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Suited for Retirement

Jim Polonis gives a thumbs up to his new rocking chair gifted to him during a retirement celebration Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Polonis is stepping down from his position as General Manager of the Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District to begin the next chapter of his life. Tuesday’s gathering was a celebration and show of appreciation for his 10 years of service with the water district. KIMBERLEY MEYER | THE DEVIL’S RIVER NEWS

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Hospital Expenses Reflect Increased Spending on Administrative Contracted Services

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:15 PM

In addition to approving the usual expenses listed on the Lillian M. Hudspeth Memorial Hospital financial report, hospital board members authorized costs for administrative contracted services in the amount of $97,981.02 for the months of December and January during a meeting Tuesday, February 5, 2019.

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Bidding War Nets Big Charity Dollars for Sonora Downtown Lions Club

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:12 PM

The Sutton County Civic Center was the center of a bidding war- a friendly back and forth effort between members of the community, that netted the Sonora Downtown Lion’s Club approximately $14,000, Monday night, during the 81st Annual Auction, February 11, 2019.

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Commissioners Approve New Sterling Commissary Contract for County Jail

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:07 PM

In addition to hearing from department officials and reviewing reports as usual, county leaders voted on just one regular consent item and one proposed contract the regular meeting of the Sutton county commissioners court Monday, February 11, 2019.

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USDA to Host 2018 Farm Bill Implementation Listening Session, Open to Public

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:06 PM

Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey announced that USDA is hosting a listening session for initial input on the 2018 Farm Bill.

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February Home Horticulture Tips

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:03 PM

The groundhog didn’t see his shadow, supposedly predicting an early spring.

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Crack Shot with a BB Gun

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:02 PM

When he was eight-years-old, Leon Measures of Livingston was shooting flies off the wall with a BB gun while going back and forth on his front porch swing. As the years progressed, he increased his accuracy with an air gun. Now he conducts shooting clinics in coliseums and stadiums all over the country. He has devised a special booth where he’ll toss a BB into the air and shoot it. He used to demonstrate with aspirin tablets, but wanted more of a challenge, so he switched to BBs as moving targets.

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Friends Will Rogers Never Met

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00 PM

Will Rogers--a long ago American favorite whose gentle humor and keen observations made a world smile often, and sometimes even think--claimed he never met a man unworthy of his liking. Dying too soon in a 1935 plane crash, this gift to America from the Oklahoma Territory would have included women, too, had he not lived in an age of unbridled chauvinism.

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Code of the West

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 3:56 PM

In 1958 I graduated from Sul Ross University with a degree in Range Animal Husbandry, i.e. ranching. So I leased the old family place south of Longfellow, in block 155-156 in Southern Pecos County.

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Phillips 66 Moving Forward with Gray Oak Pipeline in Sonora

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 2:21 PM

Houston-based Phillips 66 is moving forward with a crude oil pipeline system running from the West Texas Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast and Sonora that means good news for Sonora.

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Dazzle Says Spring is Coming, Agrees with Cousin Phil

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 2:19 PM

A small crowd gathered on the lawn of the Sutton County Courthouse Saturday morning eagerly awaiting the annual Groundhog Day West Texas Style prediction of soon to be spring or six more weeks of winter during the annual February 2 celebration.

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