CEDC projects receive approval Supporting a cause Canyon ISD Profile Canyon Views By DEBBIE AYLESWORTH Thursday, September 16, 2010 • Canyon, Texas 79015 • 75 cents RHS inducts two into Hall of Fame: Page 8 Randall County to hold ag show, crops tour: Page 4 Thursday Inside Classifieds Entertainment Farm & Ranch Legal notices Newsbeat Obituaries School News Sports WTAMU news 10 5 4 10 2 2 8-9 11 6 Volume 114, Number 74 1 Section • 12 pages www.canyonnews.com City to purchase fire trucks THE FINAL PIECE My annual physical exam was the beginning of three weeks of hell. My doctor found some lumps and imme- diately scheduled a mammo- gram. I was 40 years old, in good health and I felt great. Weren’t you supposed to feel bad if you had cancer? Following the mammo- gram and confirming the suspicious area, I went for a sonogram, and it was miser- able. I watched all the dark areas on a screen. There was more than one and the sono- gram technician was rude, refusing to answer questions as tears ran down my face. She could have at least said that black circles are usu- ally pockets of fluid and not tumors. I never did like my boobs until then. Thinking I could have both removed and then get a new set that were just what I wanted, made me real- ize how much I loved them – and my life, too. Sitting in the doctor’s office three weeks later, I found out that I just needed a needle biopsy and that it appeared the lump was only fluid, but we wanted to be sure. That was all it was, and the fluid was clear and benign. I took my boobs out for a Mexican food dinner. Thank you, God. Monday I attended the fu- neral of a 42-year-old woman who lost the battle with breast cancer. They call it losing even though she went to live with Jesus. I thought about my other friends that have lost their physical bodies to that dread disease. This month, on Sept. 25, I will be walking in my first Race for the Cure. I want to encourage you to consider walking also, or at least making a donation. Even one dollar will help. You’ve read before that my life philosophy is that we are here on this earth to share one another’s journey and make a difference in a good way where ever it is possible. This is a good way to make a difference. I’ll end on a more semi- humorous note. (See VIEWS, Page 3) By AMANDA ROGERS Canyon News staff The Canyon Fire Depart- ment will soon purchase two new fire trucks, as com- missioners for the City of Canyon voted Monday night to purchase new pumper and rescue units using money from the city’s reserves. “Like we’ve talked about before, it’s been the consen- sus of this body informally that if we need some fire equipment we pay cash for that equipment,” said Randy Criswell, city manager. “It’s up to you all to decide if you want to purchase those trucks or do something different.” The commissioners voted to buy the equipment not to exceed $480,000. Fire chief Mike Webb said that the equipment would take 60-90 days to build with nothing to be paid up front. Commissioner David Logan said that while he sup- ports buying the equipment, he would like to have had a discussion of how to pay that money back into the reserves fund over time. “There were times when if we needed a new truck we would set a timeline in two years to do it in the budget, but we don’t have the luxury to do that. For now, I would like to discuss how much we can take out each year to discuss how we replace that money in the budget,” he said. Mayor Quinn Alexander said that that plan would be better conceived during next year’s budget discussions when the city has an under- standing of how tax revenues have changed. (See TRUCKS, Page 3) By JAMES BARRINGTON Canyon News staff The Randall County Com- missioners’ Court unani- mously adopted a tax rate and a budget for the 2010- 2011 fiscal year on Tuesday. The total budget of $35,909,321 consisted of $32,272,977 in expenditures and $3,636,344 in transfers out for the operation of the juvenile center. The tax rate to support the 2010-2011 bud- get was also approved. The tax rate for maintenance and operations is unchanged from the previous year at 0.32407 with a slightly increased debt service rate of 0.04483. The total tax rate from the county will be 0.36890. The commissioners made the decision to budget a re- duction in the county’s over- all surplus by $911,852 from $7,980,172 to $7,068,320. This reduction will still leave the county’s reserve at 19.68 percent of the budget, a figure that is within the 16-25 percent range recommended by the state comptroller’s office. In other action at Tues- day’s meeting the commis- sioners’ court unanimously approved county fire chief James Amerson’s applica- tion for a grant to fund three additional county firefighters. The application to the Federal Emergency Management Administration is a repeat of an applica- tion made last year that was not approved by FEMA for funding. If successful this year, the grant would provide approximately $150,000 per year for two years to fund the three additional firefighters with the county committing to the third year’s funding to preserve the positions. County sets budget (See BUDGET, Page 3) By AMANDA ROGERS Canyon News staff Commissioners for the City of Canyon approved two Can- yon Economic Development Corporation projects at their Monday meeting. Commissioners approved a resolution for CEDC to create a small business assistance fund. The money for that account is part of a larger fund that tax dollars are already earmarked to help local businesses. The small business assistance fund would be $50,000 for the budget year starting Oct. 1, said Evelyn Ecker, executive director of CEDC. It would be available for businesses with fewer than 20 employees. “We were having smaller requests from some folks want- ing $5,000 or $6,000, so to make it a little easier this small business assistance fund would help streamline that process. Because we have people who don’t have a large project, a $100,000 dollar project, then this would be an avenue that they could use, under the same criteria but it would be a little bit speedier process,” Ecker said. “The fund will be made of that $50,000 and once it’s gone, it’s gone. If that money is spent in March then that’s it. If we want to add more money to this fund, then we have to go through the process of having public hearings and approval from the city commissioners.” Over the past few years, more than $456,000 has been used to help businesses in Canyon, if they meet certain criteria. Commissioners also approved a CEDC grant of $30,000 to Canyon Main Street Program for the purpose of site redevel- opment of the property at 1404 W. U.S. Highway, where the statue Tex Randall stands. (See PROJECTS, Page 3) (See PROFILE, Page 3) The final beam of the North Annex of the Randall County courthouse is pulled down Tuesday afternoon. The demolition of the building will allow for landscaping to surround the original 1909 courthouse, which recently received an exterior restoration. Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON By JAMES BARRINGTON Canyon News staff Jared and Kali Peddy are both starting what they hope will be long careers with the Canyon Independent School District. Married May 29, they are each in the first year of their teaching careers. Jared teaches chemistry and coaches football and baseball at Canyon High School, and Kali teaches fourth grade at Reeves-Hinger Elementary. Jared graduated from Can- yon High school where he was all-state in both football and baseball. After gradua- tion he pursued a degree in biology education at West Texas A&M University where he graduated in December of 2009. “I got a long-term substi- tuting job at Canyon High School last spring,” he said. “Then they hired me full time this fall.” “I was born in Canyon,” Kali said, “but we moved to Canadian when I was in the second grade and I graduated from high school there.” She took part in athletics at Canadian, which was 2A at the time. “Everyone was sort of multi-sport,” she said as she described running cross- country and track, playing point guard in basketball (on the state runner-up team her senior year) and being a cheerleader. Kali first attended Oklahoma State University for three years, but then transferred to WTAMU to spend two more years completing her degree in elementary education. She is certified to teach kinder- garten through fourth grade. While teaching fourth grade she specializes in math, sci- ence, and social studies. Newlyweds in love with Canyon Jared and Kali Peddy at home with their dogs, Kai and Remi. Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON Canyon netters tested at Abilene: Page 11
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City to purchase fire trucks
THE FINAL PIECEMy annual physical exam
was the beginning of three weeks of hell. My doctor found some lumps and imme-diately scheduled a mammo-gram. I was 40 years old, in good health and I felt great. Weren’t you supposed to feel bad if you had cancer?
Following the mammo-gram and confirming the suspicious area, I went for a sonogram, and it was miser-able. I watched all the dark areas on a screen. There was more than one and the sono-gram technician was rude, refusing to answer questions as tears ran down my face. She could have at least said that black circles are usu-ally pockets of fluid and not tumors.
I never did like my boobs until then. Thinking I could have both removed and then get a new set that were just what I wanted, made me real-ize how much I loved them – and my life, too.
Sitting in the doctor’s office three weeks later, I found out that I just needed a needle biopsy and that it appeared the lump was only fluid, but we wanted to be sure. That was all it was, and the fluid was clear and benign.
I took my boobs out for a Mexican food dinner.
Thank you, God.Monday I attended the fu-
neral of a 42-year-old woman who lost the battle with breast cancer. They call it losing even though she went to live with Jesus.
I thought about my other friends that have lost their physical bodies to that dread disease. This month, on Sept. 25, I will be walking in my first Race for the Cure. I want to encourage you to consider walking also, or at least making a donation. Even one dollar will help.
You’ve read before that my life philosophy is that we are here on this earth to share one another’s journey and make a difference in a good way where ever it is possible. This is a good way to make a difference.
I’ll end on a more semi-humorous note.
(See VIEWS, Page 3)
By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff
The Canyon Fire Depart-ment will soon purchase two new fire trucks, as com-missioners for the City of Canyon voted Monday night to purchase new pumper and rescue units using money from the city’s reserves.
“Like we’ve talked about before, it’s been the consen-sus of this body informally that if we need some fire equipment we pay cash for that equipment,” said Randy Criswell, city manager. “It’s up to you all to decide if you want to purchase those trucks or do something different.”
The commissioners voted
to buy the equipment not to exceed $480,000. Fire chief Mike Webb said that the equipment would take 60-90 days to build with nothing to be paid up front.
Commissioner David Logan said that while he sup-ports buying the equipment, he would like to have had a discussion of how to pay that
money back into the reserves fund over time.
“There were times when if we needed a new truck we would set a timeline in two years to do it in the budget, but we don’t have the luxury to do that. For now, I would like to discuss how much we can take out each year to discuss how we replace that
money in the budget,” he said.
Mayor Quinn Alexander said that that plan would be better conceived during next year’s budget discussions when the city has an under-standing of how tax revenues have changed.
(See TRUCKS, Page 3)
By JAMESBARRINGTONCanyon News staff
The Randall County Com-missioners’ Court unani-mously adopted a tax rate and a budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year on Tuesday.
The total budget of $35,909,321 consisted of $32,272,977 in expenditures and $3,636,344 in transfers out for the operation of the juvenile center. The tax rate to support the 2010-2011 bud-get was also approved. The tax rate for maintenance and operations is unchanged from the previous year at 0.32407 with a slightly increased debt service rate of 0.04483. The total tax rate from the county will be 0.36890.
The commissioners made the decision to budget a re-duction in the county’s over-all surplus by $911,852 from $7,980,172 to $7,068,320. This reduction will still leave the county’s reserve at 19.68 percent of the budget, a figure that is within the 16-25 percent range recommended by the state comptroller’s office.
