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Loop closer to completion
The Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT)
began the final phase of the
Dublin Loop on Monday.
The $12.6 million project
will complete the Dublin
Loop from SH 6 to the
existing U.S. 67.
Prater Equipment
Company of Comanche was
awarded the project. Prater
was also awarded the
winning bid for the first
half of the bypass and
began constructing a
roadway extending from
US377 (1.57 miles north of
FM219) to SH6 (past the
KEQX radio station towards
DeLeon) on Nov. 19, 2012.
The work consists of the
new construction of a four
lane divided highway from
SH 6 to U.S. 377/67 towards
the Erath/Comanche
County line. It will include
bridge overpasses over SH
6 and the Fort Worth &
Western Railroad.
The first half of the loop
construction is estimated
for completion spring 2014
and the final phase is
estimated for completion
summer 2015.
Once the first half is
completed, it will be given a
temporary designation of
State Highway 267 during
the construction of the
second half of the bypass.
The loop will be designated
as an official alternate route
of US67 when the final
phase is done.
Livestock show now underway
By PAUL GAUDETTE rewarded, a buying pool Pigs will lead the way as
Staff Writer
The pigs are prepared.
The rabbits are ready. The
cows are coming. The big
show has finally arrived.
The Erath County Junior
Livestock Show starts today
(Thursday) and will run
through Saturday at the
Livestock Association Barn,
offering area youth in 4-H
and FFA the opportunity to
show off the months of
work that have gone in to
properly feeding and caring
for their animals.
To make sure Dublin
youth are properly
has once again been set up
to help them fetch a good
price for their animals
during the auction that
follows the judging.
Anyone wishing to donate
to the cause can send a
donation to: Dublin Buying
Pool, c/o M&M Service
Station, 304 E. Blackjack
St, Dublin, TX 76446.
Normally starting on
Saturday and running
through the middle of the
week, this year’s show has
gone through a format
change to end on
Saturday.
the market swine show will
come first (after goat
weigh-ins) at 11 a.m. on
Jan. 9.
Following more check-ins
and weigh-ins, the broiler
show will start at 4:30 p.m,
followed by the rabbit show
at 5 p.m. and the breeding
goat show at 6 p.m.
Friday’s activities will
begin at 8 a.m. with the
horse show and youth fair
check-in. At 9 a.m. the
market goat show will take
its turn around the ring
followed by the market
See LIVESTOCK, A2
ENCOURAGEMENT- T ommy Maxwell, former All-American
football player at A&M as well on the Baltimore Colts Super
Bowl team, gave a motivational address to Dublin school
personnel Monday as School resumed after the Christmas
break. He lives in Granbury and is executive director of
coaches Outreach, a rapidly growing ministry serving
junior high and high schools coaches and their spouse
with marriage retreats.
Marketing, harvesting issues make for uncertain pecan yields
By KIM BENESTANTE
Special to the Citizen
While pecan harvesting is
well underway for local
orchards, yields for 2013
are uncertain due to
lingering effects from the
2011 Texas drought, a top
agricultural official for
Comanche County said
recently. But despite the
ambiguous pecan
production for the year’s
area crops, prices are
averaging $ 1.65/pound—
considerably better than
2012 in lieu of growing
international demand,
Comanche County Extension
Agent Mike Berry said.
“The international
market—the export
market—has been what’s
kept the pecan market from
being worse than it is,”
Berry said, noting 25 to 30
percent of pecan trees in
Comanche and surrounding
counties were lost over the
past two years amid ongoing
drought conditions in the
state.
Demand for US pecans
continues to rise in China,
although plumper varieties
from Georgia are mostly
favored in the Far East
currently, Berry explained,
unlike when the Chinese
first began importing the
nuts from America five
years ago.
