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Drugs seized in Oldham Co. Hereford man killed in crash From Staff Reports

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AMARILLO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized close to 19 pounds of heroin March 28 after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Oldham County.

At approximately 11:45 a.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2017 Nissan Rogue traveling east on I-40 near Vega, for a traffic violation.

The trooper then discovered seven

bundles of heroin concealed inside the spare tire.

The driver – Joel Rocco, 47 – and passenger – Brandon Johnson 30, both of San Diego, Calif. – were arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance.

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From Staff Reports

A one-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Hereford man Saturday in Randall County.

According to reports from Sgt. Cindy Barkley of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in Amarillo, 55-year-old Lloyd Smith of Hereford, was driving a 2001 GMC Sierra pick-up westbound Saturday on U.S. 60.

At approximately 4 p.m., the

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report showed, Smith was about 3 miles west of Canyon when he veered off the south side of the roadway and overcorrected steering – resulting in him losing control of the vehicle.

The pick-up reportedly rolled over “multiple times” before coming to rest on its roof.

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While Shakespeare said “a rose by any other name would still smell so sweet,” Deaf Smith County Judge D.J. Wagner discovered that sentiment did not hold true for governmental studies.

Wagner received yet another lesson in the bureaucracy of government semantics that could ultimately save the county money.

To start wheels turning on a multi-year project to build a new county jail, Wagner had placed advertisement for bids to conduct a jail feasibility study as the first order of new business on the March 27 agenda of the Deaf WAGNER Smith County Commissioners Court.

However, in the interim between announcing intent to advertise for the study and presenting the idea for commissioner approval, Wagner uncovered facts that could keep money in the county’s coffers.

“I have done a lot of research about this,” Wagner said in presenting the agenda item. “What we are looking to have done [with the study], the Texas Commission on Jail Standards will do for free.”

Wagner did note a caveat to his pending proposal.

If the county wanted to do a jail feasibility study, then it would incur the cost.

If the county requested a facility needs assessment from the Commission on Jail Standards – which will accomplish the identical purpose to a feasibility study – it would be done at PLEASE SEE JAIL | 3

19th BFKS proves a strike with plenty to spare

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Hereford officials are reveling in the success of this year’s Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraiser.

The 19th edition of the annual event – held March 23-24 – at Sugarland Lanes in Hereford proved to be the best yet.

“Everything went real well,” BBBS Hereford executive director Sara Pesina said. “We had the most teams we ever, the most bowlers ever and raised the most money ever.

“It was a successful event. There was great representation from all areas of the community.”

A record-setting 18th event in 2017 with PLEASE SEE BFKS | 10

The 19th annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraiser to benefit BBBS of Hereford on March 23-24 proved the best ever with a record 76 teams, 400-plus bowlers and almost $35,000 raised.

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Jean F. Caison 1923-2018

Dr. Dan McDowell 1944-2018

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Graveside services for Jean “Jeanie” Caison, 94, a life-long Hereford resident, were held Tuesday, April 3 at West Park Cemetery with the Rev. Kevin S. Bushart officiating.

Services were entrusted to Parkside Chapel Funeral Home of Hereford.

Mrs. Caison passed away Friday, March 30, 2018 in Hereford.

Jean France was born Sept. 29, 1923 in Hereford to James Burl and Maude Ann Smith France.

Jeanie attended Hereford schools, graduating from Hereford High School in 1941. She played trombone in the high school band. She received a Division 1 rating for a trombone solo. She was also named football queen during her high school career. She met G.D. Caison on Valentine’s Day, 1948.

They married on July 16, 1948 in Hereford. Together, she and her husband owned and operated Caison House Restaurant for around 50 years. Jeanie was a member of Bayview Study Club, an avid bridge player and excellent artist.

Those left to mourn her passing are daughter Sandy Storey and husband Doug of Canyon; son Rodney Caison of Kyle; and grandchildren Cassidy Bass, Parker Caison and Eddie Trotter.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Dee Ann Caison Trotter; and brother Jack France.

The family suggests memorials in Mrs. Caison’s name be made to King’s Manor Methodist Retirement System, 400 Ranger, Hereford, TX, 79045, or to The American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell Ave., Amarillo, TX, 79109.

Funeral services for Dr. Dan McDowell, 73, an Amarillo resident, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Parkside Chapel in Hereford. Interment will be at West Park Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the personal supervision of Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Dr. McDowell passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018 in Amarillo.

He was born in Shamrock on Sept. 24, 1944, to Elizabeth and Ansel McDowell, who lived in Wellington at the time. The family moved to Hereford in 1953 and established McDowell Drug, where Ansel was a pharmacist. Dan played baseball from the time he was a young boy through his first year of college, and Ansel spent many hours watching his games. Dan graduated from Hereford High School in 1962 and from Texas Tech University in 1966. In 1970, Dan graduated from the University of Texas Dental School in Houston.

Dan married Joy Story on Jan. 26, 1963. They are the parents of Dr. Ashley Campbell of Canyon, and Justin Story McDowell of Lubbock.

Dan practiced dentistry in Odessa, Breckenridge and Lubbock a total of 42 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Breckenridge, Lubbock and Amarillo. He was active in Sunday school and was a greeter for 20 years at FBCLubbock. He was a member of Gideons International, Lions Club and Rotary International. Dan always enjoyed horticulture and taking care of the yard. Dan, and his son, Justin, loved to spend time fishing. Dan enjoyed playing golf. He loved watching sports and was a big fan of the Texas Rangers. Dan and his son-

in-law, John, had an annual tradition of attending the Colonial Golf Tournament.

