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Q. — What is the mis-sion statement for the Snyder Chamber of Com-merce?

A. — According to chamber president Linda Molina, the mission state-ment is: We provide a strong foundation for our community by partnering with businesses, creating networks, and promoting growth through Chamber support and Tourism.

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After jumping out to an early lead, Snyder held on to defeat Monahans 28-21 Friday, handing the Loboes their first loss of the season.

The Tigers scored all their points in the first half and the Loboes scored all their points after halftime.

The Tigers first touch-down came when Bryce

See Sports, Page 10.

A Scurry County grand jury indicted a Mitchell County man for murder. His was among four indictments released this week by District Clerk Candace Jones office.

Donald Earl Emerson, 39, of Colorado City was indicted for murder, a first-degree felony.

According to the indictment, on July 1, Emerson caused the death of Norris Williams by shooting with a firearm.

Bond was set at $100,000.Roberto Martinez Jr., 41,

unknown last address, was in-dicted for possession of a con-trolled substance, a third-degree felony.

According to the indictment, on July 2, Martinez was found

in possession of more than one gram but less than four grams of methamphetamine.

Bond was set at $5,000.Dustin Wayne Olsen, 37,

of Snyder was indicted on two counts of terroristic threats, a third-degree felony.

According to the indictment, on April 30, Olsen threatened members of the 37th Street Church of Christ.

Bond was set at $5,000Eric Garza, 25, of Snyder

was indicted for evading arrest, a third-degree felony.

According to the indictment, on August 12, Garza intention-ally fled from a peace officer at-tempting to detain him.

Bond was set at $5,000.

Data points to increase in oilfield activity locally

Commissioners

meet Tuesday

Theft charge droppedA Dallas man had a charge

of third degree felony theft dismissed after a recent hear-ing in District Judge Ernie B. Armstrong’s courtroom.

Shawn Edward Brummett had been accused of stealing a pickup truck and packing tool,

valued at between $30,000 and $150,000.

The charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence and the complaining witness not wishing to travel from out-of-state to testify and request-ing dismissal.

Murder indictment handed down here

Oilfield production in Scurry County grew slightly earlier this summer as com-pletions continue to grow, ac-cording to information from the Railroad Commission of Texas.

According to data from the Railroad Commission of Texas, in July 2021 local op-erators reported 1.12 million barrels of crude oil produced, which is about 70,000 barrels more than was reported in June.

Last July, operators re-ported 1.21 million barrels of crude oil produced, nearly 100,000 more barrels than were produced this year.

Year-to-date, operators have reported 8.12 million barrels produced, compared to 8.79 million barrels in the

first seven months of 2020.Statewide, producers pre-

liminarily reported 109.11 million barrels of crude oil produced in July. The daily average was 3.52 million bar-rels.

Last July, operators prelim-inarily reported 108.88mil-lion barrels of crude oil pro-duced, which was updated to 123.53 million barrels, a daily average of 3.98 million bar-rels.

Crude oil and natural gas production reported to the commission for July 2021 came from 163,238 oil wells and 86,658 gas wells.

The commission reported that from August 2020 to July 2021, total Texas reported production was 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil and 10.2

trillion cubic feet of total gas. Crude oil production reported by the commission is lim-ited to oil produced from oil leases and does not include condensate, which is reported separately.

In Scurry County, the com-mission issued no permits to drill new wells in September. Six permits to drill new wells were issued in August — the same as in July. Four permits were issued in September 2020.

In Districts 8 and 8A, which includes Scurry and the surrounding counties, 407 permits to drill new wells were issued in September, compared to 387 permits in August and 362 permits in July.

The commission issued a

total of 801 original drilling permits in September 2021 compared to 437 in September 2020. The September 2021 total includes 714 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, four to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 77 for re-completions of existing wellbores.

The breakdown of well types for original drilling permits in September 2021 is 179 oil, 77 gas, 502 oil or gas, 38 injection and five other permits.

Scurry County operators reported 23 completions in September compared to 26 completions in August. In September 2020, operators reported 16 completions.

Many of the comple-tions both years were listed as “well record only,” and

included temporarily aban-doned wells, repairs and wells that have been completed but not activated.

In Districts 8 and 8A, 327 completions were reported in September, compared to 375 completions in August and 187 completions in July.

In September 2021, com-mission staff processed 581 oil, 158 gas and 265 injection completions for new drills, re-entries and re-completions, compared to 902 oil, 147 gas, and 119 injection completions in September 2020.

Total well completions processed for 2021 year-to-date for new drills, re-entries and re-completions are 7,016 compared to 11,917 recorded during the same period in 2020.

Snyder ISD Board has given goals to the principals of the schools regarding State of Tex-as Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test. They would like to see the ELAR score to go from 32 percent to 48 percent by June 2024 for the district.

The board had the goal for math STAAR scores to go from 34 percent to 52 percent by 2024. College, career and military readiness is making sure the graduates of Snyder High School are prepared for college.

This is measured through scores from ACT, SAT along

with the prep work of allowing Junior High students to take the Pre-SAT.

Giving junior high school students a chance to take the Pre-SAT gives them the expe-rience of what the test is like.

Some students who suffer from test anxiety or need help in certain areas but are doing well in another have an oppor-tunitye to build from their first scores to be able to confidently take the SAT.

Board president Ralph Ra-mon said how these tests can affect a student’s college career.

“When you take tests like the TSI, ACT or SAT, once scored

they let the counselors know where to place you. Some-times if you need help, on say math,you might have to take a developmental course that may not count towards your degree plan,” Ramon said.

Having students prepared for the college exams will ben-efit them upon entrance. The board chose to set a goal of hav-ing 90 percent of students in ju-nior high school take the exam.

From data at the end of the school year compared to the testing done at the beginning of this year, principals reported a small decrease in passing scores on the tested areas. The

principals are confident with the goals the board has given to them and have set up programs to help students who might be struggling with course work. Mellissa Martinez at the pri-mary school said she helps with the Response to Interven-tion (RTI) program. Martinez named her program WIN for What I Need giving students personalized help. They work four days a week with tutor-ing and look at the lowest scor-ing students to step in to help them.

“We look at the TEKS (Tex-as Department of Knowledge and Skills) data and find where

the student needs help. From previous reported data we have seen that what we are doing is helping and are hoping to see a large improvement by Decem-ber when we re-test,” Martine, said.

Being able to compile data from the tests taken along with being able to look at a specific student’s TEKS is proving ben-eficial to the students.

“We can give the student a focused tutoring program rather than having a broad approach and coving subject the student may not need help in,” superintendent Dr. Eddie Bland said.

Snyder school board gives testing goals to principals

Homecoming royalty

Contributed PhotoIra crowned its homecoming king and queen at Fridayss game againtst Rotan. Pictured Cody McCowen was named king at the pep rally earlier Friday and Evelyn Gallegos was crowned queen at halftime.

P&Z to review ordinances, vote on replat Monday

Snyder’s Planning and Zoning Commission will revisit a fence ordinance that was previously voted down by the Snyder City Council.

When the commission meets Monday, members will address the existing ordinance and visibility is-sues for front-yard fences. After previous proposed changes were recommend-ed to the council for ap-proval, council members voted down any changes that were not based on traf-fic safety based on the be-lief that private property owners should be free to use their property as de-sired.

The commission will also review the city’s cur-rent sign ordinance at the request of Snyder Mayor Stephanie Ducheneaux.

Darrel and Linda Mize are also requesting the commission recommend that the city council ap-prove a major replat of part of the Paul Sizemore, West Side Heights and Colo-nial Hill additions, which is located in the area near the northwest corner of the intersection of 35th Street and Ave. V.

The meeting will be-gin at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the council chambers at Snyder City Hall and is open to the public.

Scurry County commis-sioners will focus on financial matters Tuesday.

In addition to approving donations to county entities, the court is also expected to approve additional revenues from a Medicaid reimburse-ment from the Department of Health and Human Services, a hail damage insurance claim from the Texas Asso-ciation of Counties, putting remaining Medicaid funds for Scurry County EMS into re-serve funds and renewal rates for TPLIC medical and retiree prescription drug coverage.

The court will also vote on the treasurer’s monthly and quarterly reports and person-nel information report, as well as line-item transfers, budget amendments and ac-counts payable.

The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the county courtroom on the third floor of the Scurry County Court-house and is open to the pub-lic.

Staff and wire reportsTexas voters will soon weigh in on potential changes

to the state’s Constitution regarding religious services, eligibility requirements for judges, county infrastructure and more.

Early voting will begin Monday and run through Oct. 29 at the Scurry County Courthouse from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The last day to apply for ballot by mail is Oct. 22.On Election Day, Nov. 2, registered voters may cast

their ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Scurry County Courthouse, Scurry County Library, the north side of The Coliseum, Hermleigh ISD or the Roy Sallee Gym in Ira.

The proposed additions to the Texas Constitution were passed as bills during this year’s legislative session, and a majority of voters in the state must approve each amend-ment before it can be officially added to the Constitution.

Here’s the breakdown of each proposed amendment from the Texas Tribune.

Proposition 1: rodeo rafflesProposition 1 would allow charitable raffles at rodeo

events. Unauthorized raffles can be considered illegal gambling under Texas law.

In 2015, voters approved a rule to allow charitable raffles at professional sports games. The resulting change created fundraising opportunities for education, cancer research and youth programs, according to an amendment analysis.

The constitutional amendment on the ballot this Nov-See Vote, Page 7A

Texans may begin voting on amendments Monday

• ArrestsA 25-year-old man was arrested at

2:48 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of 26th Street on a warrant for assault.

A 28-year-old man was arrested at 2:47 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of 26th Street on a warrant for assault.

A 44-year-old man was arrested at 5:17 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of 25th Street and Ave. H on a warrant for striking an unattended vehicle.

A 17-year-old man was arrested at 3:03 a.m. Wednesday near the inter-section of U.S. Hwy. 180 and FM 1611 for evading arrest and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana.

A 23-year-old man was arrested at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 4200 block of College Ave. on a warrant for failure to appear.

A 52-year-old man was arrested at 1:41 a.m. Thursday in the 3500 block of Ave. W for criminal trespass.

A 52-year-old man was arrested at 11:20 a.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of 26th Street for criminal trespass.

A 19-year-old man was arrested at 2:26 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of 26th Street for open container and minor consuming alcohol.

A 37-year-old man was arrested at 3 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of 26th Street on a warrant for criminal trespass.

A 31-year-old man was arrested at 1:36 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Ave. R on a Scurry County warrant for criminal mischief, driving while li-cense invalid and failure to identify; a Schleicher County warrant for driving while license invalid; and a Lubbock County warrant for domestic assault.

• TheftsA theft was reported at 9:07 a.m.

Tuesday in the 300 block of 34th Street.A theft was reported at 3:32 p.m.

Tuesday in the 3500 block of College Ave.

