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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Chuck wagon, BBQ cook-off sites set at Fair
By ROSIE FLORES
Staff Writer
PECOS, Wed., Sept. 17, 2003 -- People attending the Reeves County Fall Fair
this year will have outdoor cooking to sample on both sides of the Reeves
County Civic Center, with the traditional barbeque beef cook-off on one
side of the building and a first-time chuck wagon cookoff planned for the
other side of the main exhibition area.
A total of 20 spaces have already been reserved for the Annual Reeves
County Sheriff's Posse Championship Barbecue Cook-off, scheduled for Oct.
3-4 at the Sheriff's Posse Arena.
Entry forms can be obtained at KIUN or by calling Cody West at the radio
station at 445-2497.
"My goal is to get 60 entries," said West, who said the cook-off attracted
54 entries last year.
There are 91 spaces available inside the Sheriff's Posse arena, according
to West. The cook-off has attracted as many as 106 entries during its height,
in the mid-1980s, and has been building back up entries in recent years,
after the Sheriff's Posse took over operations when the cook-off was cancelled
due to a lack of entries four years ago.
Deadline to enter this year's cook-off is 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3. "This
will give individuals from out of town an opportunity to enter," said West.
Entry fee is $50 per team and a copy of the rules and regulations are
available at the Pecos Chamber of Commerce office and at KIUN's offices,
both on South Cedar Street.
The contest will feature entries in beef brisket and pork spare ribs.
There will be a $500 prize award for first place; $250 for second; $150 for
third and $50 for fourth in each category. A Grand Champion will be named
and that winner will receive a sterling silver platter. A Best Camp award
will be handed out to the camp with the best showmanship.
The group is also raffling a trailer-mounted barbecue pit and the winner
of the raffle will be announced during the cook-off. Tickets for the raffle
are $5.
"They can start setting up on Thursday (Oct. 2), anytime," said West.
West said that he welcomes everyone to come out to the cook-off.
While the barbeque cook-off is held north of the Reeves County Civic Center,
Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce Director Linda Gholson said that the chuck
wagons would be set up on the south side, behind the Civic Center.
The Chuck Wagon Cook-Off is a new addition to the Fall Fair for 2003.
"They will be selling what they make after the contest," said Gholson.
Plates will consist of chicken fried steak, potatoes, homemade bread and
dessert for $8.
Gholson said that plans for the Fall Fair, which will begin on Oct. 2
and continue through Oct. 4, are coming along great and that there are only
two booths to be filled.
Theme for this year's event is "Patriotic."
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD students and other groups are working on scarecrows
to be placed inside the civic center.
There will be a Clay Allison re-enactment with Gerry Allison, writer/re-enactor/historian,
who will be in Pecos during the Fall Fair. Allison's book, The Life and
Death of a Gunfighter can be purchased at the West of the Pecos Museum.
William R. Bennett, a toy monger, will also be at the annual event.
"We're very excited about having him here," said Gholson. "He makes wooden
toys and talks about the history of toys," she said.
Debbie Thomas, one of the organizers of the event, said that Bennett
attends the Fort Stockton Living History Days each year.
"He will be staying on to perform at Bessie Haynes Elementary School,
4th and 5th grades, on Oct. 2," said Thomas. "Then he will be at the fall
fair on Saturday, Oct. 4," she said.
Church on mission to upgrade, add to facilities
By JON FULBRIGHT
Staff Writer
PECOS, Wed., Sept. 17, 2003 -- Work is going on both inside and outside the
Fourth and Bois D'Arc Church of Christ, with renovations of the existing
building and construction of a new facility on the east side of the Church.
The most obvious work to passersby is the construction of a Fellowship
Hall between the church and Hackberry Street. The Church of Christ received
a zoning change from the Town of Pecos City Council last month to close
off the alleyway between Third and Fourth streets in order to build the new
facility, which church member John Forrister said would be used for lunches,
men's breakfasts and other church-related events.
"We're not on any particular schedule, but we've already got a lot of
work done," said Forrister, who is helping supervise the work along with
Billy Mac Jobe. The metal frame of the building has been in place since
last week, and wooden supports for the building's exterior are being put
in this week.
"We're going to brick it and put a roof on it," Forrister said. "Hopefully,
within a couple of weeks we'll have it on."
Forrister said the church's front parking area and sidewalk also have
been replaced as part of the current construction, while minister Fred Dominguez
added "We've got guys working inside redoing the area, which is part of
a comprehensive program to upgrade the whole facility.
"We've got Ed Strain remolding in here, making classrooms and offices,"
he said. "I'd imagine by the end of the year all the interior work will
be done."
Dominguez said there are a couple of more exterior projects planned for
the Church of Christ as part of the overall project. "We've got some folks
who are going to do landscaping work for us, and we're going to build a
playground in the back for the children, where the volleyball court used
to be."
Forrister said the church is paying for the project "as we go," and while
no definite completion date is set, all the work should be finished over
the next several months.