Dan and Joy invested countless hours in their children and their activities growing up. Dan not only showed his children how much he loved them, but he told them often. He was very proud of his grandsons, Stephen and Preston.

Even though he was homebound for the last years of his life, he was able to see his grandson, Stephen, play one of his last basketball games of his senior year this past January, which Dan thoroughly enjoyed.

Dan also enjoyed seeing Preston’s artwork, and he was so glad that it was recently featured in the Ascension gallery at Sunset Center.

Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Elizabeth and Ansel McDowell; and a brother, Dr. Ansel McDowell Jr. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Joy; his daughter, Dr. Ashley Campbell and husband, John and his son, Justin Story McDowell; grandsons Stephen Ansel Campbell and Preston Joseph Campbell; sistersin-law Nancy Mustian and husband Roy of Graham; Sandra Saul and husband Roland of Hereford, and Jan Metcalf and husband Stan of Brackettville; brother-in-law Gary Story and wife Carol of Wilmore, Ken.; and brother Jim McDowell of New Mexico.

Memorials may be made to Gideons International or the Amarillo Botanical Gardens.

Marcella Mae McLain, 89, of Lubbock, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 31, 2018. She was born May 10, 1928 in York, Neb., to Harold and Hilma (Smith) Nor-

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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

gela Echols and Brenda Roberts of Lubbock, and Stacie Armstrong of Albuquerque, N.M.; greatgrandchildren Carson and Clayton Echols, and Mason and Riley Roberts of Lubbock, and Dylan and Callan Armstrong of Albuquerque, N.M. Private graveside services were held Tuesday, April 3, 2018 under direction of Combest Family Funeral Homes of Lubbock.

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Marcella M. McLain 1928-2018

APRIL 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

quest. Marcella graduated from York High School in 1945. She married Kenneth McLain on June 8, 1947 in McCool Junction, Neb. He preceded her in death in 1997. Together they owned and operated McLain Garden Center in Hereford.

Those left to cherish her memory are her two sons, Richard McLain and wife Lois of Albuquerque, N.M., and Milt McLain of Estancia, N.M.; brother Burton Norquest of York, Neb.; grandchildren An-

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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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responded and assisted the trooper with the case.

The drugs allegedly were being transported from San Diego to Rome, N.Y. The seizure was the second of the week for troopers in Oldham County after 200 pounds of marijuana was discovered during a traffic stop March 26.

According to DPS reports, a trooper stopped a 2017 Nissan Altima traveling east on I-40 near Vega for a traffic violation – whereupon the trooper found multiple vacuum-sealed and plastic-wrapped packages of marijuana throughout the vehicle.

The driver – Jose Villagomez, 24, of Houma, La. –

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Lloyd N. Smith Jr. 1962-2018

A traffic stop near Vega on March 26 netted an arrest and 200 pounds of marijuana reportedly being transported to Amarillo.

DPS photo was arrested and charged with felony possession of marijuana.

Villagomez was trans-

ported and booked into the Oldham County jail. DPS special agents responded and assisted with case.

The drugs allegedly were being transported from Sacramento, California to Amarillo.

Graveside services for Lloyd Neil Smith Jr., 55, a Life-long Hereford resident will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 4 in West Park Cemetery with the Rev. Billy Joe Wall officiating. All family and friends are more than welcome to attend

the graveside service and support the family during their time of need. Services have been entrusted to Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Mr. Smith passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018 in Randall County.

Lloyd Neil Smith Jr. was born May 3, 1962 in Hereford to Lloyd Neil Sr. and Kathryn Taylor Smith. Neil attended Hereford schools and was a Hereford High School graduate. He attended Amarillo College.

Mr. Smith worked at Oldham County for John Deere until it closed. He was a truck driver and drove for Brown Fertilizer for seven years.

Those left to mourn his passing are daughter Dakota Smith of Vega; mother Kathryn Smith of Hereford; sisters Janice Brownlow and Pamela Brown, both of Hereford, and Kathy Holly of Houston; nieces Cynamin Brownlow of Hereford, Jennifer Dupree of Houston, and Sabra Smith of Clovis; and nephews Russell Brownlow of Austin, Brandon Brown of Bootleg, and Brent Brown of Canyon.

The family suggests memorials in Mr. Smith’s name be made to Hereford Senior Citizens Association, 426 Ranger, Hereford, TX, 79045.

Just by changing the name from jail feasibility study to facility needs assessment could get a precursory study for a new county jail conducted at no cost by the state Commission on Jail Standards.

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no cost.

Subsequently, in lieu of advertising for bids, Wagner sought approval to send a letter to the Commission on Jail Standards requesting a facility needs assessment.

While saving the county money, the move also eased concern Wagner had over advertising for bids.

“I am wary of having an architect do a feasibility study, then bid on the project,” he said. “That just seems like there is some potential conflict of interest.”

If Jail Standards approves the request, Wagner said the study should not take long to complete, but repeated this was only

the start of a “long process for us.”

The need for a new jail has been unofficially discussed for several months, but only became part of official business within the past month or so.

With the county incurring virtually daily expense to farm prisoners out to other jails and an aging current facility that is walking a tightrope in terms of meeting annual state requirements, there is need for a new correctional facility.

