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Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Fall Fair’s top awards announced
Ribbons were handed out this weekend during the Reeves County Annual Fall Fair held at the Reeves County Civic Center.
Judging in the arts, crafts and food events was held prior to the start of the Fair on Friday, and ribbons were on display for the winners in the front section of the Reeves County Civic Center.
Other events were judged on Saturday, including the Pet Show, which was a huge success with several entries and plenty of entertainment.
The Best Smooch Pooch Award, first place, Bo, owner, Hadyn Stewart; second place, Tinkerbell- Samuel Metcalf and third place, popcorn – Adeline Bien. Also Pacer – Jody Williamson.
Terrific Pet Tricks, first place, Pacer – Jody Williamson; second place, Tinkerbell – Samuel Metcalf and third place, Frances – Brenda Hegar. Also, Smalls – Kellie Taylor.
Best Behaved: first place, Frances – Brenda Hegar; second place, Tinkerbell – Samuel Metcalf and third place, Princess Bella – Dana Conger. Other participants were: Lil Rascal – Lauren Conger; Foxy – Jennifer Serrano and Bo – Hadyn Stewart.
Best Groomed: first place, Bella – Lauren Conger; second place, Rascal – Dana Conger and third place, Bo – Hadyn Stewart. Other participants: Pacer – Jody Williamson and Tinkerbell – Samuel Metcalf.
Best Vocal Performance: first place, Popcorn – Adeline Bien; second place, Shelly – Justin Workman and third place, Tinkerbell – Samuel Metcalf. Other participants: Frances – Brenda Hegar and Bo – Hadyn Stewart.
Most Original Costume: first place, Mr. Biggs – Matthew Mora; second place, Princess Bella – Dana Conger; third place, Smalls –Kellie Taylor. Others included: Pixie – McKenzie Taylor; Lil Rascal – Lauren Conger and Rosie – Pace Bien.
Best Tail Wagging: first place, Tinkerbell – Samuel Metcalf; second place, Pixie – McKenzie Taylor and third place, Smalls – Kellie Taylor. Others included: Mr. Biggs – Matthew Mora and Shelly – Justin Workman.
There were 169 airplane entries, however, not all of the entries had a name on them, making it hard for organizers of the event to acknowledge them.
Fall Fair Airplane Winners included: first place winners: Shasity Reyes, Elijah Contreras, Caleb, Brandon Abila, Evelyn Overcash, Zechariah Urias, Isia, Raul Hidalgo, Arianna, Daniel Perea, Jr., Angel Sanchez, Laci Hill, Marily Prieto, Aubrey Navarette, Makayla Carrasco, Dalilah Rodriguez, Monique Dominguez, Zackery Levario, Amarie Palomino, I. Martinez, Angelica, Chassidy Jurado, Dominick Rodriguez, Rafael Medina, Rankin Pope, Luis Alvarado, and Bailey.
Also, Omer Gardea, Andrea, Adeline Bien, Harley Machuca, Edythe, Edgar Carillo, Sergio Baeza, Ruby Rayos, T.J. Garcia, Joe Ray, Elijah Dominguez, Aris Orona, Anyssa Jacquez, Ethan Sandoval, Daniella Sotelo and Aubry Garcia.
Second place winners: Adriel Muro, Amrie Orona, Sean Castillo, Paul Lujan, Viola Sanchez, Alexis Martinez, Joziah Lopez, Nathaniel, I. Martinez, Ryan Villalobos, Christian Machuca, Aslyun Urias, Kevin Holguin, Raquel Ramirez, J’Lynn Hinojos, Melayna Rivera, Andreas Mendoza, Fernando Rodriguez, Leandra V., Kevin Baca, Arinne and Caleb Leonard.
Third place winners: Jordan Hannah, Reese Hannah, Fortino Sandoval, Isaac, Courtney Hollen, Josua Coria, Israel Villalpando, Harvey Foster, Elizabeth Molina, Aimee “Airlines”, Devin Sosa, Antonio Garcia, Randell Wilson, Uria Robledo, Ty Air, Gnell Ortiz, David Valero, Christopher Ortiz, Edmundo Saenz, Leighton Chavez, Ruben, Blaze Marchan, Angel, Haley Hodges, Odet Rodriguez, Alexis Garcia, Garyn, John Vela, Jazelyn Hernandez, Iris Sanchez, Nicole Foster, Aaron Santiago, Kayle Orona, Martinez, Jose Isaah and Emily Galindo.
