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County-wide polling places here to stay By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Antler enforcement comes to local area Page 5

Lady Whitefaces nab playoff berth in sweep Page 7

An experimental run earlier in the year proved successful, and the state stamp of approval has been received to make county-wide precinct polling places a new election routine for Deaf Smith County. Deaf Smith County Clerk of Court Imelda DeLaCerda, whose office oversees all county elections,

had petitioned the state for permission to institute the new voting program and received permission to run it as a trail during the March primary. The program opens all county polls to all voters. Whereas in the past, citizens could only cast ballots at the poll in the precinct where they lived, the new

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Bond term could save $$ (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series taking a more in-depth look at a $22.4 million bond issue Hereford Independent School District has called for the Nov. 6 general election. This installment looks at how the bond would be financed and that impact on taxpayers.)

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“Folks really enjoyed the convenience of being able to vote at any of the polls.” While a number of local races dot the Nov. 6 general election ballot, only one is contested as incumbent Deaf Smith County Judge D.J. Wagner faces a challenge from Democrat Mona Hernandez. Although several state and fed-

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program allows a registered voter to vote at any of the county’s regular polling places – regardless if it is in the voter’s precinct. Used for the first time in March, DeLaCerda reported the concept went over with flying colors. “We received a lot of good feedback about the program after the election,” she said.

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The Whiteface Stadium scoreboard says it all Friday as Hereford’s Seth Dixon (21) evades a tackle and heads to paydirt for his third touchdown and a 21-0 Herd lead during second-quarter action. Dixon would finish with 297 rushing yards and 5 TDs as the Herd churned out a season-high 470 yards on the ground in the 56-7 thrashing of San Angelo Lake View. HISD photo by Bryan Hedrick

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Exactly what a proposed bond issue by Hereford Independent School District (HISD) will cost – if passed – will pretty much remain an unknown until the decision is made on whether the measure passes. That decision will not come until Nov. 6 when voters will cast ballots on HISD’s third bond proposal since 2015. The $22.4 million bond focuses on campus safety and securing, as well renovation to the Whiteface Stadium fieldhouse and upgrades to stadium restrooms and concession stands. Essentially half the amount of a $42.6 million bond that failed in 2015 and $45 million isPLEASE SEE BOND | 3

Hereford Proud Ambassadors begin second year INDEX Page 2............Obituaries Page 3...................News Page 4................Opinion Page 5..............Outdoors Page 6..........Community Page 7..................Sports Page 8................Religion Page 9...........Classifieds Page 10................Sports

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When something works, you keep doing it – and that is exactly what Hereford Independent School District (HISD) did with its Hereford Proud Ambassadors program. After a successful maiden voyage during the 2017-18 school year, the group’s second generation came together for the first time earlier this month at HISD Administration Building. “It went very well,” HISD Superintendent Sheri Blankenship said of the Oct. 1 gathering. “It is always exciting to see people who want to get involved, be advocates for the school system and help the community.” Based on a similar program at Lubbock Cooper High School, PLEASE SEE PROUD | 6

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Memorial services for Dr. Naomi Ruth Brumley Holman will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Chapel in the Hills in Wimberley. The Rev. Jim Denham will officiate. Holman was born Sept. 9, 1927. She died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Dr. Holman was an editor, an educator, school counselor and later college professor until her retirement. She graduated from Hereford High School, earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from West Texas A&M University, attended Texas Women’s University in Denton in 1945 and then finished her degree at West Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a minor in history in 1962. She earned a Master’s in Education with a minor in psychology from West Texas State

in 1969. She earned and completed her doctorate from Western Colorado University in 1973. Holman often called herself a teller. As an educator and as a journalist, she saw it as her job to “tell” others information. Even into her 80s, Holman helped to serve others in developing and founding My New Best Friends Respite Care In Wimberley, and volunteering for Darden Hill School for Boys In Driftwood. Holman was an active member of Wimberley Chapel in the Hills for over 40 years. She began her career as a freelance writer in 1949-62 for various magazines and also wrote for the United Press and Associated Press. She worked as a classroom teacher in Hereford ISD from 1962-66, as editor in chief of the Hereford Brand in 1966-67. She worked as the director of federal programs in Hereford in 1969-71. She also wrote and produced curriculum for publications throughout her life. Holman also was employed by Temple and Georgetown Independent School Districts, Goose Creek Independent School District and did contract work for other school districts with her husband Dr. Robert Holman as Ozymandias Education Consultants, including Round Rock ISD, Del Rio and Copperas Cove ISDs among others throughout the Southwest. She

also was employed by Texas State University, then Southwest Texas State as an education professor many years before her retirement. She was preceded in death by Dr. Robert Holman, her husband; her parents, Bonnie Edgar Brumley and Alma Florence Knox; and brothers Calvin Brumley and Jack Brumley. Survivors include daughters Randy Hopson Loving and husband Dan, Daun Hopson Masur, and M’Lynn Hopson Stasney and husband Ken; son Hayden Hopson Holman and wife Jinky; grandchildren Nicole Sanders, Laura D’Lee Brown and husband Scotty, D’Lynn Trammell and husband Mike, LaRae Saucedo and husband Matt, Bryce Bowerman and wife Rachel, Kyndra O’Neil and husband Chris, Nicholas Stasney, and Liam Holman; and great-grandchildren Lauren Sanders, Jillian Sanders, Madeline Sanders, Hannah Brown, Kendall Brown, Mallory Trammel, Lily Saucedo, Alex Saucedo, Cameron O’Neil, Maya Bowerman and Miles Bowerman. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Wipe Every Tear, staff support, to bring hope and healing to the lives of women trafficked in the sex trade in the Philippines, care of Lauren Sanders 6604 W. Overland Drive, Boise Idaho 83709 https://www.wipeeverytear.org/.

