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Camping with Dad
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By DEBBIE AYLESWORTH
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CHS senior Ashton Pedigo keeps a family tradi-tion by playing basketball.
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Canyon and Randall sports action:
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Cold, winter days with overcast skies make me long for the springtime of the year. I go to a happy place in my mind where the sun is shin-ing down on me. Memories might take me to the warm gulf waters of Texas or maybe even to the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado where I spent many summer vacations camping.
My father was a farmer and worked long days. After I was already married he began taking a week off to go camp-ing. He started out with just a camper shell on the back of his pickup and finally bought a little pop-up tent trailer that had nothing but a bed on each side.
I had a cargo van that we put cabinets and a bed in, and we would meet in Mule-shoe and wait for Dad to get off work. I had no children then, so it was just Mom and Dad, my little brother, Scott, my husband, Smitty, and me.
One week that stands out in my memory began with a hot, Texas day. It was the kind of heat that made you long for a swimming pool or in our case, the fast-moving streams in Cimarron, N.M.
Dad was late getting off and Mother was always so good at nagging and she kept saying “It’s going to be dark before we got there” and “We will have to set up camp in pitch black darkness, you know there aren’t any street lights in the campgrounds next to the stream in New Mexico, Johnnie.” On and on she would go.
Although we were late get-ting off, we arrived just before dark and gathered some firewood and had camp set up right as darkness covered us in the blanket of night. Daddy was so tired he went straight to bed. Mom and Scott were night owls, and we all sat around the campfire for a good bit. It gets cold quickly in the mountains, so we all went to bed reasonably early.
Dad was up before the crack of dawn. I heard him outside making the coffee and stoking the fire.
By EVAN GRICECanyon News staff
Throughout the years, Canyon High School has seen some outstanding players don the purple and white. Many of those players have been coached under Joe Lombard.
One of those players who wears the Eagles logo proudly is senior Ashton Pedigo. Basketball has always been second nature to Ashton; in fact it runs in her family.
“My mom played basket-ball at WTAMU, and I’ve always been a lot like my mom,” Ashton said.
“I do have basketball in my family and it’s always been really interesting.”
Many fans might remem-ber Ashton’s older sister Aubrey, who is currently a sophomore at Wayland Baptist and is on the basket-
ball team. Ashton said one of the best memories she has is when she was a sophomore getting to play with her sister.
“It was during a tourna-ment and it was so cool for us because we were looking at each other giving each other this smile because it was so awesome seeing each other on the court,” Ashton said.
“She’s always texting me and telling me to keep working hard and she really supports me a lot.”
As for who the better Pedigo sister is?
Well, Ashton said it’s pretty much even between the two sisters.
“We both have our strengths and weaknesses,” Ashton said.
“So, pretty much we’re split down the middle 50-50.”
Another important factor in Ashton’s success is the
support she receives from her parents, who attend every game and always capture it on video.
“It’s incredible the support I have from my parents,” Ashton said.
“My mom is always encouraging me during the game and my dad is always telling me if I want to run then he’ll run with me and if I want to shoot then he’ll rebound for me.
“They want me to succeed and it is absolutely amazing having that support given to me every day.”
While most players might feel intimidated playing for such a legendary coach, Ashton said that at first she didn’t really understand just how much of a legend coach Lombard was.
By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff
The City of Canyon saw an increase in construction during 2010.
Danny Cornelius, director of code enforcement, told city commissioners at their Monday night meeting that 57 single family homes were permitted for construction last year with a total valua-tion of more than $11 mil-lion. “That’s substantial. I’ve never seen that many houses
built here in one year,” Cor-nelius said.
The previous five-year average is 24 homes per year with an average annual valu-ation of just more than $5 million.
“We’ve always had this reputation that the city can only build and sell about 25 homes in a year, and this is all we’ve ever been able to build. That’s all the lots that have been developed in town for years and years,” said Randy Criswell, city man-
ager. “People think we don’t grow at all because that’s all we sell. I firmly believe if we offered more lots they will sell and we can build more than 25 a year. I know with the economy it’s kind of tough though. It’s certainly my hope that Canyon East will sell homes as fast as they can build them.”
Duplex construction was also up, with five built last year with a valuation of $991,450. The previous five-year average for duplex
construction is one per year with a valuation of $152,430.
“It was a good year for du-plexes, as far as duplexes are concerned,” Cornelius said.
There were 16 new com-mercial buildings permitted for 2010 with a total valua-tion of just over $1 million. The previous five-year aver-age of eight new commercial buildings brought in an aver-age valuation of $3 million.
“We have a lot of projects, but we just didn’t have the big projects last year that
we’ve been seeing a lot of in the past. We didn’t have the big courthouse projects or the county’s finance build-ing,” Cornelius said.
There were 21 commercial additions and remodels last year with a total valuation of nearly $1.5 million. This was compared to a previous five-year average of 15 additions and valuation of $4 million.
A $600,000 remodel of Reeves-Hinger Elementary School led commercial addi-tions and remodels last year.
By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff
The Canyon Fire Depart-ment has received two new trucks, a pumper and rescue unit, which were purchased for $479,000 using money from the city’s reserves.
Commissioners for the City of Canyon voted last year to buy the equipment not to exceed $480,000.
Fire chief Mike Webb said that the equipment arrived last week.
The rescue truck is now in use and the pumper should be ready today.
“The pumper truck re-places a 36-year-old vehicle, which we’ve used on car wrecks and structure fires. The pump on the old truck was completely trashed. Basi-cally, a 36-year-old truck has seen its share of fires,” Webb said.
“The 32-year-old rescue truck was wrecked in 2001, and that didn’t help at all. We used that truck for rescues in Palo Duro Canyon and for car accidents. We’re just trying to upgrade on some of our equipment so that we don’t get so far behind it gets us in trouble.”
The department last received a new truck in 2004 with the help of a grant from the Texas Forest Service.
“We were fortunate to get that grant when we did, but it’s so difficult to get one now,” Webb said.
New fire trucksin serviceA new buffalo in town
A new buffalo graces the west wall of the Virgil Hensen Activity Center as work progresses on the new entrance. Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
Obituaries
Burnice Pearson
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Memorial services for Bur-nice Lee “Burney” Pearson, 89, were held Monday at Southlawn Assembly of God Church with Jerad Middaugh and Jerald Middaugh, pas-tors, officiating. Interment was at Dreamland Cemetery with arrangements were by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mr. Pearson died on Janu-ary 21, 2011, in Canyon.
