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50¢Section A — 10 Pages PERRYTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
RAINBOW TROUT FOR LAKE FRYEROn Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife stocked Lake Fryer inWolf Creek Park with rainbow trout. Greg Polk with the department drove carrying tanks from the Possum Kingdom Fisheries near Graham, with over 1,300 rainbow trout. The fish are six to eight inches long. The county will receive a second load of fish during the third week of January.
RANGER BAND ALL REGION HONORSFive members of the Perryton High School Ranger Band qualified for the All Region Band at the tryouts in Panhandle on Dec. 8. They will perform in the All Region Band Concert in Canyon on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. They are, from left, Bryan Castro, Monica Borunda, Aaron Fraire, Aldo Ramirez and Kalen Youtsey. Cas-tro, Borunda, Fraire and Ramirez also qualified for the area tryouts in January for a chance of making the Texas All-State Band.
Commissioners’ Court holds short meeting
The Ochiltree County Commissioners’ Court held a short meeting on Monday, Dec. 8. The court took care of a number of routine mat-ters.
County Clerk Stacey Brown made a request that the commissioners approved the use of funds from re-cords management.
She told the court that she had purchased equipment for her office using the of-fice supply line item, which depleted that line item.
The new scanner was used with records, and she asked for authorization to replace her office supply line item funds with funds from records management.
The commissioners ap-proved the transfer.
C o u n t y J u d g e E a r l McKinley and Commission-er of Precinct 4 Dempsey Malaney have been serving on the Ochiltree County Appraisal District board of
Toys for Tots needs donations
Toys for Tots is gearing up for another holiday sea-son to help the less fortunate children in Perryton, and needs the community’s help again this year.
The Toys For Tots cam-paign has been a tradition in Perryton for many years.
JoAnn McCoy began heading the local Toys for Tots organization in 2008.
“We need toys for chil-dren from babies to 18 years of age,” McCoy said. “Mon-etary donations are welcome as well.”
The organization has an account at Perryton National Bank. Money donations can be left at the bank or mailed to McCoy’s home at 1609 Harvard.
New toy donations can be left at 1609 Harvard and at Baby Butt’s, Perryton Office Supply/Radio Shack, ALCO and United Supermarket in the U.S. Marine Toys for Tots boxes.
McCoy said they have been getting names and have received a number of names of children from Booker and Spearman.
To add a name to the list,
people can call 435-2416 and leave a message, includ-ing the parent’s names and address, the children’s ages, and whether they are boys or girls.
McCoy added that they are planning to deliver the gifts on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
The public is invited to the Ochiltree County Court-house on that Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. to join the Toys For Tots crew and the city and county first responders for hot chocolate, before they deliver the toys.
Last year the organization gave out 412 toys to children in the community.
Toys for Tots began in 1947 as a project for the U.S. Marine Reserves. It has grown in scope and magnitude and 18 years ago the Marines Toys for Tots Foundation was formed.
In its 62 years, the Ma-rines have given out over 400 million toys to more than 188 million needy chil-dren. Since its inception, the Foundation has supple-mented local toy collections with more than 81.3 million toys.Xcel proposes Texas rate increase
Xcel Energy is seeking a base rate increase for Texas retail customers to support grid improvements that will position the regional econo-my for decades of growth.
“From July 2013 through the end of this year, Xcel Energy will have invested almost $872 million in new and upgraded power lines, substations and generating units in response to strong economic growth and the need to tap new sources of power to sustain that growth,” said David Hud-son, president and CEO of Southwestern Public Ser-vice Company, an Xcel Energy company.”
A proposal presented this week to the 80 Texas towns and cities served by the company, and to the Public Utility Commission of Tex-
directors.Judge McKinley asked
the court to reappoint them to the board and the com-missioners agreed.
The court also recognized Security Insurance Agency, KEYE and FirstBank South-west for their donations to the Ranger Academic Enrichment Foundation in honor of Ochiltree County.
The commiss ione r s signed certificates of appre-ciation for the businesses.
The commissioners held a short discussion on the pos-sibility of other wind farms locating in the county.
They discussed the poli-cies of other counties in the area that have multiple wind farms in their counties.
The court also:—approved the county
treasurer’s monthly report.—approved the county
auditor’s report and—approved bills for pay-
ment.
as (PUCT), seeks to increase revenue by a net of $64.75 million per year.
Impacts on each customer class vary, but for residen-tial customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month, the increase would average $9.14 per month, or 8.2%, with fuel costs factored in.
For all customer classes combined, the total increase is 6.7%t accounting for base rates and fuel costs.
“Since we moved into Texas in 1925, our com-munities have depended on us to make investments in critical infrastructure to maintain reliability and sustain economic growth,” Hudson said.
“These investments tend to drive up costs in the short-term, but because these im-provements lead to greater
efficiency, the pricing will stabilize over the long term and our region will remain a great place to live and do business,” he added.
New federal mandates on power plant emissions are leading the company to seek alternative power sources that require better transmis-sion connections to a wider market.
Since 2013, the company completed two 345-kilo-volt transmission lines to Woodward, OK, a power hub within the Southwest Power Pool.
These investments alone
totaled almost $270 mil-lion.
“We are already real-izing savings from these new transmission lines in the form of cheaper energy imports, but the cost of the new lines are not yet in-cluded in customer rates,” Hudson said.
“Even with higher base rates, total Xcel Energy bills remain below the na-tional average,” Hudson said. “A key strategy in holding down rising costs is to manage fuel costs, which can account for up to half a typical residential bill.”
Herald NeedsSanta LettersChildren are welcome to bring their
letters to the Herald office, Fourth and Amherst and place them in our special Santa mail box. They can also be mailed to Santa Letters, c/o The Perryton Herald, P.O. Box 989, Perryton, TX 79070.
The Herald will print the letters in its annual Christmas edition on Sunday, Dec. 21. All letters must be received at the Herald office by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
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Norvan Baldwin
Norval “Tuff” Bourqin,80, of Amarillo died Dec. 6,2014.
