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Vol. 24, No. 4Jan. 23, 2013
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Serving Stanton, Lenorah, Tarzan and all of Martin County
Martin County MessengerF i x i n ’
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STANTON - The AnnualMartin County Chamber of Com-merce Banquet with Agri Life Ex-tension will be Jan. 30 with a meetand greet starting at 6:30 p.m.with the meal and program to fol-low at 7p.m.
The chamber will recognizeman and woman of the year, edu-cators and students of the yearand ag family of the year. Ticketsare $15.
Chamber banquethonors best of county
GRADY - Monday’s Gradyschool board meeting movedplans a little closer to a final pro-posal, which could be on the tablewithin the next two weeks - cer-tainly before the Feb. 28 datethat’s the last chance to call abond issue for the May election.
School trustees camecloser this Monday - the latest ina series of special meetings - af-ter visiting with architects fromParkhill Smith and Cooper.
Which option the Gradyschool district will pursue whena bond proposal is offered to vot-ers this spring is at the heart ofthe ongoing discussions.
Another meeting is sched-uled this coming Monday, whenarchitects are expected to presentsome changes and costs dis-cussed in recent meetings.
Details of those changes -and which options are being dis-cussed - have not been an-nounced.
Superintendent LeandroGonzales said he and the boardhave appreciated all of the inputfrom community members andthat everyone is being given anopportunity to express theirviews on the proposed changesin facilities.
At last Monday’s meeting,discussions centered on the twoprimary ideas being thrownaround - building a new schoolon property owned by the dis-trict just east of the current schoolor building a new school on the
STANTON - Another meet-ing this coming Monday couldbe pivotal in the Stanton schoolboard’s decision-making pro-cesses for building new schoolfacilities here.
The special meeting fol-lows a string of special and regu-lar meetings trustees have beeninvolved in over recent weeks -all with the goal of renovating orbuilding school facilities at boththe high school and elementarycampuses.
No decisions have beenmade, but it is likely the board willwork to finish plans soon sincedeadlines are approaching forpreparing a ballot initiative thatwould go to Stanton school dis-trict voters in early May.
Feb. 28 is the drop dead dayfor voting on a proposed bondissue, and Superintendent DavidCarr said this week the boardcontinues to pursue “the verybest facilities we can have for ourchildren, our employees and thecommunity.”
He cited the new highschool auditorium - a state-of-the-art facility that is the envy ofmany school districts and com-munities in this end of the state -as the kind of facility “people inStanton can rightly be proud of -and that’s what we want for all ofour facilities.”
The school board is con-sidering renovations as well asoutright construction of newbuildings.
The new science building,auditorium and field house at thehigh school are obviously notincluded in any plans for renova-tions or replacement - but the highschool classroom building andgymnasiums are in the mix for dis-cussions.
Same can be said of the el-ementary complex, which re-ceived some renovations in thelast several years, but could beon target for many more changes.
As a “rich” school district- that’s what the Texas EducationAgency claims Stanton is - a largechunk of tax dollars must go toAustin each year from Stanton tohelp the state’s “poor” schooldistricts.
Carr said about 55 cents ofevery dollar raised locally is tar-geted for the Texas EducationAgency’s current funding plan oftaking dollars from “wealthy”school districts and giving someof those dollars to those districtsjudged to be “poor.”
One way to keep some ofthose dollars at home is to buildnew schools and facilities atschools which allows the Stantondistrict to spend the dollars here.
And about 98 percent ofthose dollars are paid by thebooming oil and gas sector.
Monday’s meeting, likethose in the past, is an open fo-rum for questions to be asked ofboard members and administra-tors - and as Carr explained, mostideas are still on the table rightnow, with no final decisions hav-ing been made yet.
He said a series of publicmeetings will be planned later thisspring prior to the May electiontime frame so that those in thecommunity can ask questionsand learn more about the propos-als the board plans to present.
STANTON - Texas StateSenator Kel Seliger, who repre-sents Martin County, will meetwith Martin County residents atthe Martin County Senior Centerin downtown Stanton on Jan. 28.
Seliger will be at the centerat 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
STANTON - On Jan. 30 atthe Martin County Courthousethe bloodmobile will be parked inthe parking lot from noon to 3 pmfor donations.
It is a Martin CountyCourthouse and community spon-sored blood drive. To sign up ,call Missy Hernandez at 607-3535.
All donors will be enteredinto a drawing for a $500 gift cardfrom Best Buy.
STANTON - In early Feb-ruary there will be a farm equip-ment auction at Tarzan Coop Gin.
The gin has asked the auc-tion company to sell the cottontrailers that have been aban-doned in the modules storageyard.
Anyone with trailers theywant to keep, must have them re-moved by Feb. 1.
The proceeds from thetrailer auction will be donated toa charity. For questions call thegin at 459-2451.
STANTON - The Mus-tang SWCD is currently takingorders for windbreak trees.
The container species (Af-ghanistan Pine, Austrian Pine,etc.) are about 12" seedlings andsell in bulk of 25 for $120.
The bare-root species(Green Ash, Hackberry, etc.) areapproximately 24" seedlings andsell in bulk of 25 for $50. Dead-line for ordering is 4 pm on Feb.27. The trees will be delivered onMarch 6.
To order or request informa-tion about species of tree avail-able contact the Mustang SWCDat (432)756-3421 x3. Orders mustbe paid at time of order.
MARTIN COUNTY - Twoarea men were killed in separateaccidents this week as the focusof the high number of crashes inthis part of Texas fell squarely onMartin County.
The first wreck was a badone Monday involving multiplevehicles, with 11 persons goingto hospitals and one man de-clared dead at the scene. Thatman was identified as GilbertoRuiz-Flores, 43 of Big Spring.
And early Thursday morn-ing a 22-year-old Lenorah mandied in a wreck on Hwy. 176 whenthe vehicle he was drivingswerved into ongoing traffic.
A 2004 Peterbilt tractor
trailer attempted to dodge thevehicle androlled over sev-eral times.
Z a c hPerez, 22 ofLenorah, wasdead at thescene, justacross the Mar-tin County lineinto HowardCounty. The2000 Ford Ex-plorer he wasdriving west-bound at about2:20 a.m. hit thebigger truck
before it rolled over.The Explorer rolled over
several times, aswell, partially eject-ing Perez
A l t h o u g hreports were in-conclusive, law-men thought Perezmay have fallenasleep andswerved into theoncoming traffic.
The wreckon Monday was inMartin County, butthe problems be-gan in HowardCounty where a
construction crew is removing abridge over the interstate thatwas wiped out last fall by a trac-tor trailer.
The contract calls for theold damaged bridge to be re-moved - which it was this week -and a new structure to be in placewithin 97 days.
Meanwhile, however, law-men and paramedics are beingkept busy because of the num-ber of wrecks the bridge work iscreating on a stretch of interstatewith curves and hills that make ittough on drivers - especiallythose not paying attention.
Monday just before 8 p.m.,traffic has been slowed tostopped because of the bridgework with some estimates of sev-eral miles of backed-up vehicles -all the way into Martin County.
