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State Dem chair to speak in Hereford

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Final honor rolls of school year Page 5

Shorebirds make most of playa opportunity Page 6

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HEREFORD HISTORY 32 years ago • June 3, 1985

The Tower Drive-In In was a fun place to watch movies back in 1985. It was open Friday-Sunday and the first show started at 8:30 p.m and continued late.

From left, Mark Casarez, 10, and Marcos Enriquez, 11, hone in on the target as they prepare for the washer toss competition during Friday’s Summer Celebration at the courthouse.

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Summer Celebration ‘stung’

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

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Legislature tackles farm ‘priorities’

For all intents and purposes, things were going great guns Friday for the Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce’s first Summer Celebration on the lawn of Deaf Smith County Courthouse.

Less than an hour into the four-hour event a large crowd had already gathered and was getting larger.

Lines had formed as business sponsors were churning out sausage wraps, hamburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob and brisket sand-

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Above, Snow White, aka Grace Gamez of Deaf Smith County Library, has a moment with 5-year-old Naveah Jimenez and brother Gabriel, 3, while, left, Xzaiden Bernal, 10, is in the thick of a nine-square game before the rains came Friday.

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In recent years, the Democratic Party has become a virtual non-entity in Deaf Smith County as the tides of politics have shifted.

From its once dominant place throughout the state, the United States’ older surviving political party has been stampeded by the pachyderm.

However, hopes are high to reverse those fortunes when the Deaf Smith County Democratic Party plays host to Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party.

As part of a statewide tour, Hinojosa is scheduled to appear Friday at Hereford Community Center at 5:30 p.m.

“It isn’t often someone of his position comes to a smaller community,” county Democratic Party chair and former county tax collector Margaret Del Toro said. “He is also scheduled to speak in Amarillo, and our proximity is one of the HINOJOSA reasons he is coming here.

“It is also a chance for him to meet new people, relay important information and answer questions from citizens.”

A Brownsville attorney who received his law degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Hinojosa has worked as a national attorney for migrant workers and headed a similar state program in Colorado.

He has held elected positions on the Brownsville school board and as Cameron County judge before being appointed to

wiches.

Games were in full swing.

Information was being doled out.

The band was setting up for the musical portion of the evening.

WACO – The president of Texas’ largest farm organization said the Texas Legislature’s session that ended on May 29 was largely a matter of successfully “playing both offense and defense.”

The controversial ag lien bill was passed with Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) support. Farmers who maintain ownership of their grain can now be secured creditors in the event of a grain storage bankruptcy.

This, said TFB president Russell Boening applies to licensed and bonded grain storage facilities.

“This was one of our biggest priorities in the session,” Boening said.

“We’ve seen farmers lose their grain as secured creditors claim the assets of a bankrupt elevator. Farmers’ assets will be more secure.”

Farm Bureau also successfully supported passage of the seed preemption bill. That legislation prevents local governments from passing resolutions and ordinances that prevent the planting or cultivation of certain seeds and plants.

Farm Bureau believes such local regulation would make management decisions difficult.

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the District Court bench and elected as Justice of the 13th Court of Appeals.

Within the Democratic Party, Hinojosa was elected Cameron County party chair and to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) before being appointed to the DNC Executive Committee.

“It is a privilege to have someone who represents our state come here, present information and listen to the people,” Del Toro said. “All the representatives we have in the county, region and most of the state

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are Republicans, so that’s the only message most people hear.

“The only way we can stay a democracy is to get different views on issues confronting our area and state. It is good to get other views on statewide issues that affect us all.”

Hinojosa’s presentation will be about some of those issues facing and affecting Deaf Smith County, the Panhandle and state.

Del Toro was quick to add he will also provide information on individual rights guaranteed American citizens of which far too many know little or nothing.

Del Toro is also looking at the event as a way to open the eyes of

citizens on those rights and their importance in the wake of recent elections that have drawn virtually no opposition – let alone from Democrats – and appear to generate very little interest based on voter turnout.

“It is difficult to get people to run as Democrats (in this county),” she said. “Those who may want to often feel pressure to just go along with those already in office or who are running.”

Readily admitting the local “people in power” consider her “very radical,” Del Toro added that Hinojosa’s message should impress upon those in attendance the real importance of voting and getting out to vote.

As she said, it is what made the U.S. what it is and is a right that must always be exercised.

“This should impress upon people how important it is to stand up for what you believe in and not be intimidated,” Del Toro said. “Hopefully, it can open some eyes and change some minds.

“Hopefully, we can make more people aware of the importance of taking part and participating in their futures and the future of our community.”

The community center doors will open Friday at 5 p.m., with Hinojosa’s address slated to start at 5:30 p.m. A question-and-answer period will follow.

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June 4 Olga Briones, 30, arrested for debit card abuse.

Ricardo Reyes, 30, arrested for forgery.

Jesus Calderon-Prez, 24, arrested for a second-ormore offense of driving while license invalid and racing on a highway.

James Perez, 24, arrested for drag racing on a highway.

Reports Hereford Police Department June 2 Burglary of a building was reported in the 200 block of 16th Street.

A report for disorderly conduct and discharging a firearm was taken in the east alley behind 806 Brevard St. Criminal mischief was reported in the 700 block of N. Avenue K. Criminal mischief was reported in the 700 block of N. Avenue K. Forgery was reported in the 200 block of N. Main

Street.

June 3 Criminal trespass and criminal mischief was reported in the 600 block of Irving Street.

Burglary of a building was reported in the 400 block of N. Avenue K. Theft from a person was reported in the 200 block of Avenue E. Theft was reported in the 400 block of 19th Street.

Burglary of a vehicle was reported in the 300 block of 5th Street.

Criminal mischief was reported in the 800 block of S. Schley Avenue.

June 4 Criminal mischief was reported in the 300 block of E. 3rd Street.

Assault was reported in the 900 block of E. 3rd Street.

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N. Hwy 385 • 806-364-2160 Sundays • NA meeting, 8 p.m., at Hereford Community Center, 100 Ave. C. For more information call 570-4648.

• Prairie Acres Activities: 10, Movie & Snacks; 11:30, Background music; 4, Tenth St. Church of Christ; 7:30, Dominoes Mondays • Food Pantry, Mon & Fri, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Betty DIckson, 806-346-0134 • Rotary Club, noon, Sugarland Mall Grill • Deaf Smith County Historical Museum regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, and only by appointment on Sunday • Troop 50 Boy Scouts, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Northwest Elementary.

All boys ages 11-18 are invited to participate. Call 289-5354 for information.

• Al-Anon Group, 7 p.m. at Fellowship of Believers Church, 245 Kingwood, for more information call 364-6045 or 676-7662.

• Hereford Retired School Employ-

ees Association meeting will be at 12 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center.

• Masonic Lodge, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Hall.

• Hereford Study Club meets at the Hereford Senior Citizens Center at 2 p.m.

• Hereford Senior Citizen Center Activities: 8 - noon, Quilting; 8 - 8:45, Pool Exercise Class (women); 9-9:45, P. Ex. class (women); 10-10:45, P. Ex. class (men); 11:11:45, P. Ex. class (women) 1-1:45, P. Ex. Class (men) • Prairie Acres Activities: 9:30, Discussion; 11:40, Background Music; 2, Bible Study/Spanish; 3, Caption This; 7:30, Bingo.

Tuesdays • Deaf Smith County Crime Stoppers Board of Directors, 6 p.m., Hereford Police Department rec room • AA meeting, 8 p.m. Hereford Community Center, 100 Ave. C. For more information call 570-4648 • Support Group for TBI Caregivers meeting at 7 p.m. For information call 806-364-1892 or email: dgproc-

tor@gmail.com • Order of the Eastern Star, 7 p.m.

Masonic Hall • Pilot Club 7 a.m. King’s Manor Lamar Room • American Legion Post 192 monthly meeting at 7 p.m.

• Alpha Alpha Preceptor chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meeting at 7 p.m.

•Xi Epsilon Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi meeting at 7 p.m.

