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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Lifestyle
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
Ortega girls celebrate birthdays
Bianca and Destiny Ortega celebrated their birthdays recently with a party
held in their honor at the Eastside Community Center.
Bianca was five years on Dec. 31 and Destiny turned three on Dec. 29.
Theme for the special event was Power Puff Girls and the girl's favorite
gift was big bears.
They are the daughters of Danny and Tomasita Ortega of Pecos.
Maternal grandparents are Manuel Orona and the late Dolores Orona.
Paternal grandparents are Danny and Bibi Ortega and Boni and Jane Garcia
all of Pecos.
Tarango protects Dallas airport
Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ramiro Tarango, of Pecos, observes
passengers and security personnel at a security checkpoint at Dallas Love
Field.
Tarango repairs special electronics devices as a member of Company B,
372nd Forward Support Battalion.
He received training from Federal Aviation Administration officials and
is familiar with detection equipment and security checkpoint procedures.
Tarango joins hundreds of Texas citizen-soldiers who are protecting 26
commercial airports statewide as part of America's Homeland Defense Plan.
Free trees available for planting
Ten free American redbud trees will be given to each person who joins
The National Arbor Day Foundation during February.
The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees for America
campaign.
Redbuds have clusters of rosy pink flowers in spring, and dark green summer
leaves turning to yellow in the fall.
The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting between
March 1 and May 31 with enclosed planting instructions. The six to 12 inch
trees are guaranteed to grow, or they will be replaced free of charge.
To become a member of the Foundation and receive the free trees, send
a $10 contribution to Ten Free Redbud Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation,
100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by Feb. 28.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321
e-mail newsdesk@nwol.net
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