STARTING YOUNG – Adrian Arredondo took time out from posing for a fourth birthday party ad to catch up on the latest news last week.
Happy Birthday, Adrian. Uh, we like your reading selection.
FORT STOCKTON – A Pecos County fire that started on the ranch of Robert Huckaby of Fort Stockton last week has burned 98,200 acres
and destroyed one un-occupied building but was reported 95 percent contained Wednesday.
“It got about two thirds of my ranch,” Huckaby
told the News Leader. He said it did not affect any structures on his ranch near Gray Ranch Road “but my lifestock has nothing
to eat.”
The ranch home of Alpheus and Peggy Harral of Fort Stockton burned to the ground this week but it was not a result of the
grass fire nearby.
Fire Chief Melvin Thomas said the house was a “total loss.” The Harrels were in the home but they were not injured.
They went to the home of their son Day nearby, Thomas said.
“The house was saved by firefighters on the Huckaby fire but it was destroyed
later by lightning,” US Forest Service spokesman Lewis Kearney said.
The current fire, which was attributed to a downed power line,
is almost twice as large as the March 14 fire, which broke out on the Gerald Porter Ranch.
That fire blackened 51,400 acres, a lot of them in Terrell County. The current fire was just north of that blaze.
This week’s flames came dangerously close to the Mitchell and the Puckett Gas Plant facilities and moved as far north as Bakersfield. Read more ...
‘No way’ for Marathon race
BRENHAM – A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Memorial Oaks Chapel here for Frances Pauline Hanson, 91, who
died May 3, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center. Rev. Wally Westbrook will officiate and burial will be in Sanderson at a later date.
Known
as “Nurse Jane,” Hanson served as Sanderson school nurse for 27 years.
She was born October 26, 1916, to B.H. and Ollie Louise Williams
Smith in Pace, MS.
She attended Shannon School of Nursing in San Angelo and graduated as a Registered Nurse.
Rodriguez proposes
a ‘trainload’ of suggestions
Raul added to all star team
SANDERSON – Senior Raul Salazar has been chosen to join Ben Rubio in the Texas Six Man Coaches Association
All-Star game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Lowry Field in Lubbock.
He has also been selected to play in the Texas Bowl II in Garden City on July 12.
Read more...Cinco fete might be no more
Sale nets nearly $40,000
SANDERSON – The sale of properties at auction to settle past-due taxes brought in $37,775 Tuesday.
Several properties brought considerably more than the “minimum bid,” a number based on the amount of taxes owed plus costs.
Read more...4-Hers score big at roundup
Love is in the air at Cinco de Mayo
SANDERSON – There were more than Mariachis and Tequila at the Cinco de Mayo dance Saturday.
Kevin Ashbaker borrowed the mike and asked Brigette Duncan to be his wife.
Read more...The latest from 4-H
By ELIZA ODGERS
4-H Reporter
SANDERSON – OK 4-Hers, here’s what happened the last two weeks.
At the Big Bend Open Road Race, we had 14 kids show up to hand out food to the “speedy racers” and what they got was burritos, green beans, pastries and cokes.
Read more...Death probe continues
MARATHON – Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said this week there was “nothing new” in the murder in front
of the Gage Hotel April 26.
T.J. Dunlap, 68, of Presidio was still in jail in lieu $100,000 bond in the shooting of Richard Lyn Purdy, 48, of Lubbock.
Read more...Danell receives DAR award
SANDERSON – Danell Graham of Sanderson has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Daughters of the American
Revolution award.
Danell entered an essay contest with a discourse on “Our American Heritage and Why Should We Preserve it?”
Among her accomplishments are varsity cheerleader all four years of high school, NHS secretary, UIL, basketball, tennis, track and even “who’s who in
Read more...‘Mathathon’ to benefit St. Jude’s
SANDERSON – Students in the Sanderson Junior High School math class of Becky Norris had a “mathathon”
to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this week.
“Our students ask for pledges, work the math problems and collect donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,” Norris said. “St. Jude’s is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world.”
Read more...FORT STOCKTON – After three runnings of the Road Runner Open Road Race between here and Marathon, there is “no way” the race can be
run this year, Race Coordinator Kenda Furman told the News Leader this week.
The race was a spin-off of the Big Bend Open Road Race between here and Sanderson that just completed its twelfth race last month.
Read more...RACE NO MORE – This scene from the Marathon school facilities where racers in the Road Runner Open Road Race turned around last year
may be one for the history books. Oil and gas activity along US 385 between here and Fort Stockton have prevented the fourth running
of the race and the end may be permanent.
SANDERSON – Daily passenger train service, a museum in the old Sanderson depot, a re-enactment of the “last great train robbery in
Texas” and an additional federal relief package for the economic downturn were among suggestions delivered at train-side by US Rep.
Ciro Rodriguez Saturday.
He also suggested the “whistle-stop” tour of his district in far West Texas, including Sanderson, could become an annual event.
