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Canyon ISD Profile

Farm Bureau gives recognition with award:

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Canyon youth lend hand to charity event:

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Great year for parks, recreation

WT Classic track meet this weekend:

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(See MOVERS, Page 10)

Randall senior cooksup future job experience

Ally Schniederjan is a senior at Randall High School and will compete in the state culinary arts competition Saturday.

Photo by AMANDA ROGERS

Movers &Shakers

By BRIAN NOEL

(See BOOTS, Page 10)

Oh, what a first full year as Parks Director! We had a record setting drought making it tough to keep anything outside alive with the trees and grass dying before our very eyes, the rains were timely but few. We are hoping and praying for more moisture and less heat in 2012.

It was a great day to hon-or Canyon’s longest serving Mayor with the dedication of the Lois Rice Pavilion last fall. The completion of the Brown Road Soccer Complex Pavilion and The Lois Rice Pavilion at Con-ner Park are beautiful addi-tions to the parks facilities made possible with funding from the Canyon Economic Development Corporation and the City Commission.

The city received a grant that funded renovation of the entrance to Southeast Park adding more than 39 trees along the Wastewater Plant perimeter and around the covered picnic areas in the park. Improvements continue including the new gateway project currently under construction at Rus-sell Long Boulevard and Hwy. 87 by Fuller Construc-tion and TxDOT. It’s going to be amazing! A revamp-ing of the batting cages in Southeast Park (thanks to Canyon ISD for the donation of the turf from Kimbrough stadium); a new restroom and concession facility inside Kent Johnson Memorial Baseball Com-plex ( with funding from CEDC); improvements to the park irrigation system for better control of water-ing schedules via a comput-er controlled system; Brown Road soccer Complex irrigation and field renova-tion; Conner Park irrigation upgrade; Security cameras around Conner Park swim-ming pool and park area and the pavilions in

By JAMES BARRINGTONCanyon News staff

“Boots and Bling” is the theme of the 2012 Canyon Chamber of Commerce Choice Awards and Dinner Party. While the theme is new, the venue will be at the Hazel Kelley Wilson (Alumni) Banquet Hall on the campus of West Texas A&M. Activities will begin at 7 p.m. with a Red Carpet Reception and dinner will be served at 8 p.m. Saturday evening. Tickets can be purchased at the Cham-ber of Commerce office.

Chamber executive director Cheryl Malcolm is expect-ing a crowd in the neighborhood of 300 again this year.

The menu will feature Southwest Chicken, “with all the trimmings,” prepared and served by Aramark.

The Master of Ceremony duties will be shared this year by chairman of the Chamber board Brandon Finke and city manager Randy Criswell.

“We’ve added some awards this year,” Malcolm said. “It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We just find that there are so many great opportunities that our businesses are taking in our community. We have some businesses that are doing some really outstanding things in the marketing areas. So we are adding a marketing event of the year to this roster. We are also adding the non-profit award.

Community members to deck out in boots, bling Saturday

Canyon Chamber of Commerce

By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff

The Canyon ISD Culinary Arts team placed third at the ProStart Re-gional Competition in San Antonio Feb. 18 and will now advance to the state competition Saturday in Round Rock. The students were critiqued for menu and recipe analysis by chefs from the Culinary Institute of America.

Those who advanced to state are seniors Ally Schniederjan, Lauren Rib-era, Stephanie Thompson and Madison Stubbs from Randall High School and Ashleigh Grizzle of Canyon High School.

The students will take part in individual and team

competitions. The students said that

as a team they have fun together, which makes the experience more relaxing.

“It’s exciting to be a team and work together because we’re all friends so we have fun,” Grizzle said.

“On the way to the com-petition it’s nerve-racking, but once we’re cooking we just work together and get things done as a team.”

Schniederjan and Stubbs said they would like to con-tinue working in the food industry.

The entire team said that their faith has been a big part of their team atmo-sphere, such as praying to-gether before competitions.

“I’m just thankful we have another chance to go. It’s not me; it’s all Him,” Ribera said.

“I think that’s why we’re all so relaxed; it gave us peace. If He wants us out there then we are out there to glorify His name.”

Culinary arts students head to state competition

By AMANDA ROGERSCanyon News staff

A love of food and a de-sire of being in the kitchen is why Ally Schniederjan, a senior at Randall High School, is taking a culinary arts class for a second year.

