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ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer SANDERSON – In
spite of tough economic times in the country, the 31st Annual Terrell County
Fair set another record Saturday, taking in $18,719, compared to last year’s $17,000,
which was up from $14,000 the year before. The fair is
every January, rain or shine, and this year, it was the former for most of
the morning. But a light rain failed to dampen the spirit of the
participants, who showed more than 100 animals and 139 arts and crafts, food
and other items. Brandee
Stegall showed the Grand Champion for her junior goat. She also was awarded
Grand Champion in the junior beef cattle category. She received two first
place ribbons and a second place ribbon for her goats. Brandee took
first place in the Dutch rabbit category and first for her mini-satin rabbit.
She won second place for her New Zealand breed of rabbit. Sarah Sivils
showed the Reserve Champion junior goat. She also took first in junior lambs,
third place and fifth in junior goats. And she won fifth place in the mare
class of the junior horses division. Sarah was
Grand Champion in the rabbit category, first place for her Californian breed
of rabbit, second for her Dutch breed, second for her mini- satin. Kailey Dominguez
was awarded Grand Champion for her junior lamb that placed first in the third
class. Kailey also placed first in the fourth class of the junior goats. Hunter
Truesdell placed third in the second class of the junior lambs and second and
third in the second class of that category. Hunter was
also awarded third place in the second and fourth categories of the junior
goats. Joseph
Carrasco placed second in the second class of junior goats and first place in
the black Polish breed of rabbits. Elijah Carrasco
was awarded third in the first class of the junior goats division. Abby Carrasco
was second in that category and third in the mini-satin breed of rabbits and
the junior meat pen rabbits. Hanna Swanson
showed the Reserve Champion in junior lambs and won first and second places
for the second class of junior lambs. She was third
in the junior horse gelding class and second in the mare class. Hanna took
fourth and second places in the third class of junior goats and fourth in the
first class. In the Junior
Horses category, Grand Champion went to Wyatt Mills. He was first in mare
class of horses and first in the fourth class of lambs. Wyatt also received
fourth place in the fourth class of junior goats. Shyanne Mills
took Reserve Champion in the junior horses category and first in the gelding
class. She took second and third in the fourth class of junior lambs. In the pee wee
goats division, Noel Carrasco won first place and second place went to
Brooklin Zuniga. Brooklin also
received first place in the pee wee rabbits. Mark La Fleur took home second
place. The other
participants in the pee wee goats category were Analise Galvan Rubio, Kylie
Dominguez, Gabby Aguilar, Isaiah Aguilar, Landry Lowrance and Dakota Mills. Pee wee rabbit
participants were Landry Lowrance, Katy Jahn, Analise Galvan Rubio, Noel
Carrasco and Gabby Aguilar. Reserve
Champion junior beef cattle went to Tyler Forest, who placed second in that
category and junior chicken breeding. In the junior
swine category, Luke Carroll won Grand Champion for his first place porker in
the second class of the junior swine category. Luke was
awarded second place for his junior meat rabbit meat pen and first and second
places for his Thrianta breed of rabbit. Sister Lauryn
achieved Reserve Champion for her junior swine class two pig and for her
rabbits and second place in that division. Lauryn also
received first place for her New Zealand breed of rabbit, first place for her
junior rabbit meat pen and first for her white rex breed of rabbit. In the junior
chicken breeding category, Tyler was Reserve Champion. He had first and
second in the junior meat pen breeding in chickens. Eliza Odgers
took first place for her Lion Head rabbit, second in chicken junior breeding,
second for her Californian breed of rabbit and third place in junior beef
cattle category. Pistol Babb
was second in junior horse gelding class and fourth in the mare class. Pistol
was a participant in the pee wee goat category but did not place. Fourth place
went to Mikayla Baker in the gelding class of junior horses. Cameron Baker
took third in the mare class of junior horses. Dryden Baker
was awarded third place for his class two junior swine and was the only one
to show a class one pig Doodle Odgers
was Grand Champion for his chickens, first in junior chicken breeding and
fourth place in junior beef cattle. Jacob Helmers
was awarded third and fourth in the chickens junior meat pen category. Elijiah
Carrasco was awarded second for his black Polish rabbit and fourth in mini-satin. Grace Jahn
placed third for her Dutch breed of rabbit. The 2010
Terrell county arts and crafts fair was held the day before at the fair hall. Stephanie
Odgers won first place in the arts and crafts divisions for her wire windmill
in the hobby craft division. Monique La
Croix won for her purple and cream Afghan in the needlework and clothing
category. In the food
division Tammy Truesdell was won first for her tomatillo sauce. Zee Gilbreath
