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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Hollis Tigers and Lady Tigers traveled to Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City May 4-5 to compete in the Class 2A State Championship track meet.

Mia Reyes earned 2 silver medals for the team, in the 1600M Run, with a time of 5:30.52, and the 3200M Run, with a time of 12:22.47.

The Lady Tigers Relay teams also com-peted, winning Ninth Place in 2 events. The 4X400M Relay team, consisting of Mikal Macias, Madison Rollins, Hadli Shelby and Reyes, had a time of 4:21.03. The 4X800M Reay team had a time of 10:52.96. The team included Koree Villareal, along with Rollins, Shelby and Reyes.

In Tiger competition, Jeffy Thawinitkul earned Seventh Place in the Pole Vault, with a distance of 12 ft.

Tiger track competes at State meet

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CHILDRESS — The Skyrockets are your 2A Bi-District champions after de-feating the Sanford Fritch Eagles by a final score of 7-1 in game two last Friday in Chil-dress. Wellington will play for the 2A Area Championship in Lockney on May 10 at 5 p.m. in a one game playoff against the New Deal Lions.

The Skyrockets won game one in the se-ries last week at Stinnett over the Sanford Fritch Eagles by a final score of 10-6 at 6 p.m. on May 3.

“Wellington defeated Sanford Fritch in the first two games of a best of three series

in the bi-district round of the Texas High School Baseball Playoffs,” stated Skyrocket Coach Jeff Anderson. “These two victories made the Skyrockets Bi-District Champi-ons for the first time. Wellington’s overall record moves to 14-4 on the season. I’m so proud our guys for battling back and coming from behind in game one, and just playing an all round great game in game two when we needed it the most.”

In game one of the series last Thursday, Seven Wilbur served as the winning pitcher going six innings with two strikeouts and four walks.

Skyrockets advance to area baseball playoffs

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Skyrockets displaying their 2A Bi-District trophy in Childress May 4 included from left, front: Rowdy Duncan, Creed Riley, Stran McLain, Bat Boy Jake Anderson, Drake Welch, Seven Wil-bur, Adrian Orozco, Mason Folk, Bat Boy Alex Orozco; back: Managers Mike Burkhalter and Lu-kas Wilbur, Sammy McLain, Trey Tillman, Jayden Castillo, Gavin Wood, Gustavo Tellez, Dylan Stephens and Coach Jeff Anderson. Not pictured was Bat Boy Jax Heflin.

By Ginger WilsonThe Red River Sun

RALLS — The Slaton Tigers dashed the hopes of a playoff run by the Chil-dress Bobcats in a best of three series on Friday and Saturday. The Bobcats end their season with a 12-18-1 record and graduate four seniors.

Slaton set the tone early in game one on Friday, tak-ing a 7-0 lead at the end of the first inning. They would add one more run in the third before the Bobcats could get on the board in the sixth when they pushed three runs across the plate.

A John Pleming single in the sixth with one out scored Joe Dan Gambol and put runners on second and first base. Stephon Harris scored on an Isaiah Darter double fly ball to right field, allowing Jared Cummins,

courtesy runner for Plem-ing, to advance to third.

Cummins would find his way across the plate on a Lott grounder, which re-sulted in a double play for the Tigers.

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The 2018 Childress Bobcats ended their season in the bi-district round in a best of three series against the Slaton Tigers on Saturday. Members of the team include from left, front: Trent Mayden, T.J. Blackwell, Payton Barrientez, Christian Teichelman, Haggan Lott, Jeffrey Lucido, Cole Martin, Jimmy Lucido; back: Jared Cummins, Stephon Harris, Tate Wofford, Isaiah Dart-er, Joe Dan Gambol, John Pleming and Silas Finch. Coaching staff not pictured include head coach Jaime Carrasco and assistants Richard Olson and Brady Blake.

Slaton ends Bobcats’ season in bi-district

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Cyclones fall in bi-district

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The Memphis Cyclones ended their 2018 season to the Gruver Greyhounds in the bi-district round 10-0. The Cyclones end their season with a 0-12 record.

By Bev OdomThe Red River Sun

WELLINGTON — Wellington High School Athletic Director and Skyrocket Head Football Coach Wade Williams wel-comed family, friends and fans to the 2018 Athletic Banquet on May 2 at the Ritz Theatre following the special video at 5:30 p.m.

He thanked Coach Joe Jones and Jamie Richardson for compiling the video of all the sports for 2017-2018 including the Rocket Regiment.

Trevor Roberson opened the event with prayer. Williams thanked the coaching staff and their wives.

“It’s all about the kids,” he said. “Raise ‘em red, riase ‘em right. I appreciate the parents’ support and help keeping it all going. The parents are responsible for our students’ success as well as our staff.”

Williams thanked the administration and school board, and Superintendent Kurt Ashmore for making sure the kids always get fed on athletic trips.

Skyrockets, Lady Rockets earn honors

Skyrocket football honors awarded at the 2018 Athletic Banquet May 2 were Sean Delaney Special Teams recipient JoJo McKnight, left, Outstanding Receiver Arturo Tellez, Larry Wright Memorial recipient Weston Wright, Defensive Lineman Drake Welch, Outstanding Lineman Trevor Roberson, Linebacker Stran McLain, Outstanding Back Luke Williams and Defensive Back Cooper Richardson. See addition photos on page 18B.


ALEX, Okla. — The Hollis Tigers and Lady Tigers track teams traveled to Alex April 28 for the Regional track meet, and sent several team members to the State Meet the following weekend.

The Lady Tigers won Fourth Place overall 2A team, with 73 points, while the Tigers won 11th Place overall 2A team, with 15.50 points.

ResultsLady Tigers4X100M Relay: Fourth Place, 54.074X200M Relay: Sixth Place, 1:56.094X400M Relay: Third Place, Heat 2,

4:26.154X800M Relay: Second Place, 10:47.60100M Hurdles: Taylor Robinson, Sixth

Place, 19.32; Harlie Whisenant, Seventh Place, 21.42

300M Hurdles: Heat 2 - Harlie Whisenant, Fourth Place, 51.32

800M Run: Heat 1 - Kenzie Horton,

Third Place, 3:00.68; Kiki Cardenas, Sixth Place, 3:07.03; Heat 2 – Koree Villareal, Seventh Place, 2:46.50

1600M Run: Heat 1 – Kenzie Horton, First Place, 7:11.67; Heat 2 – Mia Reyes, First Place, 5:51.06; Koree Villareal, Fourth Place, 6:25.39

3200M Run: Mia Reyes, First Place, 12:45.27

400M Dash: Heat 2 – Kiki Cardenas, Seventh Place, 1:19.01

High Jump: Madison Rollins, Eighth Place

Pole Vault: Mikal Macias, Third Place, 5 ft. 6 in.

Long Jump: Hadli Shelby, Eighth Place, 14 ft. 4 in.

Discus Throw: Bridget Wither, Sev-enth Place, 78 ft. 5 in.; Karsyn McQueen, 13th Place, 62 ft. 7 inl.; G’Auna Bruins, 14th Place, 62 ft.

Shot Put: Bridget Withers, 14th Place, 24 ft. 6 in.

Tigers, Lady Tigers compete in Regional track meet

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Bill Harlan, who grew up in McLean and produced the first two editions of the National Finals Steer Roping in Clayton, N.M., died ear-

lier this month at his South Texas home at the age of 83.

According to the Pro-fessional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Harlan was a six-time National Finals Roping qualifier.

A third-generation roper, Harlan grew up on a McLean-based ranch. During his college years, he competed for New Mexico State University before join-ing the then Rodeo Cow-boys Association (now the

PRCA).According to prorodeo.com, Harlan qualified

for the NFSR in 1960-62, 1964-65 and 1970. He finished third in the 1960 world standings behind Don McLaughlin and John Dalton.

When the NFSR was commissioned in late 1958, Harlan, then living in Bueyeros, N.M., took on the responsibility of producing and pro-moting both the inaugural and the second annual NFSR at a site in Clayton. The first two NFSRs were conducted in Clayton in 1959 and 1960.

Harlan died on Aug. 13 at his home on Boerne. His funeral was Aug. 17 at Faith Bible Church in Boerne.

In the moneyMarcos Costa, a Brazilian who lives in Chil-

dress, finished fourth in the tie-down roping title race at the Caldwell Night Rodeo last weekend in Caldwell, Idaho. Costa has more than $90,000 in regular season earnings, enough for a second consecutive trip to the PRCA’s Wrangler Na-tional Finals Rodeo. The 2016 NFR is Dec. 1-10 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

PBR updateCooper Davis, who lives in the East Texas

town of Jasper, won the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series tour stop last weekend in Nashville and moved up to third place in the world standings.

Davis has earned 2,615 points during the regular season. Kaique Pacheco is ranked No. 1 with 3,005.33. J.B. Mauney, the defending world champion, is ranked No. 2 with 2,845.

This weekend, the tour stops in Tulsa. The 2016 World Finals is scheduled for Nov. 2-6 in Las Vegas.

Allen roping toughGuy Allen’s last National Finals Steer Rop-

ing appearance was 2008. But the 18-time world champion is on pace to return to the PRCA’s NFSR this season. During the weekend of Aug. 19-21, Allen won the Inter-State Rodeo in Cof-feyville, Kan., and earned $3,351, according to prorodeo.com. After winning the Kansas rodeo, Allen was ranked 13th in last week’s WEATH-ER GUARD PRCA steer roping standings.

Hall of FamersThe National Cowboy & Western Heritage

Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2016 class for its Rodeo Hall of Fame. Included in the seven-person class are ProRodeo Hall of Famers Ote Berry (four-time PRCA steer wrestling world champion), Jake Barnes (seven-time PRCA world champion team roper), Clay O’Brien Cooper (seven-time PRCA world champion team roper), bullfighter Wick Peth, Bud Munroe (1986 saddle bronc riding world champion) and his wife, Jimmie Gibbs Munroe (1975 barrel racing world champion and former WPRA president). Also included is Walt Lin-derman (nine-time NFR steer wrestler). They will be inducted Oct. 1.

Brett Hoffman, a Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member, has written a rodeo column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram over the past quarter-century. Email him at [email protected].

Versus Friona (Lost)CHS 17 15 17FHS 25 25 25Individual StatsKills: Eliza Perez 1, Kacy Keys 1, Katy

Kirkpatrick 7, Kristen Kirkpatrick 2, Lindsey Bishop 4, Payton Steed 3

Digs: Carley McMinn 3, Keys 1, Steed 1Blocks: Katy Kirkpatrick 4, Kristen

Kirkpatrick 5, Bishop 3

Versus Paducah (Won)CHS 25 25 25PHS 15 12 23Individual StatsKills: Katy Kirkpatrick 4, Lindsey Bishop

4, Payton Steed 5

Digs: Beth Ridens 3, Carley McMinn 4, Kacy Keys 1, Katy Kirkpatrick 1, Khia Zuniga 2, Kristen Kirkpatrick 1, Bishop 2, Steed 8

Blocks: Katy Kirkpatrick 2, Steed 1

Versus Fritch (Lost)CHS 21 24 23PHS 25 26 25Individual StatsKills: Carley McMinn 2, Elizah Perez 1,

Kacy Keys 1, Katy Kirkpatrick 9, Kirsten Kirkpatrick 1, Lindsey Bishop 5, Payton Steed 1

Digs: Kristen Kirkpatrick 1Blocks: Keys 1, Katy Kirkpatrick 7, Kristen

Kirkpatrick 2, Bishop 3

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AMARILLO — The Memphis Lady Cy-clones competed in the River Road Tournament over the weekend, with Rylen Lemons being named to the All-Tournament team.