“I’ve always been inter-ested in cooking, and it’s something I want to go into when I graduate. I feel like being in this class, I’m a step above because I have skills I can use,” she said. “I just loved it last year. It’s just so much fun. I work with a bunch of fun girls. I just love cooking and get-ting to create stuff. It’s art with food.”

Coming to the Canyon Junior High School campus,

where the culinary arts kitchen is located, is not a hassle for Ally, who also enjoys getting to know students from Canyon High School in her class.

To secure a spot in the state competition, students had to cook the same reci-pes and present their dishes.

“We had to use a certain set of everything, and it was just tough. It was interesting to see what every came up with,” she said. “I practice here as much as I can. I just get really nervous, so I get in the zone and pretend like no one else is here.”

Ally said advancing to the state level is an exciting experience.

“It’s just awesome. I’m not into sports or anything

and to have something I can compete in is great,” she said.

“It’s getting me prepared for what I want to do when I graduate.”

Ally, who also volun-teered to be on United Way’s Youth Cabinet, hopes to stay in the restaurant business after graduation.

“I will probably be going to Amarillo College for two years and then possibly another school for restau-rant and hospitality manage-ment,” she said.

“I think the hospitality and hotel stuff is just so glamorous. It’s kind of like seeing the world from one place as people come to visit. You get to show your product; it’s just nice.”

(See CULINARY, Page 3)

The Canyon ISD Culinary Arts team was critiqued for menu and recipe analysis at the ProStart Regional Competition.

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Boots decorated by Canyon businesses and organizations will help bling out the annual Canyon Chamber of Commerce dinner party.

Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON

Dr. James Hallmark, provost/vice president for academic affairs at West Texas A&M Uni-versity, has been named acting vice chancellor for academic affairs of The Texas A&M University System.

WTAMU provost takes new position

Texas A&M University

system

(See PROVOST, Page 3)

Hallmark

NEWSBEATPage 2 Thursday, March 1, 2012 THE CANYON NEWS

Obituary

Austin Griffin

Mr. Griffin

Community Calendar

• The Department of Communication at West Texas A&M University, in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Canyon, will hold a public forum on the challenges of end-ing global poverty. “End-ing Poverty: The United Nations and Millennium

Development Goals,” will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Donald Lee, an expert on global poverty issues and a retired economist with the United Nations, will be visiting WTAMU through

the United Nations-Rotary Outreach Program. Lee is currently a member and chair-elect of the Interna-tional Committee for Oct. 17, which promotes the United Nations Interna-tional Day for the Eradica-tion of Poverty. He served as a senior development economist for 20 years with the United Nations in New York and Bangkok, Thailand. Before joining the U.N., he was Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Commerce at Deakin University in Australia. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London. For more information, contact Butler Cain, assistant professor in the Department of Com-munication, at 651-2414 or bcain@wtamu.edu.

• A 5K walk and run will be held April 28 in Happy for a playground fund. Registration will start at 8:30 a.m. at Happy City Hall, located at 106 N. Talley Ave., with the event starting at 9:30 a.m. Cost before April 7 is $20 for adults and $10 for children. Cost after April 7 is $25 for adults and $15 for children.

Funeral services for Austin Louie Griffin, 84, were held Tuesday at Pleas-ant Valley Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Jeremiah Cunningham officiat-ing. Burial was in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo with arrangements by Brooks Funeral Directors.

Mr. Griffin died Feb. 24, 2012, in Canyon.

He was born to Floyd and Opal Hicks Griffin on Sept. 6, 1927, in Donley County. He married Oleta Hawley on Feb. 7, 1947, in Amarillo. She preceded him in death in 2006. He was foreman for the Amarillo Livestock Auction and was a dozer operator for road construction. He was a member of Amarillo Primi-tive Baptist Church where he served as deacon. The family would like to thank the staff of the Hudson House for their love and care of Louie during his time there.

Survivors include a son, Gary Griffin and wife, Te-resa, of Amarillo; a daugh-ter, Karen Newberry and husband, John, of Amarillo; a sister, Shirley Anderson and husband, Billy Ray, of

Snyder, Okla.; nine grand-children, Christina Clark and husband, Jay, of Little-rock, Ark., Bethany Peters and husband, Michael, of McSherrystown, Penn., Mi-chele Stivers and husband, Philip, of Kempner, Jimi Wilmeth and wife, Akaisha, of Amarillo, Brianne Schaf-fler and significant other, Vi Vidaurri, of Amarillo, Amber Perez and husband, Ronnie, of San Antonio, Brian Dillard of Amarillo, Cindy Miller of Lockhart and Johnny Newberry and wife, Shelby, of McKinney; and 21 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Hospice, 6900 I40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, TX 79106. Sign the online guest registry at www.brooksfu-neral.com.