Local officers adjust to new medical privacy law
By BRENDEN BRIGGS
Staff Writer
PECOS, Wed., Sept. 17, 2003 -- The enactment of the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) this past April has made local law enforcement
officers change the way they handle their jobs when investigations involve
patients inn local hospitals. But police said the new rules toughening protecting
patient confidentiality have not been a major hurdle to any investigations.
The tighter regulations on the release of hospital patient information
have slowed down some law enforcement procedures. These measures have made
hospitals responsible for the information obtained through patient diagnoses.
Tougher HIPAA laws have been enacted to prevent the usage of hospital
or medical records against a person in non-criminal instances. In past
years, spouses have used a patient's enrollment into alcohol abuse programs
against them in child custody proceedings. Also, employers had been able
to access a potential employee's medical history to determine if the new
hire will be cost efficient.
Law enforcement officers have been dealing with these regulations for
some time now and have adjusted.
"We typically work with victims anyway, so their families a happy to give
assistance whenever possible, especially when it comes to allowing access
to hospital records when they pertain to the apprehension of the perpetrator,"
Pecos police Lt. Kelly Davis said.
"The hospital still must notify if they believe that an injury was obtained
during some sort of violence; gunshots, stabbings and car accident participants
are brought to our attention by hospital staff," he added.
Patient rights advocates are hailing the law as a major step for individual
privacy. Records have been accidentally shared to individuals in the past
that have sold to information concerning a public figure to tabloids.
Doctors are hopeful that the new regulations will increase the public's
willingness to seek treatment and disclose vital information as long as
they know that that whatever information is acquired will be kept confidential.
"Getting this legislation passed has cost a lot of money and has taken
over seven years, but it is a very good step in the right direction," Reeves
County Hospital privacy officer Lily Serrano said.
"At first people are angry at the extra precautions we are taking with
patient information, but once we explain why we are doing it they understand
and are willing to go along with the extra steps necessary to protect the
confidentiality of the hospital record," she stated.
Band boosters and bell ringers sought for 2003
PECOS, Wed., Sept. 17, 2003 -- The Pecos Eagle Band Boosters meet each
Monday at 7 p.m., in the Pecos High School Cafeteria.
Everyone is invited to attend and to join the booster club.
Meanwhile, the Reeves County Juvenile Probation Department will sponsor
a Drug Free, Crime Free Spirit Bell Ringers Group for the 2003 football
season. Boys and girls in grades 5-9 who reside in Reeves County and are
drug free and crime free are eligible to participate.
Participation is free of charge and limited to the first 20 eligible
applicants, and those involved will attend Pecos' district home games on
Oct. 10, Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.
Call Louise Moore or Mary Ann Acosta at 447-6901 to sign up. Sign up
deadline is Sept. 26.
Police Report
EDITOR'S NOTE: Information contained in the Police
Report is obtained from reports filed by the Pecos Police Department, Reeves
County Sheriff's Office, or other officers of those agencies. The serving
of warrants by an officer for outstanding fines of either traffic citations,
animal control violations or other court costs are considered arrests and
will be printed as such unless indicated that the fines were paid. In such
instances we will indicate payment and release.
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Michael Ontiveros, 35, was arrested for public intoxication at 2 a.m.,
Sept. 10, in the 100 block of South Orange Street.
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Robert Jimenez, 24, was arrested for driving without a driver's license
at 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 10, during a traffic stop at Hackberry Street and
Veterans Boulevard.
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Donna Spivey, 20, was arrested on three warrants: no seat belt, failure
to wear seat belt and violation promise to appear at 6:56 p.m. on Sept.
10, during a traffic stop at Third and Cedar streets.
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Simon Acosta, 56, was arrested for public intoxication at 10:37 p.m.,
on Sept. 11, in the 700 block of Oleander Street.
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Maria Carrera, 35, and Ashley Martinez, 19, were arrested for public
intoxication at 8:35 p.m., Sept. 11, in the 100 block of Almond Street.
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Sergio Cerna, 19, was served with a warrant for theft for greater than
$50 and less than $200, at 10:21 p.m., Sept. 12, at the Reeves County Jail.
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Jose Bustamante, 48, was arrested for public intoxication at 2:04 a.m.,
Sept. 13, at Suavecito.Club, at Ninth and Cedar streets.
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Efrain Navarette, 46, was arrested for assault/ family violence Class
C at 12:18 a.m., Sept. 13, in the 400 block of Elm Street.
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Delfino Lujan, 51, was arrested for enhanced public intoxication at
10:15 p.m., Sept. 15, at the corner of 12th and Mesquite streets.
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Dolores Morris, 47, was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
at 4:10 a.m., Sept 16, while she was in custody at the Criminal Justice
Center.
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Jesus Armendariz, 24, was arrested for a probation violation/ possession
of a prohibited weapon at 10:59 p.m., Sept. 16, in the 1600 block of Alamo
Street.
Obituaries
Jesse Duarte, Maria M. Garcia, Phyllis Stool, Marjorie Wilson
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
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