Lamesa City Council members have a light agenda in front of them when they hold a regular meeting starting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12 in City Hall at 601 S. 1st Street.
Last week’s football contest was very competitive with five people going 10-3 on the week, but the tie beaker found Nathan Sevedge taking home the first place $25 prize.
Dawson High School’s 2023-2024 FFA officers were recently announced. They are President- Briana Rosales, Vice President- Jason Roderiguez, Secretary- Anahi Gonzalez, Treasurer- J’lynn Antu, Reporter- Roman Trevino, Sentinel- Ariella Roderiguez, Historian- Jordan Antu, and Student Advisor- David Moreno. Ag teacher Rusty Oaks is Dawson FFA advisor.
Dawson County Senior Citizens Center Director Tammy Vidal accepts a $2,087 check from Focused Care at Lamesa Executive Director of Operations Tracy Penn (right) and Kelly A. Lindner (middle), marketing director for Cornerstone Caregiving of Lubbock. Volunteers raised the funds through an Aug. 18 sale of pulled pork sandwiches, complete with chips, a drink and cookies, for $10 per meal. The funds will be used by the senior citizens center for its Meals on Wheels program and other expenses.
Lamesa Service Club member Richard Leonard places flags Monday morning on the east side of the county courthouse in remembrance of 9-11 attacks. Monday was the 22th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and hijackers’ attempts to divert a commercial plane into the national capitol in Washington, D.C. Three thousand workers, passengers on four hijacked planes and first responders died in the attack or after the Twin Towers collapsed in Lower Manhattan in New York City.
A mother and two children are without shelter after an early morning electrical fire damaged their home.
Festivities feature pep ralley, parade
It couldn’t have been said better when a county staff member uttered the words, “Won and Done,” when it came time for Dawson County commissioners Tuesday to finish the final chapter of officially adopting the 2023-2024 budget and tax rate.
Missouri Petroleum Product Company, headquartered out of St. Louis, Missouri, will be performing this year’s seal coat program for the City of Lamesa starting Thursday, Sept. 14.
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