REQUEST FOR BIDS The Commissioners Court of Deaf Smith County will be accepting competitive sealed bids until 9:00 am Tuesday November 13, 2018 at 235 E. Third St, Hereford, TX, in the office of the County Judge for the following: 1 – Investigator Vehicle Vehicle specifications can be obtained from Esrael Silva, CDA Investigator, 806-3643700 at the Deaf Smith County Courthouse. The Commissioners Court reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

REQUEST FOR BIDS The Commissioners Court of Deaf Smith County will be accepting competitive sealed bids until 9:00 am Tuesday November 13, 2018 at 235 E. Third St, Hereford, TX, in the office of the County Judge for the following: 2 - Special Service Package 4X4 Pickups Vehicle specifications can be obtained from J. Dale Butler, County Sheriff, at the Deaf Smith County Courthouse. The Commissioners Court reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

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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 • The Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at noon at Hereford Senior Citizens • 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

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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 • Crime Stoppers meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Happy State Bank • 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 Com-

munity 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, 806-346-0134 • 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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Proposed HISD bond repayment scenarios

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sue that was also soundly defeated in 2017, the bond would resolve entry-security issues at several campuses, while also alleviating structural problems that create safety concerns if approved. However, HISD officials are playing a watch-andsee game over how to finance the bonds should they be approved. Although the HISD Board of Trustees has been presented a pair of bond repayment options, it is holding off making a decision on a time frame while all involved in keep a watchful eye on interest rates. The basic scenarios trustees are mulling were figured by HISD financial consultant Vince Viaille, managing director of Specialized Public Finance in Dallas. “We need to look at the bottom line,” HISD Superintendent Sheri Blankenship said. “We don’t want the bond to outlive the work it paid for.” With the bond proposal at $22.4 million, trustees were presented 15- and 20year payback comparisons for the total. Numbers on an annual basis, show the 20-year option as the least burdensome to taxpayers’ pocketbooks.

Term – 20 years Amount - $22 million Estimated interest rate – 3.52% Estimated I&S tax rate – $0.121 Debt service – $31,347,627 Bond repayment would be separate tax – called I&S – from the current HISD M&O (maintenance and operations) taxes property owners pay. Over a 20-year payout, the I&S tax would be .121 mills – or 12.1 cents for each $100 of valued property – which would translate into an annual additional tax of $90.87 for a $100,000 house with a $25,000 homestead exemption. Monthly that rates is $7.57 or 25 cents per day. Next to that, a 15-year payout pales in comparison. A 15-year I&S rate would be .146, which would push the tax for a $100,000 home to $109.10 per month – $9.10 per month or 30 cents per day. The decision almost looks like a no-brainer until the bottom line. That is where the biggest difference between the 15and 20-year options jumps

Term – 15 years Amount – $22 million Estimated interest rate – 3.26% Estimated I&S tax rate – $0.146 Debt service - $28,449,238

out. Even with higher monthly taxes per household, repaying the bond within 15 years rather than 20 would save the district a substantial amount of money. In Viaille’s scenarios, repayment of a $22 million bond over 15 years would ultimately cost $28.5 million. To do the same over 20 years, pushes the total to $31.35 million. “I like the idea of repaying in 15 years,” Blankenship said. “It saves more than $2.7 million. The difference in tax rate is 14.6 cents versus 12.1 cents between 15- and 20-year terms. “In the long run, it is not worth $2.7 million to save 2.6 cents a year in taxes over five years.” HISD Business Manager Rusty Ingram added his support to the 15-year option because it would be easier to pay off and more quickly repaid.

One boost taxpayers will have if the bond is approved is that I&S taxes are not included in tax abatement packages companies make with local governments. While Hereford Wind has an abatement agreement with HISD that caps the company’s property value at $30 million for the next eight years, that only covers property taxes. If a bond is approved, Hereford Wind would be taxed at its actual $230 million value for I&S purposes. Deaf Smith County Chief Appraiser Danny Jones confirmed that property owners 65 and older who are on a senior homestead exemption have their tax rate frozen at the level it was when the senior homestead was filed. Subsequently, passage of a bond issue would result in no new taxes for property owners on senior homestead.

Making it official Prior to the Oct. 9 meeting of the Deaf Smith County Commissioners Court, County Judge D.J. Wagner presented Deaf Smith County 4-H’ers, from left, Macie Mimms, Matlin Mimms, Vernonica Mata, Alejandro Mata and Jack Detten with a proclamation recognizing Oct. 8-13 as 4-H Week. BRAND/John Carson

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eral races are on the midterm ballot – including those for governor, lieutenant governor, state senate and house, as well as U.S. Senate and House – the local election is highlighted by a pair of issues instead of races for office. Topping the list is a Hereford Independent School District (HISD) $22.4 million bond proposal with city voters also being asked if funds should be used to build a new civic center. The difference between the two is one is a bond proposal and subsequently binding, while the civic center question is a referendum and not a binding vote. While fall elections traditionally generate more interest than primaries

and spring counterparts, DeLaCerda is expecting a similar use of county polls as was seen in the primaries. “We had about equal at three polls in the primary,” she said. “Usually, Precinct 3 (at Hereford Junior High School) had many more voters than any other precinct because it has more people. “But in March, there were about the same amount of people who voted at the junior high as did at the courthouse (Precinct 2) and Hereford Community Center (Precinct 4). People liked the convenience.” Following the primary, DeLaCerda submitted her report from the election to the Texas Secretary of State’s office, which oversees all state elections. As a result, the county was granted “successful status,” she added, and

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received approval to continue with the county-wide polling places. Voters can cast ballot at any of the county’s officials polls – Hereford Junior High, Aikman Elementary, Deaf Smith County Courthouse and Hereford Community Center – from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., on election day – Tuesday, Nov. 6. As with the primary, the clerk’s office will provide an exit survey to voters centering solely on the

county-wide voting centers. Early voting for the general election opens Monday and runs through Friday, Nov. 2. Voting will take place from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. from Oct. 22-31 and 7 a.m-7 p.m. on Thursday-Friday, Nov. 1-2. Early voting will be held on the first floor of the courthouse rather than the second due to installation of a new courthouse elevator.