• Hereford Senior Citizen Center Activities: 8 - noon, Quilting; 8 - 8:45, Pool Exercise Class (women); 9-9:45, P. Ex. class (women); 10-10:30, Floor Exercise • Prairie Acres Activities: 8:30, Beauty Shop; 11:40, Background Music; 2, Manicures for our ladies & men; 7:30, Watercoloring Wednesdays • Lions Club, noon, Hereford Community Center • Bippus Extension Education Club, 2 p.m.

• NA meeting, 8 p.m., at Hereford Community Center, 100 Ave. C. For more information call 570-4648

• Hereford Senior Citizen’s Association Board Meeting at 9 a.m.

• Hereford Senior Citizen Center Activities: 8 - noon, Quilting; 8 - 8:45, Pool Exercise Class (women); 9-9:45, P. Ex. class (women); 10-10:45, P. Ex. class (men); 11:11:45, P. Ex. class (women) 1-1:45, P. Ex. Class (men).

• Prairie Acres Activities: 9:15, Zumba Gold Chair; 10, Discussion; 11:30, Chicken Soup for the Soul; 3, Bible Study; 7:30, Movie Night.

Thursdays • Hereford Toastmasters, 6:30 a.m., Amarillo College.

• Kiwanis Club, noon, Hereford Community Center.

• Hereford Day Care Center Board of Directors, noon, Hereford Country Club.

• Merry Mixers Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Hereford Community Center.

• AA meeting, 8 p.m., Hereford Community Center, 100 Ave. C. For more information call 570-4648.

• Los Ciboleros Chapter NSDAR, 2 p.m.

• The Humane Society of Deaf

Smith County meets at 7 p.m. at the Animal Control Building.

• Hereford Senior Citizen Center Activities: 8 - noon, Quilting; 8 - 8:45, Pool Exercise Class (women); 9-9:45, P. Ex. class (women); 10-10:30, Floor Exercise; 10:30-1:00 • Prairie Acres Activities: 9:15, Whoga; 10, Discussion; 11:30, Poems; 3, Bean Bag Toss; 7:30, Stained Glass Painting.

Fridays • Food Pantry, Mon & Fri, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m., Betty DIckson, 806-346-0134 • Hereford Senior Citizen Center Activities: 8 - noon, Quilting; 8 - 8:45, Pool Exercise Class (women); 9-9:45, P. Ex. class (women); 10-10:45, P. Ex class (men); 11-11:45, P. EX class (women); 1-1:45 P. Ex. class (men); 10-1, Hereford Nursing and Rehab Health Check • Prairie Acres Activities: 9:15 Zumba Gold Chair; 10, Discussion; 11:30 Guidepost; 3, Decorating Bottles; 7:30, Movie Night.

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Deadline nears for Charest tourney From Contributed Sources

The annual VFW/Mel Charest Memorial Golf Tournament is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11 at John Pitman Municipal Golf Course in Hereford.

The tournament will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford’s positive youth development programs.

The tournament was named for long-time tourney coordinator Mel Charest, who encouraged VFW members donate the proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford.

First National Bank is sponsoring “Closest to the Pin” Contest with two winners receiving $150 each in Hereford Bucks. One contest will be held in the morning, and one in the evening on Saturday, June 10.

The tournament entry fee is $125 per player and includes cart, green fees for two days, prizes, range balls, breakfast burritos, sandwiches and refreshments during play, as well as a five-course dinner on Saturday, June 10 at the VFW. The format is a two-person scramble with shotgun starts at 8 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., on Saturday and 8 a.m., and 2 p.m.

Saturday’s dinner will also feature player evaluation after the meal. Awards presentation will be at the VFW following play on Sunday.

The field is limited to the first 80 teams that sign up by the 8 p.m., Thursday, June 8 deadline. For details or to sign up, call the John Pitman Golf Shop at 806363-7139.

Additionally, tee box sponsorships are available for $50. In addition to being an advertising opportunity for a business or organization, the sponsorships also help support Big Brothers Big Sisters programs.

Call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 806-364-6171 by Friday, June 2 to sponsor a tee box.

Community-minded Saints

Students at St. Anthony’s Catholic worked until the last few days of the 2017-17 school year in their efforts to give back to the Hereford community. Above, the fifth grade sponsored a dance and charged admission to raise funds for Hereford Food Pantry as, from left, students Kadence Guardiola, Kyndal Blair, Brandon Gonzales and Colton Urbancyk present a check for $300 to Food Pantry director Betty Henson. The 4K class collected random change and sponsored a school-wide NUT event – No Uniform Today day - to collect funds for a worthy cause. Below from left, 4K students Peyton McNutt, Richard Alaniz, Dylan Sosa, Malakai Villegas, Nehemiah Jesko, Asher Sciumbato, Zaden Altman, Matthew Perez, Mary Reyes and Vincent Tabares Jr., present a check for $337 to Hereford Cancer Coalition founder Julie Butler. Contributed photos

Cnossen makes S.D. St dean’s list BROOKINGS, S.D. – The following students have been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence during the spring 2017 semester at South Dakota State University.

To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Students

with an asterisk received a perfect 4.0 GPA. Among those earning the spring distinction was Cord Cnossen of Hereford in the College of Agruculture and Biological Sciences.

Students from 29 states and 25 foreign nations are on the list.

Students with F, I, U, RI or RU grades are not eligible regardless of system

term GPA attained. This criterion includes courses that were taken at other South Dakota institutions this term. A minimum of 12 credits within the 100699 course range must be taken. A student who passes pregeneral education courses may still qualify, if the student has 12 other credits that do fall within the 100-699 range.

West Texas A&M math professor and Hereford resident Audrey Meador, right, is the 2017 recipient of the school’s Instructional Responsibilities Award.

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Meador doing it by the numbers

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West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) professor Audrey Meador has been selected as the 2017 Instructional Responsibilities Award winner within the university and School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics.

“These awards are a testament to the dedication and commitment you have given to WT, where your talents are valued and appreciated,” WTAMU president Walter Wendler said in a congratulatory letter to Meador. “I sincerely appreciate all you do for our university and your department.

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ucating students in the realm of mathematics is telling in regards to the kind of faculty we host here at WT – those who not only are masters of their craft, but are also constantly working to broaden their horizons.”

In addition to being a math instructor, Meador is a member of the college’s Developmental Math Committee and peer leader for the I AM WT campaign.

A mother of four boys ranging in age from 6-17 and all attending Hereford schools, Meador is a member of the Hereford High School Class of 2000 and daughter of Joe and Diana Cabezuela.

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OPINION

A Dog Named Bo To my knowledge, Bo was the only burping dog in captivity. His talent for emitting great rumbling belches put to rest the myth that a slug of 7-Up could cause a dog (a cat, a mouse) to blow-up. On the contrary, our 100-pound black Labrador seemed capable of digesting, however loudly, all manner of materials—lumber, plastic, shoes. You name it, he ate it, with wild abandon.

He came to us as a small, squirmy inkblot of a dog, a “gift” from a friend who was anxious to disinherit the remaining puppies occupying his garage. We brought him home—the puppy, not the friend—in a cardboard box lined with an old blanket.

His new surroundings seemed like a poor substitute for his mom’s warm, furry presence and he expressed his disapproval in typical, shrill puppy-fashion. But our daughter, being something of a pup herself, knew that becoming an orphan is discomfiting for a little fella, so she shared loving pats (along with her DQ Blizzard). Within minutes, they had bonded for life.

One week later, Bo ALL IN got sick and we’re not Kerrie Womble Steiert talking a case of the sniffles. It was Parvo, the grim reaper of beloved pets. Now we’re faced with the unenviable decision of whether to 1) incur a big vet bill trying to save a very sick puppy, with no guarantee of his survival, or 2) well, you know what our second choice was. But as every parent understands, the small voice of a child always rules. “Please Daddy, don’t let Bo die.” And he didn’t. After two trips to the “hospital,” a week of intravenous drugs and many winged dollar bills flying out the window, Bo returned to his slap-happy self. And then he began to grow.

