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City rate won’t change

Peek-A-Boo e c l i p s e

Leadership Hereford readies for next class Page 3

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Herd finishes second in Top of Texas Page 9

Annual 4-H banquet set for Sunday Page 10

FORECAST

When Monday dawned to rain – often heavy – and thick, overcast skies, the local hopes of getting a look at the rare solar eclipse were dampened. However, the silver lining to the dark clouds was the first eclipse of this nature in the U.S. since 1979 became visible as clouds thinned to a degree allowing residents – including, below, a large crowd gathered at Deaf Smith County Library – to witness the moon cross the path of the sun shortly after noon. For more photos of the viewing, see page 10. BRAND/John Carson

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HEREFORD HISTORY 35 years ago • August 23, 1982

Scholarship Recipients Cynthia Streun and Mike Blankenship receive checks from LaJean Henry for the first Big Brothers- Big Sisters Foundation Scholarships.

INDEX Public Record............2 News......................2-3,5 Opinion........................4 Outdoors....................6 Classifieds..................7 Religion.......................8 Sports....................9-10 Community.................10

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The Hereford City Commission hit the ground running with its 2017-18 budget process during a budget workshop and regular meeting Monday.

Highlighting the meeting was the first of two required public hearings concerning the city’s property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

Like all the other taxing entities in Deaf Smith County, an adjustment made in property appraisal values resulted in an increase in overall revenues that will allow the city to keep its property tax rate the same as it was last year.

“Our tax rate is artificially low,” Hereford City Manager Rick Hanna said. “We are able to keep it low because we can subsidize the budget with utilities.

“If we didn’t do that, we would need a much higher property tax rate to generate the revenues needed for our budget.”

Hanna added that profits from the city’s enterprise funds – selfsustaining entities within the city such as the water and sewer departPLEASE SEE CITY | 3

HISD opens school year wet, but without a hitch

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

ship said. “I want to thank all of our staff for the time and effort it spent preparing for this day.

The school year is officially off and run“As I visited campuses, I had the opporning after the 2017-18 campaign opened tunity to interact with staff, students and Monday for Hereford Independent School parents. It all brought about smiles and District (HISD). positive greetings.”

Teachers and staff at all 10 HISD camWith most teachers and other staff on puses welcomed approximately 4,000 stu- the job since Aug. 7 making ready for the dents back to classes and got the school new school year, Monday’s official openyear underway. ing was the culmination of those efforts.

“The first day of school went extremely Blankenship reported no problems with well,” HISD Superintendent Sheri Blanken- the opening other than some of the usual bumps concerning student arrival and departure and those making last-minute efforts to get children into classes.

“Traffic was a little congested in places, but that is nothing new for the first day of school,” she said. “It always seem to work itself out after the first week of school.

“We had a few parents registering students who were a little frustrated.

That’s why we want to remind all parents to take advantage of our early online registration process.

We also plan to continue to make improvements to the From smiles, greetings and hugs to signs and banners, approxi- registration process.”

Arguably the biggest conmately 4,000 students were welcomed back to classes Monday as the school year started for Hereford Independent School PLEASE SEE OPENS | 10 District.

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West Central Elementary School assistant principal Kelly Howell, right, welcomes fourth-grader Jasmine Martinez, left, back to school and extends a first hello to her sister, Jackelyn, who is entering kindergarten.

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Hereford’s Roy Wederbrook VFW Post 4818 will host the first district meeting of the year for VFW and VFW Auxiliary members from District 9 on Saturday.

District 9 includes portions of the Panhandle and South Plains and some 125 members from posts ranging from Amarillo and Pampa through Hereford, Tulia, and Lubbock are expected to be on hand.

A full day of business activities is planned, including discussion of district business and state activities.

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Hereford Police Department Aug. 18 Isaac Ralph Gentile, 28, arrested for burglary of a habitation, criminal trespass and public intoxication.

Aug. 19 Petra Carrizales Valdez, 52, arrested for no driver’s license.

Aug. 20 Juvenile, name withheld, 17, arrested for possession, delivery or manufacturing marijuana in a drug-free zone.

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Primitivo Mendez Duque, 37, arrested for public intoxication.

Aug. 21 Juvenile, name withheld, 17, arrested for possession, delivery or manufacturing marijuana in a drug-free zone.

Abdon Ricardo Hernandez, 21, arrested for unlawful carrying of a weapon, possession or delivery of drug paraphernalia and possession, delivery or manufacturing marijuana in a drug-free zone.

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the sale of Buddy Poppies for Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Pictured here are 2017-2018 officers of the Roy Wederbrook VFW Post 4818 Auxiliary. From left to right are Sandra Walker, Chaplain, Wanda Jesko, Patriotic Instructor, Reta Reinart, Secretary, Neil Christian, Guard, Laura Jesko, Junior Vice President, Erma Murphey, Trustee/ Mentor), Robin Williams, President, Christina Reyna, Senior Vice President, Carla Stevick,Trustee, Amanda Humphrey,Treasurer, and Tamara Boyd, Conductress.

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ous activities, and a catered lunch will be served to those in attendance.

Saturday evening an opento-the-public dance will be held at the local Post at 130 Veteran Park Road beginning at 8 p.m. Featured live entertainment will be by the band Early Morning Reign that is composed of veterans.

Cover charge at the door is $10 per person and $15 per couple.

The VFW Post 4818 Auxiliary is involved in activities in support of local veterans throughout the year. It will hold a chili supper and auction on Friday, December 1, and conducts bake sales, along with participating in

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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, 806-3460134 • 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.

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• Hereford Retired School Employees 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: dgproctor@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.

• 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, 806-3460134 • 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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Leadership Hereford gearing up for second class

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

With the first class graduated and a year under its belt, Leadership Hereford is getting ducks in a row for the start of an “enhanced” second class.

A mainstay in communities throughout the country, Leadership programs provide its participants

ship Hereford class ended its nine months of learning with a graduation ceremony in May. Registration for the second class has been underway since then and is fast coming to an end. Deadline to register for the second session – which is set to begin Thursday, Sept. 21 – is Friday.

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have agreed to lend a hand if more than 30 register and the need arises to split the class in two or three separate groups.

