Page 2 Crosby County News Friday, September 11, 2020 Friday,7 September 11, 2020 Crosby County News Page 3 Crosby County COVID-19 Updates as of Sept. 9th As of this date Septem- posted as soon as it is re- ber 9, 2020 the State ceived. Health Dept. has reported Crosby County will fol- 100 cases of Covid-19 in low Governor Gregg Ab- Crosby County for the year bott’s Executive order GA of 2020. One new case be- 23 relating to the expanded ing reported on September opening of Texas in re- 9, 2020. Female between sponse to the COVID-19 the ages of 45-55 in the disaster. GA 23 is a · very Crosbyton area. Crosby detailed and lengthy docu- County active cases 1, re- ment it can be found under coveries 96, deaths 3. Total http// gov.texas.gov /1ege reported cases for the year Leaders/ governors. 2020 in Crosby County are The Crosby County Of- 100. Cases that are reported fice of Emergency Man- New staff member to CHS, Felicia Acebedo and her five boys will be shown on agement strongly encour- Facebook pages Crosby ages following all CDC County Office of Emergen- guidelines, including social Crosbyton Chamber to Feature New Teacher Each Week The Crosbyton Cham- Lubbock and graduated gets, she is at least half the Acebedo to the Crosbyton cy Management and Crosby distancing, face masks, ber of Commerce & Agri- with an Associate Degree women she is today! Chieftain universe, and to County Community Watch frequent hand washing or culture wanted to make a in Arts and Sciences from The Crosbyton Cham- our community, as well! and also reported to the hand sanitizer. Thank You, special effort to welcome the University of Phoenix. ber of Commerce & Agri- We are thankful she is Crosby County News. The stay safe. the new faculty and staff She has five boys that are culture welcomes Felicia working with our students! Texas State Health Dept. Sincerely, of the 2020-21 Crosbyton all in high school, with four does all investigations into Crosby County schools. By way of intro- being juniors and one is a these cases. Judge ducing these new folks to freshman. Information will be Rusty Forbes our community, we will In Felicia’s own words, feature a new member each “Teaching was never in my Deadline for week. If you see any of plan. I worked in the medi- these individuals out and cal field as a medical assis- about, be sure and extend tant for 10 years and as the Advertising and News them a big Crosbyton wel- years went on, I found my- come! self not as happy as I once in the paper is Felicia Acebedo serves was when I first started. I our school as a secondary was stuck at a standstill and Tuesday by 5:00 P.M. instruction aid. Felicia is not quite sure what I wanted originally from to do next. While trying to figure NOTICE OF ELECTION out what my next step was By the going to be, I decided to start substituting in the mid- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE dle school and high school In accordance with the provisions of the Texas Agriculture Code, Chapter 74, and I absolutely fell in love Subchapter D, and 4 Tex. Admin. Code, Chapter 3, Subchapter A, the Texas with it. I never thought I would be able to have a Department of Agriculture (the Department) will conduct a board election in the bond with kids I really did Southern High Plains Caprock Boll Weevil Eradication Zone, in order to select a not know. The more I saw representative of the above-referenced zone to serve on the Texas Boll Weevil these kids the more I fell Eradication Foundation Board of Directors. The board is charged with administering in love with them. When the boll weevil eradication program in Texas. school had to stop due to the Coronavirus, I started to The Southern High Plains/Caprock Eradication Zone consists of all of Cochran, realize how much I missed Wedding Announcement Hockley, and Lubbock counties; that part of Terry County that is north of a line 1.25 each individual student. Eli Henn son of Steve & Trixie Henn of Crosbyton.Marlee miles south of the Hockley County line from FM 303 east to Highway 385 and all All my students had made Plummer daughter of Jim & Janis Plummer of Post. Wed- an impact on me in some land north and east of a line with boundaries of County Road 230, County Road 525 ding will be October 24, 2020 in Post. Eli graduated from way. When a position for Crosbyton High School and has an associate degree in Ag also known as Cemetery Road, and County Road 280 to the Lynn County line; that an instructional aid became Business from College. He had been working part of Lynn County north and east of a line 5 miles north of Hwy 380 following available in the secondary, in the oilfield for several years and is currently farming with County Road 18 that extends from the Terry County line east for 10 miles, then turns I saw it as my sign.” his dad. Marlee graduated from and has a degree in Fashion Merchandising & Digital Retail- south to Hwy 380, and runs east to the intersection of FM 212 before turning south Felicia’s favorite