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March 9th, 2011
Big Spring City Council took a step against unfunded state mandates during its meeting Tuesday night, approving resolutions supporting House Joint Resolution 56 and Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 17.
During its Feb. 22 meeting, the council had already approved first reading of the resolution supporting House Joint Resolution 56, which calls for a constitutional amendment prohibiting unfunded and underâfunded mandates passed down from the state level to city and county governments.
Ms. Opal Evelyn Mealer, 90, of Big Spring passed away Monday, March 7, 2011, in Big Spring. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. R.T. Havener, retired Assembly of God minister, officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Memorial Park.
Stormee Kay Nix, 31, of Big Spring went home to be with her precious father March 5, 2011, from a tragic car accident. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Alan Wallace, pastor of Peoples Fellowship Church of the Nazarene in Lubbock, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park.
Catherine Green, 94, of Big Spring died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Marcy House. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Olive Memorial Park with the Rev. Joey Bacon officiating.
Maurice (Mo) Gabriel Bennett, 70, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Midland Memorial Hospital Hospice In-Patient Unit. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Myers & Smith Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Teeters officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Mount Olive Memorial Park.
Antonia Castañon Lopez, 58, of Glasscock County died Monday, March 7, 2011, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church with Father Q officiating. Burial will be in the Ciudad Fernandez Cemetery, Ciudad Fernandez, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
It wasnât exactly a night full of offense for Brownfield and Big Spring in their matchup Tuesday at Steer Park.
Big Spring third baseman Jacob Acosta changed all that with one swing, though.
Acostaâs three-run RBI double sparked a five-run third inning as the Steers went on to beat the Cubs 12-2 in five innings.
The Steers were up 3-1 before Acostaâs blast to left field, but they hadnât had an extra base hit. Ascotaâs double went past the Brownfield left-fielder and Gunnar Kennedy, Jared Deporto and Max Pappajohn were sent home. The Steers went from a 3-1 lead to an 8-1 lead.
March 8th
A Big Spring man remains in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital after suffering cuts to the upper part of his body Sunday night.
Fifty-four-year-old Joe Rios Jr. was airlifted to University Medical Center in Lubbock following an altercation in the 2300 block of Warren.
Big Spring police officers were called to 2307 Warren at approximately 9:25 p.m. Sunday where they found Rios standing by his vehicle in the street.
Representatives of the Big Spring Concerned Citizens Council submitted a petition to city officials Monday in an effort to force a city-wide vote on proposed term limits for members of the city council.
Steve Campbell, spokesman for the CCC, turned the petition over to City Finance Director Peggy Walker Monday afternoon.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. today:
âą FRANK FIERRO JR., 63, of 603 N.W. Fifth St., was arrested Monday on a charge of public intoxication.
âą MICHAEL WAYNE GOMEZ JR., 17, of 2703 Carol, was arrested Monday on a charge of public intoxication.
âą NATIVIDAD ZAMORA CEBALLOS, 32, of 2617 Fairchild, was arrested Monday on a charge of driving while license suspended/invalid with a previous conviction.