Making the rounds of local civic groups since the spring to get the word out about the second class, Harrison has been pleased with the reaction she has received.

“The biggest difference

Donning lab coats and hard hats, the Leadership class found out about the entire operation of one of the county’s largest industries – Merrick Pet Care – during the 2016-17 inaugural session.

Contributed photo an in-depth look into the workings of their respective communities – from local governments to business and industries to schools to civic organizations – through a series of monthly, day-long classes.

The inaugural Leader-

director Beverly Harrison said there were 11 applications in-hand as of Monday with expectations for the class to exceed 20.

She added the class effectively has no size limitation because several of the program’s recent graduates

CITY:

.343243. $708,000 over 2016-17’s The rollback rate is the $9.591 million budget. highest property tax the Hanna credited the city can impose before boost in generated revcitizens have the right to enue to the appraisal petition for an election to adjustment Deaf Smith vote on the property tax County Chief Appraiser Danny Jones had to make amount. in May to stay withThe second taxin state guidelines rate public hearing, of appraisals and which is required actual market valbefore the city ues. commission can Highlighting the officially approve budget are a 3 perthe rate and subsequently the budget, cent raise for city has been scheduled employees and as a called session $827,950 of capiHANNA for 5 p.m., Monday, tal improvements Aug. 28 in city hall. spread across 12 Prior to the meeting, city departments. commissioners got their During Monday’s regufirst look at a 2017-18 lar meeting, commisproposed city budget. sioners voted to alter its The $10.3 million spend- regular meeting schedule ing plan is an increase of from the first and third

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ments – are transferred from those departments for use in the city’s overall budget.

During the public hearing, officials kept its 33 mil tax rate – 33 cents per each $100 of property valuation – from last year.

The rate is almost 1.3 mils above the effective rate of .317818 mils.

The effective rate is the tax rate needed to generate the same revenue as budgeted for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

The proposed tax rate effectively splits the difference between the effective and rollback rate, which was presented at

between this year and when I did this last year is that people know who we are now,” Harrison said.

“The fact that people are aware of us is exciting. All the reaction I have received from clubs and individuals has been positive.

“The prospects for this new class are very exciting.”

Harrison was quick to add that the boost the program has received in terms of community recognition has largely come from the members of 2016-17’s inaugural class.

Calling them a “walking billboard for the program,” she said the graduates who have experienced what the program has to offer are the “biggest and best advocates” that Leadership could have.

Each monthly session allows participants to get to know the inner workings of city and county government procedures and departments, tour a variety of local businesses and industries, and become familiar with local civic clubs and non-profit organizations.

Participants are also given homework assignments that range from attending city commission, commissioners court and school board meetings to visiting civic clubs and taking part in local volunteer efforts.

The result is participants then have a better understanding of how all those different things ultimately work together to make the community a better place.

There will be some slight alterations to the 2017-18 session – most notably a shift of class days from the first Tuesday of each month to the third Thurs-

Mondays of each month.

While most first Monday meetings are routinely cancelled, September’s first Monday meeting was nixed because it falls on Labor Day. Commissioners also approved rescheduling its second meeting from

Leadership participants learned more about waste water treatment than they probably ever wanted to know during a tour of the city’s facility last year with Hereford City Manager Rick Hanna.

Contributed photo day.

Harrison said during the course of the first class, it was discovered the first Tuesday was often problematic for some to attend.

“Like the class, I was also new last year and learned a lot of things,” she added. “We have added some things this year to enhance opportunities for participants – particularly in terms of volunteering.

“I’m just trying to make the program better. That is my goal as executive direc-

tor.”

The class fee is $1,200 per individual and covers tuition, class materials, meals, other fees associated with the program and a graduation reception.

Applications are available online at www.leadershiphereford.org or from the Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce office at 701 N. Main St. For details on the program or registration, Harrison can be reached at 806-679-8064.

the third Monday to the second – Monday, Sept.

11 – at which time they are expected to officially approve the tax rate and pass the budget in front of the Sept. 30 end-of-thefiscal-year deadline.

In other action, commissioners approved an

ordinance for the issuance of $3.5 million worth of Certificates of Obligation for development of a well field to increase city water availability and $39,375 as the city’s portion of the Deaf Smith County Appraisal District annual budget.

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LEGAL NOTICE ANTIDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT ** Hereford Independent School District offers career and technical education classes which include: Agriculture, Business & Computer, A/V Tech Education, Cosmetology, Culinary, Law, Health Science, Architecture & Construction, Manufacturing, STEM, & Transportation. To be eligible to participate in these programs, you must be enrolled in the public schools, express interest and aptitude, and meet age appropriateness as required by law. It is the policy of Hereford Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in its vocational programs, services, or activities as required by the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Hereford Independent School District will take a step to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Sheri Blankenship, at 601 N. 25 Mile Avenue, Hereford, Texas., 806364-0606 and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Joy Killian, at 601 N. 25 Mile Ave., Hereford, Tx., 806-363-7600. ** El distrito escolar independiente de Hereford ofrece programas vocacionales (preparacion o instruction tecnica o practica) en la Hereford High School y la Hereford Junior High School. Para ser elegible para participar en estos programas, el estudiante tendra que estar en las escuelas publicas, tendra que tener interes en estos programas, y tendra que tener la edad requerida por la ley.

Es la poliza de el distrito escolar indendiente de Hereford de no discriminar por la base de raza, religion, color, paia de origen, sexo, or incapacidad en los programas , servicios, o actividades vocacionales como requerido por el Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, y Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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El distrito escolar independiente de Hereford tomara alguna medida para asegurar que la falta de la habilidad de hablar en ingles no sera impedimiento para la admission y participacion en todos los programas educacionales y vocacionales.

Para mas informacion de sus derechos o procedimientos, por favor de ponerse en contacto con el Title IX Coordinator, Sheri Blankenship, 601 N. 25 Mile Avenue, Hereford, Tx., 806-364-0606 o el Section 504 Coordinator, Joy Killian, 601 N. 25 Mile Avenue, Hereford, Tx., 806-363-7600.

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OPINION

Our lying eyes

Special session ends over impasse on property tax reform

Mine eyes and heart are at a mortal war.