was awarded for her cactus oil painting in the fine arts, hobby craft and
arts divisions. In the
industrial arts division, Blakeney Chriesman and Roy Shoemaker were awarded
for their picnic table. The people’s
choice award went to Angelina Hopkins for her wooden rocking motorcycle. Sanderson Tire
Center provided a $100 prize to the winner. Other entries
included artwork by the elementary, junior and senior high students, Clover
Bud and 4-H food and 4-H educational projects. Lea Hawn, arts
and crafts chair, said this year was the best since the fair moved to the Fair
Hall in 2002. School art
work from the elementary school students took five first place ribbons, four
second place ribbons and four third place ribbons. The junior and
senior students received four first place, three second place and three third
place ribbons for their art work. There were 60
first place awards, 24 for second and 18 were given third place awards. “The judges
were excellent and I am glad more first place ribbons were given this year,”
Hawn said. SANDERSON –
The much-promised “Walking and Driving Tour” of Sanderson attractions was
back on track this week after being stalled by a printer problem. The Chamber of
Commerce approved the book last fall and it was to have been produced
immediately thereafter. However, an
in-house printer problem arose and the project stalled. The Chamber
Tuesday agreed to contract with Got Print of Burbank, CA, for $842.04 for 500
copies of the book to be delivered to Sanderson plus “not to exceed” $20 for
a proof. The 12-page
color book will feature 49 sites visitors can visit and a map on the inside
that shows the location of each. They are
repeated on a smaller brochure but without pictures. Featured sites
include the new Cactus Capital Hiking Trail and Bicentennial Park, both Cedar
Grove and Santa Rita Cemeteries, eight churches, the old Wool House and stock
pens, the Rock Tourist Camp and many others. Visitors can
pick the spots of most interest to each. “This is going
to be a valuable tool,” Chamber President Jim Street said. “For too long,
people have had trouble answering when asked what there is to do in town.
With this, the merchant can hand the book to a visitor and tell him to have a
great time.” Meanwhile,
visitors can now get a PDF version on the entire book on the chamber’s
website, www.sandersonchamberofcommerce.info. There was no
immediate word on when the books will be delivered but brochure chairman Bill
Smith said he has gotten “quick turnaround” on other projects, often within
days. He recommended
Got Print from a list of nine bidders. It was not the lowest but he said he
could not vouch some of the lower bidders. In other
action, Street was re-elected president in the annual election of officers.
Randy Feille is the new vice president and Lea Hawn was re-elected
secretary-treasurer. Feille and Kim
Rapp were named to the Business of the Month Committee and Smith was named
chairman of the Sign/Brochure Committee. It was decided
to let the business committee get caught up with earlier awards. Several
businesses were named last fall but certificates were held up because of the
printer problem. And the
chamber agreed to again sponsor the Sanderson Welcome Reception on the
Thursday evening during the annual Big Bend Open Road Race. The event will
be April 21 to 24 with the race between here and Fort Stockton on Saturday,
April 24. By
MARK GLOVER Contributing
Editor BIG BEND -
Linking private and public lands on both sides of the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande to
create an international park at the big bend of our border with Mexico has
vexed politicians for 75 years. But last
summer, those efforts got new life when US Department of the Interior
Secretary Ken Salazar and his Mexican counterpart Juan Elvira discussed the
project during the North American Leaders Summit in Guadalajara. Although no
agreement was reached, a letter of intent was signed to pursue the matter and
perhaps negate President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s angst depicted in a letter he
wrote to Mexican President Manual Ávila Camacho in 1944. "I do not
believe that this undertaking in the Big Bend [the establishment of Big Bend
National Park] will be complete until the entire park area in this region on
both sides of the Rio Grande forms one great international park,"
Roosevelt wrote. In today’s
arena of cartel wars, drug smuggling and a closed border, the international
park idea seems improbable but Salazar’s determination may make a difference. “The deciding
factor may be whether Secretary Salazar wants to take a personal interest in
the negotiations,” said Big Bend National Park Superintendent Bill Wellman. Salazar, who
grew up in the San Luis Valley, the headwaters of the Rio Grande in southern
Colorado, knows the river and the desert. He was raised
in an adobe home without electricity or plumbing and his family relied on the
high, dry terrain for food. Salazar
mentions his love for the desert in almost all of his speeches. And he’s not
alone in support of the international park. US Rep. Ciro Rodriguez energized
the act by initiating House Resolution 695 last year that calls for
discussions on the international park at high levels. “Congressman
Rodriguez is actively pursuing a way to make this unique park a reality,” his