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Oct. 12 Juan Jesus Reyes, 32, arrested for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Antonio Ortiz Jr., 44, arrested for expired driver’s license and failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility. Tammy Deann Estrada, 30, arrested for robbery, pedestrian in roadway and resisting arrest, search, transportation. Oct. 13 Francisco Jimenez Rosas, 31, arrested for no driver’s license. Oct. 15 Enrique Francisco Aldaba, 35, arrested for no driver’s license. Daniel Hinojosa, 24, arrested for possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription. Delilah Juliet Guerrero, 38, arrested for a second-or-more offense of driving while license suspended. Oct. 16 Orlando Sevilla Urquiza, 23, arrested for driving while license suspended/invalid. Lasonya Richmond, 29, arrested for possession or delivery of a controlled substance. Rudolpho Moreno Jr., 42, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to signal intent to turn and run-

Deaf Smith County Sheriff’s Office Oct. 12 Jordan Lee Satterfield, arrested for a second-ormore offense of driving while intoxicated. Christian Alexander Morales, arrested for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. Oct. 13 Brittany Elaine Ayala, arrested for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and posstssion of less than 1 gram of a controlled substance. Oct. 15 Bridget Reness Lopez, arrested for an enhanced charge of driving while license invalid. Reports Hereford Police Department Oct. 12 Burglary of a building was reported in the 700 block of East First Street. Oct. 13 Failure to comply with requirements when striking an unattended vehicle was reported in the 300 block of West 15th Street. Violation of a protective order was reported in the 200 block of South 25 Mile Avenue. Burglary of a building was reported in the 400 block of Avenue D.

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Directions: From Owasso, OK, at the Jct of Hwy 169 & Hwy 20, go East on Hwy 20 for 5 miles. Turn left (North) onto E 480 Rd and go ½ mile. Auction is on the left. From the West Side of Claremore, take Hwy 20 West apprx 4 miles to the top of Keatonville Hill to S 4092 Rd. Turn right (North) and go ½ mile to the stop sign. Turn left on E 480 Rd and go ½ mile. Auction is on the right. Watch for signs.

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CLASSIC VEHICLES, 1000+ FORD CAR PARTS, GAS PUMPS, OIL & GAS MEMORABILIA GUNS, COINS, HORSES, HAY, SHOP TOOLS, ANTIQUE TOOLS, HOME COMFORT GRANITE STOVE, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES, ANTIQUE FURNITURE & LAWYER BOOKCASES, HOOSIER, METAL & PORCELAIN SIGNS, PEDAL CARS Estate of: DONALD ROBBINS, SR. Owner: MARTHA ROBBINS Auctioneer’s Note: Due to the passing of Don, Martha is selling their personal property and collection of classic cars. Don

retired from American Airlines after 34 years at the age of 55. For the next 27 years, he enjoyed his classic cars, car shows and belonging to the V8 car club. With his 60+ year collection, this is an auction you won’t want to miss!! Just about everything you will need to build a classic Ford car. Lots of items to still be uncovered! Cars will sell @ 12:33 pm. Auction will have 2-3 rings all day. Pasture parking. Please follow us on Facebook for updates or visit our website for pictures at www.chuppsauction.com. TERMS: Cash – Credit Cards – Check with Proper ID – OK Sales Tax Applies unless exemption is shown. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS DAY OF SALE SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS ADVERTISING.

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Muddy Season Although the autumn rains are most welcome, the eight great paws of our two Labradors regularly relay generous clumps of mud into the house as grubby reminders that we’ve entered the shambolic season of crazy weather and politics. As the calendar days mercifully dwindle, the Nov. 6th election looms ever closer, its arrival expected not a minute too soon. For months, we’ve been subjected to mid-term campaign advertising and cable news predictions of the downfall of civilization. On the airwaves, the mudslinging, demonizing and fingerpointing continue at a frenzied pace. If the stakes weren't so high, the flying accusations would border on ridiculous. In addition to important state and national elections, Hereford will be making critical decisions about funding a school bond and approving a new civic building. Making a third attempt at voter approval, the trimmed-down HISD bond proposal seeks $22 million for improvements in campus security, safety and athletic facilities. By supporting or rejecting a referendum, citizens will determine the fate of the City's plans to construct a $6.5 million community building designed for northwest Hereford. In Hereford, we apALL IN proach political issues Kerrie Womble Steiert with painstaking politeness to the point that elected representatives occasionally take offense when proposals are questioned by their constituents. It's the price and privilege of small-town life; we know each other in many ways and our paths cross frequently. We attend church together, serve on the same boards, bump into one another during a Coke run at Pak-A-Sak, conduct business with each other. It's understandably difficult not to take it personally when our views split concerning questions of local government policies or proposals. No doubt, political activism takes a hurtful toll on friendships for the rural politician and the grassroots voter alike. Asking the hard questions of a commissioner probably won't improve your popularity, if that is a priority. So, by and large, we cuss and discuss our private viewpoints over coffee with friends while civic leaders have few clues as to our trending opinions. Until we tell them with our ballots on election day. In startling contrast to Hereford’s restraint, national politics are as mud-spattered as my kitchen floor after a rainy week with a pair of boisterous Labs. Nowhere is the title of "friend" as loosely bandied about as it is on the floor of the U.S. Congress with legislators referring to their mortal enemies (often through gritted teeth) as "my good friend on the other side of the aisle." If their "friendships" were any testier, sword play could be involved. But old world etiquette is laboriously practiced in hallowed halls as the last semblance of civility, the artifice of the well-mannered statesman. Of course, we who populate the red states are fed up with such fake niceties. We want real world brawlers and brash, bare-knuckle straight talkers who don't pull their punches. At least, those traits seemed a fresh approach during the 2016 Presidential elections, helping Donald Trump mow down his opponents and bulldoze his way into the White House. After two years of daily name-calling and juvenile insults, the in-your-face ugliness has only escalated. The raucous Kavanaugh hearings showed how far our standards of conduct have slipped. Strident and bitter words underline the deep and jagged gulf that divides us along party lines. Mud-raking of and by political candidates has been part of American history since the ink dried on John Hancock’s signature. In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson was called “a mean-spirited, lowlived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mullatto father.” The American statesman and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton was smeared as “the bastard brat of a Scotch peddler.” During the 1828 presidential campaign, incumbent President Adams' supporters labeled Andrew Jackson's mother a prostitute, his wife an adulteress and Jackson a murderer and a cannibal. Days before his successful election, Jackson’s wife died of a heart attack thought to have been brought on by the vicious mudslinging. As a scathing critic of President James Buchanan, U.S. Representative John Sherman from Ohio remarked: “The Constitution provides for every contingency in the Executive, except a vacancy in the mind of the President.” Even the venerable Abraham Lincoln could not escape the corrosive barbs of political life. Northern newspapers openly called for his assassination long before John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger. Lincoln was also dubbed a coward, an idiot and “the original gorilla” by his own commanding general. No one slings dirt with the artistry of Englishmen, who are in a league of their own, having a wicked knack for skewering their political opponents. Benjamin Disraeli, the notoriously quick wit of the Victorian era, once told Parliament that half of the cabinet were asses. When asked to withdraw his comment, Disraeli responded: "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw. Half the cabinet are not asses."