By leaps and bounds. You could almost watch his increase, like those slow-motion videos of a seed germinating and changing into a blossom. But Bo was no delicate flower, by any stretch. Not only did he develop this amazing propensity for burping (because that talent was surely enough for notoriety) but he was an impressive drooler. “I’ve been slimed!” was the frequent mournful cry heard from hapless guests.

To be loved by Bo was a memorable experience. He could not resist the temptation to jump and large pawprints high on your back were often his signature. A perpetual cloud of fine, black fur swirled in his wake, bonding to your pants, shirt and skin. Then we’ve got the drooling thing going on. Thus, Bo taught one of life’s great lessons—Love Is Messy.

He was big and sleepy when the weather was hot, retreating to the heavy foliage to snooze under the trees. But the first crisp days of autumn awakened his overall enthusiasm for almost everything. Generations of natural instinct told him magical days were coming, a time to go afield with Jim. Bo earned his keep with his keen sense of smell, ferreting out ringnecked pheasant camouflaged in the dense undergrowth of winter stalks. Time and again, he nosed-out elusive birds that other dogs— and men — walked over. So, the very large, slobbering, burping mess of a dog proved he had a saving grace. It was not his only one.

In spite of all his dopiness, Bo recognized he must be careful around those who were not as strong or big as he was. Most of the time, he was like a hyperactive, over-grown child on a sugar-high— a wild and crazy guy, crashing into everything (and everyone) in his path. But when a toddler approached, he stilled, pulling his ears and tail down in docile submission to clumsy pats from tiny fingers. It was a poignant thing, to see the great Lab gentled by the smallest and weakest. It was wisdom without words.

And so he was with me. In his own mysterious way, Bo understood he must be different with me. When I parked my wheelchair by the back door, he made no attempt to bulldoze past me into the house. Instead, he carefully laid his great anvil head in my lap, letting me stroke the heavy velvet of his ears and muzzle.

In his prime, everything about this animal was strong and powerful. His sleek coat rippled over robust contours of muscle and bone. It would have been easy for him to hurt me, even in playfulness. But he did not. He must have worked very hard to contain his rowdy nature. It was not something we taught him, this gentle reverence (because we’re not very skilled at dog-training). It was discovering the simple virtue that abided in the heart of a big Lab with a small name – Bo.

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Tales of Deaf Smith County “Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.” Henry George Bohn

repair. But the young couple recalled, “We weren’t starving.”

Although he was practicing in Friona, Wills would often perform surgery in Although the year 1929 was to be Hereford. The Hereford community recalled by many as a bad memory, was growing, and Wills was traveling young Dr. R.R. Wills was to find his there more often to practice and care “most illusive goal” of beginning a long for his patients. medical practice.

In 1935, he and his wife moved to Ralph Raymond Wills was born to Hereford, where his new office was Willie and Della Wills on Feb. 5, 1902 in opened above the Corner Drug. a small farming community near Waco.

As his practice grew, Wills opened a As a young student at Tarleton State clinic adjacent to his Lawton Avenue College, Wills decided to pursue a ca- residence. He remained there until reer in medicine. after World War II. Except for a few He once stated that from the time months during the war years, he was that decision was made, he never re- the only physician actively practicing gretted his decision and never looked in the county. back. His training included In 1946, Wills joined physithe beginning at Tarleton cians Lewis Barnett and MilState, then the University of lard Nobles, and they soon Texas and Baylor School of formed the Hereford Clinic at Medicine, where he graduated 343 North Miles Ave. in 1927.

After 50 years of practice, With the Great Depression Wills tried retiring, but quickyears approaching and Wills’ ly began doing “locum tenens” lack of money to establish (filling in for vacationing phyhis own practice, he obtained sicians) not only in the Pana job as company physician handle, but also in Oklahoma.

Carolyn Waters with a construction compaAfter the “filling in” experiny that traveled in the High ence, Wills had a small office Plains and eastern New Mexico. practice in Vega for three years. He This travel gave Wills the opportuni- then returned to Hereford and again ty to visit the wheat and cattle country began practice at Hereford Clinic. He of this area, and he was very pleased continued practice there three days a when he was asked to join another week until his final retirement. physician in Hereford. He arrived here During his many years of practicing in June 1929. medicine in Hereford, Wills delivered Prosperity was growing in Deaf babies for three generations of county Smith County, and Hereford had a residents, saw a demise of pneumonia, well-established hospital. This offered a vaccine for polio and the introduca great opportunity for a young physi- tion of modern technology in the medician who had training and a talent in cal field. This included X-ray diagnosis the field of surgery. and antibiotic therapy.

However, with the stock market Dr. and Mrs. Wills had one son, J.B. crash in October, the hard times af- Wills, who became a marine biologist fected the young doctor just as they and supervisor of a commercial diving did all citizens. He moved to Friona paramedic program in the Houston and was soon joined by his younger area. Nona Barbara Wills died in 1944, brother, Edwin, who was a dentist. and R.R. Wills died in 1978.

They practiced together for two years.

Many will remember Wills as being During those two years in Friona, a caring, but sometimes harsh, family Wills met a young lady who was work- physician and surgeon. Perhaps his ing at the local pharmacy. In Septem- pioneering spirit in the field of mediber 1933, he and Nona Barbara Darsey cine in the area was truly the beginning were married. of the successful medical facilities and During these troubled times with staff we enjoy today. money being short for most, payments for medical service were often made “Medicine is the only profession that with produce or other farm goods and labors incessantly to destroy the reason favors such as yard work or vehicle for its own existence.” James Bryce

AUSTIN – As of June 4, Gov. Greg Abbott had not signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the 2018-2019 state budget finally approved by both houses of the 85th Texas Legislature on May 27. SB 1 appropriates $216.8 billion in total spending for the state’s budget during the 2018-19 biennium.

A long wait for Abbott’s signature may fit a pattern. The governor did not sign the 2016-2017 budget until June 20, 2015, the final day for him to approve or veto legislation. The governor has the power to veto line items in the bill, instead of rejecting it wholesale.

SB 1, a lot to contemplate at 969 pages in length, could take every remaining day for the governor’s office to digest, until this session’s veto deadline of June 18.

The budget bill, however, has already earned the approval of state Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who signed the document on June 1.

“Even before I released the Biennial Revenue Estimate back in January, lawmakers understood this STATE session would be difficult and coming to a budget CAPITAL consensus would require HIGHLIGHTS sacrifice and compromise,” Ed Sterling Hegar said. “I commend legislators for crafting a conservative budget that remains within my revenue forecast.”

Bills signed and not signed A mere 1,211 of the 6,631 bills, concurrent resolutions and proposed constitutional amendments filed by state representatives and senators this session gained passage by both houses. That comes to 18.3 percent, or a success rate of about one in five.

Gov. Abbott signed Senate Bill 5, the voter photo-identification bill that opponents promised would be challenged in federal court over constitutionality. Supporters said the bill by Joan Huffman, R-Houston, would allow a person to sign an affidavit stating they have a reasonable impediment to obtaining a photo ID and cast a regular ballot. Opponents, however, testified that proposed changes in the law still would have racially discriminatory effects. The bill is slated to take effect Sept. 1.

HB 62, the statewide ban on texting while driving, has not yet been signed by the governor. Authored by Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and sponsored by Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, HB 62 has been sitting on the governor’s desk since May 25.

SB 8, by Dr. Charles Schwertner, RGeorgetown, was amended in the House to become an omnibus abortion regulation bill. According to the Senate News Service, the bill would require that fetal tissue “be given a proper burial or cremation after an abortion, would ban a certain type of second-trimester abortion and would reaffirm the ban on partial birth abortions in Texas and give state officials the power to prosecute violators.” SB 8 is awaiting action by the governor.

SB 12, by Royce West, D-Dallas, would create a $25 million grant program to help local law enforcement entities pay for body armor resistant to high-powered ammunition. The governor signed West’s bill on May 27 and the legislation took effect the same day.