Tastes in China are now
more discerning, he
explained, and most Texas
varieties are smaller than
their counterparts from
Georgia which the Chinese
now prefer. But “whether
it’s us moving pecans out
or not, it’s helping to
alleviate the glut” of product
still in existence in Texas
from 2012, Berry said,
adding India and other
international markets also
are gaining interest in
pecans—indigenous to the
American southwest. So
while pecans from Georgia
primarily are going to
export markets, Texas nuts
are filling domestic and
other demand gaps.
Some of the Comanche
area’s largest pecan buyers
with existing, vast amounts
of product in cold storage
in 2012 were forced to
release the nuts into the
market before expiration,
Berry explained.
“Pecans only last about
five years in storage,” he
said. “They had to move
those pecans and it flooded
the market.” As a result, in
2012 “guys could hardly
sell their pecans,” he said.
The market was “probably
better than 15 to 20 years
ago, but the last two years
have been killers.”
So far 2013’s crops in the
surrounding Comanche
area are smaller, Berry
noted. “The yields are real
iffy,” he said, noting
production has been varying
wildly from one grove to
the next. “There’s no rhyme
or reason to it,” he said
about the inconsistencies in
local production.
“It’s just the way the trees
reacted to the stress from
the drought.” By contrast,
trees in 2012 bared an
ample supply of pecans,
Berry recalled, but drought
conditions rendered the
majority of that harvest
below standard. “Our pecan
quality was pretty bad—lots
of pecans, but not that
great,” he explained about
that crop. Coupled with the
storage-inventory flood
then, prices for pecans
plummeted.
And while current
production so far appears
to be of better quality than
2012, the first half of
September in 2013 was
extremely hot and dry—
ultimately affecting the
overall quality of pending
crops, Berry said; “and the
Chinese have gotten to the
point they only want the
highest quality nut.”
Comprehensive
harvesting across the state
is still pending, with delays
mostly caused by heavy
rainfall in much of Texas,
said Blair Krebs, associate
director of sales and
marketing for the Texas
Pecan Growers Association;
however, she also confirmed
Texas producers are
See PECAN, A10
The Dublin City Council
named former Dublin
Chamber of Commerce
director Nancy Wooldridge
as interim city manager
following Lannie Lee’s
resignation in early June.
The City of Dublin was
notified of a Dublin resident
who had been diagnosed
with post-West Nile Virus.
Dr. Jeff Hutchins made the
diagnosis after receiving
positive test results.
The Dublin High School
varsity cheerleaders earned
several awards at UCA cheer
camp at Great Wolf Lodge in
Grapevine, Texas including
best overall small varsity
squad, first place in sideline
chant, second in their
extreme routine and third
in cheer. All American titles
were awarded to Captain
Mariah Sojourner, Lindy
Fletcher and Joyce
Volleman.
First National Bank of
Dublin honored long time
employee Betty Shaw who
retired after 2 5 years.
Cheyenne Holt placed 3rd
in the State FFA Soil
Stewardship Speaking
Contest at the 85th annual
Texas FFA Convention in
Dallas. Cheyenne also
earned a $1,000
scholarship.
Mayela Morantes, Arturo
Zuniga and Cindy Aleman
traveled to Nashville,
Tennessee to represent
Dublin FCCLA at the
National Competition. The
group placed second at
Regionals, then first at State
in order to qualify for the
National Competition in
which they earned silver
medals.
The Dublin Lions 7on7
team closed out the season
competing in their first ever
State 7on7 championship
tournament in Austin.
The Dublin Citizen earned
several awards in the West
Texas Press Association
Better Newspaper Contest.
Publisher Mac McKinnon
earned first place
Photographer of the year.
Staff Writer Paul Gaudette
received second place
Journalist of the Year and
second place Features.
Gaudette and McKinnon
were also awarded second
place in Column Writing.
The Citizen also earned
third place Special Section
for the 2012 Progress
Section.
Proctor resident Durwood
Strube was inducted into
the Western Music Society
of the Southwest Hall of
Fame.
Dublin Lions Club officers
were installed in ceremonies
presided over by Lion Art
Dearing of Stephenville.