Wagner told commissioners he and Deaf Smith County Sheriff J. Dale Butler had visited a potential 10-acre site for a new jail on the east side of Hereford.

In addition to increasing the bed capacity from a current 93 to 144, Wag-

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tice of the Peace Clay Houdashell.

The report showed Smith was wearing a seatbelt and no other vehicles were involved in the accident.

The incident remains under investigation, according to the DPS report.

Smith is the first Deaf Smith County resident to be killed on a Texas roadway this year.

ner said the proposed new facility would be a county justice center with the potential of the sheriff’s office moving there.

For DSCSO to move from its current location adjacent to Deaf Smith County Courthouse, Wagner noted arrangements would have to be made for holding detainees and prisoners awaiting court appearances.

Precinct 3 Commissioner Mike Brumley is all for a new jail and razing of the current facility, which he considers a blight on the courthouse.

“Here we have this beautiful courthouse, one of the prettiest in the state, on three sides,” he said.

“Then there’s the sheriff’s office and jail. It’s just looks bad and detracts from the entire court-

One person died on a Deaf Smith County road earlier this year in another collision on U.S. 60 – this one just outside Hereford.

On Jan. 12, according to DPS reports, Mambrye Villejo-King, 40, of Amarillo, ran into the rear of a tractor-trailer while attempting to turn into the crossover lane of the highway from outside westbound lane.

She was pronounced dead on the scene

by Deaf Smith County Justice of the Peace Karen Boren.

There were three traffic fatalities in the county during 2017.

house.

“We need to get rid of it.”

Wagner has repeatedly said construction of a new jail was an extended process that would probably not come to fruition before 2020.

He has also said the bond needed to fund the project would not be presented to county voters until Hereford Independent School District (HISD) made a decision concerning its next bond effort.

At the earliest, HISD officials said no decision or discussions about a future bond effort would be undertaken until three new trustees take their seats in May.

COMMUNITY CONCERT Sunday, April 8, 2018

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OPINION

Wednesday April 4, 2018

Unfriended

Question to appear on upcoming census stirs opposing viewpoints

I've broken up with Facebook. And not just the wimpy way where you resolutely vow to stay offline for a week and two days later, you’ve backslid to compulsive posting, following, friending, liking and poking.

Nope, this bonafide break-up actually involved hard-core ripping off the Band-Aid by deactivating my personal profile.

I confess, it was never love at first sight of that empty Facebook wall and our relationship had been problematic for a while.

There were trust issues, way too much drama and, in the end, it became clear it was time to uncouple. Like most separations, the split has left me with a mixture of regrets and relief.

Do I miss Facebook? Yes. I have nowhere to share snarky posts about pop culture, pondering who bit Beyonce and puzzling over the epic fish romance from The Shape of Water. By killing my personal Facebook profile, I've lost connections with old classmates and family members who live too far away to revisit in the real world. I’m sadALL IN Kerrie Womble Steiert dened that I cannot read my Pennsylvania cousin's faithful evening post of the three good things that happen in her life every day. And I'm a little melancholy to be out of the local happenings loop.

Do I need social media? Maybe. Certainly Facebook can fulfill a positive role within the global community, allowing us the valuable opportunity to stay in touch despite our hectic, scattered lives. That's the shining promise of Facebook and other social media platforms, to serve as a place of connection, of community, of sharing. Particularly meaningful are group pages, like the one where my cousins have uploaded and shared our albums of photos, remembering the generations we've lost. The treasured faces of grandparents, aunts and uncles are kept alive for those of us who knew them in their vibrant years.

But here I am, waxing sentimental about my ex, the one who done me wrong.

In 2016, Mark Zuckerberg's over-arching goal was "to give everyone the power to share anything with anyone." He's certainly made that aspiration a reality, but it's hard to believe the ultimate social media guru could not foresee the possible dangers of such a broad initiative. The hoodied wizard of Facebook has a history of ducking responsibility when it comes to making value judgments, an unfortunate trait for the Chairman and CEO of a $72.5 billIon company that hosts 2 billion “friends” worldwide.

What we forgot about Facebook was its true identity as an online mall where we’re welcome to hang out in the food court while constantly being tempted to spend.

The hidden underpinnings of Facebook are targeted advertisements, generating dollars necessary for profitability. Zuckerberg's empire is a business, after all, bills and workers to be paid, plus buying and maintaining the extensive hardware and bandwidth.

At some point in its evolution, Facebook’s business model twisted our identity as private users into a product, a data set, to be collected and sold at a handsome profit to questionable entities like Cambridge Analytica. The public has learned that Russian operatives used Facebook to propagandize and troll Americans during the 2016 presidential election, exploiting connectivity to create discord.

We are discovering that the over-shared conspiracies and hoaxes hidden in Facebook’s "news" feeds had devious origins.

Facebook apps picked apart our psyches through innocuous quizzes so we could be targeted for manipulation. Ironically, Facebook turns out to be the primary purveyor of fake news, the perfect breeding ground for brainwashing a naive audience of folks who mainly want to be entertained by baby goat videos and goof with our friends.

Unfortunately, most of us are entirely too trusting and relaxed while lounging on the internet with little thought to protecting our privacy, the information we regularly give away and our face-value acceptance of subliminal messaging. Perhaps we would be more wary if we visualized the wicked spiders that are busy spinning deceitful snares into the worldwide web.