Revenue total reported Comptroller Hegar on June 2 announced that state sales tax revenue totaled $2.5 billion in May, an amount 4 percent more than in May 2016.

“State sales tax collections in May indicate a Texas economy expanding at a moderate pace,” Hegar said. “Growth in sales tax revenue occurred across most major industry sectors, including oil- and gas-related sectors. Only the construction sector showed a slight decline.”

Hegar also said total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in May 2017 is up 3.2 percent compared to the same period a year ago, but state franchise tax revenue for fiscal 2017 totaled $3.2 billion in May, 8.9 percent less than in May 2016.

Some praise withdrawal Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton thanked President Donald Trump for his June 1 decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

According to the United Nations, the international agreement’s goal is “to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”

Examples of other officials publicly applauding Trump’s decision last week were Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler.

(Ed Sterling is director of member services for the Texas Press Association and can be reached at edsterling@texaspress.com.)

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Honor Roll Hereford High School 12th Grade ALARCON, PRISCILLA ALONZO, ANGELICA AMADOR-COVARRUBIAS, JACQUELYN AVALOS, JOSE A. BARNES, BRITTNEY K. BARTELS, BRIANNE M. BRIONES, AARON C. CANTU, VICTORIA M. CARBAJAL, ALEXUS CARRASCO, LISA CASAREZ, CHLOE M. CASTANEDA, JONATHAN CASTILLO, LESLIE CASTILLO, PRISCILLA Y. CHAVEZ, YADIRA Y. COJ TZUNUX, MARIA CONTRERAS SERNA, ROSALIA COUNCIL, DESTINY DE LA CRUZ, MARCOS DELGADO, KALISTA C. EASLEY, SYDNEY B. ELLIS, MEAGAN N. ENRIQUEZ, MICKEY A. ESCAMILLA, MARISA R. ESCOBAL, ALEXIS A. FERNANDEZ, ERIK FLORES-ESPINOZA, FLOR A. GABEL, DALTON C. GALLARDO, ABRAHAM GALLEGOS, CARLOS GALVAN, MARINA A. GALVAN, RUBEN GARCIA, ABIGAHY GARCIA, STEPHANY GARZA, JOHNNY GOHEEN, COLLIN GONZALEZ, ESTEPHANIA GUERRERO, ABEL GUERRERO, KELLY HAYES, SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ, KRISTAL HERNANDEZ, MARIA E. HERRERA, ISREAL HOLLINGSWORTH, HOLLY R. JAMES, BRENDEN KEELING, TOM KING, SHELBY L. LARA, JOSALYNN A. LEAL, NOAH LEWIS, MCKENNA A. LICON SALINAS, JOCELINNE A. LOPEZ, ANDREA LOPEZ, YAILIN LOWREY, PARKER J. MARTIN, ZACKARY A. MARTINEZ, CALEB A. MARTINEZ, GABRIEL MARTINEZ, LEAH MCGINTY, DYLAN B. MONARREZ, JOSE MONSEBAIS, MIRANDA MONSEBAIS, MIRIAH MORALES-MATA, BRENDA MORANTES, LUIS MORENO, LINDA MUNGIA, NOA MURRAY, KAMERON R. NIKKEL, NOAH H. ORTIZ, ISAIAH QUINONES, GUADALUPE RAMIREZ-ZAPATA, ROLANDO RUDD, REAGAN W. SALAS, ALEXIS L. SALGADO, ERISBELY G. SALGADO, NALLELY G. SANCHEZ, AILENE SIERRA, TRIANA N. TAYLOR, TURNER S. TELLES, LESLY F. TORRES, JOSHUA J. VALADEZ, ALYSSA VALDEZ, JESSE N. VALDEZ, MIRANDA L. VICTOR, CADEN T. VILLEDA, JOSE L. WELLS, MATTLYN R. ZAMARRIPA, SAMANTHA V.

11th Grade ALEMAN, ANGEL C. ALVARADO, AZIEL J. AYALA, ADRIAN BAKER, ROBERT L. IV BARRIENTOS, CALEB I. BELTRAN, RAFAEL A. BHAKTA, RANI R. BRORMAN, BLAIRE M. CABALLERO, ANDRES CABRERA, ASHLEY A. CALDERON, VANESSA CARDOZA, LEZLY A. CARRILLO, ANNALYCE M. CASAREZ, RAYMOND C. CASTANEDA, FAITH H. CASTILLO, ABRIE CAVE, JAICIE N. CHAVIRA, FELIX G. COBOS, MARINA V. CORREA, CLAUDIA C. DAVALOS RUIZ, BRISYDA DODD, TRACE D. DOMINGUEZ, NICHOLAS ELLIS, ELIJAH ESCOBAL, ELIJAH I. ESCOBAL, HAZEL ESQUIVEL, KARA G. FERNANDEZ, ROSA M. FERRIS, ADDISON T. FLOOD, BEN FRANCO, CASSANDRA M. FRIAS GOMEZ, JONATHAN GARCIA, KARYSSA GARCIA, LUIS A. GARCIA, PRICSILLA T. GARZA, DIAHANN M. GOODMAN, DEJA B. HASCHKE, KILAN HERNANDEZ, ASHTON M. HERRERA, MATTHEW J. JESKO, ERIN D. LICON SALINAS, ITZEL A. LIRA ARCE, LORENA LOPEZ, MIGUEL A. JR. LOPEZ HERNANDEZ, ANTONIO LOPEZ MEJIA, JOEL LOWREY, JENNA MARQUEZ, ISAIAS MARTINEZ, ISRAEL J. MARTINEZ, JOSHUA T. MARTINEZ, VICTORIA G.

MCCRACKEN, ZOE B. MEDELES, ALBRECIANN MELENDREZ, ALEXIS N. MENA, MARIO A. MITCHELL, DAVID B. MORENO, LIZBETH NANEZ, ADRIAN R. NUNEZ, ASHLEY B. OLVERA, BIANCA C. ONTIVEROS, GABRIELLA A. OROZCO, LESLIE ORTA SALDANA, JOSE A. PEREZ, SALVADOR E. PERRY, JARED R. PHOMMYVONG, BRAYDEN C. PLASCENCIA GUTIERREZ, JENNIFER Y. RAMIREZ, ELIZABETH M. RAMIREZ, KARISA M. RAMOS, VALERIA H. RILEY, LEXY B. RIOS, GUADALUPE M. RODRIGUEZ, ALYSSA S. RUIZ, ALEXIS M. RUIZ, CELESTE RUIZ, DANIEL SALGADO, JUDITH M. SCOTT, SARAH SIMNACHER, BRYCE K. VALDEZ, ALEXANDRIA E. VALDEZ, CESAR VALDEZ, HAYLIE C. VALENZUELA-PEREZ, FERNANDO VAZQUEZ, ALMA A. VILLARREAL, SAMUEL U. WOODARD, SARAH M. YBARRA, SAMANTHA Y.

