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Levelland vote gives restaurants right to sell alcoholic beverages

by Stephanie Perez, staff writer

Levelland citizens recently voted to pass the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants.

Once the issue is certified by the state, restaurants can begin to sell alcohol.

The issue was such a big topic that Levelland voters actually were wrapped around the school district’s Administration Building as they waited their turn to vote on the issue.

A total of 2,375 Levelland citizens voted in the election in both early elections and regular voting, with 1,372 voting for the measure and 1,008 voting against it. A total of 830 citizens voted in favor of Alcoholic drink sales on Nov. 7th, the day of the elections.

“The legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants by food and beverage certificate holders only,” was how the proposition was stated on the ballot.

But who is now coming into Levelland and which restaurants who have called Levelland home before the vote will be selling alcohol, seems to be the question many are wondering.

As for existing restaurants in the Levelland area, many of them are not planning on selling alcohol at the moment. The co-owner of the Mean Woman Grill, Miz Ayn Bowron, said that she did not intend to sell alcohol because she “enjoys getting off of work at 9 p.m.”

She also remembers her days as a cocktail waitress, and she enjoys owning a restaurant where she just sells burgers.

  

Pipe problem floods students out of dorm

by Caroline Basile, sports editor

Some students who reside at South Plains College’s North Sue Spencer residence hall on the Levelland campus were moved recently when plumbing problems caused the short hall to be temporarily evacuated and closed.

The female students were moved to open rooms in the Gillespie and South Sue Spencer residence halls.

"I hope it gets fixed soon,” said SPC student Keren Ortiz, who is also a wing advisor at North Sue.  “There is no telling what time it'll be fixed.”

Repairs on the problem began Nov. 16 and are not expected to be completed until early December.

“We sincerely appreciate the way the students have responded to being asked to move,” said Cathy Mitchell, dean of student life at SPC. “Although it could have been a very difficult situation, they have acted in a very mature and responsible manner.”

The dean and the school were notified on Nov. 9 that they would need to move students out of nine rooms on the short hall and relocate them to open rooms in the other residence halls.

GeorgeAnn Genzer, dorm mother at North Sue, also was forced to move to another room in North Sue, which displaced another two students, who found another room.

“Problems start small and get bigger,” said Genzer. “We were told it would be at least a few weeks until the plumbing would be fixed, and then another four or five days for the tile to be redone."


 
  
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