Saturday, June 28, 1997
Area news roundup
Big Spring reward grows
BIG SPRING - The reward for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person or persons who vandalized the helicopter
at the Vietnam Memorial last Sunday is up to $2,000.
A private donation of $500 was added to the $500 offered by
the Vietnam Memorial Association. A reward of up to $1,000 is
available through CrimeStoppers.
Anyone with information can contact either the police department
at 264-2550 or CrimeStoppers at 263-8477.
New extension agent begins work in Callahan County
BAIRD - Robert Pritz began his new duties as Callahan County
extension agent earlier this week.
Pritz moved to Baird from Wise County where he had been an
assistant county extension agent for two years. He served as 4-H
coordinator with responsibilities in recruiting and training members,
and organizing activities for the youth program, Callahan County
Judge Bill Johnson said.
District 7 Extension Director Scott Durham said Pritz was reared
in the San Angelo area "and knows this part of Texas."
"I am very familiar with Robert's work and know he will
soon become a real asset not only to his new county, but to the
district as well," Durham said.
Pritz graduated from Angelo State University in 1993 and earned
a master's degree in range science from Texas Tech in 1995. He
worked as a graduate research assistant at Tech. His thesis research
involved juniper consumption by Spanish and Angora goats.
At ASU he was named outstanding range student and was president
of the Range Club. He played on the football team and was a member
of the Block and Bridle Club and plant identification team.
Pritz fills the position vacated by longtime Callahan County
Agent Greg Gerngross, who retired March 31. Pritz and his wife,
Chasity, live in Baird.
Coleman hospital financially well
COLEMAN - Coleman County Medical Center continues to be in
good financial shape, showing a $95,000 profit in May, Administrator
Mike Morris told the center's board of directors.
Hospital admissions totaled 91, up from 74 in May 1996, he
said. More than 800 people were treated as outpatients. Directors
also toured the new labor and delivery room which is scheduled
to open in the next few weeks.
Drive-by shooting nets prison term
COLORADO CITY - A Snyder man has been sentenced to five years
in prison for a drive-by shooting here in March.
Tommy Ray Hull, 30, pleaded guilty to deadly conduct and driving
while intoxicated charges in 32nd District Court. He admitted
firing shots at a girlfriend's house on East 11th Street. No one
was injured.
A former Wallace Unit prison guard remains charged in the city's
only other drive-by shooting this year.
Jury sentences man to 10 years probation
SNYDER - A 132nd District Court jury on Friday assessed a 10-year
probated term for David Leon Wagner, 19, after finding him guilty
of indecency with a child.
Sentencing is set for 3 p.m. July 9. Testimony began Tuesday
and ended Thursday. The offense occurred on Oct. 27, 1996, and
involved a 14-year-old girl.
Wagner was indicted in December. The jury of 10 men and two
women deliberated less than an hour before returning the guilty
verdict.
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