Wednesday October 10, 2018

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Tales of Deaf Smith County “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James

planted, although the best growing season was probably in 1956 when the price per hundred pounds was From beginnings in the late 1800s $3.50. Prices reached a peak of $8.50 of new pioneers and settlers arriving per hundred pounds by 1963, and the in what would soon be Deaf Smith crop yield was 1,835,966 bushels. County, these “folks” endured good Other vegetable acreage grew steaditimes and then hard times due to ly, and the first commercial crop of drought, prairie fires, blizzards, the onions was grown by Leon Coffin in hardships of World War I, the Dust 1942. By 1948, Howard Gault, Jack Bowl days and the Great Depression. Renfro and the Hereford Potato GrowSome, due to lack of funds and dis- ers Association were contracting and couragement, left the area, but many producing onions. Yields ran from remained as they believed that good 500-600 sacks per acre, and profits as times would return. They would con- high as $2,000 per acre were reported. tinue to depend on the land for their John Paetzold was among the first livelihood. to plant lettuce. He planted six acres Although the normal wheat crop in 1947 and harvested 250 crates in 1934 was considered to per acre that year. Sadly, an be 200,000 acres, only 2,000 estimated two-thirds of the acres were harvested. Fourcrop was destroyed by an out-of-five acres intended for early freeze. Lettuce producharvest had failed. tion improved with “growing The Hereford Brand reportknow-how,” and 400 crates ed, “Great sand dunes, monuper acre was reported by ments to the wind, line fence 1958. rows and fill the fields where From the first production normally combines would be in home gardens, carrots bewhirring...the greatest activcame an extensive commerity in the wheat fields is that cial planting by Newt Harding Carolyn Waters of crews of men measuring in 1948. By 1956, Harding had acres taken out of production in gov- contracted 1,465 acres, and total acreernment wheat reduction contracts. age in the county for carrots that year While Uncle Sam is paying farmers was 3,200 acres. Yields ran from 10to reduce acreage, the drought and 20 tons per acre, and prices averaged winds have arbitrarily cut the produc- $30 per ton. tion far below the government desired Leon Coffin added cabbage to his yield.” pioneering with vegetables. By 1957, Due to the persistence, research and as many as 1,200 acres of cabbage determination of the farmers in the were planted by farmers in the councounty, successful planting of pota- ty. Yields were good at 18-20 tons per toes was a beginning to leave the Dust acre, and prices ranged from $30-$40 Bowl behind and for the area to soon per ton. Some 200 acres of cabbage become a “salad bowl” for the next were planted by 1962. 40-plus years. Later, pinto beans were added to John Kropff, S.L. Harman Sr., the vegetable growers “menu.” With H.C.Van Bibbler and Joe Ballinger, wheat and corn crops added to the who later became known as “Tater Joe vegetable production, plus the profrom Idaho,” made successful plant- duction of cattle, Deaf Smith County ing of Irish potatoes in 1934. The Her- farmers and ranchers were produceford Potato Growers Association was ing the ingredients for a full meal for established, and a processing shed on many years. South Main Street was ready for the The Deaf Smith County Historical 1935 crop. Commission will be sponsoring a VetBy 1939, potatoes were established erans Day Parade and Reception for as a profitable commercial crop. This Veterans on Monday, Nov. 12. Citizens marked the beginning of extensive are encouraged to make plans to enproduction of vegetables as a diver- ter the parade and show appreciation sified crop in the county. The first for our veterans. More information on carload of potatoes shipped from the this event will be shared later. area on the Sante Fe Railway was on July 23, 1940. “You will never “find” time for anyThe peak year for potato acreage thing. If you want time you must make was 1946 when 6,000 acres were it.” Charles Buxton