He was born May 16, 1921, to Art and Lovie Pear-son in Telico Plains, Tenn.
He served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII in Guam
Mr. Pearson
as a mechanic. On Dec. 24, 1941, he married Opal Dudley at Clovis, N.M. He was a member of Southlawn
Assembly of God Church in Amarillo.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Virgie Pearson, Lila Payne, Johnny Pearson; three brothers, Lawrence Pearson, Alzada Benson, Junior Benson; a daughter, Gloria Drake; and a granddaughter, Tiffni Pearson.
Survivors include his wife, Opal, of Canyon; son, Dennis Pearson and wife, Milly, of Amarillo; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Southlawn Assem-bly of God Church, 4300 S. Bowie, Amarillo 79110.
Estelle Brazzil
Memorial services for Estelle Brazzil, 85, were held on Tuesday at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Gene Jones, associ-ate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Inter-ment was at Dreamland Cem-etery with arrangements were by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Brazzil died Jan. 22, 2011, in Canyon.
She was born on Feb. 9, 1925, to George and Lizzie Parham LeNormand in Liberty County. She went to
school at Hull-Daisetta and married John D. Brazzil on Sept. 26, 1948, in Liberty County. They made their first home in Gilmer, where John was the assistant County Agriculture Agent.
They then moved to Canyon in 1951 where he was the County Agriculture Agent for Randall County and she was active in the First Baptist Church of Canyon. On April 1, 1953, they had a daughter, Connie Fay. Estelle and John led an active life in Canyon and were very involved with the youth in Randall County through 4H.
Survivors include her
husband, John D. Brazzil, of Canyon; her daughter, Connie Gilbert and husband, Steve, of McKinney, formerly of Hereford; two grand-daughters, Tracie Reiter and husband, Matthew, of Plano, and Laurie Stuteville and hus-band, Jared, of Hawaii; four great-grandchildren, Blake, Brayden, and Bailey Reiter, of Plano, and Levi Stuteville, of Hawaii; and two broth-ers, Robert LeNormand, of Liberty County, and Richard LeNormand, of St. Helens, Ore.
Please sign the online guest registry at www.brooks-funeral.com.
Texas Railroad Commis-sioner Elizabeth Ames Jones has embarked on a 14-city statewide announcement tour.
In an effort to educate the public on a broad range of issues related to wind energy development, Class 4 Winds & Renewables is holding a seminar that will showcase several businesses located within the region, that work in the renewable energy industry.
The conference, titled ‘Open for Business: The Growing Wind Industry in
the C4W Region,’ will take place from 1-5 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Ambassador Hotel in Amarillo. In order to give attendees a chance to discuss business, a networking recep-tion will follow.
Representatives from Iberdrola Renewables, Cielo Wind Power, Pattern Energy, National Wind, E.On Energy amd Higher Power Energy will deliver presentations.
Each speaker will discuss some of the basic information behind each project their re-spective company is develop-ing in the Texas Panhandle.
The September seminar will be the next in an ongo-ing series of seminars to be offered by Class 4 Winds & Renewables.
The cost to attend is $35 for Class 4 Winds & Renew-ables members and $55 for non-members.
These prices go up $10 if the registration form is post-marked after August 30th. For registration information log on to www.class4winds.org or call AJ Swope, at 223-5948.
Group to hold conference on renewable energy business
Class 4 Winds & Renewables
“I am running for Senate because our federal govern-ment is out of control,” Jones said. “We have to rein in out-of-control spending and debt, ban wasteful pork and earmarks, secure our borders and get government off the backs of businesses so they can grow and create desper-ately-needed jobs.
“Now is not the time to
compromise our conservative Texas values. Just as I have in the Texas House and on the Railroad Commission, I will stand up and fight for Texas families, Texas jobs and Texas values.”
The tour includes a stop in Amarillo from 1-1:45 p.m. today at American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum.
Railroad commissioner to run for Senate
Funeral services for Bobby H. Cobb, 74, were held Wednesday at First United Methodist Church of Canyon with the Chaplain Glendell Smith at BSA officiating. Arrangements were by Holley Funeral Home of Canyon.
Mr. Cobb died Jan. 24, 2011 in Canyon.
He was born to Wendell and Gertrude Austin Cobb
on Sept. 18, 1936, in Silver City, N.M.
He served in the U.S. Navy and worked as a foreman for heavy equipment construc-tion.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Lee of the home; a son, Toby Cobb; a daughter, Janet Sharp; six grandchildren, Ashley Sharp, Erin Burris, Levi Sharp, McCall Cobb, Christian Cobb and Chole Cobb; six great-grandchil-dren; three brothers; and five sisters. Mr. Cobb
Bobby Cobb
January is School Board Recognition Month and a good time to spotlight more than 7,000 men and women who serve our local schools and help promote public education. The Canyon Inde-pendent School District will join other districts across the state to celebrate the count-less contributions of these dedicated community leaders.
“Local school board members work tirelessly and
devote hundreds of hours to lead our students to success. Setting aside time in January is one small way to celebrate their service to our commu-nity and say thanks for caring so much about the future of every child enrolled in our schools,” said Mike Wartes, Canyon ISD Superintendent.
The members of the Can-yon ISD Board of Trustees and their length of service are:
• Jim Murphy, president – 31 years• Randy Darnell, vice presi-dent – 6 years• Jane Stephens, secretary – 6 years• Linda Hinders, associate secretary – 4 years• Roger Short, member – 11 years • Ron Connally, member – 6 years • Sam Spradlin, member – 4 years
CISD recognizes trustees for service
Texas home care and hospice workers will give special recognition and atten-tion to their clients during a statewide “Operation Care Stronger” program in Febru-ary. Home care and hospice agencies provide skilled and supportive care from simple
assistance in activities of daily living to high-tech IV therapy to persons of all ages throughout the state. Services include preventive, acute, sub-acute, rehabilitative, long-term, and end of life care.
There are more than 4,500 licensed agencies in Texas.
The Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice Inc., is a statewide non-profit trade organization whose mission is to promote quality and economic viability of licensed providers of home and com-munity support services in Texas.
Home care, hospice workers launch ‘Operation Care Stronger’
ENTERTAINMENTThursday, January 27, 2011 Page 3 THE CANYON NEWS
High school students from across the state will get a chance to learn everything they ever wanted to know about a career in music during West Texas A&M University’s annual Music Career Day on Friday.
Music Career Day gives high school students op-portunities to learn about the many different majors available at WTAMU.
