VOLUME 96, NO. 103 One Section — 8 Pages 50 ¢ Section A — 8 Pages PERRYTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013 WEEKEND SNOW BLANKETS AREA On Saturday, Dec. 21, a snowstorm started at noon, with the snow continuing throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours. The area received eight to ten inches of cover, with KEYE reporting nine inches of snow and .85 of an inch of moisture. See story for more information. FILLING FOOD BOXES FOR CHRISTMAS Members of the Perryton Ministerial Allliance and many volunteers filled the food boxes that the organiza- tion gives to needy families in the community every year at Christmas. The group filled 180 boxes with staples to be given to those inthe community in need. The food came from the Amarillo Area Food Bank and the local United Supermarket. See story for more information. City receives 10 inches of snow Last weekend, the area had a small snow storm that brought the area a covering of snow, from five inches in the south part of the coun- ty to about 10 inches in Perryton. The official snowfall for Perryton, from KEYE, was nine inches, with .85 of an inch of moisture from the cover. Edwin and Wanda Larmon, in the 2100 block of Grinnell, received eight inches of snow. Tod Holt, in the 300 block of NE First Avenue, picked up 10 inches. Bill Dudley, in the central part of town, measured nine Fire destroys house On Monday afternoon, the Perryton Fire Depart- ment was called out to a structure fire on Highway 70, around one mile south of the seven mile corner. The home of Buster Lumbard was completely destroyed. No one was injured in the fire. According to Fire Chief Paul Dutcher, the call came in at 3:11 p.m. He said that the house was fully engulfed in flames when the trucks arrived on the scene. In 17 degree tempera- tures, the firemen first at- and a half inches of snow. The east side of Murphy Park received eight inches. Grady and Colleen Yeary, 13 miles northwest of Perryton, received eight inches. Sandy Drake, in Waka, reported seven and a half inches of snow. Fred Hale, one half mile west of Highway 83 in the Notla Community, recorded five inches of snow, which was .20 of an inch of moisture. The Lobo Restaurant in Wolf Creek Park and Willie Calliham, just east of Lake Fryer, both reported six inches of snow. Ministerial Alliance gives food boxes to families in need The Perryton Ministerial Alliance had their annual Christmas food give-away on Saturday, Dec. 21. The alliance donates food boxes to needy families in the community every Christmas. The event has become an annual tradition for the organization. Stan Burleson, president of the alliance, said that vol- unteers met at the Ochiltree County Expo Center to fill the boxes on Friday, Dec. 20. He added that they had help from the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts ,and Stacy Tan- ner’s Perryton High School FCCLA classes, as well as members of the ninth grade football team. Each box was filled with tempted to fight the fire inside through the doors and window, but the fire and heat was too intense. “We had to fight the fire defensively from the out- side,” Dutcher said. Chief Dutcher said they had four trucks at the scene and 15 firemen. The house was a complete loss. Dutcher said the loss of the structure was $50,000 to $60,000, and that did not include the loss of the contents. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Court hears audit report, approves hangar contract The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court, at the meeting on Monday, Dec. 23, heard the annual audit report from the certi- fied public accountants of Doshier, Pickens & Francis, LLC, of Amarillo, presented by John Merriss. The court also approved several minor changes to the airport hangar contract recommended by the airport committee. Merriss handed out the audit report and went over the different sections with staples, including sugar, flour, soup, spaghetti, pea- nut butter and jelly, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, cran- berry sauce, sweet potatoes, macaroni, hard and choco- late candy. On the next morning for the delivery, milk, bread and a frozen turkey were added to the contents of each of the boxes. The food for the boxes came from the Amarillo Area Food Bank and from the local United Supermar- ket. The project is funded by donations from the com- munity. On Saturday morning, volunteeers delivered the boxes, while some of the recipients picked up the sup- plies at the Expo Center. the commissioners. The report included the financial statements of net positions and activities, as well as statements of revenues, expenditures and changes. Merriss briefly discussed the retirement plan for the county employees, telling the court that as of the end of 2012 the plan was 80.03% funded. He added that only a few counties were funded high than that, and most were funded must lower. He said that for Ochiltree County to be at 80% was not a bad funding percentage. Merriss said that Ochiltree County finances for the pe- riod ending Sept. 30, 2013 were in accordance with accepted accounting prin- ciples. The commissioners ap- proved the report from Doshier, Pickens and Fran- cis, LLC. In other business at the meeting, the commissioners approved the minor changes of the airport committee to the airport hangar contract. The committee met on Monday, Dec. 9 at the air- port, for the purpose of dis- cussing the need for changes in the airport hangar con- tracts. Several subjects were discussed at the meeting, including availability of lots for hangars, the requirement of hangars being used for aircraft versus storage only, and the need to increase fees. The committee recom- mended to the court that major changes do not need to be made to the hangar contracts and they also rec- ommended that airport fees should remain unchanged. They made no recommenda- tion via consensus as to how the court should address the aircraft requirement for future tenants. It was also recommend- ed by the committee that all current lessees should be “grandfathered” or ex- empted from the aircraft requirement, if the com- missioners’ court chooses to enforce the agreement requirement. Also at the meeting, the commissioners approved the authorization of optional contribution to TCDRS. The court also approved a joint resolution between the county clerk and the Democratic and Republican parties for the 2014 primary elections. The commissioners also approved the auditor’s re- port and budget amend- ments, as well as approved bills for payment.