AUSTIN – The Texas House Committee on Appropriations met Oct. 9 to hear ideas on improving school safety in the aftermath of the May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting that left eight students and two teachers dead and 13 injured. “It’s an unbelievable reality that shootings in schools are occurring more frequently,” said state Rep. John Zerwas, chairman of the powerful, state budget-writing committee. “As a Legislature we must do what we can to ensure our schools are places of learning and not places of fear.” During the four-hour hearing, the committee heard invited testimony from representatives of the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University, the Texas Health ad Human Services Commission, the Texas Education Agency, the Office of the Governor, the Legislative Budget Board and others. Santa STATE Fe Independent School District CAPITAL Superintendent Leigh Wall testified that federal and state grant HIGHLIGHTS funds are being spent in his disEd Sterling trict on items such as: — Architectural redesigns to accommodate metal detector units; — Panic buttons and automatic locks; — Mental health services; — Staff training; and — Adding security personnel. Safety grants are awarded Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Oct. 8 announced the Texas Education Agency has received two federal grants under the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act Both grants, worth $1 million each, will be used to support mental health training for Texas school districts, as well as establish effective campus threat assessment practices across the state. “Texas remains committed to providing a safe learning environment for every student on every public school campus across our state,” Morath said. “By focusing on these two key areas of mental health and preventative measures, we strengthen our state’s ongoing commitment to school safety.” Anti-drug funds to come Drug deaths in Texas have been increasing and nearly half of them are attributed to opioid overdose, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. On Oct. 9, the DSHS announced the receipt of a $2.66 million grant to help fund the expansion of the state’s public health response to opioids over the next year. The grant comes from the Atlanta, Georgiabased U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding will help local health departments and health care providers prevent overdose deaths, enhance the available data on opioid use in Texas and expand the prescriber network for medication-assisted treatment. The funds will improve the state health department’s ability to track opioid-related illnesses and other conditions being seen in emergency rooms around Texas. It will also provide researchers and the public with more information on opioid use and its consequences via the DSHS Texas Health Data website, allowing access to more data more quickly down to county and ZIP code levels. “Having more information on where opioids are being used and their effects on communities will let state agencies and our partners in cities and counties focus their efforts where the needs are most pressing,” said DSHS Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt. “Using data to better understand and respond to the opioid crisis will ensure that resources provide the most benefit for the people of Texas.” Additional funds will be used to train public health personnel at the community level on when and how to properly administer naloxone, a drug that may be administered to prevent someone who has overdosed on an opioid from dying. Fraud unit makes arrests Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Oct. 12 announced that four individuals have been indicted on 30 felony counts of voter fraud and arrested following an investigation by his office’s Election Fraud Unit. The defendants, Paxton alleged, were paid to target elderly voters in certain north-side Fort Worth precincts in a scheme to generate a large number of mail ballots and then harvest those ballots for specific candidates in 2016. “Ballots by mail are intended to make it easier for Texas seniors to vote. The unfortunate downside is their extreme vulnerability to fraud,” Paxton said. “My office is committed to ensuring that paid vote harvesters who fraudulently generate mail ballots, stealing votes from seniors, are held accountable for their despicable actions and for the damage they inflict on the electoral process.” Tax revenue will be sent Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Oct. 10 announced he would send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts some $736 million in local sales tax allocations for the month of October. The amount, Hegar said, is 11.4 percent more than his office reported in October 2017. Allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly, he added. (Ed Sterling is director of member services for the Texas Press Association and can be reached at edsterling@texaspress.com.)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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Antler restrictions to be enforced in six area counties By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

Deer hunters are nothing if not a dedicated lot here in Texas, as well they would need to be. Aficionados of both whitetails and mule deer must be aware of season dates that bring varying windows of opportunity in some counties in the Panhandle and Rolling Plains, and what can be some complicated regulations for those without the experience to recognize physical characteristics of deer. Archery season is currently underway for deer in Texas and continues through Nov. 2. The general gun season is also approaching fast, on Nov. 3. A special youth-only weekend season is set for Oct. 27-29. The general season runs through Jan. 6, 2019 in North Texas and Jan. 20, 2019 in South Texas. A late youth-only season is also slated for Jan. 7-20, 2019. For additional late season deer hunting opportunities and county specific regulations, hunters will need to consult TPWD’s 2018-19 Outdoor Annual of hunting and fishing regulations, paying close attention to varying dates in certain regions of the Panhandle-South Plains. Mule deer hunters in certain Rolling Plains counties are going to need a skill set to correctly identify bucks with an outside antler spread of 20 inches or wider, and awareness of a restricted time frame in which to rifle hunt. Those pursuing mule deer this fall in Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, and Motley counties will be required to comply with a new antler restriction regulation that prohibits harvest of any mule deer buck with a main beam outside spread of less than 20 inches. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is implementing this experimental regulation with the goal of improving buck age structure and sex ratios in these half-dozen counties by reducing excessive hunting pressure on younger bucks. A similar antler restriction for white-tailed deer has been in place for a number of years in other parts of the

The experimental antler restriction for mule deer in six Rolling Plains counties will be conducted for four hunting seasons. TPWD wildlife officials will collect age and antler measurements at voluntary hunter-harvest check stations. Contributed image state, and has successfully shifted the age class structure toward older bucks. Mule deer archery-only season in the antler restriction counties on the South and Rolling Plains opened Sept. 29 and runs through Nov. 2, with the general firearm season occurring Nov. 17 – Dec. 2. To protect young bucks in the sixcounty area, TPWD has set the mini-

mum legal outside spread of the main beams at 20 inches based upon many years of harvest data. Any buck having main beams with an outside spread smaller than 20 inches is notlegal to harvest. Additionally, any buck with at least one unbranched antler or spike is not legal to harvest, unless the outside spread of the main beams is 20 inches or more in width.

