CROSBY
Crosbyton Lions welcome District Governor last week
CROSBYTON—The Crosbyton Lions Club meets the second Wednesday of every month at the Pioneer Museum in Crosbyton, and they are always looking for new members and guests.
This month the Crosbyton Lions hosted Dr. Ron Miller of Plainview, district governor, who updated the club on changes to Lions Camp in response to Covid-19. The Lions Club Camp is a residential facility for children with physical disabilities, type 1 diabetes and cancer, located on 500 acres in the Hill Country.
To adapt the program to Covid-19 the Lions are allowing the entire family to attend instead of just the camper.
—Crosby County News
GARZA
Post loses FBP prison contract
POST— Garza County Judge Lee Norman released a video (via the Facebook page of The Post Dispatch) saying the Federal Bureau of Prisons had decided to not renew its contract with Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Post.
Norman received formal notice at 11 a.m. Thursday. “The federallyowned units have bed space, actually, and they don’t need the private prisons,” Norman said. Norman said the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been the main “vendor,” which sends prisoners to Management and Training Corporation, which in turn houses the prisoners inside the Dalby Unit. Garza County owns the unit but MTC operates it.
Norman met with MTC corporate officials for an hour, most of which was focused on finding a new customer.
“We have a great facility,” Norman said, “which is air-conditioned, which is not always the norm in Texas. Our employees are teachable. They want to work,” Norman said. “MTC has been a very good partner with Garza County, as I said, and we’ll be working together.”
“We’re very much in agreement—we want to keep our facility open.”
Norman said, “We faced this same thing five years ago, and we were successful.” But he also freely admitted, “This brings Garza County the Dalby Unit to a crossroads.”
Norman said the next step is for MTC and for him personally to work with state and federal contacts to see if a new source of prisoners can be found for the Dalby Unit.
The BOP website as of Friday morning listed 1,598 federal offenders. The MTC website, in a 2019 posting, said the Dalby Unit had 318 employees.
—The Post Dispatch
MOTLEY
Matador Church of Christ to hold series of gospel meetings March 6–9
MATADOR—The Matador Church of Christ, 1213 Scotch St., Matador, will be hosting a series of gospel meetings March 6-9, presented by Mike Crowley, Jr. of Midland.
The programs begin with a Sunday morning class at 10 a.m. and a worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Everyone is invited to a meal following the Sunday morning worship service.
There will be gospel meetings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. as well.
—The Caprock Courier
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