10th Grade AGUILAR, MARGARITA ALONSO, ROSA I. ALVAREZ-DIAZ, JORJE ARIAS, MARTHA L. AVILA, GADDIELA Z. BANDA, ARLETTE BARBA, HALEIGH F. BARNES, CASSIDY C. BRAVO, JENEVA C. CALDERA TORRES, LESLI V. CANTU, ROBERT CERVANTES, MONSERRAT CHAVARRIA, KAYLEE I. CLIFTON, JOSEY R. CONTRERAS, OLEGARIO COOPER, ALEXANDRIA A. CRUZ, DEJA U. DELEON, MARANDA DELOZIER, DODGE H. DETTEN, JACK DURAN, ANAHI ESCAMILLA, SHAWN D. FLOOD, CARMEN FRISCHE, TANNER GARCIA, DEZZARAY L. HARRISON, ALEXANDREA F. HERNANDEZ, ANNA M. HERNANDEZ, JENNIFER S. HERRERA, CESAR HICKS, KAMILLE K. HUCKINS, CALEB P. JOHNSON, AALIYAH D. LARA, CESAR LARA, ERNESTO LISCANO, KAITLYNN M. LOOKINGBILL, SAMANTHA D. MARTINEZ, EMMANUEL MIMMS, MACIE C. NAVA, JESSICA OLIVAS, MARISLEYSYS PARRA, ZULEIMA A. PARSON, ASHLEY RAMIREZ, ANGELA RAMIREZ, ORION RAMOS, ERIKA Y. REYNA TORRES, AILEDH J. RIVAS, MISDY P. RODRIGUEZ, DAZZARAE M. ROSE, DALILAH RUBIO, ERIKA RUDD, BRYNNA S. SAENZ, JACEN SALINAS, JENNIFER SAVOINI, SLOANE T. SCHUELER, AUBREY E. SEBASTIAN GASPAR, ANABELLA R. SMITH, JACOB T. STOVALL, KELEIGH M. VALENZUELA, ANDREA VESSEL, BRETT L. VILLALOBOS, MICHELLE G. VILLALOVOS, TOMAS H. WARLICK, JAXON S. WILSON, MCKENZIE

9th Grade ALDERETE, ALEXIS S. ALVARADO, MACKENZIE ARMENDARIZ, SUSANA B. BARRIENTOS, BRIANNA C. BARRON, NAYELI BHAKTA, RAJ R. BHAKTA, SRUSHTI D. BRETHOUR, KATLYNN BRIBIESCA, HAYDEN E. BRUMLEY, JADEE BUENAVENTURA, JOHNNY CABALLERO, CHRISTIAN CAMPOS, BIANCA L. CANO, JADEN CANTU, MARIAH CARRILLO, LIZETTE R. COLLIER, BENJAMIN G. COTA, ANGELA D. CRUZ, ESMERALDA G. DAVIS, TYE G. DIAZ, CAMILLE A. DODD, DARCY L. DOMINGUEZ, PEDRO A. DUARTE, ALAN ELLIS, SHYLEE M. FAVELA, JORGE L. FOWLER, CONNER GALLEGOS, KAYLA A. GARCIA, SAMARA D. GILILLAND, AVERY GONZALEZ, CIELO GONZALEZ JIATZ, ELIDA E. GRAJEDA, LLUVIA S. GRAJEDA, SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ, THALIA GUTIERREZ, XAVIER HERNANDEZ, GABRIELLA J. HUERTA, DAVID JACQUEZ, MELANIE

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LEDESMA HUERTA, LUIS MAGALLANES, PRISILA MARTINEZ, ENYA MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, MARIAN A. MATA, ALEJANDRO MATA, DANIELA MCCATHERN, KATELIN S. MCCRACKEN, SLADER T. MENA, MARVIN MENDOZA, KAYLEN MONSEBAIS, MERCEDES MORROW, RE’ANNA MOTA, ADRIAN NGUYEN, KEVIN K. NINO, KAYLA D. OCHOA, PRISCILA ORTEGA FRIAS, CESAR PAETZOLD, LOGAN A. PENA, JOSHUA RAMIREZ, ALEXANDER RAMOS, RAMIRO RIOS, ROCIO RIOS, STEVEN RODRIGUEZ, ABIGAIL N. RODRIGUEZ, AVERY G. RUIZ, ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ, ASHLEY A. SANCHEZ, BETHANY P. SANCHEZ, DESIREE J. SCOTT, SHYLA STROWD, ZACHARY R. SUAREZ, ADEN X. SUAREZ, MYSTIQUE S. SULLIVAN, ALEXIA TALAMANTES, CALEB L. TAYLOR, LUKE L. VALLEJO, ALYSSA N. VALLEJO, KAELYNN M. VARGAS, MIRANDA WOOD, HANNAH F. ZAMARRIPA, MAJENTTA ZAMBRANO, CAITLIN

Hereford Preparatory Academy 8th Grade ACOSTA, NAYELI ALANIZ, ANDREYA ALONZO, CHARISMA ALVARADO, CARLOS ARTHO, RACHEL AVALOS, YADHIRA AVALOS, YARED AVEN, RAINEY BACA, CHELSEY BACA, KATIE BALDERAZ, ANDREW BARNES, NATALIE BARTELS, BROOKE BENAVIDEZ, AMAIAH BETZEN, VICTORIA CAMPOS, DESTINY CARABAJAL, ASHTON CARRASCO, VIRGINIA CARRILLO, EDIKA CASEY, EMMA CAVAZOS, HECTOR CERVANTES, CLAUDIA CHAVEZ, JASMINE CLAUDIO, KEYANA CLIFTON, KARLEY COUNCIL, DYLAN CRUZ, ZACHARY DAVILA, NEVA DAVIS, KAYLEE DAVIS, LACEY DELEON, ROMAN DETTEN, RACHAEL DIAZ, DANIEL DIAZ, FAITH DOMINGUEZ, ELIZABETH ENRIQUEZ, GOKU ENRIQUEZ, JACOB FETSCH, BENJAMIN FLOOD, ELIZABETH FLORES, AMY FLORES, ANAHI FLORES, KAREN FRIAS, BRIAN GALVAN, MARIA GARCIA, DULCE GARCIA, HECTOR GARCIA, JARED GARCIA, MIRIAM GARZA, HAILEE GARZA, LUCAS GARZA, SERGIO GODINEZ, DANIELLA GONZALEZ, MARIANA GUERRA, OSCAR HACKER, KAISON HAYES, NAHRYAH HAZLETT, TAYLOR HERNANDEZ, MAYRA HERNANDEZ, ALEXIA HERRERA, FRANCISCO JOHNSON, JAYLAN JOHNSON, PARKER JOHNSON, PRESLEE KELSO, CAMRYN LARRA, KALEB LISCANO, XANDRIA LOPEZ, JUAN LOPEZ, JUDE LOPEZ, NATALIA LOWRANCE, DILLON LUCERO, MARA MARQUEZ, MICHAEL MARTINEZ, JACOB MARTINEZ, NAYELI MIMMS, MATLIN MORENO, BRIAN NANEZ, KARLA NEVAREZ, NEFTALI NUNEZ, RUBEN OLGUIN, DIEGO OLVERA, JABRI ORTEGA, EMILY ORTEGA, KIANA PENA, JEREMIAH PEREZ, NOEMI RAMIREZ, ANDREW RAMIREZ, JARRETT RAMOS, ANDRES RICENBAW, ASHTYN RODRIGUEZ, BRANDY RODRIGUEZ, GISELLE RODRIGUEZ, CINTHIA RUIZ, KARLA SANCHEZ, AMARIZ SAUCEDO, JOSIAH SCOTT, JESSE SMITH, HAVYN SUTTLE, MADISON

TAPIA, JACOB TIJERINA, ANTHONY TIJERINA, MARISSA TREVINO, KRISTIAN VALDEZ, KRYSLYNN VALLE, JUAN VAN ADRICHEM, MEGAN VILLARREAL, CHAMPAIGNE VILLEDA, VANESSA WADE, GRACE WALKER, BLAKE WARLICK, MACY WHITEHORN, DESTINY ZAMORA, JACOB

