April 4, 2008
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SANDERSON – The Seventh Annual Buzzard Rally officially begins today, April 4, under the new sponsorship of American Legion Post 160. The
event is one of the Red Letter days that bring two-wheel tourists to
Sanderson from around the country. At
a final planning session this week, organizers
discussed security and banding of minors that show up so they do not buy
alcohol. Organizers Forest and Lindy Stumberg discussed the different
tasks at hand and thanked all the volunteers. The Jerry Garza Family will be set up inside the Legion Hall
selling hamburgers and other food items tonight. The
Legion took over the rally this year from Johnny D’s Restaurant which earlier
took over from John and Nancy Gausepohl. Registration
begins at noon at the Legion Hall and a Biker Party
begins “when you get here” and lasts until midnight. A disc jockey starts
playing music at 8 p.m. Tomorrow, April 5, is the “main event, starting with breakfast
at 7 a.m. for “a nominal fee” at the Legion Hall. There will be a 125-mile scenic poker run with the first bikes
leaving at 9 a.m. and the last at 1 p.m. The bikers will follow a prescribed course out US 285 to Ranch
Road 2400, east to State Highway 349 and back to US 90 at Dryden and back to
Sanderson. Riders will gather their poker hands from stops along the way.
The best hand wins a cash prize. A series of bike games begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Legion Hall.
Winners of these events will get trophies. They include the “Straw in the Bottle” contest, “Slow Race,”
“Tennis Ball on the Cone” and “Weenie Bite.” SANDERSON
– Some dogs reportedly running loose attacked and killed a young deer this
week near the intersection of US 90 and 285 in West Sanderson. County
Judge Leo Smith said there is a leash law in Terrell County and the owner
could be charged with violation of the law. The
charges could result in a fine of up to $500 plus court costs. If
the animal attacked a child, the owner might also face other criminal and
civil penalties, he said. Smith
reminded people that deer are wild animals and they should not feed or
otherwise attract them to residential areas. Road
race will find changes in Sanderson SANDERSON
– Some changes are in store for the Sanderson end of the Big Bend Open Road
Race April 23 to 26 with meals provided throughout the event. In
an entry on the BBORR website, Sanderson Volunteer Coordinator Dale Lascano
welcomed racers to Sanderson. “I’m new to the Road Race
and very happy to be a part of it,” she wrote. “Following Jannie [McDonald]’s
retirement, I was asked to step in and organize things for Sanderson. “She has a great history
with the race and has done a great job and I’ve got big shoes to fill but I’m
up for the challenge and have great things in store,” Lascano wrote. She said meals will be
provided to race crews and fans at the Sanderson Community Building by Sanderson
residents during race week and numerous vendors have agreed to provide a
festive air to the noon turnaround at the Terrell County Courthouse Lawn. The meals will benefit
local families or organizations, she said. The Della Fuentes family
will provide breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, and the Cinco de
Mayo organization will provide the noon meal that day. Terrell County 4H will
provide breakfast on April 24th and Project Graduation will provide lunch. The Sanderson Chamber of
Commerce will host its annual reception from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening at the
Bicentennial Park Pavilion. Friday, the spotlight moves
65 miles north to Fort Stockton for the display of cars at Rooney Park and
the annual parade down Dickinson Street. Saturday, April 26, is the
main event with cars racing from Fort Stockton to Sanderson and back. At the mid-day turnaround
on race day Saturday, the Jerry Garza family will provide lunch and the
180-degree Revolution Youth Group will wash car windshields as drivers relax
and eat during the break. “We are going to do
something a little different on the Courthouse lawn,” Lascano wrote. “We have
something special for the racers and race fans of all ages.” She said schools children
are involved in coloring contest and their artwork will be displayed in the
Community Building. “We will have a variety of
concessions as well as game booths and a DJ for all to enjoy,” she said. Music will be provided by
disc jockey James Poe from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for “racers and race fans alike,”
she said. There is no fee for vendor
permits and Lascano said she is still accepting applications. “Several food and game
vendors have agreed to come and some will sell jewelry and the like,” she
said. The
number of entries in the race was up to 134 at press time this week. Race
Coordinator Kenda Furman said earlier she hoped to have as many as 160 cars
in the race but, after it was temporarily canceled, she said she could run
the race with as few as 75 to 80 cars. The
160 entrants would be up from 150 in the 2007 race. The
race draws attention from aficionados throughout the country. In
the Spring 2008 issue of Corvette Quarterly is an article on “Legal
Speeding” with reference to the BBORR. “One
legal way to enjoy all of these skills [of a Corvette] is to go road racing
with an organized sanctioning body such as . . . the Big Bend Open Road Race
in Texas,” the article states. The event comes to an end
with the annual banquet Saturday night, April 26, at the Pecos County Civic
Center in Fort Stockton. By LYN ROSAS News Leader Business
Manager SANDERSON
– It’s not your grandfather’s milking talents that produces results these
days, Sanderson Elementary students learned last week. Terrell
County Extension Agents Mark Carroll and Family and Consumer Services Agent
Evans Kott set up a presentation to all of Sanderson’s Elementary and Junior
High Students. Coming
from Sulphur Springs to teach the youngsters today’s way of milking a cow was
Cody Lightfoot. He
is originally from Estancia, NM, but is now in Sulphur Springs where he works
for Southwest Dairy Center. He
logs in excess of 200,000 miles a year traveling from school to school
showing school age children the art of milking a cow with today’s technology.
