Maria Rocque and Chief Financial Officer Britney Meraz were also on the call to explain a little more of the nuts and bolts when it comes to the bond election. Perryton ISD Superintendent James Mireles, Asst. The PISD Long Range Planning Committee has been meeting and researching the needs of the district since last year and believe the necessity for building renovations is critical.Ĭommittee co-chairs Shae Cunningham, Cynthia Symons and Shirley Howard all joined KXDJ’s Chris Samples on the Perryton Today Show to discuss the proposed projects and why they believe actions need to be taken now. The bond will feature two different propositions totaling $40 million. The Perryton ISD board recently approved a bond election for voters to decide on in May. I would think we would be at that upper end just since we don’t have all those systems metered yet.”įor more on the status of our water supply and the efforts to conserve it, Guthrie recommends visiting. “It was estimated that irrigation use could be anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000. She added that for the 2022 metered calendar year they had just over 4,000-acre feet of use for irrigated agriculture. This has probably been the highest water use year we have had for irrigated agriculture, and we don’t even have all pivot systems metered yet,” Guthrie said. It has had an extreme drying effect and that affects how much water people are going to use. This particular drought has been extremely impactful just because of the above average temperatures and the winds. During times of drought, everyone uses more water. “If you’re talking locally on the water supply in Hemphill County, the supply is good. KXDJ’s Chris Samples recently spoke with Janet Guthrie, general manager of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District, about our water and our future. As the drought lingers, concerns continue to grow over the state of our underground water supply. Today, more in our series on the future of our precious water supply. He is an Air Force Veteran where he reached the rank of Captain. Abbott to the Crime Victims Institute Advisory Council. Judge Mosley was also previously appointed by Gov. He believes the societal issues that he sees every day are what we need to be trying to solve. We’re not going to the core root of this problem,” he told Samples. This idea that if we ban guns that we’re going to solve this problem, I think is naïve. I remember 40 years ago when I went to high school, we had kids out in the parking lot with gun racks with guns in their vehicles and we didn’t have school shootings. We had a lot more guns available 50, 60 years ago to people and we didn’t have these school shootings. Banning guns is not going to help you in the least. In a recent interview with KXDJ’s Chris Samples, Judge Mosley discussed firearms in general and said he does not believe blaming the gun is helpful to the conversation. Matlack has been teaching biology at WT for 21 years and also teaches wildlife conservation, wildlife management, natural history of vertebrates, animal behavior, ornithology, and mammalogy.īorger District Judge James Mosley was recently appointed to the Texas School Safety Center Board by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Other birds like blue jays, doves, and cardinals are here throughout the year.ĭr. Those will be our breeding summer birds,” Dr. Turkey vultures have been back for a while. Western kingbirds have made it back and they love neighborhoods. Now, we are at the peak, literally these two weeks are the peak migration period for many of our species of birds in the Panhandle. Right now, we are at the end of the time where our wintering birds are getting ready to leave to go to their breeding grounds. ![]() ![]() We have birds that are our winter birds and birds that are breeding birds. Ray Matlack, WTAMU Professor of Biology, told Samples we are seeing a mix of both native and migratory species this time of year. Now that spring has sprung, we are seeing more birds everywhere.ĭr. In today’s KXDJ “Did You Hear That?” segment with Chris Samples, an inside look at the birds of the Panhandles. Prop B: $68 million – Additional safety and security, technology, maintenance of HVAC, communications and safety, elementary renovations and additions, updated traffic flow solutions, new buses and transportation facility, new band, choir and theatre at high school, athletics at high school, new ag farm complex at HS, athletic indoor practice/rehearsal facility at high school Hospital District – Three open positions –Ĭity Council – Three open alderman positions –īond election – Prop A: $62 million – New career and tech education facility at HS, new Travis elementary addition, original Travis Elementary renovations ![]() Other contested races around the area include: Prop B: $5 million – Concession stand/bathrooms/locker rooms/weight room/parking lot Prop A: $35 million – High school/Wright Elementary renovations
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