Hereford Junior High School 7th Grade ACOSTA, ENHELICA AGUILAR, ANGELA ALONZO, VERONICA ALVAREZ, CELESTE ARTEAGA, KYARA BANDA, KARIME BAUTISTA, DANIEL BENCOMO, SAMUEL BERNAL, ABRAHAM BHAKTA, SIYA BLANKENSHIP, KAYE BROWN, NIKAYLA CANTU, BRIANNA CAPPS, CHLOE CASTILLO, ROMEO CHAPOY, JORDYN CORONADO, NEVAEH DELEON, KYLEE FERRIS, JOHN GABEL, SAMANTHA GARCIA, MICHAELA GIBSON, AUDREY GOMEZ-ALVAREZ, ELIAS GONZALEZ, TOMMY GOODMAN, EVANY GUARDIOLA, CAELEN GUERRA, ANDREW GUERRA, NATASHA GUERRERO RODRIGUEZ, ROLANDO HERNANDEZ, JOSEPH HUERTA, EDGAR JOHNSON, AISSA JUAREZ, MARIZELDA LAMM, HAGEN LISCANO, AVERY LISCANO, NOAH LUCAS, MARCO LUCERO, ADRIANA LUCERO, PALOMA MARTINEZ, ANDREW MARTINEZ, DANIEL MARTINEZ, GABRIELLA MARTINEZ, ISAAC MAYDON, MAKAYLA MENDOZA, BRAEDYN MERCADO, DAPHNE MIRANDA, RUBI MONTANO MARQUEZ, ADRIAN NAVAS JEREZ, DANIEL OZUNA, MIKAELA PALACIOS, MICAH PANTOJA RODRIGUEZ, STEPHANIE PARRA, LESLY PAZ, CATHERINE PEREZ, MONTSERRAT RAMIREZ, LIZBETH RAMIREZ, TYLAN RODRIGUEZ, ADRIANA RODRIGUEZ, GERARDO RODRIGUEZ, REGAN ROSAS, NATALIE SANCHEZ, ADAN SEAY, BRYNDEN SOTO, KATELIN STOW, TAYTUM TENA MAGALLANES, AILYN VALLEJO, BONNIE VIDANA MORALES, BRENDA VILLALOVOS, NICOLAS WOOD, HUDSON WOOD, LEIGHTON YSAGUIRRE, HAILEY

6th Grade ALEMAN, XANDER ALMARAZ, MARIANA BAEZA, MAYRA BALDERAZ, BAILEY CAMPOS, JACYELL CASIAS, MAKAYLA CASTANEDA, CHRISTIAN CEH, ITZEL CHAVEZ, ARACELI CISNEROS, VINCENT COOPER, EMMA CORDOVA ALMANZA, ALEKSEY CORREA, MARILYN DAILY, ADDISON DANCE, ANDREW DAVALOS RODELA, YAKELINE DAVIDSON, MARTY DE LA CRUZ, JASMINE DELOZIER, DAYTON ENRIQUEZ, JAYMEE ESQUIVEL, KALYSSA FLETCHER, JADYN FUENTES, ALEXIS GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, KAROL GARCIA, ANGEL GARCIA, MIGUEL GENTRY, SCOTT GONZALEZ, ELIZABETH GONZALEZ-PENARAN, ANAHI GUZMAN PANTOJA, MIRANDA HERNANDEZ, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, SONIA HUCKINS, JACOB IBARRA, CAMILLA KEITH, MIA LACOMB, NATHAN LUNA, AMARIAH MARTINEZ RIVERA, VALERIA MARTINEZ, FRANCISCO MASON, K’LINDA MEDINA, CHRISTIAN MORALES, MARCUS NUNEZ, SUSIE ORTIZ, RUBEN PALACIOS, CHRISTIAN PEREZ, EMILIANO PERRY, KYLA RAMOS, ALECXANDER REYES, LEONARDO ROBLES, ZAVION RODRIGUEZ, NICHOLAS

The Hereford BRAND would like to congratulate all the honor roll students!

ROSAS, JANINE RUIZ, CHEYENNE RUIZ-PEREGRINO, ZAYLIN SALINAS, JAYDEN SIMS, CLARA SOLORZANO LEDESMA, JOSE SOSA, IVET STURGEON, VICTORIA SUAREZ, TOMMY TENA MAGALLANES, JOCELYN TORRES, YESENIA VAN ADRICHEM, ABBY WATTS, KYLEIGH WILBURN, AUTUMN ZAPATA, JASMIN

Aikman Elementary 5th Grade CRUZ, EMARIYA HERNANDEZ, JARET HERNANDEZ, KASSANDRA LISCANO, JACOB ORTEGA, DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, ALIYHA SALAZAR-MONDRAGON, YAHAIRA SALINAS, JULISSA TAMEZ, GREG

4th Grade CAMARGO, ANAHI CARBALLA, MIRANDA CASTILLO, MARIAH CASTRO, TYE CERVANTES, EMMELY DOMINGUEZ, ROBERTO ESCAMILLA, JHONEN GARZA, ALEXIS GONZALEZ, CARLOS HASCHKE, KOURTLIN JESKO, TREVOR LOPEZ, JEFFREY MARTINEZ, KAITLYN MEJIA, ISREAL MORALES, ZEWDNISHE NUNEZ, ERICK PADILLA, ANALI ROJAS, SERENITY ROMERO, NICOLE SMITH, CAMBRY SOLIS, SARAHI TALAMANTES, GABRIEL TALAMANTES, STEPHANIE TAMEZ, SERENITY TELLEZ, NALLEY ZEPEDA, JULISSA

Bluebonnet Elementary 5th Grade - A MUNOZ, CYNTHIA

4th Grade - A ARELLANO, LAURA CERVANTEZ, ABRAHAM COLON, YESENIA COOPER, LILIANA GALINDO, ALLAZIA GUNTER, KELSIE LAMM, KIELA NORRIS, ASHER MARTINEZ, AZARIAH OTERO, MORGAN SAUCEDO, ISIAY SIERRA, ALEJANDRO VALDEZ, NEVAEYA

Northwest Elementary 5th Grade ARCEO, GENESEE ARTHO, ALEX AVILA, IGNACIO BRANNON, JAYCE BUSTAMANTE, MIA CARABAJAL, DARIUS CASTILLO, DESTINY DE LA PAZ, OLIVIA ELLIS, LEXXA ENRIQUEZ, SAUL ESCAMILLA, BRAYDEN FLOREZ, MIA FREEMAN, CAGNEY FUENTES, IZAYUS GONZALES, SADIE GULLEY, SHANI HERNANDEZ, PATIENTS HERNANDEZ, TRIPP HERRERA, ARENIS IBARRA, JOSUE KELSO, PEYTON LUCAS, EDUARDO MARTINEZ, AUBREY MAYDON, NAHDIA MCBRIDE, LYNZEE MCNEELY, ANIKA MOLINA GASPAR, SEBASTIAN PARRA, JOANNA PEREZ, ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, AIVEN RODRIGUEZ, KIMBERLY RODRIGUEZ, LICELLE ROJAS, ALEJANDRO SALAS, GERARDO SALAZAR, ARNULFO SOLTERO, LESLIE STURGEON SALINAS, AUBRIANA STURGEON, JORDAN TORRES, NICHOLAS TREJO, GABRIELA VALADEZ, BRYAN VILLALOBOS, ADAN VILLARREAL CELIS , ESTEFANY VOGEL, BENNETT

4th Grade ALDAZ, PATRICK ALEJANDRE, JOSIAH ARCEO, MONTSERRAT CAMACHO, BRAYDEN CANTU, ISAAC CASTILLO, DIANA CONTRERAS, JOANNA DANCE, AVERY ESPARZA, ROBERT KEITH, HAGEN LISCANO , BTIANNA MADRIGAL, MADILYN MARQUEZ, DESTINY MARTINEZ, ESTEFANIA OLIVAS, GIOVANNI REDWINE, SAMANTHA

RIVAS, KAREN SOLORZANO, ESTEFANI VALADEZ, BRITANNI VARGAS, J.T. VAZQUEZ, AYDEN VILLARREAL CELIS, MARIA YSAGUIRRE, BRANDON

Tierra Blanca Elementary 5th Grade ALDAY, SEVERINO BUSTILLOS, SIERRA CARRASCO, ALYSSA CARVER, MCKINZIE CASTILLO, SEVANNA DELEON, MISSAEL HERNANDEZ, JOCELYN JIMENEZ, JOCELYN ORTIZ, DUVY PALOMARES, RAELENE RIOJAS, ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ, LAURA RODRIGUEZ, NATALIA SHELTON, DAKOTA

4th Grade BAEZA, LORENZO BERNAL, ZXAIDEN CHAVEZ, RUBI MOONEY, AVERY MORENO, BRENDA PENARAN, JADE

West Central Elementary 5th Grade ALVARADO, EMILY ARROYO, AYLIN CARDOZA, DAISY GOMEZ, JUSTIN GRAMILLO, EDUARDO LEAL, CHRISTOPHER LUIS, FLORECELDA PENA, NAKYA RAMIREZ, ROCSANA SAUCEDA, XAVIER