New officers named were
President Mac McKinnon,
Vice President Dr. Rodney
Schneider, Past President
David Cleveland, Tail
Twister Ike Wade and
Directors Tom Gordon and
Bob Sohm, Secretary/
Treasurer Steve Hightower,
Lion Tamer Bob Cervetto
and Assistant Secretary
Mike Weems.
Following the resignation
of Coach Jacob Daleiden,
Lingleville School Board
hired 16-year coaching
veteran Darrell Wallace.
August
Work was rapidly
progressing on the Dublin
bypass which runs from
377/67 North to Highway
6.
Rev. David Locke retired
as pastor of Highland
Missionary Baptist Church
and Burt Atkins moved
behind the pulpit.
Lisa Scroggins, a 20-year
veteran of the Erath County
United Way was named to
be interim executive director
of the organization. She
filled the vacancy created
by the resignation of Aileen
Truax.
Dublin Dairy Queen
treated area youth to a well-
attended splash day at the
Dublin City Pool. Not only
were kids given a free day
to beat the heat in the water
but every one was also given
a token redeemable for a
free ice cream.
A donation that had been
in the works for several
years was carried out when
the old Armstrong bridge
was delivered to the city of
Dublin with the help of
Erath County Commissioner
Precinct 2 Herbert Brown.
The bridge was formerly
located on CR 368 between
Lingleville and Highland
and replaced by a concrete
bridge built in 2007. The
bridge was to be installed
over the ditch by the library
to create a more convenient
walking path. A plate on the
bridge states that at the
time of its dedication J.B.
Keith ws county judge while
county commissioners were
W.T. Lowe, H.E. Hudson, J.D.
Holt and J.D. Biggs. Pat
Leatherwood estimated that
the bridge was 99-years old,
saying that he ws informed
Keith was the county judge
from 1914-1922.
The DISD board voted to
provide a cash incentive for
educators to live in the
school district as well as a
See REVIEW, A6
A truck loaded with wheat straw headed for Lingleville feeders overturned on the
curve just past the Highland turnoff when the driver hit the 45 mph curve going 60
o
TurningBack
the Pages
by Tesha Sojourner
100 Years Ago
Jan. 9,1914
Commissioner H.E.
Hudson returned home
from Hugo, Oklahoma
bringing with him his
eighteen-year-old son
George, who was injured
by a horse falling on him.
The boys leg was caught
under the animal when it
slipped and fell, breaking
the boys leg above the
ankle.
75 Years Ago
Jan. 13,1939
M.S. Frame, who was well
known by the people of
Dublin, announced that he
had opened a new service
station located on the
Comanche Highway just at
the edge of Dublin, stating
he would handle the
nationally known Conoco
gasoline, oils and greases.
Plans were going forward
to take the Dublin Band to
Austin for the inaugural
ceremonies of Governor W.
Lee O’Daniel. The Dublin
Development Club
sponsored the trip.
50 Years Ago
Jan. 9,1964
Dublin National Bank
announced the purchase of
the building adjacent to the
bank which formerly
housed the pool hall. T.C.
Granberry, president of the
bank, stated that Dublin
National would undergo a
general remodeling and
would incorporate the
recently acquired building
into the floor plan.
Bob Traweek was named
Outstanding Young Farmer
of Texas at the 10th Annual
Convention of the Young
Farmers of Texas in
Austin.
25 Years Ago
Jan. 12,1989
The walls were up and
workmen were getting
ready to put the roof on the
new elementary P.E. facility.
Work was also continuing
on the new high school
annex and High School and
Junior High cafeteria.
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Thursday
partly
sunny
55/52
Friday
mostly cloudy
a little rain
66/43
Saturday
partial
sunshine
55/39
Sunday
sunny
warmer
62/37
Monday
plenty of
sunshine
60/37
Sunrise... 7:35 a.m.
Sunset... 5:46 p.m.
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The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 2014, newspaper, January 9, 2014; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth759192/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.