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SANDERSON –
County workers may get a larger contribution to their retirement in lieu of a
raise and all departments can expect a ten percent cut in their budgets in
the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
County Judge
Leo Smith told a preliminary budget hearing Monday the assessed value of
property in the county will be down about $127 million from the year before.
This follows
an $88 million decline in the current year. And Smith said the following year
could be worse.
“That means we
will get anywhere from $520,000 to $570,000 less next year, which would
require an eight cent tax increase to stay the same,” he said. “I would
prefer to leave the tax rate where it’s at.
“Every year,
we have brought in about that much [move than the budget,]” he said. “Leaving
the tax rate the same, we’ll be OK. We just won’t be adding any money.”
But he said
the budget next year “will have to be trimmed.”
Smith said he
was prepared to cut every department by 10 percent across the board but
wanted the concurrence of commissioners before proceeding.
Most
department heads submitted budgets that requested increases, he said. But
most will have to learn to live with about ten percent less in the coming
year.
Commissioners
can still make a case for a particular program not to be cut but he cautioned
against anyone expecting an increase.
Sheriff Clint
McDonald asked if the cuts involved emergency services as well, saying a ten
percent cut in his budget could mean one less deputy sheriff.
Smith told the
sheriff to meet with him and commissioners to discuss his needs.
A three
percent raise for all county employees would cost $688,000 over 15 years,
Smith said.
He suggested
instead that the county increase its contribution to the retirement fund by
25 percent, from 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent.
Smith said
Terrell County was one of the few employers in the area to give raises last
year, which came to three-percent. He said this followed six percent the year
before and 12 percent the year before that.
“These have
been some good times,” he said. “But it’s going to be rough and the employees
are going to have to help us now.”
Commissioners
agreed to try to provide the additional 25 percent to the retirement fund and
leave the county health insurance unchanged.
Another cost
saving could come from increasing the deductible but commissioners agreed
they did not want to pursue that option.
“Most
employees don’t realize how good their insurance really is,” Commissioner
Charles Stegall said.
County
Treasurer Lynda Helmers suggested things might not be as good in the future
for health insurance.
Beginning in
2011, insurance benefits will appear on employees’ federal W-2 forms.
It won’t be
taxed immediately but it will open the door for further federal encroachments
on employee benefits, she said.
‘Center’
project delayed
SANDERSON –
The long-delayed Terrell County Convention Center hit a new snag Monday when
bids for the project came in substantially higher than expected.
Four bidders
submitted proposals ranging from $1.927 million to $2.965 million, well in
excess of a projected budget of $1.027 million.
The convention
center idea grew out of an opinion by Attorney General Greg Abbott more than
six years ago that a county “venue tax” could “only” be used in conjunction
with a “convention center.”
The voters in
the county approved a half-cent sales tax called a “venue tax” in 2000 to
finance improvements designed to increase tourism.
After the tax
was approved, the Texas Legislature changed the requirements and there was
confusion about what the tax could finance. The attorney general’s opinion
was a result of that confusion.
After a debate
on the “convention center” for most of those six years, Justin Gilmore, vice
president of Southwest Architects, Inc., of Fort Worth, presented a plan in
March for a $1.027 million facility at Oak and Second Street in Sanderson.
A large crowd
in the Commissioners Courtroom voiced almost unanimous approval of the plan,
a big change in the often spirited debate that followed an early proposal
that could have cost as much as $5 million.
The new plan,
which drew comments of “beautiful” from more than one in the audience, was a
lot closer to the budget in the venue fund, something earlier crowds had
indicated was important.
For one thing,
venue tax funds by law cannot be comingled with other funds.
A plan by
County Judge Leo Smith to “split” the property, using venue funds for part of
the project and other county funds for the rest, drew strong opposition.
The $1 million
in Gilmore’s plan was still more than was in the venue fund at the time but
projections were it would reach that before any bills had to be paid for the
building.
Commissioners
asked Gilmore to review the bids Monday to see if something could be cut to
allow a low bidder to proceed.
Failing that,
it was agreed, the project would have to be rebid.
County
Treasurer Lynda Helmers said there currently is about $800,000 in the venue
tax fund and sale tax revenues are down from years past.