In other action at Tues-day’s meeting the commis-sioners’ court unanimously approved county fire chief James Amerson’s applica-tion for a grant to fund three additional county firefighters. The application to the Federal Emergency Management Administration is a repeat of an applica-tion made last year that was not approved by FEMA for funding. If successful this year, the grant would provide approximately $150,000 per year for two years to fund the three additional firefighters with the county committing to the third year’s funding to preserve the positions.
County sets budget
(See BUDGET, Page 3)
By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff
Commissioners for the City of Canyon approved two Can-yon Economic Development Corporation projects at their Monday meeting.
Commissioners approved a resolution for CEDC to create a small business assistance fund. The money for that account is part of a larger fund that tax dollars are already earmarked to help local businesses.
The small business assistance fund would be $50,000 for the budget year starting Oct. 1, said Evelyn Ecker, executive director of CEDC. It would be available for businesses with fewer than 20 employees.
“We were having smaller requests from some folks want-ing $5,000 or $6,000, so to make it a little easier this small business assistance fund would help streamline that process.
Because we have people who don’t have a large project, a $100,000 dollar project, then this would be an avenue that they could use, under the same criteria but it would be a little bit speedier process,” Ecker said.
“The fund will be made of that $50,000 and once it’s gone, it’s gone. If that money is spent in March then that’s it. If we want to add more money to this fund, then we have to go through the process of having public hearings and approval from the city commissioners.”
Over the past few years, more than $456,000 has been used to help businesses in Canyon, if they meet certain criteria.
Commissioners also approved a CEDC grant of $30,000 to Canyon Main Street Program for the purpose of site redevel-opment of the property at 1404 W. U.S. Highway, where the statue Tex Randall stands.
(See PROJECTS, Page 3)
(See PROFILE, Page 3)
The final beam of the North Annex of the Randall County courthouse is pulled down Tuesday afternoon. The demolition of the building will allow for landscaping to surround the original 1909 courthouse, which recently received an exterior restoration.
Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
By JAMESBARRINGTONCanyon News staff
Jared and Kali Peddy are both starting what they hope will be long careers with the Canyon Independent School District.
Married May 29, they are each in the first year of their teaching careers. Jared teaches chemistry and coaches football and baseball at Canyon High School, and Kali teaches fourth grade at Reeves-Hinger Elementary.
Jared graduated from Can-yon High school where he was all-state in both football
and baseball. After gradua-tion he pursued a degree in biology education at West Texas A&M University where he graduated in December of 2009.
“I got a long-term substi-tuting job at Canyon High School last spring,” he said. “Then they hired me full time this fall.”
“I was born in Canyon,” Kali said, “but we moved to Canadian when I was in the second grade and I graduated from high school there.”
She took part in athletics at Canadian, which was 2A at the time.
“Everyone was sort of
multi-sport,” she said as she described running cross-country and track, playing point guard in basketball (on the state runner-up team her senior year) and being a cheerleader. Kali first attended Oklahoma State University for three years, but then transferred to WTAMU to spend two more years completing her degree in elementary education. She is certified to teach kinder-garten through fourth grade. While teaching fourth grade she specializes in math, sci-ence, and social studies.
Newlyweds in love with Canyon
Jared and Kali Peddy at home with their dogs, Kai and Remi.
Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
Canyon netters tested at Abilene:
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Obituaries
David Davidchik
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Funeral services for David Davidchik, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. John McClean, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at a later day in Van Alstyne with arrange-ments by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Davidchik died Sept. 12, 2010, in Amarillo.
He was born to Buelah and Zackery Davidchik on Jan. 6, 1930 in Sherman. He mar-ried JoAnne Brown on June 8, 1954 in Van Alstyne. He served in the National Guard Reserve and was a member of Kiwanis Club in Canyon. He was also a member of First United Methodist Church of Canyon and served as president of the Pathfinders Sunday School Class. He believed one of life’s highest treasures was participating in mission trips to Guatemala, China, Russia and Zimba-bwe. His business interests included Gibson Discount Centers and real estate, and he enjoyed fishing, hunting, golf, and bridge. David was
the last of ten siblings.Survivors include his wife
JoAnne, of the home; three daughters, Davolyn David-chik of Amarillo, Laurie Cooke and husband, Jay, of Richardson and Keri Beth Cleavinger and husband, John, of Canyon; and five grandchildren, Chandler Wal-ters, Christin Porter, Chase Cooke, and Colt and Jake Cleavinger.
The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church, 1818 4th Avenue, Canyon, TX 79015, or a favorite charity.
Sign the online guest reg-istry at www.brooksfuneral.com.
Graveside rites for Etha Phydilia McClain, 91, were held Wednesday in Dream-land Cemetery with arrange-ments by Holley Funeral Home of Canyon.
Mrs. McClain died Sept. 12, 2010, in Amarillo.
She was born to Eugene Holloway and Ruth Hale Holloway on Nov. 22, 1918, in Sunset. She married Rube McClain who preceded her in death in June of 1976. She was a mother, homemaker and grandmother.
Survivors include three
sons, Billy Jack, Earnest Lynn and Alvin Ray, all of Canyon; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Etha McClain
Mrs. McClain
• Cub Scout Pack 4 will hold a get-together for stu-dents in grades first through fifth from 6:30-7:30 tonight at Canyon Area Library. The event is aimed to recruit new Cub Scouts to the pack. For information, call 655-1352.
• Marty Kuhlman will sign copies of his book, “Always WT,” from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Hastings on Georgia Street in Amarillo and on Sept. 25 at Hastings in Canyon. Kuhl-man, an associate professor of history, is the author of the university’s centennial history book. He was chosen as the book’s author in late 2004
and even though the Univer-sity has been a big part of his life, he still spent more than 1,000 hours researching WT’s 100-year history. The 550-page book is filled with facts about the university from its establishment in 1909 to its current day plans for the second century, all supported with photographs that depict student life, events and activi-ties through the years.
• An Alzheimer’s sup-port group is now meeting in Canyon. Meetings are held on the first Friday of each month from noon-1 p.m. at First Baptist Church Ministry Cen-ter. A light lunch is provided. For more information please contact Lorry Parker at 236-7575 or 351-2271.
• A new grief support group for men is now being offered in Amarillo for any man who is grieving the death of his spouse. The free monthly meetings offer con-nections with other men who are grieving their wife’s death. It provides a unique setting
for man-to-man discussions about the feelings, challenges and coping skills related to their grief journey. The group meets from 5:30–6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Trinity Baptist Church, located at 1601 West Interstate 40 in Amarillo. Attendees can enter doors on the north, to the right of the Recreation Outreach Center, turn left and go to the end of the hall. Then a right turn will take them to room R12. For information or to make reservations, call 356-0026. Danny Mize, facilitator, is the Bereavement Coordina-tor at Hospice Care of the Southwest.
• The Laughter Club will be held monthly as a free community service by the bereavement department of Hospice Care of the South-west. Experience the emo-tional and physical benefits of Laughter Yoga under the direction of Certified Laugh-ter Yoga Leaders Tanja Good and Shirley Greenfield. No special clothing or training is necessary. Participants can engage in the activities while standing or seated and will
not be embarrassed or singled out. For information or to sign up to attend, call Tanja at 350-8299, Ext. 103. Meetings are from 6:30-7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Washington Avenue Chris-tian Church, located at 3800 S. Washington in Amarillo. Enter the axiom building behind the church from the northwest parking lot off 38th Avenue.
• Dimmitt will hold a bike rally Sept. 25. Conducted by the Dimmitt Lions Club, the fifth annual Cattle Country Stampede Bike Ride will have a course marked for 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles. Headquar-ters will be Dimmitt High School on Western Dr., south of US 86 in West Dimmitt. A $30 donation to the Dim-mitt Lions Club will entitle a biker to a souvenir T-shirt, a barbecue lunch after the ride, a goodie bag and door prizes donated by local merchants. Early registration is now un-derway, and riders who sign up before Wednesday will be eligible for a $250 cash prize drawing. On race day registra-tion will begin at 8 a.m. and the ride will start at 9 a.m.
The reward has been increased for an Amarillo man already identified as one of Texas’ Most Wanted Sex Offenders because he is now accused of additional sex crimes against children.
Jose Manuel Vazquez, 50, is now wanted in connec-tion with 20 cases of aggra-vated sexual assault of a child. Investigators believe that Vazquez may be in Lubbock or Amarillo.
The DPS Criminal Inves-tigations Division and the U.S. Marshals Service are assisting the Amarillo Police Department in the search for Vasquez.
The Governor’s Criminal Justice Division authorized increasing the reward from $1,000 to $3,000 — the first
time that amount has been offered since the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offend-ers program began in July.
This case began when a young woman recently went to authorities alleging that Vasquez had sexually assaulted her when she was a child. Additional victims have been discovered during the ongoing investigation. Vasquez fled his residence on July 16 when a relative confronted him about the allegations and he is now considered a fugitive.
The Most Wanted Sex Offender program identifies violent sex offenders who have either violated parole or
failed to comply with sex offender registra-tion. Some of the victims were children. These offenders are now fugitives and are considered a threat to our communities. DPS, along with its local, state and federal partners, will actively pursue these
sex offenders. The 10 Most Wanted Sex
Offenders are listed on the DPS website at http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/wanted/sexof-fenders/topTenSexOffenders.htm# and have last known ad-dresses in the following cities:
• Amarillo• Houston (three sus-
pects)• El Paso (two suspects)
• Grand Prairie• Lufkin • Rowlett• WhitneyThe public should not try
to apprehend these criminals as they are considered danger-ous. Anyone with information on these offenders can pro-vide anonymous tips in three different ways:
• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Text the letters DPS—fol-lowed by your tip—to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
• Submit a tip through the DPS website by selecting the sex offender you have informa-tion about, and under their picture is a link to submit a web tip.
Vasquez
Reward increased for wanted sex offender
Invisible Children made a visit to the Ascension Academy student body Tuesday in the Ascension Academy Cafetorium.
Religion teacher Arlene Kasselman set up the presenta-tion for an all-school Chapel. Invisible Children are a group of story tellers who make documentaries about war-affected children in east Africa and tour the world to show their pro-ductions.