Flores was stopped in his2001 Dodge pickup when a 2012Dodge pickup towing a hotshotutility trailer plowed into the lineof stopped vehicles.
Kelly Ivan Resendes, 22 ofOdessa, was driving the Dodgethat hit the stopped vehicles.
According to MidlandMemorial Hospital, 11 peoplewere transported there by Mar-tin County and Howard Countyambulances. By Wednesday allbut one had been released, withthat last patient listed in goodcondition.
Among those injured wasa 35-year-old Tyler woman,Melanie Bearden. None of theother names were released.
Flores was pronounceddead at the scene by MartinCounty Peace Justice JarrellHedrick. Lawmen and EMS per
Drew Snellgrove parades his pig around the ring during the Annual Martin CountyLivestock Show last week in Stanton.
Zack Perez
MARTIN COUNTY - Withthe number of animals and kidsbeginning to grow again afterseveral years of declining inter-est, the Martin County LivestockShow went off without a hitchFriday and Saturday.
Almost $50,000 in prizemoney and scholarships werehanded out at the banquet Satur-day night.
The big winners wereBraden Waggoner in the goatshow with grand and reserve,Julia Cox with the champion pigand Madey Baker with the re-serve.
Waggoner also won thelamb show with his brother TylerWaggoner winning reserve. FlintNewman won the steer show withDrew Snellgrove as reserve.
At the banquet, KristenBlocker was named Top Hand.Herdsman awards went to TylerWaggoner in the lamb show, Ster-ling Allen in the swine show,Blake Snellgrove in the steer di-vision and Stetson Foster in thegoat show.
Showmanship went toMacey Oppegard for both thelamb and goat divisions for se-niors and Braden Waggoner forjuniors in both the lamb and goatdivisions.
Showmanship in the steerdivision went to Flint Newmanfor seniors and to Madey Bakerfor juniors.
In the swine division,Kristen Blocker won senior show-manship with Ashlynn Peughwinning junior showmanship.
A number of scholarshipswere given at the banquet -
Kristen Blocker received theKendall Newman MemorialScholarship, Flint Newman wasawarded the Milton McMorriesMemorial Scholarship, MaceyOppegard won the Rusty andMelinda Allred Scholarship andDrew Snellgrove received theMac Tunnell Memorial Scholar-ship.
New officers of the MartinCounty Championship Club areGary Earhart as president, JasonPhillips as vice president andShanna Peugh as secretary trea-surer.
GoatLight Weight1. Tyler Waggoner; 2.
Stetson Foster; 3. MaceyOppegard; 4. Dawson Oppegard.
Heavy Light Weight1. Braden Waggoner; 2.
Kaylea Day; 3. DawsonOppegard; 4. Tucker Wells.
Light Weight ReserveChampion Tyler Waggoner
Champion Light WeightBraden Waggoner
Light Medium Weight1. Laci Long; 2. Caden
Kennedy; 3. Laci Long; 4. CadenKennedy; 5. Macey Oppegard.
Medium Weight1. Caden Kennedy; 2.
Kaylea Day; 3. Justin Wells; 4.Stetson Foster.
Heavy Medium Weight1. Tyler Straub; 2. Braden
Waggoner; 3. Kaylea Day; 4.Stetson Foster.
Medium Weight ReserveChampion Laci Long
Champion Medium WeightTyler Straub
Light Heavy Weight
1. Braden Waggoner; 2.Tyler Waggoner; 3. Tyler Straub;4. Caden Kennedy.
Heavy Weight1. Braden Waggoner; 2.
Tyler Waggoner.Heavy Weight Reserve
Champion Tyler WaggonerChampion Heavy Weight
Braden WaggonerReserve Grand Champion
Goat Braden WaggonerGrand Champion Goat
Braden WaggonerLambFine WoolLight Weight1. Tyler WaggonerHeavy Weight1. Braden WaggonerReserve Champion Fine
Wool Braden WaggonerChampion Fine Wool Tyler
WaggonerFine Wool CrossLight WeightReserve Champion Fine
Wool Cross Braden WaggonerChampion Fine Wool Cross
Tyler WaggonerMedium WoolLight Weight1. Macey OppegardMiddle Weight1. Kaylea Day; 2. Macey
OppegardHeavy Weight1. Braden Waggoner; 2.
Braden WaggonerReserve Champion Me-
dium Wool Kaylea DayChampion Medium Wool
Braden Waggoner
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Wrecks claim lives of two area men
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Blood drive Jan. 30at the courthouse
Grady gets closeto final decisionon school options
Sen. Seliger expectedin Stanton on Tuesday
Stock show a huge success here
Seedlings availablefor windbreak trees
Better come getthose old trailers
Stanton trusteeshope to finalizeschool facilities
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This Week InTexas History
by Bartee Haile
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NUGGETS By Jannie Linney
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As America continues tobecome tangled in the web ofdomesticated animal welfare, wecontinue to exacerbate the inhu-mane results of our efforts. Theclosing of horse slaughter plantshas backfired. Our emphasis onspay and neuter clinics has madejust a small dent in the number offeral cats and dogs. Millions ofcanines and felines areeuthanized each year. Feral hogshave become as welcome as coy-otes, rats, prairie dogs, wolvesand white tail deer in many states.The biggest factor in each casecan be traced back to decisionsmade by people with big heartsand a limited knowledge ofnature’s way.
The latest example of com-passionate, naïve and innocentignorance backfiring, is the un-wanted backyard chicken move-ment. Urban folks, sincere andserious, want to know where theirfood comes from. In their mindthey have the image of free-rangehens laying eggs and peckingaround with smiles on their beaks.Roosters welcoming the day, cutelittle chicks you can hold in yourhand.
So far, so good. But as the
Free HennyPenny!
effort to feed, contain, clean-upafter, dust for lice and hosechicken poop off the porch, theswing set, the window sills…thenew nervous poultrymen mustface reality. They begin to seewhy farmers using modern prac-tices that prevent disease, in-crease sanitation, improve theirdiet, and reduce the muck thatgoes with raising chickens is im-portant. Reality is not the idyllicfarmer-in-the-dell fairy tale theyhad imagined.
Then the hens quit laying.The neuvo-farmer can’t eventhink about slaughtering such afaithful hen. So, just like dump-ing unwanted horses, puppiesand kittens, they turn their oldhens loose…sort of a “FreeHenny Penny!”
Is this a serious problem?
In Minneapolis, a “Chicken res-cue facility” report that they re-ceived calls to take 500 aban-doned chickens. They are work-ing with Animal Control to findhomes to place the steady streamof unwanted chickens.
Those of us in rural Americalook on this problem dumb-founded. Nigerians in refugecamps, Filipino typhoon victims,North Korean mothers, Laotianimmigrants plus 98% of the peopleon Earth who have some basicunderstanding of life’s cycle, areincredulous.
In megacities, we have iso-lated a significant percentage ofour population from reality. Theyexist in a cocoon that is controlledby electronic robots that keepthem and their children separatedfrom dirt, weather, farming, min-
ing timber, drilling and changingtheir own flat tires. They mightas well be living in a space sta-tion on the moon.