It was
generally agreed that the new bids should be within the current balance to be
acceptable.
‘Bs’
to take the stage
SANDERSON –
There was one change in last week’s story about the Fourth of July
celebration, coming up in just two weeks.
The annual
“rehearsal” of the hometown dance band, the Terrell County Bs on Friday, July
2, will be on the stage in front of the old Sanderson High School building
instead of in the garage of sideman John Dewey Stutes.
Both Stutes
and High School Band Director Eric Cooksey told the News Leader the crowds of
fans had outgrown Stutes’ garage.
The Bs have
played for Fourth of July street dances in recent years but Cooksey, also a
member of the Bs, suggested the Chamber of Commerce bring in other bands from
time to time for variety sake.
“The Bs may be
back for the Fourth next year,” Chamber President Jim Street said. “They are
very popular and crowds always seem to enjoy their music.”
The rehearsal
will kick off the weekend, one of the big “red letter days” on the Terrell
County calendar.
Trucker Neto
Calzada has agreed to make a flatbed trailer available for both Friday and
Saturday night.
Just about
everything else will be on Saturday, July 3, starting at 7 a.m. when the
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary start serving their regular Saturday
morning breakfast.
“Donations”
are $7 for a full menu including eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, French
toast, biscuits and gravy, coffee, juice and other condiments.
The two-day
American Legion Softball Tournament begins at 8 a.m. that day at Legion
Field.
The concession
stands also will open at 8 a.m., providing breakfast tacos and burritos for
players, fans and parade participants alike.
Games will be
Saturday and Sunday and concession stands will be open both days.
Books will
open at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 3, for the Sanderson Roping Club’s annual
saddle roping event at Downie Arena on US Highway 285 north of here.
The Legion
Auxiliary’s annual parade will line up starting at 10 a.m. on the west side
of Sanderson Bank.
Judging will
be at 11:30 a.m. and the parade will travel east on Highway 90 to Legion Hall
for the noon barbecue provided by the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary.
The menu will
include chicken and brisket with all the trimmings. Prices are $9 for both
meats, $8 for one, $6 for children under ten and free to children five and
under. All to-go plates are $9.
Vendors then
will set up at the Courthouse Lawn for an afternoon of activities, which
includes the Old Timer’s Hour by the Texas Historical Commission at 2 p.m.
and the Ice Cream Social at 3 p.m.
The former
will offer prizes to the oldest man and oldest woman present and competitors
in the latter will vie in various age groups for prizes for the best
home-made ice cream.
All vendors
have been asked to fill out a form naming their requirements. There is no
charge but the forms are needed. They are available at the News Leader
office.
“We just need
to be sure we have the power requirements and other needs in place so there
are no surprises,” Street said.
Class and
family reunions are normally provided by the participants and the day comes
to a close Saturday night with the street dance and fireworks show.
The annual
“Street Dance” that evening will cap off the day-long event, back on the
bandstand in front of the high school building.
Southern
Comfort of Del Rio will provide music and entertainment for the dance and
disc jockey J.R. Roman of Odessa will provide music during band breaks.
One break in
the music about 10 p.m. will be for the annual fireworks display, presented
by the chamber and pyrotechnician Dr. Darrel Wells of Sanderson and
Huntsville.
Cooksey said
Southern Comfort does not have much “Tejano” or “TexMex” in its repertoire
but Roman will play a mix, including music for Latino tastes.
It will all
come to an end at 1 a.m. Sunday when the street dance is over. But not quite.
The Legion
tournament will continue into Sunday and there will be a non-denominational
service at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 4, at the Pavilion in Bicentennial Park.
The chamber
will meet at 12 noon Tuesday, June 22, in the conference room at Sanderson
Bank. While events are offered by organizations throughout the community, the
chamber provides overall coordination.
Flood
maps take one step closer
SANDERSON –
Terrell County Commissioners Monday agreed to hire Glen Wright of Austin to
take a plan for new flood-plain maps to the government as the final step to
completion.
Wright is an
engineer with AECOM Technology Corp. and was recommended by David R.
Maidment, director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University
of Texas at Austin, who did a study of the flood plain here this year.