A theft was reported at 6:18 p.m.

Tuesday in the 1000 block of 37th Street.

A theft was reported at 8:54 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Coliseum Drive.

A theft was reported at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of 12th Street.

A theft was reported at 8:50 a.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Kings Highway Place.

A theft was reported at 3:26 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of 26th Street.

• Stolen vehicleA stolen vehicle was reported at

11:51 a.m. Tuesday in the 8800 block of CR 2126.

• Property damageProperty damage was reported at

8:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Ave. V.

• HarassmentHarassment was reported at 8:18

a.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of 34th Street.

Harassment was reported at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday in the 5100 block of Col-lege Ave.

• Verbal disturbancesA verbal disturbance was reported

at 12:24 a.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of U.S. Hwy. 180.

A verbal disturbance was reported at 2:38 p.m. Thursday in the 2900 block of Avenue V.

• ThreatA threat was reported at 9:37 a.m.

Wednesday in the 7800 block of CR 264.

• Criminal trespassCriminal trespass was reported at

12:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 3500 block of College Ave.

Criminal trespass was reported at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday in the 4000 block of College Ave.

Criminal trespass was reported at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday in the 3500

block of Ave. W.Criminal trespass was reported at

1:36 a.m. Thursday in the 3500 block of Ave. W.

Criminal trespass was reported at 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the 3600 block of College Ave.

• AccidentsA two-vehicle accident was report-

ed at 8:36 a.m. Thursday at the inter-section of Hwy. 208 and FM 1606.

A two-vehicle accident was re-ported at 7:31 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 84 and James Street.

• Man with a gunA man with a gun was reported

at 4:55 p.m. in the 400 block of 32nd Street.

• Suspicious personsA suspicious person was reported at

6:03 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of 23rd Street.

A suspicious person was reported at 7:16 p.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of McCowen Street.

A suspicious person was reported at 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of Ave. K.

A suspicious person was reported at 3:08 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of McCowen Street.

A suspicious person was reported at 3:21 pm. Thursday in the 2800 block of Ave. V.

A suspicious person was reported at 3:52 p.m. Thursday in the 2600 block of 34th Street.

• Suspicious activitySuspicious activity was reported at

9:28 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 35th Street and Kola Ave.

• Suspicious vehiclesA suspicious vehicle was reported at

5:04 p.m. Wednesday in the 1700 block of U.S. Hwy. 84.

A suspicious vehicle was reported at 5:34 p.m. Thursday on FM 1607.

A suspicious vehicle was reported at

8:40 p.m. Thursday in the 4000 block of Midland Ave.

A suspicious vehicle was reported at 11:59 p.m. Thursday on Camp Springs Road.

• Animal concernsLivestock on the roadway was re-

ported at 9:12 a.m. Wednesday near U.S. Hwy. 180 and FM 1610 and at 3:47 p.m. Thursday near CR 4156 and Hwy. 208.

A dog-at-large was reported at 7:49 p.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of 40th Street.

Loose cattle were reported at 8:12 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of FM 1609 and CR 384 and at 7:26 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of FM 1142 and U.S. Hwy. 84.

Dogs barking was reported at 10:22 p.m. Thursday in the 2800 block of Gary Brewer Rd.

• Found propertyThe return of previously stolen

property was reported at 6:01 p.m. Tuesday in the 1900 block of Ave. L.

Found property was reported at 1:11 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of Tuscola Ave.

• FiresControlled burns were reported at

12:36 p.m. in the 4300 block of CR 132, at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Harlan Ave. and at 10:52 a.m. Thurs-day in the 8900 block of CR 473.

• Blotter notesScurry County EMS responded to 12

medical calls.Twelve non-accident, traffic-related

calls were received.Three welfare checks were request-

ed.Four alarms were reported.One open door was reported.Five close patrols were requested.Law enforcement responded to 11

civil issue calls.Twenty 911 hang ups were report-

ed.

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Obituaries

“Aunt Stella

loved hats.”“She had a whole wall full of them

When the grandchildren visited,

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Birdie Loraine (Harrison) Botts1956–2021

Birdie Loraine (Harrison) Botts, 64, died Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.

A graveside service was held Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 at Snyder Cemetery with Pastor Shannon Harrison officiating. Arrange-

ments were under the direction of Miller Family Funeral Home.

Mrs. Botts was born Dec. 29, 1956 in Snyder to Franklin Willis and C’Eller (Dolly) Harrison. She married Joe C. Botts on Aug. 9, 2008 in Snyder.

She loved her family and the Dallas Cowboys.

She was preceded in death by her father. She is survived by her husband Joe C.

Botts of Snyder; son Lawrence E. Harrison of Midland; mother Dolly Harrison of Sny-der; four brothers, Willis Harrison, Sam-mie Lee Harrison, Shannon Harrison and John Elbert Harrison, all of Snyder; three

sisters, Elowese Clayton, Teresa Spruell and Lois Urdy, all of Snyder: and numerous, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

Online condolences may be posted at www.millerfamilyfu-neralhome.com.

Eva Andrade Rodriguez1939–2021

Eva Andrade Rodriguez, 82, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. No service is planned. Arrangements are under the direc-

tion of Miller Family Funeral Home.Online condolences may be posted at www.millerfamilyfu-

neralhome.com.

Tina Louise Mann1964 - 2021

Tina Louise Mann, 57, died on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 at Snyder Oaks Care Center.

Visitation will be Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 from 9-10 a.m. at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home. A memorial service for Ms. Mann will follow at 10 a.m. at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral

Home with Rabbi Greg Crawford officiat-ing. Services are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.

Ms. Mann was born on April 10, 1964 in Snyder to Bob Cannon and Bobbie (Rol-lins) Browne. Tina was born and raised in Snyder.

She enjoyed playing volleyball, gradu-ated from Snyder High School and was inducted with her 1980 Class 4A volley-ball team into the Snyder Athletic Hall of Honor. She owned Tina’s Barber Shop and loved doing hair. She enjoyed going to the biker rallies and spending time with family and friends. She was the life of the party

and loved her grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents, Bob Cannon and

Bobbie Browne. She is survived by son Billy Burleson and his wife Deidra

of Snyder; two daughters, Crystal Womack and her husband Todd of Colorado City and Tanya Adams of Snyder; two brothers, Rickey Glasscock and his wife Connie of Midland and Michael Glasscock and his wife Phyllis of Brenham; and 11 grandchildren, Tyler Burleson of Snyder, Tyson Burleson of Snyder, Brilynn Loving of Colorado City, Grayson Jones of Colorado City, Shylowe Womack of Colorado City, Khaston Womack of Colorado City, Kade Castaneda of Snyder, Ko-rbin Castaneda of Snyder, Shyenne Vasquez of Snyder, Shyla Vasquez of Snyder and Shage Vasquez of Snyder.

Online condolences may be posted at www.bellcypertseale.com.

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Snyder Yearbooks

Yearbooks are on sale for $55, the lowest price of the year. Included in the Back-to-School offer are 4 free icons with the purchase of personalization ($6.50). This price and offer is valid until Oct. 29. Order online at jostensyearbooks.com, by calling 574-8835 or emailing alihernandez@snyderisd.net.

Senior Yearbook Dedications

Senior dedications for the 2022 Tiger’s Lair yearbook are being sold for $65 until Nov. 1. This is an opportunity for par-ents to present students with a personal memory within the pages of the yearbook. The senior dedication includes a mes-sage of up to 35 words and a picture. Mail message and check to 3801 Austin Ave., Snyder, TX 79549 or by calling SHS Stu-dent Publications at 574-8835. This price does not include the price of the yearbook

South Pacific

Snyder High School’s Theatre Department will present Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 25 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 24 in Worsham Audito-rium. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door.

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The Biden administra-tion is prepared to reimple-ment the Trump-era border policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols in mid-November if the Mexican government agrees to accept the return of asylum seekers to its territory, administration officials said Thursday.

In August, a U.S. District Court in Texas ordered the Biden administration to re-start MPP, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” faulting the White House for ending the program improperly. The Supreme Court upheld the decision, forcing Biden of-ficials to restore a policy the president has deplored as in-humane.

The Department of Home-land Security said in a state-ment late Thursday it is “tak-ing necessary steps to comply with the court order, which requires us to reimplement MPP in good faith.”

MPP cannot resume with-out Mexico’s consent, as the court acknowledged in its

ruling, and administration officials said they are taking steps to address the concerns of the government of Presi-dent Andrés Manuel López Obrador by setting up better access to legal counsel for asylum seekers and exemp-tions for vulnerable migrants.

“Mexico is a sovereign nation that must make an independent decision to ac-cept the return of individuals without status in Mexico as part of any reimplementation of MPP,” the DHS statement said. “Discussions with the Government of Mexico con-cerning when and how MPP will be reimplemented are on-going.”

The Trump administration used MPP to return more than 60,000 asylum seekers across the border to Mexico, requir-ing them to wait outside U.S. territory as their claims were processed in U.S. courts. The policy was conceived by Trump officials as a way to prevent border-crossers from being released into the United States — and avoiding depor-tation — by making asylum claims.

Trump used the threat of tariffs to force Mexico to accept a major expansion of MPP in 2019 amid a surge of Central American families seeking protection. Border crossings fell sharply in the months that followed, but im-migrant advocates denounced the policy, documenting hun-dreds of rapes, kidnappings and other abuses suffered by migrants marooned in dan-gerous Mexican border cities.

Biden halted MPP soon after taking office, and when border crossings skyrocketed this spring, Biden was asked if he made a mistake by mov-ing too quickly to end MPP and other Trump-era controls.

“Rolling back the policies of ‘Remain in Mexico,’ sitting on the edge of the Rio Grande in a muddy circumstance with not enough to eat and — I make no apologies for that,” the president told reporters in March. “I make no apologies for ending programs that did not exist before Trump be-came President, that have an incredibly negative impact on the law, international law, as well as on human dignity.”

The GOP-run states of Texas and Missouri filed suit against the administration in the Northern District of Tex-as, saying the abrupt repeal of MPP led to a harmful surge of illegal immigration. The number of migrants taken into custody along the Mex-ico border this year is at the highest level in at least two decades.

MPP fell out of use by the Trump administration in March 2020 as the coronavi-rus spread and officials began using an emergency provi-sion of the public health code known as Title 42 to rapidly return border crossers with-out offering them a chance to request asylum.

The Biden administration has continued to use Title 42, while exempting unaccompa-nied minors, expelling more than 700,000 since January, the latest data show.

Biden officials told report-ers Title 42 will remain the primary enforcement mecha-nism for illegal border cross-ings, regardless of whether Mexico allows for the reim-plementation of MPP.

Biden admin. to restore “Remain in Mexico”policy

Jean Burns with the Daughters of the American Revolution Martin Prueitt Jr. chapter set a goal last sum-mer to bring Wreaths Across America to Scurry County. Her goal was to provide a wreath for each of the 589 veterans at Hillside Memo-rial Gardens Cemetery.