Also, Jose Navarette, David Morales, Yartze Armidariz, Jaelya Olivas, Jose Rapael, Derek Dominguez, Jordan Ortega, Emiliano Hernandez, Isaias Vargas, Hope Silvas, Jasmine Olivas, Kevin Holguin, Ashley Urias, Citlayi Serrano, Amber Mendoza, Lyla G., Matthew, Kariss Santisteban, Brian Prewit, Angelica Pacheco, Joseph, Yasmin Lopez, Amaya, Lauren Conger, Daniel Martinez, Christian P., Areli Melendez, Javier Barragan, Caleigh LeBeouf, Edgar Carrillo, Andrea, Yosmel Valdez, Corban Dominguez, Jennifer Jasso.
Also, Alie Velasquez, Furlong Salgado, Nate Martinez, Jonathan Guerrero, Javier, Avery Herrera, Antoinette Dominguez, Tiger Baca, Lizette Macias, Alfredo Rosalez, Yosmani Valdez, Isaac Villalobos, Kenzie Valenzuela, Itzel Marquez, Steven Perez, Angelica Fuentes, Arianne Orona, Caleb Noble, Erik Gonzales, J.V., Joshua and Gysella Aguilar.
The art show received numerous entries and in the oil category, Joyce Morton, with her “Desert Storm,” took first place. Second place went to Morton, with “Lighthouse” and third place, Jan Chandler, with “Paul.”
In watercolors, Joyce Morton placed first, second and third places, with clothesline, picking apples and Magnolia.
In the pencil category, first place, Joyce Morton, cliff.
Dried arrangements, first place, tall grass in oil field relic by Jan Chandler; second, grasses in yellow pitcher by Shirley Worrell; third place, broomweed in pumpkin basket by Jan Chandler.
Fresh flowers and potted plants: first place, chili petine, by Margie Williamson; second place, angel wing begonia by Jan Chandler and third place, palm, by Jan Chandler.
Best of Show went to angel wing begonia by Jan Chandler.
Arts and Crafts Division: crosstitch winners: first place winners: Janice Hester – Praying Jesus; Vera Sellers- Reflections; Vera Sellers- set of four Hummels; Laura Teal – Christmas ornaments; Mary F. Ramos – lighthouse; Mary F. Ramos- walk slowly; second place, Mary F. Ramos- grandma quilting; third place, Mary F. Ramos- Man and Wife.
Crochet: first place- Laura Teal – Dollies; Janet Prewit-bell, bookmarks, angel and sachet; Janet Prewit – hats, Janet Prewit- pot holder, second.
Afghans: first, Jackie Tollett; second Janet Prewit; Jackie Tollett, first tablecloth; first capelet nod wrist warmers; first, backpack, first baby boots, first baby bibs, second, candy cane ornaments.
Knitting: first, Jackie Tollett-varigated stripe shrug.
Crafts: first Kay Mainguth-Boo Kitty; Robert Ramirez- first, Irene’s Rainbow; second, Sunny Side Up; Teresa Winkles – first place, canvas Gingerbread House; Teresa Winkles – first, flower arrangement and wall hanging; Janet Prewit – first, embroidery picture, Freda Parker – first embroidered cuptowels; Mina Morris – first, plastic canvas cross and second, hanky. Catilin Santiago – first, God is Great” magnet. Avram Santiago – second, and Amber Vega – third; Juleanne Barrett – music boxes – first, second and third; wood working, - Jackie Tollett – first Christmas Stocking stand and Ray David Martinez – first wood burning box.
Garden Produce: Cathy Teague – first jalapenos, David Teal – first pomegranates, Margie Williamson, first pears.
Garden Produce: Cathy Teague – first jalapenos; David Teal – first pomegranates; Margie Williamson – first pears.