press secretary Rebeca Chapa said. In the post
9-11 age of increased US border security, the Department of Homeland Security
headed by Secretary Janet Napolitano will be a significant factor in the
negotiations. “In principle,
they [DHS] don’t have a problem with it,” Wellman said. “We have to come up
with a reasonable proposal that works.” “Secretary
Salazar is reaching out to Secretary Napolitano to push this plan forward,”
Courtney Lyons-Garcia, executive director of the Friends of the Big Bend,
said last week after returning from a trip from Washington, DC, where she met
with members of the National Park Service, the Department of Homeland
Security and the Department of Interior on the matter. “They’re
looking to get a practical plan moving forward, get it on the table, a plan
that is sustainable over the next 10 to 15 years that not only encompasses an
international park but also works as a conservation effort to control
invasive species, protect native species and to work out flood control,”
Lyons-Garcia said. Should the
International Park with Mexico succeed, it would be the second such
arrangement the US has with another country. Waterton
Glacier International Peace Park lies on the border with Canada, straddling
the state of Montana and the province of Alberta. “The big
difference there is that on both sides of the border the land is government
owned,” Wellman said. “In Mexico we’re dealing with both government and
private landowners.” To facilitate
nearly three million contiguous acres of public access, three areas,
privately owned but federally protected parcels, are part of the Mexican side
of the international park plan. Sierra del
Carmen, owned by CEMEX – one of the world’s largest cement producers – Cañon
de Santa Elena and the Maderas del Carmen. The big bend
reach of the Rio Bravo was recently acquired by the Mexican government. “The way we
manage and the way they manage protected lands is quite different,” Wellman
said. On the US side
of the proposed international park, the Big Bend National Park, the Wild and
Scenic River reach of the Rio Grande, the Texas-owned 103,000-acre Black Gap
Wildlife Management Area and the near-by but not contiguous 314,000- acre Big
Bend Ranch State Park may all be part of the plan. Boquillas,
across from Big Bend National Park’s Rio Grande Village, is likely to be the
access point to the Mexican side of the park. Prior to 9-11,
before the border with Mexico was closed, Boquillas served as an unofficial
international aside for visitors to the Big Bend National Park. “If they’re
going to allow tour access, Mexico will have to provide some infrastructure,
probably at Boquillas,” Lyons-Garcia said. Amid almost
daily headlines of drug-smuggling, murder and corruption charges, the border
region could use some good news. “Both countries
would like to have a success,” Wellman said. By
WILLIAM ROBERTS HOBY
Ambassador SANDERSON –
There are two distinct types of leaders in a small community, those who lead
by speech and those who lead by example. Being a leader
is not about being popular or the rewards but is about achieving a goal that
makes the community better as a whole. A leader must
be able to persuade others to follow him or her whether through words or
actions. One challenge
of being a leader is getting people to do the right thing when it is not
necessarily the easy thing. Sometimes
leading by example is better than leading through speech. William Roberts is this year’s Hugh O’Brian Youth
Leadership ambassador. He obtained the honor with this essay, printed
with permission of his mother, Katie Roberts. William is the son of Katie and Travis Roberts. He is a sophomore at Sanderson High School. by jury in
District Court SANDERSON – A
jury in 63rd District Court here agreed with plaintiff Wayne Sutton of Dryden
this week that a contract with Lamon and Christina Sivils, also of Dryden,
was still valid and should be honored. Sutton brought
the suit before District Court Judge Henry Fernandez over the purchase of
some lots Sutton had sought to buy from Sivils in Dryden. Sutton paid
$500 earnest money and placed $16,291.63 in escrow to secure the purchase. At issue was a
“grazing lease” on the land, which testimony showed was surprise to both
parties. Sutton filed a
“Buyers Objection Letter” on Oct. 14, 2008, saying he was “simply not
interested in the property with that lease in effect.” It took some
time to release the grazing lease because one attorney represented several
companies and it took some time to get the “right” person to release it. Therefore, it
took longer than the 15 days allotted in the signed contract for the
“objection” to be corrected. The original
date of “closure” was to be Oct. 17, 2008, or seven days after the objection
was fixed. Closing documents dated Dec. 12, 2008, remain unsigned. The Sivils
said they did not sign the closing papers because they believed the contract
was null and void but testimony showed it was not because of a clause in the
contract. The contract
did not state “time is of the essence,” therefore the document was binding. After a
day-and-a-half of hearing testimony and poring over documents, the 12 peers
were sent off to deliberate and they returned a few hours later. “I have no