With the support the group receives from their tours and young supporters, Invisible Children is able to implement cut-ting edge programs on the ground in Uganda. They focus on long-term development, working directly with individuals and institutions to best understand the needs of those who live in the war-effected areas. Invisible Children rebuilds schools dev-astated by war, provides scholarships, and implements micro-economic initiatives. The Ascension student body watched videos that the group produced, and hear live testimonies and have the opportunity to ask questions of actual young people who have been effected by war.
Invisible Children make visit to Academy
Rains from tropical storm Hermine a week ago greened up pastures and rangeland, and provided soil moisture for fall planting through many parts of the state, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
In the Panhandle, conditions were hot and dry. Soil-moisture levels varied from very short to adequate with most reporting short. Corn neared being ready for harvest. Cotton was mostly fair to good. Growers were planting winter wheat. Rangeland and pastures were mostly fair. Cattle were in good condition.
In the South Plains, temperatures were in the low to mid 90s. Scattered rains, with accumulations from a trace to 1 inch, came about midweek. Soil moisture was short to ad-equate. The corn harvest was in full swing with lines of trucks circling the elevators. Cotton was in fair to good condition, with bolls opening. Growers will begin defoliating soon. The grain sorghum harvest began. Pastures and rangeland were in
fair to good condition. Livestock were in mostly good condi-tion. Hay was being harvested with good to excellent yields reported where fields were spared earlier flooding.
However, in South Texas and the Coastal Bend, AgriLife Extension agents reported that the cotton harvest was put on hold, and in some cases damaged by wind and rain.
But most areas welcomed the rain and milder tempera-tures. For example, many AgriLife Extension agents in North Texas and Central Texas said the rain was a godsend.
“Six inches of rain last week turned the county green,” said Roger Skipper, AgriLife Extension agent in Fannin County. “Hopes are this will provide another cut of hay to help with short supplies.”
“We got 8 to 12 inches of rainfall this past week, with no severe flooding except in the river bottoms,” said Lyle Zoeller, AgriLife Extension agent in Coryell County, west of Waco. “Some small grains were planted. All (water) tanks are full. The water supply will be good going into winter.”
“The rainfall amounts ranged from about 5 inches up to 10 inches across the county,” said Rick Maxwell, AgriLife Exten-sion agent in Collin County, north of Dallas. “The rain was very much needed for pastures and cropland. The rains came a little too late for the grain crops, but will help by providing soil moisture for the planting of winter annual pastures and small grains.”
The rains weren’t welcome everywhere, however. For some Texas Blacklands cotton and corn growers, the heavy rains couldn’t have come at a worse time, said Shane McLellan, AgriLife Extension agent for McLennan County, Waco.
Hot, dry weather impacts soil-moisture levels
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“I think the positive is that we put enough in last year’s reserves to take care of those trucks this year,” said Com-missioner Gary Hinders.
Criswell agreed that the money should be repaid to the fund somehow, if possible.
“I’m probably as protective of those reserves as anyone could possibly be. This wasn’t the way I originally wanted to do it, but it makes sense. I think we do need to replace this money in reserves. Let’s say we want to pay it back in 10 years and that $48,000 a year has to come from somewhere. The general fund cannot absorb that unless we see an increase in property and franchise taxes,” Criswell said.
The Canyon Fire Depart-ment is in critical need of the new trucks to meet Insurance Service Office standards that monitor fire stations across the nation.
“It needs to be done and
it should have been done be-fore,” Webb said. “The rescue truck was in a wreck in 2001, and we opted to fix it. Nowa-days, some people will go 10 years on a first line-truck and keep it another five on reserve and then it’s out. We’re way in the hole as far as that’s concerned. We just retired a 50-year-old truck last year.”
The department’s Engine 3, which is 36-years-old, has been out of service for several months.
“Our main concern there is that if we refurbish it, in a year or less they may stop making parts for this truck and we’ll be right back where we are now. Once we replace it, it will actually be a city pumper,” Webb said. “It will replace one of our older trucks out here. We’re actually trying to get a program to phase out some of our older trucks.
“It’s hard for cities our size to save up enough money. If you look at it over the last five years, a fire truck’s price has gone up five to 10 percent and
that makes it hard to gain any ground on it. Leasing has got-ten really popular with smaller departments. It’s always been an option; we’ve just never ad-dressed it before so I thought I’d bring it up.”
Last month commissioners accepted an $18,000 grant from the Texas Forest Service to purchase a new water pump and 1,000-gallon tank for one of the fire department’s fire trucks for grass fires.
“If you’re fighting a fire in town, you have got fire hydrants available,” Criswell said. “In the country, there are no fire hydrants. You have to be able to carry and spray the water.”
The fire department’s bud-get for 2010-2011 is $705,000, and the state grant will help firefighters combat grass fires. The city will match 10 percent of the state grant.
‘We routinely apply for grants from the Texas Forest Service,” Criswell said. “This time, we were fortunate enough to be the recipient of state dollars.”
Judge Ernie Houdashell pointed out that the grant would help the county be within the staffing levels recommended in the county’s current five-year plan for the fire department.
Another grant application approved by the commis-sioners was for the installa-tion of a wind turbine at the AgriLife Extension office on Brown Road. Cesar Ramos of WindWorks Wind and Solar Energy Solutions was present to answer questions. Ramos, who is working on the appli-cation to the Texas comp-troller’s office, explained “Round one of this program had $52 million. This second round has $15 million. Each applicant can request up to $1 million for site specific projects.”
Ramos explained that he has been working with commissioners Bob Karrh and Mark Benton on the grant application, which was announced in late August with a Sept. 24 deadline for submission. He requested a payment of $5000 for his work on the grant application that would be credited back to the county if the grant is approved and his company ultimately wins the bid to install the wind turbine.
The cost of purchase and installation of a turbine to power the AgriLife office is estimated at $160,000. The grant would fund 80 percent of the cost with Randall County paying the remain-ing 20 percent, or $32,000. Payback of the county’s investment was estimated at approximately two years with elimination of the facil-ity’s electric bill plus Xcel
Energy’s agreement to credit surplus electricity added to the grid at a 1:1 ratio.
There was discussion of a second installation at the Sheriff’s office, but commis-sioners decided to try only one installation first to satisfy themselves of the economies before investing in subse-quent installations. Commis-sioner Skip Huskey’s motion included authorization for the $5,000 application fee, the county’s match if the grant should be approved, and authorization for commis-sioners Karrh and Benton to cancel the application if they deem it advisable due to the short window of opportunity given to submit applications that had left a few questions with incomplete answers.
In addition to the county’s tax rate, a special tax was lev-ied for the Boatwright Trew Road District that had issued
a $32,453.75 bond in 2010 to rebuild Elaine Road. That tax levy will only apply to the residents along Elaine Road and will be assessed on the basis of frontage feet of road adjoining their property.
The next meeting of the Randall County Commission-ers’ Court will be 9 a.m. Sept. 28 in the commissioners’ meeting room.
“We’re excited about this project. We are currently get-ting the final costs together for that project, which will include a tourist information center,” Ecker told commis-sioners. “They are demolish-ing the property right now, and we will soon meet and interview general contractors for this job. Once we have a preliminary budget we will start campaigning for dona-tions. We hope the CEDC money will kick off our fund-raising efforts.”
Ecker said Happy State Bank has committed an en-dowment fund for the project, which will allow for money to
be used for the long-term care of the statue and site.
“We’re hoping that will take care of the maintenance and water,” Ecker said. “Our hope is to trademark Tex and that money will go into the endowment fund. Our plan is for Tex Randall to never get in the shape he is in now and to maintain that area.”
Also at Monday’s com-missioners’ meeting, con-tracts were renewed for city officials, Judge William Hughes, municipal judge; Chuck Hester, city attorney; and Randy Criswell, city
manager. Hughes received a raise of $1,150, which is up from $1,050 a month. Hester was given a monthly increase of $50 and hourly increase of $5 when he exceeds his 120 hours of contract work for the year. Criswell was given a 3 percent salary increase.
A budget of $11.7 mil-lion for the 2010-2011 fiscal year was approved, as was a property tax of $0.35962 per $100 valuation, which is the current tax rate for this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
City commissioners raised the base water rate of
$20.06 by 66 cents. Users are charged a base rate for the first 2,000 gallons consumed and pay additional fees for the next several thousand gal-lons used.
Criswell said that from 2,000 to 8,000 gallons, users will pay an additional $3.48 per 1,000 gallons. For the next 42,000 gallons after that range, users will pay an additional $4.41 per 1,000 gallons. Those consuming more than 50,000 gallons will pay $4.34 per 1,000 gallons. The rate increase comes after a 10 percent increase from the City of Amarillo for the purchase of its water. Criswell said that Canyon purchases about a third of its water from Amarillo.
Debbie Aylesworth, 99, died on her birthday, May 23, 2052, at her home in Canyon. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Canyon. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery with arrangements
by Brooks Funeral Directors.Rev. Paul Richardson, pas-
tor of Rockwell Road Baptist and Dr. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church in El Paso, will officiate.
Ms. Aylesworth was born in Amherst, May 23, 1953 to Johnnie and Joy Williams. She attended school in Mule-shoe where she lived until her
marriage to Smitty Ayles-worth in 1971. She attended the University of Texas in Arlington, majoring in ac-counting and continued her college work at West Texas A&M University when she moved to Canyon in 1977.
Ms. Aylesworth was the publisher of the Canyon News for 45 years before she
retired in 2051. She spent the last 25 years of her life travelling across the United States writing her memoirs and her weekly column for The Canyon News. She spent at least one week per month visiting national parks and fishing holes where she spent many afternoons with her great-great grandchildren.
During the three months of each year spent working full time, Ms. Aylesworth volunteered with Meals on Wheels, United Way as well as continuing to serve as the church pianist at Rockwell Road Baptist Church.
Ms. Aylesworth is sur-
vived by her children, Hillery West of Midland and Justin Aylesworth of Canyon; six grandchildren; 18 great-grand-children; and 25 great-great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or other favorite charity.
Both Jared and Kali did student teaching in CISD, Jared at CHS and Kali at Arden Road.
Young teachers are known to frequently experience awkward moments when be-ginning to work as peers with teachers who once taught them.
Kali said, “Mrs. Howell taught me in kindergarten and Mrs. Huntington was my
first grade teacher. And Mrs. Nichols was my PE teacher. I did the luau and Jump Rope for Heart with her.
“I teach in the same hall I went to second grade in,” she added.
Jared said, “I’ll bet there are 10 to 15 teachers that are still here at CHS that were my teachers when I was in high school.”