Canned Foods: Melissa Box – first; peach preserves, Morgan Taylor- first, wild plum jelly; Adeline Bien, first jam, Adeline Bien – first jam.
Foods Show: Vera Sellers – first brownies; Laura Teal – first cream cheese pound cake; Laura Teal – first Italian Cream cake cupcakes; David Teal – first White trash; Lisa Barron – first Lisa’s Bread; Lee Ann Lopez- first pecan pie; Crissy Soto- first Cherry delight pie; Gail Box – first turtle cake; Norma Golden – first pecan pie; Norma Golden- first coconut pie; Lori Bien – first cherry jam cobbler; Juleanne Barrett- first peanut brittle; Dorothy Hill, first brown sugar pound cake; Dorothy Hill- first, Texas cream pie; Margie Williamson – first pecan pie; Margie Williamson – second, Buttermilk Chess pie and Margie Williamson – second Mexican Fruit Cake.
Herrera says projects’ cost led to walkout
Disagreement over the need to build a new sports complex and add on to the Reeves County Golf Course were cited Monday by one of the two county commissioners who failed to show up at last week’s scheduled meetings, blocking a planned 13-cent tax increase from taking effect.
Reeves County Judge Sam Contreras had scheduled several meetings in an attempt to get Reeves County Commissioner for Precinct 1 Roy Alvarado and Commissioner for Precinct 3 Saul Herrera to attend the meetings, which were set to discus and approve the 2010 budget.
However, both individuals failed to show up for the scheduled meetings, which led to the county being unable to set the budget and tax rate for the next year above the current rate of 38 cents per $100 in valuations. Contreras, along with Precinct 2 Commissioner Gabriel Martinez and Precinct 4 Commissioner Ramiro “Ram” Guerra had favored the project, while on Wednesday Contreras announced the county has sold over $9 million in bonds for the construction of seven new holes at the Reeves County Golf Course, along with eight new fields for baseball and softball as part of an adjacent sports complex.
Commissioners had been scheduled to vote on the new budget on Sept. 27, but were unable to do so due to the absence of Alvarado and Herrera. Three other attempts were made before last week’s deadline to get at least one of the two commissioners to attend the meeting, in order to meet state requirements for approving new budgets and tax rates.
At that time Contreras said, “We don’t have the four, so we can’t act on the budget or the tax rate.”
Without a quorum, the group could not vote on the proposed budget which includes an increase in the county’s property tax rate from 38 to 51 cents per $100 in valuation.
“We will have to go with last year’s budget and tax rate,” said county auditor Lynn Owens, during the first meeting.
In response to allegations that they were negligent in their duties to the county, Herrera released a statement on Monday regarding his absence from the meetings and his reasons why the county should not sell the bonds at this time. Alvarado also said on Monday that he will release his own statement later this week.
In his statement, Herrera said, “In 2008 the total taxable valuations were $801,427,305.00 and in 2010 it was $724,019,505.00 the difference of $77,407,800.00, this is the total taxable valuations since the voters vote on the bond elections.
“Judge Contreras, Commissioner Martinez and Commissioner Guerra approved the proposed effective tax rate for next year, which is the same amount of money as this year’s. If we had held workshops before approving the proposed budget it probably would have gone up and we would have had to hold two public hearings where all county residents could voice their concerns and opinions,” he said. “The only thing that changed was the bond projects of a $690,000 payment per year for 20 years.
“It is not in the best interest of the county to pay a 26 percent tax increase on recreation projects at this time. There are other important county issues than need to be addressed. The voters voted for the bonds in a different financial climate, but did not know what was to come in the future. Reeves County had two costly prison riots and the economy fell to its lowest. I believe the projects should be placed on hold until the county can again stand on its feet.”
The golf course addition and the new softball and baseball field are to be built south of the current golf course, on land acquired by Reeves County from the Town of Pecos City. Contreras, Martinez and Herrera were defeated back in March and April in the Reeves County Democratic Primary and primary run-off elections. Primary winners Kyle Taylor in Precinct 2, Tony Trujillo in Precinct 4 and County Judge nominee Dr. W.J. Bang, who will face Republican Robert Hanks in the Nov. 2 election, have all voiced their concerns about spending money on the recreation projects given the county’s other financial problems.
