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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