We, whose job is to feed,house and comfort these spacestation citizens make an effort toinform them “Where their food,clothing and shelter comesfrom.” But most will never be-come truly knowledgeableenough in the subjects to makean educated decision. So, it willcontinue to be up to us, the pro-ducers, to make the right deci-sions, for the right reasons.
So with a tip of the hat toyou urban chicken raisers, doyour homework, be responsibleand enjoy your eggs. And re-member, that little chick will oneday be at the Campbell’s soupstage of their life. Have a plan.
John Roam of Midland hastwo passions: Studebakers andtoy trains. He has a building be-hind his house that he had builtespecially to hold his huge col-lection of toy trains. He pointedto a train with red and blue carsand said, ”That’s my originaltrain. I won it in a drawing in 1958.It still runs.”
It’s no wonder it still runs.He has drawers and shelves fullof model train parts. He is con-stantly helping other collectorsrepair trains and lay out a display.His is on two levels and will runten trains. His eighteen hundredminiature train cars blow steam,ring bells and blow air horns asthey roll past tiny towns, lakes,mountains and pastures.
He has both steam and die-sel that represent toy trains fromthe fifties to the present. “Theelectric train of the fifties was the
JOHN ROAM’S SPARE TIME ACTIVITIESsame as the video games kidshave today,” he says. “We builtstuff. We had Lincoln logs, erec-tor sets and things like that.”Toy trains have been aroundnearly as long as real trains.
“Lionel started in 1900. Hemade a display for a departmentstore in New York City and hewanted something that moved.People went in to buy the display.It just took off from there. It hitsome slow times in the sixtiesbecause all sorts of new toys werecoming out. But in the 80’s, babyboomers like me got back intowhat they had as kids. Now thereare collectors all over the world.Santa Fe toy trains are the mostpopular.”
The control panel to run hislayout looks like something thatcould send a spaceship soaringinto the heavens. “That’s just partof it. You learn about electricity
and about building things andhow they operate. That’s whattrains were all about in the fiftiesfor kids. You learned how to fixthem when they broke.” Maybeplaying with toy trains is whatmade John become an engineerin the oil business.
When I got to his house forthe interview, John took me to hisgarage and showed me a beauti-ful automobile. “It’s a 1931Studebaker President Brougham.It was a chauffeur-driven car onceowned by an orange grower inCalifornia. It’s easy to drive andwill run 50 to 60 miles an hourdown the highway. It gets aboutfive miles per gallon. There areabout 100 of these left in the coun-try.”
That car only has 50,000miles on it and was once in theStudebaker museum in SouthBend, Indiana. “Studebaker
started in 1852 as a wagon makerfor the California gold rush. Laterit made fancy carriages, then inthe early 1900’s started makingcars. The company went out ofbusiness in 1966.”
John has had fifteen or soStudebakers, everything frompickups to the elegant 1964 Hawkthat rivals any Corvette orThunderbird for looks. “Four-speed super-harged full perfor-mance package car. Pretty rare.Pretty desirable. I’ve owned twoof them and right now there areonly five of them known to ex-ist.”
He got interested in thevehicles sometime ago. “As a kidI was just drawn to them for theirengineering and styling.Studebaker caused quite a stir inthe 50’s when it came out with afront end that looked like a bul-let. People remember that.”
“The thief cometh not, butfor to steal, and to kill, and to de-stroy: I am come that they mighthave life, and that they might haveit more abundantly” [John 10:10].
Abundantly means “in full-est measure.” We cannot com-prehend all that means. Every-thing Jesus paid for is availableto us. We can study the bible forour lifetime and still not know allthe benefits. We will look at onlya few.
Abundant LifeAll Christians know this
one by heart, “For God so lovedthe world He gave His only Son,that whosoever believes in Himshould not die but have everlast-ing life and have it more abun-dantly” [John 3:16]. T
here it is again “Abun-dantly” He gave fullness of ev-erything he paid for. He never didthings half-way.
“Surely He hath borne ourgriefs and carried our sorrows: yetwe did esteem Him stricken, andsmitten of God, and afflicted. ButHe was wounded for our trans-
gressions, He was bruised for ouriniquities: the chastisement of ourpeace was upon Him and with Hisstripes we are healed”[is.53:4-5].
Goodness, look at this,Griefs in the Greek is “Mikob”meaning sickness, disease. Jesusbrought health and comfort. Sor-row in Greek is “Chloi” meaningpain. Jesus bore our pain for us,as part of the abundant life. Hewas wounded for our transgres-sions. Transgressions mean sinand death.
Jesus canceled sin forthose who accept him and repents
of them[Repent means turn from].Christians do not die, they justdrop off this body and step intoHis presence.
He was bruised for our in-iquities. Iniquities are sins, wick-edness and guilt. Forgivenesswas paid for us in all those areas.The chastisement of our peacewas upon Him. People all overthe world are searching forpeace.
True peace can only befound in Jesus Christ. People can
Following a weeklong engagement at the Majestic Theater, acheering crowd saw Harry Houdini, escape artist extraordinaire, off atthe Dallas train station on Jan. 22, 1916.
The four year old Hungarian, who grew up to be the mostfamous live performer of his generation, came to the United Stateswith his family in 1878. During his childhood in Wisconsin, little ErikWeisz showed more aptitude for athletics than academics and stoppedgoing to school altogether after the third grade.
Erik ran away from home at 12 with Galveston on his mind.No one can say for sure whether he ever made it to the Texas island,only that he rejoined his relatives in New York City a short time later.
When teenaged Harry, his new and more American moniker,was not cutting ties for near-starvation wages, he was winning footand bicycle races, boxing matches and swim meets. He even went sofar as to try out for the U.S. Olympic team.
But a book, the autobiography of French magician RobertHoudin, changed his life. Harry coined the surname “Houdini” andconvinced a co-worker to join him in a magic act billed as “The Broth-ers Houdini.”
Replacing his original partner with his real brother Dash andbuying a $25 trunk trick he renamed “Metamorphosis,” Harry man-aged to scrape by while learning his craft. In 1893 he changed part-ners again dumping Dash for his new bride Bess, a Coney Islandshowgirl he wed after a three-week courtship.
Five years of dime museums, beer halls, traveling circusesand medicine shows left Harry feeling like a flop. Then he got acareer-changing piece of advice and his big break from a vaudevilleimpresario, who told him to forget sleight-of-hand and focus on hand-cuffs.
Harry agreed to give it try, and Martin Beck gave “TheHoudinis” an extended tryout on the western vaudeville circuit. Beckfollowed that up with a tour of Europe, where “The Handcuff King”broke attendance records in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany,France, the Netherlands and, finally, Russia.
Upon his triumphant return to The States, Houdini took thecountry by storm. Moving on from handcuffs, he created the crowd-pleasing “challenge act.” Nothing could hold him – not thick can-vass mail bags, riveted boilers, padlocked crates tossed in the near-est river nor even the belly of a dead giant sea turtle – and the publickept clamoring for more.