• CHS Class of 1962 will hold its 50th reunion the weekend of May 25-26. They are looking for several classmates to include at the reunion, such as: Kay Allen Ward, Linda Burt, Lois Harlan Saul, Danny Johnson, Rose Lancaster, Donnie Raef, Juanita Roubinek, Doug Ward and Judy Wheeler Kingsberry. If anyone has informa-tion on those people, call Marion Marrs at 656-0424 or 674-2077 or send e-mail to marion.marrs@sbcglobal.net.

• An Alzheimer’s sup-port group is now meeting in Canyon on the first Friday of each month from noon-1 p.m. at First Baptist Church Ministry Center. A light lunch is provided.

• Hospice Care of the Southwest offers a free, monthly grief support meeting for any man who is grieving the death of his spouse. The group meets from 5:30–6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Trinity Baptist Church, located at 1601 West Interstate 40 in Amarillo.

The Farm Bureau recognized three individuals last week with its Randall County Farm Bureau Outstanding Service Award.

Board chairman Walter Cranmer said, “It’s mostly us ‘old timers’ that have been around a long time. We try to do some good for the county and the Farm Bureau itself.”

Board member Roger Gist added, “This is an award we started years ago to recognize folks that had gone above and beyond in their work with the Randall County Farm

Bureau. For several years we were doing it posthumously. We got to thinking it wasn’t really so good to give it to the widows.

“So we started awarding it to guys, except for one, that were still living. We wanted to let them know how much we appreciated how much they had done.”

This year, R. B. Gist, Jr. received the award posthumous-ly; but Walter Cranmer, Bob McCasland and Joe Turpin were there to receive the recognition.

Bob McCasland, Walter Cranmer and Joe Turpin are pictured above with the Randall County Farm Bureau Outstanding Service Award.

Photo by JAMES BARRINGTON

Farm Bureau gives recognition with award

The Canyon Police Department is gearing up for its annual spring clean up of junk and abandoned vehicles throughout the city. The officers will initially focus their attention on those areas west of 8th Street. This area is slated for upcoming street seal coating maintenance.

According to city ordinance an abandoned motor vehicle is defined as inoperable, more than five years old and has been left unattended on public property for more than 48 hours. It can also be any age of vehicle that has remained illegally on public property for more than 48 hours. An abandoned vehicle can be defined as being left

unattended on the right of way of a designated county, state, or federal highway for more than 48 hours.

The city ordinance defines a junked vehicle as a vehicle that is self-propelled, inoperable and has an ex-pired registration or expired motor vehicle inspection certificate. The ordinance also defines it as a vehicle that is wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled or discarded. A vehicle that remains inoperable for more than 45 consecutive days on public property that shows no sign of being wrecked, dismantled partially dismantled having a valid registration and inspection stickers can also be clas-sified as junked. State law

defines a junked vehicle as being inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than 72 consecutive hours on public property or 30 consecutive days if on private property.

Police Chief Dale Davis requests voluntary compli-ance with both state law and city ordinance. Failing to comply with the ordinance can become expensive for the motor-vehicle owner. The agency shall affix 72-hour stickers on junked and abandoned vehicle.

“I assure the vehicle owners the police will be returning to check on com-pliance,” Davis said.

“Owners removing the warning sticker from the window and not removing

the car are an indication that the owner is not going to comply with the ordi-nance and is trying to buy more time before enforce-ment action is taken. It is our intent to clean up of the eye sore of junk and abandon vehicles.

“Vehicles parked in yards foster mosquito growth and provide a haven for wild animals. It is a public safety issue we are dealing with.”

The police department plans on aggressively enforc-ing the ordinances starting March 12.

“We will continue our enforcement throughout the summer or until such time that majority of the viola-tions have been addressed,” Davis said.