Funeral services will beFriday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. atFirst Baptist Church inFollett with Rev. Clay Wellofficiating. Burial will be inFairmont Cemetery. Ar-rangements are under thedirection of Boxwell Broth-ers Funeral Home.
He was born Jan. 20,1934 in Logan, OK, andmarried Catherine Gadberryon Nov. 22, 1971 inPerryton. He was a farmerand rancher. He also workedfor Lipscomb County, retir-ing nearly 20 years ago.
He is survived by hiswife, Catherine, of Ama-rillo; five sons, PaulBourquin and David Frazer,both of Amarillo, DannyFrazer and Mark Frazer,both of Follett and FrankFrazer of Onalaska; one sis-ter, Charlene Bosserman ofBoise, ID; one brother, RossBourquin of Twin Falls, ID;14 grandchildren; and threegreat-grandchildren.
The family suggests me-morials to BSA Hospice,P.O. Box 51628, Amarillo,TX 79159; or to one’s favor-ite charity.
Rites set forBourquin
Tuff Bourquin
Mary Kathryn “Kackie”Ellenwood, 88, of Perrytondied Dec. 6, 2014.
Memorial services wereheld Tuesday, Dec. 9, at FirstUnited Methodist Church.Burial was in OchiltreeCemetery. Arrangementswere under the direction ofBoxwell Brothers FuneralHome.
She was born June 30,1926 in Perryton. She was adance teacher and a memberof First United MethodistChurch.
She was preceded indeath by a son, Al Rupprecht;husbands G.K. Rupprechtand Glenn Ellenwood; herparents, Jack R. and KathrynAllen; and two brothers,Jack M. Allen and BillAllen.
She is survived by oneson, Benny Rupprecht ofCanadian; one daughter,Sharon Hargrove of Cleve-land, OH; eight grandchil-dren; and 16 great-grand-children.
The family suggests me-morials to the Dean AllenWillis Foundation, P.O. Box1046, Perryton; or Friendsof Brian Rupprecht Scholar-ship Fund, P.O. Box 222,Canadian, TX 79014.
Ellenwoodrites held
Kackie Ellenwood
IRS remindstaxpayers aboutIRA year-end rules
On Dec. 10, 2014, theOchiltree County Sheriff’sDepartment had outstandingwarrants on the followingpeople:
Edith Anaya, white fe-male. No personal informa-tion was available. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There is one mis-demeanor warrant for Anayafor issuance of bad checks.
Jeremy Anderson, whitemale. No personal informa-tion was available. Lastknown address was WichitaFalls. There is one misde-meanor warrant for Ander-son for issuance of badchecks.
Kylie Beardsley, whitefemale. Date of birth, March27, 1995. Height, 5’2”,weight, 152 pounds. Blueeyes, blonde hair. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There is one mis-demeanor warrant forBeardsley for issuance ofbad checks.
Raelene Brockman, whitefemale. Date of birth, Nov.19, 1963. Height, 5’6”,weight, 198 pounds. Blueeyes, brown hair. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There are two mis-demeanor warrants forBrockman for issuance ofbad checks.
Ramon Daniel Corral,white male. Date of birth,July 26, 1975. Height, 5’6”,weight, 189 pounds. Browneyes, black hair. Last knownaddress was Perryton. Thereare two misdemeanor war-rants for Corral for issuanceof bad checks.
Brenda Harjo, white fe-male. No personal informa-tion was available. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There are two mis-demeanor warrants forHarjo for issuance of badchecks.
Fabiola Lozoya, whitefemale. Date of birth, Sept.21, 1995. Height, 5’3”,weight, 129 pounds. Browneyes, brown hair. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There is one mis-demeanor warrant forLozoya for issuance of badchecks.
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Ulysses Ray Meek, whitemale. Date of birth, Sept. 14,1989. Height, 5’8”, weight,170 pounds. Brown eyes,brown hair. Last known ad-dress was Perryton. There isone misdemeanor warrantfor Meek for issuance of badchecks.
Tiffany Olivarez, whitefemale. Date of birth, May9, 1990. Height, 5’8”,weight, 120 pounds. Hazeleyes, blonde hair. Lastknown address wasPerryton. There is one mis-demeanor warrant forOlivarez for issuance of badchecks.
Quentin Anderson, blackmale. Date of birth, June 6,1976. Height, 5’8”, weight,150 pounds. Brown eyes,black hair. Last known ad-
dress was Beaver, OK.There is one felony warrantfor Anderson for possessionof a controlled substance.
P e r r y t o n - O c h i l t r e eCounty Crime Stoppers willpay $50 each for informa-tion which leads to thephysical arrest of personswanted on misdemeanorwarrants and $150 for per-sons wanted on felony war-rants on the “Fast $50 Fugi-tives” list. The reward willbe paid within 24 hours ofthe arrest.
Do not attempt to arrestor apprehend these fugitivesyourself. If you have infor-mation on a wanted person,call Crime Stoppers at 435-CLUE (2583).
Some warrants may notbe extraditable from state tostate. Warrants must be con-firmed before an arrest ismade.
Callers must report infor-mation on the Crime Stop-pers line (435-CLUE) to beeligible for the “Fast $50”reward. Callers will remainanonymous.
Individual Retirement Accounts are an important way to save for retirement. If you have an IRA or may open one soon, there are some key year-end rules that you should know. Here are the top four reminders on IRAs from the IRS:
1. Know the limits. You can contribute up to a maxi-mum of $5,500 ($6,500 if you are age 50 or older) to a traditional or Roth IRA. If you file a joint return, you and your spouse can each contribute to an IRA even if only one of you has taxable compensation. In some cases, you may need to reduce your deduction for traditional IRA contri-butions. This rule applies if you or your spouse has a retirement plan at work and your income is above a certain level. You have until April 15, 2015, to make an IRA contribution for 2014.