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VOLUME 96, NO. 103 One Section — 8 Pages
50¢Section A — 8 Pages PERRYTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013
WEEKEND SNOW BLANKETS AREAOn Saturday, Dec. 21, a snowstorm started at noon, with the snow continuing throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours. The area received eight to ten inches of cover, with KEYE reporting nine inches of snow and .85 of an inch of moisture. See story for more information.
FILLING FOOD BOXES FOR CHRISTMASMembers of the Perryton Ministerial Allliance and many volunteers filled the food boxes that the organiza-tion gives to needy families in the community every year at Christmas. The group filled 180 boxes with staples to be given to those inthe community in need. The food came from the Amarillo Area Food Bank and the local United Supermarket. See story for more information.
City receives 10 inches of snow
Last weekend, the area had a small snow storm that brought the area a covering of snow, from five inches in the south part of the coun-ty to about 10 inches in Perryton.
The official snowfall for Perryton, from KEYE, was nine inches, with .85 of an inch of moisture from the cover.
Edwin and Wanda Larmon, in the 2100 block of Grinnell, received eight inches of snow. Tod Holt, in the 300 block of NE First Avenue, picked up 10 inches.
Bill Dudley, in the central part of town, measured nine
Fire destroys houseOn Monday afternoon,
the Perryton Fire Depart-ment was called out to a structure fire on Highway 70, around one mile south of the seven mile corner. The home of Buster Lumbard was completely destroyed. No one was injured in the fire.
According to Fire Chief Paul Dutcher, the call came in at 3:11 p.m. He said that the house was fully engulfed in flames when the trucks arrived on the scene.
In 17 degree tempera-tures, the firemen first at-
and a half inches of snow. The east side of Murphy Park received eight inches.
Grady and Co l l een Yeary, 13 miles northwest of Perryton, received eight inches.
Sandy Drake, in Waka, reported seven and a half inches of snow.
Fred Hale, one half mile west of Highway 83 in the Notla Community, recorded five inches of snow, which was .20 of an inch of moisture.
The Lobo Restaurant in Wolf Creek Park and Willie Calliham, just east of Lake Fryer, both reported six inches of snow.
Ministerial Alliance gives food boxes to families in need
The Perryton Ministerial Alliance had their annual Christmas food give-away on Saturday, Dec. 21.
The alliance donates food boxes to needy families in the community every Christmas. The event has become an annual tradition for the organization.
Stan Burleson, president of the alliance, said that vol-unteers met at the Ochiltree County Expo Center to fill the boxes on Friday, Dec. 20.
He added that they had help from the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts ,and Stacy Tan-ner’s Perryton High School FCCLA classes, as well as members of the ninth grade football team.
Each box was filled with
tempted to fight the fire inside through the doors and window, but the fire and heat was too intense.
“We had to fight the fire defensively from the out-side,” Dutcher said.
Chief Dutcher said they had four trucks at the scene and 15 firemen.
The house was a complete loss. Dutcher said the loss of the structure was $50,000 to $60,000, and that did not include the loss of the contents.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Court hears audit report, approves hangar contractThe Ochiltree County
Commissioners’ Court, at the meeting on Monday, Dec. 23, heard the annual audit report from the certi-fied public accountants of Doshier, Pickens & Francis, LLC, of Amarillo, presented by John Merriss.
The court also approved several minor changes to the airport hangar contract recommended by the airport committee.
Merriss handed out the audit report and went over the different sections with
staples, including sugar, flour, soup, spaghetti, pea-nut butter and jelly, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, cran-berry sauce, sweet potatoes, macaroni, hard and choco-late candy.
On the next morning for the delivery, milk, bread and a frozen turkey were added to the contents of each of the boxes.
The food for the boxes came from the Amarillo Area Food Bank and from the local United Supermar-ket. The project is funded by donations from the com-munity.
On Saturday morning, volunteeers delivered the boxes, while some of the recipients picked up the sup-plies at the Expo Center.
the commissioners.The report included the
financial statements of net positions and activities, as well as statements of revenues, expenditures and changes.
Merriss briefly discussed the retirement plan for the county employees, telling the court that as of the end of 2012 the plan was 80.03% funded.
He added that only a few counties were funded high than that, and most were funded must lower. He said
that for Ochiltree County to be at 80% was not a bad funding percentage.
Merriss said that Ochiltree County finances for the pe-riod ending Sept. 30, 2013 were in accordance with accepted accounting prin-ciples.
The commissioners ap-proved the report from Doshier, Pickens and Fran-cis, LLC.
In other business at the meeting, the commissioners approved the minor changes of the airport committee to
the airport hangar contract.The committee met on
Monday, Dec. 9 at the air-port, for the purpose of dis-cussing the need for changes in the airport hangar con-tracts.
Several subjects were discussed at the meeting, including availability of lots for hangars, the requirement of hangars being used for aircraft versus storage only, and the need to increase fees.