— Sonnet 46 by William Shakespeare Perception—of time, of places, people—is a funny thing. Like the fable of the six blind men and their first encounter with an elephant, each of us comes away with a different understanding, depending which side of the pachyderm that we meet. Likewise, in a deeply-divided America, we have a vision problem that is rooted in fear.

Whether it’s skin color, political leaning, gender, age, religion or disability, we regularly make snap judgments about strangers based on a single characteristic: A turban, a bumper sticker, a tattoo, an afro, an accent. Instead of a person, we are quick to see a homogeneous clump of cookie-cutter stereotypes rather than unique individuals who ALL IN display a trait we are Kerrie Womble Steiert programmed to distrust.

The irony of prejudice is that Americans, by and large, are friendly, tolerant and generous folks. We make good neighbors, not just locally, but on the global scale. But since the violent horrors of 9/11, we’re steadily allowing ourselves to be ruled by suspicion of those who look, smell, dress and sound differently from us. Terrorism wins when it becomes easy for Americans to disparage and assume the worst about anyone who isn’t similar to us.

In our own community, two distinct races make up the fabric of Hereford.

We work together, our children attend the same schools and are teammates in the gym and on the football field.

Our homes are side by side with no arbitrary walls separating our neighborhoods. Occasionally, both races are known to share the same church pews, worshipping the same Lord.

That’s not to say Hereford is completely free of racial bias or discontent.

As a hometown girl, I’m well aware of the history of prejudice harbored by some. One hundred years ago, any black family travelling through Hereford was warned to keep moving on, lest a sick of dynamite found its way beneath their porch. That’s an ugly, shameful fact, but we cannot understand who we are if we can’t face where we’ve been and how far we’ve come.

I’m saddened and bewildered today when I overhear statements, such as, “I want my town back.” And now, that sentiment is reflected on the national level by those wishing to halt immigration and hunker down as separatists “wanting their country back.” For some, there is a nostalgic craving for “simpler times” when the races were kept “separate but equal,” although America’s racial history has never been simple.

Our fear of those who are different is shredding our national honor, and with it, the promise of a greater tomorrow.

What a difference a name makes.

It becomes so much harder to dismiss another’s worth once you know their name. Once you’ve heard how much that person loves their kids, that they worry for their aging parents, that they’re fans of your favorite TV series or sports team. That the individual at your table shoulders burdens and bears scars that should humble you. That they have a delightful sense of humor or deep respect for family heritage or an abiding faith in God. So many of the world’s conflicts could be avoided if we simply exchanged names, shook hands and broke bread together. If we could get past our builtin bigotry long enough to find common ground, to recognize our shared humanity reflected in the eyes of the black child, the old lady, the gay student, the wheelchair rider, the Muslim mother, the Mexican grandfather, the liberal, the Jew. When we invest the time to talk —and listen—to each other over a delicious meal, it’s surprisingly natural to forget the differences we thought mattered to us.

When we were growing up in Sunday School, most of us sang Jesus Loves The Little Children as our first hymn.

Red, brown, yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. And maybe that’s the key, to see through the innocent eyes of the sweet-natured children we once were, before the world hardened our tender hearts and taught us to discriminate, to mistrust, to step back from a new friend.

We are made wonderfully, profoundly and yes, annoyingly, different. I will never be able to walk a mile in your skin and you cannot roll that same mile as me. So our best option is to be grateful for the understanding that’s there for us to claim, if we’re willing to see with our hearts. Within our grasp is opportunity to respect, value and learn from all forms of diversity, from the remarkable lives of those who are not like us.

It begins with offering a name and an outstretched hand.

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Tales of Deaf Smith County “Talent is God-given, be humble.

Fame is man-given, be grateful.

Conceit is self-given, be careful.”

John Wooden

that a saddled horse was always kept nearby on laundry day.

A frightening experience for the children was when a neighbor came by late one evening to tell them J.H. (Henry) Wilson and that their dad would not be wife Willie Crawford Jones home that night as he had Wilson brought their fambeen “hung” on a jury. Their ily to Hereford from McKinmom quickly calmed them ney. They traveled by train down, and when their dad and arrived on Aug. 18, returned the next day he ex1902. plained the type of hanging Henry came to the area to he had “endured.” run a ranch for Price Bush The Wilson family eventuof Collin County. The ranch ally moved from the ranch and their new home was into town to a house they Carolyn Waters about 4½ miles northwest had purchased on Kibbe of Hereford.

Street. They had also purAlthough her very first reaction to chased a meat market and the oldthe plains was “the sameness and er boys, Bob and Hal, worked there monotony,” Willie soon developed alongside their dad.

They even had an early-morning a deep appreciation of prairie life – almost as soon as she arrived. She delivery route where they made taught her five children to also ap- “breakfast deliveries.” They charged preciate sunsets, clouds and any 10 cents for liver, a quarter for saugrowing thing whether plant or sage and on occasional special oranimal. ders, they received 50 cents for a She took the children on long breakfast steak. walks to point out plant life, birds Henry served as Justice of the and the tracks of animals. Occa- Peace from 1922-39 for Precinct 1. sionally, they were able to observe He was an elder in First Christian buffalo trails and thus a study of Church for many years. He was Indians on the plains was enjoyed. also a member of the Odd Fellows The family learned to love the Lodge. Both Henry and Willie were wind as so much depended on the involved in church and community windmill. Windmill upkeep was al- events. ways important. The windmill had Willie’s lifelong love and appreto be greased regularly and in the ciation for nature was shared with winter “tow sacks” soaked in ker- many beyond her own family. osene were sometimes wrapped All of the Wilson children graduaround pipes and set on fire to thaw ated from Hereford High School them. All work on the windmill was and continued to live in the Pandone with care and caution. handle.

Another use of the windmill was Bob Wilson was the only one of its being a convenient place to hang the five children who remained in meat, which consisted of antelope, Hereford from his arrival until his duck, geese, other wildlife and oc- death in 1966. He, like his parents, casionally beef. was very involved in the communiIn the summer, the Wilsons en- ty. In fact, again from his parents’ joyed the well house as it was a re- example, he was probably even lief from the heat. They kept milk more involved than they had been and butter there and constructed a able to be. trough to transport water for the Bob Wilson and wife Mabel nearby garden.