2. Avoid excess contri-butions. If you contribute more than the IRA limits for 2014, you are subject to a six percent tax on the ex-cess amount. The tax applies each year that the excess amounts remain in your ac-count. You can avoid the tax if you withdraw the excess amounts from your account by the due date of your 2014
tax return (including exten-sions).
3. Take required distri-butions. If you’re at least age 70, you must take a required minimum distri-bution, or RMD, from your traditional IRA. You are not required to take a RMD from your Roth IRA. You normally must take your RMD by Dec. 31, 2014. That deadline is April 1, 2015, if you turned 70 in 2014. If you have more than one traditional IRA, you figure the RMD separately for each IRA. However, you can withdraw the total amount from one or more of them. If you don’t take your RMD on time you face a 50 percent ex-cise tax on the RMD amount you failed to take out.
4. Claim the saver’s credit. The formal name of the saver’s credit is the retirement savings contri-butions credit. You may qualify for this credit if you contribute to an IRA or re-tirement plan. The saver’s credit can increase your refund or reduce the tax you owe. The maximum credit is $1,000, or $2,000 for mar-ried couples. The credit you receive is often much less, due in part because of the deductions and other credits you may claim.
Norvan Baldwin was born on Feb. 22, 1938 in Shattuck, OK to Lymon Milford Baldwin and Mer-na Naomi Baldwin.
He died on Dec. 5, 2014 in Lubbock, at the age of 76.
Memorial services were held Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 at 1 p.m. in the Fol-lett High School Auditori-um with Rev. Kris Knippa officiating. Burial was in Fairmont Cemetery.
He married Diane Hall on Oct. 9, 1964 in Mooreland, OK.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran, and a member of the Methodist Church in Slapout, OK.
He started driving for Groendyke and retired
from Texaco in 1995 to do the thing he loved most, which was custom har-vesting going from sun up to past sundown until his illness in 2013.
He harvested for 60 years and worked with many kids as his hands that grew to love and re-spect him. They worked with him long hours and enjoyed doing it.
Over those 60 years he gained many friends from Texas to North Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his grandchild, Amanda Chockley.
He is survived by his wife, Diane Baldwin of Laverne, OK.; his daugh-ters, Lisa Buxton and hus-band Wayne of Hale Cen-ter, and Lori Dollar and husband Phil of Perryton; his son, Creed Baldwin of Laverne, OK.; his sister Brenda Creed and husband Curtis of Laverne, OK.; his brother, Bob Baldwin and wife Margie of Midwest City, OK.; and four grand-children, Jacob Buxton, Trey Buxton, Kaylin Baldwin and Shelby Baldwin.
Memorials can be made to one’s favorite charity.
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Capital Highlightsby Ed Sterling
Guest Editorial
Climate Catastropheby John Stossel
People argue about whether the "consensus" ofscientists is that we face disaster because of globalwarming. Instead of debating whether man's green-house gasses will raise temperatures, we should ar-gue about how we gauge disasters.
If you take most environmentalists and climatescientists at their word, the Earth heated up about1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century, not muchmore than it heated up the century before that. Warm-ing may increase, but no one can be certain of that.
Let's agree for the sake of argument that this re-cent warming was partly caused by humanity. Let'salso agree that there are some negative effects, in-cluding more frequent coastal flooding or longerdroughts.
If we agree that those are costs, shouldn't we alsolook at the benefits? Much of modern civilization owesits existence to our use of the fossil fuels that pro-duce the greenhouse gasses.
I don't see that civilization as misfortune. I wishclimate alarmists would weigh its accomplishmentsagainst the relatively small downsides of climatechange. One of industry's biggest accomplishmentsis creating a world where far fewer of us are likely todie because of weather.
Alex Epstein's book "The Moral Case for FossilFuels" documents the rapidly shrinking number ofhuman beings killed by storms, floods and other cli-mate events thanks largely to ever-growing industry,fueled mainly by oil, natural gas and coal.
On my show this week, he argues that if we com-pare conditions a century ago to conditions last year,we shouldn't obsess about how much carbon diox-ide is in the air -- or whether earth is warming -- weshould look at how much safer life became.
In 2013, "Climate-related deaths were at a recordlow -- in supposedly the worst climate in history --under 30,000," says Epstein. In 1931, bad weatherkilled 3 million people.
You can argue that we get some things wrong asa civilization, but thanks to our use of fossil fuels, weget something very right.
Epstein points out that humanity owes its currentability to survive harsh winters, arid deserts and othernaturally dangerous environments to the same fuelsthat activists now condemn: "We have the luxury of beingable to absorb a certain amount of climate-relateddamage so we can live in all of these cool places."
His argument is unusual because environmental-ists spread the idea that, without human interference,the planet is perfect.
But by what standard?"If you went to someone 300 years ago and asked
them, do you have a perfect climate?" they wouldthink you were crazy, says Epstein. "They were terri-fied of climate, because climate doesn't give you theresources that you need. It doesn't give you waterwhen you need it. It doesn't give you the tempera-ture when you need it."
It was once common to say that humans changetheir environment. That shouldn't offend people to-day, says Epstein. We should be thrilled that humans"create technology to master climate. ... That's whyso few people today die from climate."
Epstein correctly says that instead of talking about"climate change" -- of which there will always besome, with or without human influence -- we shouldfocus on "climate catastrophe," weather that actu-ally kills people. Those catastrophes, measured inlost lives, are getting rarer.
Most of the changes humans make to our envi-ronment are desirable changes that help us live longerand more comfortably. "The dogma that man is ruin-ing the planet rather than improving it is a religion, asource of prestige and a career for too many people."
If we regard nature as pristine and think it mustnever be altered, we will have big problems. We willdie young and lead miserable, difficult lives.
I think of industry as something that is mostly verygood for us, with a few minor side effects that aren't.Fossil fuels are a little like antibiotics, says Epstein.It's good to draw attention to minor side effects, but itwould be crazy to abandon all treatment because ofthem.
