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Hereford BRAND Volume 117 | Number 90 WHAT'S INSIDE
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City confirms results, avoids rezoning battle
By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Community Fishing Day set for Saturday Page 3
More than memories passed down angling Page 5
The Hereford City Commission made official May 5 election results, swore in members for new terms and sidestepped a potential conflict over rezoning during a called meeting Monday. Normally meeting the third Monday of each month, Monday’s called meeting took the place of that to abide by mandates requiring May 5 election results be canvassed and certified no later than May 16. Commissioners went over the vote totals and approved results that saw all four incumbents easily returned to office despite two of them running unopposed. Due to opposition for one
of the city’s at-large seats (Place 6), all candidates were required to be on the ballot whether opposed or not. Unopposed incumbents Angie Alonzo in Place 2 and Place 4’s Linda Cumpton were certified winners with 40 and 89 votes, respectively. Alonzo received 38 of hers in early voting, while Cumpton had 78 early votes cast her way. In what was ultimately a three-person race for the commission’s two at-large seats (Places 5, 6), both incumbents retained their spots without election day votes even needing to be counted. Place 5’s Cathy Bunch was top vote-getter with 209 toPLEASE SEE CITY | 2
From left, Hereford City secretary Suzanne Finch administers the oath of office Monday to Angie Alonzo, Linda Cumpton and Cathy Bunch after they won re-election to seats on the Hereford City Commission earlier this month. BRAND/John Carson
Tribute trek to make local stop
Drop to Class 4A changes Spring gridiron routine Page 7
FORECAST
Today
Partly Cloudy High: 88º Low: 56º
From Staff Reports
RED FLAG WARNING
Thursday
Mostly Sunny High: 93º Low: 62º
Slip -slidin’
Friday
Mostly Sunny/Wind High: 94º Low: 59º
Saturday
Sunny High: 91º Low: 52º
away
Sunday
AM Clouds/PM Sun High: 78º Low: 55º
Monday
AM Clouds/PM Sun High: 83º Low: 58º
Tuesday
Partly Cloudy High: 89º Low: 61º
INDEX
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The traditional end to the HHS Athletics Appreciation Night obstacle course is a slide across a water-slickened tarp. Required to go head-first into the slide, participants had a variety of ways to perform the task. Right, while nice on a 90plus degree day there is nothing quite like the initial shock of hitting the ground and cold water. Above, Lady Herd volleyballer Carmen Flood and allsport star Dodge DeLozier look as if they are on a synchronized sliding team. Below, football standout Bryce Simnacher, all 6-5, 270 pounds of him, takes the belly flop route just to get the danged thing over. HISD photos by Bryan Hedrick
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A national effort to remember service members who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror since the USS Cole bombing in 2000 will make a scheduled stop Thursday in Hereford. Those from Hereford and Deaf Smith County who have fallen while combatting terrorism this century will be remembered during a special ceremony Thursday when Run for the Fallen passes through Hereford on its trek across the country. The event features an organized team of 16 marathon-trained runners, who run in fourperson groups that cover approximately 50 miles per day. Run for the Fallen began April 7 at Fort Irwin, California and is scheduled to complete its 19-state, 6,000-mile trek at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. within 120 days. The run’s stated mission is “blazing a comprehensive tribute trail across America that would recognize each service member who served and died as a result of the War on Terror.” While each mile along the route is marked by the name of a fallen service member and includes a short ceremony performed by the runners that includes honorary salutes, family greetings and the reading of the fallen’s bio. Each day’s run is culminated in a larger ceremony, which Hereford will host at VFW Post 4818 outside Veteran’s Park on PLEASE SEE RUN | 3
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