The event gives prospec-tive students a chance to tour the facilities, visit with faculty and students, participate in rehearsals and experience what a typical day in the Department of Music is like.
The event, hosted by the Department of Music, begins with registration at 9 a.m. in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex.
A full day of events will kick off with an opening session at 9:30 a.m. with an overview of information from admissions, financial aid and residential living.
A tour of the fine arts area follows along with a presentation on career paths and majors.
At 11:30 a.m., visitors will get a chance to sit in on open rehearsals in band, choir, strings and keyboard.
Lunch will be provided at 12:30 p.m. in Northen
Hall, followed by a session on career paths at 1:15 p.m. At 2 p.m. music therapy will host an open house and music studios will be open. WTAMU students will be available to answer ques-tions.
Music Career Day will close with the University’s Faculty Grand Recital at 8 p.m. at Polk Street United Methodist Church.
For more information about Music Career Day, call 806-651-2840.
Annual music career day set for Friday
The West Texas A&M Uni-versity Department of Music will honor a former faculty member at the church where she spent many years as organist when it presents the annual Faculty Grand Recital at 8 p.m. Friday at Polk Street United Methodist Church in Amarillo.
Mary Ruth McCulley, professor emerita of music and longtime PSUMC organ-ist, will be honored when performing members of the WTAMU faculty fill the church with the sounds of or-gan, brass, wind, string, piano and voice for an evening of musical entertainment. Performances will range from quintets and solos to Eubie Blake’s “Memories of You” and Mozart’s “Adagio.” The program will honor McCul-ley and serve as a musical thank you to those who have supported the department throughout the year.
McCulley joined the University faculty in 1955 and retired as an associate professor of music in 1989. The university named her a
professor emerita in 1992. While teaching organ at the University, she also played organ at PSUMC. She started there in October 1953 and retired in June 1994 when the
church named her Organist Emeritus.
The annual event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 651-2840.
University to honor former faculty member with grand recital
No Sugar Added, a Texas Christian rock band, will hold a signing of their CD, “Out of Darkness/Into Light,” from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 5 atHastings at 5512 Gem Lake Rd. in Amarillo. The debut album includes hard-hitting vocals that mirror bands such as Demon Hunter and Oh, Sleeper, as well as coupling metal guitar riffs with melodic chord progressions. The band, composed of members from Borger, is made up of Kris Anaya, Dustin Grisham, Scott Felker, D.J. Tracy andMichael Hernandez.
Courtesy photo
NO SUGAR ADDED
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West Texas A&M Univer-sity has named more than 1,400 students to honor lists for the fall 2010 semester. Of that total, 500 were named to the President’s List.
Students named to the President’s List must have a grade point average of 4.00 and carry a minimum class load of 12 undergraduate hours.Canyon
Jason W. Adkins, se-nior, agriculture; Carlos A. Aguirre Collahuazo, fresh-man, graphic design; James Clark Albertson, senior, studio art; Lee E. Alexander, sophomore, political sci-ence; Joseph I. Atchison, junior, physics; Cassidy Rae Baker, senior, communication disorders; Cole Kyle Barlow, sophomore, pre-medicine; Justin L. Boyd, senior, political science; Jessica B. Brentlinger, sophomore, pre-veterinary medicine; Eric K. Brown, junior, mass com-munication – broadcasting; Brittany N. Buchanan, junior, communication disorders; Desiree E. Cadena, senior, dance; So-Hee Choi, junior, special education; Lauren T. Christy, sophomore, agricul-ture/agricultural business and economics; Travis A. Clark, junior, pre-medicine; Whitney L. Clark, junior, criminal jus-tice; Mindy J. Costa, senior, biology; Mark Dubina, senior,
pre-dentistry; Kelli Elaine, Dubois, sophomore, general studies; Keagan K. Folkerts, sophomore, speech com-munication; Galdino Griego, junior, speech communica-tion; Whitney L. Grimes, senior, pre-medicine; Katie M. Gustainis, senior, speech communication; Lacey D. Harris, senior, communica-tion disorders; Rhianna L. Henslee, junior, education; Megan E. Hodge, senior, ac-counting; Jamie N. Hollings-worth, senior, education; Lea C. Howard, junior, education; Christopher T. Johnston, senior, graphic design; Eric M. Jones, junior, criminal justice; Katie R. Jones, junior, sports and exercise sci-ences; Camille J. Karr, senior, psychology; Kelsi E. Kieth, senior, education; Casey Shea Land, sophomore, education; Alee D. Langen, junior, communication disorders; Trang Thi-Huyen Le, junior, chemistry; Tobias Jan Lofgren, junior, social sciences; Stormie D. Luetka-hans, senior, music; Jordan G. Massingill, sophomore, biology; Catherine A. Meck, senior, mass communication - public relations; Sabrina G. Meck, sophomore, mass com-munication – broadcasting; and Karissa L. Milu. Senior, agribusiness/equine industry and business.
Also, Amy Victoria Mitchem, junior, special education; Deborah Molina, junior, pre-medicine; Leah Beth Moore, sophomore, social sciences; Nicholas Seth Moore, senior, math-ematics; Tricia A. Morgan, senior, education; Sara R. Mullins, senior, chemistry; Nicki T. Nielsen, senior, marketing; Jessica M. Parker, senior, social work; Larry T. Paxton, senior, general busi-ness; Chantel M. Pearson,
senior, sports and exercise sciences; David A. Rasband, sophomore, general business; Kelsie D. Reece, senior, edu-cation; Samantha J. Rhodes, junior, sports and exercise sciences; Mary J. Rivera, senior, education; Victoria E. Roman, junior, speech com-munication; Megan E. Rose, senior, music; Samantha M. Sader, junior, wildlife biol-ogy; Eric S. Sanders, senior, history; David B. Sanderson, senior, computer information systems; Amanda L. Say, senior, music; Stephanie D. Schumacher, senior, agribusi-ness; Jordun T. Scott, senior, education; Jaehoun Shim, sophomore, pre-engineering; Anne M. Skalsky, senior, education; Vitaliy Skorodzi-yevskiy, freshman, general business; Amanda M. Smith, senior, social sciences; Carrie A. Spivey, senior, education; Dana Marie Stephenson, junior, education; Victoria M. Trela, junior, history; Shawn Jeffrey Walker, sophomore, pre-medicine; Andrew J. We-ber, senior, nursing; Leslie A. Wheat, junior, criminal jus-tice; Kayla B. Willard, senior, accounting; John T. Wilson, junior, chemistry; Ross Lane Wilson, sophomore, history; Taylor L. Wilson, senior, pre-physical therapy; Long Zhou, sophomore, computer infor-mation systems; and Lana J. Ziegler, senior, studio art.