The action is
to prepare a report to Federal Emergency Management Agency and get the new
maps updated to reflect a series of dams in the Sanderson Canyon watershed so
property owners can get a break on flood insurance premiums.
Wright,
Maidment and some graduate hydrology students were here in March for an
updated study of the 11 retention dams and improved channel built after the
flood of 1965.
District
Conservationist Darrel Seidel of Sanderson said Wright was the best person to
present the plans to FEMA.
“They know him
and know his work is good,” Seidel said. “That’s better than having someone
they don’t know present the plans. And he knows what they need to include.”
“Glenn
accompanied us on our trip to Sanderson and he showed then the Letter of Map
Revision Submittal for Flatonia, Texas, that he had prepared earlier,”
Maidment said in an e-mail to Seidel and Cindy Kelso in the office of County
Judge Leo Smith.
Seidel said FEMA
later approved the Flatonia map.
“Glenn has
been in contact with us all along and I think it’s up to Terrell County to
work with Glenn and AECOM to assess the information that we have provided and
decide on a path to complete the work,” Maidment said.
In April,
Commissioners approved an expenditure of “not to exceed” $60,000 to pay for a
“LiDAR” survey of the area and expenses for graduate students and others to
do the work.
LiDAR, for
Light Detection And Ranging, is an optical remote radar sensing technology
used in mapping.
The plan was
for an aerial LiDAR study to determine the exact parameters of the canyon so
maps could reflect the actual flood plain.
The remap of
the Sanderson Canyon flood plain was undertaken in hopes of taking properties
officially out of the 100-year flood plain.
The 1965 flood
killed 26 Sanderson residents and destroyed millions of dollars of property.
As a result,
the US Soil Conservation Service built 11
retention dams and an improved channel in the canyon upstream from Sanderson.
Seidel said the proposal for the dams in 1969 resulted in the
100-year flood plain being within the banks of the creek.
But the Federal Emergency Management Agency never updated the maps
and property owners have been forced to pay higher rates for flood insurance
ever since.
The earlier
100-year flood plain – and the one still on the maps – includes all of
Sanderson south and east from Second and Pine.
Maidment and four graduate students, Rachel Chisolm, Laura Hurd,
Marcelo Somos Valenzuela and Cody Hudson, were here in March doing the work
as their graduate themes.
“The citizens and county leadership are concerned that they are
required to pay flood insurance for buildings that are no longer in the
100-year flood plain,” Maidment wrote in an e-mail earlier to USDA/NRCS State
Design Engineer Trent Street, who also met with Maidment’s crew here.
Library
problems revealed
SANDERSON –
Terrell County Commissioners Kenn Norris and Charles Stegall were asked
Monday to work with Justin Gilmore, vice president of Southwest Architects,
Inc., of Fort Worth to determine what repairs were possible to the Terrell
County Library.
Board member
Lee Brandon told commissioners blocked doors and substandard electrical
equipment pose a fire danger that needs to be corrected.
He said fire
standards set after a fire almost 100 years ago in New York required, among
other things, doors that opened outward.
Brandon said
of the 146 people killed in the fire on March 25, 1911, many were trapped by
doors that opened inward.
He said the
library has three doors but the east door is blocked and will not open. The
west door is “in very bad shape. It jams in wet weather.”
The front door
opens in and also is “difficult to get open,” Brandon said.
He said the
doors and the electrical system need to be addressed. Much of the wiring is
not grounded and fuses are inadequate.
“It needs to
be addressed immediately,” Brandon said.
Commissioners
asked Norris, Stegall and Gilmore to find a solution “we can afford.”
The action
came moments before an initial workshop on the budget for next year in which
County Judge Leo Smith suggested ten percent cuts in all departments to meet
a $127 million reduction in assessed valuations next year.
In other
action Monday, the court agreed to acquire a $6,000 portable building for the
landfill attendant.
Norris said he
would investigate a generator to provide power for a future meeting.
The building
would give landfill attendants a place to get out of the heat in the summer
and cold in the winter. In the past, they have stayed in the county-owned
pickup with the engine running.
And
commissioners agreed to waive the $100 rental fee for American Legion Field
for the Legion’s softball tournament July 3 and 4 in conjunction with the
community’s Fourth of July activities.
