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Construction price expected for TBES renovation By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
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Topping a long list of action items on the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Hereford Independent School District (HISD) Board of Trustees will be consideration and action on bids for renovations at Tierra Blanca Elementary School (TBES). HISD’s contracted con-
struction manager at risk (CMAR), Southwest Construction, is expected to present trustees with a guaranteed price for construction. Under the construction agreement, the CMAR determines the project’s needs, then bids out and accepts ones from subcontractors to do the work. “They will put together a package of bids and pres-
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“It will not exceed [that price],” he said. Southwest and HISD architect Lenora Ask of Chapman-Harvey Architects of Lubbock, finalized designs and hosted a prebid at TBES on May 1 – at which time bid were accepted. Bids were opened May 8, and final price determinations have been made since.
The renovation came about as HISD began coping with severe facility problems after bond issues failed in 2015 and 2017. Trustees approved HISD Superintendent Sheri Blankenship’s “Next Steps” plan in November that called for the closing of TBES for renovation during the 2018-18 school year. PLEASE SEE PRICE | 3
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ent them to the board,” HISD Business Manager Rusty Ingram said. “They will submit a total price of construction.” The moniker guaranteed construction price is notso-much lip service. That is exactly what it is. Ingram added the submitted Southwest price approved by trustees is the maximum amount construction will cost HISD.
Artho, Nino square off for Pct. 4 board seat
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Run for the Fallen Local heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice were part of national remembrance Thursday when Run for the Fallen made a stop in its 6,000-mile, 19-state, cross-country trek in Hereford. Right, run founder George Lutz shares a moment of silence with runners before, above, Whiteface wrestlers and cross country team members join in leaving the VFW en route to Dawn. During the ceremony, the names of local residents who have fallen were read aloud. Below, the run being a national effort held no sway with BNSF, which held up timing and progress of the run through Hereford as trains passed through and stopped in town. Bottom, the first group of HHS runners cross the tracks for U.S. 60 en route to the end of the day's run in Dawn. BRAND/John Carson
The primary election season will finally come to an end for all Deaf Smith County voters when polls open Tuesday for runoff elections from the March 6 Republican and Democratic primaries. On the runoff ballot are several national and state races – most notably a Democratic runoff to determine a gubernatorial candidate in November – and one of the four contested county races on the primary ballot. Incumbent Dale Artho and challenger John Nino will face each other to determine the GOP candidate in November for the Precinct 4 seat on the Deaf Smith County Commissioners Court. The two survived a four-man race in March, however, none garnered the required 50 percent-plus-one vote total needed to be declared winner. As a result, the top vote-getters in March moved to the runoff. Roughly a quarter of the county’s more than 8,000 registered voters – 2,007 – can take part in the Precinct 4 runoff that will decide whether Artho, a commercial farmer and rancher, is granted a second term in office or a new face takes over the seat. “One of the things that has been a plus for me [during the first term] is I look at things a bit differently,” Artho said. “I bring PLEASE SEE PRECINCT 4 | 3
Disc golf, stage among topics for commissioners By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
A pair of community-improvement projects were among items brought before the Hereford City Commission during a called meeting Monday. The meeting, which replaces the board’s usual gathering on the third Monday of each month, was moved to adhere to deadlines for having results from the May 5 election canvassed and certified. One of the two projects was part of the agenda, while the other was broached during the meeting’s public comment time. Gaining the commission’s unanimous approval was a request by Riley Tiemann to use a portion of Veteran’s Park for his Eagle Scout project. Tiemann, who made the proposal with father David, plans to construct an 18-hole disc golf course in the park for public use. “The idea of disc golf in that park has been discussed before,” Hereford City Manager Rick Hanna said during the work session precedPLEASE SEE CITY | 4