FCCLA team advances to state
Two days of cooking, serving and test-taking proved successful for Lamesa High School’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) last week.
Two days of cooking, serving and test-taking proved successful for Lamesa High School’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) last week.
Lamesa firefighters had a busy day Monday, extinguishing a fire in a vacant mobile home during the morning and then spending hours from the early afternoon into the evening at a cotton gin just south of town.
Life changes us. Sometimes in increments, like accidentally stepping off the curb. Sometimes in ways akin to falling off a cliff. It’s these cliff-changing moments that transform us in ways we never could have imagined – before. It’s like falling from one world into another – into a life so different that your old life can only be referenced as “before.”
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than 2.5 million U.S. middle and high school students currently use e-cigarettes (vape devices). With an estimated 48 million students enrolled in middle and high schools, this means that roughly 1 out of every 19 U.S. students is vaping.
Gov. Greg Abbot has issued a disaster declaration for Texas counties affected by the early February ice storm and is seeking a federal declaration as well for areas in Southeast Texas affected by rare January tornadoes.
Property values and the school’s safety audit are among the items to be included in administrative reports at Thursday’s regular meeting of the Lamesa school board.
A “meet and greet” event for Freddy Olivarez, the new chief executive officer of the Dawson County Hospital District, is planned here on Feb. 24.
Administrative contracts will be the focus of the O’Donnell school board’s regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the board room at the school.
P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177