He admitted that it’s hard for him to call those teach-ers by their first names even though he is now a fellow
teacher. “A lot of them say ‘I have a
hard time thinking of you as a teacher now,’” he said. “My Spanish teacher still calls me by the Spanish name I used in class.”
While Jared and Kali had many mutual friends while they were growing up, they didn’t actually meet until Kali transferred to WT from Oklahoma State. “We met through a mutual friend of my roommate,” Jared said.
Kali added, “That was an-
other benefit of moving back to Canyon.”
They are now happily settled in Canyon and looking forward to being here a long time. “Canyon is hard to beat. We don’t see ourselves want-ing to leave,” Jared said with Kali nodding her agreement.
“Both our families are here. We both have what we consider our ‘dream jobs,’” Kali agreed.
They share their home with two dogs, a black lab named Kai and a minia-
ture beagle named Remi. Jared finds Kai helpful in the pursuit of his love of bird hunting. “I like to hunt duck, geese and pheasant,” Jared said.
Kali’s hobbies are running and reading – not necessarily in that order. “I’m planning to run some 5Ks this fall and winter,” she said. “But I’m reading all the time.” With Jared nodding aggressively in agreement with Kali’s reading hobby, Kali said, “I really love Christian historical fiction.
And it has to be a series. I’ll read one book in a day, so I need at least five in the series to keep me interested.”
When they find time to spend time together they enjoy “just hanging out” at home and grilling out with friends. Members at Hill-side Christian Church, they included their church home as an important part of their love for Canyon. “That’s an-other reason we don’t want to leave,” Kali said. “We really love our church.”
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“Our plan is for Tex Randall to never get in the shape he is in now and to maintain that area.”
– Evelyn Ecker
FARM & RANCHPage 4 Thursday, September 16, 2010 THE CANYON NEWS
By ROBERT BURNSTexas AgriLife Extension Service
Think you’re uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow.
Studies have shown that heat-stressed dairy cows suffer from damage to their ovarian follicles. Moreover, the eggs pro-duced by the damaged follicles may also be damaged, said Dr. Todd Bilby, Texas AgriLife Extension Service dairy specialist.
Worse, after becoming heat-stressed, other studies have shown the eggs she ovulates for the next 40 or 50 days are likely to be damaged as well, according to Bilby.
Bilby and his graduate student, Brandi Stewart, have found a way to double pregnancy rates during the summer and increase the number of heifers born as compared with conven-tional artificial insemination commonly used on dairy farms. They believe this method could save dairies in Texas and throughout the country lots of money.
Thus, heat stress puts “the heat on a dairy operator” in a number of ways, Bilby said. Not only does it reduce milk pro-duction, but by lowering fertility and increasing miscarriages, it costs the American dairy industry $1.5 billion annually.
“That’s an estimated economic loss of $132 million to the Texas dairy industry alone,” Bilby said.
Heat stress is also hard on the developing embryo if the mother cow does become pregnant. Consequently, it may die in the first two to three days of its development, he said.
“If a lactating dairy cow’s egg actually becomes fertilized during summer, for which she only has a 50 percent chance, then there is still a very good chance the cow will not become pregnant because the early growing embryo is more likely to die within the first three days of life,” Bilby said.
This is also bad news for the dairy cow and reduces profit
margins for the dairy operator. When a heifer or a mature mother cow doesn’t become pregnant, the dairy operator not only loses a calf, but the cow won’t be giving birth, which in turn means she won’t lactate, so he loses valuable milk production.
As it’s prohibitively expensive to feed and care for a non-productive cow until the next time she has another chance to become pregnant, the operator often has to make the hard choice of selling her to the packing plant, Bilby said.
She’s not just laid off; she’s hamburger.For decades, modern dairies rely mostly upon artificial in-
semination, using frozen sperm, to get cows pregnant as they come into heat. Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, embryo transfer systems -- test-tube calves -- have been used.
As the egg is fertilized in lab under climate-controlled conditions, the resulting in-vitro embryo is not subject to the heat-stress induced mortality rate of an in-vivo embryo, Bilby said. The in-vitro embryo is transferred to the mother cow when it is seven days old.
However, embryo transfers have issues of their own, he said. The first issue used to be cost of producing viable embryos by causing cows to super-ovulate -- producing large numbers of eggs at one time -- with fertility drugs. But today, there’s an alternative. Eggs can be harvested from slaughter-house cows, then fertilized in the lab with semen from high-quality bulls. Several hundred eggs can be fertilized at a time at a greatly reduced cost over super-ovulation methods.
Bilby’s and Stewart’s study used 722 cows from participat-ing Central Texas dairies in the summer of 2009. The study compared fresh and frozen embryos that had been fertilized with sex-sorted semen, which is gender biased towards more female sperm, and incubated for seven days before transferred to the mother cow.
Bilby and Stewart split the cows into approximately three equal-size groups. One group was artificially inseminated with traditional methods. Another group received frozen embryos. The third group received fresh embryos.
All cows were estrus synchronized using standard methods. The artificial insemination group was bred using either timed schemes or following detected estrus. The other two groups had embryo transfers seven days after completion of the estrus synchronization protocol.
During a period of 40 to 47 days after the transfers, all cows were checked to see if they were pregnant. Of those re-ceiving fresh embryos, about 42 percent were pregnant. Those receiving frozen embryos had a substantially lower pregnancy rate of about 29 percent. As expected, the artificial insemina-tion group had the lowest pregnancy rate of about 18 percent.
Bilby and Stewart diagnosed the cows again at 90 to 104 days after treatment. As expected, they found an overall drop in pregnancy rates, but those receiving fresh embryos still had the highest pregnancy rate at more than 36 percent, com-pared to frozen embryos at about 28 percent and artificially inseminated at 17 percent.
“The use of in-vitro produced embryos with sex-sorted se-men can bypass the deleterious effects of heat stress on fertil-ity while increasing the number of heifer pregnancies,” Bilby said. “This could be a viable option for producers to adopt to maintain fertility during summer months.”
Bilby also emphasized that using fresh or frozen embryos paired with sex-sorted semen instead of artificially insemi-nating not only increased the number calves born, but also increased the number of heifers born.
With frozen embryos, 80 percent of calves born were heifers and 88 percent with fresh embryos, compared to 50 percent using artificial insemination.
Test-tube calf embryos more likely to survive Texas summers
Individuals interested in learning about large herd management and major issues facing the industry in the Southwest should plan to attend the Dairy Industry Short Course Oct. 12-14 at the Ambassador Hotel, 3100 W. Interstate 40 in Amarillo.
This short course is spe-cifically designed for indi-viduals who are either new to the industry or wish to learn more about how large dairies operate in the Southwest, said Dr. Ellen Jordan, Texas AgriLife Extension Service dairy specialist in Dallas.
The Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium, in con-junction with New Mexico State University and AgriLife Extension, developed this service course in response to industry requests, Jordan said. The industry wanted a shortened version of the suc-cessful Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium-Teaching program held for university students each summer.
The course will run daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for each of the three days and provide a knowledge foundation regarding the life cycle of the
dairy cow for those individu-als serving the industry, she said.
Pre-registration for the
class, which is limited to 20 people, is required by Oct. 4. The cost is $500 per person. Complete registration and
schedule information can be obtained by visiting http://texasdairymatters.org and downloading the registration
form or by calling Choyia Holley, 254-968-4144.
Specific presentations will include: calving and transi-
The 34th Randall County Ag Show and Crops Tour is scheduled for Tuesday. The tour will kick off at 8:30 a.m with coffee and donuts spon-sored by Panhandle-Plains Land Bank of Amarillo.
The morning portion will consist of program speakers taking place in the Dillehay Education Room of the Kuhlman Extension (200 N. Brown Road). The program kicks off at 9 a.m. with “2011 Wheat and Small Grain Market and Pricing Outlook” presented by Dr. Steve Amos-son, Texas AgriLife Extension Economist - Amarillo. At 10 a.m., “Future Mandatory Cattle I.D. Requirements and Regulations,” presented by Dr. Ted McCollum, Texas AgriLife Extension Beef Cattle Specialist – Amarillo will be followed at 11 a.m. with “2010 Wheat Variety Results and Recommenda-tions and Sorghum Update” presented by Dr. Brent Bean, Texas AgriLife Extension Agronomist - Amarillo.
The noon luncheon and awards presentation will begin at 11:45 a.m. Wells Fargo Bank and Feldman’s of Canyon are the lunch sponsors. Presentation of the 2010 Randall County
Outstanding Demonstrator and Top Hand Awards will be presented. Following the awards, the noon luncheon featured speaker will be Jim Conkwright, General Manag-er, High Plains Underground Water District, Lubbock.
Conkwright will be high-lighting “Groundwater Man-agement in Randall County.”
The afternoon portion will feature three off site tour stops and one on site stop. First, before leaving the Kuhl-man Center, short presenta-tions will be provided by both participants, introducing their latest products and technologies.
Then, at 1:30 p.m., partici-pants will load the tour bus, sponsored by the Palo Duro Soil & Water Conservation District of Canyon and head out for stop No. 1, which will feature “Cholla Control in Native Pasture” and will be located at the Rick and Richmond Hales Farm (2 miles west on FM 1714 and Brown Rd). This stop will showcase two demonstra-tion plots applied at differed rates. Stop No. 2, will include Dryland-No Till Corn/Sor-ghum/Cotton.” This stop will be held on the Ryan Wieck Farm (located 17 miles west
on FM 1062 on south side of Hwy). Dr. Brent Bean, Texas AgriLife Extension Agrono-mist- Amarillo, will provide highlights for each along with Dr. Randy Boman, Texas AgriLife Extension Cotton Specialist- Lubbock.
The final stop No. 3, will feature a complete tour of the “Top of Texas Gin” (located 7 miles north of Dawn). Gin manager, Billy Sam Borchardt, will provide a complete tour of the entire gin facility.
The tour will conclude around 4:30 p.m. Three CEU’s will be provided for all private applicators. Please RSVP by Friday by calling our office at 468-5543. For more information, contact J.D. Ragland, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent Randall County.
Educational programs of Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age or national origin.
The Texas A&M Univer-sity System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Coun-ty Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
The dairy industry is growing in the Texas High Plains. A short course in Amarillo will helpindividuals who are either new to the industry or wish to learn more about how large dairiesoperate.
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Dairy industry short course set in Amarillo
Randall County to hold ag show, crops tour
tion cow management; calf and heifer raising; lactating herd management (nutrition, reproduction, health and lactation); environmental issues such as air, water and nutrient management; economic impact; and labor management.
