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WEATHER:
(
May 24, 2013
) FRIDAY – High yesterday afternoon
was 92 at
3:00
with east wind to 35 mph; this
morning’s low was 61 at
7:00
with a trace of rain. KPANcast:
A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms.
LOCAL:
Thunderstorms cropped up late Thursday but
Hereford
missed any measurable rain. One area
southeast of Simms in the exact center of Deaf Smith County received about 2
inches of rain…….The USDA is implementing modified
country-of-origin-labeling requirements for meat today that will specify where
animals are born, raised and slaughtered. The rules were first proposed after
BSE cases in cattle in 2003, but have been involved in disputes with the World
Trade Organization and
U.S.
meat industry. Meatpackers say it
could cost as much as $47 million to implement……..Retail gasoline prices
in
Texas
bumped up 2 cents a gallon this week
to $3.43 a gallon, with the nationwide average at $3.66. Prices in Hereford
today are now above the state average at $3.62-3.65…….The Sunland peanut
facility in Portales has resumed test operations and expects to begin
processing peanut butter again next week, after getting the go-ahead from the
FDA. The company was closed last September after 41 cases of salmonella
poisoning were linked to Sunland organic peanut butter……..Funeral services
for Manuel Galvan, age 59, are at 2:00 today at Parkside Chapel with burial at
West Park Cemetery. He died Wednesday at his home…….Friona farmer Danny
Hand has been appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board of directors of
Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative……..KPAN salutes George Cantu as the Good
Neighbor of the Day…….At Whiteface Rhino Liners, they don’t ask for a
bedliner – they ask for a Rhino.
KPAN
PUN: A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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