HappyHope Elizabeth Wentz,
sophomore, music therapy
UmbargerMegan E. Hartman, junior,
computer science; and Thom-as Cullen Wieck, sophomore, pre-medicine
WaysideJessica L. Heisler, senior,
social work
President’s List
The Office of Continu-ing Education at West Texas A&M University will offer a Pharmacy Technician Train-ing course beginning Monday on campus.
The 14-week course is tailored to fit busy family and work schedules and designed to prepare students with both theoretical and practical training through hands-on experience. The classes will prepare students for entry-lev-el jobs as a pharmacy techni-cian in retail and institutional settings. Those who complete the rigorous course will know how to prepare prescription orders under the supervision
of a licensed pharmacist and how to perform all duties required in any pharmacy set-ting. Students also will be pre-pared to take the certification exam offered by the Pharma-cy Technician Certification Board to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician.
“With an aging population, our pharmaceutical needs are increasing tremendously,” Roxie Pranglin, interim director of continuing educa-tion, said. “This program is designed to meet the needs of pharmacies and provide opportunities for people in our region.”
The classes will meet Mon-
day and Thursday nights from 6-9 p.m. beginning Jan. 31. Once the 14-week program is completed, students will begin the 120-clock-hour ex-ternship in a local pharmacy to gain hands-on experience. Certificates of completion will be distributed after completion of the externship.
Enrollment for the pro-gram is limited, and admis-sion is based on application and interview. Cost is $4,295 and includes materials and textbooks. For more infor-mation or to register for the course, call the Office of Continuing Education at 651-2037.
WTAMU Continuing Ed to offer pharmacy tech course
Officials at West Texas A&M Univer-sity have recognized Dr. James Calvi’s excellence in teach-ing, scholarship and professional service by naming him the Teel Bivins Professor of American Poli-tics. Professorship and endowed chair positions have increased at WTAMU in recent years, and Calvi, associate dean of the College of Education and Social Sciences, joins a grow-ing list of faculty members recognized and honored by such prestigious titles.
“This high honor recog-
nizes Dr. Calvi’s ded-ication to teaching excellence and his outstanding scholar-ship and professional contributions to his discipline,” Dr. Ed-die Henderson, dean of the College of Education and Social Sciences, said.
“The distinction also honors Dr. Calvi’s com-mitment to the university, its students and his colleagues.”
Calvi has been a member of the WTAMU faculty for 28 years. He came to the University in 1982 and by 1994 was serving as the head of the Department of History
and Political Science. In 2009 he was named the
associate dean of the Colle of Education and Social Sci-ences.
He was instrumental in coordinating efforts for WTAMU’s master’s degree in criminal justice and helped start the supplemen-tal instruction program.
He has served on numer-ous professional and univer-sity committees and boards and has earned recognition for his work and research in-cluding the 2002-03 WTA-MU Teaching Excellence Award, the 1996 University Research Excellence Award and a President’s Commu-
nity Service Award. He also has numerous
publications to his credit, including three academic textbooks.
One, co-authored with fellow faculty member Susan Coleman and titled Ameri-can Law and Legal Systems, is in its seventh edition.
Calvi’s teaching areas are constitutional law and administrative law with special interest in American government, the presidency and congress.
The Teel Bivins Profes-
sor of Political Science was established in 2008 with gifts from the family, friends and colleagues of the late Ambassador Bivins and the Mary E. Bivins Foundation in recognition of his vision-ary leadership and the many significant contributions he made in the field of political science.
The professorship gener-ated so much response that the university was able to establish the Teel Bivins Pro-fessor of American Politics. Both professorships are ap-
pointed for three-year terms and enable the university to identify and retain outstand-ing political science faculty members while paying trib-ute to the Bivins family.
The university will recognize Calvi and other WTAMU professors holding endowed chairs or professor-ships, as well as the donors of those endowments, at a special convocation and reception from 4-5:30 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Recital Hall of the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex.
Calvi named Teel Bivins Professor of American Politics
Calvi
“This high honor recognizes Dr. Calvi’s dedication to teaching excellence and his outstanding scholarship and professional contributions to his discipline.”
– Dr. Eddie Henderson
Thursday, January 27, 2011 Page 5 THE CANYON NEWS
CAMPUS CHRONICLES
Canyon High School
Canyon Junior High
Sundown Lane
Crestview Elementary
Canyon Intermediate
By PAMELA HELLER
Please join Sundown Lane in congratulating the Sundown Lane spelling bee participants. The winners for Sundown Lanes were: Bryuna McDonald, first; Tyler Hickam, first run-ner up; Holly Kerr, second runner up; Derek Hall, alternate.
The Canyon Intermediate story is written by 5B students, Tucker Fischbacher, Blake Nester, Sydney Shaller, Lauren Allen, Kylee Khan, Parker Duggan, Matthew Wright, Nathan Solomon, Robert Kimmerly, Rebecca Andrews and Emma Franks.
In music, fifth grade just started preparations for fine arts night rock and roll forever songs including “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Surfin’ USA,” “Tutti Frutt,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Rock and Roll Forever.”
Last week students voted for the best Bluebonnet book. They will be shopping at an Accelerate Reader store this week. In reading, students will be studying figurative lan-guage, inference, context clues and summary. The shared reading will be “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls. They are also going to design a class survey and pres-ent it as a graphic paragraph.
In art, students are finishing the study on the artist, Pica-sso. They are beginning to study color as an element of art.
In physical education, students are going to be introduced to new games, coming back to old games like king ball and pirate ball. Students are going to do some things in kickball.
In math, they are going to do two weeks of probability stations, going into geometry. The A.M. test is due Feb. 7. They also can take practices home so they can turn the test in before it is due.
On Jan. 27 the theater classes will perform four fractured fairytales. These stories include characters like the three little elephants and the big bad mouse and a race between a chee-tah and a sloth.
Did you know that the earth is changing everyday? Stu-dents are studying about what wind, water, waves, ice and gravity can do on the earth.
Do you know how old your tree is? Well, ask a fifth grader. Students are also are coming into the rock cycle, and are go-ing to learn where fossils are found.
In office, students are finishing counting the education foundation week money; thanks for all that participated.