Results from the tournament are:MHS vs Dimmitt (Won)

21-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12MHS vs Dalhart (Lost)17-25, 15-25, 18-25MHS vs San Jacinto (Lost)7-25, 13-25, 10-25MHS vs Perryton 20-25, 11-25, 13-25MHS vs River Road11-25, 9-25, 25-18, 16-25


HOLLIS — The Hollis Tigers begin the much antici-pated 2016 season, when they travel across the state to Velma-Alma, in what is hoped to be another undefeated, champi-onship season.

The schedule has been

available to the public for many weeks, but Hollis Public Schools would like to inform the public of a few important changes to both the Tigers and the Cubs.

The schedule shows a start time of 7 p.m. for games, how-ever, the game time has been pushed back to 7:30. The re-maining games will also be

checked for kickoff times.The Hollis Middle School

and Junior High Cubs open their season Aug. 29 when they travel to Snyder to take on the Cyclones. The scheduled kick-off is 5 p.m., but has also been moved back to 5:30.

Contact Hollis Public Schools, at (580) 688-2707, for more information.

Tiger football schedule changes

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JV Rockets Andrew Self and Adrian Orozco lead blocking for John Michael Holcomb as they opened with some pre-season action for the 2016 season in the scrimmage with the Wheeler Mustangs on Aug. 12 in Floydada. The JV Rockets will travel to Childress for their season opener with JV Bobcats this Thursday at 7 p.m. at Fair Park Stadium. Shortly into their scrim-mage with Sanford Fritch on Aug. 19 at 5 p.m. the rain cancelled the match in Wellington.

JV Rockets get ready for 2016 season

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TJ Salinas, left, Jacy Lampe, Gracie Lampe and Dahmian Salinas shot in the Sagebrush Tra-ditional Archery Club sponsored event on July 23 and 24 in Collingsworth County. Bow en-thusiasts came out for the 30 target Traditional Tri-State Championship. The traditional bow shooting sport is appealing to youth who enjoy the outdoors and like to practice and practice and shoot and shoot according to organizer Durk Green, the Lampe’s granddad. Sagebrush Traditional Archery Club will host a sanctioned Traditional Bow Hunters of Texas shoot Sept. 17-18 at the same location. The varied terrain with brush, hardwood and mesquite provides the perfect setting for competitors. Contact Green at 806-205-2626 or visit the Sagebrush Facebook page for more information.

Wellington youth compete at shootout

FuhgeddaboutitHere’s a conversation nobody real-

ly cares about: whether or not Alex Rodriguez deserves a plaque in the New York Yankees’ Memorial Park.

A-rod, as we all know by now, has officially retired and was given his unconditional release, followed by an uncontrollable show of emotion by Yankee manager Joe Girardi. Girardi made the point that A-rod was, by any measure, the best third baseman in Yankee history. Naturally — something that can never truly be said about A-rod — heavily accented tongues started to wag at the Big Ball Orchard in the Bronx: “Do we get dis guy a plaque or what?” and “You gotta problem?”

Well, fuhgeddaboutit. The Memo-rial Park used to be a very cool, tele-genic part of the old Yankee Stadium before some architectural genius decided to hide it behind the center field wall. It has since been turned into a marketing tool for bobble heads, and if there was one thing the Yankees made clear about A-rod, it’s that they had no interest in marketing the man. How else can you explain pulling the plug on the guy when he was only four swings away from hit-ting 700 home runs?

There is no conceivable chance that the three-time MVP — twice with the Yankees — will be elected into the Hall of Fame. A-rod, who was a (brief) natural talent, done did wrong, and everyone knows that he did ... full-year suspensions without pay have a funny way of planting such suggestions in one’s mind.

Still, the facts show he put togeth-er one of the finest seasons of any Yankee ever with his 2007 cam-paign, entering into the rarified air of Gehrig and Ruth in ‘27, Dimaggio in ‘37, Mantle and Maris in ‘61 and Mattingly in 1985. That season he scored 142 runs, smashed 54 home runs, batted in 156 runners, stole 24 bases and put up a slash line of .314/.422/.645, garnering all-star, MVP and Silver Slugger nods.

His 12 seasons for the Yankees definitely show him to be the best third baseman the team ever had from a statistical standpoint. My ex-girlfriend had a huge crush on the guy. His records will always be in the books, the only place where fans are going to get to see any trace of the guy’s career.

If you don’t believe that Memorial Park is little more than a marketing tool, crack open not only the record books, but the roster of the Hall of the Fame. What if I told you that the Bronx Bombers had a center field-er who put together a slash line of .356/.414/.511 one season, averag-ing .325 and nearly .400 OBP over a 12-year career, retiring with the 40th highest batting average out of the tens of thousands who played the game? That guy, Earle Combs, aka “The Kentucky Colonel” is in the Hall of Fame, but you won’t see his name in Memorial Park. Nor will you find Hall of Famers Tony Lazzerri, Frank “Home Run” Baker, “Wee” Willie Keeler, Herb Pennock, Lefty Gomez, Waite Hoyt or Jack Chesbro.

When the Yankees want to get seri-ous about Memorial Park again, the ghost of those guys will be waiting to hear from the powers that be in the Bronx. In the meantime, A-rod cer-tainly can wait his turn.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswrit-er who lives in New Jersey.

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Three Lady Cyclone Softball Seniors received 2-2A All-District nods at the conclusion of the 2018 season. Kali Floyd, left, was named 2nd team all district, Keona Fields was 1st team all district and Avery Byard was named 2nd team all district.

All-District honors


Former Childress Lady Cat golfer Kendalyn Ferguson was honored last week as the McMurry “War Hawk” Woman Golfer of the Year at the 2018 Wallys. Ferguson is a 2016 graduate of Childress High School and was a member of the Lady Cat state runner-up golf team in 2016. Ferguson had a stellar season for the War Hawks this season, nabbing several Top 20 fin-ishes, as well as being named the Player of the Week. She is finishing her sophomore year at McMurry, where she is majoring in Kinesiology. She is the daughter of Sara and Josh Prater of Childress and Michael Ferguson of Wichita Falls. Pictured with Ferguson is her coach, Jay Rees.

Golfer of the Year

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Turner Whorton, right, a Hollis High School graduate and a member of the Seminole State College fast pitch softball team, recently helped the team advance to the National Champion-ship. Whorton also won All Tournament Player in the tournament. Whorton is pictured with her father, Jerry Bob Whorton.

All-Tournament

The Professional Bull Riders had a lot going on last weekend in Las Vegas.

In addition to conducting a major regular season tour stop called the Last Cow-boy Standing, the PBR helped an organization called the World Champions Rodeo Alliance produce its first tour stop.

The WRCA Rodeo Showdown at Helldorado Days offered a purse of al-most $400,000.

The rodeo, which was Sat-urday and Sunday, featured a field of credentialed compet-itors who performed at the Thomas & Mack Center.

During Sunday’s final round, for example, Marty Yates, a four-time Wran-gler National Finals Rodeo qualifier from Stephenville,

clinched the tie-down roping title after turn-ing in a time of 8.59 seconds. Defending Pro-fessional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion Tuf Cooper, a native of Childress who has homes in Decatur and Weatherford, finished second in the tie-down roping title race after turning in a final round time of 10.05.

Other champions were bareback rider Rich-mond Champion, bull rider Jose Vitor Leme, team ropers Clay Smith and Paul Eaves, saddle bronc rider Cort Scheer, steer wrestler Kyle Ir-win and barrel racer Hailey Kinsel.

The WRCA Rodeo Showdown’s Satur-day and Sunday performances were featured on RIDE TV and the new RidePass digital streaming network.

The PBR’s Last Cowboy Standing also was conducted at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus. The show was Friday and Saturday.

Kaique Pacheco, a Brazilian who lives in De-catur, clinched his third consecutive Last Cow-boy Standing title in dramatic fashion.

During Saturday’s closing performance, Pacheco turned in a Round 3 score of 92.75 aboard two-time PBR World Champion Bull SweetPro’s Bruiser (owned by D&H Cattle Co/Buck Cattle Co.). During the final round (Round 4), Pacheco turned in an 88.5 on a bovine named Jack Shot (D&H Cattle Com-pany/David Huffman).

Pacheco, 23, was the only cowboy who made a qualified ride on four bulls throughout the two-day show. He earned $160,291.

When Pacheco snared the Last Cowboy Standing title last year, he pocketed $150,100. He also took home $115,500 for clinching the title in Vegas two years ago.

During the 2018 edition last weekend, Pacheco earned 940 PBR world title race points and catapulted to the lead in the world title race. He has earned 2,870 points during the 2018 regular season. Claudio Montanha is ranked No. 2 with 2,561 and Ramon de Lima is No. 3 with 2,475.

The Last Cowboy Standing is part of the PBR’s Built Ford Tough Series, which is the association’s top tier tour. The Ford Series will be at rest for three months. The BFTS tour will resume in Tulsa for an Aug. 11-12 show. The Tulsa tour stop will help competitors qualify for the Nov. 7-11 PBR World Finals at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.

Guymon rodeoLast week on the Professional Rodeo Cow-

boys Association circuit, numerous creden-tialed competitors were in Guymon, Okla., to ride in the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo. Tuf Cooper won the steer roping first round with a time of 10.6 seconds. Cooper also finished third in the second round with a 10.7. Tony Reina and Rocky Patterson shared the steer roping average/aggregate title with a four-run time of 49.6 seconds.

Other winners were steer wrestler Hunter Cure (12.3 seconds on three head), team ropers Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp (24.1 seconds on three head), saddle bronc rider Jake Wright (84.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Yoyo), tie-down roper Reese Riemer (30.2 seconds on three head), barrel racer Kylie Weast (34.81 seconds on two runs), bull rider Cole Melan-con (89 points on Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Ro-deo’s Chigger), and bareback rider Bill Tutor (87.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket).

Bareback rider injured Bareback rider Evan Jayne, who qualified for

the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2015 and 2016, is out indefinitely after breaking his pelvis. The injury occurred during a ride on United Pro Rodeo’s Happy Trails on April 27 at the Ropin’ Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo in Jourdanton, Texas, according to prorodeo.com.

“I had some issues with my pelvis with ten-dinitis and it had been bugging me for about a year and I kept rodeoing on it,” Jayne said. “I was hoping it would get better, and I think that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I hit my riggin’ and I felt a pop. I tried to come off my horse and he sent me back against my rig-gin’ and I felt a second pop. I finally bailed off about five seconds into the ride and I just called somebody to help me get up because I knew I broke my pelvis.”

Jayne also tore some arteries in his pelvis, which caused internal bleeding and resulted in emergency surgery.

“I had to have surgery (April 27) to get the internal bleeding taken care of, and then I had surgery (April 28) to fix my pelvis,” Jayne said. “They put one plate and a screw in my pelvis. The doctors said I will be on crutches for three months because I can’t put any weight on my left leg, and I will be out of action for a year total.”