The committee recom-mended to the court that
major changes do not need to be made to the hangar contracts and they also rec-ommended that airport fees should remain unchanged. They made no recommenda-tion via consensus as to how the court should address the aircraft requirement for future tenants.
It was also recommend-ed by the committee that all current lessees should be “grandfathered” or ex-empted from the aircraft requirement, if the com-missioners’ court chooses
to enforce the agreement requirement.
Also at the meeting, the commissioners approved the authorization of optional contribution to TCDRS.
The court also approved a joint resolution between the county clerk and the Democratic and Republican parties for the 2014 primary elections.
The commissioners also approved the auditor’s re-port and budget amend-ments, as well as approved bills for payment.
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Virginia Lee Conner-Purnell, 80, of Blooming-ton, IL passed away at 9:41p.m. Dec. 13, 2013 at herresidence.
Services were heldWednesday, Dec. 18, atCalvert & Metzler Memo-rial Home in Bloomingtonwith Rev. Richard Gray of-ficiating. A graveside ser-vice was held that after-noon at Walnut RidgeCemetery in Virginia, IL.
She was born March 17,1933 in Lowry City, MO,the daughter of Leo andLeta Crump Hawkins. Shemarried George W. Conner
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on Oct. 8, 1954. He passedaway on April 5, 1992. Vir-ginia later married FrankPurnell on Dec. 20, 2000 inProgreso, Mexico.
After receiving a bach-elor of science degree innursing, she worked as aregistered nurse for 43years.
She will be deeplymissed by her family andfriends.
She was also preceded indeath by her parents; and asister, Donna Briggs.
She is survived by herhusband, Frank, ofBloomington; four chil-dren, Rhonda (Doug)Walker of Eureka, KS,Patricia (Roger) Bilson ofPerryton, Richard Connerof Olathe, KS and Stan (Su-san) Conner of Heyworth,IL; 13 grandchildren; and13 great-grandchildren.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT DONATION—In the spirit of Christmas, over the last four years members of thePerryton Police Department have provided toys to a family in a financial crisis. This year the policedepartment, along with United Supermarket, focused on helping an elderly person during the holiday season.Members of the department provided groceries and made a donation towards the person’s utility bills.Pictured from left are Officer Oscar Sifuentes, Sgt. Eric Kerl, Officer Christopher McGowen and Unitedstore manager Monty Kinnard.
On December 24, 2013the Ochiltree CountySheriff’s Department hadoutstanding warrants on thefollowing people:
Carlos Saul Arzate, whitemale. Date of birth, June 6,1976. Height, 5’10”, weight,185 pounds. Brown eyes,black hair. Last known ad-dress was Booker. There isone misdemeanor warrantfor Arzate for driving withan invalid license.
Andrew Lee Daughtry,white male. Date of birth,March 11, 1983. Height,5’8”, weight, 150 pounds.Green eyes, brown hair. Lastknown address was Canyon.There is one misdemeanorwarrant for Daughtry fordriving with an invalid li-cense.
Diana Gonzalez, whitefemale. Date of birth, June3, 1980. Height, 5’5”,
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weight, 170 pounds. Browneyes, brown hair. Last knownaddress was Perryton. Thereis one misdemeanor warrantfor Gonzalez for issuance ofbad checks.
Joe Paul Hancock, whitemale. Date of birth, March8, 1958. Height, 5’9”,weight, 170 pounds. Hazeleyes, brown hair. Lastknown address was Nocona.There is one misdemeanorwarrant for Hancock for ac-cident involving damage tovehicle.
Ronnie Mac Henderson,white male. Date of birth,Feb. 22, 1954. Height, 6’,weight, 258 pounds. Browneyes, gray hair. Last knownaddress was Amarillo. Thereis one misdemeanor warrantfor Henderson for terroris-tic threat causing fear ofimminent bodily injury.
Marcus Ray Hernandez,white male. Date of birth,Jan. 12, 1994. Height, 5’9”,weight, 150 pounds. Browneyes, black hair. Last knownaddress was Abernathy.There is one misdemeanorwarrant for Hernandez forpossession of a controlledsubstance.
Jeffery Mathew Martin,white male. Date of birth,Nov. 23, 1982. Height,5’10”, weight, 200 pounds.Brown eyes, black hair. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There is one mis-demeanor warrant for Mar-tin for assault with bodilyinjury.
Jonathan Wayne Teel,white male. Date of birth,July 3, 1980. Height, 6’,weight, 160 pounds. Blue eyes,brown hair. Last known ad-dress was Perryton. Thereare two misdemeanor war-rants for Teel for issuance of
bad checks.Marco Antonio Herrera,
white male. Date of birth,Aug. 8, 1980. Height, 5’8”,weight, 220 pounds. Browneyes, black hair. Last knownaddress was Perryton. Thereis one misdemeanor warrantfor Herrera for driving whileintoxicated.
Michael Aaron Noland,white male. Date of birth,Aug. 23, 1986. Height, 5’8”,weight, 160 pounds. Hazeleyes, brown hair. Last knownaddress was Perryton. There
is one felony warrant forNoland for driving while in-toxicated.