In 1908 Houdini took wrist restraints completely out of hisact and introduced an exciting escape of his own invention. Withposters that proclaimed “Failure Means a Drowning Death,” he riskedhis life, or so the audience was led to believe, in a custom-built water-filled “milk can.”
Angered by rivals’ cheap imitations of his centerpiece stunt,Houdini replaced the milk can four years later with an escape sodangerous that no one dared tried to duplicate it in his lifetime. The“Chinese Water Torture Cell” was his bread-and-butter trick for therest of his career.
In early 1916, Houdini kicked off a seven-day stay in Dallaswith his standard free exhibition. Ten thousand Texans packed theblock in front of The Morning News to watch him wriggle free from astrait-jacket while dangling head-first three stories above the street.He accomplished the feat in a mere two minutes and 15 seconds.
For his finale on the evening of Jan. 21, Houdini accepted achallenge from the sheriff to slip out of a so-called “punishmentjacket” widely used in the prisons, asylums and hospitals of the day.According to press descriptions, it covered “the body from the neckto and including the feet.”
The next day’s edition of The Morning News published thiseyewitness account of the sensational show: “An audience thatfilled every seat and available foot of standing room at the MajesticTheater last night cheered Harry Houdini, ‘genius of escape,’ whenhe extricated himself in full view of the spectators from a ‘punishmentsuit’ strapped upon him by Sheriff W.K. Reynolds and two deputies.It took Houdini only nine minutes to gain his liberty.”
No one was more astounded that the sheriff, who was quotedas saying that Houdini was “the only person who had been able torelease himself” from the contraption.
On his last visit to Dallas in the fall of 1924, Houdini was thestar attraction for “Magicians’ Day” at the State Fair. The enormousturnout had to listen to his long-winded attack on Spiritualism in alecture titled “Can the dead speak to the living?” before being treatedto an encore of the upside-down strait-jacket escape.
Two years later, Harry Houdini died from a ruptured appen-dix at the age of 52. The cause of death was several punches to thestomach from an overzealous college student exacerbated by thegreat magician’s refusal to seek medical attention until it was too late.
TEXAS WAS A REGULAR STOPON HOUDINI’S TRAVELS
Bob Dillard - PublisherDavid Butler - Staff Writer, Photographer
Lali Ybarra - Office Manager
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Savvy SeniorHow to Guard Against Wintertime Heart AttacksDear Savvy Senior,When I had a mild heart attack about six months ago my doc-
tor told me I needed to be extra careful during the winter when re-curring heart attacks are more common. Is this true? How can theseasons affect your heart?
Leery SeniorDear Leery,Everyone knows winter is cold and flu season, but most people
don’t know that it’s also the prime season for heart attacks too, espe-cially if you already have heart disease or have suffered a previousheart attack. Here’s what you should know, along with some tips tohelp you protect yourself.
Heart Attack SeasonIn the U.S., the risk of having a heart attack during the winter
months is twice as high as it is during the summertime. Why? Thereare a number of factors, and they’re not all linked to cold weather.Even people who live in warm climates have an increased risk. Hereare the areas you need to pay extra attention to this winter.
Cold temperatures: When a person gets cold, the body re-sponds by constricting the blood vessels to help the body maintainheat. This causes blood pressure to go up and makes the heart workharder. Cold temperatures can also increase levels of certain proteinsthat can thicken the blood and increase the risk for blood clots. Sostay warm this winter, and when you do have to go outside, makesure you bundle up in layers with gloves and a hat, and place a scarfover your mouth and nose to warm up the air before you breathe it in.
Snow shoveling: Studies have shown that heart attack ratesjump dramatically in the first few days after a major snowstorm, usu-ally a result of snow shoveling. Shoveling snow is a very strenuousactivity that raises blood pressure and stresses the heart. Combinethose factors with the cold temperatures and the risks for heart attacksurges. If your sidewalk or driveway needs shoveling this winter, hirea kid from the neighborhood to do it for you, or use a snow blower.Or, if you must shovel, push rather than lift the snow as much aspossible, stay warm, and take frequent breaks.
New Year’s resolutions: Every Jan. 1, millions of people joingyms or start exercise programs as part of their New Year’s resolu-tion to get in shape, and many overexert themselves too soon. If you’restarting a new exercise program this winter, take the time to talk toyour doctor about what types and how much exercise may be appro-priate for you.
Winter weight gain: People tend to eat and drink more, andgain more weight during the holiday season and winter months, all ofwhich are hard on the heart and risky for someone with heart disease.So keep a watchful eye on your diet this winter and avoid binging onfatty foods and alcohol.
Shorter days: Less daylight in the winter months can causemany people to develop “seasonal affective disorder” or SAD, a win-tertime depression that can stress the heart. Studies have also lookedat heart attack patients and found they usually have lower levels ofvitamin D (which comes from sunlight) than people with healthyhearts. To boost your vitamin D this winter, consider taking a supple-ment that contains between 1,000 and 2,000 international units (IU)per day. And to find treatments for SAD, visit the Center for Environ-mental Therapeutics website at cet.org.
Flu season: Studies show that people who get flu shots have alower heart attack risk. It’s known that the inflammatory reaction setoff by a flu infection can increase blood clotting which can lead toheart attacks in vulnerable people. So, if you haven’t already doneso, get a flu shot for protection. See flushot.healthmap.org to find anearby vaccination site.
Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443,Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a con-tributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Se-nior” book.
MONDAY: CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH CALIFORNIA BLENDAND GARLIC TOASTOR BEEF GOULASH WITH PINTO BEANSTUESDAY: CHILE VERDE WITH RICE AND TORTILLAS ORASADO WITH REFRIED BEANSWEDNESDAY: BRISKET WITH POTATO SALAD AND BREADOR SAUSAGE WITH RANCH STYLE BEANSTHURSDAY: MEATLOAF WITH JAL MASHED POTATOES ANDROLL OR CHICKEN PATTIES WITH GRAVY AND BROCCOLISPEARSFRIDAY: CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH ON JAL BUN WITHCHIPS AND PICKLED SPEARSOR B-B-Q SANDWICH WITH MACARONI SALAD
Hair Sheep1. Braden WaggonerReserve Grand Champion
Lamb Tyler WaggonerGrand Champion Lamb
Braden Waggoner
Heifer
Reserve Champion HeiferSydney Harris
Grand Champion HeiferKatie Harris
SteerBritishClass 11. Madey Baker; 2. Blake
SnellgroveClass 21. Drew SnellgroveBritish Reserve Madey
BakerBritish Champion Drew
SnellgroveEuropean CrossClass 11. Madey Baker; 2. Blake
SnellgroveClass 21. Flint Newman; 2. Madey
BakerEuropean Cross Reserve
Madey BakerEuropean Cross Champion
Flint NewmanReserve Grand Champion
Drew SnellgroveGrand Champion Flint
NewmanSwineDurocLight Weight1. Madey Baker; 2. Sloan
Tucker; 3. Carlee MillsapMedium Weight1. Madey Baker; 2 . Julia
Cox; 3. Ashlynn Peugh; 4.Isabella Cox
Heavy Weight1. Bryce Blocker; 2.