Jayne, a native of France who lives in Glen Rose, was ranked 19th in the April 30 RAM PRCA bareback riding world standings with $21,605. The 35-year-old Jayne said he will likely retire following the injury.

The highlight of Jayne’s rodeo career came in 2015 when he made history as the first European-born competitor at the Wrangler NFR. The Marseille, France, native saw his first rodeo at age 14, and at 16 he moved to the United States as a foreign-exchange student. He started off riding bulls in America, but after getting stepped on, decided that bareback rid-ing was the event for him.

Brett Hoffman, a Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame mem-ber, has reported on rodeos for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for more than three decades. Email him at [email protected].

Bull riders busy in Vegas

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AMARILLO — In one of the most compre-hensive tributes ever organized, America’s Run for the Fallen will recognize nearly 20,000 fallen military service members by name, one mile at a time across the nation, by blazing a tribute route that spans 19 states over five months.

A rotating team of active duty military and public will take on the 6,100 mile journey and dedicate each mile of the route to individual heroes and their families, based on the chrono-logical date of death, where a pre-staked “Hero Marker” will be placed in their memory.

Every hero has been attached to a specific mile and day. The names being honored include ev-ery service member who died during the War on Terror while on active duty or as a result of ac-

tive duty, including all branches of service and all causes of death.

The one week Texas route is scheduled for May 16-23. Cities being visited include: Clovis, Farwell, Bovina, Friona, Hereford, Dawn, Can-yon, Washburn, Amarillo, Claude, Clarendon, Memphis, Estelline, Childress, and Quanah. High school running teams from each city have volunteered to participate in honoring the Fallen Heroes.

Runtastic Running Club from Amarillo will also participate. The public is encouraged to at-tend and participate as the run travels through each city. Bring your flag and wave it for freedom and respect for the Fallen. If you would like to run or participate, you’re cordially invited. Please contact Jack Barnes, 806-681-1418, America’s RFTF – Texas Director.

America’s Run for Fallen to stop in Memphis, Childress

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WEATHERFORD — The Oklahoma City Thun-der will hold a summer youth basketball camp at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on the

Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus in Weath-erford.

Dates for the 2018 camp, presented by Cox, are June 5-7.

Thunder youth basketball

camps are open to children ages 6-14, offering them an oppor-tunity to grow in the funda-mentals of the game and engage in a hands-on, team-centric environment. This Breakaway Camp is a three-day camp, with all campers participating from 9 a.m.-3p.m. Campers will receive a Thunder youth basketball reversible jersey, bas-ketball and water bottle.

Registration starts at $185 per camper and is now open. Questions can be directed to [email protected]. For more information or to register, fans are encouraged to go to okcthunder.com/youth-basketball.

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BOBCATSFrom Page 1B

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Leading hitters were Wil-bur who reached base twice and scored two runs, Mason Folk who went three of five with two singles and a triple and scored two runs and Adrian Orozco two of five with two singles and a run scored.

Rowdy Duncan also reached base once and scored a run, Dylan Stephens reached base three times and scored a run and Creed Ri-ley went three of three with a single, two doubles and a walk. He reached base every time at bat and scored a run.

Drake Welch went one of four with a triple, Stran McLain one of two with a double, two walks and a run scored and Gavin Wood one of four with a single and a

run. “We hit the pretty well in

game one, especially in the clutch times when we need-ed them,” Coach Anderson said. “Defense played really well most of the night as well with great plays by Creed Riley, Dylan Stephens and Stran McLain. Seven Wilbur came in to pitch in the sec-ond inning and was great the rest of the game.”

In game two last Friday, winning pitcher Adrian Orozco threw seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks.

“Adrian pitched extremely well and our defense behind him was spectacular,” added Coach Anderson.

“Defensive standouts were SS Creed Riley, LF Stran McLain, 3B Seven Wil-bur, CF Dylan Stephens, C Mason Folk, and 1B Drake Welch,” Coach Anderson

said. “This win was on over-all team effort and I am so proud of our guys.”

Leading hitters included Wilbur going two of four with two singles and a run, Folk two of three with two singles, a walk and a run scored, Orozco one of three with a single and a walk, Duncan one of two with a single, a walk and a run scored and Stephens two of four with two singles and two runs scored.

Riley went three of three with two singles and a dou-ble, Welch one of three with a single, McLain two of three with two doubles and a run scored and Wood one of three with a single and a run scored.

“We hit the ball pretty good and really exploded in the sixth inning with four runs to seal the deal,” con-cluded Coach Anderson.

The Bobcats held Slaton in the bottom of the sixth, but the Tigers were able to get three consecutive outs in the top of the seventh to take game one 8-3.

In a must win game to force a third game on Saturday after-noon, Slaton scored one run in the top of the first to take the early 1-0 lead. However, the Bobcats’ bats would come alive in the bottom of the second, helping give them momentum and the lead.

A Tate Wofford single scored Darter on an error by the Tiger first baseman and Jef-frey Lucido giving the Bobcats the 2-1 lead.

With two outs and a 2-0 count, Jimmy Lucido singled on a ground ball, scoring Wof-ford and moving Cummins to second base to take the Chil-dress lead to 3-1.

A quick out in the next at-bat by the Tigers put them back at the plate where they scored

two more runs in the top of the third, tying the game at 3-3.

Slaton would take control of the game in the fifth inning, scoring six runs and added five more in the sixth to give them a 14-3 lead going into the bot-tom of the sixth, where they forced a must score situation by the Bobcats to stay alive for another inning.

The Tiger defense notched two quick outs before the final out of the game with a runner on second base.

In game one, Pleming took the loss for the Bobcats on the mound, going six innings. He allowed seven hits and eight runs while striking out five.

Jeffrey Lucido led the Bob-cats with two hits in his three at-bats.

In game two, Silas Finch took the loss for the Bobcats on the hill, tossing four and two-third innings, allowing eight hits and nine runs while strik-ing out four.

Wofford led the Cats at the plate in his final game as a Bobcat snagging two hits in his three at bats.

The Bobcats graduate Wof-ford, Pleming, Jimmy Lucido and Joe Dan Gambol.

Wofford ended the sea-son with 20 hits in 70 at-bats, including one home run, 12 RBI’s and 16 runs. On the mound, Wofford pitched 35.1 innings, starting seven games and recording two wins and four losses. He allowed 54 hits and 62 runs on the season.

Pleming ended the season with 51 hits in his 93 at-bats, in-cluding six homeruns, 52 RBI’s and 30 runs. Pleming broke the RBI single season record, tied the double single season record and was one homerun shy of tying the single season record. On the mound, Pleming saw 53.2 innings, started 11 games and recorded five wins and five losses. He allowed 87 hits and 91 runs.

Jimmy Lucido ended the season with 15 hits in his 51 at-bats, including four RBI’s and 10 runs.

Gambol ended the season with 30 hits in his 68 at-bats including one homerun, 13 RBI’s and 28 runs.

“We have the best uniforms and safest equipment due to the Skyrocket Athletic Booster Club which we are very thank-ful for year after year,” Wil-liams added. “We appreciate Mrs. Richardson for always being involved and my wife, Dian who keeps me going. She’s right there with me, be-hind me, beside me and in front of me.”

The scrapbooks compiled by the senior moms on display in the foyer provide a special keepsake for the student ath-letes.

“We are grateful for Carrie Warren and the senior moms who took on this project, for Larry Haddock and Drew Taylor for their radio coverage and for Angel Fowler for the cake tonight.”

The traffic created by coach-es coming to visit Trevor Rob-erson has kept Williams and his Skyrocket staff busy.

“And it’s not just because of Trevor, it’s all about the kids,” Williams stated. “And we are here tonight to recognize our Wellington athletes.”

Janie Duncan announced the Athletic Booster Club of-ficers, President Ashley Long, Vice President Lana Tillman, Treasurer Rodney Reeves and Secretary Amanda Davis. Duncan mentioned the new Skyrocket tunnel donated by

Weatherly Roofing.“I think everybody’s going

to love it!” she said. “I’ve seen it and the company that made it is using it for display at their trade shows.”

Duncan noted the generous donation received from a for-mer Skyrocket, Patricia Starr.

“Skyrocket Booster Booster Club Scholarships are made possible by businesses and individuals as well,” Duncan added. “This year 14 seniors will receive $1,000 each.”

The Booster Club recog-nized Long’s dedicated service as president.

“I’ve loved being president,” Long said. “I love the Skyrock-ets!”

Williams complemented the Booster Club on the outstand-ing job they do and thanked them for their hard work be-fore turning the program over to Dianna Bohannon who an-nounced each athlete.

Freshmen receiving awards included Derek Beebe, Juliana Castaneda, Jayden Castillo, Olivia Cruz, Kenna Darrow, Mason Folk, Katie Green, Jayden Gonzales, Cristian Rico Herrera, Emma Kane, Kylin Killian, Trey Lopez, Sammy McLain, Celeste Melendez, Briana Morning, Shelby Phillips, Dani Ponder, Juan Ramirez, Sicily Sumrall, Gustavo Tellez, Sam Williams and Gavin Wood.

Sophomores receiving awards included Jayden Ball-inger, Kimber Bawcom, Marlee Brown, Sergio Cervantes, Jas-

min Cruz, Tobi Davis, Rowdy Duncan, Grant Field, Natali Granadoz, Kamron Harris, Praxton Harris, John Michael Holcomb, Emma Jones, Jayla Kilgore, Bryanna Medel, Kay-lee Jo Neeley, Monica Neeley, Parker O’Rear, Adrian Orozco, Kaden Popwell, Ellee Reeves, Creed Riley, Andrew Self, Jose Tellez and Trey Tillman.

Juniors receiving awards in-cluded Samantha Barger, So-phie Brown, Trenton Cofer, Nicole Holland, Colton In-man, Guy Linville, Jordan McKnight, Jesus Montelongo, Bailey Neeley, Shanee Pop-well, Trevor Roberson, Jalen Roland, Riley Sessions, Dylan Stephens, Savannah Sumrall, Korbyn Tarver, Arturo Tellez and Seven Wilbur.

Seniors receiving awards included Kamri Ashmore, Na-than Brown, Jalyn Cantu, Eli-jah Granadoz, Stran McLain, Cooper Richardson, Presley Ridley, Steve Rodriguez, Kala Torres, Issac Valdez, Cam-eron Warren, Drake Welch, Luke Williams and Weston Wright.

Senior Cameron Warren won the senior quilt drawing. Cheerleader sponsor Deidre Kane announced the 2018-2019 cheerleaders, Sophie Brown, Kimber Bawcom, Marlee Brown, Tobi Davis, Nicole Holland, Emma Jones, Riley Sessions and Juliana Cas-taneda.

The new cheerleaders closed the event by leading everyone in the school song.