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stateAUSTIN — Gov. Rick
Perry on Dec. 19 announcedthe appointment of NanditaBerry of Houston as the109th Texas Secretary ofState, effective Jan. 7, 2014.She succeeds John Steen,who was appointed by Perryin November 2012.
As secretary of state,Berry will serve as thestate’s chief elections of-ficer, the governor’s liaisonon border and Mexican af-fairs and Texas’ chief proto-col officer for state and in-ternational matters.
The Secretary of State’sOffice also serves as the for-mal repository for officialand business records, pub-lishes government rules andregulations, keeps the stateseal and attests to thegovernor’s signature on of-ficial documents.
Berry, the governor’s of-fice noted, is “the first In-dian American to fill thepost.”
She is a senior counsel atthe law firm of Locke LordLLP. She is a member of theState Bar of Texas andHouston Bar Association.She is a past member of theUniversity of HoustonBoard of Regents, and pastboard member of the Hous-ton Zoo Inc., South AsianChamber of Commerce,Houston Area Women’sCenter, and the CommunityFamily Center of Houston.
Berry received abachelor’s degree from Mt.Carmel College in Banga-lore, India, a bachelor’s de-gree from the University ofHouston and a law degreefrom the University ofHouston Law Center.
State recommendsvaccination
With flu season on the up-swing in the Lone Star State,the Texas Department ofState Health Services in aDec. 17 statement offeredthis tip:
Everyone six months oldand older should get vacci-nated; people should talk totheir health care providerabout the best type of fluvaccine for them; a nasalspray version is available forhealthy people ages 2 to 49who are not pregnant; and ahigh-dose vaccine is ap-proved for people 65 andolder.
Notably, the health depart-ment said, people shouldcover all coughs andsneezes, wash hands fre-quently with soap and wa-ter, or use hand sanitizer, andstay home if sick.
Road forum is oncalendar
The Texas Department ofTransportation on Dec. 17promoted the 9th annualTexas Transportation Fo-rum, Jan. 6 through Jan. 8,2014, in San Antonio.
TxDOT said U.S. Secre-tary of Transportation An-thony Foxx will join trans-portation experts, govern-ment leaders and others.
Among topics to be dis-cussed:
—Responding to emer-gency events in the after-math of disasters;
—How new transportationtechnologies are making ourlives easier; and
—Increasing Texas tour-ism.
Guest Editorial
Look Back in Libertyby John Stossel
This wasn’t a great year for liberty. A few disastersthat government caused:
—Obamacare. It was supposed to “bend the costcurve” downward. The central planners had lots oftime to perfect their scheme. For a generation, thebrightest left-wing wonks focused on health carepolicy. The result? Soviet-style consumer servicecomes to America.
—Government shutdown. The real disaster was theunnecessary panic over it. Zoos would shut down,and baby pandas would starve. The media made itsound like America might not survive even slightlylimited government. They were happy to echo thepoliticians’ claim that there’s no wasteful or stupidspending to cut.
“The cupboard is bare,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi,D-Calif. “There’s no more cuts to make.”
Nothing to cut? Government spends $3.8 trillion ayear!
Many Republicans are almost as eager to spendas Democrats, despite the difference in rhetoric be-tween the two parties. About the only spending re-duction Republicans accomplished in the past fewyears was the so-called sequester — which reallyhappened by legal default because the two partiescouldn’t reach an agreement. The sequester insti-tuted cuts of about $85 billion a year, a mere sliver ofthat $3.8 trillion budget and a still smaller sliver ofour $17 trillion debt.
Yet even those modest cuts will not happen nowunder the new congressional agreement. Becausesome Republicans were upset the sequester madesmall cuts to the military’s budget and were fearfulanother partial government shutdown might hurt theirchances in upcoming elections, they gave up themodest spending discipline the sequester imposed.Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, saidconservatives who want to keep the sequester are“ridiculous.”
The Republican behind the new agreement, Rep.Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was once called a fanatical bud-get-slasher who wanted to push Granny off a cliff.People talked about him reading Ayn Rand and be-ing a cutthroat capitalist. But now, even he abandonsthe meager budget cuts that were already scheduled.
I suppose Republicans feel they have no choice.They face Democrats who will cut nothing. They hopeto win the Senate next election and realize that spend-ing cuts are not particularly popular with the generalpublic.
Americans say they want less spending. But thenthey fight for farm subsidies, flood insurance and “eco-nomic development” schemes. Most federal spend-ing funds Social Security, Medicare and the military.Even citizens who sound fiscally conservative, es-pecially elderly ones, don’t want these things cut.
—This was also the year we found out just howmuch the federal government spies on its own citi-zens. I annoyed my fellow libertarians by saying theprivacy I lose to data mining seems a small price topay for surveillance against terrorism. I posted a listof a hundred other things government does that up-set me more. Some people responded by calling mea “traitor” and “LINO” (libertarian in name only).
Look, libertarians, I’m constantly angry at my gov-ernment for lots of things, but I just can’t get workedup about data mining. My emails fly through the air.For all I know, my political enemies already read them.
It is upsetting, though, that the National SecurityAgency snooping goes far beyond what the govern-ment first claimed. President Barack Obama assuredus the NSA does not read our emails or listen to ourphone calls. But it turns out they sometimes do.