Policy makers have yet to catch up to the lawless wilderness of technology and the internet. Although we cringe at the notion of more government regulation in our lives, there's an unavoidable need for consumer protection of the digital world’s population.

Facebook is sporting a spectacular blackeye right now, earning a beating for its failures and recklessness, but other guilty media will justifiably get their turns in the hotseat. As we're learning from the last major election, it's all too easy for foreign powers to misuse a social platform, weaponizing an online location we are too comfortable visiting.

Will I eventually forgive and take Facebook back? Only if the tech monster takes responsible actions to earn back the trust it has betrayed. But for now, Facebook, this ship has sailed.

AUSTIN – Ted Cruz of Texas was one of three United States senators who requested that respondents to the 2020 decennial census be asked if they are citizens of the United States.

When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross responded in the affirmative last week, Cruz said, "I applaud Secretary Ross for honoring this request by my colleagues and me. It is imperative that the data gathered in the census is reliable, given the wide-ranging impacts it will have on U.S. policy. A question on citizenship is a reasonable, commonsense addition to the census."

On March 28, state Sen. Sylvia R. Garcia, D-Houston, who chairs the Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus, took issue with the question.

"Adding a question on citizenship at this time would only seek to fan the flames of fear and distrust in the Census, further risking depressed response rates," Garcia said.

She added that the Census BuSTATE reau would "have to expend more resources in the field for those CAPITAL fearful of an initial response."

HIGHLIGHTS "Even with additional resources, Ed Sterling an undercount could result in less representation for Texas in Congress, inaccurate data for redistricting, unreliable numbers for business seeking to move to Texas, and a loss of federal funding for communities across the state. In a word, this could be disastrous. I implore our state leaders to support the litigation to remove this question and fight for an accurate Census count nationwide," Garcia added.

State Rep. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, on March 26 held a Capitol news conference detailing concerns similar to those expressed by Garcia.

Citizenship questions have been included on prior censuses: "Between 1820 and 1950, almost every decennial census asked a question on citizenship in some form," according to a Commerce Department news release.

"Cheating and lying aren't struggles.

They're reasons to break up."

— Patti Callahan Henry, Between The Tides

Tales of Deaf Smith County “Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.”

George W. Bush

years and then there could be “the most delightful weather one could imagine.”

W.B. Dameron made careful plans before moving his family to the area.

At times, excerpts lead to longer He had lumber shipped for a home stories and some of these may bring and brick shipped for a business about comments and material for fu- building. The business building was ture “Tales of Deaf Smith County.” the first two-story brick building on One recent event that saddened Dewey Avenue. The family home was many in the Texas Plains Trail area built on present-day 25 Mile Avenue. was the death of Charles Smith. Smith R.W. Baird moved from East Texas was the creator of the Quanah Parker to the Panhandle three times before he arrows that can be observed in the 62 finally decided to stay. He first came counties of the Panhandle and South to the area by horseback to work on Plains. the T Anchor Ranch in the spring of J.D. Thompson, who brought his 1886. In 1888, he rode back to Grayfamily to Deaf Smith County by im- son County and married his childmigrant train in 1902, was hood sweetheart. In 1892, he operating one of the largest loaded his family into a covranch spreads in the area ered wagon and headed for by 1914. He owned and/or the high plains. After returnleased 40 sections of land ing to Grayson County again in the northwest part of the in 1894, he made the third, county. On this spread, he and final, move to this area had 500 acres of farm land in 1900. and usually ran at least 800 According to a Bell Telehead of cattle. phone publication in April Carl Gililland pursued a 1962, Marie Sears, on her law career when he came to retirement that month, had Carolyn Waters the area in 1903. When he bea record of 36 years employgan his law practice, the courthouse ment without ever having been absent for the area was at Old Tascosa on the or late. She had been an operator, and Canadian River as Deaf Smith County, then chief operator, in Hereford durat the time, was attached to Oldham ing her tenure with the telephone County for judicial purposes. company. She began working with James T. Rutherford, wife Harriet, the phone company for $9 per week. and their three children arrived in When she had completed her 25th present-day Hereford by train in 1900. year, a story by Bessie Patterson in an They settled on ranch land some 16 Amarillo newspaper included the estimiles northwest of Hereford. After mate that Sears had answered over 12 moving to the ranch, Harriet did not million telephone calls in her career. see another woman for six weeks.

The Joseph Calvin Cox family arGeorge Radcliffe Jowell brought his rived from Stephens County in the family to Deaf Smith County from spring of 1887. Although they had Palo Pinto County in the fall of 1887. planned to go on to New Mexico to This family is considered to be the settle, they were shown a beautiful second family to settle in the area. spring east of Hereford on Tierra Jowell soon realized the fertility of Blanca Creek. They filed on land nearthe soil and was one of the first to try by and built a dugout home on a small irrigation by using water from Tierra hill above the spring.

Blanca Creek.

Soon, dear readers, you may have Will G. Harris shared many memo- the chance to read “the rest of the stories of early days in the county. He ry” pertaining to these early settlers described this as an area of “weather- and their “adventures” in the county. wise extremes.” He recalled this as an area whose early history was interwo“Look at people for not who they ven with prairie fires, droughts, bliz- are, but for whom they may become.” zards, sand storms, hot summers, wet Anonymous

AGs file court brief Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on March 26 announced the filing of a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Trump administration's lawsuit against California over state laws that signatories of the brief say intentionally obstruct the federal government's ability to enforce the nation's immigration law.