Tigers300M Hurdles: Heat 2

– Colby Black, First Place, 46.74; Heat 3 – Tristan Watkins, Sixth Place, 47.03

110M Hurdles: Tristan Watkins, Fifth Place, 18.88; Colby Black, Sixth Place, 19.9

3200M Run: Caleb Gar-ret, 12th Place, 14:22.10

4X200M Relay: Third Place 1:43.16

800M Run: Heat 2 – Drew Ames, 11th Place, 2:24.36

1600M Run: Heat 1 – Drew Ames, 10th Place, 5:35.90; Levi Buckley, 16th Place, 6:20.19; Heat 2 – Second Place, 6:26.28

400M Dash: Heat 3 – Drew Ames, Second Place,

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Discus Throw: Moses Reyes, Ninth Place, 99 ft. 2 in.; Cooper Scott, 11th Place, 90 ft. 6 in.

Shot Put: Moses Reyes, Fifth Place, 39 ft. 6.5 in.; Jesse Espinoza, 12th Place, 35 ft. 7.5 in.

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Six year-old Rifle Mc-Dowell shows off a fish he caught at Lake Green-belt in Clarendon.


Jocelyn Rodriguez, age 2, takes a look at a fish she caught at Fair Park Lake in Childress.


Ryder Wiles, age 5 of Memphis, shows off the fish he caught at Kevin Huddleston’s tank in Memphis.

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By Kay LedbetterSpecial to The Sun

AMARILLO — The Texas A&M AgriL-ife Extension Service will host a series of cotton meetings in the South Plains and High Plains May 14-16 to explain new cotton provisions in the farm bill.

Jackie Smith, AgriLife Extension economist in Lubbock, and DeDe Jones, AgriLife Ex-tension risk management program specialist in Amarillo, said they’ve invited Dr. Joe Outlaw, a leading authority on the farm bill, to this region to bring all cotton farmers up to date on what actions they need to take this summer.

Outlaw, an AgriLife Extension economist and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, will discuss how the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 authorized changes to seed cotton as a covered commodity that requires farmers to act on their generic base acres.

The meetings are set for May 14, 2 p.m., For-rest Park Community Center, 814 S. Houston Ave., Lamesa; May 15, 9 a.m., Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294, Lubbock; May

15, 2 p.m., Ollie Liner Center, 2000 S. Co-lumbia St., Plainview; May 16, 9 a.m., Fowler Insurance Agency, 123 S. Sixth St., Memphis; and May 16, 2 p.m., Texas A&M AgriLife Re-search and Extension Center, 6500 W. Ama-rillo Blvd., Amarillo.

Also to be discussed is the Agricultural & Food Policy Center’s decision aid tool to help producers understand how the new seed cotton program may affect their Farm Service Agency payments. The decision aid is located at https://www.afpc.tamu.edu/tools/cotton-base.

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By Adam RussellSpecial to The Sun

OVERTON —A $382,800 federal grant will fund re-search to identify the impacts of prenatal stress on beef cattle DNA, white blood cells, other tissue and subsequent changes in genetics related to tem-perament, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.

Dr. Ron Randel, AgriLife Research physiologist, said the three-year grant will finance research focused on the “ef-fect of prenatal stress on DNA methylation and correspon-dence with gene expression in cattle” at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Ex-tension Center in Overton. The research team includes Drs. Penny Riggs, David Ri-ley and Thomas Welsh from the animal science department at Texas A&M University in College Station.

Funding was provided by the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Ran-del said the research will follow his and others’ previous stud-ies of Brahman cattle herds at the center, which found stresses pregnant cows experi-enced affected calves in utero, making them more aggressive than calves born to unstressed mothers.

Temperamental animals are more difficult to manage, so producers look for genetic markers that indicate docility, Randel said.

“Stress causes changes in un-born fetuses and those changes are expressed after the animal is born,” he said. “This is a big deal because it shows there are behavioral changes that affect

the way DNA causes RNA to function.”

Randel also studied stored white blood cells from 28-day-old calves to examine the methylation patterns of the an-imals’ DNA. He found major differences in those patterns in a significant number of genes important for animal produc-tion and health.

Methylation is a process that adds methyl groups to DNA molecules and can change the activity of a DNA segment.

“The questions this grant will answer are, ‘Are there dif-ferences that remain through maturity affecting the function of both DNA and RNA, which is how the genetic code is ex-pressed, and are they modified by more or less methylation of the DNA?’” Randel said.

Randel said this discovery is important because cattle breeders have a number of ge-netic markers that have been identified and are being used to make mating selections based on DNA sequences.

“At this point we don’t know how many markers are affect-

ed, but we know that markers tied to stress responsiveness, or temperament, are affected by environmental conditions,” Randel said. “That says the way animals perform under certain stress will not be as predictable by DNA analysis in using those markers. It brings into question the value of using DNA mark-ers without the knowledge of environmental factors that can affect the mother and therefore the offspring.”

Randel’s research into how this affects temperament began in 2011. Test cows were moved five times during pregnancy in 20-day intervals from day 60 of the pregnancy, Randel said.

At this point, Randel said his research has not identi-fied how these changes in the DNA hold up as the animal reaches maturity, but the grant research will answer the ques-tion of whether the changes in methylation at 28 days is the same once the animal reaches adulthood.

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Significant Women inOklahoma Culture: Jane TestermanBy Kaylee SnowSpecial to The Sun

HOLLIS — It only took 21 years for Jane Testerman to land her dream job.

She only wishes it could have happened sooner.

Testerman, who now helps her husband, Charlie, full time with his three busi-nesses – Testerman Farms, Circle T Trucking, and Testerman & Son Harvest-ing – says her lengthy career in teaching was only holding her back.

While she spent her days impacting children at school, she was running herself in circles between keeping farm records and working at school. Testerman was anx-ious to be outside if it was a nice day. She loved being outdoors.

Testerman’s husband is a fourth-generation custom harvester of wheat and corn. With a partnership between him and his father, Doug, Testerman Farms consists of about 2,000 acres of cotton and 3,000 acres of wheat. Additionally, the Tester-mans have a small herd of cattle and the trucking busi-ness, where they haul grain, fertilizer and cotton modules and bales.

Testerman recalls the challenges she faced trying to juggle teaching and agri-culture.

“They’d start cutting wheat in May before school was ever out, but I was ready to go with them,” she said.

With her husband often

gone on harvest, she kept things afloat back home, managing paperwork and directing trucks. The record-keeping kept her busy.

“Plus, then we had our livestock in the barn, our show stock,” she said.

The Testermans’ three daughters, Blair, 25, Mylah, 20 and Hadie, 14, who are “quite the characters,” all ex-hibited sheep and hogs, but cattle was their main focus.

“When we got a little more involved in the stock shows, I had to take off work to go,

and so that was hard for me,” Testerman said.

A Farming FamilyThe Testerman daughters

have been farming since they were babies, literally.

“Blair had been around the harvesting since she was a little over a year old,” Testerman said. “Mylah was about 9 months old when we started harvesting, and Had-ie was a week. I had her, and a week later we left on wheat harvest.”

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Jane Testerman, Hollis, is being recognized as a significant woman in Oklahoma agriculture. She helps her husband Char-lie full time with his three businesses – Testerman Farms, Cir-cle T Trucking and Testerman & Son Harvesting.

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On May 3 at the Greenbelt District Banquet in Valley, the Wellington FFA found success and won several speaking contests according to Advisor Drew Taylor. Bryanna Medel was elected Greenbelt District Sentinel. Shanee Popwell placed 1st in Soil Stewardship Speaking and Kate-lynn Molina placed 1st in Natural Resource Speaking. Students representing Wellington were from left, front: Kimber Bawcom, Nathaniel Perez, Popwell, Serena Estrada, Kamri Ashmore, Emma Jones, Molina, Sophie Brown, Kenna Darrow, Kaylee Jo Neeley, Medel; back: Presley Ridley and Jayden Ballinger. The banners in addition to the Soil Stewardship and Natural Re-sources were previously won at area contest but awarded at the Banquet.

Wellington FFA adds honors


Memphis FFA students recently attended the spring meeting/officer elections and speaking competition for the Greenbelt District. Members of the MHS FFA are from front, left: Danielle Middleton, 3rd Jr. Prepared Public Speaking and Sr. Prepared Public Speaking, McKenzie Lo-pez 2nd place Soil Stewardship Public Speaking, Kinzy Fields 2nd place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking, Keona Fields 1st place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking, Mackenzi Vela, 2nd place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking; back: Wesley Pate, 2nd place Soil Stewardship Public Speaking, BayLee Blaydes, 4th place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking, Abby Proffitt, 2nd place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking and Avery Byard 1st place Sr. Prepared Public Speaking -Ag Technology and Communications. Pate, Kinzy Fields, Keona Fields, Vela, Proffitt and Byard will compete at the Area Level on Friday, May 11. Vela was elected Greenbelt District Treasurer.

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Dr. Ron Randel, Texas A&M AgriLife Research physiologist looks over a herd of purebred Brahman heifers at the North Farm near the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Overton.

AgriLife Research to study prenatal stress impacts in cattle

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New cotton provisions in the farm bill will be discussed during May meetings.

Farm Bill effects on cotton producers to be discussed at May 14-16 meetings


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Rhonda Ellison, who has known Testerman for many years through Harmon County OSU Extension, said, “Jane was expecting their sec-ond child during one harvest season, but it didn’t slow her down. As each of their three daughters came along they were each taught the value of hard work, following in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents.”

Testerman says the reason she loves agriculture is be-cause of the next generation. Since the girls have traveled and have grown up around the hired help, they have learned valuable life skills. Testerman is convinced agriculture was the best place for her chil-dren.

“They lay down at night and they say their prayers, and they’ll be praying for the hired hands, listing their names off,” she said. “So, we taught them a lot of right from wrong by working on the farm and be-ing around the hired help.”

All the girls can run the equipment – combines, trac-tors and grain carts.

"I mean it’s definitely a fam-ily business,” Testerman said.

The girls often get frus-trated with boyfriends who do not understand farming. Testerman will tease the girls, asking, “Why get a boyfriend if you know more than the boy does?”

She knows without a doubt her kids know how to work because of their experiences with agriculture. It has ex-posed her children to out-standing people as well.

“Agriculture, whether it’s farming, harvesting or live-stock showing, all of that puts the kids around good people that are hardworking,” she said.

Her kids understand the need to pray for rain – to keep livestock alive.

“Everybody prays for rain, and it’s not just so our yard will grow,” Testerman said. “They all know where it comes from and that it takes hard work to get those things.

“We’ve been to every swimming pool from here to Colorado,” she laughed, “and I cook during harvest. Some-times I’d run a tractor grain cart, and then it got to where we had so many hired hands you can’t afford to eat out all the time, or somebody would

have to get off equipment and run to town to get food.”

Life After TeachingOn top of keeping records

and directing trucks, Tester-man now keeps all computer software up-to-date for ac-counting purposes for all three businesses. As technology has advanced, she now enters the amount of fertilizer and wa-ter used by each sprayer into a computer system. She picks up parts and runs the hired hands around, who say they would rather have Charlie in charge because Jane works them too hard.

“Since I quit teaching, my role has quadrupled,” Tester-man said, who describes her-self as farm hand and secre-tary. She is busier now than she was when she was teach-ing. “I learned early on that learning all of those things was not necessarily a good thing,” Testerman laughed, because the more she learned, the more she was put to work.

Because the Testermans have “lots of different irons in the fire,” they have had to cut back.