Each day’s program will include formal classroom instruction as well as on-farm tours and training so partici-pants can see first-hand dif-ferent management systems, facility types and milking parlors, Jordan said.
Instructors include: Dr. Todd Bilby, AgriLife Exten-sion and Texas AgriLife Research, Stephenville; Dr. Ralph Bruno, AgriLife Exten-sion, Canyon; Jordan; Kevin Lager, AgriLife Extension, Canyon; and Dr. Robert Hagevoort, New Mexico State University Extension, Portales, N.M.
The Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium is a multi-university, multi-disciplinary and inter-agency consortium focused on developing and adapting technologies in an environmentally sound man-ner.
ENTERTAINMENTThursday, September 16, 2010 Page 5 THE CANYON NEWS
The Western Swing Dance and Jam will be held Sept. 16-18 at Fifth Season Hotel, located at 6801 Interstate 40.
The annual event has been held in Amarillo for 10 years and boasts a membership of 2,000 members.
Annual Western Swing event kicks off today
Most musicians are in the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest Hall of Fame in Oklahoma and Washington. Bands to be featured this year includes, Jim Burson and Band, Rick Suddeth and Blue Denium,
Texas Stardust and the Lone Star Troubadours.
The event is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.
For information, contact Jimmy or Gwen Cox at 655-4940.
Texas Stardust is one of many musical acts performing at the Western Swing Dance and Jam starting today and lasting through Saturday.
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The Canyon High School American Sign Language Honor Society will hold a fundraiser at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Peter Cook, an internation-ally reputed hearing-impaired performing artist whose works incorporate American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting and move-
ment, will perform at the CHS auditorium.
Cook has traveled exten-sively around the country and abroad with Flying Words Project to promote ASL Literature.
He has appeared in Live from Off Center’s “Words on Mouth” and “United
States of Poetry” produced by Emmy winner Bob Holman. Cook teaches at Columbia College where he received the 1997 Excellence in Teaching award. In 1998, Cook set up a video production called PC Production and now based in Chicago.
Admission is $5.
CHS American Sign Language Honor Society to hold benefit
On Friday the Constitu-tion of the United States of America was signed by 39 men. Celebrate this historic event at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
Activities will include calligraphy demonstrations,
a constitution image-large Constitution to be signed by visitors, Constitution Pre-amble printing on a movable type press, readings of the Preamble and Bill of Rights, a Constitution Birthday Party, mock debates about the Constitution ratification
and more. PPHM also will host a
Naturalization Ceremony for citizenship candidates and their families at 2 p.m.
Artifacts on exhibit from the PPHM collection will include a lock of George Washington’s hair, an 1818
PPHM to honor signing of U.S. Constitution
edition of The Federalist and a Revolutionary-era firearm.
Our nation’s history will shine with a traveling exhibit provided by Humani-ties Texas.
The Blessings of Liberty: The U.S. Constitution ex-plains the immense impor-tance of a document that holds answers to challenging
questions of government and addresses the transformation of the United States from a group of colonies to a nation united by a single document.
Admission is $3 for students grades 5-12; free for PPHM members, WT staff, faculty and students; and regular museum admission for the general public.
For more informa-tion, please contact Millie Vanover, education coordi-nator, at [email protected] or 651-2249 or Becky Livingston, special projects coordinator, at [email protected] or 651-2259. This event is co-sponsored by West Texas A&M University and PPHM.
Check out The Canyon News each Thursday and Sunday
or online at www.canyonnews.com.
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Check out The Canyon News each Thursday and Sundayor online at www.canyonnews.com.
Applications for the 2011-2012 National Security Educa-tion Program’s David L. Boren Scholarships for undergradu-ate students and fellowships for graduate students are now available to provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to study in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Eu-
rope, Eurasia, Latin America and the Middle East.
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad while Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research. Ap-plication deadline for the Bo-
ren Fellowship is Feb. 1, 2011, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is Feb. 10, 2011. For more information, contact Elly Mons at [email protected] or visit the Office of Nation-ally Competitive Scholarships in the Student Success Center, Room 115B.
Boren Scholarship applications available
West Texas A&M University’s student newspaper has made a return to its regular format following a one-year run as a magazine. The Prairie, using the Amarillo Globe-News’ printing facilities, will issue 1,500 copies Tuesday and plans to print on a weekly basis. The Prairie began publication in 1919 and usually prints on a weekly basis. During its run as a magazine, The Prai-rie initially printed each week but later became a biweekly. Butler Cain, Prairie adviser, said working for a campus newspaper is important for his students because many of them will look for ca-reers in print media. The paper has a staff of about 10 students.
Student publication returns to newspaper format
Registration is under way for the 17th Annual Pan-handle Area Mathematics and Science Conference “100 Years of Striving for Excel-lence” from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 25 at West Texas A&M University.
The conference is one of the largest regional mathe-matics and science conferenc-es in the state and gives area instructors an opportunity to learn from master teachers and presenters. More than 300 mathematics and science teachers from the Panhandle, South Plains, Eastern New Mexico and surrounding areas are expected to partici-
pate in the day’s activities.Registration starts at 8
a.m. in the Agriculture and Natural Sciences Building on campus. The sessions begin at 9 a.m. in various locations including Old Main, the Agri-culture and Natural Sciences Building and the Hastings Electronic Learning Center. Teachers will participate in four different one-hour ses-sions with presenters from across the country on topics of interest to K-12 math and science teachers. Professional development hours are avail-able.
Vendors, publishers and special exhibits will be set up
in the Atrium of the Agricul-ture and Natural Sciences Building for teachers to see the new textbooks and vari-ous other resources available.
Early registration is avail-able through Sept. 17 for $20 per person.
Full-time undergradu-ate university and graduate students may attend free, but lunch is not included. Registration also will be available at the door the day of the conference for $30 per person.
For more information about the conference and registration, visit wtamu.edu/pmsc.
Registration open for 17th Annual Math and Science Conference
Crestview
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CAMPUS CHRONICLESReeves-Hinger
Canyon High
By CHARLOTTE HOWARD
Students and teachers have made it through the first three weeks of school. Progress reports should have come home this week, so check children’s folders for that information. Sept. 7 was Open House. Many parents received useful information about their children’s teachers and the classroom environment.
The campus also celebrated Grandparent’s Day during each grade level’s RtI time on Tuesday. Students feel very spe-cial when people in their lives can spend time with them dur-ing the school day. Thursday is the first general PTA meeting for Reeves Hinger. Come and support the efforts of RHPTA and enjoy an evening of Reflections Art Contest information.
Mark calendars for the upcoming Fall Carnival, which will be held from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 2. Yellow notes with more info went home with all students last Friday.
By JESSICA SCHENK
The Canapalooza was a success. Crestview stu-dents and faculty recycled $35.71 worth of tin cans and aluminum cans. That means the school prevented 471.25 pounds of metal from being clogged in the landfill. Mrs. Barefield’s class won pizza provided by Pizza Hut. Libby Moore won a Monkey
Wrench gift certificate and a subscription to KB Recycling. Olivia Linville won as student with the most pounds.
Please start clipping the pink and white Box Tops labels on household products. Package up to 25 Box Tops in a Ziploc bag or envelope with a child’s name and send them to school. All money raised will be used at Crestview through the PTA.
Randall High School inducted two new members to its Raider Hall of Fame on Friday. The new inductees are former CISD Superintendent Dr. Mike King, who was superinten-dent when RHS opened in 1988, and John Lemons, RHS principal from 1988-1990.
Randall High
The purpose is to recognize a RHS graduate, staff, faculty or community member for outstanding contributions to the school or community. Inductees in the Hall of Fame are deemed to have made a positive impact and a significant contribution to RHS.
John Lemons, left, and Dr. Mike King, right, were inducted into the Raider Hall of Fame on Friday at Randall High School.
Photos by JAMES BARRINGTON
The newly elected officers for the CHS senior class are Vice President Macy Myrick, front, and back from left, President Duffy Watson, Secretary Chance Dyess, Publicist Tori Sills,Historian Jayton Welch, Executive Board (not pictured) Madison Russ andConner Meyer.
The newly elected officers for the CHS freshman class are, from left: President Isaac Kim, Vice President Cortlyn Dees, Secretary Kennedy Lackey, Treasurer Brice Boren, Publicist Georgia Finchum and Historian Jacob Bell.
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The newly elected officers for the CHS sophomore class are, from left: Publicist Harley Lennon, Historian Keevan Coffman, Treasurer Sayre Precure, Secretary Madison Jones, President Mesa Allison, Vice President Averi Bulla, Executive Board (not pictured) April Wall, Camille Glusecki and Andrew Admire.
The newly elected officers for the CHS junior class are, from left: Publicist Rhailee Sides, Treasurer Bayli Bryant, Secretary Julia Sparks, President Janie Johnson, Vice President Mark Griffin and HistorianPayton Noel.
By SHELLY HANES
Band and senior group pictures will be taken today. Freshman class will meet dur-ing activity period, and City Church will start back up this evening.
Key Club membership drive ends Friday, and all members need to turn in dues to Lance Culbert. Friday is also the deadline for the ACT test given Thursday and Business Leaders of Tomor-row will meet in Room 1301 during activity period.
Saturday school is from 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Peter Cook, internation-ally reputed hearing impaired performing artist whose works incorporate American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting, and move-ment, will perform in the auditorium at 7 p.m. Satur-day. Admission is $5 and the public is invited. A reception will follow in the commons.
Key Club board will meet
during activity period, Mon-day, and members of Mob-sters Ink and those interested in joining need to meet in the commons at 5:30 p.m. for a short information meet-ing, picture for the yearbook will be taken and sign up for routes. This group collects used ink cartridges from schools, businesses and indi-viduals to recycle. Proceeds benefit the PTSA scholar-ship fund at CHS. For more information and to get your business on a collection route contact Sandy Allison 680-8861 or [email protected].
Freshman class will meet during activity period Wednesday.
Western Photo will be on campus next Thursday for picture retakes in the upper commons from 8 a.m.-noon, and a Marine representative will be available to speak to interested juniors and seniors.
Seven CHS students
attended a national cross examination debate clinic in Lubbock recently. William English of Baylor University discussed this year’s national topic, reduction of American military and police presence in several countries. CX de-bate requires that participants have an extensive knowledge of the debate resolution and be prepared to argue each po-sition regardless of personal view. The district meet will be held in January at West Texas A&M University. Sponsor is Stephanie Suto.