Here’s a helpful hint for those hunters who may have misgivings about judging a legal mule deer. Based upon data collected by TPWD, the average ear-tip to ear-tip spread of 2 ½ to 8 ½ plus year old mule deer bucks with ears in the alert position is about 21 inches. This information on ear-tip to ear-tip measurement can be a useful guide to mule deer hunters peering through their binoculars or scope and attempting to field-judge mule deer bucks with at least a 20-inch main beam outside spread. There are those veteran deer hunters who can make such calculations essentially at a glance, and even make a fairly accurate estimate as to the age class of bucks based on body size and type, but not everybody afield has such skills. Hunters are also reminded to review the TPWD chronic wasting disease regulations for information about CWD testing requirements and carcass movement restrictions for the 2018-19 season. Some of those regulations will apply in the northern Panhandle. Also as a reminder, Texas hunters harvesting deer, elk, moose, or other susceptible species in other CWD-positive states must also comply with carcass movement restrictions when bringing those harvested animals back into Texas. Additionally, the Texas Animal Health Commission has mandatory testing requirements that apply to elk, red deer, sika, moose, and reindeer. “The majority of the state had reasonable forb production and good brush green-up this past spring, that provided a good foundation of native forage to get deer, particularly whitetails, off to a good start in terms of antler growth and fawn production. By late August, we were seeing preferred forbs becoming less available for deer. Fall rains came at an opportune time,” said Alan Cain, TPWD whitetail deer program leader. (Jim Steiert is an award winning member of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association and a Certified Texas Master Naturalist.)

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ambassadors are parents nominated by individual school principals. The program is designed to inform parents on what the district is doing and why it is doing it, while also providing enough details to allow them to disseminate that information to other parents and community members in an advocating fashion. “The primary purpose of the group is to educate parents on why HISD is important and what it is doing,” Blankenship said. “Last year, we wanted to increase the first group’s understanding of the things

the district was dealing with and facing.” Having heard some negative feedback from the inaugural group that too much of the information relayed revolved around bond issues, officials did have to touch on that subject during the first meeting. The biggest reason is a $22.4 million HISD bond proposal looming on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. Another was making all involved aware of the differences between district wants and needs. While school officials have been touting the past two bond issues as being presented out of absolute need not desire for new

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facilities, they looked to drive that fact home with the new ambassadors. A majority of the first meeting was spent in small groups discussing what they saw as the wants and needs of the district, as well as what was the difference between the two. “We are really focusing with this group on seeing what the district needs to improve,” Blankenship said. “The first meeting was a good start to that conversation.” Although a new group of ambassadors was welcomed in, the ultimate goal of the program is to have an ever-growing group of district advocates with preceding ambassadors encouraged to continue.

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That poppy time of year The annual Buddy Poppy campaign by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) received an official kickoff Monday when, seated, Hereford Mayor Pro Tem Charlie Kerr – in the absence of Mayor Tom Simons – signs a proclamation urging all citizens to show their support for the annual drive to show appreciation for the sacrifices of America’s war dead. Also taking part in the ceremony are, standing front from left, Erma Murphy and Terrye Rhyne, along with Hereford High School U.S. Marine Corps Jr. ROTC cadets, back from left, Samantha Castillo, Geronimo Rutiaga, Christopher Garcia and Olivia Garcia. Contributed photo

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Hostile Herd runs over Lake View, 56-7 By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Lady Whitefaces Taytum Stow (10) and Darcy Dodd (24) put the kibosh on a Lady Matador shot during Saturday’s sweep of Lubbock Estacado. HISD photo by Bryan Hedrick

Lady Herd clinch berth with sweep

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There is another visit to the postseason in the future for the Hereford Lady Whitefaces after they swept aside host Lubbock Estacado, 3-0, Saturday in District 3-4A volleyball action. Winning for the fourth time in the last five matches, the Lady Herd improved to 18-21 overall on the season and clinched a playoff berth in five-team 3-4A with a league mark of 4-1. Final statistics for the match seemed skewed, but are a direct result of the Lady Whitefaces not having trouble with the Lady Mats for the second time this season. Another balanced attack led the 31-kill Lady Herd offense with Carmen Flood and Taytum Stow each ringing up a team-high 8 kills. Darcy Dodd added 7 kills with Rainey Aven and Beth Sanchez chipping in 3 each. Lacey Da-

vis finished with 2 kills. Aven paced the Lady Whitefaces with 16 assists, while Alyssa Vallejo doled out 11. Dodd and Davis had 1 apiece. The Lady Herd recorded a season-high 14 aces to aid the offensive output. Aven led the way with 4, and Dodd finished with 3. Stow, Alyssa Vallejo and Bonnie Vallejo all had 2 aces each, while Miranda Acosta served up a winner. Defensively, Stow sparkled at the net with 4 of the team’s 4.5 blocks. The backcourt defense was not taxed as only 12 digs were recorded. Danielle Pena led the team with 4 digs with Dodd adding 3. Acosta and Aven had 2 each, while Bonnie Vallejo was credited with 1. The drive for playoff seeding continued Tuesday, after press time, when the Lady Whitefaces hosted Lamesa.