“We’ve gotten more in-volved in local farming and trying to stay home more,” she said. “We figured out it was harder to travel so much doing custom harvesting and then tend to your own farm-ing at home.”

Currently, the Testermans still custom harvest 10,000 to 12,000 acres, all within a 60-mile radius of home and the Texas Panhandle. This past year, the crops overlapped.

“We were still picking corn in Texas, picking our cotton here and hauling the cotton modules,” she said. “So, we were spread very thin.”

With 2017’s cotton harvest being the largest since 1933, Testerman said it feels like “the longest cotton harvest ever.”

“We haul cotton round bales for three or four dif-ferent gins locally,” she said. “We start that in October, and that usually ends in Feb-ruary. We’ve had a couple of years that it ended in March, but this year it lasted until the end of April.”

MemoriesTesterman’s earliest memo-

ries of agriculture come from two places: her dad and 4-H. Her dad, Larry Odom, was the District Conservation-ist for the Harmon County USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service from 1972-2008. She exhibited

sheep through 4-H, which is where she first fell in love with agriculture.

Now her kids have shown livestock for 16 years, and by the time her youngest gradu-ates, she will have attended 20 Oklahoma Youth Expos.

She laughed and said, “I ex-pect a plaque.”

Some of her fondest mem-ories include her daughters’ stock show success. Blair had two breed champions with her steers.

“In 2013, Mylah won the youth expo with a steer, all her sheep made the sale and she had the third Chester in the sale,” she said. “In 2018, Hadie exhibited the bronze medallion steer.”

FFA and 4-H are very im-portant to the Testermans, who are currently working with Superintendent Jen-nifer McQueen to build a multi-purpose facility. Martin Lewis, Doug’s first cousin, passed away this past year and left money to be donated to a good cause, which involved youth and/or animals. The Testermans chose to use that money for the facility, and this enabled the school to start building.

“The school can use it for their activities,” Testerman said. “The community will be able to use it, and then it will be for livestock shows. That way they can host some jack-pot shows if they want.”

She also organizes the Keaton Owens Memorial Scholarship in honor of her nephew. She gathers funds each year, which are then awarded to FFA and 4-H stu-dents to help fund next year’s show project.

“Agriculture has kind of consumed our household and everything that we do,” she said.

Like all farmers, the Tes-termans face challenges every day, from drought and erosion to the rising costs of equip-ment and chemicals.

“The people that think farmers just set their own hours and throw a little fertil-izer and water down and the crop grows, it’s not like that at all,” she said. “It’s a lot of hard work. There’s a lot of prayer in farming. Please let it rain. Please don’t let it hail. It seems like I probably count on the Lord above in farming more than any other thing I’ve been involved in … You’re not just doing it for yourself. You’re counting on it for oth-er people.”

TESTERMANFrom Page 8B

The study will also answer whether changes in white blood cells are the same as changes in other tissue that control hormones controlling stress responsiveness, Randel said.

“While DNA is immutable, the function of the DNA is not immutable,” he said. “This is one possible mechanism that could be functioning to prepare an organism for a changing environment, and the change in temperament may in fact be a mechanism by which the animal is prepared to live in a more stressful environment.”

Randel said researchers are already studying how stress responsiveness impacts rodent offspring, and scientists are interested in looking at mechanisms and similar coding in humans.

“This research is a big deal,” he said. “It will have immediate impacts on cattle pro-duction and the way producers breed and handle their animals, but there are also im-plications that could be tied to other mammals, including humans, when it comes to prenatal stress and its effect on behavior.”

AGRILIFEFrom Page 8B

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Animal Indus-try Services of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry (ODAFF) is encouraging horse owners to take precau-tions and vaccinate their animals to protect against the West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

In years past, Oklahoma averaged about 40 cases per year of positive diagnoses of mosquito-carried diseases in horses.

The bird population serves as the reservoir for the viruses, and mosquitos then transmit the virus to horses and humans. Mosquitos most likely to transmit WNV and EEE lay their eggs in small pools of standing water. Once the adult mosquitos hatch, they can become infected with both WNV and EEE after feeding on an infected host, such as a bird carrying the virus. Within 10 to 14 days, the mosquito can transmit the virus to both humans and horses.

“Signs of WNV include weakness, fever, incoordination, seizures, blindness and dif-ficulty getting up,” said Assistant State Vet-erinarian Michael Herrin, D.V.M. “There are several vaccines available, and we are encouraging horse owners to visit their vet-erinarians and determine the vaccination protocol that will best fit their operations.”

Horse owners can reduce the risk of both EEE and WNV by eliminating standing water, which serves as a breeding area for mosquitos. Horse owners are encouraged to not let water stagnate in birdbaths or wa-ter tanks, and keep unused equipment that can collect water, such as a wheelbarrow, turned over when not in use. Water troughs should be emptied and flushed twice a week to remove potential mosquito eggs. When possible, owners should reduce horses’ out-door exposure at dawn and dusk, the times of day when mosquitos carrying the viruses are most active.

In addition, ODAFF recommends vacci-

nating horses against Tetanus, Equine Her-pes Virus, Equine Influenza and Rabies.

Tetanus causes progressive paralysis and often death and is transmitted from spores in the ground via lacerations and puncture wounds.

Equine Herpes Virus may cause respira-tory symptoms and abortions, but the worst manifestation of the disease is a neurologi-cal form that can mimic WNV. Symptoms of EHV are fever, nasal discharge, incoor-dination, hind limb weakness, urine drib-bling and a flaccid tail.

Equine Influenza may cause serious up-per respiratory tract infection in horses. Fever, nasal discharge and coughing are the primary signs and can cause the perfor-mance of a horse to be hindered for weeks to months.

Rabies is a viral disease of warm blooded animals. The main carriers of it in Okla-homa are skunks. They transmit the dis-ease to horses via bites. We see a number of horses each year with Rabies, and horses never recover from the disease. We also see a number of humans who have to take the expensive, uncomfortable vaccinations be-cause of exposure to a rabid horse.

Equine vaccines are available as indi-vidual vaccines or in combination. Horse owners should always work with their vet-erinarian to determine the best product to use for their horses depending on the way the horse is used and housed. A common combination vaccine provides protection against WNV, Eastern and Western Equine Encephalomyelitis, Tetanus, Influenza, and two strains of EHV. Rabies vaccine is typi-cally an individual vaccine.

ODAFF recommends horse owners and event managers remain at a heightened level of awareness, implement biosecurity practices to minimize potential exposure, consult with a veterinarian on an appropri-ate vaccination schedule and report any sus-picious illness or neurologic disease.

Horse owners encouraged to vaccinate against WNV

Nichols Retires After 15 Years of Service to TSSWCB

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TEMPLE— Jerry D. Nichols, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) Mem-ber has retired after many years of loyal dedication to Texas Soil and Water Con-servation Districts.

During Nichol’s 15 years on the board, including 2 years as Chairman, TSS-WCB has continued to grow its reputation for ex-cellence.

In 2003, he was elected to the State Board to rep-resent Area IV which is made up of 52 counties in East Texas. In addition to his work with the State Board, he has served on the Nacogdoches Soil and Wa-

ter Conservation District Board since 1977.

He is also a member of the Deep East Texas As-sociation of Soil and Wa-ter Conservation Districts and previously served as the Vice President of that As-sociation.

Jerry attended Texas A&M University on a football scholarship and graduated from the univer-sity in 1965. He served as captain of the Texas A&M football team during Gene Stallings’ first year as head coach. While at college, he met his future wife, Linda Cargill, they married in 1966.

Jerry and his wife, Lin-da have four children and twelve grandchildren. They

are currently involved with livestock, poultry, and hay production. He is also active in real estate, banking and forestry enterprises.

“Those of us who know Jerry, admire him not only for his dedication to the protection and enhance-ment of Texas’ natural re-sources, but also for his commitment to his family and community,” said Rex Isom, TSSWCB Executive Director.

David Basinger of De-port was elected and will be filing the Area IV Board Member position.

“We will miss Jerry, but he leaves TSSWCB in a great place with potential for continued success,” said Isom.


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I was driving by a new Discount Tire Store in Wichita Falls recently and recalled the founder, Bruce Halle, who recently

passed away. Bruce owned 975 stores in 34 states and nearly 20,000 employees.

Mr. Halle started from the ground up as a young man throwing newspapers and even worked as a grave-digger to support his family. He tried his hand selling life insurance before he opened his first tire store in 1960 in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was the only employee. His tire inventory consisted of two new tires and four retreads. Bruce painted the walls in

his store and cleaned the toilets.Mr. Halle made rapid progress in the tire

business due to his leadership and a three –pronged approach. He sought to provide rea-sonable prices, give great customer service and guarantee satisfaction. He believed that happy employees make happy customers. He taught his employees to treat others like you would want to be treated.

Bruce built his tire business on four corner-stones:

Honesty - Your word must be your bond. Lies or half-truths will become problematic in the long run. Your integrity is your destiny. It is the light that guides your way.

A Strong Work Ethic - You must put seri-ous time into your work. There are no shortcuts. There is no magic formula you can plug in and become a success. Kemmons Wilson, the found-er of Holiday Inn Hotels, said only work half a day. It doesn’t matter which half you work, the first 12 hours or the second 12 hours.

Gratefulness - Gratitude should be a continu-ous attitude. Thank people for their time, thank employees for their service and thank customers for their business. Those who only inform you “Thank You” is printed on your receipt are not usually successful in the business world.

Have Fun - Business and fun are not mutu-ally exclusive. At Discount Tire, camaraderie is

encouraged. Employees help each other mount tires and assist each other as they back cars out of the bays when a job is finished. At some Dis-count Tire Centers, workers will step outside the counter and introduce themselves to customer. Customers also receive e-mails to remind them to stop in for free tire pressure checks.

Fittingly, Mr. Halle “takes the cake” when it came to advertising. In 1975, Bruce only had enough money in his budget for a 10 second commercial to highlight the company’s dedica-tion to customer satisfaction. An Arizona adver-tising company came up with idea of having a senior citizen throw a tire through a glass win-dow with the words: “If ever you’re not satisfied with one of our tires, please feel free to bring it back. Thank you, Discount Tire Company.”

Known as the “Thank You” ad, it has been so well received by the public, that the company has aired it continuously in its original format for more than 29 years, setting a Guinness World Record. Nice job, Bruce Halle. Thank you.

Dr. Mike Wolf has been a resident of Coldspring, Texas in San Jacinto County since 1983. He is a former char-ter member of the Coldspring Lions Club and former principal of Coldspring High School. He coached, taught history, government and education at both the high school and university level. Mike spent several years in school administration as principal and superintendent. He enjoys fishing, golf, travel and studying world af-fairs. Mike attended Wellington schools in the 50’s and 60’s before graduating from Amarillo Caprock in 1965. He was named to the Distinguished Alumni of Caprock High School in 1999. He has done extensive research on most of the Panhandle as a history professor and says he knows a lot of folks from Quitaque to Quail. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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Voicemail mishapMy beeping phone woke me early today.

I assumed it was an Amber Alert. I al-ways read those notices and keep my

eyes open for the vehicles described. But when you’re alone at the farm at 5:45 a.m., you roll over and go back to sleep. It was raining hard. Miles from nowhere, I expected no kidnappers to drive

by.When I later awoke for

good, I read the message. Sur-prise! It was a tornado alert. I was supposed to take shelter immediately. Oops.