EMT
director resigns
SANDERSON –
Manuel “Butch” Maldonado has resigned as director of the Terrell County
Emergency Medical Service, effective immediately.
County Commissioners
Monday accepted the resignation and named County Judge Leo Smith as the “interim”
director.
Maldonado was
not available for comment after the meeting but Commissioner Yolanda Lopez
said he “just felt he didn’t have the time to do it right.”
She said
working 40 hours a week as director and serving as the county’s paramedic did
not give him enough time to do either job the way he wanted to.
Lopez said
Maldonado took the director’s job on a six-month trial basis but found it was
too much with his other requirements as a paramedic.
Justice of the
Peace Abby Roberts, who also serves as an EMT, said the three medical
technicians are spread pretty thin.
Maldonado,
Roberts and Leila Cash are the only emergency medical personnel in the
county. If one is on vacation or otherwise out of town, the other two have to
cover.
They can do
other things while on duty but have to be available to drop everything on a
moment’s notice to answer a medical call.
Roberts said
she does not schedule any JP trails while she is on duty and Cash tries not
to have any closings at Lemons Abstract while she is on call.
The other
employee is part-time Office Manager Kristine Woosley, who said she was
“interested” in the director’s position.
With his
appointment, commissioners also gave Smith the authority to hire “part-time,
temporary personnel” to serve on an “as needed” basis and to pay per diem and
expenses for any temporary help.
Smith will
handle the duties of the director’s job until a replacement can be found.
Lopez said the
position will have to be advertized but she was confident a qualified
replacement could be found.
Students
attend Band Camp
By
ANNA La FLEUR
Production
Manager
ALPINE – There
were 14 Sanderson Junior High School students at band camp at Sul Ross State
University last week.
Arrival on
campus was met with a rehearsal and introduction to the rules on opening day Wednesday,
June 9.
The staff and
faculty opened by performing for the students, who were then put into four
groups organized by instruments.
The groupings,
based more on numbers of students rather than similarity of instruments, were
trumpet, clarinet and trombone, sax, baritone and tuba and flute and
percussion.
Four classes
began before 8 a.m. each day and the day ended at 10 p.m. with “lights out”
at 11 p.m.
Classes
consisted of piano, music trivia or the history of music, fundamentals or the
theory of music and a master class with students rehearsing by sections.
In each class,
there was a college instructor or another teacher.
Band Director
Eric Cooksey of Sanderson taught a fundamentals class four times a day, once
for each group at different times of the day.
“I was afraid
I was boring my students with this class because it is something I teach here
and they are all used to hearing it,” Cooksey said.
“There were
three full band rehearsals every day where all 90 students or so attended and
played,” Cooksey said.
The students
also attended marching fundamentals and there was a recreation time every day
where they could swim or participate in gym activities before calling it a day.
The students
stayed in college dorm rooms and the camp provided three meals a day at the
university cafeteria.
Sanderson
students were Mayra Rodriguez, John Pierce, Jesse Roberts, Elias Hafner,
Brandee Stegall, Olivia Adauto, Chris Birkenfeld, Cassie Woosley, Joseph
Carrasco, Marco Fuéntez, Abby Carrasco, Luis Garza, Hannah Johnson and David
Alvarez.
Nancy
Henderson and Cooksey chaperoned the students at the camp and David Carrasco
served as chauffeur.
Band Boosters
paid in full the $2,940 that covered everything the students needed for the
camp.
Rick
Marquez feat recalled
By
FELIX VALLES, JR.
Special
to the News Leader
Congratulations
to Rick Marquez on his nomination to the All Century Track and Field Team by
the University Interscholastic League.
It truly is a
mark of excellence that will forever be remembered in the annals of track and
field.
The minute I
heard the list was coming, I knew right away that Rick would be on it. After
all, an immortal feat would be hard to ignore.
Marquez still
holds the state 1A record in the one-mile run, set in 1975 when he was a
senior at Sanderson High School. That record still stands.
He won the
state title in the mile in all of his four years at SHS.
Four titles
were unheard of. Anybody would be proud with just one but four is
unbelievable.