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Friday, Oct. 19 Golf Varsity boys at Dumas Invitational, TBA Saturday, Oct. 20 Golf Varsity boys at Dumas Invitational, TBA Volleyball Freshmen at Levelland, noon JV at Levelland, noon Varsity at Levelland, 1 p.m. 7th-, 8th-grade A team tournament, Plainview, TBA 7th-, 8th-grade B team tournament, Westover, TBA

It was close for about 45 seconds Friday, then the Hereford Whitefaces flared their nostrils and stampeded visiting San Angelo Lake View, 56-7, at Whiteface Stadium. In the final non-district game of the season, the Herd won their fifth in a row – discounting Oct. 12’s suspended game at Andrews – to improve to 5-1. The Chiefs lost their third straight to drop to 1-6. “I am pleased with the way we took control,” Hereford coach Don DeLozier said. “We talked coming in about playing with resolve and taking the game over early. “We wanted to play well. This was our last tune-up before district. Getting to Herd’s Cesar Ortega (11) finds some running room after hauling in a second-quarter pass from the open week with some Britt Cave in Friday’s, 56-7, romp past Lake View. HISD photo by Bryan Hedrick success was important.” Mitchell Carnahan picked off with 2:03 to play. The Chiefs were able to run two a pass on the third play and reThe Chiefs avoided the shutout plays to open the game before the to provide the final margin on a turned it 38 yards to the Lake View thunder of hoofs began to rumble. 26-yard TD pass with 1:04 left. 22. The Herd had their largest offenSeth Dixon went up the sive output of the season with 587 gut for 6 yards, then bolted HERD 56, LAKE VIEW 7 total that included a season-high through a big hole off left tackTEAM STATISTICS le to give the WhiteLVHS HHS faces a lead that was FIRST DOWNS 31 11 never threatened just RUSH YARDS 470 90 1:18 into the contest. PASS YARDS 117 165 On their next posTOTAL YARDS 587 255 session, the Herd COMP -ATT-INT 14-31-1 8-9-0 drove 66 yards in six FUMBLES-LOST 2-0 4-1 plays to make it 14-0 PUNTS-AVG. 1-37.0 6-34.0 when Dixon scored on PENALTIES YARDS 9-78 8-77 a 5-yard run with 6:59 to go in the first. SCORE BY QUARTERS The Chiefs were 1 2 3 4- F left trampled when AKE IEW L V 0 0 0 7- 7 the dust cleared for 7 14 - 56 HEREFORD 14 21 halftime after Dixon found paydirt on runs SCORING SUMMARY of 13 and 33 yards IRST QUARTER F before Herd QB Britt H – Dixon 16 run (Loya kick), 10:42 Cave put a dart on GaH – Dixon 5 run (Loya kick), 6:59 briel Rodriguez in the ECOND QUARTER S end zone for a 23-yard H – Dixon 13 run (Loya kick), 8:50 touchdown 26 ticks H – Dixon 33 run (Loya kick), 6:19 before the half and H – G.Rodriguez 25 pass from Cave (Loya kick), 35-0 lead at the break. :26 The Herd kept it goTHIRD QUARTER ing to open the third H – Dixon 25 run (Loya kick), 9:57 when they overcame FOURTH QUARTER H – X.Gonzalez 4 run (Loya kick), 7:43 25 yards in penalties H – X.Gonzalez 25 run (Loya kick), 2:03 to gain 88 yards in LV – Espinosa 26 pass from Rodriguez completing a four(Hernandez kick), 1:04 play, official 65-yard drive to make it 42-0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS barely two minutes RUSHING – LV: Peterson 15-49, Blue 7-39, into the second half. Tanguma 1-2; H: Dixon 27-297, X.Gonzalez 14The cattle drive con150, G.Martinez 2-12, Ponce 1-19, Cave 3-(-8). tinued in the fourth PASSING– LV: Blue 9-21-1-68, Rodriguez 5quarter with Dixon’s 10-0-97; H: Cave 8-9-0-117. RECEIVING – LV: back-up, Xavier GonEsponosa 2-60, Daniels 3-34, Bandy, 1-0, Ratliff zalez, scoring on runs 2-8, Robinson 2-37, Saenz 1-8, Peterson 1-(-5), of 4 and 25 yards to Whiteface Xavier Gonzalez (20) stretches for the Villa 2-22; H: DOrtega 1-16, Ponce 4-71, Dixon push the bulge to 56-0 goal line during a career night Friday with 150 rush1-6, G.Rodriguez 1-23, McCracken 1-1. ing yards on 14 carries and 2 touchdowns. MISSED FGS – none. HISD photo by Bryan Hedrick PLEASE SEE HERD | 10

Monday, Oct. 22 Cross Country Region 1 meet, Lubbock, TBA Tennis Region 1 quarterfinals, TBA Volleyball 7th-grade A team at Plainview Estacado, 5 p.m. 8th-grade B team at Plainview Estacado, 5 p.m. 8th-grade A team at Plainview Estacado, 6:15 p.m. 7th-grade B team at Plainview Estacado, 6:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 23 Football 7th-grade B team at Canyon, 5 p.m. 8th-grade B team vs. Canyon, 5 p.m. 7th-grade A team at Canyon, 6:15 p.m. 8th-grade A team vs. Canyon, 6:15 p.m. Tennis Region 1 quarterfinals, TBA Volleyball Freshmen vs. Canyon, 5 p.m. JV vs. Canyon, 5 p.m. Varsity vs. Canyon, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25 Freshman A team vs. Pampa, 5 p.m. Freshman B team vs. Friona, 5 p.m. JV at Pampa, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 Football Varsity vs. Pampa, 7 p.m. Tennis Region 1 tournament, TBA Saturday, Oct. 27 Tennis Region 1 tournament, TBA

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Our lesson series, "Key Words for Living," continues this Sunday as Pastor Danny Mize shares a message entitled "Anxiety and Worry Don't Have to Choke Us!" Our related Scripture reading will come from Mark 6:45-51. To make the lesson practical, Danny will help us with the question, "How Do We Release Our Anxiety and Worry?" Music will include us singing "God Will Take Care of You" "It Is Well With My Soul" and "Consider the Lilies of the Field." Cindy Cassels will play piano and Peggy Mize will lead us in singing. Come for our 9:00 a.m. for our adult Bible study – "A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God." Refreshments will be available at 10:00 a.m. and our worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. Communion will be served to all who wish to partake. Fellowship of Believers is located at 245 N. Kingwood, and everyone is welcome. If you have questions, leave a message at 364-0359. Listen for the morning devotional minute heard on KNNK Radio, 100.5 FM, 7:25 a.m. Monday through Friday. Notes from past Sundays are online: FOBlessons.com – posted on Sunday afternoon each week. You can follow us on Facebook at FOBchurchHereford.