Paxton, the state's chief litigator, was joined in the brief by a coalition of 17 state officials, including the attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia; and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Maine Gov. Paul LePage.

In the brief, Attorney General Paxton and his fellow attorneys general highlight a 2012 case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states couldn't stand in the way of federal agents following federal immigration law.

"Dangerous sanctuary policies like California's undermine the rule of law and endanger good law enforcement officers and the communities that need their protection the most. It is incomprehensible that California finds criminal illegal aliens dangerous enough to detain, but then insists on releasing them back into the community to offend again instead of turning them over to federal immigration authorities for removal. If California prefers different immigration policies, it is free to take them up with the appropriate authority: Congress," Paxton said.

DeVos approves plan Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on March 26 announced her approval of Texas' consolidated state plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The Every Student Succeeds Act became law in 2015, replacing the No Child Left Behind Act, which was signed into law by then-President George W. Bush in 2002. The new act retains annual standardized testing requirements and tasks each state with developing a revised plan subject to federal approval.

"Texas' plan met the requirements of the law, therefore I have approved it," said DeVos. "I look forward to seeing how Texas embraces the flexibility afforded by ESSA to innovate on behalf of the Lone Star State's students."

DeVos pointed out three elements of Texas' approved plan: — Rigorous, yet achievable goals for all student groups in Texas, while creating stronger alignment between all state and federal program areas; — Strong support and interventions to assist lowperforming schools; and — Alignment of federal funding with priorities within the Texas Education Agency's strategic plan.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath welcomed the announcement by DeVos, saying, "In Texas, we are committed to ensuring every child is prepared for success in college, a career or the military.

Our state plan reflects a commitment to reinforcing public education outcomes for more than five million schoolchildren while continuing to strengthen the economic future of Texas."

Abbott returns from India Gov. Greg Abbott on March 30 returned from a nine-day business development trip to India, where he visited with government officials and business leaders in several cities to promote economic and trade relationships between India and Texas.

Abbott met with Reliance Industries, Infosys Limited, JSW Steel and Wipro Limited and with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nation's ministers of petroleum and natural gas, commerce and industry and civil aviation.

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

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Fire has its place on the landscape says burn manager

By Jim Steiert Contributing Writer

Memories of 2017’s tragic Panhandle wildfires are still fresh. Dense residues of grass and weed growth fostered by distantly remembered summer and fall rains abound. High and Rolling Plains residents are jittery that it could all go up like a tinderbox in the current drought. Purposely igniting fires on rangeland seems a crazy notion.

Still, Keith Blair, a Texas certified burn instructor and Texas certified burn manager and founder of Red Buffalo LLC, championed fire as a tool for range and wildlife management and public safety is exactly what championed at the recent Quail Management Symposium at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock.

Blair says prescribed burns boost land stewardship and protect people. The fact that fire can boost native grasses, quail and other wildlife is just icing on the cake.

Named for the image of flames from a controlled fire rolling through a burn area “like a red buffalo herd,” his company offers prescribed burning workshops throughout Texas. Fire weather, fuel moisture, topography, fire effects, burn plans, regulations, post-burn management and the Certified Burn Manager Program are covered. The course is open to private landowners, consultants and land management agencies.

“Native Americans used burning to improve grassland and prevent wildfires.

We got away from that in Texas. Fear drives the fire culture in Texas even when we are using fire to manage rangeland. I studied under Dr. Henry Wright at Texas Tech from 1986 to 1991.

He developed safe ways to manage fire. Techniques he pioneered are practically applied on Texas ranches,”

family to go save the cows, get your family out. Your job is to get out. Some cows may die, but you and your family won’t,” Blair stresses as the primary lesson.

With vast expanses of Texas rangeland choked with weeds, prickly pear and brush, Blair travels the state from end to end assisting landowners in dealing with problems arising from absence of fire from the landscape.

“The easiest things to grow on rangelands are trees and shrubs. All you have to do is overgraze and/or never let it burn,” he said. “The mistakes of the past continue.

Fire never kills adult brush, it kills baby brush. If you can’t understand that, then you will spend the rest of your life ‘trying’ to kill the adult brush. Today, much of Texas is dealing with adult cedars overwhelming the landscape. Historically, they weren’t here, because periodic fires took them out before they got big. Today we suppress fire and the big cedars went crazy.”

Blair says one of his jobs as a certified burn manager

Under the watchful eye of certified burn managers, fire can be used as a tool to protect people and advance land stewardship. Controlled fire can reduce wildfire hazards and boost native grasses and other flora and fauna.

Contributed photos Blair explained.

According to Blair, the Texas High Plains has one of the highest natural fire (lightning caused) frequencies on earth, second only to Florida, and the highest rate of fire spread on earth. Natural fire frequency in the High Plains is every three years, while in the Rolling Plains it’s every four to six years.

“Native flora and fauna are dependent on natural fire.

Many seeds need heat to germinate. Birds and other species benefit from natural fire. Unfortunately, all we do is fight fire and wildfires continue to get worse,” said Blair.

“Do we just sit back and wait for wildfires to happen?

Texans aren’t people to just sit back and wait. We ought to be burning black lines for fire protection, just like the XIT cowboys did early in the 20th Century. Why wait for wildfires. We can protect ourselves with controlled burns. Rural residents can protect themselves by not

is to create habitat with fire.

