Texas prepaid tuition program enrollment deadline approaches

Texas families can lock in today’s cost of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at Texas public colleges and universities by enrolling their children in the taxadvantaged Texas Tuition Promise Fund® before the close of the current general enrollment period on Feb. 28.

Local Briefs

Rotary cherry pie contest is Saturday Pie bakers are encouraged to enter the Annual Rotary Cherry Pie Contest on Saturday, Feb. 19. There will be a youth, women’s and men’s division for a basic two crust pie and a cherry dessert division.

Texas fruit crops need rain and chill hours

Texas fruit crops are behind on chill hours necessary to trigger optimal blooms and good fruit sets, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. If Punxsutawney Phil was right, there are still enough winter days ahead, but experts said Texas’ fruit crops need cold, clouds and rain.

HOTSPOTS AT THE LIBRARY

Perry Memorial Library will soon offer mobile hotspots to library patrons. Hotspots are small devices that provide Internet connections via wifi to computers and cellphones. The library received 20 of the hotspots from a grant and hopes to be able to check the first of them out to patrons by Feb.

One more files as period closes

As the filing period drew to a close on Monday, another candidate has filed for school board. Jesse Trejo is seeking one of the two board positions up for election for a regular three year term. Incumbent Richard Beyea has filed for one of the three year terms, as has Sarah Tregellas.

Commissioners approve sick leave pool policy

The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court met on Monday morning at the Ochiltree County Courthouse. The commissioners discussed and adopted a new sick leave pool policy for county employees.

Information needed on vandalized vehicles

Perryton-Ochiltree County Crime Stoppers needs information this week to solve a case of vehicle vandalism. Sometime on Sunday night, Jan. 23, three vehicles parked in the 1900 block of South Eton were vandalized.