Soil, water conservation encouraged

The week of April 28 through May 5 has been proclaimed as Soil & Water Stewardship Week in Shackelford County, with anofficialdocumentsigned at the end of Monday’s regular county commissioners meeting by county judge John Viertel.

The commissioners typically approve a similar proclamation every year.

It had been requested earlier in the month by JohnTate,boardchairman for the Lower Clear Fork of…