I was in El
Paso around 1971 when I first heard that an eighth grader from Sanderson had
run the 660 and the 1,200 in very good times but, in 1972, who would have
known that a legacy was just around the corner and it would unfold in the
four years to come?
Marquez told a
reporter this year that maybe it’s the water in Sanderson that has created
great runners.
Yes, Sanderson
has great water, the best I’ve tasted with the possible exception of Dryden.
And awesome hills. But it would take more than water and hills to produce a
great caliber of runner.
Rick had the
elements in him that he used to the extreme, speed, endurance and, above all,
a big heart to excel. Without the latter, the other two would not have done
much good.
It also didn’t
hurt that his coach, Willie Myers, an ex-miler himself, knew right away to
put Rick in the mile. It was inevitable the rest would be history.
But let’s not
forget it was not all peaches and cream as his last race will attest. It was
very close – by just a step. But he got the job done to stay undefeated.
In his mind,
he could not lose and would not lose, period.
If luck were a
factor at all, it must be considered that he remained mostly injury-free
throughout, despite the fact that he also played football. He was a wide
receiver and was pretty salty at that.
Marquez was
able to top several well-known runners from the past on his way to state
history.
Among them
were Richard Romo and Richard Menchaca of San Antonio and Richard Gallegos of
Crystal City.
I would later
run and train with Gallegos in college when I ran the 880.
The only
regret I have is that I didn’t get to work out with Rick Marquez because I
think it would have been fun for me.
Nevertheless,
things worked out great for Rick and I’m glad for that. He earned it.
A consolation
for me was that I did get to work out with three runners from El Paso who did
well at state in the 1970s.
To culminate
the four years of hard work by Rick Marquez, it would be apparent that he
would carve his name in the record books. And he did for others to emulate.
It must be
pointed out that records are made to be broken and this one is no exception.
But even
though many will take shots at it, it will take a phenomenal effort by a
unique individual to do it.
The
competition has to be strong and the weather conditions just right. And if
that doesn’t work out, then maybe some day Rick could go back to Austin on a
cane and find out the record is still there.
The saga of
Rick Marquez was indeed filled with thrills and excitement for everyone.
Will there
ever be another one to come along that will endure the test of time? Who
knows?
One thing we
do know, however, is that in May of 1975, the high school career of the
brilliant Sanderson track star Rick Marquez came to an end.
Creek
road action delayed
SANDERSON –
The question of maintenance on Independence Creek Road in east Terrell County
was delayed Monday for another 60 days.
After meeting
for more than two hours in “executive session” behind closed doors, County
Commissioners voted to “authorize attorney Bob Bass to continue negotiating
with all parties in an attempt reach a settlement” on county maintenance of
the road.
The court
agreed negotiations should not exceed 60 days and, failing to reach an
accord, the county would “consider discontinuing maintenance on the entire
road.”
Commissioners
met with Bass by telephone in the meeting. They also discussed the
resignation of Butch Maldonado as Terrell County EMS director.
The Court then
accepted the resignation and named County Judge Leo Smith as the “interim”
EMS director and authorized him to hire temporary personnel to handle the
emergency medical needs.
Commissioners
said a week ago they wanted to meet with Bass to discuss county maintenance
on the six-mile Independence Creek Road.
In April, the
county gave the parties along the creek until May 15 to take action on an
agreement reached earlier or the county would consider discontinuing
maintenance altogether.
A written
agreement was drawn up in October, under which the county would continue to
provide maintenance on the road, including the crossing of the creek.
The dirt road
from State Highway 349 to its end across the creek has been at issue for
several years.
Crossings of
the creek have washed out in heavy rains and Smith said a permanent repair
was not economically feasible.
Big
Bend aid heading for Haiti
By
MARK GLOVER
Contributing
Editor
TERLINGUA -
Pulled by the stark needs continuing to plague the survivors of January’s
monstrous earthquake that struck Port au Prince, Haiti, two mission-minded
groups in the Big Bend will pilgrimage to the island nation this summer.
“Three hundred
thousand people lost their lives in the quake and there are still 1.5 million
homeless, sleeping on the sidewalks every night in Port au Prince,” Terlingua
resident and political activist Jim Goodnow said. “We can’t forget them.”
