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Volume 116 | Number 101

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Freon leak forces evacuation of HISD building

WHAT'S INSIDE

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

San Jose Jamaica a hit at Dameron Pages 4-5

Shaw Studio students shovel in awards Page 6

The hum-drum of a midJune, post-school year work day was turned upside down Wednesday when officials were forced to evacuate Hereford Independent School District (HISD) Administration for safety reasons. According to HISD Superintendent and Hereford Fire Marshal Dean Turney, a Freon leak from air conditioning units at the North 25 Mile Avenue facility effectively swamped the building around 3 p.m., resulting in the evacuation of personnel and end of the HISD business day.

Hereford Fire Department and rescue units were dispatched Wednesday to HISD Administration Building in response to a Freon leak that forced a mid-afternoon evacuation of the building and end of the business day. Contributed photo.

Up, up and awaAAy Track camp builds multiple foundations Page 9

FORECAST

“We called 911, and the building was evacuated,” Blankenship said. Units from Hereford Fire Department, as well as ambulances, responded to the call, and Turney said all school personnel was out of the building by the time first responders arrived. Although no injuries were reported by either Blankenship or Turney, the scene apparently resembled that of a large fire. “It was a large leak,” Turney said. “It filled the entire building. The fog from it was so thick you couldn’t see in the hallway.” Firefighters with oxygen PLEASE SEE LEAK | 3

Trustees to address failed bond By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Today

Sunny High: 108º Low: 64º

Sunrise: 6:36 a.m. Sunset: 9:05 p.m. Wind: WSW 8 MPH Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 19% UV Index: 10 of 10

Sunday

Partly Cloudy/Wind High: 87º Low: 61º

Sunrise: 6:36 a.m. Sunset: 9:05 p.m. Wind: NE 25 MPH Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 48% UV Index: 10 of 10

Monday

Mostly Sunny/Wind High: 93º Low: 66º

Sunrise: 6:36 a.m. Sunset: 9:05 p.m. Wind: SE 9 MPH Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 42% UV Index: 10 of 10

HEREFORD HISTORY 29 years ago • June 17th, 1988

Meeting the Governor 7th grade students from Nazarene Christian Academy took a trip they'll not soon forget, because it's not every Texas history class that gets to meet the governor in the Governor's Reception Room at the Capital.

INDEX

Obits.........................2 News......................2-3 Community.............4-6 Classifieds...........7-8 Sports......................9

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Natalie Madrigal, 11, hits her mark and takes off for the pit under the watchful eye of Whiteface coach Jose Huerta during this week’s Lady Herd Track Camp at Whiteface Stadium. For more on the camp, see Sports, page 9. BRAND/John Carson

What happened in May and where to go from here will be the questions in the spotlight Monday during a called meeting of the Hereford Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees. For the second time in as many years, May 6 saw voters shoot down a HISD bond issue by a clear majority. Despite concerted efforts by school officials to circulate information and hype the importance and need of the $45 million measure, as well as express the paramount necessity of voter involvement, the bond drew just 16.7 percent of the county’s eligible 8,118 registered voters as 58.8 percent (795) voted against it and 557 (41.2 percent) favored its passage. As with a $42.6 million bond that failed in 2015 when only 14.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, HISD officials have distributed surveys on the matter to the 1,359 people who voted – of which, some 465 had been returned as of Thursday. The results of that survey – as well as community comments heard by school officials regarding the failed issue – are the focal point of the meeting. “We have to reassess things and formulate a plan,” then-board president Angel Barela said after the meeting was originally planned May 26. “We need to discuss this. The board doesn’t have the luxury of much choice. “The needs didn’t go away. They must be addressed.” At the May 26 meeting, Barela was replaced as president by District 1 member PLEASE SEE TRUSTEES | 3

No schedule known for Burger King construction By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Dirt has been moved and a frame for a foundation put into position, but little else has transpired concerning the building of a Burger King restaurant in Hereford. Site work for the facility on West First Street opposite from Taco Bell and Pizza Hut began in late March, but a schedule on the start of construction and potential opening are unknown to city and economic development offiPLEASE SEE SCHEDULE | 3

Site clearing and initial foundation work has been done, but little else on a proposed Burger King on West First Street in Hereford. BRAND/John Carson

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