By JESSICA SCHENK
The general PTA meet-ing will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 7, followed by second grade’s
music program and then the family Valentine’s dance. Put on the boots and jeans and bring the children to the cafeteria for a night of family
fun. Add some dates to the calendar: Today is picture day for classes and individuals; Feb. 4 is Crestview savings bank; Feb. 7 is the PTA meet-
ing, second grade program and family Valentine’s dance at 6 p.m.; Feb. 11 school dismissed at noon; Feb. 18 Crestview savings bank.
By SHELLY HANES
Students interested in joining the Chess Club are invited to Room 2306 today during activity period to sign up, and JETS students will meet in Room 2107 during activity period.
There will be a baseball meeting in the auditorium at 6:30 this evening.
Boys soccer team will travel to Wichita Falls this
weekend for a tournament.Saturday school is from
8:30-11:30 a.m.On Saturday, varsity tennis
will take on Vernon here at 10 a.m. for a team match, and the junior varsity and varsity softball team will play its annual Purple-White game at 11 a.m. The Parent Teacher Student Association board will meet in the commons at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Band students will perform their
solo and ensemble concert at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Tuesday the CX UIL District meet is on the West Texas A&M University campus. Key Club will have a general meeting during activ-ity period, and glee rehearsal is scheduled from 6:30-8 p.m. in the auditorium.
Key Club will have a gen-eral meeting during activity period Wednesday.
CHS will hold an eighth
grade parent night at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium. This is a very informative meeting to help parents and students move from junior high to high school.
Next Thursday there is a community pep rally for all spring sports at 6 p.m. in the gym.
“Invisible Children” T-shirts are on sale now. Go to Room 2206. The cost is $10.
Students, please check the lists posted in the commons to make sure one has ordered and paid for a yearbook. If it shows not paid, go to the website and order from Jostens link. Last day to pay is Feb. 4.
Students, especially seniors, are reminded to visit
the counseling center for in-formation on colleges, college entrance exams, financial aid, scholarship applications and much more.
The counselors are here to help. Karla McCallie is counselor for last names A-G; Cheryl Hukill, H-N; and Robin Terry O-Z.
By SANDY ALLISON
On a silver platter, Canyon Junior High students were given a visual reminder of “lack of self-control.” The tray served them a pile of overdue/missed-payment/late-fee bills, a dirty diaper, rotting teeth and a blob of fat. Recognizing the topic of self-control as the root of many successes and the lack of self-control as the root of many problems, the stu-dents recalled subjects they witness in their lives. Their list included strong needs of self-discipline in finances, hormones, hygiene, exercise, weight/diet, study time, speed limits, attending school/job/church service, drinking/drugs/smoking, procrastina-tion, video/computer games, texting, rest, other people’s feelings, pornography and temper. Students used the topic of “controlling your temper” to learn ways of identifying problems and thinking ahead to manage and direct their actions. The next RESPECT program will be Feb. 18 on the subject of loyalty.
Listen for the rowdy sounds in the big gym at 2:50 p.m. tomorrow dur-ing the scheduled pep rally.
Highlights include band, cheerleaders, mascots, recy-cling crew, basketball teams, coaches and student body competitions.
Tonight the girls’ eighth grade “B” team plays in the Canyon tournament and con-tinues Saturday. The eighth grade girls “A” team travels to Westover for a basketball tournament tonight and Saturday.
The choir UIL solo and ensemble contest will be Saturday.
The boys’ basketball team plays at Westover on Monday with girls playing against Westover at home.
The early bird discount for the Washington, D.C. trip scheduled for spring break of 2012 hit the deadline this week, but students can still register at www.worldstrides.org.Mad scientists will have run of the campus Tuesday for the campus science fair. Have the fire department on speed dial for some of the experiments.
Cheerleader and mascot tryouts will be held in Febru-ary with a Tuesday through Thursday clinic to learn the chants, cheers and drills. A mandatory parent and student meeting will be an-nounced to explain respon-
sibilities and opportunities. Contact sponsor, Tina Jones, in the art room.
Early release will be at 12:25 p.m. on campus Feb. 11, but students are encour-
aged to return that night at 6 p.m. for the Valentine Dance.
Check out the recycling display in the cafeteria to out-line eco-friendly lunches. The STUCO exhibit gives tips on
packing a waste-free lunch, including the use of a dish-washer safe lunchbox or re-using the sacks obtained with fast-food or restaurant meals. Purchase food items in larger
quantities saving money while reducing waste. Using empty plastic containers from sour cream, dips, cottage cheese, etc., you keep lunch foods fresh plus keep the plastic out of the landfill. A reus-able water bottle encourages students to drink more water and greatly reduces the plas-tic in the trashcan. Pack fresh fruits instead of individually packaged/canned fruits and vegetables.
They have their own per-fect bio-degradable packag-ing. Empty cereal box sacks and empty bread wrappers can be used to pack lunches. If a student must use plastic baggies, wash and reuse these. Use washable spoons and forks instead of more plastic. These can easily be found at garage sales for little investment. The fun note in the display shows how much money a family can save each year by packing a healthy, “Creative Green” lunch. What could you do with that much money? A student bringing a disposable lunch to school each day will gener-ate over 67 pounds of waste per school year.
For an average school, this equals about 18,760 pounds of waste in our Canyon land-fill each year.
RESPECT mentor, Jack Hayward, serves a silver platter with self control reminders to eighth grade student, Sarah Fruge. A pile of bills, diaper, rotting teeth and blob of fat reminded Canyon Junior High students of some of the results of lack of self-discipline.
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FARM & RANCHPage 6 Thursday, January 27, 2011 THE CANYON NEWS
By KAY LEDBETTERTexas AgriLife Extension Service
AMARILLO – Every year, students from universities find either full-time or part-time work in the fields and laboratories of scientists such as Dr. Charlie Rush at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Amarillo.
Rush, as well as other scientists, take on the role of teacher, and their greenhous-es, labs and fields become hands-on “classrooms” for the students. The biggest differ-ence is that students don’t have to pay to go to class; they get paid.
Most of these scientists do not have an official teach-ing responsibility with any university, but the work they do with the students and the “classrooms” they oversee plays a valuable role in a time when scientist numbers are declining, especially in the applied sciences, said Rush, an AgriLife Research plant
pathologist.“That’s where we excel,”
Rush said. “We can take these students to the fields to meet the producers or the end-users of their science. You talk to any university and people are talking about the lack of broadly trained students.”
Whether it is the under-graduate student at a sum-mer job, a graduate student working his way through his master’s program or a post-doctoral student, they are exposed to both basic and ap-plied science and see the ben-efits of integrating the two, Rush said. In his “classroom,” they use molecular science to answer pathogen diagnostic questions.