Police to enforce junked, abandoned vehicle ordinance

Previous voter registration certificates, printed on blue paper, expired on Dec. 31, 2011. Renewal certificates, printed on yellow paper, will be mailed to all registered voters once the state redistricting plans are finalized by the federal courts. Those currently registered with a name or address change, submit the updated information to the voter registrar. For those who have moved out of the coun-ty, a new voter registration application must be submitted. Voters can expect to receive their new certificate before the 2012 primary elections. The new yellow certificates will be valid through Dec. 31, 2013.

New registration certificates delayed

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Rhonda Obenhaus, culi-nary arts teacher, said that the competition has very strict guidelines and judging criteria, even requiring the cost per dish down to the last one-eighth of a tea-spoon of an ingredient. The Country Barn in Amarillo is sponsoring the team by providing beef for students to cook.

“We started practicing here doing the entire thing and setting it up just like in contest. The practice paid off. The team really gets along so well together. Team-work is what the judges re-ally praised them on, as well as their safety and sanitation practices,” Obenhaus said.

“I’m so proud of them. It was fun for me watching them because we had prac-ticed down to the minute.”

The Canyon ISD Culinary Arts team placed third at the ProStart Regional Competition in San Antonio on Feb. 18. From left: Madison Stubbs, Ally Schniederjan, Ashleigh Grizzle, Lauren Ribera, Chef Patrick Costello, culinary arts Teacher Rhonda Obenhaus and Stephanie Thompson.

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Madison Stubbs, Ally Schniederjan, Lauren Ribera, Stephanie Thompson and Ashleigh Grizzle receive a critique from the Culinary Institute of America chefs.

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She said the students are judged in a scenario similar to the show Top Chef, where the dishes are pre-sented and judges critique them at the table.

“These competitions give them skills that they can take with them in life. Now they know even if a boss critiques them not to take it personally and to use the advice to improve,” Oben-haus said.

While many of the schools in larger districts, such as those in Dallas or Austin, have professional restaurant chefs as instruc-tors.

“I’m honored to go and compete with these top schools. Canyon ISD has really supported this program and what we do. The community has also with businesses volunteering time and resources to our

He was recommended by a 10-member search committee comprised of faculty and administrators from throughout the A&M System to fill the vacant position.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Hallmark to The Texas A&M University System,” Chancellor John Sharp said. “His breadth of knowledge and experience will advance our programs and add immediate value to the system universities.”

As vice chancellor for academic affairs, Hallmark will work on behalf of the chancellor to provide lead-ership and direction in aca-demic and student affairs. His duties include oversee-ing the academic program development process for A&M System members from inception to approval by the Texas Higher Educa-tion Coordinating Board and working to develop quality measures for suc-cess; providing system-wide leadership on the develop-ment of comprehensive dis-tance education initiatives to improve the efficiency of course development and delivery; and working with

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the lead institutions on strategic planning for the development and expansion of existing branch campuses and A&M System centers.

Hallmark, who joined the WTAMU faculty in 1991, has served as WTAMU’s provost/vice president for academic affairs since September 2008, after first acting as interim and filling the position vacated by Dr. Brian R. Chapman in June of that year. As provost/vice president, Hallmark has been responsible for WTA-MU’s academic programs as well as the Graduate School and Research, continuing education, Cornette Library and institutional planning and analysis.

“Although we are sad Dr. James Hallmark is leaving WTAMU, we are pleased for him as he advances in his career,” Dr. J. Pat-rick O’Brien, WTAMU president, said. “During his tenure as provost, James provided strong leadership for the office of academic affairs, working collab-oratively with faculty, staff, students and the administra-tion in moving the institu-tion forward. We are most fortunate that James’ new position is with The Texas A&M University System of-fice, whereby he will still be

able to assist WTAMU as we continue to advance the University. We wish James the very best in his new position.”

During his years at WTA-MU, Hallmark has garnered a long list of accomplish-ments. Before taking the provost position, he served as dean of the university’s Graduate School and Re-search, a position he had held since 2001. He also served as director of the At-tebury Honors Program and has held several leadership positions at the university including president of the Faculty Senate (1996-1998), special assistant to the provost (1998-1999; 2000-2001) and as a Fellow with the Center for Leader-ship in Higher Education (1999). He’s acted as chair of various University com-mittees and is active with many community groups and organizations. Hallmark also has numerous publica-tions and presentations to his credit.

