Meals on Wheels is one program the council operates, with the help of volunteers to deliver meals to the elderly in their homes. Anyone who would like to help deliver noon meals on weekdays should call Hilda Mendoza at 445-2054. Even if she has to pitch in to help deliver meals, Cox won't mind. A list of projects planned for Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio counties will be discussed in both meetings. Both meetings will address the same topics, according to Ramsey who is in charge of advanced transportation planning for the six western-most counties of the state.
TIP is a three-year budget program for highway and transit projects throughout the state.
City, county and other public agencies provide TxDOT with information used to develop the plan. Other projects will be discussed as well. The public is invited to present oral or written comments on either project at both public meetings. An El Paso federal magistrate denied bail for a Fabens man caught with 400 pounds of marijuana, and he is awaiting trial in Pecos. While questioning Guerrero about his citizenship, the agent claims he smelled a strong odor of marijuana from the bed of the pickup.