They say they only look for terrorists, and they won’tuse the records to harass and punish their critics.But why would we trust that the same big govern-ment that spends $3.8 trillion a year, raids our homeslooking for drugs and regulates almost every part ofour lives won’t use its snooping powers to look intothings other than terrorism?
Given the truth of Thomas Jefferson’s warning —“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield,and government to gain ground” — I fear next yearwill be still worse for liberty.
To make it a better year, we can’t trust such a pow-erful government to restrain itself. We should cut backits duties to reduce its power.
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As I zipped through theChristmas season, I pausedand thought about what I amtruly thankful for. I mulledabout my loving wife, myfamily and even about thebounty that God has givenus. Suddenly, all thosethoughts were replaced bythree little words – some as-sembly required.
Yes, those three littlewords have made grownmen weep. Just writingthose words brings backdark memories of Christmaspast.
Years ago, my brother-in-law Bill Dudley and I spentthe better part of ChristmasDay assembling a toy swim-ming pool for his daughter,Lindsay. For hours we la-bored over the small plasticparts and attempted to findhow they fit in the grandscheme of the miniaturepool.
A large part of the prob-lem was the instructions.They contained such wellturned phrases as, “InsertPart AA in Slot X@ and ro-tate to lock.”
The Taiwanese whomolded the parts were a littleshort in schooling in theEnglish alphabet. The dis-tinctions between 2 and Z,1 and I, O and Q and Y andV were nonexistent.
Finally, I determined thatthe instructions were writtenin Taiwanese, translated toJapanese, then a dropoutEnglish language studentpenned them in what hethought was the King’s En-glish. Nowhere along theline did the people actuallymolding the parts have alook at the instructions.
After much cussing anddiscussing, the pool tookshape. A real swimmingpool would not have takenso long to build.
Another Christmas projectthat nearly got my goat was
Some Assemblya simple doll stroller. ThatChristmas Eve I was help-ing Santa by assembling afew presents that went un-der the tree.
Starting about midnight, Iquickly put together a bi-cycle, a scooter and an elec-tronic game. Flush with myearly victories I moved onto the doll stroller.
Thinking I would soon befinished and crawl into bedto let visions of sugarplumsdance in my head, I openedthe carton. When I unfoldedthe instructions, the joblooked very simple andstraightforward. Just runsome bolts through someholes and it would be built.
All the enthusiasm I feltfor the project evaporatedinstantly when I pulled theparts out of the box. Therewere no holes!
Some idiot had shippedthe toy out before the manu-facturing process was com-plete. If I could have laidhands on that employee thatcold, dark Christmas night,he would have had a holidayseason he would have bothfelt and remembered!
Working from the diagramin the instructions and thepicture on the box, I slowlycalculated where the holesneeded to be so the thingwould work. Taking mytrusty cordless drill in hand,I painstakingly made holesin the metal legs.
Just before dawn thatChristmas Day, the strollerwas complete. No, it didn’tlook exactly like the pictureand no, it didn’t “fold foreasy storage” as was pro-claimed on the box. But, itdid roll and hold a baby doll– a major accomplishment.
Yes, this holiday seasonhas a special glow because Iam secure in the knowledgethat I would not face anyChristmas assemblyprojects. I neither receivednor gave any present that hasthe infamous label “someassembly required.” AnyChristmas that doesn’t in-volve screwdrivers, drills orwrenches is truly a MerryChristmas.
Brrrrr. I hope all of you arestaying warm! These pastseveral days have been alittle chilly for me. I love thewinter, but I would prefer itbe a tad bit warmer than ithas been.
I guess I shouldn’t com-plain too much about thecold. I know people in theDallas area, have had it awhole lot worse than wehave this past week. Mybrother-in-law was stuck ina Walmart parking lot in theDenton area for a few days,because the ice was so thickon the roads, and traffic wasbacked up several milesdown Highway 287. I alsoread several Facebook postsabout people being stuck intheir homes around Dallasbecause of the ice. I thinkparts of Oklahoma got itpretty bad as well. I have aFacebook friend from Okla-
homa that had said even herkids were ready to go backto school, because they hadbeen stuck inside for so long!
I always thought it wouldbe so neat to be a stay athome mom, but after thesnow storm we had last Feb-ruary or March that left usall stuck inside for a fewdays, I decided I could neverbe a stay at home mom! Ilove my children to themoon and back, but they areboys. I will just leave it atthat! I could probably handlestaying home with just oneor the other, but when twoboys are together, it doesn’tmatter their ages, they willdrive a woman crazy! Itmight just be that my boysare alot like their momma,and that’s why they can besuch a handful.
by Joni Yara,The Booker News
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The freshmen boys trav-eled to Liberal, KS, Fridaynight to take on the Liberalfreshmen team.
The Wranglers trailed 12to 8 at the end of the firstquarter but Perryton scored11points in the second quar-ter, including a 3 point shotby Nick Watts at thebuzzer,while Liberal scored9 points to end the half trail-ing only 21-19.
The Wranglers were onlyable to score 1 field goal inthe third quarter and theywere down 33-21 at the endof three. Perryton’s offensewas able to get back on trackin the fourth quarter scoring12 points but Liberal scored10 points to take a 43-33 winover the Perryton Wran-glers.