Faulkner Wilson’s contributions to Ranch owner Price Bush, on a vis- the town and county will be shared it to the Wilsons, recalled another at a later date. tale of the wind. While there, some laundry blew off the fence where it “How wonderful it is that nobody had been hung to dry. Henry went need wait a simple moment before on horseback to gather the laundry. starting to improve the world.”

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AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott gave legislators 20 must-pass items, but the lawmakers delivered only 12 bills to his desk during the first called session of the 85th Texas Legislature.

Both the House and Senate gaveled to final adjournment on Aug. 15, the 29th day of the 30-day session, after deadlines left negotiators without enough time to resolve differences in Senate Bill 1, the property tax reform bill.

The House adjourned first, leaving the Senate to accept its substituted version of SB 1 or STATE let it die. The Senate adjourned, and the bill died.

CAPITAL Another measure that died HIGHLIGHTS was SB 3, the so-called bathroom Ed Sterling bill. The legislation attempted to codify who does and who does not belong in restrooms, showers and changing facilities intended for use for a particular gender.

SB 3 was promoted and supported by Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, but opponents testified that the legislation was unconstitutionally discriminatory and would have negative effects on the economy.

The Senate passed SB 3 with all Republicans in favor and all but one Democrat against. When SB 3 moved to the House, Speaker Joe Straus, who sided with a list of prominent businesses that registered in opposition, kept it from advancing any farther.

The list of bills Abbott did sign into law includes: - HB 7, to restrict municipal regulation of the removal of trees on private property; - HB 13, to establish reporting requirements for certain physicians and health-care facilities regarding abortion complications; authorizing a civil penalty; - HB 21, to amend public school finance, and to increase funding for recruitment and retention of teachers and support of participants in the public school employees group insurance program; - HB 30, to transfer certain appropriations to the Texas Education Agency and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and adjust appropriations for public school finance; - HB 214, to create new restrictions for health plans concerning elective abortion and to allow health benefit plan coverage for elective abortion; and - HB 215, to create new reporting and certification requirements for certain physicians regarding certain abortions.

Also: - SB 5, to create a criminal offense and increasing criminal penalties in fraudulent actions committed in the conduct of an election; - SB 6, to increase transparency and property owner participation in the municipal annexation process - SB 11, to amend general procedures and requirements for certain do-not-resuscitate orders and to create a criminal offense; - SB 17, to require a study trends, rates and disparities in pregnancy-related deaths, severe maternal morbidity and postpartum depression; - SB 20, to extend the functions of certain agencies subject to the Texas Sunset Act; and - SB 60, to repeal certain unnecessary contingency riders for the Texas Medical Board and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Maps violate voting law A three-judge panel of the San Antonio-based U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on Aug. 15 struck down two congressional district maps that were drawn by the Texas Legislature in 2011.

The panel, in Perez v. Abbott, unanimously ruled that District 35, represented by Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and District 27, represented by Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, were drawn with discriminatory intent and are in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act. The panel scheduled a Sept. 5 hearing to consider remedial plans, and ordered parties to the lawsuit, in preparation for the hearing, to consult with their experts and map-drawers and prepare statewide congressional plans that remedy the violations found in the district maps, yet minimize the effect on adjoining districts.

Also, the panel directed the parties to confer and address objections and concerns, to the extent possible, prior to the hearing. If both sides agree upon a remedial plan, they are required to notify the court, but the hearing will nevertheless proceed so the parties can present the plan on the record.

TEA releases 2017 ratings The Texas Education Agency on Aug. 15 released its 2017 state accountability ratings for more than 1,200 school districts and charters.

Districts, campuses and charters receive one of three ratings under the accountability system: Met Standard, Met Alternative Standard or Improvement Required.

Nearly 95 percent of school districts and charters achieved the rating of Met Standard. The ratings include more than 8,700 campuses.

In addition, the number of individual campuses achieving either a rating of Met Standard or Met Alternative Standard increased again this year, while the number of campuses receiving a rating of Improvement Required continued to decline.

Ratings can be accessed at the web address, tea. state.tx.us.

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

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Number crunching shows water a priority for NRCS

By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

With the area irrigation scene sometimes fatalistically referred to as “a race to the bottom” of the Ogallala aquifer, water remaining in the Ogallala, lack thereof, and efficient use of remaining groundwater resources are understandably poignant concerns with many local producers.

Mrs. Shannon Rowley, district conservationist with the Deaf Smith County NRCS office, crunched numbers during the recent Tierra Blanca Soil and Water Conservation District and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Local Work Group session reflecting how water quantity is a primary resource concern and conserving the aquifer is high priority.

“Irrigated cropland practices centered on efficient irrigation accounted for 51% of total County Base Funding for fiscal 2017, with five funded contracts amounting to $198,883,” she said.

Funded equipment to address insufficient water includes sprinkler irrigation systems, micro irrigation systems, efficient water conveyance systems and pipeline, irrigation water management equipment such as flow meters and soil moisture monitors.

“The Ogallala Aquifer

Shannon Rowley, district conservationist with the Tierra Blanca Soil and Water Conservation District reviews numbers on priority expenditures.

Photo by Jim Steiert Initiative for 2017 targeted irrigated acreage reduction and grass planting to reduce irrigated acres. In Texas, a total of $8.2 million was allocated to this initiative, and Deaf Smith County received a healthy chunk of those Ogallala Aquifer Initiative funds at $1,322,349. In fiscal 2017 we have had 28 applications for assistance from the Ogallala Aquifer Initiative, and 10 of those applications have been funded to help local producers retire land from irrigated production,” she added.

According to Mrs. Rowley, Deaf Smith County had four funded contracts on 1,516 acres of dry cropland in Fiscal 2017, amounting

to $33,066, with that figure accounting for 8% of total County Base Funding.

In Fiscal 2017 Deaf Smith County had five contracts funded on 4,996 acres of rangeland, accounting for 41 percent of total County Base Funding.

The recommended percentage of County Base Funds to be allocated to each land use in 2017 was 80% for irrigated cropland, 15% for rangeland, and 5% for dry cropland.

Under the resource concern of Air Quality, Mrs. Rowley reports that Texas had $3 million in funding for Fiscal 2017.