Depending on the fuel load and the type of fire, a burn can encourage growth of weeds and vegetation that favor quail and other wildlife.

“Fire is similar to what happened when a herd of 50,000 bison went through.

They grazed two or three days and moved on. Can we mimic that? All of my best clients who manage with fire have native grass roots six feet deep, versus six inches deep where range is overgrazed. We are really into the science of fire, and knowing what fire will do,” Blair observes.

“Smokey Bear uring us to prevent fires became the most successful advertising campaign in U.S. history. Smokey caused the largest ecological disaster in the country’s history too, by causing fire to be completely removed from the landscape.”

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

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planting volatile windbreaks around their homes, and burning or mowing a fire line in grass around their homes to deprive wildfires of fuel.”

Blair says fire education should be a priority for schools.

“Our children should be taught about fire. The average elementary school kid in Florida knows more about fire than Texas children. Kids need to understand that the Panhandle and Rolling Plains are high fire frequency areas, that the

fire spread rate is the highest on earth. We’re more wildfire prone today, but our school kids don’t know about fire. We need to be teaching them that a wildfire can have a flame length from four feet to 100 feet. A fire is moving five to seven miles an hour, and you can’t outrun it and shouldn’t drive into it. With all of the smoke you can’t see in front of your face and the oxygen is being consumed.

“A wildfire is moving deceivingly fast. You don’t outrun it. Don’t leave your

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Tax reform makes for Happy Bank From Contributed Sources

AMARILLO - In its board meeting Jan. 23, the Happy State Bank Board of Directors voted unanimously for a significant wage and benefit increase for employees of the company as a direct result of the new tax reform legislation.

The announcement was made by board chairman and CEO, J. Pat Hickman.

The wage increases directly impact over 600 of the bank’s 700-plus employees.

The new program will see the bank increase its starting minimum wage to $13.50 per hour and increasing to $14 after a 90-day probationary period.

Current employees currently earning less than $14 per hour will be increased to this amount immediately.

Employees currently earning between $14-$17.50 hourly will receive an approximate 50 cent hourly wage increase.

Salaried employees making less than $18 hourly will receive a $1,000 annual increase.

Full-time employees making up to $100,000 (and not in the above categories) will receive a one-time $1,000 bonus or $500 bonus if part-time.

The KSOP Retirement Plan dollarfor-dollar company match will increase from 6 percent to 7 percent, which benefits every employee that participates to that level.

“Our board is really excited to

pass a major portion of our bank’s tax benefit over to our employees,” Hickman said. “For many of our employees, the raise will be life-changing.

“All told, these increases will impact 80 percent of our 700-plus employees. It’s a win-win for everyone.

Obviously, we’re all pretty happy around here.”

Happy State Bank has been providing financial services since 1908 and operates through 35 offices in Happy, Abilene, Addison, Allen, Amarillo, Borger, Canadian, Canyon, Dalhart, Dumas, Floydada, Fort Worth, Hereford, Higgins, Lockney, Lubbock, Olton, Pampa, Panhandle, Plainview, Shamrock, Silverton, Stratford, Sunray and Texline.

WT production moves to Region VI festival From West Texas A&M

CANYON – The West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) theatre production of “Luna Gale” has advanced to the Region VI Festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).

The production is one of seven selected from a field of 70 by the region’s committee to advance to the regional competition in March at Angelo State University.

This marks the sixth WTAMU theatre production to be selected for performance at KCACTF. Previous productions were selected in 1997, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017.

After the performance at the Region VI festival in March, the production will be considered for KCACTF National Awards in Washington, D.C. KACACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide and has served

WT’s production of “Luna Gale” has been selected to advance to regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival competition.

Contributed photo as a catalyst for improving the quality of collegetheater in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions across the country, where theater departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF

respondents. KCACTF Region VI consists of six states – Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

“Luna Gale” is directed

by Callie Hisek, assistant professor of theatre. It is a contemporary drama written by Rebecca Gillman about the child welfare system and one social

worker’s determination to protect a child.

The production was staged at WTAMU in September at Happy State Bank Studio Theatre as a KCACTF participating production.

“I am beyond proud of the work that the students and faculty have done with this production. I don’t know if I truly have the words to express my gratitude for the seven actors who put themselves out there every time they perform,” Hisek said. “This show impacts them emotionally, physically, and mentally and the amount of work that I have witnessed coming from all of them has inspired me."

In addition to their involvement with three regional performances, WTAMU theatre students will compete in design and technical events, the Irene Ryan Acting competition, the Musical Theatre Initiative, as well as dramaturgy and directing events.

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What do you think of when you think of HOME? We'll begin with that question Sunday morning at Fellowship of Believers church. The sharing of our "home" memories will prepare us for our lesson from John chapter 14. Pastor Danny Mize is calling it "Preparing For Home." The morning Scripture reading will come from John 14:1-3, a very familiar and comforting passage from the Bible.

The familiar hymn, "Higher Ground," will also help focus our thoughts on our heavenly home. Marilyn Bell will provide the piano accompaniment and Peggy Mize will lead us in singing.

At 9:00 a.m. Sunday, Dennis Hicks will be leading the third lesson in a video Bible class called "The Promise of the Messiah." Fellowship and refreshments are available each Sunday by 10:00 a.m. and the 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, just north of Hereford Nursing & Rehab. Everyone is welcome to attend. Questions? Leave a message at 364-0359.