Ramos camp captures cookoff’s top awards
A father and son duo took top honors at the Annual Barbecue Brisket and Ribs Cookoff held this weekend in Pecos as part of the Reeves County Fall Fair, winning all three titles on Saturday afternoon at the Reeves County Sheriff’s Posse Arena.
The contest featured ribs and briskets and teams were encouraged to participate in both.
Grand Champions for the combined best finish in both divisions were “The Ramos Camp,” with father, Pete Ramos and son, Pete Jr. The group placed first and third in the ribs category and first in the brisket category, making them Grand Champions and earning over $1,050 in prize money.
The Ramos Camp also placed first in the ribs category last year.
“This year, we posted the top 15 in each category,” said one of the organizers of the event, Cody West. “This will give everyone an idea of what they can do next year to improve and how close they got to the top.”
He added that this year's competition had 48 entries, the number lower than it was last year.
Second place in the brisket category went to the Orona Camp and third place to the “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers.”
Second in the ribs category was “The Chief’s Camp”.
The cookoff awards were among several handed out Saturday morning and early Saturday afternoon. That included winners of the Reeves County Fall Fair Livestock Show, held at the Reeves County Civic Center, and the Fall Fair Horse Show, held next door at the Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena.
In the Lamb Show, grand champion was Jacy Puckett, with Macy McNutt won reserve champion honors. Puckett’s lamb had placed first in the Class II breed while McNutt had placed first in the Class I breed. Kendall Livingston was first in the Southdown division and Bryton Stewart won first in the Fine Wool division.
Reserve champions were Puckett in the Class I division, Gavin Livingston in the Class II division, Rachel Everhart in the Fine Wool and Jayden Miranda in the Southdown.
In the Goat Show, Logan Lee won Grand Champion with his entry, which also won the Class 4 division. T.J. Warren, who was second in the Class 2 and Class 4 divisions and won the Class 1 division, also earned reserve champion. Lindsey Cobb’s entries took first in both the Class 2 and Class 5 divisions, while McNutt’s Class 3 entry placed first in that division and Kristen Shaw was first with her entry in the Class 6 division.
The other second place finishers were Heather Shaw in Class 1, Cassie Marin in Class 3, Chris Martinez in Class 5 and Everheart in Class 6.
In the Medium Weight, Chris Lease was first in Class 1 and Allan Roman first in Class 2, with Roman winning overall Breed Champion. Lease was reserve champ, while Brynn Workman was second in the Class 1 division and Puckett placed second in Class 2.
In the Steer Show, Zachery Bugg won Grand Champion, after placing first with his entry in the Exotic Class II division, while Brianna Bugg was Reserve Grand Champion following a first with her entry in the Exotic Class I. Bugg also took first with her English Class steer, while Tori Henderson won the American Class, with the only entry there.
Clara McLain took Reserve Breed Champion for the English Class; Danica Bugg’s entry was Exotic Class I reserve and Workman was the reserve winner in Exotic Class 2.
In the Horse Show, held Saturday afternoon at the Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena, buckles were won by Jet Taylor in the 8 and under division; Morgan Taylor in the 9-12 division; Sierra Long in the 13-15 division; and Lenora Blanchard in the 16-18 division. Long also won the halter for the gelding division, while Will James Fernandes was the winner in the mares division.
Showmanship at Halter was won by Blanchard in the 16-18 division, Long in the 13-15, Fernandes in the 9-12 and Taylor in the 8 and under. The same four also won in the Western Pleasure competition; Blanchard, Long, Morgan Taylor and Jet Taylor won in Western Horsemanship; Blanchard, Kacy Villanueva, Fernandes and Jet Taylor won the Western Trail competition; Blanchard; Villanueva, Morgan Taylor and Jet Taylor won the barrel race; Blanchard, Long, Morgan and Jet Taylor were the winners in pole bending, and Blanchard, Long and both Taylors were the winners in the Stakes Race.
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