He
taught the kids about milk and what’s in it that is good for us, spicing his
presentation with jokes to keep the kiddos laughing and interested in what he
had to say. His
favorite seemed to be calling attention to his cow Grace as she hurled up a
“cud” ball for its second chewing. He
explained that the cow has four stomachs and that cud ball first goes into
the first stomach, called the rumen stomach, the second time down it would
reach one of the other three, depending on its size. “I
name my cows in alphabetical order and this cow’s name is Grace,” he told the
crowd. Grace
is six years old and weighed in at 1,700 pounds. She
produces approximately ten gallons of milk a day and, in a year’s time
Lightfoot estimated that she would produce close to 2,500 gallons. “Milk
does the body good,” he said. at
history fair ALPINE
– Taylor Roberts won the Trans Pecos Award and took home $150 cash with his
third place exhibit on early twentieth century Texas Rangers at this year’s
History Fair here Monday. He
also won best regional entry, which qualifies him to go to the state
competition. Of
the 17 Sanderson students participating, 12 advanced and will compete at the
state level at the Bob Bullock Museum on University of Texas campus in Austin,
May 3 and 4. Raquel
Hinkley, Jessica Garza and Vicky Busch won first place in their division for
their interpretive web site titled “The Civil War: Was it worth it?” Also
taking home first place honors were Noemi Nuñez, Andy Milstead and Juliana
Castro. The trio performed a play titled “The Heroic Children of
Chapultepec.” Also
advancing to the state level were Casey Couch and Travis Roberts who won second
place for their documentary on the atomic bomb entitled, “The Big Decision
for Even Bigger Booms.” With
a second place win, Jalen Chriesman, Daniel Luevano and Mason Blackmon will
also be heading for Austin. The
team created a power- point titled, “Separate But Not Equal.” First
and second place winners advanced. Some
of the teams changed due to ineligible grades from some students and an
injury requiring doctor appointments. “All
the students did really well and represented Terrell County ISD well,”
Teacher and history fair sponsor Adam Portillo told the News Leader. Other
sponsors were David Carrasco, Marissa Aranda and Trisha Nichols. “They
did a fantastic job helping the students with their projects,” Portillo said. The
purpose of the History Fair is to make history fun and interesting for
students. courage
award MARFA
– Assistant
Chief Patrol Agent Dan M. Harris, Jr., of the US Border Patrol’s Marfa Sector
has received the agency’s highest award for courage, the Newton-Azrak Award. The
presentation was made by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph
Basham in a ceremony last month in
Washington, DC. Harris’
award came as a result of his actions during a shooting in east Texas in May,
2007. After
addressing a group gathered for a law enforcement memorial, Harris went to
assist local officers called to the scene of a shooting. Two
local sheriff’s deputies were shot and killed and another was wounded. Harris,
an emergency medical technician, crawled to the wounded deputy and began to
administer aid at the risk of being wounded or even killed. The
wounded deputy has since recovered and returned to duty. The
award is in honor of Theodore L. Newton and George F. Azrak. Both
were Border Patrol Agents on duty in San Diego County, California on June 17,
1967, when the two were ambushed and kidnapped while conducting a traffic
check near Oak Grove, CA. Two
days later Newton and Azrak were found handcuffed together and brutally
mur-dered in a remote shack near Anza, CA. Four
men were eventually found and prosecuted for the murders. All four served or
are serving prison sentences. They
had been attempting to smuggle 800 pounds of marijuana into the country when
Newton and Azrak stopped them. |
In the straw contest, a rider on the back of a bike tries to put
a straw in a beer bottle with her mouth while the driver goes by at slow
speed. The slow race win goes to the rider who can drive his cycle the