hobby is crafting, and she loves to ing from University of North Texas and in a week she will to the Borden County line; that part of Crosby County that is above the Caprock make t-shirts and picture have a nursing degree from Covenant School of Nursing. She will be employed by Covenant’s Speciality Hospital, Escarpment, that part of Garza County that is above the Caprock Escarpment; and that pallets, and anything she Itac. They will be making their home in Lubbock, Texas. part of Dickens County that is above the Caprock Escarpment sees on TikTok. Her role model is her mother who Any cotton grower having planted cotton in the year 2019 within the zone defined CROSBY COUNTY NEWS has shown Felicia that no Phone 806-253-0211 above is eligible to vote, and, if he or she resides in the Southern High Plains Caprock matter what happens in life, 817 Main Street - Ralls, Texas 79357 E-Mail Address - [email protected] Zone and has at least seven years experience as a cotton grower, can have his or her never give up. She says that Brenda Valentine - Publisher John Valentine - Owner name placed on the ballot as a candidate in the board member election. A cotton she knows what it is like to ______have everything you want An independent periodical published weekly on Thursday of each week grower is defined as a person who grows cotton intended to be commercial cotton. except one week at Christmas and one week in the summer at Valentine given to you when you ask The term includes an individual who, as owner, landlord, tenant or sharecropper, is Publishing, 817 Main Street, Ralls, Texas 79357. Entered as periodical for it, and then going in a mail under USPS permit #000244. ISSN number 1537-6214. Periodical Class Postage paid at the Post Office in Lorenzo, Texas 79343, under entitled to share in the cotton grown and available for marketing from the farm, or different direction, strug- the act of March 3, 1987. ______share in the proceeds from the sale of the cotton from the farm or from an indemnity gling to make it from week Subscription Rates: or other payment received from or related to the planting, growing, or failure of the to week. At one point in One Year in Crosby County - $40.00 One Year Out of County - $45.00 cotton. Any person eligible to vote in the board member election that resides in the Felicia’s childhood, her One Year Out of State - $50.00 mother worked three jobs ______Southern High Plains Caprock Zone and meets the seven-year experience requirement Letters to the Editor just so that she could give Letters to the Editor are welcome and will be published at the discre- may place their name in nomination for election to the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication tion of the Crosby County News. Letters should be personally written her what she needed just so and signed. Anonymous letters will not be printed. Letters endorsing Foundation Board by written application to the Department at the address provided that she would not feel left candidates or advertising products are considered paid advertising. ______below. Nomination forms are provided by the Department and must be signed by out from others at school. Any erroneous reflection upon the character standing or reputation of Felicia says that her mother any person, firm, or corporation which may appear in the volumes of the nominee and at least ten other eligible voters. The nomination form must be this newspaper will gladly be corrected upon notice to the newspaper. has always had her back, This newspaper reserves the right to accept, refuse or edit any article received by the Department at its office located in Austin by September 20, 2020 or manuscript. no matter what kind of ______and must provide the legal residence of the applicant. A nomination form may situation she found herself. POSTMASTER, send address changes to: be obtained by contacting the Department office or any county agent located in the Felicia says her mother is a CROSBY COUNTY NEWS strong and loving woman, P.O. Box 1115 voting area. Ralls, Texas 79357 and hopes the older she The board election will be held by mail-in-balloting. Ballots will be mailed to cotton growers September 25, 2020. All ballots cast by mail must be postmarked no later than October 20, 2020 in order to be valid. WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES For more information regarding the referendum and election, or if you are a cotton grower in the above-referenced area and do not receive a ballot, please contact Patrick Dudley with the Texas Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 12847, Austin, Texas, 78711, call (512) 787-9966 or by e-mail at [email protected]. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CROSBYTON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ACTIVITIES ARE STARTING BACK UP ON SEPTEMBER l6TH!! NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY PLEASE JOIN US! EVERYONE IS WELCOMED!! 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