“My time at West Texas A&M University has been the best years of my life, and I am proud to have worked with outstanding faculty and staff in mak-ing the university what it is today,” Hallmark said. “I know I leave it in good

hands, and I look forward to serving WTAMU in this new capacity.”

Hallmark received his bachelor’s degree in speech and American studies in 1983 from Oklahoma Chris-tian College and earned both a master’s degree (1985) and a Ph.D. (1988) in communication from the University of Oklahoma.

He will begin work March 1. The Board of Regents will take action on the appointment at their next meeting. Dr. Wade Shaffer, associate provost for academic affairs, will serve as WTAMU’s interim in Hallmark’s position and will remain in the post until completion of a national search for a permanent provost/vice president for academic affairs.

students. The business com-munity has put a lot of time into these kids,” she said.

The culinary arts stu-dents leave today for the state competition. The team

is still collecting funds for the trips and projects.

For information contact Obenhaus at robenhaus@canyonisd.net.

On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day case. The Court’s decision essentially restates what was added into Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code by Senate Bill 332 during the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature, which provides that groundwater is owned by the landowner and that the pumping of groundwater is subject to regulation by groundwater conservation districts.

The Court’s ruling makes clear that the state can regulate groundwater production, which it has chosen to do through groundwater conservation districts, and provides that such regulation is essential to groundwater conservation and use across the state.

The Court’s decision focuses heavily on the Edwards Aquifer Authority’s (“EAA’s”) permitting system and provides that one of the problems with EAA’s system is that it focuses entirely on whether water was used during a historical use period. Under EAA’s system, if water was not produced during the historic use period, then EAA would auto-matically deny a permit application.

The Court’s decision indicates that all of the permitting factors in Chapter 36, includ-ing the proposed use of the water, the effect on the groundwater resources and other permit holders, and a district’s management plan, should be considered when making a decision on a permit application.

Texas Supreme Court issues decision in EAA v. Day Case

(See CASE, Page 10)

ENTERTAINMENTPage 4 Thursday, March 1, 2012 THE CANYON NEWS

The Computer HackerLee Crites is a Canyon resident and a senior computer and business consultant

Using PDFCreatorAnother FOSS (free and

open-source software) ap-plication on the OpenDisc DVD (www.opendisc.com, or email me for a copy) is PDFCreator.

Given the name, it is easy to assume that this will have something to do with creat-ing PDF files. So what?

Well, first of all, if the family or business has already upgraded from Microsoft Office (MSO) to OpenOffice / LibreOf-fice, then they can already generate a PDF file of any of those documents.

But there are tons of other software applica-tions running on Microsoft Windows computers that do not have a way to export a report to a PDF format.

Again - so what? What’s the big deal with PDF files, anyway?

If I said “please hand me a kleenex...” the mean-ing is completely obvious. Even though Kleenex is a registered and trademarked

brand name, because it is so popular it has become so completely connected to what it is – a facial tissue, that it has become virtually synonymous.

Likewise, PDF (Portable Document Format), was designed in the early 1990’s as a way to display and print a document on various computers and operating systems and be assured that what everyone saw was exactly what was originally generated. The brainchild of John Warnock, an Adobe Systems founder, it did not take off at first. It won awards for being a wonder-ful idea, but since Adobe so overwhelmingly overpriced their software, people just didn’t take to it. They have not learned their lesson in this regard, but that is another story.

After Adobe made the PDF reader (Acrobat Read-er) free, and dropped the prices of the other software needed to generate them,

the format, which really is good, started to become more popular. Today, it is ubiquitous. It is so common that having a good PDF reader is a requirement in order to do business. It is becoming the “Kleenex” of file formats.

But the software to do this is not cheap. It can easily run over $100 for the Adobe software or service.

Now enter a FOSS op-tion: PDFCreator.

Here is how it works. In-stall PDFCreator (from the OpenDisc DVD). It installs as a Windows printer. Now every software application that uses the Microsoft Windows printer drivers will have “PDF Creator” as one of the options. Simply select that as the target printer, and print the report. Voila, the report goes directly to a PDF file, which looks exactly like what would have come out on the physical printer.

The client I had who

had paid the thousands of dollars for the “complete suite” of Adobe software applications to generate and manipulate PDF files was sure PDFCreator could not do the job as well as the Adobe software did. As they say, “the proof is in the pudding,” so we verified that they both generated a file which displayed exactly the same thing on all of the computers tested.