Goodnow bought
two ambulances, filled them with medical supplies, learned how to operate the
sophisticated equipment and has booked space on a ship to take the cargo to
Haiti.
“Women give
birth on the streets because they’re too traumatized by the earthquake to go
inside a building,” Goodnow said. “We hope they’ll find the inside of the
ambulances a godsend, not only them but all those suffering, including the
amputees.”
Goodnow said
there are more than 8,000 amputees in Port au Prince. Many Haitians had to
sacrifice a limb to be pulled from the carnage.
“They used
machetes or whatever they could. No pain killers,” Goodnow said. “Many died
from infection. But it was either lose a limb or be crushed under the debris.
They had to pull them out. They couldn’t just leave them.”
Wild Fire
Ministries of Alpine, led by Toni Hellums and her husband Kerry, also will
serve in Haiti.
They will take
a team of nine to Port au Prince for ten days in July, carrying as many
supplies as the airlines will allow.
“We want to
show the Haitians they’re not forgotten,” Hellums said.
The group will
attend the devastated mountain villages above Port au Prince, provide
supplies, Bible School education and women’s ministry in conjunction with an
Haitian-based group known as Acts 29.
The New York
Times reported more than $13 billion in cash, goods and services has or will
be delivered to Haiti by the international community this year, dwarfing the
country’s annual gross domestic product of $3.8 billion in 2008 or its $1,325
annual per capita income, the lowest in the western hemisphere.
Making sure
the ambulances get in the right hands also is on Goodnow’s mind.
He partnered
with a Christian group known as Grace International whose two-story hospital
in Carrefour survived the quake.
“They’ll get
the first one,” Goodnow said. “The other ambulance, which is in the
[Terlingua] ghost town right now, will be shipped separately. I’ll fly down
to Haiti a couple of days before the ship’s arrival and operate it in Port au
Prince.”
Goodnow, a
fire truck driver for Los Diablos in the Big Bend National Park and former US
Coast Guard Vietnam veteran who drove the “Peace Bus” coast to coast during
the last presidential election to bring awareness to the “absurdities of
war,” is no stranger to operating big equipment.
“I hope to
train others to operate it,” Goodnow said. “I’ve got all the manuals – just
need to translate them to Patois.”
Goodnow
believes that deep down inside, all of us are connected and that when the
world turns its face from suffering, a chasm of great proportions is
inflicted on all people.
“That karma
will come back,” he said.
The hurricane
season started June 1 and Goodnow is worried bigger problems may be on the
way.
“The situation
in Haiti is so delicate that a hurricane right now could make Katrina look
like a Sunday school picnic,” Goodnow said.
Brotherton
gets scholarship
SANDERSON –
Clarissa Brotherton, who graduated last month from Sanderson High School,
received word this week that she had won a $3,000 scholarship for the coming
academic year at Sul Ross State University with the potential of it becoming
a $12,000 award.
Brotherton,
who plans to major in psychology, got a letter from Sul Ross President Dr.
Ricardo Maestas telling her of the award from Big Bend Telephone Company.
The
scholarship was available to students from Comstock, Presidio, Big Bend and
Sanderson High Schools.
Brotherton’s
award is in addition to the $1,800 announced on graduation night, May 29.
She is the
daughter of Bobby and Teresa Brotherton of Sanderson.
SES
students’ make grade’
SANDERSON –
Final Honor Roll results for Sanderson Elementary School for the school year
ending last month were located this week.
Noah Aguilar
was the only fourth grader to have all As all year and Elijah Carrasco was
the only third grader.
Fourth graders
Noah, Luke Carroll, Chris Ibarra and Hunter Truesdell made the All A Honor
Roll for the final six weeks.
Elijah, Lexie
Coe, Kailey Dominguez and Justin Flax were third grade students who aced
their final grades.
Taryn Mitchell
was the only second grader and Dohnavon Anaya was the only first grader with
all As for the period.
Fifth grader
Kenney-Mae Pacheco was the only one in her grade on the A/B Honor Roll all
year.
Kenney-Mae,
Andrew Hines, Mikey Shoemaker and Jacob Luevano were the fifth graders on the
A/B honor roll the last six weeks.
