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The area this week

Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:00 am

Gas

Gas prices this week fell 1.2 cents per gallon as of Oct. 15, bringing prices to $2.65 per gallon in Texas, according to a GasBuddy survey. Nationally, prices fell 2.6 cents per gallon, bringing the national average to $2.88 per gallon. Compared with this time last year, gas prices are 36 cents higher in Texas. Nationally, gas prices are 42.5 cents higher than this time last year, according to GasBuddy’s press release.

Stephens County

Hospital District

The Hospital District met this week and discussed usual business, including updates on the urgent care center, their expansion into nuclear medicine, financial statements from last month and numbers from their emergency room. The longest discussion of the night was on health insurance amounts for the organization’s employees and how much of the burden the district should take on. The increase from last year amounts to about $300,000 more. Currently, the Hospital District takes on 84 percent of their employee’s health insurance costs through the company. The item was tabled for a future date.

Breckenridge ISD board

meeting

The BISD board members met Monday evening, having moved their usually scheduled meeting from Oct. 8 to Oct. 15 due to Columbus Day. The meeting featured students of the month from each school, and a heated exchange with a resident complaining about their child being bullied and the district not doing enough about it. According to the resident, she brought it to their attention in early September and after not hearing back, filed a grievance last week. The district is currently moving on the grievance but due to how recently it was filed did not have enough information at that time to say anything definitive.

Breckenridge

Economic Development

Corporation

The BEDC met in their usual meeting Tuesday afternoon. Not much of note occurred in the meeting. Financial statements were approved, and they entered executive session regarding a property. At this time, it does not appear as if any action was taken on the deliberation. The main thing of note was the chance that residents may show up to talk at the meeting about the townhouses being developed after last week’s contentious planning and zoning meeting, which saw over a dozen residents show to protest the development.

Weather update

Breckenridge and the surrounding area experienced rain all last week. In the beginning, it was cold and rainy. The cold had somewhat let up by the end of the week, bringing temperatures into the high 50s and mid-60s. The rain was projected all week and it has delivered. This weekend we saw the rain let up.

Football game Friday

The Breckenridge Buckaroos lost in a 44-41 shootout to the Eastland Mavericks Friday at home. This was the second district game scheduled for both teams. Currently, the Bucks sit at 2-5, with five straight losses, including last week to the Jim Ned Indians, where the Bucks lost 10-7. Eastland is currently sitting at 6-1 and entering the game was coming off a win against Early 49-35. Eastland was averaging about 35 points per game. Their only loss came against Childress, who is sitting at 6-0.