Logan LaMunyon washigh point man for theWranglers scoring 12 points.Nick Watts had 7 pointswhile Jesus Cervantes had 6points. Clay Feger and JohnTurner each had 4 points toround out the Scoring forPerryton. LaMunyon andWatts each had a 3 pointshot.
The Wranglers will beback in action Jan. 2 & 4when they host the PerrytonFreshmen Tournament.
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The Rangerettes traveled to Liberal, KS to take on the Lady Redskins in their final game before the Christmas break on Friday. The Big House was rocking as the Liberal High School Pep Band and the dance team entertained the crowd. The Liberal High School gym-nasium is one of the best venues in the area for high school basketball.
Perryton got off to a slow start in the first quarter while the Lady Redskins came out on fire. The Liberal guards shot lights out from beyond the three point line and led by a score of 19-3 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter score ended at 31-10 as each team struggle to put the ball in the basket.
The ‘Rettes turned up the full court pressure in the third quarter and seemed to find their rhythm as they chipped away at the lead. The quarter ended with a score of 42-25. Pressure defense in the fourth quarter allowed the ‘Rettes to con-tinue to make up ground on the Lady Redskins but it was too little too late. The Lady Redskins picked up their first win of the season by a score of 53-29.
Captains for the Rang-erettes in the game were Tifffeney Merkel and Ad-dison Skaggs. Starters for the ‘Rettes included Emma Mercado, Skaggs, Addyson Moseley, Jordan Mahannah
and Neudy Gutierrez.The Rangerettes struggled
to score while shooting only 25% from the floor. The 2 point field goal shooting percentage ended at 34% and the 3 point percentage ended at 12% for the game. The ‘Rettes shot 56% from the free throw line behind by a 100% shooting percent-age for the game from Amy Hendrix and Skaggs.
Skaggs led the offensive charge for Perryton with 9 points. Esmerelda Me-dina came off the bench to contribute 7 points. Other scoring totals for the ‘Rettes included Kaylee Patton (6), Hendrix (5), Claire Davis (4), Merkel (3), Moseley (3) and Mariah Chavez (2).
The ‘Ret tes to ta led 7 steals for the game but forced many more turnovers with their pressure full court defense in the second half. Steal totals included Skaggs (4), Gutierrez (1), Moseley (1) and Mahannah (1).
Rebounding totals for Perryton were again led by their guard positions. Stats included Skaggs (4), Medina (4), Mahannah (3), Mercado (2), Moseley (2), Hendrix (2), Gutierrez (2), Patton (2), Chavez (1) and Davis (1).
The Rangerettes had 23 turnovers in the game. Most of the turnovers were un-forced and had a big impact on the game’s outcome. The unforced errors decreased the much needed offensive
The Rangers overcame an 11 point second quarter deficit to defeat the Red-skins 62-53 last Friday night in Liberal. The Rangers had three players score in double figures and shot 56% from the field in the contest.
“This was a solid team win, probably our best of the season so far,” said Ranger Head Coach Travis Schulte. “We had some guys really step up late and make some big shots, pull some big re-bounds, and hit free throws to seal the win.” The Rang-ers went 13 of 17 from the free throw line in the crucial fourth quarter.
The Redskins jumped to an early 5-0 lead, but the Rangers tied the game at 10-10 on a pair of free throws and a field goal by J.T. Townsend and two treys by Keeton Willeford. The Redskins scored the next 8 and led 18-10 at the end of one.
The Redskins took their biggest lead of the game at 27-16 less than three minutes before the half. Willeford and Jordan Plank hit two treys each to close out the second quarter and cut the Redskin lead to 2 at the intermission.
Patrick Cockrell scored inside to open the second half and Luis Cortez fol-lowed with a jumper to give the Rangers their first lead of the game at 32-30. After five lead changes and four ties, the Rangers took the lead for good on a pair of free throws by Townsend with just over five minutes remaining in
the game. The Rangers were 2 of 8
from the field in the fourth quarter, but connected on 13 of 17 from the free throw line to preserve the win. Five different Rangers scored in the fourth quarter.
Plank led the Rangers with 18 points and 11 re-bounds. Townsend was also in double figures with 12. Willeford, the Rangers lead-ing scorer for the season, sat most of the third quarter with foul trouble. Willeford picked up his fifth foul less than half way through the fourth quarter, but still end-ed the game with 16 points, all coming in the first half.
“I couldn’t be more proud of this group going into the Christmas break,” Schulte continued. “This is the kind of team basketball we’ve got to play every night if we’re going to reach our goals this year.”
Scoring: Keeton Will-eford 6 0-1 16, Trae Thomas 0 0-0 0, J.T. Townsend 4 4-4 12, Ragan Watson 0 4-6 4, Jordan Plank 5 5-6 18, Patrick Cockrell 1 2-2 4, Bailey McGarraugh 0 0-0 0, Luis Cortez 3 2-4 8, Justin Ventura 0 0-0 0, George Brosowske 0 0-0 0. Three point goals: Willeford 4, Plank 3 Team Stats:
opportunities for Perryton. Turnover totals included Moseley (5), Mahannah (5), Medina (4), Mercado (3), Skaggs (2), Chavez (2), Davis (1) and Patton (1).