Suggestion: A distinction between those warnings would help. An Amber Alert could be five beeps for the five letters in the name, sounded twice in a row. Tornado warnings could be seven beeps – maybe seven long beeps.

My other thought is that maybe those warn-ings sound different already. In that case, ignore my suggestion.

Either way, a tornado did not blow me away. I’m feeling good about that, but I’m even happier that there was no Amber Alert. I always worry about those victims.

Once I was truly awake, the next news to as-sail my brain was that the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak was still raging. Bummer. Romaine is a staple at our house. Has the E. coli issue has caused a price drop? I’m a cheapskate, but the prospect of buying some cheap romaine doesn’t tempt me.

On the other hand, why not just wash it very thoroughly? E. coli is on the surface of the leaves. Right? Not actually in the lettuce. I’m asking.

The more I think about my question, I’m

wondering why nobody’s addressing it, at least not on TV.

E. COLI RESEARCH.A little digging on the Internet and I discov-

ered the bad news (news to me) that E. coli can indeed be internalized by plants, lettuce included, not to mention spinach.

“Numerous field studies have revealed that irrigation water can contaminate the surface of plants; however, the occurrence of pathogen in-ternalization is unclear.”

That sentence – the operative word being “in-ternalization” -- is from the abstract of a paper titled “Surface and Internalized Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Field-Grown Spinach and Let-tuce Treated with Spray-Contaminated Irriga-tion Water,” published in the “Journal of Food Protection,” Vol. 73, No. 6, 2010. The research-ers supposed but did not verify that the E. coli entered the plants via stomas and trichomes – plants’ versions of pores and hairs, respectively.

Incidentally, that E. coli strain is the one iden-tified in the current outbreak.

So why doesn’t the average television news blurb simply say that washing the romaine won’t necessarily wash away the E. coli?

My three theories:Television doesn’t have time for details. The romaine industry doesn’t want the bad

publicity and would attack the television indus-try.

Paternalistic powers that be don’t want us to quit washing produce just because we’ve learned washing doesn’t always work.

Unencumbered by those restraints, I’ve told the unwashed truth. You’re welcome.

In conclusion, if E. coli outbreaks are ever deemed serious enough to be publicized through text messages, I suggest no beeps.

The next morning after Cass' announce-ment of Meeka's surprise, I made for her place as soon as Taylor had gone to work.

I'd never seen a baby mouse before. They were about a size of a jelly bean, blind with dark patches on their skin where dark fur would eventually grow.

Meeka was a brown and white Australian Waltz-ing mouse, so she was a little larger than the average mouse. About four inches long, not including tail. Some of the babies were all pink. They turned out to be

beige and white. Must have been daddy's influ-ence.

Meeka taught us a lot about handling baby mice. Since they were so cute and Meeka didn't object, we picked up a couple then gently laid them back on the tissue and Meeka promptly ate them. That was perfectly disgusting. We refrained from picking any more up. However, when the babies got their fur Meeka didn't mind if we played babysitter.

All the babies were very tame and people friendly. Unfortunately, by this time they all had names and their own personalities and we couldn't bear to part with any of them. Cass had 12 mice that were rapidly outgrowing their ter-rarium.

I've never been one to celebrate my birthday

because it falls on a holiday when others are busy doing their thing and don't want to bother with my thing. So, I don't tell people the real date. I prefer June 10. It's more neutral. Nothing hap-pens on June 10.

However, Cass decided to get me a real birth-day present, but didn't give it to me directly. She called and told me she left something on my la-nai. (That's porch in Hawaiian.) I went home on my break and found a box with a lot of thump-thump-thumping going on inside. Cass gave me a toad! Fabulous! I like toads. I unlocked my door and went in the bathroom.

By now I'm in my fourth apartment with a larger bathroom. You could actually turn around in there. Sat the box with the toad in the shower and opened the lid. Two beige mice popped out. There was a little note, "Surprise! Happy Birth-day."

I had nowhere to put them and had to get back to work, so I left them in the shower and closed the shower door.

As the initial shock wore off, I named my ac-quisitions Pecan and Peanut. Peanut died a few weeks later, but Pecan lived to a ripe old age of eight. That's really old in mouse years. During his younger years, Pecan went on to be one of the sires of our Mouse Dynasty that peaked at 350 individuals during the height of production.

(All stories about Hawaii excerpted from forthcoming book, Hawaii on the Half Shell and are copyrighted material.)

Contact King at [email protected].

I don't always leave voicemails when someone doesn't answer the phone, but when I do, you can guarantee it will be entertaining.

Last week after the person I was calling didn't answer the phone, I pressed end and sat my phone down. Or, so I thought I did.

I drove off in my car and began singing. I think I've mentioned it before, but it is worth repeating, I cannot car-ry a tune to save my life. I sing in the shower and in the car when I'm all alone as a pub-lic service. Nobody should be subjected to hearing this voice sing. I used to ask God to give me a singing voice and I'd only sing gospel, but He clearly knew singing was not a talent He was giving me.

My little musical montage was interrupted when someone in front of me didn't use their blinker. I expressed my frustra-tion to them and quickly returned to my sing-ing.

I'm not sure why the song I was singing popped in my head, but I'll tell you, it was a doozy, Brickhouse by Rick James. If you've never heard it, and I don't know many who haven't, it's quite an interesting song to just pop in your head. If you haven't, google it and you'll likely question my sanity.

I know most of the lyrics, but where I didn't, I just made them up. I mean, what's the fun in singing if you don't add your own little touch?

In the middle of singing, the lyrics to another song soon found their way into this song. I began singing, "21, 24, 27, 30…" Yep, I added a snip of Schoolhouse Rock's "Three is a Magic Number" to a classic 70's soul song. My apologies to Rick James for butchering one of his greatest hits. And it was a butchering!

As I glanced down, my heart sank. I did NOT push end call and was recording my little fiasco to this person's voicemail.

I couldn't hit end fast enough, but the dam-

age had been done. I had just left a one minute and 45 second musical montage that was right up there with a pack of wild cats fighting in an alley. I was horrified.

I immediately remembered the person not us-ing their blinker and tried to recall what I said to them, but all I could think about was this voice-mail being played by the person I had called.

The silver lining to this embarrassing moment was the call was to my husband, who just shook his head with a smile on his face when he listened to it.

From now on, you can bet I'll make sure to end every call before breaking out into song! If I forget and it happens again, I just hope the other person can appreciate my complete insanity at times!

---The elections across the area have come to an

end. Congratulations to the winners and those who ran for office.

I heard some interesting comments the past few weeks regarding voting and elections, mainly from the under 40 generation. The consensus was, "I'm not going to vote. It doesn't effect me anyway." I even heard, "I don't care what hap-pens in our city and school, why would I vote?"

I'm hoping this lack of involvement in the political process is random and not the norm for that generation. If it is the norm, we are in for some interesting political outcomes in the next 20 plus years. Voter turnout is extremely low now, I cannot imagine what it will be like when the "I don't care" people outnumber those who take part in the political process. To those young adults, please don't be the first to hop on social media and complain when you don't like some-thing an elected official does. After all, it doesn't really effect you anyway, right?

Ginger Wilson is the Childress editor of The Red River Sun and can be reached via email at [email protected]. You can also follow her on her personal Twitter at @gingwilson.

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By Rev. Larry Argo

Prophecy always calls for the examination of what has become the norm for humanity. Noah would have been the first example. He states that God was going to send a flood and cover the earth with water, when it had never rained previously. His statements would seem ludicrous to humans who had never experi-enced rain. Scripture is used to proclaim what God is going to allow, and in many instances, the people have thought God's plan was far-fetched. Thus, they did not believe it, nor did they act correctly, considering the informa-tion which they had been given.

The greatest impediment to humans has been their inability to realize that they are a created item designed by God for His pur-poses, and they are accountable unto Him for their actions. He has the power and authority to do with them as He pleases. He has the authority to do with all of creation the very same action, but He limits His actions to fol-low what scripture proclaims. He desires for humans to know what is coming next and to

act in obedience to those proclamations. The lifespan of humans is such that no one would experience His entire plan, but they are still going to be held accountable for the part of His plan in which they experienced physical life.

Another impediment to humans is the inability to understand that God sees from the beginning to the end of scripture with-out the constraints of time, which is placed upon humans. Humans cannot be in many places at one time, nor can they be in differ-ent timeframes, but He can, and is. Humans have not moved God's plan from one part unto the other, but God has used humans, writers of scripture, to record those actions. Other writers, prophets, were used to record what God is going to allow in the future. God has already seen the occurrence. Thus, what is recorded in Revelation is a reality which He has already seen, and it is certainly going to happen.

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Headline Goes HereCollingsworth Police BlotterJail Book In – 1Jail Book Out – 1 Inmates transferred to

other agency - 0Jail population – 8Civil papers served – 0

Collingsworth County remains under a burn ban. Reminder: No burning of any kind within the city limits. Exceptions: Outdoor Grilling is allowed if it is on a covered grill designed for that purpose and the grill is on a non-flammable sur-face (gravel, sand, concrete, etc.). Let’s work together to keep our county safe from the dangerous wildfires. Please call the Sheriff’s Office at 806-447-2588 with any questions or concerns.

On 04/28//2018 Officer responded to a request for an officer in the 700 block of El Paso St.

On 04/28/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1400 block of 9th St.

On 04/28/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1200 block of Ft. Worth St. for a cour-tesy unlock.

On 04/28/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer near FM 3951 and CR 170.

On 04/29/2018 Officers responded to a request for

an officer on Hwy 83 and CR M.

On 04/29/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer east on FM 338.

On 04/29/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer north on Hwy 83.

On 04/29/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1300 block of Dallas St.

On 04/29/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer south on 83.

On 04/30/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1200 block of Bowie St.

On 04/30/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 200 block of 9th St.

On 05/01/2018 EMS responded to a request for an ambulance in the 1500 block of Childress St.

On 05/01/2018 EMS re-sponded to a request for an ambulance 1000 block of 15th St.

On 05/01/2018 EMS responded to a request for an ALS transfer to NW in Amarillo.

On 05/01/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1400 block of Floydada St.

On 05/01/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer south on Hwy

83. On 05/02/2018 EMS re-

sponded to a request for an ambulance north of Sam-norwood on FM 1548.

On 05/02/2018 EMS re-sponded to a request for an ACLS transfer to NW in Amarillo.

On 05/02/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 1000 block of 15th St. for a vehicle un-lock.

On 05/02/2018 EMS re-sponded to a request for a BLS transfer from CRMC to NW in Amarillo.

On 05/02/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 900 block of Childress St.

On 05/03/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer in the 800 block of Ennis St.

On 05/03/2018 WVFD responded to a large grass fire on FM 1547 near the Collingsworth /Hall Coun-ty line.

On 05/04/2018 Officers responded to a request for an officer north on Hwy 83.

Reminder: The number to Crime Stoppers is 806-447-2587. You can call this num-ber to anonymously report any kind of crime or to sub-mit tips anonymously.

