seen tying the tags for
red balloons for red ribbon week Monday. The schools marked the week, which calls attention to the need to remain drug free.
Chamber endorses depot plan
ALL ABOARD – The old Sanderson Depot could still have life in a private group is successful in restoring it. The depot will not be
used for its original purpose but could be remodeled as a railroad museum, community meeting room and/or other purposes. The Chamber
of Commerce and the Friends of the Historical Society have endorsed the plan.
BP agents seize pot in raids
POTLOAD – A pickup stopped by Alpine Border Patrol agents west of
SKYSCRAPERS – The giant tanks that passed through Sanderson this month don’t look so big on the plains between Sanderson and
