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Volume 117 | Number 11 WHAT'S INSIDE
Bride-to-be McCulloch honored with shower Page 6
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Settlement imminent on HISD payment By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Lady Whitefaces open fall drills Page 9
Junior ropers have big payday Pages 10
FORECAST
C.A. Lauer is able to get the rope on his steer, but cannot bring him to the ground Thursday during Senior Steer Roping at the 23rd Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping. BRAND/John Carson
Today
Partly Cloudy High: 94º Low: 65º
Sunrise: 7:02 a.m. Sunset: 8:48 p.m. Wind: SW 19 MPH Precipitation: 10% Humidity: 46% UV Index: 10 of 10
Sunday
Mostly Sunny High: 90º Low: 64º
Sunrise: 7:03 a.m. Sunset: 8:47 p.m. Wind: NNE 14 MPH Precipitation: 20% Humidity: 55% UV Index: 10 of 10
Monday
Thunderstorms High: 79º Low: 60º
Sunrise: 7:04 a.m. Sunset: 8:46 p.m. Wind: NE 12 MPH Precipitation: 90% Humidity: 84% UV Index: 8 of 10
HEREFORD HISTORY 19 years ago • August 5, 1996
Grilling onions separately and a little cayenne pepper in the meat combined gave KPAN Radio the top spot in Hereford's Cattlewomen's annual beef fajita cookoff.
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Branch ties up Senior Steer crown By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Winning a round and placing among the top four in another provided all the punch needed Thursday for Roger Branch to capture the Senior Steer Roping championship at the 23rd Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping. Branch topped a field of 30-plus competitors to finish with a 43.15 in the average and walk away with the $1,492 top prize. The total purse for the event was $11,200. Marty Jones was more than a second back at 44.32 to claim the runner-up spot and $1,119 check. Randy Mekelburg was a distant third with a 52.92 for $746, while Marty Poppino (55.40) came in fourth to claim $373.
Branch added almost $1,800 more to his winnings by taking the second go in 13.71 for $996 and finishing second in the first go at 11.79 for another $747. Individual payouts in the three rounds were $996 for first, $747 for second, $498 for third and $249 for fourth. Jeff Wheelis won the first go in 10.82 with Branch finishing second. Miles Williams was third with a time of 12.61, and Brad Morton came in fourth at 13.28. There was a tight race in the second go behind Branch with less than 2/10ths of a second separating second and fourth place. Jones took the runner-up slot in 14.48 with Dane
Resolution of a disagreement over the amount of a payment due Hereford Independent School District (HISD) by Hereford Wind may be on the horizon. The HISD Board of Trustees has scheduled a called meeting for 6 p.m., Monday with the first item on the agenda being a closed session for “private consultation with district’s legal counsel concerning an agreement to settle and resolve” the discrepancy. The agenda’s second item is a scheduled return to open session for “consideration and action” on a potential agreement. Law requires all binding action by elected boards on determinations in a closed session be made during an open meeting and in front of the public. HISD and Hereford Wind have been odds since January over an effective hold-harmless payment the wind entity is to make to the school district as part of a mutually approved Limited Appraised Valuation Agreement. Under that agreement, Hereford Wind agreed to make up any funding HISD might lose from the state because of increased property values created by the wind entity. Because of the way the state comptroller’s office uses values in determining school funding, there was an anomaly in the county’s appraised values for 2016-17. Under that anomaly, Hereford Wind’s full property value of $250 million was used by the state, while taxes were only collected on $30 million per the valuation agree-
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Not just cut and dried
Local stylists make salons a sanctuary of stories, laughter, empathy, tears By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer
As the Robert Harling play and movie Steel Magnolias poignantly illustrated, there’s far more than shampoos and sets, cuts and comb-outs, permanent waves and mani-pedis happening at the neighborhood beauty shop. The salons of Hereford are no exception. Local stylists and their faithful patrons establish a confiding relationship as the years pass, sharing the bittersweet ups and downs of life. Personal appearance may be the primary reason that women routinely visit beauty parlors. A more vital aspect is much in evidence for patrons and their beauticians though. Within the styling chairs, beneath the vinyl capes, shears and combs, curlers and dryers, and the justso deft touches, a bond of
A beauty operator is a minister, analyst and psychologist, a sounding board and confidante. During all the years that I’ve loved this job, patrons have shared confidences they wouldn’t want betrayed — and they haven’t been. Billie Lemons sisterhood and even ministry, is formed. As one local hairdresser relates, beauty parlors are far from gossip havens—they are a sanctuary where patrons and operators can let their hair down, literally and figuratively. Cultural differences are left at the parlor door.—The need to correct a bad hair day is universal. Four local stylists with a cumulative 154 years of experience know well that beauty shops run on cash,
checks, and the trust that makes them a therapeutic retreat for customers and operators. “A beauty shop is a place where there is a lot of interesting conversation, and even a time to share God’s word together. You get super close there,” says Delme Bullard of Shear Perfection in Sugarland Mall on the north side of Hereford. PLEASE SEE HAIR | 4
The coiffure confidantes of the Shear Perfection beauty shop at Sugarland Mall include, Delme Bullard, seated, and standing, from left, Virginia Bordayo, and Annabelle Cepeda. Photo by Jim Steiert
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