Recognitions: Achievements and awards
Fortenberry receives historical commission award
The recent Texas Historical Commission’s Real Places 2021 virtual conference brought together hundreds of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving Texas’ historic places and the stories they tell. During the conference, the agency honored worthy recipients for accomplishments and exemplary leadership in the preservation of Texas’ heritage.
Sandy Fortenberry of the Lubbock County Historical Commission received the John Ben Shepperd County Historical Commission Leadership Award for her work as “manager, cheerleader, and collaborator” with her members to preserve the county’s history.
Lubbock County has received a Distinguished Service Award during each year of her tenure.
By Ann Cipperly
Steaming, comforting bowls of soup are welcome on chilly January days. While soup is on the menu throughout the year, January is the most popular time for soup at our home. Whether creamy, thick or chunky, soup can be a meal in itself or served with bread, salad or sandwich.
On busy days working at an office or at home, having a batch of soup simmering in a slow cooker makes for a blissful supper. Soup freezes well, and it is great to have a batch tucked away in the freezer to thaw in the microwave and heat.
items have been spotted, three satellite images and one visual id from a chinese aircraft. a couple of white pieces of large debris. so far they have come up with nothing ships have not been able to locate it. the current in that part of the world is pretty strong. they are in the process of studying to see how fast they move. when they spot something from the air they can figure out where it will be when the ship gets to that location. the complications there are the weather. in fact they say it has been very, very cloudy right down to the surface some of the australian pilots say they have been operating compared to their minimum ability. it really is beginning to hamper efforts to locate things visually. as far as actually finding the aircraft if debris is found so much emphasis is on the cockpit voice and data recorder with the pinging device sends out the signal for 30-days. the navy is sending in a code pinger locator. it is designed to be towed behind a vessel to pick
the inside from anymore rain. right now the school is shut down because we hear that inside the carpets are soaked. wood pieces have fallen into several kindergarten and first grade classrooms. it looks like oatmeal all over the floor. we re hearing that from one of the district officials. they re meeting right now to decide exactly how long the school will be shut down. right now it is just not safe for any of the kids. if necessary they will move the kids to another part of the building or maybe to another building all together. gregg: our thanks to kim hudson from our fox affiliate ktti. arkansas also took a major hit. the dangerous storms walloping the homes there. a church, trucks flipped over. one truck driver describe harrowing ordeal when his semi flipped over during the storm. it was sitting there and all of sudden got real quite. then it started pouring down rain. suddenly it sounded literally like a freight train.
have an ice storm warning. about a third of an inch can fall. that is it dangerous on the roadways. a severe threat from parts of ohio to west virgina and parts of the florida panhandle and southeastern louisiana as well. new orleans a brand new tornado watch has been issued for the possibility of more tornadoes across parts of louisiana and also mississippi. martha: wow, big concerns with that. that s a busy weather map when you take a look at it and it is april. yes. martha: way too late in the season for the huge snowstorm like the northern plains is getting. maria, thank you very much. let s go to kim hudson from fox affiliate ktti. she has this report for us from the ground. reporter: here in the shenendoah valley elementary i will look behind me. part of the roof is lying on the ground. smaller pieces lying all over the parking lot. we did hear from district officials contractors said they can install a temporary roof structure to protect