Assembly Of God Calvary Family Church 137 Avenue G 806-364-5686

Victory Family Worship Center 606 E 15th St 806-364-0305 www.thevictory.tv

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

Baptist

Dawn Community 806-258-7330

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

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

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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

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

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

410 Irving 813-701-4442

Westway Community Center

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700 Avenue K 806-364-1892

Western Heritage Christian Church

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Temple Baptist

213 Barker Avenue 806-364-2038

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

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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

Hereford Church of the Nazarene “You Are the Guy” is Pastor Ted’s sermon series revealing God’s mystery of his plot to win the hearts of man. You are the one He cares about. You are the one who He created this beautiful world as your home. He has revealed His love for you in thousands of ways even though we have pushed Him away, He has never changed His desire for us. That is the great love He has for us. You are the guy He died for, you are the guy He wants to live inside you heart and fill you with his spirit. You are also the guy He is coming back for. Just as the Groom comes for his bride, so Christ will come after you. Come as Pastor Ted reveals his next message of God’s radical love for His bride to be. Our teens will be going to the pumpkin patch in Amarillo after church next Sunday with other youth groups in town. The cost is $12 for admission and then money for lunch at Chicken Express. Come to Sunday School and Church and they will leave immediately following the service at noon. Hey kids, there will be a Fall Festival on Wednesday, October 31 6 til 8 pm in the Ruth McBride in the Fellowship Hall . All kids are welcome to come. Candy, Games and food for everyone. Our young adults will be putting this on.

Presbyterian First Presbyterian 610 Lee St. 806-364-2471

Seventh Day Adventist Iglesia Adventista Del 7 Dia 1204 Moreman St. 806-341-0315

Seventh Day Adventist 711 W Park Ave. 806-364-6127

Trinity Fellowship Trinity Fellowship 401 W Park Ave. 806-364-0373

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Making a bit of history Monday, the Hereford Whiteface tennis team blanked Borger, 10-0, in the Bi-District playoffs to record their first postseason victory since 1995. Contributed photo

Whiteface netters serve up first playoff win in 2000s

From Staff Reports

History, of sorts, was made Monday when the Hereford Whiteface tennis team opened its perennial playoff journey with a 10-0 blitz of Borger in the 4-A Bi-District playoffs at Rebel Tennis Center in Amarillo. In winning their third straight match to improve to 20-7 on the season, the Herd will have more than a one-and-done life in the postseason for the first time in the 21st century. “According to the boards outside the [Hereford High] tennis courts, Hereford tennis hasn’t won a playoff match since 1995,” Hereford coach Cody Crouch said. “That changed today.” With the Whitefaces taking the first set of five-of-seven doubles matches, 6-0, they had little trouble in completing the sweep. Mixed doubles tandem Alfredo Avila and Macy Warlick, as well as girls No. 3 Kamille Hicks and Liddy Flood, were the only duos to continue that first-set trend with 6-0, 6-0 wins. Victoria Betzen and Klarise Hill finished 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 girls, while John Ferris led the No. 3 boys tandem to a 6-0, 6-2 win. Aubrey Schueler and Ally Hubbard won at No. 1 girls, 6-0, 7-6 as Tommy Villalovos and Kevin Nguyen teamed up to win 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 boys with Nicky Villalovos and Jacen Saenz taking No. 2, 6-2, 6-1. “We had a fast start in doubles,” Crouch said. “When you go up 7-0, it becomes a race for who can get the three singles wins [to clinch victory].” Tommy Villalovos was

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470 on the ground. Dixon kept blazing the trail with 297 yards on 27 carries and 5 touchdowns, while Gonzalez added another 150 yards on 14 attempts with 2 TDs. With the running game humming, Cave was an efficient 8-of-9 passing for 117 yards and a score. He again did not throw an interception and has tossed only 1 for the season. Ponce, who leads the team in receptions and receiving yards, added to his totals with 4 catches for 71 yards and his fifth

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After missing almost a month with an injury, Lady Whiteface Ally Hubbard returned and clinched the match with a win at No. 3 girls singles. BRAND/John Carson the first singles win with 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 boys, and Schueler made the score 9-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 2 girls singles. “A welcome sight back to the lineup,” Hubbard – who has been sidelined for nearly a month with an injury – returned to team up with Schueler for the No. 1 girls doubles win before clinching the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles. “I am happy to get this one out of the way to set up a showdown with No. 14 Andrews,” Crouch said. “Ignoring our earlier score with them this year, we have to play well and start early in doubles. “It should be a great high school tennis match.”

Monday’s win moves the Whitefaces into unfamiliar postseason waters as they head into the Area round – where they will face Andrews. A postseason match of ranked teams, the Mustangs come in at No. 14 in the mid-season Class 4A rankings. The Herd was ranked fifth in that poll, but has since lost to No. 3 Canyon and No. 6 Vernon. The two met on Aug. 25 in the second match of a Saturday twinbill for the Herd with the Whitefaces coming out on top, 18-1. The winner of the Area match will advance to the Class 4A Region 1 quarterfinals to be played Oct. 22-23 at yet-to-determined sites.

TD catch of the year. On the flip side, the Herd defense shut down another opponent in allowing 255 total yards – only 90 rushing – while harassing a pair of Chief quarterbacks into a 14-

of-31 passing night with a TD and an interception. The Whitefaces are off this week before opening the three-game District 3-4A sprint on Oct. 26 when they host Pampa.

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