Snow, oil and a big party

- Greg Maldo -

It looks like we've got a chance at snow on Christmas Day, according to the National Weather Service forecast. Looking at the temperatures, it's definitely time to bring the wood in, with highs in the 30's for a couple of days.

Plans are going on for the New Year's Dance in the Hobbs School gym and the entertainment will be Greg Maldo from Lubbock. I talked to Judy Gordon at the cafe yesterday and she said she didn't know whether to expect five or 500 people to show, but that folks she didn't even know were coming up to her when she was at the store and telling her they were going to be there.

Dad and I cruised by the new Davenport rig and there was about a third of a load of pipe in the air. We couldn't tell if it was coming out or going in, but there's a lot of people and equipment there. There's a guard on that gate, just like on the first rig. We've speculated about why that is, as it isn't protocol. Patents? An incident? Safety? I guess we could call Devon's publicist and get the real story, but you know I'm a lazy reporter.

If you want to keep abreast of news on local oil, I would suggest taking out subscriptions to the Roby Star Record / Rotan Advance, The Snyder Daily News, the Colorado City Record, the Sweetwater Reporter and the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, or check them out online. I get most of my news from the Colorado City and Lubbock sources. Some of the Colorado City articles are reprints from the Snyder paper.