Fossil fuels are no catastrophe. They contributeto health and a better life.
Perry directs stateagencies to screen
employeesAUSTIN — Gov. Rick
Perry on Dec. 3 ordered stateagencies to check the em-ployment eligibility of cur-rent and prospective em-ployees by using E-Verify,an Internet-based systemthat allows employers to de-termine the eligibility oftheir employees to work inthe United States.
Perry also urged Congressto pass legislation “to pro-vide the resources necessaryto secure our southern bor-der.” Perry’s announce-ments come in the wake ofPresident Obama’s execu-tive action on immigrationon Nov. 20.
At the time, in a nationalbroadcast, Obama said hewould take various actionsbecause of the protractedunwillingness of Congressto pass an immigration re-form bill that addresses thelegal status of millions ofundocumented workers em-ployed in Texas and otherstates by American businessowners.
A White House news re-lease lists three elements ofthe president’s executive ac-tions:
1. Cracking down on ille-gal immigration at the bor-der to increase the chancesthat anyone attempting tocross illegally will be caughtand sent back; continuingthe surge of resources thateffectively reduced the num-ber of unaccompanied chil-dren crossing the border il-legally last summer; andcentralizing border securitycommand-and-control.
2. Deporting felons, notfamilies to focus on the de-portation of people who
threaten national securityand public safety; and di-recting immigration en-forcement to place anyonesuspected of terrorism, vio-lent criminals, gang mem-bers and recent border cross-ers at the top of the deporta-tion priority list.
3. Accountability throughcriminal background checksand taxes, to hold account-able those undocumentedimmigrants who have livedin the United States for morethan five years and are par-ents of U.S. citizens or Law-ful Permanent Residents.
Meanwhile, Perry said,“It’s clear now more thanever that Congress must fi-nally pass a bill that dedi-cates the necessary re-sources to securing our bor-der, once and for all. With-out border security, immi-gration reform is a fruitlessexercise.”
States challengepresident
Texas was joined by 16other states on Dec. 3 in fil-ing a court challenge toPresident Obama’s execu-tive actions on immigrationthat he announced lastmonth.
Texas Attorney Generaland governor-elect GregAbbott, who filed the law-suit in the U.S. DistrictCourt Southern District ofTexas, wrote that the U.S.Constitution’s Take CareClause “limits thePresident’s power and en-sures that he will faithfullyexecute Congress’s laws –not rewrite them under theguise of ‘prosecutorial dis-cretion.’”
Also claimed is that theDepartment of HomelandSecurity’s directive was is-sued without following theAdministrative Procedure
Act’s rule-making guide-lines and awards “legal ben-efits to individuals whoseconduct contradicts the pri-orities of Congress.”
States joining Texas in thelawsuit are Alabama, Geor-gia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,Louisiana, Maine, Missis-sippi, Montana, Nebraska,North Carolina, South Caro-lina, South Dakota, Utah,West Virginia and Wiscon-sin.
Task force issuesreport
Gov. Perry on Dec. 4 an-nounced the Texas TaskForce on Infectious DiseasePreparedness and Responsehas issued a 174-page reportregarding the state’s capa-bilities to prepare for andrespond to infectious dis-eases, such as the Ebola vi-rus and other emergingpathogens.
Examples of the report’sfindings and recommenda-tions:
• Education of diversehealth care professionals isessential for the initial iden-tification, assessment, tri-age, care and isolation ofpatients with Ebola or otheruncommon but high-conse-quence infectious diseases.
• Consideration should begiven to the care, monitor-ing and disposition of do-mestic animals, especiallypets.
• The state and externalpartners should develop a“mobile app” for real-timecollection and monitoring oftemperature and symptomdata.
• Establishment of bio-containment treatment fa-cilities and a pediatric unitspecializing in the care ofinfants and children withEbola and other high conse-quence infectious diseases.
When I was a kid, I lovedlooking at the toys in theSears catalog. Page afterpage of the latest and great-est toys!
Today... wow! If your chil-dren or grandchildren watchprogramming for children orteens, I don’t have to tell youhow many ads are on TVthis time of year for Christ-mas. And if your childrenare anything like mine,you’re told about somethingthey want every other day.
If it’s not the TV, it’s theads on your computer orsmartphone. If it’s not oneof those, it’s a game system(which is basically a com-puter and TV.) And if youlack all of the above, youstill have their friends to getword to them about all of thewonderful things out therefor children.
In other words, unless youlive in a cave, your kidsknow exactly what’s out there.
The other day my young-est son presented about 10items that he would like forChristmas.
After I was finished speak-ing to him (once again)about the true meaning ofChristmas and how impor-tant it was to ask for only afew things, he kept his listat 10 but decided he’d givefive of those things to otherchildren. I guess that’sprogress...
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An elderly woman did hershopping and, upon return-ing to her car, found fourmales in the act of leavingwith her vehicle.
She dropped her shoppingbags and drew her handgun,proceeding to scream withher feeble voice at the top ofher lungs, “I have a gun, andI know how to use it! Get outof the car!”
The four men didn’t waitfor a second threat.
They got out and ran likemad.
The lady, somewhatshaken, then proceeded toload her shopping bags intothe back of the car and gotinto the driver’s seat.
She was so shaken that shecould not get her key into theignition.
She tried and tried, andthen she realized why. It wasfor the same reason she hadwondered why there was afootball, a Frisbee, and two12-packs of beer in the frontseat.
A few minutes later, shefound her own car parkedfour or five spaces farther down.
She loaded her bags intothe car and drove to the po-lice station to report hermistake.The sergeant towhom she told the storycouldn’t stop laughing.
He pointed to the otherend of the counter, wherefour pale men were report-ing a car jacking by a mad,elderly woman described aswhite, less than five feet tall,glasses, curly white hair, andcarrying a large handgun.
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Jane was going to theChristmas office party, butneeded a new party dress.
