Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Volume 116 | Number 21 12 Pages www.herefordbrand.com $1
Week 1 Football Contest Winners
First place Kristi Hollingsworth
Second place Vickie Dannheim
Third place Dan Odell
HPD probes summer mischief spree By C.E. Hanna BRAND Staff Writer
A summertime vandalism spree appears to have come to an end as Hereford Police Department (HPD) investigates three juvenile suspects in connection with the crimes. From July 27 through Aug. 20, 20 criminal mischief complaints concerning vehicles and property, one arson and one theft were reported with damage estimates totaling more than
$8,300. l i k e l y “These occurred These [reports] came primarily from the northwest [reports] between came pri5:30 p.m.part of town. They range from as far south as West m a r i l y 3 a.m., but Haven [Drive], as far north as Willow [Lane] and as from the no pattern far east as Sunset [Drive]. northwest could be part of d e t e r Brent Harrison town,” m i n e d Hereford Police Chief Hereford as most P o l i c e damage C h i e f was unre[Lane] and as far east as Sunset Brent Harrison said. “They range [Drive].” ported or undiscovered until the from as far south as West Haven According to police, the crimes following day. [Drive], as far north as Willow The juveniles are suspected
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of using knives and other instruments to damage tires and other personal property. “The arson charge is because they blew up a mailbox in one of their own neighborhoods using automotive fuel,” HPD Lt. Robin Ruland said. “The theft charge is from a stolen bicycle.” The mailbox arson allowed HPD to link one suspect’s residence to the targeted areas, Ruland said. PLEASE SEE HPD | 2A
Local offerings for enrichment at AC campus
By C.E. Hanna BRAND Staff Writer
Photo by Brian Hedrick
At the bottom of this melee of high school football players, Hereford running back Adrian Hernandez (32) has burrowed his way into the end zone to start the Herd on a run of 31 unanswered points in Friday's 38-14 win over Borger. For more the game and this week's match-up with Pampa, see Sports, page 7A.
date or a start date,” Esquivel said. “If the interest was high enough, The latest course we could offer courses offerings from Amarillo over Christmas break. We College’s Hinkson can literally offer them at Memorial Campus any time.” For businesses, ACHMC (ACHMC) in Hereford customizable adhere to the idea that offers education is not about employee training for what you can do with it, the acquisition of “soft” but what you can become skills – customer service, business management, with it. Beginning Sept. 6, supervisory skills and ACHMC will offer personal human relations. ACHMC also offers enrichment courses, including Beginning discounted course rates Photography, Basic for businesses that send employees to these Computer, Excel trainings, he said. and Conversa“The biggest tional/Occupaone has been our tional Spanish, customer service to benefit local course,” Esquivel businesses and said. “We held individuals. one for FirstBank “These classes Southwest, and are not necessarily they really enjoyed about grades,” it.” ACHMC Executive ESQUIVEL According to Director Daniel FirstBank SouthEsquivel said. west president “It’s about giving people Schueler, six in the community an Mike opportunity to pick up an employees attended the class and returned to work extra skill. to offering “It’s to learn something motivated fun, something you’ve improved customer. The FirstBank Southwest always wanted to do.” Prices for enrichment employees in attendance courses range from $45- acquired new skills and $75, and registration can responded favorably, he be completed up to the said. “By all accounts, it was a day of or even after the very positive experience,” start of a class. According to Esquivel, Schueler said. “I’d like to one of the benefits of see it continued and would the separation between definitely encourage other personal enrichment businesses to join in.” For more information courses and traditional academic courses is on personal enrichment or academic courses, contact flexibility. “We don’t have an end ACHMC at 806-379-2700.
New ambulance upgrades EMS By C.E. Hanna BRAND Staff Writer Community needs and technology changes make emergency medicine a consistent challenge, but Hereford Regional Medical Center (HRMC) looked to surmount those obstacles with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Braun ambulance. The chassis boxes on the
current HRMC ambulance fleet date back to 2008-09, while HRMC’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) van is a 2014 model. “It doesn’t seem like a lot of years, but when you consider how hard their driven and what they have to go through, then you almost have to double the miles,” HRMC EMS Director Marcos Castro said. According to Castro, the actual ambulance boxes date back to 2001 and rising maintenance costs necessitated the $154,154 (more than $5,000 under budget) vehicle. PLEASE SEE EMS | 2A
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Hereford Regional Medical Center EMS showed off its new ambulance during an open-house cookout last week. The new vehicle is reported to provide upgrades in emergency capabilities.
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