“People tried to tell me ‘I bet we could raise enough money for maybe 200,’ but I couldn’t bring myself to be the one to make the deci-sion of who got one and who didn’t. That’s why I wanted to make my goal to cover all 589,” Burns said.

Burns started her cam-paign by talking to local civ-ic clubs, explaining Wreaths Across America and why it is important to honor service members. Donations came in slowly at first, but have picked up speed individuals

and businesses have pushed Burns closer to her goal than she expected.

“We are getting so close to the goal. I knew almost 600 wreaths was a lot but I knew the community of Sny-der would come together and honor the veterans,” she said.

Burns enjoys genealogy. She said bringing the service members stories’ to the pub-lic has been rewarding.

During the project she has made connections with peo-ple who have tied back into her efforts to honor veterans. Tara Camp with West Texas Inflatables told Burns about her project at Cogdell Memo-rial Hospital to set aside re-served parking for veterans.

“It was something I thought we needed at Cog-dell and being able to unveil it on Memorial Day was re-warding,” Camp said. “I have

many people in my family who have served in the mili-tary. I’m hoping maybe in the future that I could may-be help get disabled veteran parking spots for other busi-nesses here.”

Families have the opportu-nity to be present at the Dec. 18 ceremony and place a wreath on their family mem-ber’s grave.

To sponsor a wreath, the cost is $15 per wreath. For every two wreaths sponsored by a single donor, the local project will receive one free.

As of October 15, 505 wreaths have been spon-sored.

Overwhelmed with how far she has come, Burns knows she is close to honor-ing all 589 service members.

To donate visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TX1009.

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TSN Photo/ Chad Goebel

Pictured in front of SuDoCo Inc. (l-r) are Leland Shankles, Courtney Shankles, Jena Burns and Glenn Burns. SuDoCo Inc. donated 10 wreaths.

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Wreaths Across America project close to goal

TSN Photo/ Chad Goebel

Jean Burns (right) atands with Digger Graves of Hillside Memorial Cemetery. Hillside made a dona-tion of 30 wreaths.

TSN Photo/ Chad Goebel

Pictured (l-r) Doug Tindol, Robbi Tindol and Jean Burns at Tindol Insurance. Tindol Insurance do-nated 10 wreaths toward the project.

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When you and your life partner work together to achieve your important long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement lifestyle, the experience can be greatly rewarding. However, your success will require commitment and discipline. So, what steps should you take along the way? One key move is to decide early in your relationship how you will handle money. Many couples merge their finances and make joint decisions on major purchases. But some couples like to keep at least part of their finances distinct, perhaps by maintaining separate checking or savings accounts. There’s really no one correct solution for everyone, but whatever you decide, you’ll want to be assured that all the bills will be paid and that neither one of you feels the pressure of an unfair financial burden. Here’s another suggestion: Try to avoid keeping financial secrets from your partner. That means disclosing your debts, hidden funds or uncommon investments. These types of surprises can lead to difficulties and mistrust. Even if you’re entering the relationship carrying something like a heavy student loan, it’s best to get it out in the open right away so, together, you can strive to gradually eliminate it. Of course, there’s also a practical side to not keeping secrets. Your large student loan could affect your credit rating – an issue that may arise when you and your partner are seeking a mortgage or some other type of loan. Clearly, you both should be aware of this potential stumbling block before you begin the application process. Now, let’s consider your investments. You each may have your own IRA and 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan, but you might also share a joint investment account. However, you might not share the same risk tolerance – perhaps one of you tends to be more aggressive, willing to take more risks in exchange for potentially higher returns, while the other is more conservative, preferring to keep down the risk level of a portfolio, even if it means lesser capacity for growth. Again, neither you nor your partner is necessarily “right” or “wrong” in your views on investing – and nobody’s feelings about risk should be ignored. But once you’ve clearly identified your retirement goals and estimated their cost, you may find that compromise is possible. In other words, perhaps the conservative partner will realize that a too-cautious approach could hinder progress toward the desired retirement goal, while the partner who focuses on maximum growth will learn that a somewhat less aggressive approach can still yield the desired results. This type of compromise may affect the investment choices you make in your individual accounts as well as your joint accounts. And the way you choose your investments may even change over time, especially if your financial goals evolve. Ultimately, communication is the key. As long as you’re talking to each other and openly expressing your wishes and concerns, you and your partner can find a way to keep moving toward your mutual goals.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Edward Jones, Member SIPC.

Book featureFinding The Mother Tree

by Suzanne SimardSuzanne Simard is a pio-

neer on the frontier of plant communication and intelli-gence. Now, in her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees.

Trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interde-pendent circle of life. Simard writes about how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved and how they learn and adapt their be-haviors.

Simard also writes of her own life and of her journey — of love and loss, of obser-vation and change and of risk and reward.

New non-fictionThe Hill We Climb, by

Amanda Gorman

New fictionThe Cook of the Halcyon

(An Inspector Montalbano mystery), by Andrea Camil-leri

Survive the Night, by Riley Sager

The Summer Seekers, by Sarah Morgan

Paris is Always a Good Idea, by Jenn McKinlay

Dance with Death, by Will Thomas

Send in the Clowns, by Ju-lie Mulhern

New DVDSThe New MutantsBubble Guppies: The New

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Fall is in the air with the recent moisture and cooler days we have enjoyed. It won’t be long before the leaves begin to turn.

Fall is a time for fun tradi-tions with family and friends.

Consid-er  finding act ivit ies outside to enjoy the cool air and pretty s c e n e r y with fam-

ily. Baking  is  always  a  fun 

time to get in the kitchen and connect with kids and loved ones.

Some other ideas to help keep  your  family  active  in the fall include:

•Attend a local apple or-chard or pumpkin festival.

•Rake  leaves  and  do  yard work as a family. Pile up the leaves and jump in them.

•Take  a  bike  ride  through town or down the road to ad-

mire the changing colors of the leaves.

Fall is also known for two important  foods:  pumpkins and apples.

During the fall months, many food companies come out  with  pumpkin-flavored cookies,  coffee  and  other special treats.

Pumpkin is a very healthy food that is loaded with vita-mins and nutrients like calci-um, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A and C, and more. It can be added to many dif-ferent types of foods during fall or all year round, such as pancakes,  waffles,  oatmeal, quick  breads,  mashed  pota-toes and much more.

Apples are a great source of potassium, vitamins A and C, dietary fiber, calcium and iron. Many orchards make apple cider, which is a nice fall drink.

Remember that this is a juice and is loaded with lots of natural sugars.

Try drinking a few small-er glasses a day instead of large glasses.

Another fun thing to do with apples is to make warm applesauce. A great way to do it is to get a crockpot and put in cut apples that have been peeled.

Let the apples cook in the crockpot  and become mush, which  takes  approximately two hours.

Mix  in cinnamon and en-joy a warm, healthy treat for the fall.

Enjoy this recipe for pumpkin bread.  

This is a family favorite in my house.

Pumpkin bread2 c. sugar 2 t. baking soda4 eggs 2 t. cinnamon1 c. vegetable oil ½ t. salt 2 c. flour     2 c. canned pumpkin

Beat sugar and eggs until light and well blended. Add oil, continuing to beat. Com-bine dry ingredients and blend into egg mixture. 

Add  pumpkin  and  mix well.

Pour into well-greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until done in the center.

Source: Michigan State University Extension, Mi-chelle Neff

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October 30

Halloween in the Park, Towle Park

4:30pm-6:30pm with Parade lineup at 6pm

October 26

Medicare 101 5pm

in Chamber Boardroom

October 27

Trunk Or Treat at First Baptist Church

in the Family Life Center parking lot

From Ronda’s front porch

Tips for a healthy Fall

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Wednesday bingo will be at 10 a.m. and the booster club will meet at noon.

On Friday the October birthday party will be at 11:45 a.m.

Activities scheduled at the Scurry County Senior Center the week are:

Monday: Darts at 10 a.m. and exercise with Carmen at 11 a.m.

Tuesday: Kitchen Band will practice at 9:30 a.m. and exercise with Carmen at 11 a.m.

Wednesday: Bingo at 10  a.m.,  exercise  with  Car-men at 11 a.m., booster club meeting at noon.

Thursday: Wii bowling

at 10 a.m. and exercise with Carmen at 11 a.m.

Friday: Learn Spanish with Carmen at 10 a.m., exercise  with  Carmen  at  11 a.m., October birthday party at 11:45 a.m.

The center also provides access to Zaaz fitness ma-chines, a gym, treadmills, stationary  bikes,  a  paper-back  library,  magazines, a computer for games and quilting.

Dominos is played Mon-day through Friday and cards are available.

Exercise  with  Carmen which will include different exercises  each  day,  and  is every day at 11 a.m.

The noon meal is served in the dining room and is delivered to homes be vol-unteers.

MenuMonday:  Baked  chicken 

patty, whipped sweet potato, green beans, roll, apricots.

Tuesday: Chili, french fries, tossed salad, corn-bread, peaches.

Wednesday:  Pork  chop and gravy, buttered garlic noodles, green beans, bread, strawberry gelatin parfait.

Thursday: Sloppy joe on a bun, tater tots, carrots, rosy pears.

Friday:  Fish,  black-eyed peas, broccoli salad, hush puppies, angel food cake. 

Snyder ISD trustees on Thursday reviewed goals with their Measuring Aca-demic Progress (MAP) data.

According to the data, the school  district  is  on  track to hit goals for 2022 with some campuses already get-ting close to where the board would like to see them. 

Enrollment is down by 58 students district-wide. Sny-der Junior High School was the only school showing an increase, with 25 more stu-dents than last year.

Trustees approved library purchases for the 2021-22 school year  that will not ex-

ceed $81,000 and the pur-chase for the BellXCell cur-riculum for summer school.

The board nominated Jer-ry Boyd to serve on the Scur-ry County Appraisal District board of directors.

The board met in a closed session  but  took  no  action when it returned to open ses-sion.

The board discussed the purchase of a 71 passenger bus for the school district and are waiting on total amount for the replacement of the track and turf that was dam-aged during the hail storm in May.

SISD board receives MAP data

Chamber board to meet MondayHISD to vote on contract

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Head-Bramow

Contributed photoMichael and Joan Head of Snyder and Dennis and Stacie Bramow of Justin announce the engagement and ap-proaching marriage of their children, Taylor Head and Jason Bramow. The bride-to-be is a 2016 graduate of Snyder High School, 2019 graduate of Texas Tech University and current-ly teaches kindergarten. The prospective groom is a 2009 graduate of Northwest High School in Justin, 2016 graduate of Texas Tech University and currently works for the Texas Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division. The couple will exchange vows on March 12, 2022 at Red Ridge Receptions in Smithville.

Marriage LicensesMichayla Elizabeth Crumley and Wil-

liam Kodiak Maxfield, both of Herm-leigh.

