Take a tour of the improvements and additions at the Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery with Bob Graves and Buddy Embry filmed on October 9, 2013.  You are invited to an Open House on Sunday, October 13, 2013, from 3-4p.m. to see the cemetery and make sure to watch the video to get details on how to win a gift certificate from Leal’s Mexican Food Restaurant.  Bob Graves states in our video that The Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery is perpetual care but that is incorrect.

First freeze for Muleshoe, Texas, for 2013 occurred on the morning of Sunday, October 6th shortly after 4a.m. dropping to 31 degrees at the NWS Station at Channel 6 and 28 degrees at the West Texas Mesonet Station, 2 miles south of Muleshoe. The temperature remained below the freezing mark until 8:30a.m. The average first freeze for Muleshoe is October 22nd.

Ann Johnson and Sandra Chancey with the Muleshoe Art Association present Dolores Harvey a donation for the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation on October 3, 2013 at the Muleshoe Heritage Center.

Government shutdown closes the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge October 2013.  Hear the message left on the wildlife refuge’s answering machine from the manager Jude Smith that states – Due to a lapse in appropriations Muleshoe and Grulla National Wildlife Refuges and all Fish and Wildlife Service Lands are closed and all programs and activities are cancelled. For more information visit http://www.doi.gov/shutdown

See the Muleshoe Area Hospital District Board of Directors Meeting held on October 1, 2013, at the Muleshoe Area Medical Center.  Find the agenda at the first of the video.   After hearing feedback from the public, the board voted unanimously in favor of accepting the contract presented to the board on September 30, 2013, for both Bruce and Tyson Purdy.

Curtis Shelburne’s “One Christmas Night” CD Listening Party with his producer Darrell Bledsoe at the 16th and Avenue D Church of Christ on September 29, 2013, in Muleshoe, Texas.  You can purchase “One Christmas Night” now at Williams General Store or Lasting Impressions in Muleshoe, Texas or online at http://curtisshelburne.com/

Interview with District 88 Texas State Representative Ken King in Muleshoe, Texas on September 25, 2013, at the Muleshoe State Bank Meeting Room. Ken feels that the most important issues facing District 88 are education, water and transportation. Visit Ken King online at http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=88.

Muleshoe Independent School District named First Place Summer Champion in the Pythagoras Division (school districts under 5,000 students) in the state of Texas Think Through Math program.  A total of 1,066 school districts were competing in the Pythagoras Division.  Includes interview with Watson Junior High Principal Cindy Bessire along with Michelle Samford and Jayson Cox-Monik with the Think Through Math program.  Dr. R.L. Richards introduces Jayson Cox-Monik who presents prizes to the top students who were Joe Anthony Alfaro, Alexis Campos, Milenia Estrada, Ricarda Elizalde, Luis Cortez, Christian Gonzales, Carlos Meza, Israel Ramirez, Lorena Balderas Arias and Armando Padilla.

See highlights of the Muleshoe Day sponsored by the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture on September 22, 2013 celebrating 100 years of Muleshoe, Texas.  Includes performance from Bentley Massey Band.  Talent Show Winners:  1st Kayla Torres, 2nd Bryant and Burt Torres & 3rd DonAnn Rempe and Lariat Adams.  BBQ Cook-off Winners:  1st Tasty Cow Catering & 2nd Double S Chuck Wagon.  Winners of the 1/2 Beef was Tim McCormick and Patti Puckett.

Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, NHK, making sandhill crane documentary at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles south of Muleshoe, Texas on January 23, 2013.  Includes interview with Director/Producer Akira Matsubayashi and Coordinator Minami Tamura.  The Camerman on the shoot is Chihiro Ito.

See a small portion of the NHK Japan Sandhill Crane Documentary featuring the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.  Visit NHK Japan online at:  http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/