slowest without touching the ground with his feet. The tennis ball event is similar to the straw contest in that
the rider attempts to place tennis balls on top of cones strategically placed
along the course. In the weenie contest, a rider on the back of a bike tries to
bite a hot dog suspended over the course as the driver moves the machine
under it. There is also a “best of show” contest for the best looking
motorcycle at the rally. In the annual “Show of Strength Parade” at 6 p.m. tomorrow,
bikers will all drive east on Highway 90 from Sanderson State Bank to the Legion
Hall. There will be a barbecue dinner at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Legion
Hall and another Biker Party at 8 p.m. with live music until 1 a.m. Sunday. FORT
STOCKTON – Adam Johnson, 37, of Sanderson was charged with violation of a
burn ban and “reckless damage” after a major grass fire March 14 in northern
Terrell and eastern Pecos Counties. The
fire blackened more than 50,000 acres and burned into the following week
before it was brought under control. The
cases, along with a drivers’ license charge, were filed in Justice of the
Peace Robert Gonzales’ court. Johnson faces fines and court costs totaling $748. Johnson
said he has retained legal council who has advised him not to comment on the
case. He
said he sympathizes with those who lost property in the fires. Most
of the raging fires that week have been brought under control but new red
flag warnings were issued at mid-week. The
Texas Forest Service reported several fires involving more than 15,000 acres
and one fatality this week, including a small fire near Iron Mountain north
of Marathon Monday. The
fatality was reported in a 240-acre fire in Wheeler County in the northeast
Panhandle, which also burned a fire vehicle and destroyed another vehicle. The
Wheeler County sheriff’s office said Allen Ray Lemon, 64, of Sinnet was
working on a bulldozer nearby when the fire broke out and he attempted to
control the fire with his dozer. Among the
more damaging fires was one near Big Spring caused by arching electrical
lines, which involved 496 acres. The blaze
threatened 200 structures and two were lost. A volunteer firefighter was
treated for heat exhaustion Monday. The Iron
Mountain Fire Monday burned 140 acres, caused by welding. The fire was
thought to be contained by the Marathon Volunteer Fire Department, The Texas
Forest Service provided a helitanker, two single-engine air tankers and a
task force of dozers. The
largest concentration this week was in two fires affecting a total of 15,000
acres in Borden County. One
rancher received burns to his hands and feet and his maintainer was
destroyed. The fires appear to have started from an electrical problem. There
were several other small fires around the state but no serious injuries or
property damage were reported. At
least two of the fires were reportedly started by cars parking over tall
grass. The
catalytic converters on cars can become quite hot and can start fires in
tall, dry grass. SANDERSON
– The long-overdue reprinting of the Sanderson Visitor Guide, a magazine
detailing services and places of interest, got a new breath of life Monday. Chamber
member Bill Smith, who serves as the chamber’s webmaster, agreed to print the
book at cost and to add color to some of the pictures in the book. Advertisers
will also get a chance to do ads in color for a surcharge. He
suggested the book be printed on a higher-quality paper than earlier editions
to help it stand out on newsstands. Dana
Davis, who heads the chamber’s sign and brochure committee, had been seeking
quotes from printers but Smith said he has equipment available through the
First Cavalry Baptist Church. He
said he will need to pay the church for the use of the equipment and supplies
but he would provide his services as a contribution to the chamber. Ads
in the book will sell for $100 for a full page, $50 for a half page, $30 for
a quarter page and $25 for a business-card-sized ad. Color will be $10 extra. Terrell
County Judge Leo Smith has offered to provide printing through county resources.