Amanda Micelah Long and Cheyenne Lera Tatanish, both of Hermleigh.

Action in district courtIn the matter of Gilvin-Terrell, Ltd., v.

Contract Trucking and Materials Com-pany, dba Contract Paving Company, agreed order of dismissal with prejudice entered.

Action in 11th Court of AppealsIn the matter of King Operating Cor-

poration, KPEG Oil and Gas Fund, Inc., King Private Equity Group, Inc., Clear-view Energy II, LP, and La Roca Energy, LP, v. Double Eagle Andrews, LLC and MEI Camp Springs, LLC, order affirm-ing in part and reversing and rendering in part the judgment of the trial court.

Filed in district court

The State of Texas vs. Roberto Mar-tinez, as principal, and Roadrunner Bail Bonds, as surety, for judgment nisi.

The State of Texas vs. Paul Richard Montoya, as principal, and Paul R. Mon-toya Sr., as surety, for judgment nisi.

Deed recordsDharmendra Patel to Rama Capital,

LLC, two tracts. Tract 1, a 1.15-acre tract out of Section 98 in Block 3 of the H&GN RR survey and Tract 2, Lot 1 in Block 6 of the Bates subdivision of a portion of Section 98 in Block 3 of the H&GN RR survey.

Erika Lynn Tavarez to Myra Tavarez, a 3.72-acre tract out of the north 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of Section 93 in Block 3 of the H&GN RR survey.

Vincente Valdez to Fernando Vasquez, a 140’x50’ tract out of the west 1/2 of Block 19 of the A.C. Wilmeth’s Addition.

Basic Energy Services, Inc., and C&J

Well Services, Inc., to Ranger Energy Acquisition, LLC, a six-acre tract out of Tract 42 in Section 14 of Block 1 of the J.P. Smith survey.

Laura Mull to Nicholas Barboza and Ashley Barboza, Lot 7 in Block 2 of the Wall Addition.

Rhonda Deann Stamps to 4 U Homes, LLC, Lot 12 in Block F of the replat of the Highland Park Addition.

Martha P. Dominguez to Salomon Dominguez, Lot 7 in Block 6 of the An-dress Heights Addition.

Scurry County, et al, to Jonathan Dar-ling, Lot 7 in Block 32 of the Grayum and Nelson Addition.

Scurry County, et al, to Enoc M. San-chez, Lot 2 in Block 3 of the Chambers Addition.

Stanley Weldon Edwards to Stanley Keith Edwards, Section 148 in Block 97 of the H&TC RR survey.

Courthouse Records

Hermleigh ISD trustees will hold a special meeting Monday to approve a contract with Hellas Construction to replace the football field’s turf.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Hermleigh ISD board room and is open to the public.

Superintendent Cassie Petty informed the board that she had just received the contract minutes before last Tuesday’s meeting and needed to review it.

Snyder Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors will hear an update on the Snyder City Council meeting and hotel oc-cupancy tax (HOT) fund audit release, which is tentatively set for Nov. 1.

The board will discuss upcoming events for the month in-cluding a disc golf tournament on Oct. 24, Fall Festival on Oct. 30 at the Scurry County Youth Center, Halloween in the Park on October 30 at Towle Park, the third annual Christmas open house on Nov. 7 and the Nov. 8 HOT committee meeting on Nov. 8.

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The governor of Texas is mandating against man-dates — resuming the kinds of top-down restrictions on

private businesses that got him in trouble with a Dallas hair salon owner in 2020.

You remember the Shel-

ley Luther episode, don’t you? The owner of a hair salon in Dallas, Luther defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders to shut down some businesses and operate others at reduced

capacity to force the kind of social distancing that would slow the spread of coronavi-rus.

She got arrested. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offered to pay her jail fines. Abbott backed down, blaming the judge who was enforcing the governor’s order. Luther turned all of the attention into a failed campaign for a state Senate seat.

The most important part? She forced Abbott to back down from his first set of COVID-19 mandates and painted him and others as full-fledged members of the “Austin swamp.”

Since then, Abbott has

swung to the right. He’s so overwhelmed by politics that he’s become a Random Policy Generator, throwing out edicts that make sense only if you forget everything he said before.

Last time he tried state-wide mandates, Abbott was trying to stop the coronavirus by requiring masks and social distancing, including restric-tions on crowds in restau-rants and other businesses. Now he’s against COVID-19 protections, trying to prevent businesses from requiring vaccinations. The federal government is requiring some vaccinations.

Pity the rest of us, stuck

between the emphatic do-be-this and don’t-be-that from our government leaders.

When the former presi-dent — whose political favor Abbott craves — expresses some disappointment, the Texas governor snaps into line. That disappointment often parallels the views of Donald Trump’s favorite Texas politician, Patrick.

Texas already certified its 2020 election results. The secretary of state’s of-fice blessed it. But Trump, who beat Joe Biden in Texas, pressed for audits, so the governor ordered “audits” in four coun-ties and asked legislators

to make it law. Pressed by Patrick, and then Trump, to increase penalties for election fraud, Abbott added that to the legislative agenda. That last one was curious; that penalty was lowered by the Legislature earlier this year and signed into law by the governor. Local election officials, meanwhile, say all of this is unnecessary and that the Texas elections were clean.

This is straight-up school-yard politics.

Trump is a bully. Patrick is egging him on. Abbott is the target, doing everything they want to avoid an electoral wedgie.

Since Luther scared him out of his previous position, Abbott has tried to position himself as anti-mandate, as an official who doesn’t believe private businesses need to be told what to do. He said so explicitly when he issued an executive order in July: “The new Execu-tive Order emphasizes that the path forward relies on personal responsibility rather than government mandates. Texans have mastered the safe practices that help to prevent and avoid the spread of COVID-19. They have the individual right and responsi-bility to decide for

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During almost two decades of writing weekly accounts of humorous and/or unlikely occurrences, I’ve never come across anything quite so bizarre as the subject of this week’s epistle.

It is a legal case in progress, as the wheels of justice necessarily turn slowly. Otherwise, the folks at Alta Mesa Church of Christ in Fort Worth might have been able to attach a stump grinder to the mechanism, ridding themselves of the trunk in the process.

In the dark of a recent night, someone(s) drove a big truck onto the church parking lot, leaving behind a giant tree trunk. I am tempted to add sequoia or red-

wood, but such trees don’t fare well in these parts. Therefore, I’m guessing it was a garden variety tree trunk that may have sprung up when Adam and Eve were in the garden.

In the here and now — hundreds of years later — it looks like the trunk of an aspen that has grown like a tree on steroids for hundreds of years. Al-ready confused? It gets worse.

**When the church staffers arrived the next morn-

ing, they were stunned to see the giant stump dumped on the parking lot.

They called in my Mr. Fix-It neighbor who had helped them with shrubs and such in the past. Josh is a fireman who has various part-time jobs on the

side.He estimated that he could remove the stump —

in sections — for a thousand bucks or so. However, it was projected to be a laborious project involv-ing much sawing and multiple pick-up trips to the dump. Ever helpful, he recommended that they first review the church’s security camera footage.

Sure enough, the event was captured, clearly showing the truck and numerous identifiable mark-ings. The old Candid Camera show never made situations clearer.

**Fort Worth police were notified. City workers

removed the trunk and the justice wheels started turning.

Josh can think of many reasons that the church parking lot may have appealed to the perpetrators.

“Maybe they were tired and maybe the dump was several miles away,” he opined. “And maybe they were short on cash needed for dump access.”

His mind racing, Josh cited numerous other pos-sibilities.

“Hey, there’s a big church parking lot with plenty of room. Maybe the youth could chop it up to sell as firewood to help finance their next ski trip,” he said may crossed the perpetrators minds.

Here’s my thinking: Maybe they forgot to tie a ribbon around it, hoping it would be thought of as a Christmas gift and/or an income tax deduction?

I had opened a Pandora’s box of what ifs, and Josh was just getting warmed up. When I walked away, he was chuckling about lawbreakers giving

no thought to being done in by security cameras.**

I am told that offenses like this stump drop aren’t all that unusual. My guess is their miscellaneous items taken to the dump would rival the assortment of lost and found at the airport.

The City of Fort Worth spent more than $2 mil-lion in 2016 for the removal of litter from private property, with costs continuing to escalate.

Yet, public employees continue to serve, while the legal system continues to seek ways to reha-bilitate and encourage walks on the straight and narrow.

**We expect too much of public servants these

days. Their work is often thankless, sometimes calling for them to face dangers that formerly were never even thought about.

Aren’t we lucky that they continue to serve? I salute them. Why not a round of applause, too, for people making ever-improved surveillance cam-eras?

This vignette reminds me of a convenience store where a one-way mirror hung from the wall. On it a sign had been painted: Before you attempt to rob this establishment, you are warned that two nights each week, an employee is locked and loaded behind the mirror. You guess which nights.

Dr. Don Newbury is a former president of WTC who writes weekly columns. Email comments to newbury@speakerdoc.com.

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themselves and their chil-dren whether they will wear masks, open their busi-nesses and engage in leisure activities. Vaccines, which remain in abundant supply, are the most effective defense against the virus, and they will always remain volun-tary — never forced — in the State of Texas.”

An executive order from the governor in August barred cities, counties and other local governments from requiring vaccines. Another one, in May, barred those lo-cal governments from requir-ing people to wear masks.

Now there’s a new execu-tive order that tosses aside some of that “decide for themselves” business.

Abbott wanted a show of strength here, but settled for a sign of weakness. He didn’t hold his ground, instead caving in to demands from conservatives like former

state Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas, who’s challenging the governor in next year’s party primary. Huffines is trying to label Abbott a moderate and himself as a Trump-style Republican — what he calls in his advertising “an actual Republican.” Trump has al-ready endorsed Abbott, but that’s not necessarily his final answer: The former president has shown a willingness to change his preferences in other campaigns.

In terms of his political chances, Huffines is more light breeze than hurricane. But like his former superior in the state Senate, Patrick, he’s a conduit for Trumpho-bia — a contagious affliction marked by its conservative victims’ obsession with the goodwill of the former president and of the multitude of voters devoted to him. Abbott has no reason to fear Huffines, but the idea of get-

ting on the former president’s naughty list gives him the shivers.

He’s not alone in that. Dozens of other Republicans have fallen into this particu-lar personality cult. Abbott is seeking reelection next year amid talk that he — like a small mob of other Repub-lican wannabes — might be contending for president in 2024.

They want to be in line with Trump’s voters. And in the meantime, that means staying in line with Trump himself. That, for Repub-licans with ambitions for higher office, is imperative — almost a mandate.

Ross Ramsey is executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune. He writes regular columns on poli-tics, government and public policy. Email comments to rramsey@texastribune.org.