In the clothing store sheasked, “May I try on thatdress in the window, please?”
“Certainly not, madam,”responded the salesgirl.“You’ll have to use the fit-ting room like everyone else.”
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THE PERRYTON HERALD, Perryton, Texas, Thursday, December 11, 2014 Section A — Page 5
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The Perryton Rangerettescrossed the state line to chal-lenge the Guymon Lady Ti-gers on Friday night. Perrytonlooked to get back on thewinning track after beingdefeated by Gruver on Tues-day. It was the first game ofthe season for the Lady Tigers.
Both teams matched buck-ets in the first quarter whichended with Guymon havinga 14-12 lead. The Lady Tigersextended their lead to thescore of 26-20 at the half. TheRangerettes roster was lim-ited from the beginning ofthe game due to school dis-ciplinary action. The roster waslimited further when sopho-more point guard AddysonMoseley suffered an ankleinjury in the second quarterand did not return to the game.
The Rangerettes rallieddespite the adversity andpulled to within 3 points asthe third quarter ended.Guymon led by the score of31-28 at the end of the pe-riod. The Lady Tigers weretoo much to handle in thefourth quarter as they ex-tended their lead to win bythe final score of 50-39.
Coach Styles had this tosay about his Rangerettes,“I’m proud of how the girlshandled the adversities. It’salways tough when you askkids to play positions theyare not accustomed to but Ithought they handled it verywell. I was very impressedat our defensives efforts butwe just couldn’t convertpoints when we needed.”
Captains for the Ran-gerettes in the game wereMoseley and Tiffeney Merkel.
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The starting line up forPerryton included AddisonSkaggs, Moseley, ClaireDavis, Sadie Staton andKaylee Patton.
The Rangerettes shot ex-tremely poorly form thefloor in the game. Theystruggled converting buck-ets from both inside and out-side the three point arc.Their shooting percentagesincluded 24% from insidethe arc and 19% from be-yond the three point line.The ‘Rettes ended with a58% shooting percentagefrom the charity stripe.
Senior Skaggs led thescoring for Perryton with 9points. Other point totals in-cluded Merkel (7), Patton(6), Staton (6), Kaylee Biggs(3), Abbie Marchman (3)and Kenedy Douglas (1).
The Rangerettes had anexcellent rebounding gamedespite being out sized in thepaint by the Lady Tigers.Rebound totals were Staton(9), Skaggs (6), Patton (6),Davis (5), Merkel (4),Moseley (1), Douglas (1)and Marchman (1).
Claire Davis led the stealtotals for Perryton with 3 inthe game. Other steal totalsincluded Skaggs (2),Brianna Gibson (1),Moseley (1) and Merkel (1).
A pressure filled full courtpress created many turn-overs for the Lady Tigers.Perryton had 23 turnovers inthe ballgame.
The loss brings theRangerette season record to2-4. They hosted the SanJacinto Lady Patriots onTuesday.
The Perryton Rangerstraveled to Guymon to facethe Tigers in a pre-seasongame on Friday. Perrytonentered the game followinga tough loss to the GruverGreyhounds at home onTuesday. The Tigers wereplaying their initial game ofthe season.
The Guymon Tigers werean extremely formidableopponent as they combinedspeed, length, quickness anda great deal of offensive tal-ent. The swarming, smoth-ering full court defensestifled the Rangers through-out the contest. Guymonjumped out to a 18-3 lead asthe first quarter ended. Nei-ther team scored much in thesecond quarter which endedwith Guymon leading by thescore of 24-8.
Guymon’s pressure de-fense held the Rangers to 4points in the third quarter
Tigers bite Rangerswhich ended with the Tigersleading by the score of 42-12. Strong shooting by IvanTevis in the fourth quarterallowed the Rangers to scoremore points in that periodthan they did in the otherthree quarters combined.Perryton lost by the finalscore of 56-32.
Perryton’s starting line upfor the game included KolbyHall, Ragan Watson, JustinVentura, Tevis and GeorgeBrosowske.
The smothering defenseof the Tigers limited the shottotals for Perryton. It alsoprevented good looks at thebasket and forced the Rang-ers to take difficult shots.The Rangers posted a 44%shooting percentage fromthe free throw line in thegame. Perryton went 5 of 20from inside the arc for a 25%shooting percentage. Thanksto Tevis going 4 for 5 frombeyond the arc in the finalquarter, Perryton’s threepoint shooting percentageended at 50%.
Tevis led the scoring forthe Rangers with 21 points.He shot 58% from the floorin the game. Other point to-tals included Brosowske (5),Watson (4) and Hall (2).
Perryton totaled 15 re-bounds in the contest. Hallled the rebounding totalswith 6. Other Rangers withrebounds includedBrosowske (4), Tevis (2),Dalton Rigdon (1), Watson(1) and Ventura (1).
Steal totals were limitedto a total of 6 for Perrytonin the game. Hall, Rigdon,Watson, Ventura,Brosowske and ColtonJuarez each had a singlesteal. Guymon’s pressuredefense created 22 Rangerturnovers in the ball game.
The loss brings theRanger season record to 2-3. They hosted the SanJacinto Patriots on Tuesdayat Ranger Gym.
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basketball team traveled toDalhart Dec. 1, then playedin the Gruver TournamentDec. 4-6.
Against Dalhart, theWranglers easily won, 41-20.
Perryton led 8-5 after thefirst quarter, and extendedthat lead to 17-12 at the half.The Wranglers held Dalhartscoreless in the third andtook a 26-12 lead going intothe fourth, where theyscored 15 and Dalhart had8.
Top scorers in the gamewere Cody Tarvin with 13points and Ben Gibson with6.
In the Gruver Tourney,Perryton faced theSpearman JV in their firstgame. The score was 3-2 af-ter the first period, thenSpearman moved ahead 10-6 at the half. Perryton nar-rowed the gap to 14-12 inthe third, but Spearmanwon, 24-15.