“There’s another advantage for these students when they come to work for someone like me,” he said. “At our facilities at Bushland, on one side is the office of a plant physiologist and on the other side is the office of a research entomologist.
“Because we really do
collaborative research here, they get to come out and rub elbows with other programs and see first-hand whether they like the work or not,” Rush said. “You just can’t buy that experience anywhere.”
Another benefit is the letter of recommendation for further studies, which might carry more weight than someone who worked for a fast-food restaurant or grocery store, he said.
“It’s such a good oppor-tunity for so many of these students who go on to gradu-ate school and into professor positions.”
Jacob Price knows first-hand about the experience. Price went from being a cook at a local restaurant to a student worker.
He moved within the AgriLife Research plant pathology program from a stu-dent worker to a technician, then later earned a master’s degree from West Texas A&M University and became a research associate. He is
now pursuing his doctorate at Texas Tech University while serving as an adjunct faculty member at Amarillo College.
“Whenever I got my associ-ate degree, I went all over the place and applied for biology-type jobs and couldn’t find one,” Price said. “It was really only after one of my profes-sors introduced me to Dr. Rush and I was given the op-portunity to start working as a student worker that I found a good job.
“So my advice to other students is to get to know your professors and take the opportunity to get involved with student working pro-grams such as those at Texas AgriLife.”
Price said he had no agriculture interest initially and was interested in using his biology associates degree in the area of human pathol-ogy. But the experience he received with Rush “changed my life,” he said. Now his goal is to continue agricultural re-search and eventually become a full-time professor.
Rush can go through a list of students who have started as student workers with his program, including Kathy Vaughn, a student worker who pursued a master’s degree, went into private business and is now with AgriLife Research in Lubbock; and David Jones and Casey Childers, who learned Global Position-ing System programs under Rush’s precision agriculture project and then got hired by the U.S. Army.
“I love to hire someone when they are a sophomore or junior and get them plugged into the system,” Rush said.
He said he normally gives them a hoe and puts them in a field by themselves to determine if they are willing to work and do as they are
asked. If that works out, then he takes them into his labs and starts exposing them to the science.
Rush said he narrows it down a little further by having them do tedious work such as looking through a microscope all day and that helps deter-mine where their strengths might be. As they demon-strate willingness to work and interest in a particular area, they are assigned to projects of their own.
“Then, as they near gradu-ation, we plant the seed of get-ting a master’s degree. Some do, some don’t,” he said.
Rush said the process doesn’t stop there; it contin-ues with graduate and post-doctoral students.
This whole process instills values and develops the work ethic needed to set up a suc-cessful research program, he said. And with each student comes new technology and ideas for the program. Then the process is perpetu-ated when the graduate-level students begin working with student workers.
“We bring people in and
plug them in to write research proposals and get gradu-ate students of their own,” Rush said. “This exposure of student workers to other young people who have made that choice to go forward with their careers is of tremendous value.”
Rush said when he was in graduate school, there weren’t too many students older than him, so he didn’t have any mentors in the lab. In the situ-ation where student workers are working with post-docs who are in the program, they get that mentoring experience.
And this mentoring process, the perpetuation of the careers in agricultural sciences by exposure in the actual hands-on classrooms, is repeated by many scien-tists throughout the 13 Texas AgriLife Research and Exten-sion Centers across the state.
“Post-doc students who go through the program and then become faculty somewhere else are a source of pride,” he said. “But they are more than that; they help us build a network of possible collabora-tors around the world.”
AgriLife Research centers offer opportunities not found in books
Student workers Angela Simmons, front, and Stephanie Pattison work in the plant pathology laboratory in Amarillo.
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Apts for rent - close to WT. All new energy efficient windows. Call 655-4237, 679-6584, 655-2460 or www.canyonapts.com
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Clean 1 bdrm 4-plex, w/d hookups, no pets. An-nual lease. $350/200. 655-1514
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New Opening: Assistant head housekeeper. Need to be able to work week-ends. Apply in person 2901 4th Ave Holiday Inn Express, Canyon
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3/2/2 nice, large, brick country home 3 miles N of Canyon. F/P, CH&A. Avail Feb 1st. $1000/mo. $1000/dep. 679-6604
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1908 3rd Ave. Beautiful historic 3 bdrm, 1 bth, CH&A, appliances & W/D provided. Close to WT. $950 plus utilities. $500/dep. 806-655-0167
Palisades 2 bdrm 1 1/2 bth. Utility room, large den w/fireplace, garage. 655-1151
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
The City of Canyon proposes to annex property within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Canyon on the voluntary petition of a landowner and property dedicated to the City of Canyon for the purpose of extending the boundary limits of the City of Canyon to include such property.
Public hearings will be held by and before the City Commission of the City of Canyon, Texas, on the 7th day of February, 2011 at 5:30 p.m., and the 21st day of February, 2011, at 5:30pm, in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall of the City of Canyon, Texas, 301 16th Street, Canyon, Texas. The purpose of the public hearings will be to receive input and com-ments from all persons interested in the proposed annexation of a 2.821 acre tract of land located in the Northeast quarter (NE/4) of Section No. 63, Block B-5, H. & G.N. R.R. Co. Survey, Randall County, Texas, recorded in Volume 1293, Page 369, Deed Records of Randall County, Texas; and a 0.31 acre tract of land situated in Section 2, Block 1, Tyler Tap Ry. Co. Survey, Randall County, Texas . At said time and place all such persons have the right to appear and be heard.
By order of the City Commission of the City of Canyon, Texas.
ATTEST:QUINN ALEXANDER, MayorGRETCHEN MERCER, City Clerk
In accordance with Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, Canyon Self Storage will hold a Public Auction of Property being sold to satisfy a
Landlord’s Lien. Sale will be on Saturday, Febru-ary 12, 2011.
Terms: CASH ONLY. Seller reserves the right to refuse any and all bids and to withdraw the property from sale at any time. Auction rules will be available on the day of the sale.