Isabella CoxReserve Champion Duroc
Madey BakerChampion Duroc Madey
BakerBlack OPBLight Weight1. Myranda Hardin; 2.
Drew SnellgroveMedium Weight1. Myranda Hardin; 2.
Drew Snellgrove; 3. JonathanRamirez
Medium Heavy Weight1. Julia Cox; 2. Sterling
Allen; 3. Isabella CoxHeavy Weight1. Julia Cox; 2. Isabella
CoxReserve Champion Black
OPB Julia CoxChampion Black OPB
Myranda HardinWhite OPB
Medium1. Kristen Blocker; 2.
Drew SnellgroveMedium Heavy1. Isabella Cox; 2. Julia
CoxReserve Champion White
OPB Julia CoxChampion White OPB
Isabella CoxHampshireLight Weight1. Sloan Tucker; 2. Bryce
Blocker; 3. Jo Beth Myrick; 4.Kristen Blocker;
Medium Weight1. Ashlynn Peugh; 2. Bryce
Blocker; 3. Sterling Allen; 4.Madison Graves; 5. Jo BethMyrick; 6. Sterling Allen.
Medium Heavy Weight1. Myranda Hardin; 2. Julia
Cox; 3. Tristen Johnson; 4.Tristen Johnson
Heavy Weight1. Ashlynn Peugh; 2.
Isabella CoxReserve Champion Hamp-
shire Ashlynn PeughChampion Hampshire
Myranda HardinCrossLight Weight1. Madey Baker; 2. Sterling
Allen; 3. Kristen Blocker; 4.Maranda Henson; 5. RyanHenson
Medium Weight1. Drew Snellgrove; 2.
Cooper Millsap; 3. Quint Harrell;4. Madison Graves; 5. Jo BethMyrick
Medium Heavy1. Ashlynn Peugh; 2. Sloan
Tucker; 3. Tristen Johnson; 4.Madison Graves
Heavy Weight1. Julia Cox; 2. Ashlynn
Peugh; 3. Julia Cox; 4. IsabellaCox; 5. Kristen Blocker; 6. SloanTucker; 7. Tristen Johnson
Reserve Champion CrossDrew Snellgrove
Champion Cross Julia CoxReserve Grand Champion
Madey BakerGrand Champion Julia Cox
Stock show . . . From page onesonnel needed several hours to sort out the mess and restore
traffic with several of the trucks involved pulling trailers. It was about2 a.m. Tuesday when the highway was opened again.
At presstime no citations had been issued in either wreck.A third wreck - again on Monday night - was the buzz on
television with anchors breaking in to breathlessly tell of a crash in-volving a “herd of burros in Martin County.”
A Martin County deputy was dispatched to the scene in the farnorth end of the county - and it turned out to be neither Dia de LasMulas nor stampeding mustangs from the plains of Nevada.
There was a donkey dead at the scene, but the vehicle involvedhad left the neighborhood.
Wrecks . . . From page one
current football field and moving that field and stadium to theproperty east of the current facilities.
A third idea had surfaced which involves keeping some of thecurrent facilities, primarily the auditorium and the older gymnasiumwhile building a new school either next to or around those two facili-ties.
Whichever way the district decides to go likely will be deter-mined in coming days since there is a timeline for preparing a bondproposal and getting it ready for voters in May.
The overwhelming majority of whatever final dollar amount isdecided on will be paid by the oil and gas sector. Grady’s total tax-able value for land in the school district is about $2.2 billion.
A new facility would be paid for from tax dollars with 98.6percent of the funds coming from oil and gas and just .08 percentcoming from agriculture.
The remaining .06 percent comes from residential propertiesand businesses.
Because Grady is considered a rich school district by the TexasEducation Agency, a large chunk of tax dollars has to be sent eachyear to Austin to be handed out to districts in the state that are consid-ered “poor”.
The only way Grady and other “rich” school districts can keepthose tax dollars at home is to use them for the kinds of buildingprojects many on the school board agree is the way to go.
The taxpayers in the county will have a chance to vote on anybond proposal at the May special election.
Residents and taxpayers are urged to contact a school boardmember to offer input.
Nuggets . . . From page two
affect your happiness, but no one can steal your joy, your peace,unless you let them. The Joy of the Lord is your strength. With hisstripes we are healed. Healed means to restore health, mend, to causean undesirable condition to be overcome, to restore to original pu-rity, to return to sound state and cure. Notice here it uses the word arehealed. In First Peter 2:24 it says by Jesus stripes you were healed.Are, was pointing toward the cross, the word was, pointed back tothe cross. The stripes on the back of Jesus paid for our healing, physi-cal, mental, and emotional. All this is just a part of that abundant life.
“Now unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly aboveall that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us”[Eph. 3:20].
Grady . . . From page one
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His name was Hiroo Onoda and was the last Japanese soldier of the Japanese Imperial Armyto surrender after WWII some 29 years after it ended. His assignment by his commanding officerwas to remain undercover in the Philippian jungle and spy on American troops. Japanese soldierswere taught absolute loyalty to the nation and the emperor. They observed a code that said, “Deathwas preferable to surrender”. He heard rumors saying the war was over but not wanting to betricked he would not give up until he received orders from his commanding officer to come home.He passed away last week at the age of 91. That soldier reminds me of something in the Bible.Christians we are expected to keep absolute allegiance to Jesus Christ no matter what, (1 Corinthians16:13, Philippians 1:27, Colossians 1:23). Steven was stoned to death, (Acts 7:59&60) and Paulsuffered tremendously physically but remained faithful to Christ even to death, (2 Timothy 4:7).The early Christians believers were severely persecuted and killed not only by the Romans Empirebut also by the religious people of their own country, (Acts 14:22). Today in other parts of the worldlarge numbers of Christians are having to flee and leave everything or they are being killed andslaughtered because of their belief in Christ. God promises a great reward to those who remainfaithful even to death, (Revelation 22:12, Luke 6:22&23). See you in Church next Sunday. Brother J
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Members of the Stanton High School band auditioned before a panel of judgesin Monahans on Dec. 9 for a spot in the all-region band. Buffalo band memeberDanielle Lopez, Sterling Allen and Valerie Villa earned chairs in the SymphonicBand while Anna Porter and Skyler Church earned chairs in the Honor Band.Porter, Lopez,Villa and Church were also selected to represent Stanton at AREAauditions on Jan. 11 in Idalou. Porter and Church each earned first chair honorsat Area and are headed to San Antonio in February to perform with other studentsfrom across the state in the ATSSB All-State Concert band at the Texas MusicEducator’s Conference.
GRADY - Grady ISD re-cently announced the names ofits students that qualified forthe third six weeks honor rolls.
Elementary “A” honorroll:
Khloe Brown, ElenaJimenez, Chapman Sims, Eliza-beth Martens, Logan Aaron,Austin Aaron, Colt Carson,Cortlin Cox, Kenley Ivy, TanahPetty, Ashlyn Peugh, BlaiseWarren, Cobe Cortez, SydneyGonzales, Ashley Hill, FrankieJimenez, Makayla Oviedo,Yareli Rodriguez, Staar Aaron,Kamrynn Adams, JoshuaKuykendall, Zoey Ruiz, CooperSims, Jaci Slover, Cristina Dyck,Brantley Hoover, Betty Wiebe.
Elementary “A/B” honorroll:
Grady ISD releases third six weeks honor rollsBrannon Darden, Anna
Dominguez, Briley Harrell, HunterMcAnally, Rebecca Woody, GageBurge, Isabella Cox, Stetson Fos-ter, GP Harrell, Carlee Kuykendall,Kinley McMorries, NeenaMendez, Dawson Oppegard,Christopher Rempel, KanitaKitchens, Jacob Rodgers, SkyeShock, Denisse Flores, MahaylaMadrid, Christian McAnally,Patricia Rodriguez , Jaleigh Ivy,Julia Cox, Maddie Garza, WesleyHill, Christian Jimenez, BetsaidaRodrgiuez.
Secondary “A” honor roll:Malerie Oviedo, Katelynn
Raines, Bryn Divine, DominicGibson, Makenzie Merritt, DravenSchoberg, Cole Avery, NicholasLopez, Emily Glaze, AlejandroJimenez, Tucker Wells, Ariel
Arnold, Bryce Blocker, MariaJimenez, Zane Parker, VivianaPerez, Bernadette Adkins,Kristen Blocker, Sadie Fields,Faith Hunt, Macey Oppegard,Aaron Perez, Evely Reyna, LauraLopez.
Secondary “A/B” honorroll:
Marshall Cox, CairaGreenfield, Alyssa Lyon, MarenaMendez, Judy Wiebe, CarlosFlores, Julianna Jimenez, BlairReynolds, TJ Shands, MckennaJackson, Destiny Lyon, Mat-thew Balderas, Italia Enriquez,Kimberly Enriquez, David Mar-tens, Joseph Briseno, ChristienaKnelsen, Dillon Polson, LauraRamirez, Cameron Seiffert, AzaelTrejo, Nancy Wiebe, JacobKnelsen.
STANTON – It was ri-valry night on Monday asStanton and Coahomasquared off on the hardwood.
The night opened withthe seventh grade B teamholding on for a hard fought8-6 win. Madey Baker andMelanie Nevarez had twopoints each and AlyssaMcCalister led the Buffs withfour.
Stanton’s seventh
LAMESA – Stanton’svarsity girls have fallen in a rutand can’t seem to get out, drop-ping two more district conteststhis past week to Lamesa andDenver City.
The Buffs battled theGolden Tors last Friday inLamesa and were poised to pickup an impressive road with af-ter jumping out to a 17-10 half-time lead. But, Lamesa ralliedto tie the score at 33-33 at theend of regulation and forceovertime.
LAMESA – Stanton’sjunior varsity A team split theirtwo district games with Lamesaand Denver City while the Bteam dropped a hard foughtcontest to Coahoma.
Against Lamesa, Stantonwas practically on fire scorch-ing the nets for 48 points. TheBuffs defense was also impres-sive holding a talented Lamesasquad to just 20 points and nofield goals in the first quarter.
grade A team left no doubt whothe better team was drummingCoahoma 21-2.
Beth Holland finished witha game high eight points whileKirsten Church and SavannaHewtty added four each.
Katie Harris and PaydenNorth chipped in with twoapiece and Brit tany Tayloradded a freethrow.
The Buffs eighth grade Ateam was also impressive, down-
ing the Bulldogs 27-9.Payge Grable led all scor-
ers with seven points andAshlyn Mauldin added five.Jamie Sanchez and KesleeJenkins pitched in four pointseach while Skylee Kargal scoredtwo and Ali Balderas had one.
Stanton coach JessicaChavarriz chose as player ofthe game for her intense hustleand her many offensive anddefensive rebounds.
Stanton knocks off Coahoma multiple times
In the extra frame, the Torshot shooting continued earningthem the eventual 45-37 win.
Pallyn Grable – 9 pts; KaitlynNichols – 8 pts, 6 rb; Shelby Hol-land – 7 pts, 10 steals; Bayli Barnhill– 5 pts; Hannah Franklin – 4 pts, 4rb; Miranda Myrick – 2 pts, 5 rb;Kaitlyn Schroyer – 1 pt andMarisol Escamilla – 1 pt.
Stanton was again on theroad on Tuesday for a re-matchwith Denver City. Much like the firstgame the Mustangs were toostrong from beyond the arc and
won 50-34.Grable – 15 pts, 3 steals;
Holland – 7 pts, 5 steals; Madi-son Graves – 3 pts; AmberPeterson – 3 pts; Barnhill – 2 pts;Franklin – 2 pts; Kaitlyn Nichols– 1 pt, 6 rb and Myrick.
Stanton will be at ColoradoCity on Friday.
Currently, Lamesa and Den-ver City lead the district withrecords of 5-1 followed byBrownfield and Colorado City at3-3 and Stanton and Ccoahomaat 1-5.
Stanton’s varsity girls stuck in a rut
Monica Garza – 12 pts, 3steals; Alyssa Peterson – 11 pts, 6rb, 6 steals; Laci Long – 10 pts, 11rb; Kati Glaspie – 5 pts, 8 rb; KaliSpinks – 4 pts; Haley Jones – 4pts, 8 rb and Robin Beasley – 2pts.
In the contest with DenverCity, the Mustangs were the teamwith the hot hand. DespiteStanton’s best efforts Denver Cityamassed 47 points while Stantonscored 33.
Peterson – 14 pts, 6 steals;Garza – 5 pts; Maggie Allred – 4pts; Long – 4 pts, 8 rb; Spinks – 3pts; Beasley – 2 pts, 5 rb, 3 stealsand Glaspie – 1 pt.
The junior varsity B teamstarted off slow and came on latebut a goose egg in the third quar-ter spelled doom as Coahomawon 17-14.
Randi Rodriguez – 6 pts;Isavel Fernandez – 5 pts andJustine DeLao – 3 pts.
Junior varsity Buffs split a pair
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The pee-wee pig show was one of the highlights of the Martin County Livestock Show.
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As the clerk in the Justice of the Peaceoffice for a dozen years and nowhaving served for 14 years as the
Martin County Justice of the Peace inPrecincts 2 and 4, I look forward toserving the people of Martin County
again in coming years.
Re-Elect PAM McANALLYfor Justice of the Peace
Precs. 2, 4 and 4A in Martin County
Pd. Pol. adv. by Pam McAnally, Box 477, Stanton
Early voting starts Feb. 18
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXASOIL AND GAS DIVISION
DISTRICT 08 Rule 38 Case No. 08-0286796DATE OF ISSUANCE: Jan 21, 2014 Status/Permit No. 776632NOTICE OF PROTEST DEADLINE: 5:00 PM, Feb 25, 2014Address: Railroad Commission of Texas ATTN: Drilling Permit Unit P. O. Box 12967 Austin, Texas 78711-2967Fax: (512) 463-6780Email: [email protected]
N O T I C E O F A P P L I C A T I O N
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC., [RRC Operator No. 665748]has made application for a density exception permit under the provisions of Railroad CommissionStatewide Rule 38 (16 Tex. Admin. Code section 3.38). Applicant seeks exception to the DENSITYrequirement of the field rules for the NEW DRILL permit in Sec. 15, Bk. 38 T1S, T&P RR CO Survey, A-151, SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) Field, MIDLAND County, being 7.2 miles NE direction fromMIDLAND, Texas.
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS of Railroad Commission rules and regulations, this application may begranted WITHOUT A HEARING if no protest to the application is received within the deadline. Anaffected person is entitled to protest this application. Affected persons include owners of record andthe operator or lessees of record of adjacent tracts and tracts nearer to the proposed well than theminimum lease line spacing distance. If a hearing is called, the applicant has the burden to prove theneed for an exception. A Protestant should be prepared to establish standing as an affected person, andto appear at the hearing either in person or by qualified representative and protest theapplication with cross-examination or presentation of a direct case. The rules of evidence are applicablein the hearing. If you have any questions regarding the hearing procedure, please contact theCommission’s Docket Services Department at (512)463-6848.
IF YOU WISH TO REQUEST A HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION, AN INTENT TO APPEAR INPROTEST MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE RAILROAD COMMISSION’S AUSTIN OFFICE AT THEADDRESS, FAX NUMBER, OR E-MAIL ADDRESS SET OUT ABOVE BY Feb 25, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.IF NO PROTEST IS RECEIVED WITHIN SUCH TIME, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO PROTESTAND THE REQUESTED PERMIT MAY BE GRANTED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
THIS NOTICE OF APPLICATION REQUIRES PUBLICATIONThe location and identity of the well is as shown below:FIELD: SPRABERRY (TREND AREA)———————————————Lease/Unit Name : MABEE FOUNDATIONLease/Unit Well No. : 10Lease/Unit Acres : 402.8Nearest Lease Line (ft) : 660.0Nearest Well on Lease (ft) : 914.0Lease Lines : 660.0 F EAST L, 1980.0 F SOUTH LSurvey Lines : 660.0 F EAST L, 1980.0 F SOUTH L
As part of this application, applicant also seeks permit authority in 2 additional fields: (1)SALE RANCH (STRAWN), (2) PARSLEY (ATOKA). No rule exception is necessary pursuant to thefield rules for these fields.
Field Rules for ALL fields on the permit application are as follows:
SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) : Special Rules 467/0, 80.0 acres.SALE RANCH (STRAWN) : Statewide rules 467/1200, 40.0 acres.PARSLEY (ATOKA) : OIL Statewide rules 467/1200, 40.0 acres.This well is to be drilled to an approximate depth of 11800 feet.
If you have questions regarding this application, please contact the Applicant’srepresentative, CASI RENFRO, at (972)444-9001.
GRADY – Neither Borden County nor McCamey could matchfirepower with Grady’s junior varsity girls last week on the hard-wood.
The Wildcats dispatched the Coyotes with a 42-12 tail kickingand then bested McCamey 31-26.
Top scorers for Grady against Borden County were Ariel Arnold– 19; Jacy Parker – 11; Emily Glaze – 8; Kim Enriquez – 2; DestinyLyon – 2.
3pt Field Goals: 5 (Arnold 3, Glaze 2). Free Throws: 1-2McCamey tried everything in the book to steal the win but
Grady methodically outscored the Badgers in every quarter for thehard fought win.
Leading Scorers for Grady were Glaze 12; Parker 7; Viviana Perez6 ; Tristen Johnson 2 ; Arnold 2; Enriquez 2.
As a team, we were 3 – 9 from the free throw line. Arnold made2 out of 4 and Parker was 1 for 3. Glaze made two, three-point fieldgoals.
OZONA – The StantonJunior High basketball teams hitthe road last weekend to competein the Ozona Lion’s Tournamentand returned home with four, topthree plaques.
Up first was the seventhgrade girls who despite a slowstart managed to turn the tide andfinish third overall. Stantonopened with a tough first roundmatch-up against Sonora andlost 30-23.
Katie Harris led the Buffswith seven points followed byPayden North with six, SavannaHewtty and Kirsten Churchadded four each and Alexis Carrolland Beth Holland each had onepoint.
Stanton rebounded in thethird place game to crush Ozona34-6.
Harris again led the team inscoring with 10 points whileHewtty chipped in with eight.Holland and Church tallied fivepoints apiece and Kenzie Spinks,Carroll, and Jessica Teveni eachrounded out the books with twoeach.
Harris was chosen as tour-nament MVP.
Stanton’s eighth gradesquad easily won its first roundgame 19-10 over Iraan to earn a
spot in the championship againstSonoara. The Broncos bested theBuffs 28-19 giving Stanton thesecond place plaque.The tournament MVP went toPayge Grable.
The eighth grade boys alsowalked away with a third placeplaque.
They lost their tournamentopener to a talented Iraan bunchbefore dominating Veribest forthird place.
“The whole team did a greatjob and they all deserve to beacknowledged,” said Stanton
coach Chad Myers. “Their hardwork brought them the third placefinish.”
Stanton’s seventh gradesquad was on fire all weekend.First cruising past Sonora for animpressive first round win andthen following it up with an out-standing performance over Iraanto claim the tournament title.
“They won fairly deci-sively and deserved the firstplace plaque,” stated Myers.”The entire team did a great andthey all deserve to be recog-nized.”
GRADY – The Grady Wild-cats continue to shine like a newpenny following two more districtwins over Klondike and BordenCounty.
Klondike tried to make agame of it early trailing just 30-25, but a 14-2 run over the finaltwo minutes of the first half gaveGrady a 44-27 halftime lead.
Grady added another 22points in the third quarter tostretch its lead to 66-35 beforetaking its foot of the pedal andcruising to a 79-46 win.
Grady Seiffert 4, Garza 2,Perez 3, Rodriquez 14, Briseno 10,Lucas 22, Avery 8
Klondike W. Tidwell 19, G.Tidwell 2, Arismendez 2, Skiles 4,
Lucio 4, Barkowsky 8, Solis 73s Grady 11 (Briseno 1,
Perez 1, Rodriquez 4, Jimenez 1,Lucas 4)
Klondike 0Free Throws - Grady 4/8
Klondike 8/16Fouls Grady 17 Klondike 11Borden County was a much
tougher contest as after Gradyhad built a 16-10 lead the Coy-otes came chargin g back with a25 point second quarter to take a35-26 halftime advantage.
Grady responded well inthe second half following its firsthalf debacle to upend Borden 63-53.
Grady - Cameron Seiffert 2,Kyle Garza 2, Joseph Briseno 4,
EJ Rodriquez 20, Taylor Polson 8,Alejandro Jimenez 5, Beau Lucas16, Cole Avery 6.