“In Deaf Smith County we had eight applications for assistance with air quality

Jessica Whitson, technician, local producers Roy and Brent Carlson, Tierra Blanca SWCD District Conservationist Shannon Rowley and Jerry Homfeld, chairman of the TBSWCD board, go over the numbers during the Aug. 9 Local Work Group (LWG) meeting.

Photo by Jim Steiert efforts with four applications, funded, amounting to $393,215,” she explained.

Assistance available to address air quality concerns includes strip cropping, pasture planting, nutrient management, pest management, range planting, and conservation cover.

Texas had only $900,000 available for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) an effort designed to address resource concerns with-

in certain water district boundaries, with high priority given to flow meters, chemigation valves, and soil moisture sensors. The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District is a lead player in the effort locally.

“We had four applications in the RCPP program for Fiscal 2017 and were able to fund all four, to the tune of $23,587,” said Mrs. Rowley.

Under the Beginning/Veteran Farmer and Rancher program, that benefits ap-

plicants who have not operated a farm or ranch for more than 10 years, Deaf Smith County saw three applications in Fiscal 2017.

“We funded two of the three applications for a total of $248,316 in Fiscal 2017,” Mrs. Rowley said.

“Also, in the Socially Disadvantaged Farmer/Rancher program that assists members of a socially disadvantaged group subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice, we had two applications in 2017 with both funded, amounting to $261,330.”

Funding available Delegates, alternate picked for convention by water district to assist monitoring From Contributed Sources

From High Plains Water District

LUBBOCK – Irrigators within the High Plains Water District (HPWD) service area can now apply for partial reimbursement of the purchase price of irrigation system monitoring equipment bought after July 20.

Qualified applicants may be reimbursed up to 50 percent of the purchase price of telemetry-based equipment excluding data plans, installation and labor costs, and taxes under the District’s new Assistance in Irrigation Management (AIM) program.

“This is a voluntary program to assist producers with the purchase price of irrigation monitoring systems typically used with a center pivot system or a subsurface drip irrigation system,” said HPWD board president Lynn Tate of Amarillo.

“These monitoring systems transmit data to a smartphone or tablet, and provide timely information to the operator. Producers can then use the devices to assist with management decisions, such as monitoring the amount of water applied to a crop or turning off their systems during rainfall events. This can help conserve groundwater.”

HPWD received $225,000 in grant funding from the Texas Water Development Board’s (TWDB) Agricultural Water Conservation Grants Program for the project.

“Applications will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis,” said HPWD General Manager Jason Coleman. “Once

the application is approved, HPWD staff will follow up with a field check to make sure the monitoring system is installed.

“Once the installation is verified and a receipt is received for purchase of the monitoring system, HPWD will begin the process of reimbursing the producer for up to 50 percent of the purchase price of the equipment.”

Coleman added participation in the program requires documentation or estimation of the conservation benefits as a result of using the equipment.

During the five-year program, there is joint ownership of the costshare equipment between HPWD, the producer and TWDB. Full ownership of the system monitoring equipment will revert to the producer when the program is completed and all requested data is provided to HPWD. Additional information and application forms can be on found at www.hpwd.org/aim/.

All applications must be submitted by Jan. 31, 2018, to Victoria Messer Whitehead either in person at the HPWD office or via email at victoria. messer@hpwd.org.

Created in 1951 by local residents and the Texas Legislature, the High Plains Water District was created to conserve, preserve, protect and prevent the waste of underground water within its 16-county service area.

HPWD is the first groundwater conservation district created in Texas.

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elect new officers and five directors to the American Angus Association board.

The annual meeting will take place in conjunction with the 2017 Angus Convention, Nov. 4-6, in Fort Worth.

The event is open to anyone in the cattle business and will feature high-profile keynote speakers; educational sessions, including thought leaders from every industry sector; the International Genomics Symposium; Angus University; entertainment; evening galas; prize giveaways; and an expansive trade show.

Visit www.angusconvention.com to learn more or to register. The early registration discount of $125 ends Sept.

30.

The American Angus Association is the nation’s largest beef breed organization, serving almost 25,000 members across the United States,

Deaf Smith County will be well represented at the 134th annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates on Nov. 6 in Fort Worth with three delegates and an alternate chosen.

According to American Angus Association CEO Allen Moczygemba, Steve Knoll, Laura Knoll and Steve Olson will be among the 331 Angus breeders nationwide to serve as delegates at the convention.

Joining them as one of 258 alternate delegates will be Scott Pohlman.

All four are members of the American Angus Association – headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo. – and were elected to their spots by fellow association members in Texas.

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Bison foiled corporate plan to liquidate Southern Plains herd

By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

Before he retired, my friend the late Danny Swepston, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Panhandle District wildlife leader for many years, had an office just south of Canyon. The suburban location was fitting for an unpretentious Floydada boy who earned a wildlife management degree at Texas A&M University, with job stops in Nacogdoches, Austin, and Alpine prior to Canyon. He garnered tons of experience with winged and hoofed critters along the way.

I’d sometimes visit Danny for story or column material. It was impossible to ignore a massive headand-shoulders mount of an American bison taking up a whole corner of his office. Danny was given the buffalo mount in appreciation for his work in bringing the last freeroaming remnant of the Great Southern bison herd to a new home at Caprock Canyons State Park at Quitaque.

Danny respected bison in a way not unlike veteran cowboys respect rank broncs or bad bulls.

He was tasked with relocating a wary lot of bison from historic range on the JA Ranch to Caprock Canyons State Park, once part of the heralded JA itself. He warily esteemed the brute power of shaggies as workers tackled the daunting challenge of capturing and relocating the slim remnant of the Southern Plains herd that once numbered in the millions.

Danny related how pre-

paring to catch the herd began in the summer of 1997, with attempts to get the buffalo accustomed to a feed truck to draw them in close.

“Some days they would follow the truck. Some days they ran when they saw it,” Danny related to David Bowser of Livestock Weekly.

Not surprisingly, catching operations spanned November, 1997 to February, 1998.

Individual animals were darted with a highly restricted drug used for sedating large animals. They usually went down in three to five minutes. Inert animals were muscled onto specially built sleds that were in turn dragged into crates.

Once in crates, animals were injected with a reversal drug and came around in 10-15 minutes.