complaints,” defense attorney Jack Stern of Del Rio told the News Leader. SANDERSON –
Kristine Woosley of Sanderson is the new office manager of the Emergency
Operation Center here. Woosley has a
Masters degree in business administration focused on healthcare. “I love to work
in healthcare,” she said. Woosley went
to Midland for more training for her job last week. “It was really
training for my job specifics,” she said. “I was trained for the national
standard for local, state and federal requirements of the Emergency Medical
Service and patient records. “This is where
everyone will report to in the event of a national emergency in the future,”
she said. “It is called NIMS, which stands for National Incident Management
System.” At this time,
the building which formerly served as the Sanderson Border Patrol station is
just an empty building with offices not yet ready to use. It is a work in
progress for now. Woosley said
she has the work experience to do the job, having worked closely with doctors
and nurses in the healthcare system and personal training in health care. “I love
healthcare and always wanted a job like this and wanted EMS training,”
Woosley said. Woosley also
works with the Sul Ross GEARUP program at Sul Ross State University. GEARUP, for
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, is funded
by a grant. She works with
the kids starting in seventh grade and follows them through high school to
prepare them for college. Woosley is a
tutor/mentor that helps kids with math, chemistry and a variety of other
things they might need help with, she said. ALPINE – A
collection of handmade books and journals by Sul Ross State University
artists Erin Smith of Sanderson, Angelique Benton of El Paso and Lazaro
Castilla, Karen Chavez, Petei Guth, Robbie McDaniel and Carol Fairlie, all of Alpine, are on
exhibit through today, Jan. 29. There will be
a closing reception from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening in the Main Gallery of the
Francois Fine Arts Building. There is no admission and the public is invited. The show is
comprised of hand-made books created in the ART 4301 “Handmade Book and
Journal” class. The term “Art
Book” refers to all types of handcrafted books and text is often optional. The class
explored a variety of different art techniques and media, some new techniques
and some traditional. Students
learned traditional binding methods and hardcover techniques as well as “fun
book,” flutter books, accordion books, concept books, collaborative books and
a “Retablo style” art box. MIDLAND –
Terrell County Judge Leo Smith was elected chairman of the board for 2010 at
the Annual General Membership Meeting of the Permian Basin Regional Planning
Commission. “Judge Smith
brings a plethora of experience and expertise to the commission’s board after
having served as vice chair in 2009 and secretary/treasurer in 2008,”
Executive Director Terri Moore said. “He is an outstanding representative of
the rural areas of our 17-county Permian Basin region as well as representing
a county bordering Mexico. “He is an
asset to Sanderson and has been the lead in successfully obtaining state and
federal grant awards for Terrell County exceeding $5 million,” Moore said. She said
Smith’s accomplishments include being a member of the 63rd/83rd Judicial
District Regional Probation Department board, vice president and president of
the Permian Basin Housing Finance Corporation, member of the Pecos Valley
RC&D Council, director of the Big Bend Open Road Race, Terrell County
judge since 2003, Terrell County Probate Court and Terrell County
Constitutional Court judge since 2003. He also is a
board member of the Terrell County Appraisal District and chairman of the
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program.
Smith currently
serves as a member of the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission’s Solid
Waste Advisory Committee, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, serves as
vice-chair of the Domestic Preparedness Advisory Committee and as the
commission’s state and national representative. “Other
Officers to the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission’s board of
directors for 2010 are the Honorable Ovidio Martinez, mayor, City of
Seagraves, as vice-chairman, and the Honorable Mark Barr, Howard County
judge, as secretary/treasurer,” Moore said.
“Both Mayor Martinez and Judge Barr make huge contributions to this
agency and this region as well. “I am proud to
be working for such a distinguished group,” she said. Three pot
busts net half million MARFA – US
Border Patrol agents seized more than $500,000 worth of marijuana in three
different seizures Monday, one in Terrell County and two in Presidio County. Sanderson
agents found footprints of about eight people in an area east of Sanderson
Monday afternoon. About thirty
minutes later, agents came upon three men and then later found four more. After several
foot chases, agents were able to arrest five men, all from Mexico and in the
country illegally, and seize 423 pounds of pot. Earlier
Monday, agents working in Presidio County found footprints of a group of
people walking north. The agents
followed the prints for about four hours before they encountered a group of
four men. Two of the men tried to escape and one successfully avoided arrest.