4th Grade COUNCIL, ABIGAIL DOMINGUEZ, DAVID HUERTA, ZOE MARQUEZ, MERISSA MORENO, ISIDRO PANTOJA, SOFIA RAMIREZ, HENRY RODRIGUEZ, MADISON

St. Anthony’s School 6th grade A - Honor Roll PAUL BETZEN JOLEE LOOKINGBILL

B - Honor Roll CAMRYN BLAIR

5th Grade A - Honor Roll KYNDAL BLAIR GIANNA SCIUMBATO TATUM SHARP COLON URBNCZYK

B - Honor Roll AVERY DETTEN ARON DIAZ BRANDON GONZALEZ KADENCE GUARDIOLA MIRANDA VILLALOVOS

4th Grade A - Honor Roll SUMMER MUSICK LONDON BAKER LUKE PEREZ

B - Honor Roll DIEGO ONELAS CRISTIAN JAIME

3rd Grade A- Honor Roll KEVIN GARCIA JOHAN GROTEGUT HAYDEN SLOVACEK

B - Honor Roll ARISSA ALANIZ REBECA AGUILAR JOSEF GROTEGUT TRYSTANN MENDOZA SYDNEE NIELSEN ROWDY SHARP CONNER SMITH JAYDEN SOSA

2nd Grade A - Honor Roll MAX ARROYOS MACY BETZEN PIERCE VALDEZ SAM DETTEN DANIEL BETZEN KAYLEE SLOVACEK

B - Honor Roll ZAYBRIE ALTMAN SLADE BRAVO CALLIE BULLARD MIA ESTRADA MIA HERNANDEZ MACYN MCNUTT SAGE MUSICK AMERICA ORNELAS AVA RAMIREZ ALEJANDRO ROJAS EMMA YEARWOOD

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Showy shorebirds are opportunists when playas are wet

By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

heads, black and white on their back and sides, long curving bills, and long trailing bluish grey legs in flight, will readily dive-bomb you while shrieking their familiar bleeping cry. Back away from their nest location, and they break off the dive-bombing act.

Avocets feed by thrusting their upward curving bill—slightly more upward curving on females versus males—underwater and swinging it side to side along the bottom to stir up aquatic insects, crustaceans and other aquatic animals and plant life.

They nest from April to June constructing nests that are merely depressions on the mud or platforms of grass on mudflats. Should the playa water rise, the breeding pair will raise the nest of one to four eggs up to a foot or more with sticks, weeds, bones and feathers to keep the eggs above water.

I didn’t realize, until wading a playa east of Dimmitt a few years ago to photograph avocets, that they turn grayish-white prior to migrating to their wintering area as far south as Mexico and Guatemala. What a relief—thought there was something wrong with the color reproduction of my digital camera.

Nature endows critters with amazing abilities, and shorebirds are no exception. The stormy weather that lingered over Castro County in midApril re-watered dry playas over a wide area. Almost within days of the rainfall, shorebirds that are no strangers to anyone who watches playas closely began showing up on the shallow water ecosystems.

Wading birds including blacknecked stilts, killdeer and American avocets provided a bonus nature lesson for students from New Deal high school who were taking part in the first Playa Festival of the season at the Playa Classroom south of Nazareth soon after the waterworks.

Some years ago, during a dry summer, an isolated local rainstorm occurred near Bootleg Corner in western Deaf Smith County. An area of roughly five square miles received enough rainfall to create shallow playas in pasture land.

Virtually overnight, avocets, and exotic-looking white-faced ibis that perched atop cholla cactus, showed up to take advantage of a briefly-present type of habitat that they favor.

How did they know playa water was suddenly present, and how did they zero in on it so readily? Where did they come from so quickly and opportunistically? It’s one of those Nature things that keeps us wonderfully wondering, while adding color and life too the local landscape.

Aside from waterfowl—also quickly present in number and variety on the heels of the April waterworks here— among my favorite playa birds are American avocets. They could well be called “bleeps” by children of summer who have spent time roaming around playas during their nesting season. Get near an av-

Black-necked stilts keep company with American avocets. They’re slender, blackand-white shorebirds with AMERICAN AVOCETS--These American avocets, sporting up- showy red legs. They feed on ward curving bills, were already displaying wintering colors tiny insects and crustaceans on the water surface. Stilts prior to their fall migration when they were photographed respond quickly when new on a playa east of Dimmitt during a fall outing to the local wetlands are created—thus seasonal wetland. An array of colorful shorebirds frequently their arrival in the Panhandle show up on playas during their wet cycles, and can literally ap- on short notice, just in time the recent Playa educapear overnight following rainfall events. An example involved for tional event. A nice-sized white-faced ibis that appeared perched atop cholla cactus near flock of stilts made numerBootleg Corner a few years ago.

Photo by Jim Steiert ous fly-bys that morning to give students a great view of ocet nest on the muddy shore- and June, and these strikingly their markings. line of a playa during spring colorful birds with cinnamon

Black-necked stilts wade in shallow water to capture aquatic invertebrates and fish.

They often consume such fare as crawfish, brine flies, brine shrimp, beetles, water boatmen, and tadpoles. Most of that’s on the playa menu. They peck, snatch, and plunge their heads into the water in pursuit of their food.

The white-faced ibis is a shorebird not entirely true to its description—looks a lot more black than anything— you may need good binoculars to see any white marking around its face.

Perhaps in explanation of how they showed up so opportunely atop the cholla at the newly-wet playa west of Hereford years ago, whitefaced ibises wander through the west during the warmer months, quickly finding and taking advantage of temporary new habitat after rains or flooding. Even their nesting sites often change from year to year with changes in local water levels. The white-faced ibis eats mostly insects, crustaceans, and earthworms, and feeds on aquatic insects and their larvae. They can also eat frogs, snails, small fish, leeches, and spiders.

Although startling to spot, white-faced ibis aren’t uncommon on playas in Castro and Deaf Smith counties and across the Southern Plains— just add fresh rainwater to playa basins in the right quantity and at the right time.

So, get out there with the binoculars and enjoy some showy shorebirds—just don’t get too close to the nests of those bleeping avocets.

Jim Steiert is an award winning member of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association and a Certified Texas Master Naturalist.

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June 11 will be an unusual and uplifting time at Fellowship of Believers. Our emphasis for the entire service will be on Scriptures to inspire us and music to bless us in our worship.

Various leaders and guests will help us with the following: “Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” “Rock of Ages” “How Great Thou Art” “I Know a Man Who Can” “Something About That Name” and “Majesty.” Many of our musical selections were “left over” from a previous “request Sunday” – hymns which were requested, but that we didn’t get to sing before our worship time ended.

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Friday, June 09 Isaiah 56:5 5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.

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Not controlling volunteer a sure path to wheat failure

By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

Harvesting of the small acreage of local wheat that has been allowed to form grain will be a short-term affair in Deaf Smith County later this month. Trends of recent years mean much of the local wheat acreage is chopped or rolled into round hay bales long before it can form amber waves.

Rick Auckerman, Deaf Smith County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, “guesstimates” that no more than about 30,000 acres of wheat will be harvested for grain here in 2017, and possibly as little as 20,000 acres, primarily due to a wheat price in the $3 a bushel range that failed to create much enthusiasm for growing the crop to grain. Where local wheat harvest once spanned a month or more, it will be a short affair this summer, possibly as little as a week.

Whether fields are left with close-cropped stalks or standing wheat stubble as the 2017 crop is wrapped up, another wheat planting season is just over the horizon, particularly if late summer rains are favorable.

Many local producers opt to get a jumpstart on wheat planting if late summer rains are favorable, looking to take advantage of early grazing of forage boosted by moisture. Traditional wheat planting time was once in October, but with grazing so much more

important these days, that time has shifted to as early as late August and early September.