After animals were up, their crates were winched onto specialized transport trailers. Animals were taken to holding facilities and tested for bangs and brucellosis, and hair and blood samples taken for genetic tracing before they left the JA. All told 11 bulls and 22 cows were eventually taken to a 153 acre pasture enclosed with 10 ft. high fences made of oilfield cable that Swepston labeled “Little Jurassic Park ” for good reason. Buffalo don’t take to fences.

There would be no remnant Southern Plains herd except that about 1878 Charles Goodnight’s wife encouraged him to preserve some of the remaining buffalo in the Panhandle. He roped two calves from one of the remaining

Remnant bison from the great Southern Plains herd that once numbered in the millions roam Caprock Canyons State Park today, present because of efforts to save them by pioneer cowman and Plainsman Charles Goodnight and relocation of the animals in modern times from the historic JA Ranch.

TPWD photo herds and obtained other animals from ranchers who had captured them through the years.

On a small scale, Goodnight accomplished what the Texas Legislature attempted—the saving of a few head from the Texas portion of the Southern Plains bison that were at one time the most common large mammals found in the U.S. Bison were found from southern Canada to northern Mexico, from the base of the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic coast. Roughly two-thirds of Texas was occupied by buffalo, from around the Pecos River eastward to the Louisiana line.

The Texas Legislature attempted to save the Southern Plains herd in Texas from extermination by encroaching com-

mercial buffalo hunters.

It was environmentallyconscious legislation far ahead of its time, but the Feds were poking their nose into state business even then. General Phil Sheridan lobbied persistently that the Plains buffalo must be destroyed to deprive the Plains Indians of their primary food source so that they could be subdued.

Sadly, Sheridan won out.

By 1850, most buffalo had been wiped from central Texas. Big hunts started in the 1870s and blasted buffalo out of existence from San Angelo northward.

Swepston says that Goodnight started small, accumulating seven head, with five surviving, and eventually built a herd of about 250 animals. He donated breeding stock

to Yellowstone National Park and the New York Zoological Society—the latter eventually went to the Ouachita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge.

Goodnight’s was one of five foundation herds in the United States that preserved the species.

The remnants of the great Southern Plains bison herd teetered dangerously close to disappearance after Goodnight’s death in 1929. His rescued herd went through several owners and dwindled to about 60 head.

Swepston imparted what is a tidbit of poetic irony about how those last stubborn buffalo helped their own survival.

“The last owner of the Goodnight buffalo herd was an insurance company that wanted to liquidate the remaining ani-

mals with the last great buffalo hunt in Texas in the 1930s,” Swepston told David Bowser of Livestock Weekly.

Even in the 1930s that ignoble notion was too much—it prompted such a hue and cry from the public that the scheme was dropped.

Still, the insurance company wanted to be shed of the bison and set cowboys to loading the remaining Goodnight bison herd into boxcars to be shipped out. Despite corporate planning the great shaggies made their own break. They busted out of the boxcars like so much flimsy fence and went thundering away, drifting back to haunts of old in Palo Duro Canyon and wandering onto the old JA Ranch, Swepston related.

Those animals roamed free on the JA Ranch through 1996, when modern-day ranch owners elected to donate the herd to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Thanks to the efforts of Swepston and many other hard working souls, events evolved so that the remnant Goodnight Great Southern Plains herd now roams free over a portion of Caprock Canyons State Park today. It’s not impossible that someday a greatly expanded Southern Plains herd will again roam the Texas Panhandle. The old herd stomping grounds of Caprock Canyons at Quitaque are a great start.

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

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The theme on August 27 will be centered around “Religion and Grace.” Come find out if the two concepts are in opposition of each other or are complementary points of view.

Pastor Danny Mize will begin with what some say: “I Love Jesus, But Hate Religion” as he asks, “Does Jesus Really Hate Religion?” Then he will help us move from hating religion to reconciliation. Two points will help wrap up the service: • We can’t fully understand the grace that saves us without first understanding our sin.

• As God’s child, you are His first choice!

Music will include “We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise” and “Amazing Grace.” Cindy Cassels will play piano and Peggy Mize will lead singing. The service will conclude with us listening to “This One’s With Me.” Feel free to drop in and learn what makes our church a welcoming, friendly group. Fellowship and refreshments will be available by 10:00 a.m. and the worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. Communion is served each Sunday to all who wish to partake.

Fellowship of Believers is located at 245 N. Kingwood, and everyone is welcome to attend. Questions? Leave a message at 364-0359.

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Iglesia Vida 603 E. Park Avenue 806-346-7054 All services in Español.

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First Baptist Church 5th & Main Street 806-364-0696 www.fbchereford.com

Frio Baptist Church 7 miles S. on FM 1055 806-276-5380

Genesis Church 1 mile N. on Hwy 385 806-364-1217 www.genesischurch.com

Good News Church 621 E. 15th 806-364-5239

Iglesia Bautista Fundamental 100 South Ironwood 806-364-1844

Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida

Avenue Baptist

201 Country Club Drive 806-364-2209

130 N 25 Mile Ave. 806-364-1564

Mount Sinai Baptist 302 Knight Street

New Life Restoration Center 15th & Whittier 806-364-8866

Palo Duro Baptist 5704 FM 809, Wilderado 806-426-3470

Summerfield Baptist 605 Walnut St., Summerfield 806-357-2535

St. Thomas Episcopal Church 601 W Park Ave. 806-364-0146

InterDenominational Fellowship of Believers 245 N. Kingwood St. 806-364-0359

Jehovah Witness Jehovah Witnesses 111 Avenue H 806-364-5763

Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 500 Country Club Drive 806-364-1288

Lutheran Immanuel Lutheran Church

Westway Baptist P.O. Box 178, Rural Rt. 4 806-364-5092

Catholic La Iglesia De San Jose 13th & Brevard 806-364-5053

St. Anthony’s Catholic 115 N. 25 Mile Ave. 806-364-6150

Church Of Christ 15th Street Church of Christ 15th & Blackfoot 806-364-1581

Central Church of Christ 148 Sunset 806-364-1606

La Iglesia De Christo 334 Avenue E 806-364-6401

Park Avenue Church of Christ 703 W Park Ave. 806-364-6094

Presbyterian

Seventh Day Adventist

First Presbyterian 610 Lee St. 806-364-2471

711 W Park Ave. 806-364-6127

Trinity

Seventh Day Adventist

Fellowship Trinity Fellowship

Iglesia Adventista Del 7 Dia

401 W Park Ave. 806-364-0373

1204 Moreman St. 806-341-0315

First United Methodist 501 N. Main St 806-364-0770 www.herefordmethodist.com

410 Irving 813-701-4442

Westway Community Center

LOVE is revealed throughout the Book of Ruth. It all climaxes in Chapter 4 which is Pastor Ted Taylor’s sermon this Sunday as we see the role of the “kinsman redeemer” which is a picture of Christ and his redeeming love for us. Come celebrate the amazing love of God with us at 8:30 and 10:30 am.