The other
three were all Mexican citizens and were in the US illegally. Two of the
three were juveniles. A short
distance from where the three were found, agents discovered backpacks
containing more than 185 pounds of weed. Marfa Station
agents manning the Highway 67 checkpoint south of Marfa found 93 pounds of
marijuana hidden in the wheels of an SUV Monday evening. The vehicle
was being driven by a woman from Kansas and was occupied by three other women
and a two-year-old girl, all US citizens living in Kansas. In total, 712
pounds of marijuana was seized with an estimated street value of $562,080. The Drug
Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are
continuing investigations into the three incidents. Venables come
calling By
ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer SANDERSON –
Tami Carrasco’s sister Cherie Venable
visited Sanderson over the weekend to see the County Fair and visit with
family. Venable
brought her parents Jane & Kenneth
Venable. The trio stayed in town until Sunday evening to see the peewee
football game. Cherie is a teacher in Big Lake. Ed Layton & Marcia Kneeland have arrived here for a few months, visiting
their other home in Sanderson. The couple
drove an RV here and arrived in time to enjoy the festivities of the fair. Sanderson had
a quick visit from Kallie York of
Eldorado, who judged the steers, horses, goats, pigs and lambs. Border Patrol
agent Caleb Smith had a weeklong
visit from his mother Wendy Smith. Wendy is from Skamania, WA, on the Columbia
River close to Portland, OR. She flew into Phoenix on Jan. 17 where Caleb picked her up. The pair went
to see the Grand Canyon covered in snow. They also went to see Billie the
Kid’s grave site in Fort Sumter, NM. Then, the two went to see the Alien
Museum at Roswell. Wendy left for Skamania on Monday. SANDERSON –
Three contractors turned in “apparent low bids” on drainage ditch work under
a $936,000 “Border Colonias” grant from the Texas Department of
Transportation Tuesday. The three were
the only bidders on three different provisions. Highland
Concrete of Alpine offered 826 yards of concrete and 760 yards of ready-mix
concrete at $150.50 per yard, or a total of $238,693. Albert and
Sheri Thorn offered 174 yards of “Goldwire” sand at $18,250 and 143 rolls of
wire mesh for $21,450. And Dryden
Stone said it could provide 56,816 square feet of stone for $147,721.60. The bids will
be reviewed by engineer Landgraf Crutcher Associates of Odessa and TxDOT before
they can be awarded. The award is
expected at the next regular Commissioners Court meeting at 9 a.m. Monday,
Feb. 8. The county has
agreed to match the TxDOT grant with $1 million in county funds to provide
drainage ditches throughout Sanderson. The work to be
accomplished under the new phase will be along Mansfield, Richard and Kerr
Streets. Work is under way on Pine and Hackberry
Streets. MARFA - The
next printing of the Big Bend & Texas Mountains Travel Guide is being readied
for production here. For 25 years,
the guide has been the primary free travel directory for the greater Big Bend
region from Del Rio to El Paso, from Midland/Odessa to the National Park. It
covers 16 communities, two national parks and 14 state parks. “This is a
high-quality, full-color magazine, chocked full of beautiful photography and
informative content,” Publisher Mercer Black said. “The 2010 edition
features, almost exclusively, the work of David Leggett, a talented
photographer who has for years endeavored to capture the grandeur of West
Texas skies and landscapes.” She said his
works are at http://www.photography.com). Black said the
new guide will be “perfect bound” like a book as opposed to the traditional
saddle stitch with pages stapled together. “Perfect
binding dramatically increases the shelf life of a magazine, making it more
of a souvenir book than a brochure,"”she said. The 2010
guide’s 100,000 copies will be distributed at more than 100 locations,
including all area chambers of commerce and convention & visitors
bureaus, all 12 Texas Department of Transportation Travel Information
Centers, the El Paso International Airport, Texas State Capitol Building,
State Fair of Texas, San Antonio CVB and more than 60 regional convenience
stores, grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, hotels and retail
establishments. Black said the
book also includes “several text directories and suggested interest-specific
itineraries” including lodging, dining, shopping and services, outdoor
recreation and adventure, cycling, birding, RV and camping and art, museums
& galleries. The 2009
edition of the guide was the largest in the guide's history, with 84 pages
and more than 200 advertisers. The 2010
edition is scheduled to hit the streets on March 5 in time for Spring Break
travelers, making this “the absolute last chance to purchase advertising,”
Black said. Those
interested should contact publisher Mercer Black of Marfa Publishing