This was one single test on one client site done

once. It might be different than what someone else finds. But since this is free software, there is no harm in trying. There are other PDF file manipulation ap-plications available as well; start with this one, and see how it does, then move on to the rest.

In today’s economic times, a small-business person cannot afford to waste money. When there is a free option which works every bit as well as one

which costs a lot of money, I suggest serious consider-ation be given to the free option. If help is needed figuring out which option(s) are best, contact a trusted computer specialist; if one isn’t in the business contact database, feel free to email me.

Lee Crites is a Senior Computer and Business Consultant with TBFed.

He can be reached by email at: lee@tbfed.com.

Feminism alive and well in Panhandle

More than burning bras and fighting for women’s rights, Dr. Amy Von Lintel, assistant professor of art history at West Texas A&M University, and recent WT graduate Sara Davis see feminism in much broader terms.

Feminist Perspectives: Past and Present, presented on March 10 at 10 a.m. in

the Hazelwood Lecture Hall at the Panhandle-Plains His-torical Museum, explains the state of feminism in the Panhandle.

Davis will discuss her research and documentary The Research of Identity: The Surveyor and the Sur-veyed. Davis received the Killgore Summer Research Grant in 2011, which

allowed her to do an in-depth study on women in the region. Von Lintel will include a brief history of feminism.

Cost of Feminist Per-spectives: Past and Present is free with museum admis-sion. For reservations please call 651-2258. Today is the deadline for reserva-tions.

The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.Historians disagree over who actually came up with the idea first, but the rolled waffle cone was such a hit that by the end of the fair there were reportedly dozens of ice cream cone stands.

In today’s dollars here are the Top 10 Wealthiest US Presidents:

1. George Washington ($525 million)2. Thomas Jefferson ($212 million)3. John F. Kennedy (approximately $125 million)4. Theodore Roosevelt ($125 million)5. Andrew Jackson ($119 million)6. James Madison ($101 million)7. Lyndon B. Johnson ($98 million)8. Herbert Hoover ($75 million)9. Franklin D. Roosevelt ($60 million)10. John Tyler ($51 million)

Totally Random Trivia

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Page 5 THE CANYON NEWS

COMMUNITY

MexicanWedding Cake

What’s Cooking?

Bobbie Carter is owner of Carpet World Flooring

• Canyon Lions Club: Canyon’s largest civic club, the Canyon Lions Club meets at noon Wednesdays at Cole Community Center, 300 16th St. Anyone is invited to join the club. For information, go online to www.canyonlionsclub.com.

• Canyon Rotary Club: The club meets at noon Tuesdays at the Buffalo Room on the West Texas A&M University campus in the cafeteria building. Membership is by nomina-tion, but men and women interested in the service opportunities both locally and inter-nationally are welcome to contact club members or attend a meeting. Club president is Butler Cain, who can be reached at 651-2414 or by e-mail at bcain@wtamu.edu.

• Palo Duro Chapter, Kiwanis Club of Canyon: The Kiwanis club meets at 6:30 a.m. Thursdays at First Christian Church, 2011 Fourth Avenue. Anyone is invited to join. For information call Dale Pulliam at 655-0304.

• Texas Nu Master meets at 11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month at various restaurants. For information, call Janette Kelley at 373-0855.

Club Meetings

Cake Ingredients Flour Sugar Baking soda Salt 2 Eggs 20 oz. can of crushed pineapple Nuts Cream cheese Oleo or butter Powdered Sugar Vanilla

Cake DirectionsPreheat oven to 350° Sift two cups flour, two cups sugar, two teaspoons bak-

ing soda and ½ teaspoon salt. Beat two eggs and blend with a can of crushed pine-

apple. Stir in dry ingredients. Add ½ cup of nuts and mix well.

Place in greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in center

comes out clean.

Ingredients for Frosting1 – 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 stick oleo or butter, softened 2 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoons vanilla flavoring

Directions for FrostingBeat well and spread on warm cake. Let cool before serving. Best when made ahead and

refrigerated overnight.

On Saturday hundreds of runners will assemble in Amarillo for the first “Mary Elizabeth Archer Colon Cancer Awareness Challenge Run.” It’s being organized by Amarillo En-doscopy Center to increase awareness about colon cancer, its prevention, detec-tion, and treatment.