Jett Hendrix with 7 pointsand Nathan Hugg with 5were the lead scorers.
They next played GruverRed in a close game thatwent into overtime.
The Wranglers were up 7-6 after the first quarter, andheld a one point, 16-15 lead
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at the half. Gruver took thelead 25-24 after three, but atthe buzzer, the score wasknotted 32-32. Perryton pre-vailed in overtime with a 39-33 victory. Hugg andHendrix led the scoring with12 each.
In their final game, theyplayed the West Texas HighJV, losing 35-31. After thefirst quarter, Perryton led12-7, and had a 20-16 leadgoing into the half. WT Highcame back in the third quar-ter to pull within one, 29-28,before taking the win in thefinal period. Hugg led thescoring with 15 points andWill Cator had 8.
The freshmen’s seasonrecord is now 2-4.
The PJH Raiders basket-ball teams played Borgerand Dalhart in recent action,with every team winning.
The seventh grade A teambeat Borger Nov. 24, 47-24.Top scorer was Ryan Daviswith 10 points.
The seventh grade B teamalso won, 30-26, overBorger. Filipe Hernandezled the scoring with 16points.
The eighth grade A teamtrounced Borger, 39-6. Grif-fin Brosowske was the topscorer with 10 points.
The eighth grade B teamalso came away with a big38-8 win. The top scorer wasRange Clapp with 15 points.
Against Dalhart Dec. 1,the seventh grade A teamwon 23-15. Davis was thetop scorer with 10 points.
The seventh B team won14-11, with Hernandez top-ping the scoring with 9points.
The eighth grade A teamcame away with a 24-15win, and Brosowske led thescoring with 7.
The eighth B team beatDalhart 29-27. JoseMagallenes was the leadscorer with 10 points.
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After the Thanksgivingbreak the Perryton JuniorVarsity girls basketball teamwas back in action as theyhosted the girls Junior Var-sity team from Gruver.
The Perryton girls led 6 -3 at the end of the first quar-ter but the Gruver girlsbattled back and led 13 - 12at the end of the first half.The scoring was even in thethird quarter but the LadyDeputies came out strong inthe fourth quarter scoring 8points while the Gruver girlswere not able to score in thefourth quarter. The finalscore was 27–21.
Top scorer for Perrytonwas Brooke Cook with 11points. Alejandra Hernandezscored 7 points and SydneyFarney had 3 points. AnahiGutierrez, Jessie Mayo and
Kenzie Kile each had 2 points.On Friday the girls trav-
eled to Guymon, OK.The Perryton girls were
plagued with turnovers inthe first quarter and were notable to put a point on theboard. Perryton scored 7points in the second quarterbut trailed at the end of thefirst half 18 – 7. The LadyDeputies could not get theiroffensive game going in thesecond half and fell to theGuymon girls 31–16.
Farney led the scoring forPerryton with 6 points.Damaris Hernandez andCook each scored 4 pointswhile Hernandez had 2points. Also playing forPerryton were Tori Bennett,Jasmine Ramirez, SandraChairez, Rio Judice, and Jes-sica Ramirez.
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SHOW WINNER—Ochiltree County 4-H member Ethan Born showed the firstplace junior heifer calf at the Wichita Mountains Classic 2014 Steer & HeiferShow, held Dec. 5-6 in Lawton, OK. There were 114 heifers, representing 12breeds, which were judged by Marcus Arnold and Kody Lucherk.
An unruly patient andseveral thefts topped crimi-nal activity.
Ochiltree Countysheriff ’s deputies werecalled to the Ochiltree Gen-eral Hospital emergencyroom to assist with a com-bative patient.
The Lipscomb CountyEMS had taken the intoxi-cated man to the emergencyroom after he fell and cut hishead at his residence.
The man cursed at OGHstaff and tried to bite a nurse,a physician and a deputy,according to the report, be-fore he was restrained withstraps.
After he was treated,deputies put him in anklechains and attempted toplace a belly chain on himfor a trip to jail. He grabbedthe chain and would not re-lease it, despite severalwarnings by the officers.
The suspect was thentased by one of the deputies,and immediately let go ofthe chain. He was taken tojail and charge with misde-meanor offenses of resisting
arrest and disorderly con-duct.
In other activity, RichardNowlin reported his farmtruck had been burglarizedwhile parked at 14000County Road 30. Stolenwere an air compressor andseveral tools. Total valuewas around $860.
Jerry Don Anderson, 17N. Grinnell, reported a girlsbike had been stolen fromthe residence. It was valuedat $100.
Paula Juarez, 1002 S.Drake, reported a burglary atthe residence. Beats head-phones, wireless speakersand cash were taken. Theitems were recovered, andfive juvenile suspects werearrested and taken to theYouth Center of the HighPlains. They are facingfelony burglary charges.
In county jail activity:Nora Idalia Castro, 33,
was arrested on a seconddegree felony charge of pos-session of a controlled sub-stance over four grams butless than 200 grams, and amisdemeanor warrant out of
Gray County for theft ofproperty over $50 but lessthan $500. She was releasedon $4,000 total bond.
Anthony Louis Potts, 45,was arrested on a warrant forparole violation on a seconddegree felony offense ofburglary of a habitation. Hewas released to PotterCounty officials.
Jesse Williams, 32, wasarrested on five bond forfei-ture warrants for a third de-gree felony charge of evad-ing arrest or detention witha vehicle, a third degreefelony charge of drivingwhile intoxicated three ormore offenses, and misde-meanor charges of criminalmischief over $500 but lessthan $1,500, resisting arrestand terroristic threat of afamily member. He was alsoarrested on a misdemeanoroffense of driving with aninvalid license with a previ-ous conviction. Total bondwas set at $24,000 and heremained in county jail as ofWednesday morning.
Andy Marroquin, 39, wasarrested on a warrant to re-voke probation on a fourthdegree felony offense ofdriving while intoxicatedwith a child under the age of15 in the vehicle. No bondwas set as of Wednesdaymorning.