The loss brings the Rang-erette season record to 3-11. They traveled to Lubbock to compete in the Caprock Tournament the day after Christmas. Perryton expects to face tough competition as they have been placed in the large school side of the bracket. The Rangerettes start their district season by hosting Pampa on Jan. 3.
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SECOND GRADE PLAY—Wright Elementary second graders performed “Jingle Bell Jukebox.” Castmembers from the classes of Aaron Schilling, Misha Bagley and Alisha Williams included, first row, fromleft, Jesus Leyva, Tiana Hill and Angelica Ramirez; second row, Elijah Maldanado, Evan Hernandez andMariel Martinez; third row, Macario Osornio, Viviana Najera, Evelyn Ontiveros and Joehany Borunda; andfourth row, Bub Crawford, Uri Munoz, Jennifer Castillo, Erin Merkel and Karla Resendiz. Music teachersare Tena Clark and Grace Vaquera.
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Offense reports were notavailable on Tuesday, Dec.24.
In county jail activity:Amber Nicole May, 34,
was arrested on a warrant fora motion to revoke proba-tion on a third degree assaulton a public servant offense.She was released on$25,000 bond.
Marcus Lynn Walker, 49,was arrested on a warrantout of Potter County for afourth degree felony chargeof possession of a controlledsubstance, penalty group 1,less than one gram. He wasreleased on $3,500 bond.
Also during the week,two people were arrested forno driver’s license, one per-son was arrested for crimi-nal trespass, two peoplewere arrested on drivingwhile intoxicated offenses,one person was arrested forassault by contact, one per-son was arrested for drivingwith an invalid license en-hanced/alcohol, one personwas arrested warrant out ofRandall County for aggra-vated theft by check and ex-pired/no driver’s license,one person was arrested fordriving with an invalid li-cense, one person was ar-rested for assault causingbodily injury-family vio-lence and one person wasarrested for resisting arrest,search or transport, failure toidentify, disorderly conductand possession of drug para-phernalia.
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This Christmas, I’m happyto report that two newlyminted Texans will bespending the holidays withtheir adoptive families, afteryears of waiting to be to-gether. Vania Hermes-Rometty,5, and Robert ThomasSmith-Heinzmann, 6, bothnatives of Guatemala, wereunited with their respectivefamilies in the past fewmonths and brought to livein their new homes in Texas.
V ania’s adoptive parents,Maggie Hermes and ChrisRometty, sought to adoptVania in 2007, shortly aftershe was born. But Vania’swas one of more than 5000adoption cases that weresuspended in 2008, whenthe Guatemalan governmentimposed a moratorium onintercountry adoptions.While the pending caseswere meant to be investi-gated and allowed to moveforward if cleared, Vania’scase and hundreds of othersbecame embroiled in yearsof delays because of corrup-tion and political turnover inGuatemala. As a result, Maggieand Chris had to wait morethan 5 years to bring theirdaughter home to Texas.
During that time, theyvisited her frequently andbuilt a relationship acrossthe many miles that sepa-rated them, but at every turnthey met more obstacles andfrustrations. Maggie toldKVUE News in Austin, “Wemissed the first lost tooth; ofcourse, we missed all thewalking...We’ve missed somuch. It’s heartbreaking.”
Similarly, Robert’s adop-tive parents, Jen Smith andTom Heinzmann, sought toadopt Robert in 2007, whenhe was just 4 months old, buthis case was also suspendedin 2008. Jen and Robert alsomade every effort to visitRobert and get to know himbut ultimately were made towait 6 years to see the adop-tion completed.
First Christmas In TexasOne of the proudest re-
sponsibilities I have as aU.S. Senator is to assist Tex-ans like Maggie and Chris,and Jen and Robert. So whenthey reached out to my of-fice for help with their cases,I was pleased to look intohow I could help move theprocess along more quickly.After a series of inquiriesand steps, both families re-ceived word this year thattheir adoptions were finallycompleted. Because of theirpersistence and their com-mitment to their children,they were able to become afamily and offer a lovinghome to two children in need.
I had the privilege ofmeeting both families, in-cluding Vania and Robert,this year. In moving to Texas,Vania gained two olderbrothers and one younger sister,who greeted her with openarms at the airport on herarrival day. Robert was namedin honor of Jen’s father, aWorld War II veteran. My wishfor Robert and Vania is simple:a long life in Texas, rich withthe love of their families andthe knowledge they have fi-nally arrived home.
Sadly, other families inTexas are still facing delaysin their adoption cases, anx-iously awaiting the call thattheir adoption has been com-pleted. My staff and I standready to assist with inter-country adoptions. There isno greater gift than a childand, in turn, loving, caringand providing for that child.
As we gather to celebratethe holidays with our fami-lies, my thanks go out to allthe remarkable organizationsin Texas, such as the GladneyCenter for Adoption andBuckner International, whowork hard every day to bringfoster children together withtheir forever families. MayGod bless the work they do,and may he bless Vania andRobert with a very merryfirst Christmas in Texas.