We are excited to welcome our new grades who have promoted up. New children to Kid’s Church, new Xtreme Kid’s (5th & 6th grade) and new youth to the ConXtion. We welcome them all.

Pastor Andrew Taylor has a special welcome this Wednesday night for our new 6th graders into the youth group.

We are beginning a new recovery support group and Bible study for anyone coming out of addictions. Call the church for details at 364-8303.

You are always welcome at the Nazarene Family Church.

There are great opportunities to learn the Bible and fellowship with Christians.

Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 am Worship

9:30 am Sunday School

6:00 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:00 pm Children

7:00 pm ConXtion Youth

7:00 pm Young Adults

7:00 pm Adult Bible Study

Methodist

700 Avenue K 806-364-1892

Western Heritage Christian Church

Nazarene church

100 Avenue B 806-346-2740 www.lcms.org

Temple Baptist

213 Barker Avenue 806-364-2038

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Episcopal

Iglesia Methodista San Pablo

Templo La Hermosa

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Nazarene Church of the Nazarene La Plata & Ironwood 806-364-8303

Iglesia Del Nazareno 340 Avenue H

Non Denominational Barn Church 3948 FM 1057 806-289-5706

Christian Assembly 1206 S Main St. 806-364-5882

Living Stones Church 802 Avenue K 806-282-1138

Son Rise 502 Mabel St.

Faith Mission Church of God in Christ 806-307-309

Without Walls Praise Center 802 Avenue K 806-360-2830 Spanish & Bi-langual Services

Pentecostal Iglesia De Cristo 103 Alamo 806-364-2906

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Wednesday August 23, 2017

Hereford BRAND

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Herd serves up 2nd-place finish From Staff Reports

Running roughshod over its pool opponents, the Hereford Whiteface tennis team advanced to the championship match and ultimately finished second at the Top of Texas Tournament on Friday and Saturday in Amarillo.

The eight-team tourney was divided into two, four-team pools with the pool champions facing off for the tournament title.

After literally cruising through pool play in two matches Friday and an early match Saturday, the Whitefaces and Lady Whitefaces ran into perennial district and state powerhouse Randall in Saturday afternoon’s championship match and fell, 17-2, to finish as tournament runner-up.

“We ended up winning our pool very easily and getting the privilege of playing familiar foe Randall in the finals,” Hereford coach Cody Crouch said. “Randall will start the year ranked No. 2 in Region 1 behind Amarillo, and I assume will be somewhere in the top 10 in the state. As they have been for a while, they are good.”

The Herd quickly fell into a 0-7 hole with straight-set losses across the board in doubles – including Tommy Villalovos dropping his first mixed doubles match of the season.

Things did not fare much better in boys singles with a straight-set Randall sweep and the Lady Whitefaces dropping their first top four singles matches.

The lone Hereford wins came at No. 5 and No. 6 girls singles from Victoria Betzen and Faith Harrison, respectively.

“I felt like, in doubles, we came out a little timid and scared of how good they are,” Crouch said. “I don’t know if any of those doubles matches flip when we play them in district, but I think we can be much more competitive with them.

Individual Records

Through matches of Aug. 19 (includes singles and doubles)

BOYS Tommy Villalovos Austin Hougland Jacen Saenz Marvin Mena Kevin Nguyen Yayo Avalos Jesus Rodriguez Ramiro Ramos

GIRLS Kara Esquivel Addi Ferris Erin Jesko Ally Hubbard Kamille Hicks Victoria Betzen Aubrey Schueler Faith Harrison Macy Warlick Klarise Hill Natalie Barnes

18-6 11-13 14-10 13-11 15-8 5-17 4-18 0-1 17-7 21-5 3-2 17-8 14-10 17-5 14-3 13-2 5-1 2-1 0-0

that took just 90 minutes.

Playing eight-game, pro sets, the Herd dropped just 16 total games to win all seven doubles matches – including an 8-0 victory by Jesus “Bear” Rodriguez and Yared Avalos at No. 3 boys for their second of the season as a tandem.

The singles clinchers came from No. 2 boys Austin Hougland (8-2), No. 2 girls Ferris (8-0) and No. 3 girls Ally Hubbard (8-1). Faith Harrison also won, 8-1, at No. 6 girls.

In Saturday’s morning match to close pool play, Plainview could only muster a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5 (10-5) tiebreaker victory at No. 1 boys doubles before the Herd stampeded away for a 10-1 match win.

Losing only nine total games in straight-set wins at No. 3 boys and all three girls doubles, the Whitefaces did not need to finish any singles matches before the Lady Whitefaces had things closed out.

Playing at No. 1 singles against the Bulldogs, Ferris won 6-2, 6-1, with Hicks posting a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 3.

Harrison cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5, and Klarise Hill ended the match with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 6.

“I am so pleased with the results – especially against Caprock and Plainview,” Crouch said. “We made a clear statement that this district has three state powers, but if you want to qualify for the playoffs, you have to beat us.

Faith Harrison won all four of her singles matches in the tournament, as well as three-of-four at No. 3 girls doubles to improve to an overall team best 13-2 this season.

BRAND/John Carson “Still, our doubles must improve, and a big help will be getting Erin Jesko back from a knee injury this week.”

The 3-1 tournament finish allowed the Whitefaces to

move above .500 for the first time this season with a 7-6 mark.

The next scheduled match is District 3-5A opener at Amarillo on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

Despite absorbing his first loss of the season at mixed doubles, Tommy Villalovos has an 18-6 overall individual mark to lead all Whitefaces.