206 N. 16th St. Canyon, TX. @ 2:00 p.m.Unit #141, Elsie M. Diaz: household items
1400 Hwy 60 Canyon, TX. @2:45 p.m.Unit #27N, April D. Perez: household itemsUnit #30N, Joshua C. Williams: household items
THE STATE OF TEXASTO: CAREY NEAL JORDON, Defendant, GREET-INGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this cita-tion by 10:00 a.m., on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation a default judgment may be taken against you. YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear by filing a written answer to plaintiff’s petition at or before 10:00 o’clock a.m. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this Citation, the same being Monday the 14th day of March, at 10:00 a.m., before the Honorable 47th District Court of Randall County, Texas, at the Justice Center, 2309 Russell Long Blvd., Ste 110., Canyon, TX 79015. Said Plaintiff’s Petition was filed on the 26th day of July, 2010 in Cause No. 62663A.The names of the parties in said suit are:WELLS FARGO BANK NA, Plantiffvs.CAREY NEAL JORDON, Defendant. The brief statement of the nature of said suit is as follows: to-wit: PLAINTIFF SEEKS A DECLARA-TORY JUDGMENT TO ENFORCE A REVERSE MORTGAGE OBLIGATION UNDER TEXAS CONST. ART XVI 50 (k)(6)(A) and 50 (k)(11) concerning LOT 8, BLOCK 15 OF AMENDED PARAMOUNT ADDI-TION UNIT NO.8, AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 668, PAGE 428 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS as is more fully shown by Plaintiff’s Petition on file in this suit. ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court this January 25, 2011.JO CARTERClerk of the District Courts2309 Russell Long Blvd., Ste 110Canyon, Texas 79015By Amanda Weigle DeputyName and address of Plaintiff’s attorney: MARK TORABI, 15000 SURVEYOR BOULEVARD, AD-DISON TEXAS 75001, 972-341-0556
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SPORTSPage 8 Thursday, January 27, 2011 THE CANYON NEWS
Lady Eagles handle Lady Raiders
By EVAN GRICECanyon News Staff
If there is one thing the Lady Eagles knew coming into Tuesday night’s contest against Randall, it was that the last time they played them RHS gave them their closest game of the season.
That happened once again, but the result remained the same as well. Canyon only trailed one time in the game and used a strong third quar-ter to pull out a 40-26 victory at Eagle Gymnasium.
“It just seems like every time Canyon and Randall girls play each other it’s a grind out game,” Canyon Head Coach Joe Lombard said. “I feel good about the win and I wish we could have played a little better offen-sively, but Randall wouldn’t let us.”
In the first quarter, Can-yon came out with the early lead at 3-1 with 6:13 remain-ing. RHS held their nerve and eventually tied the game at 7-7 with 1:20 left in the first quarter. Canyon ended the first holding onto a slim 10-7 lead.
The second quarter saw Randall tie the game again at 10-10 just 25 seconds into the quarter. RHS took a 13-12 lead at the 5:44 mark before halftime. But the tenacious
Lady Eagles wouldn’t allow the Lady Raiders to hold it as they took a 22-14 lead into the locker room. Things didn’t get much better for RHS after the break as de-fense set the tone.
Canyon outscored the Lady Raiders in the third 10-6 to maintain their lead at 32-20 going into the fourth quarter. Try as they might, the closest the Lady Raid-ers were able to come was 10 points at 32-22 with 5:47 left in regulation. The Lady Eagles eventually came away with a 40-26 victory.
“I was kind of disappoint-ed in our free throw shooting tonight,” Randall head coach Ronnie Glenn said. “Canyon played some good defense tonight and that really kept us from making our shots tonight.”
Leading the scoring on the night for the Lady Eagles was senior Nicole Hampton with 12 points followed by fellow senior Ashton Pedigo with six points. Senior Madison Russ scored five points on the night with junior Shawna Monreal and freshman Madi-son Parker each scoring four points.
“This could potentially be a playoff type game against a team that has a really great defense like Randall does,” Lombard said. “We were so closely guarded tonight that it was hard to get a three-point
shot off, but I’m proud of my team.”
The Lady Raiders were paced by senior Shelby Kager with eight points on the eve-ning followed by fellow senior Lexi Palacios with six points. Senior Jessica Mayes scored five points in the game with senior Jade Cordova and junior Macy Ramsey each scoring three points.
“We’ll see how we react Friday night,” Glenn said. “Our backs are against the wall and we’ve got to win them all to get into the playoffs.”
The Lady Eagles overall record now stands at 27-0 with a 10-0 record in district. Randall fell to 15-12 overall with a 6-5 record in district play.
Canyon’s next contest will be Friday night against the Lady Longhorns of Caprock with tip-off set for 6 p.m. from Eagle Gymnasium. Randall will play host to the Lady Bulldogs of Plainview on Friday night with tip-off scheduled for 6 p.m. from the “House of Doom.”
“We still have a goal to win district and we don’t want to overlook anyone,” Lombard said. “Caprock is a very com-petitive team and can beat anyone in this district on a given night. We need to take some things from this game and learn from them and improve for Friday night.”
Clinch Playoff Berth
Shawna Monreal leaps between Jessica Mayes and Macy Ramsey for a goal. Left inset: Madison Russ drives toward the goal. Right inset: Nicole Hampton works through defensive pressure.
Photos by JAMES BARRINGTON
Lexi Palacios leaps for a lay-up with Courtney Erwin defending.Photo by KEVIN SHELTON
Ashton Pedigo and Lexi Palacios get tangled under the goal.Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
Thursday, January 27, 2011 Page 9 THE CANYON NEWS
Raiders stop losing streak against EaglesFour players score in double figures
By EVAN GRICECanyon News Staff
To say that Tuesday night’s contest between the Can-yon and Randall boys was a “must-win” would be an understatement. Both teams entered the contest sporting consecutive losing streaks in district play.
In the end it was the silver and black that came out on top claiming a 61-56 victory, despite a hard-fought come-back from the Eagles.
“I thought we did a great job and I thought Randall’s guys did a great job as well,” Canyon head coach Guy Crenshaw said. “We’ve got to figure out how to stop the bleeding. Our guys are work-ing hard and I know that. I’m still proud of them.”
At the beginning of the contest, Randall tried to stamp its authority early and take any hope away from the Eagles. It looked as though that might come to pass as the Raiders held a 22-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, something they weren’t expecting was a furi-ous comeback by the Eagles.
Canyon slowly but surely made their way back into the contest and finally took the lead at the 2:19 mark of the second quarter leading 28-26. The two teams went into the locker room tied at 30-30.
“We told our guys not to panic,” Randall head coach Leslie Broadhurst said. “We kind of took some bad shots in that second quarter. We just kept telling them to get back to running our set plays and take some good shots. It wasn’t a very good quarter in the second.”