Art teacher Mrs. Podzem-ny is asking students and fac-ulty to “Recycle for Art” by placing all vending machine type snack wrappers and chip bags in the boxes on top of the trash bins, to be used for art projects. Please empty out contents first.
CISD has a new Internet grade viewer system, parents are reminded to register even if you have registered in years past.
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Canyon Junior HighBy SANDY ALLISON
“Hot Diggity Dog” The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will have an introductory meeting from 6-7:30 tonight at the CJHS football field. Students are invited to feast on a free hot dog cookout before the informational program.
A patriotic thank-you goes to the officers and sponsors of CJHS Student Council for the program and reception held last week to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the lives lost in the terrorist attack on American soil.
If students failed to get a gift for grandparents last weekend, CISD Gold Cards would be a great idea. The district offers citizens, 60 years of age or older, a CISD Gold Card which allows the card holder entrance to sporting events and fine art performances at no charge. The cards can be acquired at the District Support Center located at 3301 N. 23rd St. A reception for grandparents of junior high students will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the CJHS library.
CJHS students are encouraged to enter their crafts, photog-raphy, art projects, horticulture, textile, and livestock, large and small, in the Tri State Fair. Exhibits will be on display Friday through Sept. 25.
An information sheet with step-by-step procedures was sent home with students on Monday to enable parents to stay alert to student class progress. The Parent Grade Viewer can be accessed to make sure students are learning at top level and preventing the “lost-between-the-cracks” academics.
Saturday the cross-country speedsters will be at the Plainview meet. Anyone wishing to order the “Running Wild” cross coun-try T-shirts ($10) must contact Sandy Allison ([email protected]) by deadline of Friday. The seventh grade volleyball Eagles will be at the Plainview Tourney on Saturday also.
The seventh and eighth grade “C” football teams will play Dumas at home starting at 6 p.m. Monday while Volleyball plays at Pampa. The seventh grade football A and B teams play at Borger on Tuesday while the eighth grade A and B teams play the Bulldogs at home.
The campus Back To School Dance will be held Sept. 24 to boogie, march, boot-scoot, slide, conga, moonwalk, “sorta rave” and visit.
Eagle TV is an elective class taught by Kelly Nusser and Bob-bie Jo Krutsch. Eagle TV is the school news station. Students in the class will be responsible for taking footage at events. They then edit the footage and the whole school watches the finished version over Channel One.
The CJHS Parent Teacher Association is still available for membership. This educational and service organization works on campus in selling concessions, teacher appreciation, supply-ing school directories, hosting the student BASH, sponsoring the arts Reflections Program, book fairs, assisting teachers with weekly copying and grading, assisting individual students with coursework, Eagle Excellence, and special events. Some CJHS offices still need volunteers such as programs officer and concessions chairman. Please contact Deborah Garcia, PTA president, at 584-3706 to offer services.
Decide to D-FY is offered to all seventh and eighth grade students at Canyon Junior High. This organization promotes a drug free lifestyle among students with incentives to encourage them to stay on the healthy, legal and positive trek in life. If stu-dents wish to order $12 D-FY T-shirts, order forms and money can be turned into Kelly Nusser by Wednesday. Birthday wishes for September go out to faculty members, Donna Kuhlman, Marilyn Rakes and Cristi Bright, with Ernest Trejo blowing out candles on Sept. 26th and Babs Lombard celebrating on Sept. 30.
Canyon Junior High is one of the first campuses to embrace the habit of recycling in the school district. The facilities have been in place for years to not only collect used paper for pulp plants but also for reincarnation and reuse for copy papers on campus. Several students visited the Amarillo Museum of Art for the Recycle Art Festival, which will be on exhibit until Sept. 26. At least 75 percent of each piece in the show must have been created using recycled materials. Students were amazed by the fascinating and creative works. Educational exhibits detail-ing landfills, earth soils, and pollutions were on display.
The RESPECT program needs a few more adult volunteers to be able to present to each classroom guidance in making wise choices, encouraging respect to others, show compassion, be loyal, value unique self, have self-control, be fair, set goals and work ethic. Contact Evelyn Romero at 236-9356 to assist this exceptional program.
Sundown LaneSundown Lane
would like to thank everyone for a won-derful turn out for our Back to School night, the book fair and Donuts for Dads.
The book fair was a success. The next book fair will be held in March.
Second grader Grady Halcom enjoys a donut.
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CJHS students Courson Williamson, Alex Fonseca and Wesley Gray view a “reborn”sculpture at the Recyle Art Festival.
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City View
City View Elementary fourth graders made a float for the Randall Raiders Homecomingparade on Sept. 8.
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Thanks for readingThe Canyon News. To submit school news, send e-mail to news@ canyonnews.com.
Lakeview
On Friday Lakeview Elementary PTA held a grandparent’s appreciation breakfast. Grandparents came from as far away as Texline to enjoy the homemade muffins and juice. Almost 100 grandparents spent a few minutes with their grandchildren before kicking off another school day.
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Deadlines
Now leasing Cambridge House
Apartments 22 Hereford Hwy. 655-4121. Stu-
dios, 1 bdrm & 2 bdrm available.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Freedom House col-lects high-quality used clothing, furniture, and household items and redistributes them to people living in Canyon and in need. To request assistance or donate items Call 655-7912. Donations Tax De-ductible
Buffalo Barns408 3rd Ave.R.V., Travel Trailer or
Boat Storage. 655-4631
CANYON SELF STORAGENEW UNITS AVAILABLE
Automatic GatesSecurity Cameras
Outdoor Parking for RV’s & Boats
Discounts Available206 N 16th ST
655-2460
STORAGE
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
ThursdayDisplay: Noon Tuesday
Word Ads: 2 p.m. TuesdaySunday
Display: Noon ThursdayWord Ads: 10:00 a.m. Friday
806-655-7121CLASSIFIEDS
All classified ads under
$15.00 must be prepaid, including all garage sales
Chaparral Villa Community 2 BR 2 Bath $500/mo. No pets, referenc-es required 1406 8th St. 655-2950
MOBILE HOMES FOR
RENT
BUSINESS SERVICES
All real estate advertis-ing in this newspaper is subject to the Fed-eral Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimina-tion.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwell-ings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.
Vance Lawn & Landscaping.
Mowing, fertilizing, general
maintenance 672-5398 655-4813
Will Mow Lawns
557-4447
Local house painting. Fencing.
Tree trimming, window replacement, floor tile. Call Richard at 367-2415 or 655-5477.
Warren Nelson Construction,
LLC Door installer, finish carpentry. 30 years experience
Free estimates
806-282-5775
Rockin R Storage. NEW units
Reasonable rates. Variety of sizes
Climate control avail.655-7271
Canyon Security Storagehas the
LARGEST units and 10x20, too!
Best prices in town.806.656.0686
One permanent place for anyone w h o w o u l d l i k e their home or office cleaned on reg. ba-sis. Excellent refer-ences from clients
For sale or lease pur-chase 5 ac. 2 mobile homes, horse stalls, 2 septics, storm cellar, caliche drive 369-5115 452-0036
Lovely lot with beautiful view, 2 acres, $75,000 on Indian Camp Trail PD Canyon Estates.Only 5 lots left in Deer Ridge! Lot prices from $27,500 to $62,500. Lots are 2 to 3 acres. Hun-sley Rd exit east to Deer Ridge. Call Real Estate Con-cepts for more details 806-655-5584
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
$99 move in special. Large 1 bdrm near col-lege. $295/mo. Gas & water paid. 2 bdrm $425/mo. no bills paid 584-1407 353-2570
Apts for rent - Close to WT. All new energy efficient windows. Call 655-4237, 679-6584 655-2460 or www.can-yonapts.com
Close to WT 2 bdrm or 1 large bdrm. Water/trash paid, no pets. $475/mo. 806-295-3586
Duplex and small one bedroom house, single or couple. No pets. Avail-able now 655-3801
Efficiency for rent 655-4003
F r e e M o n t h ! ! ! F r e e Month!!! Campus Park Apartments 2500 8th Ave 1 bdrm $435/mo. 2 bdrm $545/mo. $125/dep. wa-ter paid. 1 month free rent with fulfillment of 1 yr lease 683-9081
Large apartment in four-plex: 4 bdrm 3 bths dou-ble garage, W/D hook-ups. No pets 655-1182
AUCTIONS
Notice of Public Sale to satisfy a landlord’s lienCanyon Self Storage
206 N. 16th St.Canyon, Tx 79015
Sale Date is Saturday, October 2, 2010 @ 2:00 p.m.
Tenant: Mildred Blake Unit contains: household goods
Te n a n t : L i b b i e S . WetwiskaUnit contains: household goods
All Sales are FinalPlease see auction
attendant for list of auc-tion rules and guidelines
BUSINESS SERVICES
CHILD CARE
Will baby sit in my home. $2.50 an hour or $10 full day. Available all hours. Must be potty trained. Call Angela 558-2044
FARM
FREEBIES
1 adorable chocolate/white 7 wk old kitten. 1 solid black cat, beautiful eyes, litter box trained 655-4916
Loving, sweet , l i t ter trained kitten to good home 655-3635
FURNITURE
For sale solid oak en-tertainment center, ex-cellent condition. Asking $200. Call 806-662-1372 or email [email protected] for more info
GARAGE SALE
Fri & Sat 8-1 1004 8th Ave Multi-family garage sale. NO EARLY BIRDS. Furniture, clothing, TV’s, misc
Fri & Sat 908 17th St. Rocker, f iesta bowls, books, clothes, picture frames, office supplies, snowmen, kitchenware, modified phone, misc
Fri 9-3 703 27th St. Sofa, shelves, dishes & misc
Fri only 9-? 201 18th St. Backyard sale. Lots of misc.
Moving sale Sat 8-12 4 Bunker Pass. Furniture, clothes & accessories
Sat 7-? 20010 Hunt-ers Run (Deer Ridge) Multi-family. Name brand misses, men’s, infant/tod-dler & maternity clothing. Toys, furniture, printers, curtains, & lots of misc. Everything must go!
Sat 7:30-2 4210 4th Ave. Moved, changed decor. Pictures, mirrors, HD TV, antique oak bed & much more
Sat 8-? 507 18th St. Multi-family. Clothes, shoes, small furniture, used windows
Sat 8-12 91 Hunsley Hills Blvd. Jogging stroller, table saw, lots of clothes, misc.
Sat 8-2 702 3rd Ave. No early bird. Kitchen, bed-ding, misc.