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The Altrurian Daughters met on Wednesday at Martha Ann Womans Club. Cogdell Memorial Hospital Wellness Coordinator, Julie Fritz (left), told members about the soon-to-open Wellness Center. Pictured with Fritz (left) is hostess Sherrell Johansson

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vember would extend that permission to rodeo events by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

Proposition 2: tax financing for county infrastructureThis amendment would authorize counties to issue bonds or

notes to raise funds for transportation infrastructure in under-developed areas. Already, cities and towns have the authority to fund projects with this financing method.

Counties would repay these bonds by pledging increased property tax revenues, but these funds cannot be used for con-struction, maintenance or acquisition of toll roads.

Proposition 3: restrictions on religious servicesIf approved, Proposition 3 would ban the state from prohib-

iting or limiting religious services, including those in churches and other places of worship.

The move stems from conflicts over churches that closed during the early months of the pandemic in 2020. Some lo-cal officials extended stay-at-home orders to include places of worship, requiring them to limit attendance or make ser-vices virtual — a trend Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republi-cans pushed back on.

Critics of the proposal worry the change could prevent the government from acting to protect people in future emergen-cies, such as evacuations and public health emergencies.

Proposition 4: state judge eligibilityProposition 4 would require candidates to have 10 years of

experience practicing law in Texas to be eligible for election to the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals or a Texas court of appeals.

Currently, the law requires 10 years of experience but al-lows for out-of-state experience.

Additionally, candidates running to be a district judge would need eight years of law practice or judicial experience in a Texas court, up from the current requirement of four years.

Proponents of the change argue it could create a higher-quality judiciary, but opponents say the proposed require-ments could reduce voter choice and diversity within the can-didate pool.

In Texas, judges are elected by popular vote.Proposition 5: judicial misconduct process

Proposition 5 would allow the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to have oversight of candidates running for judicial seats by accepting complaints or reports, conducting investi-gations and reprimanding them.

The commission, an independent agency created by the state Constitution, already has these powers over current ju-dicial officeholders.

Proposition 6: essential caregiver designationThis amendment would allow residents of nursing homes

and assisted living facilities to designate one essential care-giver who cannot be denied in-person visitation rights. If the proposition passes, the Legislature would create further guidelines for these caregivers.

Like Proposition 3, Proposition 6 also comes as a response to pandemic-era restrictions. Nursing homes, which were hit particularly hard by COVID-19, saw extended visitation re-strictions that prevented residents from seeing family and friends for months.

Proposition 7: property tax exemptions for bereaved families

Proposition 7 would put a limit on school district property taxes incurred by the surviving spouse of a person with dis-abilities older than 65 who has died. The surviving spouse must be at least 55 years old at the partner’s time of death and still live in the home.

The amendment is necessary to update the Constitution in accordance with the tax code, which was modified in the 2019 legislative session to include this change. If approved, indi-viduals eligible for these tax breaks could receive refunds on collections in 2020 and 2021.

The resolution could reduce school district property tax revenue and increase state funding in accordance with Texas public school funding formulas, according to analysis of the amendment. However, the exact cost of the change cannot be estimated because the number of surviving spouses is un-known.

Proposition 8: property tax exemptions for military families

Proposition 8 would expand eligibility for residential home-stead tax exemptions to include spouses of military members killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

Currently, the exemption is extended to spouses of military members killed in action. The new eligibility would include people killed in accidental vehicle crashes or non-hostile events.

This exemption would apply to fewer than 10 people per year, according to analysis of the amendment.

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ary Patterson compares efforts by defenses to keep pace with changing offenses to the on-and-

off fashion cycle of the paisley tie. In the nearly four decades that Pat-

terson has been in college football, in-cluding two decades as TCU’s head coach, he’s seen great defenses come and go, especially in a score-happy league like the Big 12.

Over the past 18 months, as the coro-navirus pandemic forced college teams to change their routines, meet less often in person and more by way of technol-ogy, Patterson said he believes Big 12 defenses adapted.

And improved. “You just look at the numbers and the

way people, at least in our league, are playing defense,” Patterson said.

Kansas State, No. 4 Oklahoma, Iowa State, and No. 12 Oklahoma State rank in the top 12 nationally in rushing de-fense.

The Cyclones are third nationally in total defense and lead the conference in many other categories. Oklahoma State is first in the league in third-down con-version defense and the fewest touch-down passes allowed, while Baylor is tops in interceptions and has returned two turnovers for touchdowns.

Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma average at least three sacks per game.

Beyond the numbers, some teams have evolved. Patterson points to Kan-sas State, which is giving opponents a new 3-3-5 defensive look this season similar to those used with success in the NFL and at other colleges.

The pandemic “gave people an oppor-tunity to do some extra things and do some stuff to try to catch up,” Patterson said. "I’m not sure we had any more challenges during that time. If anything, I think it gave us a little bit more time to kind of look at things.”

Patterson said the pattern of standout Big 12 defenses "goes through ebbs and flows” similar to NFL teams trying to keep up with changes made by other of-fenses.

That brings up the reference to the paisley tie, which "goes out of fash-ion,” Patterson said. “I think in my 61 years, it’s come back three or four times where it’s now a favorite of people. And so I think offense and de-fense kind of go that way. I think there for a couple of years, the offense really had the advantage. I think the defense has caught up a little bit with some things.”

That's not always the case, most no-tably last weekend in the Red River ri-valry game where Oklahoma beat Texas 55-48.

Mike Gundy, in his 17th season as Oklahoma State's coach, said standout defenses can be minimized by the pres-ence of mature quarterbacks in the league, "but overall, I'd say defenses have rallied a little bit in the last couple of years.”

Texas Tech coach Matt Wells chalks up it up to having solid coaches on that side of the ball.

It starts with Patterson, one of college football’s top defensive minds. There’s Kansas State’s Chris Klieman, a long-time defensive coordinator who won four Championship Subdivision titles at North Dakota State.

Iowa State’s Matt Campbell brought defensive coordinator Jon Heacock with him from Toledo. When Matt Rhule left Baylor after the 2019 season, Dave Aranda, the architect of national cham-pion LSU’s defense that season, was hired as head coach and brought in longtime mentor Ron Roberts as his de-fensive coordinator.

Aranda has turned things around on his defense since going 2-7 in the pan-demic-shortened 2020 season. He credits an experienced unit and a staff whose consistency in messaging and teaching “has really allowed the guys to play confident and play fast.”

Oklahoma State’s defense has im-proved in each of the past three seasons under defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. The Cowboys haven’t allowed more than 23 points in a game this season

Kansas State holds the league record for the fewest points allowed in a sea-son with 144 in 1999, a 12-point average. Averaging under 20 points for a season on defense has been done three times under the current 10-team makeup that began in 2012.

Approaching this season’s midpoint, Iowa State is allowing 15.6 points per game, Baylor 17.8, and Oklahoma State 18.6.

Campbell said all 11 players on his defense strive to work together and un-derstand where their help is on every play.

“That’s something we work really hard at,” he said. "And I think the other piece we really work hard it is getting our 11 guys to run to the football.”

Both Campbell and Aranda point out that Big 12 teams will typically see a dif-ferent type of defense every week.

“There's so much variety in the league," Aranda said. “In other leagues, there's really good defenses as well, but much more similarity.”

Campbell said with so many different types of defenses, "I think that can be challenging for offenses. So it certainly is unique in our conference where not everybody is running the same thing or the same foundational fronts and cover-ages. There's a lot of different schemes in terms of what you see. I think that has certainly shown up at least in the Big 12 so far this year."

— The Associated Press

Like a paisley tie, solid Big 12 defenses are trendy again

Defenses back in style

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(AP PHOTO/CHARLIE NEIBERGALL)

Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State and, Oklahoma State rank in the top 12 nationally in

rushing defense. The Cyclones are third nationally in total defense and lead the conference in

many other categories.

BIG 12 STANDINGS

CONFERENCE ALL GAMES W L PF PA W L PF PA Oklahoma 3 0 108 92 6 0 247 143

Oklahoma St. 2 0 55 34 5 0 127 93

Baylor 3 1 135 80 5 1 230 107

Texas 2 1 150 117 4 2 267 175

Iowa St. 1 1 88 38 3 2 169 78

TCU 1 1 79 63 3 2 192 140

Texas Tech 1 2 89 142 4 2 209 206

Kansas St. 0 2 51 68 3 2 144 115

West Virginia 0 3 53 84 2 4 170 135

Kansas 0 2 14 104 1 4 86 219

Saturday’s Games Oklahoma St. at Texas, Noon BYU at Baylor, 3:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas, 4 p.m. Iowa St. at Kansas St., 7:30 p.m. TCU at Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m.

IMPACT PLAYERKansas State junior Malik Knowles hasreturned kickoffs for touchdowns ineach of the past two games and is thenation’s leading returner at 39.3 yardsper return. The Wildcats’ 57 punts orkickoffs returned for TDs since 2005 are20 more than any other FBS team.

— The Associated Press

The Cowboys are 5-0 for the first time since 2015 and have a chance to win three consecutive games over Top 25 teams for the first time in program history. Oklahoma State had double-digit wins over ranked teams in their first two Big 12 games be-fore last week's open date. Texas (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) is coming off a 55-48 loss to fourth-ranked Oklahoma, which overcame a 28-7 deficit after the first quarter to stay undefeated. The Cowboys and Longhorns have running backs averaging more than 100 yards a game. Texas sophomore Bijan Robinson leads the league at 132.3 yards per game and eight rushing TDs. Oklahoma State senior Jaylen Warren averages 102.4 yards per game.