immediately via email to bigbendtravel@gmail.com or by phone
to 512/739-4465. SANDERSON –
The US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and
the Rio Grande-Pecos River County Soil
and Water Conservation District will host a Local Work Group meeting at 1
p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in the SWCD office at 823 West Oak here. The meeting is
designed to receive input from a broad range of local agencies,
organizations, businesses and individuals that have an interest in natural
resource conditions and needs in Terrell County. Input at the
session will allow the Local Work Group to make recommendations on resource
concerns to be addressed for county-based funding. The
recommendations will be used in implementing the Environmental Quality
Incentives Program and other conservation programs offered by NRCS. The 2008 Farm
Bill stipulates that conservation programs must continue to be locally
led. Through stake
holder meetings, the public is given an opportunity to help local
conservation leaders set program priorities. These meetings
are open to the public. For more information, call the USDA Service
Center office at 432/345-2595. Service center
locations and program information can be found on the Texas NRCS Web site at www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov. ALPINE – Eight
years and $4,463,791.40 later, the Museum of the Big Bend’s three-phase
renewal campaign is officially complete. Recent gifts
by the Rice Foundation of Fowlerton and the Semmes Foundation of San Antonio
pushed the third phase – the education component – over its goal of $180,000. “This marks a
satisfying completion to a campaign that began in 2002,” said Museum Director
Larry Francell. “Leighton and Jim Donnell of the Rice Foundation and Thomas
Semmes [of the Semmes Foundation] have been generous supporters throughout
the entire campaign.” Francell
traced the progress of the three-phase effort. “Thanks to the
efforts of Rep. Pete P. Gallego, state funding provided seed money for the
capital campaign, which included renovation of our present facility, a Texas
Centennial building,” Francell said. A $1.3 million
gift from Emmett and Miriam McCoy of San Marcos anchored the capital
campaign, which totaled more than $3.3 million and was finished in 2005.
Phase two, the exhibits campaign, raised more than $973,000. “Through the
use of local resources and area craftsmen, we were able to complete this
phase under the anticipated cost of $1.1 million,” Francell said. “Our education
phase, developing a children’s program, has been beneficial to both Sul Ross
and the greater community,” he said. “The program enables children not only
to get acquainted with history and art, but to become familiar with the
Museum of the Big Bend and Sul Ross State University as well. In addition,
teachers for the various activities are selected from the university’s
student body.” By
ANNA La FLEUR News
Leader Writer SANDERSON – The
varsity girls beat the Marathon Lady Mustangs here 43-26 Tuesday night. Blakeney
Chriesman had top score of 18 points for the Eagles. Noemi Nuñez scored eight
points, Vicky Busch had seven points, Sarah Sivils scored five points, Amber
Bon had three points and Lizette Ramirez earned two points for the team. The Junior
Varsity girls were not as fortunate when they lost to Fort Stockton 38 to 8
Monday. Julianna
Larrinaga scored the most with four points for the Eagles. Ashley Hagelgans
and Angelina Hopkins scored two points each. Meanwhile, the
varsity boys lost to Balmorhea 45 to 59. Top scorer in
that game was Travis Roberts with 19 points. Cordell Lawson had ten points
and L. A. Galvan scored five points. Tim Hopkins and
William Roberts both scored four points each and Darren Seidel scored three
points. Also Monday
night, Coach Luis Martinez and his junior high boys lost to Rankin 28 to 36. Jalen
Chriesman scored top points with 19. Daniel Luevano had four points and Luis
Garza made three points. Jesse Roberts and Mason Blackmon each scored one
point. The Junior
High girls also lost to the Red Devils, 27-9. Cassie Woosley
was top scorer with five points. Abby Carrasco and Kayla Fuéntez each had two
points. The Varsity Girls
play tonight at Grandfalls. Tipoff at 6:30 p.m. ALPINE –
Brewster County this week was investigating a possible murder-suicide on a
ranch 54 miles south of here last week. Sheriff Ronny
Dodson said deputies were called to the rural residence Thursday evening
after someone called and said he was “fixing to shoot himself.” The first
deputy arrived moments later and found one white female “shot multiple times
in the back of the head,” Dodson said. Deputies
searched the property and found a white male in the garage shot once in the
head. The victims
were identified as Diana Key, 50, and Billy Key, 59. The bodies
were sent to El Paso for an autopsy. Dodson said there has been no ruling in
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