Harold Dean Osborne,51, was arrested on a bondforfeiture warrant for afourth degree felony offenseof possession of a controlledsubstance less than onegram. No bond was set as ofWednesday morning.
Misdemeanor arrests in-cluded one person for driv-ing with an invalid licensewith a suspended licenseand no insurance, one per-son for assault, one personfor public intoxication, oneperson for possession ofmarijuana, one person forpossession of a dangerousdrug, driving with an invalidlicense with a previous con-viction and no insurance,and one man was arrestedtwo different times duringthe week for possession/useof a volatile chemical (gaso-line) to inhale or ingest.
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Hernandez is the daugh-ter of Carlos and NoraHernandez.
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BAND STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — IrisHernandez, left, and Eric Borunda were named BandStudents of the Month for December. She is thedaughter of Carlos and Nora Hernandez and he isthe son of Debra Duran and Inocente Borunda. Seestory for more information.
is a member of the colorguard. She plays flute aftermarching season is over.
She has worked hard andpractices long hours to im-prove her flag twirlingskills.
Borunda is the son ofDebra Duran and InocenteBorunda.
He is a junior and playsclarinet.
He is a quiet young manbut his voice is heardthrough his music.
He competed and madethe Five States Honor Bandin Guymon, OK.
Betty King, who servedas secretary of the TexasSenate from 1977 to 2001,died Dec. 1 in Austin. Shewas 89.
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Senior Citizen Association
435-9909Box 738
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Ranger Academic Enrichment FoundationP.O. Box 179
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Memorials Greatly Appreciated!
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Perpetuate GrowthMUSIC-THEATER-FILMConservatory of the Plains/Arts Academy of the Plains
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Moving? Cleaning out?New 10’x20’ storage units
available now.Contact Ricky or Melodee Rogers, (806)202-8503
Storage Units
Contact Andy at Irwin Auto Co., 1105 Hwy 15 West in Perryton
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NOW HIRING: Class A Crude Oil Drivers
JP Falco is hiring drivers in Perryton- Competitive hourly pay, plus barrel pay- 5 days on, 2 days off / 5 days on, 3 days off (rotating sched - 70 hrs wk/No Overtime)- Comprehensive Medical Benefi t planincluding Dental, Vision, STD, LTD (eligible the fi rst of the month, following 30 days).- Life Insurance (100% Paid by JP Falco)- Flexible Spending Account- 401k Plan
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Nalco Champion now Hiring!Oilfi eld Chemical CDL Drivers
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LOOKING FOR Experienced Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick Hands, Motor Man & Floor-hands with top drive & SCR experience. Crews work 12 hours a day with 7 days “On” & 7 “Off” schedule. Rigs located in the Chickasha area. We of-fer competitive wages, 401k retirement, Medical, Dental & Vision plans! Applications are now being accepted at Kenai Mid Continent, 2007 West 7th St. Liberal, KS 67901. All potential employees must be able to pass UA & hair follicle screening. Apply in person or call (620)624-5060. K-98-2t-cNOW HIRING hand to work in shop and with parts. Apply in person only, no phone calls. The Pit Stop, 409 S. Main. T-95-tf-cTHE CITY of Perryton is currently taking applications for two open positions for Police Dispatcher. Good pay with benefi ts package including retirement and insur-ance at no cost to the employee. The position is shift work, 4 days on and 4 days off. Duties include answering telephones, radios and customer service. Applica-tions may be picked up at the Perryton Police Department or at City Hall. C-94-8t-cOWNER/OPERATORS Need-ed. Local grain hauling. Class A CDL Required. Great lease package. Home Every Night and Most Weekends. Contact Terry Shelton (TC) or Doug Martin. Martin Trucking, Inc. Hugoton, Kansas. (620)544-4920, Ext. 11. M-93-8t-cSONIC DRIVE-IN: Now accepting applications. All positions. Cooks starting at $10 per hour. Fountain starting at $9 per hour. Carhops starting at up to $12 per hour. We offer a bonus program. 435-5476. Apply online at www.sonicdrivein.com/jobs. #2705. S-40-tf-cFLOW HANDS needed. Experi-ence preferred. Perryton-Cana-dian area. Please send resume to Employment, PO Box 989-B, Perryton TX, 79070 or email [email protected] ?-53-tf-cTAKING APPLICATIONS for Bartender at Elks Lodge. Apply in person after 5pm at 4 SW 9th Ave. E-67-tf-cPERRYTON INDEPENDENT School District Maintenance department is looking to fi ll a maintenance tech position. Appli-cant needs knowledge and skills in carpentry, minor electrical and minor plumbing. Salary based on experience. Excellent benefi ts in-cluded. This is a full-time position, 40 hours/week, 7:00am-4:00pm Monday through Friday with oc-cassional overtime. Please apply at the business offi ce located at 821 SW 17th from 8-5pm. P-74-tf-c
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CorrectionIn the Perryton City Council story in the Dec. 4 Her-
ald, it stated that councilman Zak Felts voted in favorof the resolution to reimburse the city for money spenton the proposed utility system projects before the bondsare sold. Felts did not vote on the resolution.
Knecht to speak ThursdayWill Knecht of Grove City, PA will speak as part of
the Leadership Perryton XIII series this Thursday, Dec.11, at the Frank Phillips College Allen Campus. Histopic will be “Beyond Circumstances.” Registrationstarts at 6 p.m., and the seminar will begin at 6:30 p.m.There is no charge to attend. His appearance is spon-sored by Hi-Plains Hull, Professional Mud Transporta-tion and Vermejo Energy.
Christmas cantata scheduledThe Wesleyan Choir of First United Methodist
Church will present a Christmas cantata, “The WinterRose” on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 10:30 a.m. It will be acombined worship service, with no 8:30 a.m. servicethat day. After the cantata, the Methodist Youth willhold a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser in the fellowship hall.Everyone is invited to attend.