The county would be billed only its net costs minus any revenue from
advertising. The
county’s hotel-motel tax is required by law to be used to put “heads in beds”
and could be used for the guide. In
other action Monday, the chamber agreed to provide vendor booths at the
Buzzard Rally this weekend at the Legion Hall and the Big Bend Open Road Race
turnaround at the county courthouse April 26. The
chamber also sponsors the Thursday night reception April 24 for the road race
at the Bicentennial Park Pavilion. And
the chamber voted to contract with the “Terrell County Bs,” a popular-music
band based in Sanderson, for the July 4 street dance between the high school
and the Terrell County Courthouse. Terrell
County Commissioners agreed recently that the street dance would be on Friday,
July 4, and the day-long celebration, including the annual parade and outdoor
activities at the courthouse lawn, will be Saturday, July 5. Band
spokesman Jimmy Davis said the band has been working at adding “some things”
to its repertoire. Included will be more “Tejano” music, he said. A
“walking and driving tour” of Terrell County attractions took another step
closer to reality Monday. A
brochure will be created with pictures and locations of attractions. A
similar page will be added to the chamber website which can be reached at www.sandersonchamberofcommerce.info. The
chamber also re-elected its current slate of officers for another year. Jim
Street remains as president, Ruth Engledorf is vice president and Lea Hawn is
secretary/treasurer. The
chamber agreed to meet again Monday, April 21, to make final preparations for
the road race that weekend. GRANDFALLS
– Several Sanderson Eagle tracksters won first place at the Gusher Relays
here last week. J.D.
Brotherton won first place in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 11.50. He
also won the 200-meter dash in 23.52 and third place in the 400-meter run
with a time of 59.08. Travis Roberts was the first to cross the
line in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:52 and he placed second in the
3,200-meter run, clocking in at 10:55. Jacob Benavidez placed second in the
400-meter run with a time of 52.08 and third in the 100-meter dash, crossing
the line in 12.09. In
the 200-meter dash he placed third, clocking in at 24.21. In
field events, David “Shoe” Shoemaker threw the shot put 38 feet, seven and a
half inches, earning him second place. He
also placed second in the discuss throw, tossing the disc 120 feet, nine
inches. Noemi
Nuñez took first place in the 3,200 meter run, finishing with a time of
13.10. Jessica Garza got fourth with a time of 14.46. Noemi
also placed first in the mile, or 1,600-meter run, with a time of 6:11 and
Jessica Garza placed fourth with a time of 6:48. Hannah
Black ran the 100- meter hurdles and got first place with a time of 18.03. A
team of Clarissa Brotherton, Roxanna Rodriguez, Noemi and Monica Lozano
placed sixth in the 4 X 100 relay with a time of 59.81. Miriam
Nuñez ran the 800-meter run and got fourth place. Monica,
Roxanna, Hannah and Julianna Castro placed fourth in the 4 X 200 relay with a
time of 2:03. Julianna
placed second in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:09.9 and Miriam placed
fifth at 1:18.62. Blakeney
Chriesman ran the 300-meter hurdles and placed fourth with a time of 57.8. Taking
third in the 4 x 400 relay were Blakeney, Monica, Hannah and Julianna with a
time of 4:50. Alexa
Davis hurled the discus 71 feet, seven inches to take fourth place. She
placed sixth in the shot put with a distance of 25 feet, five inches. In
the junior high competition, Taylor Roberts placed first in the 1,600- and
the 2,400-meter runs. Shawn
Stegall placed third in the 2,400 and second in the 1,600. Dryden Baker
placed fifth in the 2,400. FORT
DAVIS – Sanderson High School won four first-place positions and qualified 11
students to advance to the regional level at the UIL Invitational Academics
event here last week. Advancing
to regional competition were Davis Stumberg, Darren Seidel, Clarissa Bro-therton,
Hannah Black, Jacob Benavidez, Raquel Hinkley, Danell Graham, Jimmy Rapp,
Julianna Larrinaga, David Shoemaker and Blakeney Chriesman. Clarissa
placed first in calculator, Darren won the Numbers Sense competition and teams
placed first in computer science and spelling and vocabulary. A
team of Darren, Davis, Hannah and David placed first in computer science and
a team of Raquel, Julianna, Jacob and Danell Graham won the spelling and
vocabulary event. In
other events, Davis placed fifth and Hannah sixth in accounting. A
team of Davis, Hannah, Erin Corbett and Miriam Nuñez placed second in a
accounting. Jimmy
placed third in calculator. David
placed sixth in current events. Davis
placed second in computer applications, Travis Roberts was fifth and Jessica
Garza was sixth. Darren
was second in computer science, Davis was third and Hannah was fourth. Rosa
Gonzalez placed fourth in feature writing. Jessica
won sixth place in informative speaking and fourth in literary criticism. A
team of Jessica, Alexa Davis, Ashley Hernandez and Juliana Castro won second
place in literary criticism. A
team of Darren, Jimmy, Travis and Kelly Lomas placed second in numbers sense. Blakeney
placed fourth in persuasive speaking and third in prose interpretation. Julianna
placed fourth and Ashley sixth in poetry interpretation. Raquel
took second in spelling and vocabulary, Julianna placed fifth and Jacob
placed sixth. MONAHANS
– The Terrell County 4-H Shooting Sports club participated in a pre-district
rifle contest here last week against shooting teams across the district. In
the junior division, Brandee Stegall placed third and Jesse Roberts placed
fourth. In
the intermediate division, Dryden Baker placed fourth, Eliza Odgers placed
sixth, Mason Blackmon placed seventh and Joseph Carrasco placed eighth. In
the senior division Shawn Stegall placed seventh and Doodle Odgers placed
eighth. The