Fourth graders
Noah Aguilar, Luke Carroll, Chris Ibarra, Jacob Luevano and Hunter Truesdell
had all As and Bs all year.
Fourth graders
Noah and Jacob Bon were on the A/B Honor Roll the final six weeks.
Third graders
Kailey Dominguez and Justin Flax had all As and Bs all year long.
Wyatt Mills
was the only person in that grade on the A/B Honor Roll for the final six
weeks.
Second graders
on the A/B Honor Roll all year were Isaiah Aguilar, James Bon, Cori Hilton,
Taryn Mitchell, Jayden Montalvo and Brooklyn Zuniga.
In that class
Dustin Johnson, Katherine Roberts, Analise Rubio and Jason Woosley were on
the A/B Honor Roll for the last six weeks.
Teja Anderson,
Anthony Rodriguez and Anthony Rodriguez had As and Bs all year in the first
grade.
Koleman Babb
was on the A/B Honor Roll in that class for the last six weeks of the school
year.
Cody Hilton
was the only fifth grader to achieve perfect attendance the final six weeks.
Fourth graders
on that list were Noah, Tyler Hargis, Chris, Buddy Imboden, Sean Lopez, Noah
Marquez and Daniel Rodriguez.
Elijah was the
only third grader who had perfect attendance the last six weeks.
Isaiah, Jacobi
Campos and Cori had perfect attendance in the second grade.
First graders
Adi Lopez and Anthony Rodriguez had perfect attendance the final six weeks
and Dominic Aguilar was the only kindergartener who made that list.
Stacie
Murrah graduates
SAN ANTONIO –
Stacie Nicole Murrah, daughter of 1972 Sanderson High School graduate Robert
and Sherri Murrah, graduated from Sandra D. O’Connor High School here
recently.
She is the
granddaughter of Judy Murrah of Bedford and the late Will J. Murrah, a 1946
SHS graduate.
Her great
grandparents were the late Tol and Elizabeth Murrah, also former Sanderson
residents.
Stacie was a
member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society.
She plans to
attend Tarleton State University at Stephenville on a volleyball scholarship.
Get
free car wash
SANDERSON –
Members of the Terrell County Recreation summer program will provide a free
community car wash from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 21, at Sanderson Tire Co.
School
children from Sanderson and surrounding communities are participating in the
recreation program, including running events.
“If you want
to give a donation, you can make it to the Food Pantry, the Legion or
whatever,” sponsor Travis Roberts of Sanderson said. “There is no charge to
the kids for the camp and they have to learn that life is really not free.”
Terrell County
provided $4,500 for the camp to cover instructors from Hardin-Simmons
University at Abilene, plus insurance from the Amateur Athletic Union, meals
for participating children and other expenses.
Hunter’s Feast
donated $1,500 this year, which will provide a coach from McMurry University,
also of Abilene.
Out-of-town
children are paying $14 for the AAU insurance but other expenses here will be
funded with the county contribution.
Roads
set for ‘seal coat’
SANDERSON –
Ranch Roads 2400 and 2886 are scheduled for the summer highway “seal coat”
season by the Texas Department of Transportation beginning next month.
Highway 2400
will be coated from the Pecos County line to State Highway 349. The other
project is Ranch Road 2886 from the 2400 intersection to the Pecos County
line.
The remainder
of the 200 miles of highways being resurfaced this summer are north of
Interstate 10.
“Seal coat” is
a rock and asphalt layer put down on the highway to reseal the surface and
keep moisture from damaging the road base and extending the life of the pavement.
The work was
scheduled next week was delayed until July.
Motorists will
encounter construction workers who will direct them through the work zone and
there will be brief lane closures in those areas where seal coat work is
being done, TxDOT said.
“Drivers
should always use caution and drive carefully to avoid inflicting windshield
and paint damage on other vehicles,” McGuairt said.
The work is
part of an annual preventive maintenance program involving 276 miles of
highways across the 12-county TxDOT district in 2010.
Ronald R.
Wagner & Company of Kendalia near San Antonio was the successful bidder
for the district’s annual seal coat contract with a bid of $6,764,328.35.
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