Earlier planting means a high likelihood of more problems with diseases, however.

Dr. Charlie Rush, Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant pathologist, told wheat producers there’s one sure way to ensure a disastrous wheat crop for 2018, or almost any growing season, during the 2017 Wheat Field Day at the Conservation and Production Research Laboratory at Bushland in mid-May. “Not controlling volunteer wheat means a bad wheat crop, it’s that simple,” Rush emphasized to growers on hand. “Controlling volunteer wheat is the simplest thing to do to control wheat streak mosaic virus.”

Wheat streak mosaic is a devastating virus vectored by wheat curl mites that has resulted in substantial yield loss in Deaf Smith County and the region in years past.

Rush’s research at Bushland includes studies of measures to reduce losses to diseases vectored by wheat curl mites, including research on chemicals to reduce wheat curl mite infestations.

“The good news is the Texas A&M System is coming up with wheat lines that are highly resistant to the wheat streak mosaic virus.

One of the varieties we use as a border planting for plots is TAM 204, a beardless wheat that is remarkably resistant to

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CONTROL THAT VOLUNTEER--Dr. Charlie Rush, Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant pathologist, told wheat producers there’s one sure way to ensure a disastrous wheat crop, and that’s failing to control volunteer wheat following the preceding crop. Volunteer wheat serves as a green bridge to the next wheat crop for wheat curl mites and the wheat streak mosaic virus they carry. Rush imparted the reminder during the 2017 Wheat Field Day at Bushland.

Photo by Jim Steiert wheat streak mosaic virus,” said Rush.

Rush said a corner of an irrigation circle where his pesticide studies focused on chemical effectiveness against wheat curl mite last year was left alone last summer and in July and August of 2016 the volunteer wheat began to grow.

On the other side of the road, Dr. Qingwu Xue, AgriLife Research plant physiologist planted a wheat study at Bushland looking at the impact of different irrigation regimes on different cultivars. He didn’t expect to be creating a study ground on wheat streak mosaic.

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“Because of the proximity of the test this year to the volunteer wheat and all the disease we had out there, a lot of the wheat curl mites carrying wheat streak mosaic virus and other mite-vectored viruses in the volunteer blew downwind into Dr. Xue’s research field. The circumstance is exactly what happens to farmers when they don’t control their volunteer wheat, ,” Rush said.

“Although Dr. Xue hadn’t intended this for his study, it worked out well for us, because there are tremendous differences in the susceptibility of the different cultivars that he has in that test.”

Xue has 20 different cultivars in the study, each planted under three irrigation regimes: 100 percent, 75 percent and 50 percent evapotranspiration – but they are different distances from the source of infection.

Rush said as the mites blew, they landed in the 100 percent irrigation plots first and then blew into other areas of the field under less irrigation .

“We will be able to verify at harvest if the far side of the field getting the least pressure of wheat streak mosaic – even at 50 percent irrigation – will end up yielding better than the 100 percent irrigation plots closer to the corner with all the volunteer wheat on the susceptible varieties,” he said.

“There are some wheat cultivars showing high resistance to wheat streak and the wheat

curl mite and those in the 100 percent plots are going to have the highest yields, but the ones that are much more susceptible to the disease are going to probably do better in the drier plots further away that don’t have so much disease pressure,” Rush said.

“It’s really remarkable the progress the breeders have made. Some of the wheat lines like TAM 112 and TAM 204 look amazingly good. The proof will come at harvest.”

Controlling volunteer wheat by various means, including tillage, use of herbicides creating a “chemical fallow” period, or even utilizing a stripper header during harvest can reduce the amount of volunteer wheat substantially, and the incidence of wheat streak mosaic virus carrying wheat curl mites.

Local producer Jonathan Schenk, who farms west of Hereford, has realized excellent results with a stripper header in attempting to harvest more grain, leave better residue, and effectively battle wheat insects and diseases.

Schenk has been employing no-till practices and reports he used no herbicides to control volunteer wheat following harvest with a stripper header for the 2015 and 2016 crops.

“The dense wheat stubble left in the wake of harvest with a stripper header helped conserve soil moisture and shaded the soil so well it prevented volunteer wheat and weeds from sprouting,” Schenk said.

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worked very hard to secure a minimum level of regulatory certainty. We FROM PAGE 1 do not need to return to “The federal GMO la- the days of patchwork Time More beling bill passed by regulations state by state Congress last year was a or county by county.”

02:34P Boening mentioned step forward in eliminating a confusing maze of that an amendment to 02:32P state regulations,” Boen- SB 715, allowing local ing said. “We continued governments to extend that positive direction zoning and land-use con01:05P on the state level by pre- trol over private property near military venting a combases, was also plicated prolifdefeated. eration of local Time More The biggest ordinances.”

01:05P disappointment Bills opposed of the session,

by Farm Bureau according to the included the un01:05P TFB president, precedented acwas the failure to tion of the state achieve eminent 01:05P Legislature overdomain reform. turning a federal “We are disregulatory deciappointed, but sion with a warTime More RUSSEL we are not givfarin regulation ing up,” Boening bill.

02:40P Though the chemical said. “The last major emhad been approved by inent domain reform, SB 02:32P EPA to control the epi- 18, took three sessions demic of wild hogs, a to pass.”

The success of a legisbill to limit use in Texas 01:30P passed the House, but lative session, Boening died in a Senate commit- said, often can be meatee. During the debate, sured as much by what Time More the product was pulled does not pass as what does. from the market.

02:34P “This time, we won on “That would have set a disturbing precedent,” both sides of the ball,” 01:30P Boening said. “We have he said.

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Above, from left, Fernando Escareno Jr. and Barbara Martinez came all the way from Post to chow down. Right, Richard Salinas mans the HRMC grill as Colleen Robison and Dee Salinas wrap hot dogs.

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Even an array of storybook characters and superheroes were on hand to mill about the crowd and pose for photos.

In short, a good time was being had by all.

Then the bottom fell out and literally put a damper on the proceedings.

“It was going really well until the rain came and things cooled off,” Chamber executive director Sid Shaw said. “That’s when we lost most of the crowd. It also came close to cancelling the live music, but the weather got a little better later on, and they were able to play during the final hour.

“Still, I think it was a success and will be a continuing success. We just got stung by the weather.”

The success and sting were evident as a storm system blew in from the south to take its toll on the newest community celebration addition to the Chamber’s annual calendar.

Touting something for everybody, the Summer Celebration was a completely free event that featured food, drinks, games for children and adults, and information booths merging to give residents a chance for

Above left, Kalynn Mason, 8, gets better acquainted with Beefy Titan during Friday’s Summer Celebration. Above right, no rest for the weary as First Financial Bank’s Debbie Gonzalez, left, and Conner Allen, right, go hot and heavy to keep up with the demand for sausage wraps.

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While all booths saw their fair share of traffic, the free food was the hit of the event despite the adverse weather conditions.

“If it had been a hot day, we would have needed

more,” Shaw said. “Even with the weather, we had a good turnout of about 1,000. Going in, we were hoping for 1,500, but that was a good start despite the weather.

“We got things learned to make it a better event going forward. We have more things to do with it.”

There was a bounce house for the youngsters, as well as a batting cage set up by Kids, Inc. Nazarene Family Church had games of nine-square going throughout, and Farmers Insurance put together a washer cornhole tournament.

There was information aplenty from the VFW Auxiliary and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford, as well as Nazarene Family Church pastor Ted Taylor circulating the crowd with fliers touting the church’s upcoming Dad Fest on Father’s Day. A favorite of young and old was the Deaf Smith County Library booth, where employees came clad in costumes ranging from Snow White and Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” to Batman.

“I believe this will be good annual event,” Shaw said.

Above, 8-year-old Gia Trevizo takes her hacks at the Kids, Inc. booth, while, below, the ladies from First National Bank – from left, Celeste Schilling, Hylie Garrett, Cheyanne Skelton and Amy Schumacher – have their photo taken with Snow White (Grace Gamez).

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