— The Associated Press

No. 12 Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. No. 25 Texas Longhorns When — 12 p.m. Where — DKR Texas Memorial Stadium TV — Fox

BIG12 SEASON LEADERS

PASSING

COMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD

J. Doege (West Virginia) 118 181 5 65.2 1,444 8

S. Rattler (Oklahoma) 130 175 5 74.3 1,371 10

G. Bohanon (Baylor) 96 145 0 66.2 1,332 11

B. Purdy (Iowa State) 94 132 4 71.2 1,133 8

C. Thompson (Texas) 74 110 3 67.3 1,095 14

M. Duggan ( (TCU)) 75 116 2 64.7 1,003 9

H. Colombi (Texas Tech) 64 99 2 64.6 942 3

T. Shough (Texas Tech) 64 92 3 69.6 872 6

J. Bean (Kansas) 66 118 3 55.9 852 5

S. Sanders (Oklahoma State) 56 96 4 58.3 781 5

S. Thompson (Kansas State) 41 59 2 69.5 560 3

S. Illingworth (Oklahoma State)22 40 1 55 315 1

H. Card (Texas) 24 39 0 61.5 314 2

C. Williams (Oklahoma) 22 36 0 61.1 314 2

W. Howard (Kansas State) 19 39 1 48.7 249 1

H. Dekkers (Iowa State) 15 27 0 55.6 164 1

RUSHING

ATT YDS AVG TD

B. Robinson (Texas) 125 789 6.3 8

A. Smith (Baylor) 78 597 7.7 7

Z. Evans (TCU) 74 586 7.9 5

B. Hall (Iowa State) 104 551 5.3 8

K. Brooks (Oklahoma) 79 535 6.8 6

J. Warren (Oklahoma State) 115 512 4.5 6

D. Vaughn (Kansas State) 90 444 4.9 5

L. Brown (West Virginia) 95 422 4.4 6

T. Ebner (Baylor) 66 401 6.1 0

K. Miller (TCU) 34 302 8.9 6

J. Bean (Kansas) 60 291 4.8 2

T. Brooks (Texas Tech) 35 284 8.1 4

E. Gray (Oklahoma) 55 282 5.1 0

D. Neal (Kansas) 54 264 4.9 2

S. Thompson (Texas Tech) 50 231 4.6 6

G. Greene (West Virginia) 38 230 6.1 4

RECEIVING

REC YDS TD

X. Worthy (Texas) 24 514 6

T. Thornton (Baylor) 27 463 5

E. Ezukanma (Texas Tech) 26 429 1

M. Mims (Oklahoma) 19 400 2

K. Geiger (Texas Tech) 25 396 1

X. Hutchinson (Iowa State) 31 381 3

W. Wright Jr. (West Virginia) 32 364 0

J. Whittington (Texas) 24 359 3

R.J. Sneed (Baylor) 19 326 1

T. Martin (Oklahoma State) 21 317 2

S. James (West Virginia) 22 302 3

I. Esdale (West Virginia) 19 272 1

T. Wilson (Kansas) 15 271 1

B. Ford-Wheaton (West Virginia) 19 264 1

C. Kolar (Iowa State) 17 238 2

K. Lassiter II (Kansas) 18 235 1

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Fourth-ranked Oklahoma has the na-tion's longest active winning streak at14 games. But the Sooners' last fourgames, and five of six this season, havebeen decided by a touchdown or less. ...TCU, which plays at Oklahoma, has wonfive of its last 11 games played againstteams ranked in the top five. ... BeforeIowa State's bye week, Brock Purdy be-came the first player in school history,and sixth in Big 12 history, to go over10,000 yards passing in his career. ... Cy-clones RB Breece Hall has a rushing TDin a Big 12-record 17 consecutivegames. ... The Big 12 is 23-6 (.793 win-ning percentage) in non-conferencegames this season. ... Texas Tech (4-2)is playing its seventh consecutive un-ranked opponent, its longest such sea-son-opening streak since 2008.

— The Associated Press

LONGSHOTIt seems very unlikely that Texas Tech will become the first team since 2008 to lose in consecutive trips to Kansas. The Red Raiders lost two years ago as the homecoming opponent in Lawrence like they are again Saturday. But the Jayhawks (1-4, 0-2) have been outscored 104-14 in their two Big 12 games this season. Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2) has averaged 33 points in its two league losses. The Jayhawks are a 16 1/2-point underdog, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

— The Associated Press

GAME OF THE WEEK

Baylor and former BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes against the No. 19 Cougars. This preview of a future Big 12 matchup also includes several reunions. Grimes and offen-sive line coach Eric Mateos are in their first season at Baylor after coming from BYU. Second-year Bears head coach Dave Aranda was defensive coordinator at Southern Utah in 2008, when BYU assistant head coach Ed Lamb was head coach of the Thunderbirds. Aranda was on the same Utah State staff in 2012 with current BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki. BYU accepted an invitation last month to join the Big 12 and is expected to begin conference play in 2023.

— The Associated Press

No. 19 Bringham Young Cougars vs. Baylor Bears When — 3:30 p.m. Where — McLane Stadium TV — ESPN

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The Snyder Tigers and Lady Tigers crosscountry teams each finished second in the district meet to advance to regionals.

Antonio Martinez finished fourth overall out of 30 run-ners with a time of 18:04. Kevin Miranda finished fifth with a time 18:35, Jeremiah Rodriguez finished eighth with a time of 18:48, Aiden Leal finished 17th with a time of 19:35, Benjamin Kerr finished 20th with a time of 19:48, Edgar Gomez finished 22nd with a time of 20:26 and Timothy Escobedo finished 28th with a time of 23:03. The

Tigers totaled 54 points for second place.

Mary Kerr of Snyder fin-ished second overall out of 38 runners with a time of 13:29, Kinsey Kelley finished fourth with a time of 13:47, Sophia Morado finished 16th with a time of 15:40.13, Lily Rodri-guez finished 17th with a time of 15:40.44, Madison Yescas finished 19th with a time of 16:12, Anna Stelluti finished 24th with a time of 16:12 and

Taryn Nobles finished 32nd with a time of 17:26. The

Lady Tigers totaled 58 points for second place.

Head cross country coach Bob Campbell is ready to get back to work to prepare for the regional meet.

“We get to advance and yes we would have loved to get that district plaque but we get to live to fight another day. Regionals is on October 25 so that gives us another 10 days to heal up a bit and do a little more training. We’re going to work on speed because they are in shape for the ditance but we just need to work on some speed,” Campbell said.

Campbell believes that the team’s performance demon-strates how good of a Pro-gram Snyder has developed.

“We came in second in both the girls and the boys so I believe it shows we have a better program,” Campbell said.

The regional meet will take place October 25 in San Angelo at Angelo State Uni-versity at 9 a.m.

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Jonathan Barrow’s infec-tious smile was on full dis-play Friday during Snyder’s Athletic Hall of Honor in-duction ceremony at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center.

Barrow, who is a 2001 graduate of Snyder High School and co-host of Coach’s Corner every Fri-day, received the Lifetime Achievement award.

Jonathan’s mother, Su-zanne Barrow, was beyond grateful for him being select-ed for the award.

“It is such an honor,” she said. “He has always been a Tiger fan. He has always been close to the coaches since coach Rogers. He’s been through coach Rog-ers, Simms, Polk, Mandrell and now Wood. He lives and breathes football, and this is

just such an honor.”Suzanne Barrow believes

that Jonathan’s disability has allowed him to shine in other ways.

“Sometimes, when kids have disabilities, they shine in other ways. Jonathan’s mo-tor disability keeps him from walking or playing sports. Therefore, his personality just comes out and he uses it to the fullest,” she said.

Former teammates were reunited when the 1997 girl’s golf state championship team met up with their former coaches Matt Glenn and Pri-mo Gonzales.

Longtime volleyball coach Patty Grimmett was also in attendance and had the audi-ence emotional after reading a poem that she felt resonated with her as a coach.

1980 Snyder High gradu-

ate Kyle Short had nothing but praise for Snyder and Snyder High School.

“Not much has changed but I know it was a really great time in the 70s and 80s to grow up in Snyder,” he said. “It was a special place and you looked forward to getting to high school, look forward to your teammates, enjoyed school with the great coaches and administrators.

It was a different time, but it was a really special time.”

TSN Photo/ Jose JimenezThe 2021 Hall of Honor inductees gathered on Friday for the Hall of Honor ceremony at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. Pictured are (l-r) Matt Glenn, Randi Reed, Alissa Wells, Keisha Gafford, Primo Gonzales, Daysha Weaver, Lacey Kidd, Julie Doolittle, Jonathan Barrow, Patty Grimmett and Kyle Short.

Snyder cross country teams place second in district

TSN Photo/ Jose JimenezPictured are members of the Snyder cross country team. Top row are (l-r) Aiden Leal, Kevin Miranda, Antonio Martinez, Benjamin Kerr, Timothy Escobedo, Jeremiah Rodriguez and Edgar Gomez. Bottom row are Kinsey Kelly, Mary Kerr, Anna Stelluti, Lily Rodriguez, Sophia Morado and Madison Yescas.

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Ira extended its win streak to six games after a 52-38 win over Rotan for home-coming.

The Bulldogs finished with 423 yards in total offense, in-cluding 407 yards rushing.

The Yellowhammers opened the scoring when Zac Flores completed a 29-yard pass to Grayson Jeffrey. Jef-frey’s kick was good to give the Yellowhammers an 8-0 lead.

The Bulldogs responded when Ike Weaver rushed two yards for the Bulldogs’ first touchdown. Jaret Cabrera’s kick was no good to make the score 8-6.

Cody McCowen put the Bulldogs in the lead after a 35-yard touchdown. Ca-

brera’s kick gave Bulldogs a 14-8 lead.

Weaver recovered a fum-ble on the next drive for a scoop and score. Cabrera’s kick was good for a 28-8 lead.

McCowen added a second touchdown with a 43-yard rush. Cabrera’s kick was no good for a 28-8 lead with three seconds left in the half.

Weaver kept rolling in the second half with a 5-yard rush for a touchdown. Ca-brera’s kick was good for a 36-8 lead.

The Yellowhammers ended their scoring drought when Juan Garza rushed four yards for a touchdown. Jef-frey’s kick made the score 36-16.

Jaxon Warren helped Ro-tan close the gap even more with a four-yard run for the touchdown. Jeffrey’s kick was good to cut the lead to 36-24.

Ira answered when Bryton Partain completed a 16-yard pass to Holden Rios. Cabre-ra’s kick was good for a 44-24 lead.

The Yellowhammers re-sponded immediately with a 73-yard Jordan Daniel kick return for the touchdown. Jeffrey’s kick missed to make the score 44-30

McCowen extended the Bulldogs’ lead with a 23-yard touchdown run. Cabre-ra’s kick was good to give the Bulldogs a 52-30 lead.

The Yellowhammers

scored the final points of the game, with Daniel running 33-yards for a touchdown. Jeffrey’s kick was good to make the score 52-38.

Head coach Toby Good-win credited the Bulldogs’ pre-district schedule for helping them win a competi-tive game.

“We’ve made comments before about how our sched-ule has helped us. We know how to battle in adversity, and that’s why we ended up on top,” he said. “We didn’t play well tonight, but we played well enough to win.”

The Bulldogs will have a bye next week before travel-ing to Hermleigh Oct. 29 to face the Cardinals.

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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Sports

Tigers hold off Loboes 28-21After jumping out to an

early lead, Snyder held on to defeat Monahans 28-21 Friday, handing the Loboes their first loss of the season.

The Tigers scored all their points in the first half and the Loboes scored all their points after halftime.

The Tigers first touch-down came when Bryce Ford muscled his way in from two yards out. Jorge Olivarez’s kick was good to give the Ti-gers a 7-0 lead.

It didn’t take long for the Tigers to extend their lead.

After taking over on their own their 13-yard line, Jorge Martinez rushed 74-yards for his first rushing touchdown of the night. Olivarez’s kick was good to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead.

Martinez came up with another big play on the next drive, intercepting Cheno Navarrette to set up the Ti-gers on their own 40-yard line.

Tim Henderson caught a pass from Hunter Stewart for a 37-yard score. Olivarez’s kick was good to make the score 21-0.