Sat 8-3 2505 11th Ave. Furniture, clothes (adult & children), TV, kids toys, tools, etc.
Sat 8-noon 2600 4th Ave St. Paul Lutheran Church. Baby girl items & kids clothes, misses, women’s & men’s cloth-ing. Lots of misc.
Sat 9am-? 704 Foster. Furniture, toys, adult/kids clothes, kitchen-ware, misc
Caviness Beef Packers, Ltd.
Looking for Plant Safety Manager for a beef packing facility in
Hereford, TX:Qualified applicants should have at least 3 years experience in a related Industry Safety Department
and possess experi-ence in writing safety programs, performing safety audits, super-vising safety person-nel and conducting training classes for new and existing
Automotive technician needed, experience re-quired, at King Automo-tive 2309 8th Ave. Pay based on experience. 655-7759
Drivers: Stability & Peace of Mind with Cy-press Truck Lines! Year Round Freight! Great working Environment. Home Weekends! 1yr
Tractor/Trailer exp. Req. 800-545-1351 www.
cypresstruck.com
Subway, inside Canyon Wal-mart, now hiring sandwich artists full time and part time postitions. Submit application at store
NOW HIRING Sales Professionals. Due to record sales, Greg Lair Buick, GMC is hiring. Sales experience is pre-ferred. Great attitude and good work ethic re-quired. Honest with high moral standards. Team player and internet skills a plus! Great working environment, aggres-sive pay plan with helpful, encouraging and expe-rienced management. Health benefits, vacation provided by a Locally Owned Dealership. Ap-ply in person at I-27 & Rockwell Rd. No phone calls please
Seeking a full time Office Assistant in a fast paced environment. Must be multi-tasked, deadline oriented and have excel-lent phone & customer service skills. Position includes data entry. Xac-t imate 27 knowledge preferred. Must possess computer knowledge of Windows, Excel, Word, Quickbooks, Ten-key by touch and have excellent math skills. Apply @ Paul Blake Enterprises, Inc., 1501 4th Avenue, Can-yon, Texas. M-F, 8-12 & 1-5
Subway, inside Canyon Wal-mart, now hiring as-sistant manager. 1 year mgmt experience pre-ferred. Submit applica-tion/resume to store.
Welders needed 584-1932
HELP WANTED
HOUSES FOR RENT
1617 B 2nd Ave 1 bdrm 1 bth w/d hookups, all bills paid $700/mo. 806-290-3301
2 bdrm 1 bth CH&A 674-6214
2 bdrm 1 bth, unfurnished country home. W/D hook-ups, no smoking, no pets 488-2777
2 bdrm 2 bth. Horse stalls (indoor & out) & 2 arenas available. Horse ameni-ties included in rent. 10 mins. from WT and Ama-rillo. $725/mo. 817-320-0948. 806-674-1341.
2, 3 & 4 bdrm mobile homes between Ama-rillo and Canyon. CISD, CH&A, no pets, private, quiet community. Call 622-0430
3 bdrm 1 3/4 bth w/d hookups, storm cellar. No smokers, no pets. 6 miles east of Happy, TX on 1075. $650/mo. plus $300/dep. 655-1406 References required
3/2/2 1500 sqft., new carpet, large back patio. One year lease required. No pets or smoking. $1000/mo. $1000/dep. Available immediately Contact: 679-4220 or 806-535-4455 for appt.
6 Dogwood 3 bdrm 1 bth single gar. $900/mo. 1yr lease, sec. dep. req. No smoking, no pets 655-3094
Darling 1 bdrm, study/utility room, 3 blks from C a m p u s . N O P E T S $300/dep. $375/mo. Ref-erences. Owner/broker 236-0660 655-0567
HOUSES FOR RENT
LIVESTOCK
For sale 12 replacement heifers, mostly A.I.-sired by top red Angus bulls. Also, 1 red Angus heifer bull. Call 655-9520
MISC
Attn Randall County Residents: Southwest Supply and Salvage is paying top dollar for wrecked or abandoned vehicles. Working with Randal l Co. Sheri ffs Dept. to cleanup the County. 622-0451.“This Ain’t No Junk Yard”
Garage/shop for rent. 15x25. $100 655-7963
3 bdrm 2 bth mobile home. $575/mo. $300/dep. CH&A, fridge, stove, dishwasher and $100 pet/dep. 806-433-7251 text for directions
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
Executive office space on the square. 4,000sqft., multiple offices. Call Mary Lou with Lyons Realty for details. 236-2162
Professional office space available at 2001 4th Ave 673-2938
OPEN HOUSES
Open Sunday 19th 1-3 FSBO 3 bdrm 2 bth with office & basement. New metal s torage shop, CH&A, fenced backyard. Oak wood floors. 1505 7th Ave 806-774-1990
REAL ESTATE
3 bdrm 1 bth 610 8th Ave 655-7418 655-7919
8 B r a m b l e w o o d i n Hunsley Hills. 3/2.5/2 2350sqft., fully remod-eled. Large trees, on quiet street. 433-8612
807 13th St. FSBO DE-TAILS 655-3801 Ken-namer
TOWNHOUSES/CONDO FOR
RENT
Brand new townhouses on Conner Dr. 3 bdrm 2 bth, w//d hookups, all appliances, CH&A, no smoking, no pets $1200/mo. $700/dep. 1 yr lease. 655-0488
LEGAL NOTICES
NO. 2010-236-PESTATE OF JERI LYNN COLE, DECEASEDIN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FORRANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Jeri Lynn Cole, Deceased, were issued on September 7, 2010, under Docket No. 2010-236-P, pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to DEBRA HUNTER. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for this estate, addresses as follows:Estate of Jeri Lynn Cole, Deceasedc/o Garland D. Sell504 S. Polk, Ste. 101Amarillo, TX 79101-2318 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to pres-ent them within the time prescribed by law.SELL GRIFFIN MCLAIN PC504 S. Polk, Ste. 101Amarillo, TX 79101-2318ATTORNEYS FOR THE ESTATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Commission of the City of Canyon will meet on Monday, October 4, 2010, at 5:30 pm in the Sec-ond Floor Commission Chambers of City Hall, 301 16th Street, Canyon, Texas. Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider and Take Appropriate Action onOrdinance No. 928.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE REGULATORY SIGN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CANYON, TEXAS, ORDINANCE NO. 712, TO AMEND A PORTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 712 PERTAINING TO BENCH SIGNS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EF-FECTIVE DATE.
The ordinance would limit bench signs to those cur-rently existing in the City of Canyon.
Thank You,Gretchen MercerCity Secretary
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original letters of ad-ministration for the Estate of Cynthia Sue Whitney, Deceased, were issued on September 8, 2010, in Docket No. 2010-241-P pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to Rodney Whitney, Inde-pendent Administrator of this estate. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate addressed as follows:Rodney WhitneyIndependent Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Sue Whitney, Deceasedc/o Karl L. Baumgardner Burnette Law Firm, P.C.500 South Taylor St., Lobby Box 206Amarillo, Texas 79101-2445 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED September 9, 2010.Karl L. BaumgardnerKarl L. BaumgardnerBURNETTE LAW FIRM, P.C.Attorneys for the Independent Administrator
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original letters of independent administration with will annexed for the Estate of Phillip P. Petrakos, Deceased, were issued on September 8, 2010, in Docket No. 2010-243-P pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to Vesna Petrakos, Administrator of this estate. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate addressed as follows:Vesna PetrakosIndependent Administrator with the Will Annexed of the Estate of Phillip P. Petrakos, Deceasedc/o Susan L. BurnetteBurnette Law Firm, P.C.500 South Taylor St., Lobby Box 206Amarillo, Texas 79101-2445 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED September 9, 2010.Susan L. BurnetteSusan L. BurnetteBURNETTE LAW FIRM, P.C.Attorneys for the Administrator
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original letters of testamentary for the Estate of Wilda Jean Burnett, Deceased, were issued on September 8, 2010, in Docket No. 2010-242-P pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to Theresa Marie Gardner, Independent Executrix of this estate. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate addressed as follows:Theresa Marie GardnerIndependent Executrix of the Estate of Wilda Jean Burnett, Deceasedc/o Susan L. BurnetteBurnette Law Firm, P.C. 500 South Taylor St., Lobby Box 206Amarillo, Texas 79101-2445 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED September 8, 2010.Susan L. BurnetteSusan L. BurnetteBURNETTE LAW FIRM, P.C.Attorneys for the Independent Executrix
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original letters testa-mentary for the Estate of Vernie Harrison Roberts, Jr., Deceased, were issued on September 13, 2010, in Docket No. 2010-254-P pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to Vickie Clay Osenbaugh, Independent Executrix of this estate. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate addressed as follows:Vickie Clay OsenbaughIndependent Executrix of the Estate of Vernie Har-rison Roberts Jr., Deceasedc/o Karl L. BaumgardnerBurnette Law Firm, P.C.500 South Taylor St., Lobby Box 206Amarillo, Texas 79101-2445 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED September 13, 2010.Karl L. BaumgardnerKarl L. BaumgardnerBURNETTE LAW FIRM, P.C.Attorneys for the Independent Executrix
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORSTHE STATE OF TEXASCOUNTY OF RANDALLTo those indebted to or holding claims against the Estate of JOHN E. JONES, Deceased, No. 2010-237-P in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, Probate Matter: The undersigned having been duly appointed an Independent Co-Executor of the Estate of JOHN E. JONES, Deceased, by the Judge of the County Court of Randall County, Texas, on the 8th day of Septem-ber, 2010, hereby notifies all persons indebted to this Estate to come forward and to make settlement, and those having claims against this Estate to present them to the Independent Co-Executor within the time prescribed by law, at the following address:LISA LYNN MINTS6316 Elmhurst RoadAmarillo, Texas 79106Lisa Lynn MintsLISA LYNN MINTS, Independent Co-Executor of the Estate of JOHN E. JONES, Deceased
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SPORTSPage 11 THE CANYON NEWS Thursday, September 16, 2010
Roswell alien territory to EaglesBy KEVIN J. KELLERSpecial to The Canyon News
ROSWELL, N.M. — Can-yon’s potent passing attack wasn’t as sharp as it needed to be Saturday and the defense struggled to stop the run as the Eagles fell for the first time in 2010.
The Eagles turned the ball over five times and allowed 366 yards, including 338 on the ground, in a 40-14 loss to the Goddard (N.M.) Rockets at the Wool Bowl in Roswell, N.M.