Read more...HOW ‘DO – Deputy Sheriff Patrick Freeman greeted US Rep. Ciro Rodriguez at train-side Saturday as the congressman stopped briefly
on a “whistle-stop” tour of his district. Looking on were San Antonio Express News reporter Lynn Brezosky and Terrell County Commissioner
Della Fuentes.
New type of star seen, confirmed
AUSTIN – University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams,
along with graduate student Steven DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star with the help
of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis.
The discovery was announced this week in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Read more...
Medal honors Taylor at fair
By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
AUSTIN – Taylor Roberts of Sanderson, whose regional History Fair
entry “Early 20th Century Texas Rangers” won him the right to advance to state, received a medal for the most outstanding junior high
regional entry last week.
Ten students represented Sanderson at the State History Fair here.
Salvador band paces concert
Grants workshop next week
PECOS – Today is the deadline to sign up for a workshop on securing grants here next week.
Sanchez starts as BP agent
MARFA – The US Border Patrol count is up by one with the addition of Eric Sanchez of Sanderson.
He graduated from the US Border Patrol academy in Artesia, NM, and will begin work next week. Read more...
The legend of the Golden Pig
By SUSANNA FUÉNTEZ
Special to the News Leader
MARATHON – I heard this story many years ago when I was a
little girl and then again in the 70s from my in-laws.
Both stories were similar and came from trustworthy families so I grew up believing it. Read more...
Student officers named
ALPINE – Monte Piper of Houston has been elected president of the Sul Ross State University’s Student
Government Association. Piper succeeds Jaime Rios of Roma.
New officers were named during the SGA awards banquet last week.
Juan Garcia
of San Antonio was elected vice president for 2008-09.
Stephanie Marshall of Kermit was elected secretary and Kenzi Miller of Lamesa
is the new treasurer.
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SANDERSON – Cool, cloudy weather cut into the crowds for the Sanderson observation of Cinco de Mayo Saturday but that may have been
the least of the celebration’s problems.
Yolanda Connelly, who has produced the event for several years, said this was her last year.
Read more...HAVE A SEAT – Cinco de Mayo organizer Yolanda Connelly showed off two chairs that were sold at silent auction at the Cinco de Mayo
observance Saturday on the Courthouse Lawn. The cowhide chair, front, sold to Simon Galvan and Jesus “Chuy” Cardona bought the brown
leather chair. Sanderson State Bank donated the chairs to benefit the cause, which includes scholarships to graduating seniors.
GARDEN CITY – Grace Jahn and Abby Carrasco of Sanderson placed first in their public speaking division with their educational presentation
on scrapbooking at the District Six 4-H Roundup here Saturday. Dryden Baker and Joseph Carrasco placed first in their division.
Grace and Abby won for their entry titled “Photo Fun” and the boys won for an educational presentation on flood safety titled “Preparing for a Flood.”
Read more...HAVE A SEAT – Cinco de Mayo organizer Yolanda Connelly showed off two chairs that were sold at silent auction at the Cinco de Mayo
observance Saturday on the Courthouse Lawn. The cowhide chair, front, sold to Simon Galvan and Jesus “Chuy” Cardona bought the brown
leather chair. Sanderson State Bank donated the chairs to benefit the cause, which includes scholarships to graduating seniors.
By KIM RAPP
News Leader Production Manager
ALPINE – The Dove-award- winning Christian Latin band Salvador performed Saturday night at
the first annual “Awaken the Desert” concert at Jackson Field here.
Comedian Carlos Oscar and the Christian rock band U4O opened for Salvador. U4O stands for “United For One.” Read more...
BLOW MAN BLOW – Members of the band Salvador performed last weekend at Jackson Field in Alpine. From left to right were Craig Swift,
Leif Shires and Herman Jimenez.
TRUE TO FORM – It wouldn’t be Cinco de Mayo without a dance by Tony and Edelmira Calzada and they didn’t disappoint Saturday. The
crowds were sparse and the weather cool and cloudy. And since this is the last year for their daughter Yolanda Connelly at the helm,
Cinco is in need of new leadership.
MOST LIKELY – Danell Graham and Davis Stumberg have been chosen by their teachers at Sanderson High School as “most likely to succeed.” Danell is the daughter of Perry and Monica Graham and Davis is the son of Forest and Lindy Stumberg.
NEW BP AGENT – Eric Sanchez of Sanderson graduated from the Border Patrol academy in Artesia, NM, this week. He will begin working
for the government next week in Marfa. He is the son of Mike and Karen Sanchez of Sanderson.
Photo by Jan Amen, InciWeb PIO
AT THE READY – Fire crews stood prepared to ignite a firebreak in the Huckaby wildland fire north of
Sanderson this week. The fire started by a downed power line burned nearly 100,000 acres and narrowly missed two $10 million gas refinery
plants.