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A tabletop disaster drill was held on Monday morning in the Childress Commissioner's Court-room. Attending the drill were members of the Childress law enforcement community, as well as elected officials and first responders. Presiding over the drill were Childress Chief of Police Shade Miller, left, Childress Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Ricks, Childress County Judge Jay Mayden, Childress County Sheriff Mike Pigg and Childress Fire Chief Daniel Tyler, not pictured. Standing right is Chief Deputy Danny Gillem.

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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-ment law enforcement reports.

Facebook Advertising WorksOn April 3, game wardens received an

Operation Game Thief crime stoppers call alleging an individual was trying to sell an alligator on Facebook. Wardens quickly determined the man was actually looking to sell the rifle pictured in his post, not the alligator, which still begged the question “Where did he get the gator?” Wardens continued the investigation and learned the individual harvested the alligator ille-gally in San Jacinto County. During an in-terview on April 13, wardens gained a full confession from the individual. Appropri-ate charges and restitution were filed.

The Truck Didn’t SurviveOn March 28, a Rockwall County game

warden received a call for assistance from the Rockwall Fire Department. They re-quested help rescuing a victim trapped in his truck, which was swept off a county road by high water. The Game Wardens Search and Rescue team responded and the victim was successfully retrieved from his vehicle unharmed; however, the truck did not survive. A warning citation was is-sued for failure to observe the road closed sign due to high water.

Forged Bill of Sale, PricelessGame wardens in Grimes and Robert-

son counties followed up on a tip that an individual had forged signatures on a boat title and bill of sale. After interviewing the subject who submitted the documents, it was discovered that he did submit a fake bill of sale written by a friend and changed the amount of which he paid for the boat. Charges of tampering with government documents with intent to defraud or harm (2nd degree felony) and forgery (3rd de-gree felony) are pending.

A Series of Poor ChoicesAt about 11 p.m. on April 7, an Uvalde

County game warden was patrolling near Utopia when he noticed a vehicle driving slowly in a church parking lot outside of town. Considering the hour and location, the warden initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. The vehicle left the scene at a high rate of speed, and the warden pursued for a short distance. The vehicle came to a sudden stop after making a sharp turn which caused the bead on the tire to break

and the rim to embed into the pavement. The rear of the vehicle spun around 180 degrees, breaking the bead on one of the back tires, causing it to deflate also. The warden made contact with the 16-year-old driver and 14-year-old passenger. The ju-venile driver said he fled because he had beer in the truck. Charges are pending against the driver.

April Fools, You’re Still Busted!On April 1, a Bastrop County game

warden was on patrol at Lake Bastrop, when he saw an LCRA ranger talking to a group of men regarding open container violations, and went to assist. The warden recognized a subject who had a criminal trespassing warning in the park, and made contact. The subject claimed he did not have an identification card on him, and gave a false name and date of birth. Since the subject had mentioned earlier that he had just got out of jail that day, the war-den called Bastrop County dispatch and found out the subject’s true name and date of birth. The ranger called his dispatch to confirm the trespassing warning. Once confirmed, the subject was arrested and taken back to jail for criminal trespassing and for giving false information.

Can’t Keep the BirdA McLennan County game warden re-

sponded to a call about a dead bald eagle in the road, but by the time he arrived on scene the bird was gone. After speaking with some nearby neighbors, the warden learned an individual had picked up the eagle and taken it. The warden interviewed the subject, who stated he took it to a friend’s house and left it on the seat of his riding lawnmower. The warden recovered the eagle carcass at the second location. Citations were issued to the individual for illegally possessing and transporting a bald eagle. The case is pending.

Shooting from the Passing LaneOn April 15, a Dallam/Hartley County

game warden received a call about some-one in a vehicle shooting at pheasants from a county road. With assistance from Dallam County Sheriff’s Office and a DPS trooper, the vehicle was stopped and the driver and his 13-year-old son admitted to hunting and shooting at a pheasant from the road. Citations for hunting during a closed season, hunting from a public road-way, discharging a firearm from a public roadway and not having hunter’s educa-tion certification were filed.

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It is not that God deter-mined the actions of the church in chapters two and three, but that he has seen those actions, and had John to record them in symbolic language. It uses historical cities as a reference, but it is a warning to be interpreted correctly and understood, by the Holy Spirit, for those who were to come long after it was written. It is a proph-ecy which calls for an exami-nation of the norm which is currently established by hu-mans concerning the second coming of Jesus.

The sequencing of the events is crucial unto inter-pretation. The importance

of the church is seen in the placement of the message unto them. The church is identified as the primary re-cipient of the message, and then it is extended unto the individual, which is a part of each of the seven churches. He who has the spirit is ad-monished to listen in every one of them, thus, the church is the corporate group, but the individual within them has the ability to act in accor-dance with God's desires.

Could it be that the tares are among the members of the group? Could it be that everyone who says, "Lord, Lord" (Matthew 7:21-23) is among them, and thus the group takes on an institu-tional type position in which, this is who we are and this is what we believe, to the extent that Godly leader-

ship becomes impeded? Jesus sought to lead the people of Israel while He was upon the earth and they would not fol-low. Why? They had a plan devised by men which they believed to be more relevant than the Son of Man who came to show them the way. Could the groups that are gathered under the differ-ent names as churches, be in the same position today? Humans cannot and do not think like God!

Scripture/God calls for repentance until the end of the church (Rev. 3), and after that the church is not men-tioned except as a reference as to whom the message of Revelation is given, but what comes afterward is only the wrath of God toward hu-manity. Are you rightly re-lated to God?

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Hollis banks visit SGE


Great Plains Bank representatives Elizabeth Saenz, back row, left, and Mark Randall, recently met with First Grade students at Sallie Gillentine Elementary School to teach them about fi-nances and banking.

Stockmans Bank employees Brentney Zorger and Irene Bermudez led a presentation on fi-nances for Third Grade students at Sallie Gillentine Elementary School.


A donation made by Larry Adams, left, made it possible to purchase Emergency Preparedness Kits to be placed at each campus of Wellington ISD. These bags are equipped with items for any type of emergency or accident situation. Nurse Ashley Long and Superintendent Kurt Ash-more accepted the backpacks full of supplies and appreciate Adams generosity.

Adams donates emergency kits

HELP WANTEDWELLINGTON – Col-lingsworth County Sher-iff’s Office currently has a part-time dispatcher position available for approximately 28 hours per week. Starting wage is $8.80 per hour. Please apply in person at 810 Belton Street. (TFN)

HOLLIS - Colonial Manor II now hiring! Full & part time Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) positions available. 11 p.m.-7 a.m. shift. For questions &/or more info please contact us at: 580-688-9431 or simply apply in person at 120 W Versa St, Hollis, OK 73550. (TFN)

WELLINGTON - Col-lingsworth General Hos-pital is now accepting applications for a full-time RN position. Ben-efits include: RNs start $25/hr + % experience, night & weekend dif-ferential pay, paid CEU, health, dental & vision insurance. Contact April Wright, HR Director at 806-447-2521 if you have any questions or complete an application online at www.collings-worthgeneral.net. (TFN)

CHILDRESS - Inter-Bank has an immediate opening for a Drive-Up Teller in Childress. Hours are approximately 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Self-starters with strong work ethic and attention to detail are necessary. To apply, please click on InterBank Career Oppor-tunities on the Careers page of our website, www.interbank.com and complete an Online Application. Please at-tach Resume. No phone calls please. “An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V”. (5/9)

CHILDRESS - Job op-portunity. Seeking bond runners in your area. Minimum requirements: 25 years of age with no felonies. Call today for a job opportunity. 903-434-3204. (5/16)

APARTMENTSMEMPHIS - The Mem-phis Housing Authority has apartments for rent. One, two & three bed-room units are available at this time. Interested persons should visit the Housing Authority office at 216 South. 6th street to pick up an application. (TFN)

CHILDRESS - BISHOP PROPERTIES: Loft apts., studio apts., & houses for rent. (940) 537-1376. (TFN)

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CHILDRESS - Boot repair. Hwy 83 N. 305 H NW. Drop off at any Spears Cleaners. 940-537-1448 (TFN)

GOULD - House for sale in Gould. 3 bedroom brick, 2 bath, 1 car ga-rage. 1600 square feet on 1 acre. Central air and heat. $64,000. 580-841-0841. 1115 HWY-5 South. (5/16)

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In compliance with Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, a public notice is hereby given that the Commissioners’ Court of Childress County, Texas will hold a special meeting on Monday, May 14, 2018 at 5:30 o’clock p.m. in the Commissioners’ Courtroom, in the Courthouse, Childress, Texas. The following items are listed on the Agenda, To-Wit:

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Altus-Lugert: Elevation below normal, water 67 and clear. Crappie are fair on jerk baits, jigs and minnows around docks, riprap, rocks and standing timber. Walleye are slow on jerk baits, jigs and lipless baits along rip-rap and rocks.

Ellsworth: Elevation normal, water murky. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around brush structure, docks and riprap. Blue and channel catfish are slow on cut bait, punch bait and shad along channels, main lake and points.

Lawtonka: Elevation normal, water clear. Crappie are slow on minnows and jigs around brush structure, docks and rocks.

Tom Steed: Elevation normal, water 58. Crappie, white bass and saugeye are fair on minnows, jigs and hair jigs around brush structure, in coves and rocks. Striped bass hybrids, white bass and saugeye are good on crankbaits, minnows and sassy shad along the dam, points and rocks. Blue and channel cat-fish good on cut bait, punch bait, shad and stinkbait along creek channels, flats, points and rocks.

Waurika: Elevation normal, water murky. Crappie are fair on jigs around brush struc-ture and riprap. Striped bass hybrids and white bass are fair on crankbaits and flukes along shorelines.

Alan Henry: Water clear main lake, stained up the river; 62 degrees main lake, 67 up the creeks; 7.37 ft. low. Black bass are fair on topwaters, weightless flukes, shakyheads with trick worms, Senkos and chatterbaits. Crappie are slow on minnows. Catfish are slow on live perch and live worms.

Arrowhead: Water fairly clear; 62–67 de-grees; 1.62 ft. low. Black bass are fair on jigs, Texas rigs and chrome Rat–L–Traps. Crap-pie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

Coleman: Water stained; 73–77 degrees; 2.93 ft. low. Black bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, lizards and spinnerbaits. Hy-brid striper are fair on live shad. Crappie and channel and yellow catfish are slow.

Colorado City: 16.49 ft. low. After a pe-riod of drought, this lake caught water and boating is now allowed. However, it is not currently recommended for fishing due to se-vere golden alga blooms.

Ft. Phantom Hill: Water off color; 61–66 degrees; 2.84 ft. low. Black bass are fair to good on silver spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Cat-fish are good on live and cut bait.

Greenbelt: Water off color; 64–72 de-grees; 33.14 ft. low. Black bass are fair on pearl shallow running crankbaits, Texas rigs and shakyheads. Crappie are fair on live min-

nows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on live and cut bait.

Hubbard Creek: Water off color; 63–68 degrees; 3.8 ft. low. Black bass are fair on white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and weightless Senkos. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.

Mackenzie: Water stained; 65–71 degrees; 75.26 ft. low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and shallow running crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and live baitfish.

Meredith: Water fairly clear; 59–68 de-grees; 48.25 ft. low. No reports on black bass. No reports of smallmouth bass or walleye. Bream and channel catfish are being caught in limited numbers.