However, the Eagles remained within striking distance of the two-time de-fending New Mexico 4A state champion Rockets deep into the third quarter.
Canyon actually opened the scoring with a TD on its opening drive — marking the first time Goddard has trailed this season or in the last five games, a streak that began in the Rockets’ first playoff game last season.
Travis Cosby capped a 14-play, 80-yard drive with a 1-yard sneak through the mid-dle of the Goddard defense to give Canyon a 7-0 lead.
The lead lasted less than three minutes.
Goddard’s David Anaya rushed for the first of his three touchdowns on the ensuing Rocket possession with a two-yard run that tied things up at 7-all.
Cosby was picked off for
the first time on the next drive when Ryan Greene stepped into the passing lane. Goddard capitalized on the miscue three plays later with a Greene 14-yard keeper around right end.
Goddard (3-0) added another TD with no time remaining in the first when Greene hit Said Fuentes for a 28-yard TD pass. It was Greene’s lone completion of the day and gave Goddard a 21-7 lead.
After a scoreless second quarter, Canyon made it a game on its first possession of the second half.
Following a Rocket punt, the Eagles marched 85 yards in 10 plays and drew to within seven, at 21-14, with a Thomas Cunningham 4-yard run with 5:15 left in the third.
The Eagles would get no closer, though.
Goddard turned its next possession into a 27-14 lead with a 10-yard Greene TD run and made it 33-14 on another Anaya run — this one a five-yarder — after picking off Cosby. Another Cosby interception led to Anaya’s third TD, a 2-yarder with 2:12 left in the game to cap the scoring.
Anaya finished the day with 198 yards and three TDs on 28 carries.
For the Eagles (1-1), Cosby was 13 of 26 for 200 yards, Cunningham ran 13 times for 47 yards and a TD
and Michael Stigler ran for 44 yards on just five carries.
The Eagles return to ac-tion Friday when they face unbeaten Estacado (3-0) in Lubbock at 7:30 p.m. The Matadors, led by Deverick Stubblefield and Augustine Abigide, drubbed Greenwood 39-7 in Week 1.Canyon-Goddard box score
Canyon 7 0 7 0 — 14Goddard 21 0 0 19 — 40
First quarterC—Cosby 1 run (Rowe
kick), 8:41G—Anaya 2 run (Ramirez
kick), 6:17G—Greene 14 run (Ramir-
ez kick), 4:44G—Fuentes 28 pass from
Greene (Ramirez kick), 0:00Third quarter
C—Cunningham 4 run (Rowe kick), 5:15Fourth quarter
CHS finished seventh out of 16 teams in the Abilene High tennis tournament last Friday and Saturday.
The Eagles dropped matches to Amarillo High, Vernon, Midland Lee and Abilene Cooper.
“Three of those losses were to solid 5A teams, and the Vernon team is currently ranked second in the state in 3A,” said Head Tennis Coach Aaron Fuller. “All are solid opponents to lose to.”
Despite their losses, the Eagles defeated Keller High, Belton, El Paso Austin, El Paso Andress, El Paso Jeffer-son and Lubbock Monterrey.
“Overall, we’re getting better as a team,” Fuller, said. “We still have some work to
do, but I was really pleased with the way the kids played this weekend in Abilene.
“The conditions weren’t perfect. It was really hot and humid. I think our condition-ing paid off, especially in the last match against Keller High School. They looked re-ally weak and physically beat.
I felt like we had more left in the gas tank than they did.”
The Team Tennis 4A rankings released on Sunday, ranked CHS 13th in the state.
Canyon’s tennis team is 6-4 overall for the fall 2010 season and see action next when they host Palo Duro Saturday.
Weatherford, Okla. –No. 9-ranked West Texas A&M was back on form Saturday night, as they dismantled Southwestern Oklahoma State, 77-14, in Weatherford, Okla.
The 77 points were the most points scored by the Buffs since tallying 90 against New Mexico Highlands on August 25, 2005, in Don Carthel’s first game as WT’s head coach.
WT’s offense cranked out 422 yards in total offense, with 379 yards coming in the first half when they registered 56 of their 77 points. Equally impressive was the Buffs’ defen-sive unit, which registered seven quarterback sacks, four QB hurries, three interceptions (two of which were returned for touchdowns) and allowed just 212 total yards.
“We had some athletes on the field tonight that really show-cased their talents,” said WT head coach Don Carthel. “The guys really took care of their assignments tonight, especially in the first half.
“We were able to get everyone into the game that suited up for us tonight”, Carthel continued. “These kids work their tails off every week in practice and it’s a great reward for them to get into a real game situation.”
The Buffaloes wasted little time in establishing how this game would be played. Tarin Lee blocked a punt on SWOSU’s initial possession and, on their second play from scrimmage, Taylor Harris connected with Brittan Golden for a 45-yard touchdown pass, putting the Buffs ahead, 7-0 just 2:40 into the contest.
On the Bulldog’s second possession, Shad Baichtal sacked SWOSU QB Mike Van Deripe, dropping the Bulldogs deep. Forced to punt from their own 1-yard line, Bryan Braman broke through the line, blocking the punt, with John McShef-fery recovering for another Buff touchdown. WT led, 14-0, just 3:51 into the game.
On the next possession, Harris found Stephen Burton be-hind the defense at the five yard line. Burton caught the ball and fell into the end zone, putting WT up, 21-0, just 6:45 into the contest.
Kelvin Thompson put the Buffs ahead, 28-0, with 4:35 remaining in the first when he rushed into the end zone from one-yard out.
On their next possession, Harris beat the blitz, hooking up again with Burton for a 38-yard TD strike. The Buffs now led 35-0 with 1:47 to play in the first quarter.
Harris, under tremendous pressure trying to throw from his own end zone, lofted an interception, his fifth of the season, early in the second quarter. The Bulldogs took advantage driving to make the score 35-7 with 12:07 to play in the second quarter.
Harris then hit RB Tommy Hampton on a short swing pass around right end. Hampton blazed 40 yards for a touchdown boosting the Buffs’ lead to 42-7 with 10:01 remaining in the second quarter.
WT’s defense continued to hassle SWOSU’s Van Deripe, as Simi Kuli and Shad Baichtal each registered sacks on the Bulldogs’ next possession.
WT attempted their first punt at the 4:10 mark of the second quarter. Tim Cowdrey’s attempt was blocked and SWOSU recovered at the WT one-yard line. Two plays later, the Bulldogs made the score 41-14 with 3:27 to play in the half.
Harris then connected with Golden for a 28-yarder. Two plays later, Hampton burst around left end and went un-touched, 25 yards for another WT touchdown.
On SWOSU’s next possession, Baichtal pressured Van De-ripe into throwing early. Curtis Jefferson stepped in front of the pass at WT 47 and returned the ball 53 yards for another WT touchdown. That made the score 56-14 as the teams headed into the locker room.
The Buffs took advantage of the wide margin to play the entire second half with their reserve unit. SWOSU missed a 41-yard field goal attempt midway through the third quarter.
Tanner Marsh took over the signal-calling duties in the sec-ond half. He broke free on a 30-yard scramble for a TD with 1:09 to play in the third quarter to boost the WT lead to 63-14.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, a SWOSU pass was intercepted by WT’s Glen Stanley who ran it back for another TD. Todd Phillip’s PAT put the Buffs’ up by a 70-14 margin.
Running back Tevin Mitchell scored the first touchdown of his career when he went around right end for five yards with 5:43 to play in the game, making the score 77-14.
WT’s Harris completed 13-of-22 passes for 304 yards and four TDs in just one half of play. That yardage total moves him past Grady Benton (1994-95) to move into fifth place on the WT career passing yardage list. Harris now has 5,718 career passing yards.
Tanner Marsh completed 6-of-11 passes for 55 yards while Dustin Vaughan was 5-of-10 for 63 yards. Combined, WT quarterbacks threw for 422 yards.
Brittan Golden had four receptions for 136 yards and one TD, while Stephen Burton grabbed four passes for 90 yards and two TDs. Torrence Allen had four catches for 42 yards. Tommy Hampton had the fourth touchdown reception with his 40 yard grab.
Tommy Hampton led the Buff ground-gainers with four catches for 33 yards and one TD.
Defensively, linebackers Kyle Voss and Drew Graham had eight tackles apiece, with Voss registering one sack. DB Tae Evans had six solo stops, one assist and an interception return for 35 yards. DE Bryan Braman logged just three tackles, but one was a sack. He also had a blocked punt and a pass breakup. As a team, the Buffs broke up six SWOSU passes.
The Buffs return to Kimbrough Memorial Stadium this weekend for their home opener, hosting Southeastern Okla-homa State. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.
Buffs blast into win column
Abigail Strickland runs to return a volley in last weekend’s Abilene High School tennis tournament.
Courtesy photo
Canyon netters tested at Abilene
Cavern City junior tennis tournament
The Cavern City Tennis Association will hold their annual junior tournament on Sept. 25 and 26 in Carlsbad, N.M. Deadline for entries is Sept. 20.
Players may call (575) 887-1980 after 5 p.m. on Sept. 22 to learn their starting times. Draws will also be posted on www.southwest.usta.com or contact Charlie Jarva by e-mail at [email protected]
Lady Eagles 1-1 in district play
Left: Cailee Stark digs against Plainview.Right: Courtney Erwin attacks the ball.
Photos by JAMES BARRINGTON
By JAMES BARINGTONCanyon News Staff
Canyon began district volleyball play Friday with a three set victory over Cap-rock: 25-15, 25-17, 25-18.
In the district opener Jayla Lackey led all Eagles with 11 kills and added three blocks defensively. Chandler Storer added six kills, and Morgan Dean and Courtney Erwin had five kills each.
Candice Phelps led the team in assists with 23.
Erwin had four blocks.Molly Meyer contributed
eight digs and Cailee Stark added six more.
From the service line, Stormie Hickenbottom scored three aces.
Hosting Plainview Tues. night in a hard fought match the Eagles fell in four sets: 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 19-25.
In the losing effort Meyer and Rachael Carlton each made 24 digs, with Carlton adding three aces from the service line.
Dean lead the Eagles wtih kills at 12. Erwin added 11 and Storer contributed 10 more.
Phelps had 27 assists while Lackey had five blocks and Dean had three more.
The Lady Eagles, now 1-1 in district play will next see action when they play Randall at 11:30 a.m. in the WT fieldhouse, The BOX, for WT’s Dig Pink event.