After the break, Canyon looked as though they were going to ride their momen-tum to a pivotal district
victory. But Randall had other ideas about that, as they stormed back to claim a 43-41 lead with 2:25 left in the third quarter. RHS held a 50-43 lead going into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth, Canyon tried to claw their way back but it was to no avail as they just couldn’t get within striking distance to overtake Randall. RHS eventually came away with a 61-56 victory, snapping a three-game losing streak.
“After you lose three then you’re glad to get back on track,” Broadhurst said.
“Hopefully this will give us some confidence moving forward in district play.”
Leading the scoring on the night for Canyon was junior Will Toliver and sophomore Wyatt Sippy each scoring 20 points on the evening.
Randall was paced by junior Ridrell Holman with 23 points followed by junior Zach Carlisle, junior Trey In-gram and senior Joseph Scott all with 10 points each.
The Eagles overall record now stands at 9-14 with a 4-4 record in district play. Ran-dall improved to 16-8 overall
and 5-3 in district play. Canyon will play host to
Caprock on Friday night with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Canyon High School. Randall will host Plainview on Friday night with tip-off also scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the “House of Doom.”
“Plainview has some good athletes and a good team,” Broadhurst said. “We’re going to prepare for the next two days and hopefully come out ready for them on Friday. We’ve got six games left and we’re just trying to take this one game at a time.”
Randall’s cheerleaders urge the Raiders on.Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
Randall’s Ridrell Holman shoots over Canyon’s Clay Halencak.
Photo by KEVIN SHELTON
Raider Logan Brittain recovers the ball and starts downcourt as Eagle Will Tolliver tries to steal. Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
Trey Ingram shoots for two points from within the paint. Photo by KEVIN SHELTON
Coaches vs. Cancer
Fans and athletes raised a total of $1,798.65 for 10-year-old Lynnzy Standerfer Tuesday evening. Lynnzy, from the Pampa area, is suffering from acute myloid leukemia and the family was selected by the Canyon and
Randall coaches to receive financial support due to the financial hardhip Lynnzy’s disease
has caused.
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I thought to myself, “I’ll wait until I smell the coffee and then I’ll join him.”
I wanted to spend time with my father. I loved those times when the stars were still bright in the sky and we drank coffee and sat around the campfire. We didn’t say much more than, “Good morning. Did you sleep well?” After two or three cups of coffee, we would whisper to one another about how nice it was to go to sleep to the sound of the noisy creek.
We talked about current events. Actually, Dad talked and I listened. I was in my 20s and very ambitious in my field, but truthfully, I didn’t pay attention to the state of the world like my father did. We looked down at the smoke rising from the campfire for 10 or 20 minutes before we realized Dad’s boot was on fire. He had his legs crossed, leaning back in his lawn chair and one foot was extended a little too close to the fire.
“Dad, your boot is on fire,” I said excitedly.
Dad just calmly stomped his foot on the ground and
put the fire out. Then I began to laugh out loud, prob-ably waking everyone else. Imagine being so relaxed you didn’t realize your foot was in the fire.
Camping out is not as much fun without Dad. The last time I saw him was about an hour after he died. I told him how much I loved him and how very much I enjoyed the times we made music together and worked on the farm. I also mentioned how much fun we had that morn-ing in the darkness all alone while his boot smoldered in Cimarron Canyon.
“Coach Lombard would always come up to the junior high, and I don’t think it reg-istered with me just how big of a deal it was to play under him when I was younger,” Ashton said.
“We’re extremely blessed to have someone like him coaching us and giving us his wisdom on the bench.”
When she’s not perform-ing on the hardwood, Ashton puts her energy towards blocking out something more important: drugs and alcohol.
“I’m involved with Super-team which is a class that helps make lessons so we can go to the elementary schools and teach them about the dangers of drugs and alco-hol,” Ashton said.
“I love going to the
schools and speaking with the kids.”
As far as her plans after college, Ashton said it would be a dream come true to play with her sister at Wayland Baptist University.
“I want to play college basketball, but it would mean so much more to me if I could play with Aubrey at Wayland,” Ashton said.
“I want to do something in speech pathology in college, but getting to play with my sister at the same time would definitely be the icing on the cake for me.”
While they might be even as players on the court, there is something that Aubrey has that Ashton would love to have, a state championship ring.
“My sister won a state championship her junior year and every time I see that ring on her finger it definitely
motivates me,” Ashton said. “She would be so proud
and it would definitely mean a lot having a ring.”
Aside from being one of the best post players on the team, Ashton said she’s also one of the best singers on the team.
“I’ve been involved with choir ever since junior high,” Ashton said.
“Sometimes when we’re singing then the girls will tell me to stop so I don’t make them look bad.”
Something Eagle fans might not know about Ash-ton is how she learned to be so strong and graceful in the paint.
“I used to do ballet and gymnastics when I was younger,” Ashton said.
“Aubrey did it with me as well and then I came to something with a little more contact.”
“They’re getting so strict on some of the grant require-ments and so many depart-ments apply for them that it is very hard to get a grant anymore. I’m just glad to get these new trucks in service and start using them. Hope-fully, we don’t have to use
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them for a while, but we want them to be ready to go.”
The fire department was in critical need of the new trucks to meet Insurance Service Office standards that monitor fire stations across the nation.
“It needs to be done and it should have been done be-fore,” Webb said. “Nowadays, some people will go 10 years on a first line-truck and keep
it another five on reserve and then it’s out. We’re way in the hole as far as that’s concerned. We just retired a 50-year-old truck last year.
“It’s hard for cities our size to save up enough money.
“If you look at it over the last five years, a fire truck’s price has gone up five to 10 percent and that makes it hard to gain any ground on it.”
FUND-RAISER QUILT
Charlene Bagley (left) and Jean Love display the quilt they recently completed that will be auctioned by the Canyon Senior Citizen Center. The minimum bid will be $300. In the background is the quilt the two ladies are working on next.
Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON
The 2011 Randall County Senior Spell-ing Bee Champion is Keslie Pharis.
Pharis is a sixth grade student at Green-ways Intermediate School and the daughter of Jay and Michelle Pharis. She will go on to compete in the 2011 Regional Spell-ing Bee on March 5 at West Texas A&M University.
Second place was Anna Bartley, a sixth grader at Canyon Intermediate School and daughter of Mark and Kellie Bartley. Third place was Emily Brasher, an eighth grader at Canyon Junior High School and daughter of Jimmy and Eileen Brasher.
Pharis Bartley Brasher
Sixth grader takes spelling senior bee
A new pumper truck for the Canyon Fire Department was being outfitted Tuesday to be put into service.
Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON