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State
Capital Highlights
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Are you paying MORE for your prescriptions???
Cause No: 20208269
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
By:
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Friday, March 19, 2021
Crosby County News
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72ND DISTRICT COURT
OF CROSBY COUNTYj TEXAS
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An independent periodical published weekly on Thursday of
each week except one week at Christmas and one week in
the summer at Valentine Publishing, 817 Main Street, Ralls,
Texas 79357. Entered as periodical mail under USPS pennit
#000244. ISSN number 1537-6214. Periodical Class Postage
paid at the Post Office in Lorenzo, Texas 79343, under the act
of March 3, 1987.
Clerk of the Court:
SHARI SMITH, DISTRICT CLERK
72ND DISTRICT COURT
Any erroneous reflection upon the character standing or reputa-
tion of any person, firm, or corporation which may appear in
the volumes of this newspaper will gladly be corrected upon
notice to the newspaper. This newspaper reserves the right to
accept, refuse or edit any article or manuscript.
Attorney for Plaintiff or Plaintiff:
JULIE RANGER
1622 10TH STREET
LUBBOCK, TX 79401
Advertising and News
in the paper is
Tuesday by 5:00 P.M.
State’s jobless rate still
double record low
The state’s unemploy-
ment rate dropped to 6.8%
in January, down a tick
from December’s 6.9%
rate but double the record
low of 3.4% in May 2019.
It is unclear what effect the
mid-February winter storm
had on employment, when
power outages swept the
state and many roads were
impassable. We’ll find out
next month.
What is certain is that
state lawmakers must grap-
ple with a revenue shortfall
as they build a biennial bud-
get, since sales tax revenues
are down from the previous
year. The state comptrol-
ler’s office announced Feb-
ruary sales tax revenues
totaled $2.68 billion, down
7.5% from the same period
last year.
Sales taxes account for
most of the state’s revenues.
Texas Comptroller Glenn
Hegar announced in Janu-
ary that the state was run-
ning a $1 billion deficit for
the current budget. Hegar
estimated state budget writ-
ers will have an estimated
$112.5 billion in revenue
available for the next two-
year budget, which is nearly
$500 million less than the
total current budget.
Hegar said the forecast
could change due to uncer-
tainties such as the continu-
ing effect of the pandemic,
oil and gas revenues and
how quickly the state’s
economy rebounds as the
state fully reopens.
Abbott, Patrick spar
over PUC, ERCOT
The market monitor for
the Public Utility Commis-
sion has revised its claim
that the Electric Reliabil-
ity Council of Texas over-
charged power companies
by $16 billion during the
winter storm, saying last
week that the actual amount
is $4.2 billion.
Gov. Gregg Abbott has
622 West Main
Crosbyton, Texas 79322
(806) 675-2001 or 1-800-546-5338
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Taken:
* Administrators Report
Given By: Michael Cham-
bers
* Secretary Report Giv-
en By: Lisa Hernandez
*Public Works Report
Given By: Chad Mobbs
* Sheriff’s Report Given
By: Ethan Villanueva
*Emergency Services
Report Given By: Mark
Majors
9. Discussion/ Action
Items:
B. Ordinances -No Mo-
tion-
-Discussion Only and
tabled to be put on Next
Month’s Agenda.
Sealed Bid On Police
Vehicle
MOTION by Rhonda
Cypert, seconded by Jose
Ramon Castillo, to approve
the sealed bid made by
Hugh Brady. With all five
(5) members voting AYE,
the Motion Carried.
D. Quote on Backboom
Bucket (quick connect/
bucket} -No Motion- -Dis-
cussion Only- -Tabled for
now-
E. Baseball Field
MOTION by Rhonda
Cypert, seconded by Ja-
net Peterson Gonzales, to
allow for the Petersburg
Little League to utilize the
Baseball Field once they
have a contract brought to
the city and they will have
insurance. With all five (5)
members voting AYE, the
Motion Carried.
F. Date for Budget
Workshops
-No Motion- -Discus-
sion Only-
10. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Rhonda
Cypert, seconded by Cheryl
Birdwell to adjourn.
With all five (5) mem-
bers voting AYE, the Mo-
tion Carried.
Adjourn Time: 8:26
p.m.
POSTMASTER,
send address changes to:
CROSBY COUNTY NEWS
P.O. Box 1115
Ralls, Texas 79357
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One Year Out of State - $50.00
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TO ENJOY AND WE WILL HAVE
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WE WILL START AT 5:30PM
AND STAY UNTIL ABOUT 8:30PM
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the discretion of the Crosby County News. Letters should be
personally written and signed. Anonymous letters will not be
printed. Letters endorsing candidates or advertising products
are considered paid advertising.
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STATECAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
TO: KHODIE ALEXANDER SKIE GARZA, 300 N. WTH STREET, BALLINGER, TX 76821 Defendant -
GREETING
You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiffs Petition at or
before ten o'clock A M. of the Monday next after the expiration of thirty days after the date of service of
this citation before the Honorable 72ND DISTRICT COURT of Crosby County, at the Courthouse in said
County in Crosbyton, Texas. Said Plaintiffs Petition was filed in said court on the 13th day of May, 2020
in the above entitled cause.
A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to wit:
ORIGINAL PETITION FOR PROTECTION OF A CHILD
as is more fully shown by Plaintiffs Petition on file in this suit.
The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law.
and the mandates thereof, and make due return as the law directs.
Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Crosbyton, Texas, this 22nd day of
February, 2021.
CROSBY COUNTNEWS
Phone 806-253-0211
817 Main Street - Ralls, Texas 79357
E-Mail Address - crosbycountynews@windstream.net
Brenda Valentine - Publisher
John Valentine - Owner
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: "You have been sued. You may employ an attorney, if you or your
attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the
Monday next following the expiration of 30 days after the date you were served this citation and
petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. In addition to filing a written answer with
the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These
disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk.
Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org.". TRCP.99
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Texas.
COVID-19 vaccines
steadily rising across
state
With another 800,000
doses of COVID-19 vac-
cines arriving in Texas this
week, more than 5.2 mil-
lion people have received
at least one dose, and 2.78
million are fully vaccinated
— about 9.5% of the state’s
population. The latest ship-
ment is down from the 1
million first doses delivered
last week, which included
the first large batch of the
one-shot Johnson & John-
son vaccine.
Last week the Texas
Department of State Health
Services announced that
vaccinations have been
expanded to people over
50 years of age. Previously,
school and child-care work-
ers were added to the Phase
IB list, which also included
people over 65 and those
with underlying medical
conditions.
“We’ve seen a remark-
able decrease in the num-
ber of hospitalizations and
deaths since people 65 and
older started becoming fully
vaccinated in January,”
said Imelda Garcia, DSHS
associate commissioner.
“Expanding to ages 50 to
64 will continue the state’s
priorities of protecting those
at the greatest risk of severe
outcomes and preserving
the state’s health care sys-
tem.”
COVID-19 cases, deaths
continue to drop
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made legislation relating
to correcting any ERCOT
billing errors an emergency
item. In a highly unusual
move, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
showed up at a state senate
committee hearing to ques-
tion the lone remaining
member of the PUC — new
chair Arthur D’Andrea.
Patrick on Friday night
called on Abbott to replace
D’Andrea after he fills the
other two vacancies on
the PUC. Patrick also said
Abbott should intercede to
“correct” the pricing error
Abbott quickly — and
tersely — responded to Pat-
rick, saying that, as a former
Supreme Court justice and
former Attorney General,
the governor’s legal view is
that he does not have “inde-
pendent authority to accom-
plish the goals you seek,”
which is why he made the
issue an emergency item for
the Legislature to consider.
This saga is far from over.
Parts of Texas still face
drought
Despite record snow-
falls in much of the state,
precipitation in February
was below average, which
led to an increase in the
area of the state affected by
drought. Dr. Mark Wentzel,
a hydrologist with the Texas
Water Development Board,
said rain during April, May
and June will be crucial.
The expected breakup of the
La Nina weather system in
April could bring a return to
normal amounts of rainfall
in May and June, Wentzel
wrote.
He noted that there will
be pockets of drought al-
most always in such a vast
state. Right now, the United
States Drought Monitor
shows 62 percent of the
state is in some stage of
drought, with the most se-
vere areas located in parts of
the Panhandle and the Rio
Grande Valley. Only 10.8
percent of the state’s area
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The number of new cas-
es of COVID-19 in Texas
dropped again last week
to 31,916 — down 26%
from the previous week. A
total of 1,117 deaths were
reported, down 35% from
the previous week. To date,
there have been 2.7 mil-
lion cases in the state since
the pandemic began, with
46,366 deaths, according to
the Coronavirus Resource
Center at Johns Hopkins
University.
Hospitalizations of con-
firmed COVID-19 patients
also continue to decrease,
with 4,219 patients cur-
rently in Texas hospitals,
according to TDSHS. That’s
down 14% from the previ-
ous week and 70% lower
than the record high of
14,218 hospitalizations in
mid-January.
Texas young lawyers
launch website honoring
iconic women in legal
history
The Texas Young Law-
yers Association this week
launched an online site
intended to educate stu-
dents about women in our
nation’s legal history who
have fought for equality and
civil rights, and who have
helped shape American
culture.
The project is designed
to give Texas high school
teachers an effective tool to
teach students about such
iconic women as Rosa Parks
and Susan B. Anthony.
The site can be accessed
by anyone at: iconicwomen.
tyla.com.
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