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Local BriefsAgency seeking unemployed seniors
The Senior Community Service EmploymentProgram has openings for qualified seniors inOchiltree County. SCSEP is a training program thatserves job seekers age 55 and older who areunemployed, low income and eligible to work in theUnited States. Eligible seniors are placed with hostagencies in the county in order to refresh or gain skills,to help the transition into unsubsidized employment.The program pays participants for 20 hours a week atminimum wage and carries their workerscompensation. For more information, or to apply,please contact Sheila Underhill, Program ServiceSpecialist, at 806-342-6130.
Story Time underwayPerry Memorial Library has begun Story Time on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Story Time in Spanish willbe held on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. for childrenages 2-5. On Wednesdays, Story Time will be in En-glish with ages 2-3 from 10-11 a.m. and ages 4-5 from3-4 p.m. There is no charge to attend.
BBBS holding ‘Bushels for Bigs’Big Brothers Big Sisters is again holding “Bushels
for Bigs,” asking local farmers to donate bushels of grainrather than cash to the local program. Farmers can do-nate bushels of grain at the scales or transfer them formtheir account to BBBS’ account. For more information,contact BBBS at 434-0016, Sarah Tregellas at 202-0907or your local elevator.
Snack Pak 4 Kids needs food itemsThe Snack Pak 4 Kids program is requesting the do-
nation of 16 oz. jars of peant butter and Pop Tarts,anyflavor. The items can be left at FirstBank Southwest,First National Bank, Interstate Bank, Perryton NationalBank, PTCI, Lane’s Locker Room, Allegiance and FirstBaptist Church.
Single moms meetings offeredSingle Moms “SEEDS” meetings will be held at First
Baptist Church on Wednesdays in the parlor. A familymeal will be served from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for $3 a per-son or $10 a family. At 6:30 p.m., SEEDS, children,youth and prayer meeting will begin. All single moth-ers are invited to attend.
Celebrate Recovery to meetCelebrate Recovery, a faith-based, Christ-centered
recovery group, has meetings on Wednesdays, at 7 p.m.and Sundays at 3 p.m. at Word of Life Church, 113 N.Colgate. A nursery is available for those attending. Formore information, call John Johnson, 202-6999 or [email protected]..
PCC needs resale store volunteersThe Panhandle Crisis Center is in need of volunteers
to work at its resale store one to three hours, one daya week, sorting clothing and other donated gifts. Thecrisis center gives the items donated to the center toits clients free of charge. To volunteer, contact MarthaRomero, volunteer coordinator, at 435-5008.
Lions seeking eyeglassesThe Perryton Lions Club is collecting used
eyeglasses for recycling. Anyone who has eyeglassesthat they can donate is asked to contact any Lions Clubmember.
JINGLE BELLS—Second graders at Wright Elementary performed the Christmas play, “Jingle Bell Jukebox.”Performers included, first row, from left, Alejandro Hernandez, Kenya Valenzuela and Angelica Servin;second row, Julian Salazar, Sergio Mares, Luis Gonzalez and Ari Ramirez; third row, JJ Bridger, JacquelineVega and Noel Ramirez; and fourth row, Edwin Ochoa, Damian Chavez, Grace McKellar and JoselynLlamas. The students are from the classes of Alisha Williams, Misha Bagley and Aaron Schilling. Musicteachers are Tena Clark and Grace Vaquera.
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The Internal RevenueService announced plans toopen the 2014 filing seasonon Jan. 31.
The new opening date forindividuals to file their 2013tax returns will allow theIRS adequate time to pro-gram and test its tax process-ing systems. The annual pro-cess for updating IRS sys-tems saw significant delaysin October following the 16-day federal government clo-sure.
The government closuremeant the IRS had to changethe original opening datefrom Jan. 21 to Jan. 31,2014. The 2014 date is oneday later than the 2013 fil-ing season opening, whichstarted on Jan. 30, 2013 fol-lowing January tax lawchanges made by Congresson Jan. 1 under the Ameri-can Taxpayer Relief Act
(ATRA).The IRS noted that sev-
eral options are available tohelp taxpayers prepare forthe 2014 tax season. Newyear-end tax planning infor-mation has been added toIRS.gov this week.
In addition, many soft-ware companies are ex-pected to begin acceptingtax returns in January andhold those returns until theIRS systems open on Jan.31.
The IRS cautioned that itwill not process any tax re-turns before Jan. 31, so thereis no advantage to filing onpaper before the openingdate.
The April 15 tax deadlineis set by statute and will re-main in place. However, theIRS reminds taxpayers thatanyone can request an auto-matic six-month extension
to file their tax return. Therequest is easily done withForm 4868, which can befiled electronically or onpaper.
IRS systems, applicationsand databases must be up-dated annually to reflect taxlaw updates, business pro-cess changes and program-ming updates in time for thestart of the filing season.
The October closurecame during the peak periodfor preparing IRS systems
Income tax filing opens Jan. 31for the 2014 filing season.Programming, testing anddeployment of more than 50IRS systems is needed tohandle processing of nearly150 million tax returns.
About 90 percent of IRSoperations were closed dur-ing the shutdown, with somemajor work streams closedentirely during this period,putting the IRS nearly threeweeks behind its tight time-table for being ready to startthe 2014 filing season.