BRAND/John Carson “In singles, the girls came out and played great. The really impressive win was by Betzen. She beat a (fellow) freshman whom she had previously never beaten. This win keeps her with a perfect singles record this year, and, so far, she hasn’t dropped a set.”

After taking the first set 6-2, Betzen had trouble coping with nerves in the second set, according to Crouch, before finally winning, 7-6 (7-5).

Crouch also noted the singles effort of No. 2 Addi Ferris, who lost 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (3-7), and Kamille Hicks, who rebounded from a 4-6 first-set loss to take the second, 6-4, before falling 8-10 in the tiebreaker.

Randall was not the only District 3-5A team the Herd got an early look at when they were pooled with Caprock and Plainview – in additional to Borger.

Opening play Friday against

the Longhorns, the Herd only lost the No. 3 boys doubles match en route to a 13-1, rainshortened final that also saw Whitefaces at least one set up in four of the five matches that did not finish.

“In the small tennis community, you hear a lot of rambling about how this is the year such-and-such a team is going to win, and I had heard a lot of that leading up to this match,” Crouch said.

“Although it doesn’t count toward district, this is a pretty decisive message.

“We had a total team effort here with both sides playing well, and I was super happy with the result. This was a fun match after having some pretty tough losses this season and this week.”

With coaches given the option to mutually agree to stop a match after the clinching 10th win, Friday’s nightcap was a 10-0 romp past Borger

Nos. 1 and 2 girls singles Kara Esquivel, left, and Addi Ferris teamed up at No. 1 girls doubles to post a 3-1 mark in the weekend’s Top of Texas Tournament in Amarillo.

BRAND/John Carson

COMING UP BETWEEN THE LINES Thursday, Aug. 24 Football Meet the Herd, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 25 Cross Country Varsity boys, girls at Clovis meet, TBA Football Varsity, JV scrimmage vs.

Midland Greenwood in Lubbock, TBA Volleyball Varsity at Frenship Tournament, TBA

Tuesday, Aug. 29 Tennis Varsity at Amarillo, 4 p.m.

JV at Amarillo, 4 p.m.

Volleyball Freshmen vs. Tascosa, 5 p.m.

JV vs. Tascosa, 6 p.m.

Varsity vs. Tascosa, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 26 Volleyball Varsity at Frenship Tournament, TBA

Thursday, Aug. 31 Football JV at Estacado, 5 p.m.

Freshman A team vs. Estacado, 5 p.m.

Freshman B team at Friona, 5 p.m.

Volleyball 7th-grade A team vs. Coronado, 5 p.m.

8th-grade B team vs. Coronado, 5 p.m.

8th-grade A team vs. Coronado, 6:15 p.m.

7th-grade B team vs. Coronado, 6:15 p.m.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Viewing a celestial phenomenon

Above, a larger-than-expected crowd gathered at Deaf Smith County Library for Monday’s solar eclipse. Top right, Patricia Rodriguez and, bottom right, Roger Williams gaze at the sight not seen in the U.S. since 1979. Meanwhile, the first day of school took on an additional meaning as students from, left, Aikman Elementary, and, below, Bluebonnet Elementary received an early science lesson in watching the eclipse. If you missed it, fret not, you won’t have to wait another 40 years.

The next solar eclipse viewable in Texas will be April 8, 2024.

BRAND/John Carson

4-H success to be honored Sunday in annual banquet From Contributed Sources

tive members and adult volunteers must renew their membership every year.

Deaf Smith County 4-H will recognize The registration fee for youth is $20 the work and success of local youth, volun- each until Oct. 31, when the cost increases teers and special friends in the community to $25. on Sunday during the annual Achievement To enroll or renew membership for the Banquet.

2017-18 season, come by the Nita Lea The event will take place in the Deaf Building, 903 14th St., or call the ExtenSmith County AgriLife Extension building sion Service at 806-364-3573 during reguat 903 14th St. Serving lines for lunch will lar business hours. begin at noon.

There will be 11 local 4-H project groups “Achieve Your Dreams” will be the theme during the coming year including County of the awards program, which will official- Council, Food and Nutrition, Consumer, ly cap the 2016-17 4-H season of leader- Showmanship, Clothing & Textiles, Rabship, service, learning activities, recreation bit, Robotics, Shooting Sports, Vet Science, and contests, according to County Exten- Public Speaking and Clover Kids. sion Agent Rick Auckerman.

4-H is a community of young people Special individuals within the commu- across America learning leadership, citinity will also be named “Friends of 4-H” zenship and life skills. 4-H is about having in recognition of their above-and-beyond fun, learning, exploring and discovering. support.

In 4-H, young people make new friends, Youth honors to be presented are the develop new skills, become leaders and County Gold Star, National Leadership help shape their communities. Texas 4-H awards, 4-H record book citations, 4-H reaches more than 550,000 youth each year pins and project medals. year.

Other presentations will include extendFor more information, contact Deaf ing appreciation will be extended to club Smith County Extension Service at 806managers, Distinguished Leaders and oth- 364-3573 or online at deafsmit@ag.tamu. er adult volunteers with tenures of service. edu.

Enrollment in the local 4-H program is Sponsors of the Achievement Banquet open to youth in third-12th grades with include Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative, the Clover Kids program available for Panhandle Dairy Women of Hereford and youngsters in first and second grade. Ac- Southwest Dairy Farmers.

Early arrivals await the start of the first day of the 2017-18 school year Monday as breakfast is being prepared for delivery at West Central Elementary School.

BRAND/John Carson

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cern for Monday’s first day was the weather.

While some students may have seen it as a portent to the end of summer vacation, most of Monday’s arrival process was in the midst of rain that varied from sprinkles to downpours.

The only real problem created by the weather was its hindrance in allowing students to fully view Monday’s solar eclipse.

“The weather seemed to have no impact on students returning to school,” Blankenship said. “However, it did have an impact on a clear view of the eclipse. Nonetheless, it brought about excitement and much discussion at the campuses. Some campuses had approved appropriate eyewear and were able to go outside to view the event.

“What a great way to start a school year.”

Despite less-than-ideal weather that featured rain ranging from a drizzle to a downpour, the first day of school came off with very few problems Monday.

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