shooting sports team next event will be district competition in Val Verde
County on April 19. |
For Sanderson residents who don’t want to register for the entire
event, dance tickets will be sold for $10 per person. Breakfast will again be available at the Legion Hall starting at
7 a.m. Sunday, again for “a nominal fee.” There will be a closing prayer service at the Legion Hall at
Legion Hall at 8 a.m. Sunday and bikers will begin to leave for home. SANDERSON
– All Sanderson students passed the February reading tests as part of the
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills tests, better known as TAKS tests. Ten
eighth graders, nine fifth graders and ten third graders took the test and
100 percent of them passed. The
TAKS is one of the requirements for students to advance to the next grade
level. Next
week, fifth and eighth graders will take the math test and a passing grade is
also required for students to advance. There
has been no decision made on a new state requirement that high school
students receive four years of math and science instruction, starting with
this year’s freshmen. Some
school districts in the area are discussing longer days to accommodate the
new requirement. A decision in Terrell County will be made at a future school
board meeting. Cinco
de Mayo SANDERSON
– The annual Cinco de Mayo lunch brought in roughly $961 for the scholarship
fund. A
threat of rain did not materialize and did not stop the Cinco de Mayo committee
from having brisket with all the trimmings, including tea and dessert, to
raise money for a scholarship to be given to a graduating student. Along
with lunch, the group also sold raffle tickets for several items including a
BBQ pit, two mirrored pictures and a homemade quilt to be raffled off at the
Cinco de Mayo celebration. Tickets
are still available from Yolanda Connelly or Veronica Ybarra. The
holiday has been celebrated here for about 17 years and Connelly has been
“top dog” for the last five, She
said she is “thrilled to have so many volunteers pitch in this year,” In
the past, the lunch was at the No Name Café but this year the group opted for
a barbeque lunch at the pavilion at Bicentennial Park. Pitching
in at the lunch were Mandy Martinez, Laura Galvan, Rene Rubio, Albert Peña,
Rita Rodriguez, Connelly, Ybarra and several who baked cakes for the
occasion. The
next event for the group will be a brisket dinner at the pavilion on
Wednesday, April 23, where they will feed some hungry drivers here for the
Big Bend Open Road Race but “all are welcome,” Connelly said. The
day of the race April 26, they will offer brisket burritos at the courthouse. Cinco
de Mayo this year falls on May 3 because it is a Saturday. Entertainment
will be by Wayne West with a street dance. Cinco
marks the date in 1862 when Mexico defeated the French Army at Puebla. will
use waivers WASHINGTON
– The US Department of Homeland Security has announced its intent to issue
two waivers of laws to expedite security improvements
at the southwest border. Congress gave the secretary of Homeland Security authority to
waive all legal requirements necessary to expeditiously install additional
physical barriers and roads at the border to deter illegal activity. “Criminal
activity at the border does not stop for endless debate or protracted
litigation,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “Congress and
the American public have been adamant that they want and expect border security.
We’re serious about delivering it and these waivers will enable important security
projects to keep moving forward. “At
the same time, we value the need for public input on any potential impact of
our border infrastructure plans on the environment—and we will continue to
solicit it.” Chertoff said. One
waiver applies to environmental and land management laws for various project
areas in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, encompassing roughly 470
total miles. It
will facilitate additional pedestrian and vehicle fence construction, towers,
sensors, cameras, detection equipment and roads in the vicinity of the
border. A
separate waiver was signed for the levee-border barrier project in Hidalgo
County. This
roughly 22-mile project will strengthen flood protection in the area while
providing the Border Patrol with important tactical infrastructure, DHS said. In
addition to environmental and land management laws, the waiver addresses
other legal and administrative impediments to completing the project by the
end of the calendar year. A
substantial portion of the project areas addressed by the waivers have
already undergone environmental reviews. In
those areas where environmental reviews have not yet occurred, the department
will conduct a review before any major construction begins. The
department remains deeply committed to environmental responsibility and will
continue to work closely with the Department of Interior and other federal
and state resources management agencies to ensure impacts to the environment,
wildlife, and cultural and historic artifacts are analyzed and minimized, DHS
said. The
department said it also places a high priority on interaction with, and
feedback from, local officials, landowners and community members about border
infrastructure project plans. Since
May, 2007, more than 600 individual landowners have been contacted and more
than 100 meetings with local officials, public open houses and town halls
have been held along the southwest border. The department has used its discretionary waiver authority on
three previous occasions. Some environmental restrictions were waived on Sept. 13, 2005,
to complete a roughly 14-mile stretch of fencing as part of the Border
Infrastructure System near San Diego, CA. A second waiver of environmental restrictions was used for
additional border infrastructure near the Barry M. Goldwater Range in
southern Arizona on Jan. 12, 2007. A third waiver of environmental restrictions was issued on Oct.