Notes from past Sundays are online at: FOBlessons.com – posted on Sunday afternoon each week. Want to know more? Visit our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ FOBchurchHereford/

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

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

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Church News Nazarene Family Church You are invited to worship the Lord through preaching, singing and reading the Word in our 2 Sunday morning worship services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ted welcomes you!

Sunday School is our best Bible teaching time for your whole family. There are classes for Preschool, 1st & 2nd grades, 3rd & 4th grades, 5th & 6th grades, Jr. High, High School, Young Adults, and 4 more adult classes. There is one for everyone!

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District tests loom for netters

By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor

Lady Herd’s Daz Rodriguez slides in under the throw to steal second during Friday’s, 7-1, loss to Canyon that snapped a sixgame winning streak.

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Lady Herd win streak snapped by Canyon

From Staff Reports

A six-game run through district play for the Hereford Lady Whitefaces was ended Friday in a 7-1 loss to visiting Canyon.

The loss snapped a sixgame winning streak for the Lady Herd that started after a 2-0 loss at Canyon opened District 3-5A play on Feb. 27.

The Lady Eagles used two doubles and a single

to plate all the runs they would in taking a 2-0 lead in the first.

They added two more in the third on a single and 2-run home run a batter later.

A single Canyon run scored in an error in the fifth before a pair of solo roundtrippers closed out the scoring the top of the seventh.

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While it lacks much of the overall excitement of fall competition, the spring high school tennis season hits its first major crossroad this week with district tournaments.

Where fall tennis is a team competition with the postseason decided identically to other team sports like volleyball, football and basketball, prep tennis in the spring is individually based.

The Hereford Whiteface and Lady Whitefaces will open serve at district on Wednesday in Amarillo.

The tournament is seeded by a vote of coaches that is designed to be based on the results throughout the spring season.

However, that is not always the case, according to Hereford coach Cody Crouch as he awaits the announcement of tournament seeding after press time Tuesday.

“If politics weren’t involved then I think Victoria Betzen (singles), Kara Esquivel and Addi Ferris (girls doubles), and Tommy Villalovos and Aubrey Schueler (mixed doubles) are deserving of a seed,” he said. “The problem is once politics get involved and once people start putting up non-deserving kids, the votes get diluted, and who knows what will actually happen?

“It is nice because unlike superlative awards that were deserved in the fall, we actually get to strap on

Seniors Kara Esquivel, left, and Addi Ferris, right, are among the frontrunners in girls doubles heading into this week’s district tournament.

BRAND/John Carson the boots and work for this regardless of a seed.”

Annually difficult to advance past district, the Whitefaces face a similar problem this season with perennial state powers

Randall and Amarillo in the fold.

Aware of that, Crouch still had goals for this year’s tourney.

“Every kid has a different way to measure success,” he

said. “If we can get a favorable first-round matchup, I would like to win five firstround matches so that more kids are extending their day PLEASE SEE TENNIS | 10

Herd can’t muster hit in 12-1 loss From Staff Reports

It was pretty much anything but a good Friday for the Hereford Whitefaces in a 12-1, mercy-shortened loss to visiting Amarillo in a District 3-5A diamond tilt.

The loss extended the Herd losing streak to eight games and with defeats in 10 of the last 11 game and 12 of the last 14, they have dropped to 7-15 overall and 0-6 in league play.

After scoreless first inning, the Sandies would score all they would need in a threerun second.

They blew it open in the third when the first eight batters reached base via four singles, two walks, a fielder’s choice and double and all would score as 12 Sandies entered the box.

Wednesday, April 4 Tennis Varsity at District tournament, Amarillo, TBA

Thursday, April 5 Baseball JV Maroon at Randall, 4:30 p.m.

JV White vs. Randall, 5 p.m.

Tennis Varsity at District tournament, Amarillo, TBA

A single run was added in the top of the fifth after three two-out singles loaded the bases and the run was walked in.

Literally the only offensive threat of the game for the Whitefaces came in the fourth when they were trailing 11-0.

Shawn Escamilla walked to lead off and moved to second when Ray Ramirez drew a base on balls.

Escamilla went to third on an error and Ramirez stole second before Escamilla came home on Mitchell Carnahan’s sacrifice fly.

Escamilla was the first Whiteface to reach second and only the second Herd baserunner of the game to that point.

In fact, the Whitefaces were held hitless for the first time this season despite scoring PLEASE SEE BB | 10

Herd’s Ray Ramirez gets plunked in the back by the throw while safely stealing second during Friday’s, 12-1, District 3-5A loss to Amarillo.

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COMING UP BETWEEN THE LINES Friday, April 6 Baseball Varsity vs. Randall, 5 p.m.

Softball Varsity vs. Amarillo, 4:30 p.m.

JV vs. Amarillo, 6:30 p.m.

Tennis JV at District tournament, Amarillo, TBA Track Varsity boys, girls at Canyon tri-meet, TBA

Saturday, April 7 Baseball JV Maroon vs. Randall, 10 a.m.

JV White at Randall, 10 a.m.

Monday, April 9 Golf Boys at Canyon, TBA

Tuesday, April 10 Baseball Varsity vs. Palo Duro, 5 p.m.

Softball Varsity at Randall, 4:30 p.m.

