See the Primetime program at Mary DeShazo Elementary School in Muleshoe, Texas, where students have the opportunity to work with animals and create a garden, make marble & magnet mazes, work with Lego Robotics and more activities. Our video includes interviews with many of the DeShazo students and faculty members Melissa York, Toni King, Erika Griffith, Kimberly Nickels, Debbie Gallman and Erin Boatmun. This is our Meet Your Neighbor program for October 2016 brought to you by United Supermarkets.
See the Muleshoe City Council Meeting held on October 10, 2016, at City Hall in Muleshoe, Texas. Items on the Agenda: 1. Approval of Minutes a. Council Meeting September 12, 2016 2. Consider Ordinance No. O-489-1016 authorizing the issuance of City of Muleshoe, Texas Tax and Waterworks and Sewer System (Limited Pledge) Revenue Certificates of Obligation 3. Consider Resolution
R-719-1016 Amending Authorized Representatives in TexPool 4. Receive Investment Report and Financial Statement for the quarter ending September 30, 2016 5. Administrative Reports: a. The City hosted a blood drive on September 14, 2016. There were 19 contacts and 19 units of blood were collected. b. The City received a letter from Reach Broadband regarding a notice sent to customers advising them of a 3% rate increase. 6. Mayor and Council remarks. 7. Adjourn
See our interview with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Muleshoe, Texas, on October 10, 2016, as he ate at Leal’s Mexican Restaurant. Cruz is on a three day ag tour of our area visiting farms and businesses in Ropesville, Meadow and Friona. Senator Cruz reaffirmed his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and talked about his future plans for running for president.
See our interview at the Open House of The Desert Rose venue barn with owner Rhonda Myers about the new facility located at 1584 US Highway 84 in Muleshoe, Texas. Visit The Desert Rose online at http://thedesertroseevents.com/
See our interview with Kaci Morris and Craig Black with the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce who is sponsoring a Fire & Ice Chili & Ice Cream Cookoff on October 22, 2016, at the Bailey County Coliseum. Enter at the chamber office or call 806-272-4248. This is our Meet Your Neighbor program for September 2016 brought to you by United Supermarkets.
See members of the Quanah Parker family perform at Comanche blessing on the Quanah Parker Arrow located at the Muleshoe Heritage Center in Muleshoe, Texas, on September 17, 2016. Members of the Quanah Parker family who bless the arrow are Paul Davis, Glen Leming, Bruce Parker, Babs Shelton, Ardith Parker Leming and Linda Davis. Dr. Holle Humphries with the Texas Plains Trail presents a program on the “Trail of Living Waters” summarizing how Comanches and other South Plains tribes navigated the water trailways associated with Yellow House Draw and nearby Blackwater Draw to track and hunt game and trade with Comancheros.
See the Muleshoe City Council Meeting held at City Hall in Muleshoe, Texas, on September 12, 2016. Items on the Agenda: 1. Approval of Minutes a. Budget Workshop – August 4, 2016 b. Council Meeting – August 8, 2016 c. Public Hearing 2016/2017 Tax Rate – August 22, 2016 d. Public Hearing 2016/2017 Tax Rate – August 30, 2016 e. Public Hearing 2016/2017 Budget – August 30, 2016 2. Consider authorizing the submission of Community Development Block Grant application and the procurement of professional services – Kay Howard, A&J Howco Services, Inc. 3. Consider Ordinance No. O-486-916 – Adopting 2016/2017 Budget 4. Consider Ordinance No. O-487-916 – Setting Tax Rate 5. Consider Ordinance No. O-488-916 – Amending Appendix A Fee Schedule 6. Consider request of Muleshoe Rotary Club for Hotel/Motel Tax Funds for the promotion of the 24th Annual Team Roping Event 7. Consider request of Muleshoe Rotary Club for Hotel/Motel Tax Funds for the promotion of the 4th Annual Old Pete Classic 5K Run 8. Consider Official Ballot of Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool Board of Trustees Election 9. Consider Official Ballot of TML Multistate Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool Board of Trustees – TML Region 3 Election 10. Consider final plat for CP Homes for property on West Avenue K immediately East of the Harmon Elliott Complex 11. Consider Council Code of Conduct – Mayor Black 12. Receive Financial Statement for the month ending August 31, 2016 13. Administrative Reports: a. The City will host a blood drive on September 14, 2016 from 10:00am-2:00pm b. The TML Region 3 meeting will be September 29, 2016 at the Scottish Rite Learning Center in Lubbock c. Muleshoe Area Public Library will hold a Senior Citizens Health Fair on Friday, September 16th d. The City will participate in a Rating Conference Call with Standard and Poor’s on Tuesday, September 13th. This call is part of the process for the 2016 CO Bonds. 14. Mayor and Council Remarks 15. Council Training – Slater Elza, City Attorney 16. Adjourn
These are the “unofficial” election results from the September 8, 2016, Muleshoe ISD Special election. We do have some provisional ballots that may change the numbers on these results.
Approving the Ad Valorem Tax Rate of $1.35 per $100 valuation in Muleshoe Independent School District for the current year, a rate that is $0.00 higher per $100 valuation than the school district rollback tax rate for the purpose of increasing the Maintenance and Operation Rate by $0.13 to $1.17 per year and reducing the Interest and Sinking Rate by $0.13 to $0.18 for this year.
Tropical Cyclone Newton brings hours of heavy downpours to the Muleshoe area dropping 2.49″ at Channel 6 and 1.79″ at the Muleshoe Mesonet station on September 6 & 7, 2016.
Drenching rains fall in Muleshoe beginning on Thursday, August 25th. As of Thursday, September 1st, the NWS Station at Channel 6 has received 4.28″ in the past 7 days and the Muleshoe Mesonet site has 4.97″. The mesonet site received 5.99″ of rain and the NWS Station at Channel 6 got 5.34″ during the month of August. Get more details in our Muletrain News programs.
