The Rankin Volunteer Fire Department will be host to the Fall 2000 Permian Basin District Firefighters Association Convention. Work is already underway by the local department in preparation for the October 21 convention. Various training classes, business meet-ings and lots of food and fun are schedule for the day. Midland College will be heading up the training classes and various vendors will be displaying equipment and displays throughout the session. Races begin at the corner of 12th and Upton Streets.
All races are for men and women and are open to the public.
Dance at the fire station. The Rankin Volunteer Fire Department would like to invite everyone out to all the activities. The Railroad Commission of Texas recently released a report showing Upton County to be the seventh largest oil producing county in the state. Upton County produced 964,300 barrels of crude. More drilling permits were issued for the Midland District, which includes Upton County, than in any other part of the state.