JV at Randall, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 11 Track Varsity boys, girls at District meet, Randall, TBA

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BBBS Hereford executive director Sara Pesina doles out shoes to bowlers during a change between the four Friday night sessions.

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BFKS: FROM PAGE 1

70 teams taking part and $30,100 raised was blown out of the water during this year’s seven, hour-long sessions over two days.

A total of 76 teams representing an array of local entities from schools, banks and other businesses took part in this year’s events.

With teams sporting fourseven members each, a record 400-plus bowlers hit the lanes.

Lindsey Wagner of the Farmers Insurance team scarfs a piece of pizza between turns during the March 23-24 Bowl For Kids’ Sake event.

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Whether dinner and snacks on Friday evening or breakfast and doughnuts on Saturday morning, the refreshments flowed during the 19th annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraiser. BRAND/John Carson Arguably the best-represented entity taking part in the event was Hereford Independent School District (HISD) with a team from Bluebonnet Elementary and two each from Aikman and Tierra Blanca elementary schools.

As of Monday, Pesina reported the records continued to fall as a total of $34,400 had been raised with the final total expected to reach $35,000.

The largest fundraiser of the year for BBBS, the event continues to draw support from the community and al-

The team from FirstBank Southwest takes equipment in hand to pose for a photo on the lanes during Friday’s opening session.

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lows the agency to do what it does.

“All the funds raised are for our programs,” Pesina said. “”We are completely self-supported. We get no funding from national Big Brothers Big Sisters. We do

Although clad in an official event t-shirt, HISD Superintendent Sheri Blankenship was never seen rolling a ball, but always engaged in conversation.

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TENNIS:

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and getting one more match in.

“We are going to be so outmatched in some spots that it really isn’t going to matter how well we play or how poorly the other plays. We could open our entire tool box, and we have nothing that can hurt them.”

While admittedly outmatched in most spots against the district’s top competitors, Crouch does have a couple of aces up his sleeve in terms of those who could make some noise at the tournament.

“I think Kara and Addi have the most talent in the girls double draw, but they will have to play well,” he said. “There are six teams in that draw and any of them could win it.

“Victoria will need to avoid Leslie O’Miere from Randall until the semifinals. I think Victoria can beat any girl in there, but O’Miere is the clear-cut favorite to win that draw. That is also a deep draw which is a mine field.”

Esquivel and Ferris, both seniors, have been threatening to break through at district for the past couple of year, while Betzen, a freshman, burst onto the scene this fall with a season that included only one loss in district at No. 5 singles.

For his mixed doubles tandem, there is a tough row to hoe.

“My goal for them is to make it to Day 2,” Crouch

The Lady Whitefaces lone run came on an Abrie Castillo homer with one out in the fourth.

Prior to that, the first Lady Herd baserunner came on Kaelynn Vallejo’s two-out single in the third.

Only two Lady Whitefaces reached base after Castillo’s home run with Daz Rodriguez singling to open the sixth and stealing second before being stranded there when Nahryah Hayes, Xandria Liscano and Vallejo all struck out to douse the fire.

Haleigh Barba singled to start the Lady Herd seventh, but was cut down trying to steal second.

With only 4 hits in their 24 at-bats for the game, the Lady Whitefaces went down on strikes 15 times.

The top six batters in the Lady Herd lineup finished a combined 3-for-18

Lady Whiteface freshman Victoria Betzen warrants to be among the seeds in girls singles for the district tournament Wednesday and Thursday.

BRAND/John Carson said. “That is another tough draw, and the top is super loaded. It is effectively a three-team race for two spots.

“I want Aubrey and Tommy to get experience of playing on Day 2 of a district tournament. Those two are coming back next year and

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a run as all three Herd baserunners reached on walks.

Meanwhile, the Sandies hammered out 15 hits against Whiteface started Jade Collier, who was forced to leave the game in the fifth when he took a line drive off his pitching hand.

Collier gave up 12 runs – 9 earned – on the 15 hits while striking out 1 and walking 3.

have really big things to look forward to in 4A tennis.”

The district tournament concludes Thursday with the top two finishers in boys and girls singles, doubles and mixed doubles advancing to April 17-18 Region 1 tournament at Texas Tech University.

The Whitefaces struck out 10 times with Collier, Christian Mendez and Gunner Head fanning in each of their two at-bats.

The Herd opened a home-and-home series with Randall, after press time, Tuesday when they hosted the Raiders. They make the return to Randall for a 5 p.m., first pitch on Friday.

AMARILLO 12, HEREFORD 1

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receive some grants, but those are only for limited cases.

“We want to be able to make these services available for all kids who want to participate, and we don’t charge families for the services.”

with 13 strikeouts – including three in all three plate appearances by leadoff hitter Danielle Pena, as well as two each from No. 2 hitter Bianca Olvera, Barba at No. 4, No. 5 hitter Haylie Valdez and Rodriguez at No. 6.

Castillo took the loss in the circle, giving up 11 runs – 6 earned – on 7 hits. She did not walk a batter and struck out 10, but also served up three home run balls.

Still in second place in the district race, the Lady Whitefaces were back in action, after press time, Tuesday when they hosted Plainview.

They complete a three-game homestand to open the second turn through district on Friday when Amarillo comes calling. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.

CANYON 7, HEREFORD 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Canyon 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 Hereford WP: Lair; LP: Castillo. HR- C: Callahan, Lair, Williams; H: Castillo