After a pair of fumbles,

the Snyder offense capital-ized on the next drive with Martinez’s 71-yard touch-down run. Olivarez’s kick was good for a 28-0 lead.

Head coach Wes Wood said he stressed maturity to the team at halftime.

“Great opportunity for us

to show our maturity,” Wood said. “Really good teams don’t let other teams up when they have them down. They stomp the gas and don’t let them back into it. Our team was very mature, very re-ceptive and they weren’t too hyped up. It wasn’t a party

for them, and they were very focused.”

The Loboes started the second half strong after pick-ing off Hunter Stewart to take over at midfield.

The Loboes capitalized when Navarrette found Tan-ner Jones for a 39-yard touch-

down. Alex Santos’ kick was good to make the score 28-7.

The Loboes recovered an onside kick to take over at midfield.

The Loboes scored their second touchdown of the game after Tre Gomez’s one-yard run for the score. San-

tos’ kick was good to cut the lead to 28-14.

The Tigers’ defense forced its first stop of the second half after a turnover on downs.

When the third quarter ended, the Loboes had cut the Snyder lead in half, 28-14.

Monahans’ defense con-tinued to dominate, forcing a punt to take over on the Ti-gers’ 41-yard line.

Navarette then added to his touchdown total, com-pleting a nine-yard pass to Leonard Davis for the touch-down. Santos’ kick was good to cut the lead to 28-21.

The Loboes had one last scoring opportunity and drove down to the Tigers’ 8-yard line before a series of penalties set them back to the 25-yard line. The scor-ing threat was over after the Tigers forced a turnover on downs following a fourth-and-25.

The Tigers will have a bye Friday before traveling to Midland on Oct. 29 to take on the 3-4 Greenwood Rang-ers.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at J.M King Memorial Stadium.

TSN Photo/ Jose JimenezJorge Olivarez, Dyllan Angeley and Zach Carrizales swarmed a Mo-nahans ball carrier

TSN Photo/ Jose JimenezJorge Martinez outran a group of Monahans defenders on a 74-yard touchdown run

Bulldogs extend win streak to six games

October 16Volleyball

Snyder at Estacado, 12:00 p.m.October 19Volleyball

Snyder at Big Spring, 6:00 p.m.October 22

FootballRotan at Hermleigh

GolfSnyder at Sweetwater, 9:00 a.m.

October 23Volleyball

Sweetwater at Snyder, 10 a.m.Golf

Snyder at Sweetwater, 9:00 a.m.October 25

Cross CountrySnyder at Lubbock, (Regionals) 9:00 a.m.

October 26Ira at San Angelo, (Regionals), 9:00 a.m.

VolleyballLake View at Snyder, 6:00 p.m.

October 29Football

Snyder at Greenwood, 7:00 p.m.Ira at Hermleigh, 7:30

GolfSnyder at Abilene, 1:00 p.m.

Calendar StandingsFootball

District 1-4A Div. 2 District

No.Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct.1. Sweetwater 5-3 .625 2-0 1.002. Greenwood 3-4 .429 1-1 .500 3. Snyder 6-2 .750 1-1 .500 4. Monahans 6-1 .857 0-1 .0005. Pecos 4-3 .571 0-1 .000

District 7-1A Div. 1 District

No.Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct.1. Hermleigh 8-0 1.00 2-0 1.00 2. Ira 6-1 .857 2-0 1.00 3. Rotan 5-2 .714 0-1 .000 4. Aspermont 2-5 .286 0-1 .0005. Roby 3-4 .429 0-2 .000

Volleyball

District 3-4A

District

No.Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct.

1. Snyder 17-14 .548 6-0 1.00

2. Levelland 8-21 .276 4-2 .667

3. Big Spring 19-18 .514 3-2 .600

4. Sweetwater 11-24 .314 2-3 .400

5. Lake View 4-11 .267 1-4 .200

6. Estacado 3-25 .107 0-5 .000

The Hermleigh Cardinals are 7-0 after beating the Roby Lions in a 47-0 shutout.

The Cardinals have out-scored their opponents 442-38 this season and allowed only one touchdown in their last six games.

The Cardinals struck first with Jonathan Digby’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Pat-rick Carr. Zane Nachlinger completed a pass to Carr for the extra point to make the score 7-0.

The defense forced a turn-over on downs to take over on the Lions’ own 36-yard line.

Jonathan Digby secured his first rushing touchdown

with a 4-yard run. The extra point attempt was no good making the score 13-0.

The Cardinals’ defense forced a punt the next drive and took over on the Lions’ 17-yard line.

Jonathan Digby found Nachlinger for a 17-yard passing touchdown. Nach-linger’s kick was good to give the Cardinals a 21-0 lead.

After he Cardinals forced a turnover on downs to take over on the Lions’ 25-yard line, Jonathan Digby scored his second rushing touch-down on a 25-yard run. Nachlinger’s kick missed to give Hermleigh a 27-0 lead.

Jonathan Digby connected

with Carr to extend the lead with a two-yard touchdown pass. Nachlinger’s kick missed, but Hermleigh led 33-0.

Stetson Digby recorded the first interception of the night, picking off Josh Adames to set up the Cardinals’ offense on the Lions’ 29-yard line.

Jonathan Digby added an-other score after an 11-yard touchdown run. Nachlinger’s kick was good for a 41-0 halftime lead.

The Lions received to start the second half on their 31-yard line.

Mateo Clement recovered a Lions fumble to place the Cardinals on their own 33-

yard line.Jonathan Digby ended the

game on the next drive with a 47-yard touchdown run for the final score of 47-0.

Head coach Sam Winters credited the defense’s intelli-gence and work ethic for the shutout.

“We have smart kids and they put in work. A lot of them have been in our sys-tem for a while, so they know how our defense works very well,” Winters said.

The Cardinals will travel to Rotan Friday to take on the Yellowhammers.

Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m. at H. Govan Memorial Stadium.

Cardinals move to 8-0

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Bulldogs and Cardinals advance to regional meetHermleigh and Ira cross

country teams qualified run-ners for the regional meet at their district meet last Mon-day.

The Hermleigh boys cross country team will advance to the regional meet after finishing second as a team. Brayden Messick finished third overall out of 22 run-ners with a time of 19:56. Hunter Simpson finished

10th with a time of 21:24, Luis Esparza finished 12th with a time of 23:11, Dax Hil-debrand finished 17th with a time of 24:14 and Tyson Dig-by finished 19th with a time of 27:48.

The Lady Bulldogs will advance to the regional meet after placing third as a team.

Kim Kellner of Ira fin-ished fourth overall out of 23 runners with a time 14:41.

Edith Cabrera finished sev-enth with a time of 14:52, Alexxus Alaniz finished 15th with a time of 17:40, Kensley Galvan finished 18th with a time of 18:07 and Ramsi Wall finished 23rd with a time of 21:23.

Two runners from the Ira boys team qualified as indi-viduals.

Lexton Hernandez fin-ished first overall with a time

of 18:10 and Anthony Luna finished fourth overall with a time of 20:05.

The Lady Cardinals have one individual advancing to the regional meet.

Destiney Hopkins finished ninth out of 23 runners with a time of 15:15.

The regional meet will take place next Monday in San Angelo at Angelo State University at 9 a.m.

Photo by Summer McCowenCody McCowen ran the ball against the Roby Lions earlier this sea-son.

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Snyder Independent School District is soliciting competitive sealed proposals for Storm Damage 2021 Snyder High School and Transportation and Maintenance Building Roof Replacement, located at 3801 Austin Avenue and 1600 Scott Street, Snyder, Texas. Sealed proposals will be received at Snyder ISD Administration Office; 2901 37th Street, Snyder, TX 79549 until 2:05 pm CST, on Friday, October 29th, 2021. Proposals must be clearly marked CSP #21-1137-49 Storm Damage 2021 Snyder High School and Transportation and Maintenance Building Roof Replacement. Project specifications, including detailed proposal requirements, may be obtained at the walk-through pre-proposal meeting or Snyder ISD Administration Office.

The proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud beginning at 2:05 pm CST on the same date that bids are received. Any proposals received after the deadline will be returned to the sender unopened. Faxed proposals are not acceptable.

A pre-proposal meeting and walk through will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, for all interested contractors. Meet at Snyder High School at 3801 Austin Avenue.

Snyder Independent School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all formalities.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS

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High School Diploma or equivalent. Must possess a valid CDL Texas drivers license. Some experience in operating

and servicing medium duty trucks helpful. This work involves operating medium equipment and manual labor under

conditions involving extremes of cold and heat. Must be able to lift a minimum of 100 pounds. Must be able to climb into

manholes at least 4-6 foot deep without assistance, plumbing knowledge helpful, will be working on repairing and replacing water and sewer lines. Must be available

for 24 hour call. TMRS retirement 2 to 1, Employee Health Insurance,15 paid holidays, 2 weeks vacation after one year.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given in the City of Sny-

der, Texas that a public hearing will be held Monday,

November 1, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council

Chambers, 1925 24th Street, Snyder, Texas, to solicit

comments on a proposed Zoning District Change.

Zone Case Number 376 submitted by Raimundo

Ornelas requesting to change the zoning district

of Property ID# 12191, located at 1605 College

Avenue from the present R-3 General Residential

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Saturday, October 16, 2021An optimistic attitude will help you excel. Reaching out

to friends, relatives and peers by lending a helping hand will boost your reputation. Word of mouth will lead to invitations, chance meetings, and new and exciting opportunities. Turn every day into an adventure, and you will attract recognition and respect. It’s your turn to step into the spotlight.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Do what makes you happy. Explore what nature has to offer or chat with people who put a smile on your face. Appreciate and protect what you have, regardless of temptation or boredom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Take care of responsibili-ties that are standing between you and the life you want to live. Educational pursuits, tidying up loose ends and envi-sioning what you want will help you advance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Keep your cards close to your chest. It’s essential to understand the complexi-ties of a situation before you wade in. Expect someone to use manipulative tactics. Take time to exercise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Put your energy where it will bring the highest return. Idle time will lead to frustra-tion and disagreements that are best avoided. If you want to

make changes, start with yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Pay more

attention to what is possible and less to what isn’t. Your timing will be vital if you want to take advantage of a proposal or partnership opportunity. Keep the peace.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Physical and emotional difficulties will surface if you take risks or get involved in something that causes stress. Divide your time appropriately to avoid upsetting a loved one.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don’t take risks with your money, health or legal matters. Size up situations and do what’s best for you. Take time to relax with a loved one. Discuss plans and make decisions together.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Indecisiveness will be your downfall. Don’t let an emotional matter stand between you and common sense. Do what’s necessary and keep mov-ing forward. Don’t forget what and who you are dealing with.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Think straight and keep your emotions under wraps. Plan a day filled with fun and spend time with people who bring out the best in you. Refuse to engage with someone’s dramatic antics.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Take a stab at something you’ve longed to do, and you will discover information that takes you by surprise. Put more thought into the changes you can make and connect with people who can help you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Stop laboring over something you cannot change, and embrace what life has to offer. En-gage in events or activities that promote deep discussions, information and stimulating connections.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You’ll be drawn to the un-usual and moved by what you encounter. A positive change is within reach if you take a deep breath and proceed. Don’t hesitate; gather information quickly and be decisive

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EntertainmentFRANK & ERNEST ® by Bob Thaves

THE BORN LOSER ® by Art and Chip Sansom

THE GRIZZWELLS ® by Bill Schorr

ARLO & JANIS ® by Jimmy Johnson

MONTY ® by Jim Meddick

ALLEY OOP ® by Joey Alison Sayers & Jonathan Lemon

MODERATELY CONFUSED ® by Jeff Stahler

Sudoku NEA Crossword Puzzle

Almanac

By Eugenia Last

Saturday, October 16, 2021Today is the 289th day of 2021 and the

25th day of autumn.TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1859, aboli-

tionist John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

In 1923, brothers Walt and Roy Disney founded Walt Disney Productions (now known as The Walt Disney Company) in Los Angeles.