Borden - Sean Tucker 1,Korbin Martinez 15, CorbinSumners 8, Kurt Shafer 14, HunterJones 8, Matt Proulx 7
3s - Grady 8 (Rodriquez 2,Jimenez 1, Lucas 3, Avery 2.Borden 1 (Martinez)
Free Throws - Grady 23/39Borden 6/8
Fouls Grady 16 Borden 27Grady leads the district race
with an 8-0 record followed byBorden and Sands at 6-2.Klondike and Dawson are still inthe mix at 4-4 while O’Donnell is3-5, Loop 1-7 and Wellman an-choring the district at 0-8.
The Stanton seventh grade boys won the title at the Ozona Tournament.
Grady Wildcats still perfect at 8-0
Stanton cleans up at Ozona Tournament
Grady too strong for all comers
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Early voting begins Feb. 18 and Republican Primary is March 4Pd. Pol. Adv. by Clayton Black, 2942 FM 829, Stanton 79782
Served as an officer with the American Society of Civil Engineers.Served as an officer with the Texas Society of ProfessionalEngineers.Worked for the largest manufacturer of culvert pipe in the worldin a design and application capacityWorked as a regional manager covering 18 states, building roads,highways, parking lots, storm sewers, culverts, bridge structuresand segmental retaining walls.I have years of experience working with multiple DOTs, citiesand counties across America
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Martin County JudgeEarly voting begins Feb. 18
Republican Party Primary is March 4
Pd. Pol. Adv. by Bryan Cox, Martin County
Proud of Martin County’s PastWith a Vision for Martin
County’s Future-
I know how to build a roadand will use my experience for the betterment ofMartin County and will work hard to keep our
roads in top notch condition.
GRADY – The Grady Jun-ior High girls basketball team losta tough game to Borden County28-3.
It was a defensive battlethrough much of the first half aGrady had a 2-0 lead into the sec-ond quarter when Borden caughtfire and rattled off 16 straightpoints.
Leading Scorers for Gradywere Julie Jimenez with two pointsand Anisia Enriquez with one.
“Our girls fought hard thisnight and played with energy andpassion,” said Grady coach
Juaquin Rodriguez. “We weren’table to score when given the op-portunities.”
Grady was 1 of 8 from thefree throw line. Its season recordis now 2-7 and the district recordis 2-5.
Grady competed in the Gar-den City Tournament on Jan. 18.
Grady lost to Garden Cityin the opener 37-6 and lost toWater Valley 42-22 in the secondround.
Leading Scorers for Gradyagainst Garden City were JulieJimenez and Grace Price with four
and two points respectively.Top point getters against
water Valley were Jimenez witheight, Bryn Devine, JadenRodriguez and Blair Reynoldswith four apiece and BrayinSchoberg with two.
Grady will be hosting theGrady Junior High BasketballTournament on Jan. 25 at Wild-cat Gymnasium.
The Wildcats will open thetournament with Forsan at11:20am. Teams invited to com-pete include: Garden City, WaterValley, and Forsan.
Grady Junior High falls to 2-7
A hop, skip and jump helped the Grady Wildcats keep their district record clean lastweek with a win over rival Sands Mustangs.
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Capital Farm CreditCommunity National BankCrop Production Services
David ChandlerDon& Brenda McMorries
Douglas ScharbauerFirst National Bank
Helena ChemicalJoAnn Peugh
John & Jonama MyrickMorgan Cox
JWL Well ServicesKevin& Mandy NewmanMaverick Well PluggersMr. & Mrs. Rufus Tom
Newman Memorial ScholarshipRusty’s Oilfield Service
SharylandWhite Motor CompanySouth Plains ImplementWhite Rock Crushing
Brad & Ginger TunnellCotton Patch Farms
Crawford Insurance AgencyDoubletree Energy Services
Eldon & Georgia WelchGary Earhart
Glendening FarmsHEB
John & Carol PhillipsKyle & Misty McMorriesLarry & Aubrey Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis McCampbellPeugh Showpigs
Pioneer Natural ResourcesPradron Construction
Price ConstructionQuality Pipeline Construction
R&R Huffman ContractionRK Petroleum
Southern Crop InsuranceStanton Lions Club
The Bosworth CompanyTheadore & Vicki Wells
Tunnell Insurance AgencyWalker Auto Supply
Jimmy LawKB Electrical
Don Crawford & AssociatesBrad & Christina Cox
Christopher Stone
Farmers Co-Op AssociationGeorge Knox
J&K Cotton FarmsJohn Campbell
Lynch, Chappell & AlsupMidland Farmer Co-OpRichey & Brenda MimsRoger & Carla Brooks
Stanton DrugState National BankStraub Corporation
Wheeler Motor CompanyWillie & Jackie Wells
Bobby & Martha MatthewsCarolyn Stone
Cook & Cook FarmsCreative Awards
David & Cecilia MatthewsDennis & Judy IretonFranklin & Son, IncFreeman Digahoe
Gary & Kathy BucholzHomer & Torchy Swinson
Jim & Jenny GunnelsJohnson Ranch
Leatherwood PlumbingMr. & Mrs. Gene Wheeler
Nalley Pickle & WelchOSTD-Martin Community
DevelopmentR.D. Jones
Roy & Sue KellyTerry’s Trailers
Tommy White SupplyWes-Tex TelephoneAllan’s Furniture
BecknellCase Drilling & Pump Service
Comet CleanersDr. Randy Moore
Eiland & AssociatesGraves Plumbing
Iris FolgerKC SteakhouseLamesa Bearing
Lamesa National BankTarzan Co-Op Gin
Texas PrideYates Hereford
Gebo’sLanetta Cooper
We thank these donors for their generousdonations to the Martin County
Championship Club. Thank You for yoursupport and interest in the young people
of Martin County.
THANK YOU !!!
Lynn W. Atchison CPAMr. & Mrs. Bobby Holland
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce KeyMr. & Mrs. Myrl Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Newell TateMustang Soil & Water
Conservation Dist.Nina LassisterNix Implement
Paula Altman-StilesPeugh’s Jewelry
Plains Cotton GrowersProducers Livestock Auction Co
Sam StevensStalling & Herm, P.C.
Stallings Computer ServicesTessco
Wanda FosterWest Gaines Seed
Wes-Tex TelecommunicationsJason & Lacey PhillipsSammy & Nancy YatesDiamond S Main Anjou
Stone’s Goat HerdBrock Vet Clinic
Robin FlohrMiranda’s Massage
Walker AutoHarris HardwareThe Ivy Cottage
Howard Co. Feed & SupplyAlldredge Gardens
Escents CandlesStitches to a “T”
Higginbotham Bartlett Co.Lonnie & Carlene Long
Larry RomineKnK Feed & Supply
Sherra HarrellStanton Chamber of Commerce
HoneybabiesSams Surplus
JoBeth MyrickCandle Café
Harris Lumber & HDW Inc.June Russell
Ellrods FurnitureBear Claw Knife & Shear
Janice BundasPate’s Hardware
Sterling Allen & Family
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