Nasworthy: 61–66 degrees; 1.12 ft. low. Black bass are fair on watermelon seed jigs, Texas rigs and red Rat–L–Traps. No reports on crappie. Catfish are fair to good on live bait and nightcrawlers.

O.H. Ivie: Water stained; 61–67 degrees; 39.77 ft. low. Black bass are fair on split–shot rigged flukes, Texas rigs and chad pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Catfish are good on cut and live bait.

Oak Creek: Water stained; 62–68 degrees; 11.69 ft. low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Senkos and orange/brown crank-baits. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Cat-fish are fair to good on live and cut bait.

Possum Kingdom: Water fairly clear; 62–67 degrees; 1.27 ft. low. Black bass are fair to good on drop shot rigs, Texas rigs and chrome Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on live minnow. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Cat-fish are good on live and cut bait.

Spence: 52.55 ft. low. No report on black bass or crappie. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and nightcrawlers.

Stamford: Water stained to muddy; 61–65 degrees; 1.59 ft. low. Black bass are fair to good on small swimbaits, Texas rigs and shallow running crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and live minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and tail spinners. Blue catfish are good on cut and live bait.

Sweetwater: Water off color; 61–67 de-grees; 25.1 ft. low. This lake is currently ex-periencing a fish kill due to golden alga. Bi-ologists are monitoring the situation and will post updates as they become available.

White River: Water stained; 62–68 de-grees; 23.06 ft. low. Black bass are fair on chatterbaits and Texas rigs. No reports on crappie. Catfish are good on live bait.

Fishing ReportSpecial to The Sun

STILLWATER, Okla. — USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oklahoma has opened a round of sign-ups for participation in the Western Oklahoma Wild-fire Initiative. By providing technical and finan-cial assistance for conservation practices, this allows landowners to improve grazing land that has been affected by the recent wildfires.

The Western Oklahoma Wildfire Initiative is available in Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills and Woodward Counties. Those interested in participating should apply at their local USDA Service Center by June 1.

“Conservation planning will identify require-ments needed to address recovery of lost water-ing sources, loss and/or protection of grasses for

grazing animals, protection of sensitive areas from erosion and other identified needs,” said Gary O’Neill, NRCS Oklahoma State Conser-vationist. “Conservation work provides better forage and grazing lands for livestock and can improve a producer’s operation and manage-ment.” NRCS has seen the devastating effects of these wildfires on agricultural operations and wants producers in these communities to know that NRCS is here for financial and technical assistance.

The funding will be made available through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). EQIP is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to help plan and im-plement conservation practices that address pri-ority local and state resource concerns.

Pet TalkCOLLEGE STATION

— Squamous Cell Carci-noma (SCC), a type of skin cancer that commonly oc-curs on white-skinned areas of horses, can be difficult to treat. That’s why Dr. Leslie Easterwood, a clinical assis-tant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sci-ences, said early detection and treatment are key.

SCC most commonly oc-curs at mucocutaneous junc-tions, such as the eyes, nose, sheath, vulva, and rectal sphincter, Easterwood said.

Although SCC has some genetic predispositions, sun exposure can also accelerate the disease.

Easterwood added that SCC also can develop if the horse has prolonged liver disease or if the horse has had a thermal injury. Long-term exposure to toxic plants may also increase the risk of liver dysfunction, and thus lead to SCC on the affected white skin.

Early SCC lesions look like ulcerated erosions of the skin or sun burning. These lesions can develop into tu-mors and spread to other ar-eas of the body, including the lymph nodes and sinuses.

If you think your horse may be developing a SCC

tumor, immediate care is recommended, as treatment can be challenging.

“SCC tumors tend to en-large and damage surround-ing tissue,” Easterwood said. “As the tumors enlarge, they invade larger areas, and this makes removal more dif-ficult. Eyelid lesions are par-ticularly important to catch and treat early so that we can maintain enough eyelid tissue so that the horse will be able to blink and lubricate the eye. In advanced cases, we sometimes have to re-move the eye, even though it is not effected by the tu-mor, because we do not have enough functioning eyelid to maintain lubrication of the globe.”

There are a variety of ways to treat SCC; the ideal treat-ment for each case is based on many factors, such as the location of the tumor and the risk of the tumor spreading, Easterwood said. Surgery, chemotherapy, and cryo-therapy are some of the tra-ditional options.

Photodynamic Dye Ther-apy (PDT) has been used at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) and has shown great promise for the treat-ment of SCC.

PDT involves the removal

of most of the tumor and in-jecting dye into the affected area. The dye is then activated by exposure to a therapeutic light. This activation causes the release of molecules that result in death of the remain-ing cancerous cells.

“To date, we have per-formed about 100 of PDT procedures at the VMTH and have had overwhelm-ingly positive results,” East-erwood said.

There are also ways to help prevent SCC.

“Any decrease in sun expo-sure is likely helpful,” East-erwood said. “Face masks with UV protection, SPF protective lotions, and lim-ited turnout during daylight hours are all ways to decrease SCC risk.”

Horses that have had SCC tumors in the past are more likely to develop them again. It’s best to always keep an eye on your horse and report any skin abnormalities to your veterinarian.

Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary Medi-cine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University. Sto-ries can be viewed at vetmed.tamu.edu/pet-talk. Sugges-tions for future topics may be directed to [email protected].

By Paul SchattenbergSpecial to The Sun

COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, or NRI, has part-nered with other organizations to promote state-wide land stewardship relating to pollinators.

“Soil and Water Stewardship Week is from April 28 through May 6 this year,” said NRI as-sociate director Dr. Jim Cathey. “Like-minded organizations are collaborating to bring awareness to the importance of voluntary land stewardship in Texas through a statewide campaign empha-sizing the role of pollinators in the environment.”

Some of these organizations include the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, As-sociation of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Texas Wildlife Association and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association.

Using the theme “The Importance of Pollina-tors to Soil and Water Conservation in Texas,” these organizations are working together to show how pollinators — birds, bees, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths and even small mammals — play a vital role in production agriculture, ensuring the food supply and preserving natural resources.Pol-linators such as butterflies are of vital importance to agriculture and for maintaining ecosystem health. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)

Texans also have been working with their local soil and water conservation districts for more than 75 years to voluntarily implement conservation practices to protect and enhance soil and water resources, according to the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

Cathey said while some pollinator populations in Texas and elsewhere have been declining, many Texas landowners understand their essential role in agricultural ecosystems, particularly in the pro-duction of crops, grasses and timber.

Fortunately, many of the landowners who rec-ognize the importance of pollinators have em-ployed voluntary conservation practices on both private and public lands to help support and grow pollinator populations,” he said.

Cathey said the institute’s Land Trends and Demography program has noted an increase in properties active in wildlife management. From 1997-2012, the total acreage grew from 97 thou-sand acres to 3.2 million acres, and the trend con-tinues.

“Habitat enhancements like rangeland restora-tion provide a benefit by increasing biodiversity — an essential component for all wildlife, includ-

ing pollinators,” he said.Pollinators also play a significant role in natu-

ral rangeland ecosystems by helping to keep plant communities healthy and reproducing, according to the TSSWCB. This helps prevent soil erosion, improves water quality and provides food and cover for native wildlife.

“The institute’s Private Land Stewardship pro-gram fosters sound management of private lands and their associated public benefits through en-gagement and partnerships,” Cathey said. “We combine our research, outreach and policy efforts to offer pragmatic solutions to emerging natural resource challenges like managing land for pol-linators.”

A Texas Landowner Survey of more than 3,000 respondents, conducted by NRI, lists the top 5 reasons for owning land as hunting, wildlife, family, ranching and recreation.

“Clearly Texans love open spaces, wildlife, and ranching, and that bodes well for pollinators given the majority of land in Texas is privately owned,” Cathey said.

He said since voluntary land stewardship affects resource management, which has a direct impact on pollinator habitat, NRI is proud to be collabo-rating with others across the state to help bring attention to the importance of good land steward-ship.

“Because so much of the land in this state is pri-vately owned, this makes it even more important for landowners to implement voluntary conser-vation activities to help keep our soil and water resources healthy,” he said. “Taking steps to help conserve, protect and improve pollinator popula-tions is an important adjunct to good land stew-ardship and natural resource protection.”

Other partnering organizations include Audu-bon Texas, Earthmoving Contractors Association of Texas, Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas, San Antonio River Authority, South Texans’ Property Rights Association, Texan by Nature, Texas Association of Dairymen, Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas Conservation As-sociation for Water and Soil, Texas Grain and Feed Association, Texas Grazing Land Coali-tion, Texas Land Trust Council, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Poultry Federation, Texas Seed Trade Association, Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association, Texas Water Resourc-es Institute, U.S. Rice Producers Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Re-sources Conservation Service.

For more information on the pollinator initia-tive, go to: https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov

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Skyrocket and Lady Rocket basketball award winners included Best Offense JoJo McKnight, left, Team Spirit Cooper Richardson, Best Offense Savannah Sumrall, Best Defense Riley Sessions, Most Improved Marlee Brown, Team Spirit Jalyn Cantu, Most Improved Korbyn Tarver, Best Offensive John Michael Holcomb and Best Defense Seven Wilbur.

Skyrocket and Lady Rocket track distinctions awarded at the 2018 Athletic Banquet were Sprinter Jalen Roland, left, Sprinter JoJo McKnight, Sprinter, Field Event and MVP Luke Williams, Distance Ellee Reeves, MVP Savannah Sumrall, Field Event and MVP Tobi Davis, Sprinter Cameron Warren, Sprinter John Michael Holcomb, Distance Runner Seven Wilbur and Sprinter Riley Sessions.

Other special recognitions during the Skyrocket and Lady Rocket 2018 Sports Banquet were Cross Country Marlee Brown, left, Golf MVP Kamri Ashmore, Baseball MVP Adrian Orozco, O’Neil Baseball Award Seven Wilbur, MVP Girls’ Tennis Shanee Popwell, Frank Campbell Tennis Award Korbyn Tarver, Most Improved Girls’ Tennis Nicole Holland and Bryanna Medel and Most Improved Boy’s Tennis Presley Ridley.

CES Kindergarten visits museum

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Childress Elementary Kindergarten classes toured the Childress County Heritage Museum last week, learning about the history of Childress and the county. Mrs. Timmons class enjoyed stepping back in time in the old classroom. Ready for a morning of learning are from left, front: Harper Hall, Alex Salazar, Jayden Hall; second row: Maddox Hoffman, Jake Ramirez, AJ Robles; third row: Athena Stingel, Keegan Favor, Kaylah Lizama; fourth row: Heaven Martinez, Kade Trosper, Cooper Herbstritt; fifth row: Quay Bruce, Aly Rodriguez, Kole Eikman; bench on left: Amaris Rosebrock and Mikaela Sasueda.

Students in Mrs. Thompson’s class learning about fossils were Kamerra Zuniga, left, Jenica Lepe, Elli Cariveau, Ivy Thomas and Alexia Stringer-Lund.

Keaton Prater, left, Summer Musser, Hunter Fuller, and Avery Martinez stand in front of the replica of George C. Childress as they begin their tour through the museum. The students are in Miss Martinez’s class. See more photos in next week’s edtion of The Sun!

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