Museum open house is SundayThe Museum of the Plains will host its annual Christ-
mas open house on Sunday, Dec. 14, from 1-3 p.m. Theywill have refreshments and a visit by Santa. Everyoneis welcome to attend.
Band and choir concerts Monday, Dec. 15The Ranger Band Concert will be held on Monday,
Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Thechoir concert will be that same evening at 7:30 p.m.
4-H activities plannedUpcoming Ochiltree County 4-H activities are:
Thursday, Dec. 11-community service at Senior Villageat 4 p.m. (bring individual bags of potato chips or smallchocolate bars) and Legos robotics from 4-6 p.m. at theState Farm office; Sunday, Dec. 14-Young Riders Clubmeeting at 2 p.m. at the Expo Center (bring batteries ornew toys for Toys for Tots); and Tuesday, Dec. 16-con-cession stand meeting at 6 p.m. at the Expo and air rifleproject at 7 p.m. at the shooting range.
‘Constitutional Public’ will meet Dec. 11‘The Constitutional Public’ will meet on Thursday,
Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Expo Center. The purposeof the group is to encourage support of the Constitutionof the United States. The public is invited to attend.
Parkinson’s support group to meetThe Perryton Area Parkinson’s Disease Support
Group will meet on Friday, Dec. 12, at noon at thePerryton Mennonite Church, 2821 S. Ash. Lunch willbe provided. Jo Bidwell from the Southwest ParkinsonSociety in Lubbock will give the program. Those at-tending are encouraged to bring questions about thedisease for her to answer or discuss. The support groupis open to anyone who has the disease or who has afriend or family member with it. For more information,call Bev Burger at 435-0579.
DAR meets Tuesday, Dec. 16The Wolf Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at6:30 p.m. in Wesley Hall at the First United MethodistChurch. The program will be a Christmas ornamentexchange and a tasting bee.
Agency seeking unemployed seniorsThe Senior Community Service Employment
Program� has openings for qualified seniors inOchiltree, Lipscomb and Hansford counties. SCSEPis a training program that serves job seekers age 55and older who are unemployed, low income andeligible to work in the United States. Eligible seniorsare placed with host agencies in the county in orderto� refresh or gain skills, to help the transition intounsubsidized employment. The program paysparticipants for 20 hours a week at minimum wageand carries their workers compensation. For moreinformation, or to apply, please contact SheilaUnderhill, Program Service Specialist, at 806-342-6130 or 342-6124.�
“Guns Up” gun fundraiser underwayThe Texas Tech Alumni Association’s Golden
Spread chapter is holding a “Guns Up” gun fundraiser.Three winners will be chosen. Tickets are $25 each or$100 for five tickets. Only 500 tickets will be sold..Drawing will be held Jan. 3. Tickets can be purchasedat Red’s Pharmacy, or call Kelsey Gourley, (806) 544-1873 or Lane Haley, (806) 435-0167.
Rushing Wind Emmaus to meetThe Rushing Wind Emmaus community will meet
Saturday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Waka ChristianCenter. A potluck meal will be served following asponsor training and a praise and worship service.Family and friends are welcome. A nursery will beprovided. The Rushing Wind board of directors willhost the meeting.
Alliance to pack food boxes Dec. 19-20The Perryton Ministerial Alliance invites the
community, churches and civic clubs to help with theannual Christmas food boxes. They will be packed at1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 at the Expo and will bedelivered on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 9 a.m. from the Expo.For more information, contact Stan Burleson at 435-3641.
Texas Comptroller SusanCombs released a report to-day examining the growth ofcollege tuition costs and itsimpact on student loan debt.
In Footing the Bill: Ris-ing College Costs, Deepen-ing Debt, the Comptroller’soffice details impacts of stu-dent loan debt; factors driv-ing increases in tuition costscontributing to this debt;reasons students have re-mained willing to incurthese debts; and potentialways to slow the growth ofhigher education costs. TheComptroller also makes rec-ommendations for the TexasLegislature to improvetransparency in this area.
“A college degree is a ba-sic requirement for manyjobs, and a benefit that pro-vides real financial advan-tages throughout life,”Combs said. “That’s why it’sdisturbing that the price ofhigher education seems tobe climbing out of reach formany Texans. If college be-comes possible only for thefew, our young people andour nation will suffer for it.Our kids will find them-selves squeezed out of theirbest chance for financialsuccess, and America willmiss out on the productivityand innovation of many ofour best minds.”
Student loan debt pay-ments often take a largeshare of graduates’ salaries.For Texas-educated collegegraduates under 30, the av-erage loan-debt balance was$22,600, or 46 percent ofaverage yearly earnings($49,112) in 2011. In 2012,about 20 percent of studentloan debt holders in Texas
were more than 90 days de-linquent on their debt. Themost recent figures indicatethat 14 percent of all federalstudent borrowers were indefault within three years ofleaving school, according tothe U.S. Department of Edu-cation.
Financial experts say stu-dent loan debt could signifi-cantly reduce economic ac-tivity and demand for mort-gage credit and negativelyimpact the broader economyby inhibiting entrepreneur-ship and the creation ofsmall businesses.
The growth in studentloan debt is mirrored by thegrowth in the cost of attend-ing college. In Texas, aver-age in-state public univer-sity tuition and fees rose by90 percent between 2003and 2012. Yet despite risingtuition costs and studentloan burdens, enrollment in
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Texas degree-granting insti-tutions rose 49 percent from2000 to 2012.
Because college is usu-ally a good return on invest-ment – college graduatesearn about twice as much asthose without a college de-gree – this uptick in enroll-ment is expected to con-tinue, making it imperativefor students to know howtheir tuition and fees are
spent, and to have better ac-cess to tools to help them geta full picture of collegecosts.
To help ensure the priceof higher education remainsin reach for Texas students,Combs makes several rec-ommendations in the report.To learn more, visit the fullinteractive report atwww.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/student_loan.
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