26, 2007, allowing the construction of border infrastructure to move forward
near the San Pedro National Riparian Conservation Area in southern
Arizona. for
charities SANDERSON
– When a group of 30 women over the age of 50 stopped here Saturday, they
were nearing the halfway mark in a trek across the country. Navasota,
near Houston, was the mid-point of a
3,135-mile bicycle ride across the United States. From
Sanderson, the group planned to make it some 110 miles to Lake Amistad near
Del Rio on one of the longest days of the tour. On
Thursday, March 27, the group rode from Van Horn to Fort Davis, up and over
the 6,800-foot Mount Locke, home of the McDonald Observatory. “That
was probably the hardest day,” Michelle Slusher of Boulder, CO, said. “Most
of us made it, though.” She
said a van follows the bikers and those who cannot finish a leg are given a
ride. However,
that biker will be back on her two wheels for the next day’s run. On
the leg from El Paso to Van Horn, bikers had no choice but to use the
Interstate highway with speed limits as high as 80 miles per hour. “It’s
scary but it’s not that bad,” Slusher said. “The shoulders are very wide and
most of the truckers are really helpful.”
She
said there were no more interstate highways on their itinerary after they
left Sanderson. The
tour follows back roads though Texas and into Louisiana on the way to
Florida. The
bikers are riding for their own favorite charities, picking up donations
along the way. They
started March 7 in San Diego, CA, and expect to finish their trek in St.
Augustine, FL, in early May. They
are being supported by WomanTours, Inc. of Rochester, NY – the only all-women
bicycle touring company in the country. The
oldest biker on this tour is 68 years old, but the average age of all the
women is 60. Several
of the women are cancer survivors, while others have survived stroke and
heart disease. “In
this era of American obesity and lack of physical activity, it’s heartening
to see older Americans undertaking the significant physical challenge,
despite their own health limitations,” WomanTours President Jackie Marchand
said. for
job in law firm AUSTIN
-- Brown McCarroll, LLP, of Austin has announced
that State Rep. Pete Gallego of Alpine has joined the firm. Gallego
plans to support the firm’s Austin and El Paso offices by providing legal and
strategic expertise on a variety of matters. He
will continue to live in Alpine and “work with us remotely from there,” a
Brown McCarroll spokesman said. Gallego
represents District 74, which is the largest House district and the largest
district along the Texas-Mexico border. It
stretches nearly 39,000 square miles, including Brewster and Terrell
Counties, and contains over half of the Texas-Mexico border. “For
over 20 years, Pete has worked, both in the public sector and through his
private legal practice, to further causes important to our firm, our clients
and all Texans,” Brown McCarroll Managing Partner Bob Werner said. “We are
proud to have him as a member of our firm.” Gallego
said he is excited about his new venture. “Brown
McCarroll is a homegrown Texas firm with deep roots and an
outstanding reputation in the legal community,” Gallego said. “I look
forward to being a part of their growth across the state and in particular
West Texas.” Gallego
earned his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and his
undergraduate degree from Sul Ross State University. He
is a member of the Sul Ross State University Hall of Fame as an outstanding
booster and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus by the SRSU Ex-Student
Association. Gallego
is the Chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and serves on the
Natural Resources and Agriculture and Livestock committees. He
served for 10 years as Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and has served
on a variety of House committees including Appropriations, Calendars,
Criminal Jurisprudence, Higher Education and Elections. He
has also received awards for his contributions to Mexican-American
communities in Texas, for his support of higher education and for being an
outstanding young leader. Brown
McCarroll is a multi-disciplinary law firm based in Austin with offices
located in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Longview and El Paso. |