In 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb.

In 1995, hundreds of thousands of Black men joined the Million Man March, led by Louis Farrakhan in Wash-ington, D.C.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Noah Webster (1758-1843), lexicographer;

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), playwright; David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), states-man/first Israeli prime minister; Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), playwright; Angela Lansbury (1925- ), actress; Gunter Grass (1927-2015), author; Suzanne Somers (1946- ), actress; Bob Weir (1947- ), musician; Tim Robbins (1958- ), ac-tor; Manute Bol (1962-2010), basketball player/activist; John Mayer (1977- ), singer-songwriter; Sue Bird (1980- ), basketball player; Bryce Harper (1992- ), baseball player.

TODAY’S FACT: In 1986, Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner reached the summit of Lhotse in Nepal, becom-ing the first climber to ascend all 14 of the world’s “eight-thousanders” --

mountain peaks more than 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) above sea level.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1969, the 8-year-old New York Mets won the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I’m a worrier, an overthinker, and -- if it’s your type of thing -- a three-time WNBA champion” -- Sue Bird

TODAY’S NUMBER: 9 -- countries thought to have nuclear-weapon capa-bilities in 2021 (the United States, Rus-sia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel).

TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Oct. 12) and full moon (Oct. 20).

Astro-Graph

In yesterday’s deal, the defender sitting West made a great ducking play that declarer did not read, and so the contract failed. Can you spot the good duck in today’s deal? If so, is it also likely to defeat the contract? South is in six spades, and West has led a trump.

In the auction, North’s response was the Ja-coby Forcing Raise, showing four-plus trumps and at least game-forcing values. South’s

three-no-trump rebid denied a singleton or void but prom-ised some 14-16 points. Three control-bids followed, and South, liking his excellent trumps, jumped to six spades. Fine bidding but not a good slam!

West led a trump primar-ily because any other choice

risked losing a trick.

Declarer could see that, even though he had avoided the lethal diamond lead, he was still facing two probable minor-suit losers. Was there any chance to make the slam?

South realized that he had to collect three club tricks, discarding dummy’s two diamond losers in the process. With this in mind, de-clarer drew two rounds of trumps, led a club to dummy’s ace and followed with the club six. East defended well, playing low smoothly. But South, enjoying one of his more lucid mo-ments, realized that he had to put up his queen. When it did win the trick, declarer conceded a diamond and claimed his slam.

South asked West, “Did you have jack-third of clubs?”

“Of course I did,” was the reply. “Other-wise, my partner wouldn’t have ducked the club king.”

BridgeAnother good duck was less successful

By Phillip Alder

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ASSEMBLY OF GODSnyder First Assembly1809 College Ave., 573-3316Steven Pena

The Lighthouse Assembly of God5311 College Ave.Danny Williams

Independent Full GospelBethel House of Prayer2040 N. Hwy. 208325-207-3501Robert & Vicki Burton

BAPTISTAve. D Baptist30th & Ave. D, 573-6878Dalton Mathis

Calvary Baptist2405 35th St., 573-2191Matt Lowry

Central Baptist576 Wheat, Hermleigh863-2305Josh Smithcbchermleigh@gmail.com

Colonial Hill Baptist37th & El Paso, 573-8596Pastor Reid Johnson

Faith Baptist208 37th St., 573-9908,Pastor Rick Owens

First BaptistIra, Texas325-573-6277Ben Moore

First Baptist1701 27th St., 573-2631Ben Reid

First BaptistNorth Harlan Ave., HermleighChris Robertson325-574-4414

Fluvanna Baptist573-2049, 573-7985

Knapp BaptistLeroy OchoaKnapp Community, 573-6009

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist3306 Ave. MShannon Harrison573-6165, 573-7330

New Hope Baptist3305 Ave. L, 573-7243Raymond Dunkins

Northside Baptist1909 16th St. 573-7105 573-0496777broron@gmail.comRon Davis

Primera Iglesia Bautista21st & Ave. R,

Primitive Baptist21st & Ave. MElder Bernard Gowens

Union Baptist6026 W. Hwy 180Snyder, Texas 79549Clifton Griffith

Victory Baptist3303 Apple St., 573-8846Jay Kincaid

CATHOLICOur Lady of Guadalupe13th & Ave. K, 573-3866Rev. Selva Nayagam Pappu HGNRev. Alexander Amburose HGN, asso. pastor

St. Elizabeth Catholic, 3005 Ave. A 573-8824Rev. Selva Nayagam Pappu HGNRev. Alexander Amburose HGN, asso. pastor

St. John’s Catholic, Hermleigh Rev. Selva Nayagam Pappu HGNRev. Alexander Amburose HGN, asso. pastor

CHRISTIANFirst Christian2701 37th St., 573-207-3917Rev. Steven Gaines

CHURCH OF CHRISTDunn Church of ChristDunn, TexasRoy Rosson

East Side Church of Christ201 31st St., 573-3583Matthew Stidham

Hermleigh Church Of Christ620 Reed Str. 325-207-1797Eddie Chance

Ira Church Of ChristKen Spoor

Spanish Church Of Christ500 College Ave.Samuel Ramirez Martinez

37th St. Church Of Christ2500 37th St., 573-0154West 30th Church Of Christ3040 Gary Brewer Rd. 573-6150

CHURCH OF GODIra First Church of God Ira, TexasRocky Alexander

Snyder Church of God21st Street & Ave. ODanny & Hilda Guzman325-232-9335

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LATTER DAY SAINTSThe Church of Jesus ChristLatter Day Saints36th Street & Ave. BJeffrey Nicholas, President806-853-9000

LUTHERANGrace Lutheran5500 College Ave., 325-207-3793Dr. Jim Wright

1st Salem Lutheran 923 Main, RoscoeHowell Martin 766-2379

METHODISTFirst United Methodist2700 College Ave., 573-5416Ryan Ford

Hermleigh FirstUnited MethodistHermleigh, TexasElizabeth Billingsley

Iglesia MetodistaUnida Emmanuel1911 21st. St.

Ira United MethodistIra, TexasLarry Rodgers

Trinity United MethodistCogdell Center 573-3988Larry Rodgers

NAZARENEChurch of the Nazarene2462 South State Hiway 208Phil & Martha Patalano325-573-5601

PRESBYTERIANFirst Presbyterian2712 Ave. R, 573-6915Pastor: Sara Core

OTHERChurch of the Hills15 Miles N. on Hwy 84

All Saint Episcopal304 Locust325-728-2243 Colorado CityPastor: Father Jared Houze

FULL GOSPELWord is Life Deliverance Church312 Coliseum Dr., 573-0612Tony Wofford, Sr. PastorMike Brown, Assoc. Pastor

Jesus Rules For Every Life Ministries Church35th & Ave. H, Ruben DeLao

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His Heart Fellowship &His Joy Ministry1900 26th Street(former West Texas State Bank325-207-9333

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Deep Creek Country Church904 26th StreetJohn Pena574-5114

Gospel Hall1710 Ave. E

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PENTECOSTAL Centro Evangelistico3212 Ave. J 602-758-8538 Luis Solano, Pastor

Walking By Faith602 30th StreetAndrew Malmsten, Pastor

United Pentecostal Churchof Snyder304 31st Street325-575-1803Cory Pace

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Pastor’s Pen No Traffic This past Lord’s Day I just so happened to be driving down the street at a time when my car would normally be parked at the church. Two loving individuals needed a ride to Sunday school and so I went to fetch them for the fellowship. As I was driving to get them I couldn’t help but wonder, “where in the world is everybody?” There was hardly any traffic whatsoever! Usually, I don’t like a busy road, but it truly grieved my heart to see the community so dead on a morning that should be so full of life... As I began to compare my Sunday morning drive to my Monday through Friday commute and even the Saturday morning donut and kolache run, the difference was night and day! The empty roads were just a tale of the society that we live in today, a culture that is centered upon work, party, and sleep... During the Monday through Friday work week, you best believe people are on that road trying to make a living. On Saturday morning there chasing the American dream as fast as they can, carrying the kids to 8 a.m. soccer games, going to birthday parties, and of course, the late-night festivities that so many sadly chase after. But come Sunday... Where are these expensive cars and high dollar pick-up trucks? Where’s the urgency? Where’s the determination and motivation to get from point A to point B? Where’s the traffic? You see, the most important destination of your week should be the church house. Am I saying that church attendance gets you to Heaven? Absolutely not, far from it! But what I am stating is that the direction that your vehicle is headed on Sunday morning sure does say a lot about the direction that your life is headed. If it’s sitting there idle, then maybe you need to put it into drive and aim it towards the church parking lot. If it’s low on gas because you burned it all up during the week chasing the world, then maybe you need to slow down, check your oil and seek the Kingdom of God first in your life (Matt. 6:33)! I promise you the Cowboys can wait... The grocery list can wait... The sleeping in till noon... O goodness that can wait too! We should be burning up the roads to be in worship on Sunday mornings. To be with fellow believers, opening up God’s Holy Word, singing of His majesty, rejoicing in His grace, what else can compare to that? Where else would you rather be? I’m afraid our Christian family of years and decades past would rise up in judgment against us if Christ Himself hasn’t already beat them to it. The brothers and sisters of old weren’t warped with silly pursuits like we are today. They knew what the Lord’s Day was, how it was to be honored and how it was to be a day of worshipping our King. And that is why they walked, drove buggies, rode horses, and took whatever means possible just to be in service on Sunday morning. And so if anything, let that convict and challenge you today... If anybody should be headed to church it should be us. We have automobiles with air conditioners, sound systems, and heated seats... We might as well start them up and get them on the road as fast as we can, just like we do on the other six days of the week! Get to church the Father is waiting! Blessings to you in Jesus’ name!

Respect the Blood,Dalton Mathis

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