There will be a 5K course for runners and a 2K course to run or walk. Organizing an event of this size is a big task, but many have stepped forward to show their support. Last week youth volunteers from Canyon’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provided some of the help—about 20 young men and women aged 12-17 helped put together bags with materials and give-a-ways that will be given to participants the day of the event.

“It was fun helping tonight and we’ll be back to hand out water, cheer on the runners, and support greater awareness of colon cancer prevention,” said Miranda Garcia, age 16. Their volunteer work is part of the youths’ theme for this year to “Arise and Shine Forth,” meaning to be a positive example and help to others.

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month, says Dr. Amit Trahan, a physician at the Amarillo Endoscopy

Center and one of the main organizers of the run. But he believes we should give year-round attention to this disease. “Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, yet it is truly preventable. The aim of the challenge run is to help raise awareness,” Trahan said.

Just a week away this event is already having an impact on the Panhandle community, like the volun-teer youths from Canyon. They came to help out, but in the process learned more about colon cancer preven-tion while putting together

the bags of materials and speaking with doctors and nurses at the Amarillo Endoscopy Center.

The event honors Dr. Ar-cher, a long-time resident of Amarillo and physician who died in 2009. There will be food, T-shirts, information about detection and treat-ment for the disease, and drawings for free colonos-copies. The Mary Elizabeth Archer Colon Cancer Awareness Challenge Run will be held Saturday at the Amarillo Endoscopy Center located at 6833 Plum Creek Drive in Amarillo and begins at 9 a.m. The fee is

$20 to participate in the 5k Challenge Run and $15 to participate in the 2k Fun Run/Walk.

More information about the event is available at the Amarillo Endoscopy Cen-ter’s website www.amaril-loendoscopy.com.

Canyon youth lend hand to charity event

Mary Elizabeth Archer Colon Cancer Awareness Challenge Run

Youth fill bags for the event. Those volunteering include, from left: Landon Work, Jake Bingham, Nephi Ginnett, Sandi Weber, Walker Horn, Miranda Garcia, Cheyanne Marrs and Elizabeth Hall.

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Dr. Amit Trehan meets volunteers from Canyon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.Courtesy photo

Matt Cooper, a 2005 graduate of Canyon High School, was recently elected president and CEO of the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students at the University of North Texas in Denton.

As president and CEO of NAGPS, Matt provides strategic leadership and management of the Associa-tion and communicates the NAGPS vision and mission to members, partners, legis-lators and the public.

Cooper currently serves as President of UNT’s Graduate Student Council

and serves as a member of several campus entities in-cluding the Student Union Board of Directors and the Recreational Sports Advi-sory Board. Also at UNT, Cooper practices his profes-sional passion: promoting transparency, accountability and objectivity through analytical decision-making within higher education. While working with UNT’s Toulouse Graduate School and the College of Arts & Sciences, Matt brings a business-oriented skill set to issues in higher education administration.

Cooper is pursuing MBA and MS degrees at the University of North Texas, specializing in Decision Sciences and Ac-counting, respectively. Before attending UNT, he earned a BS in Psychology and Economics from Sam Houston State University. He is the son of Dave and Beverly Cooper of Canyon.

CHS graduate named president of graduate student group

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Officials in the Col-lege of Business at West Texas A&M University have named three faculty members as recipients of three endowed professor-ship positions—the Gene Edwards Professorship of Banking, the T. Boone Pickens Professorship of Business and the Stanley Schaeffer Professorship of Business Ethics.

Dr. Pradeep Racherla, assistant professor of mar-keting, has been named the Gene Edwards Professor of Banking. Racherla earned his doctorate degree at Temple University in 2008 and joined West Texas A&M University faculty that same year.

Racherla’s publication record includes articles in International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations, Journal of Travel & Tourism Market-ing, Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, Annals of Tourism Re-search, Journal of Con-sumer Behavior, Journal of Management Information Systems and Current Issues in Tourism. He was recog-nized with the University Research Excellence Award in 2011. He teaches market-ing hospitality and tourism, services marketing and e-commerce. Friends and associates established the professorship to honor Ed-wards and his distinguished career as a pioneer in the banking industry

Dr. Sean Humpherys, assistant professor of com-puter information systems, has been named the T. Boone Pickens Professor

of Business. Humpherys earned his doctorate degree at the University of Arizona in 2010 and joined West Texas A&M University in 2011. His publication record includes articles in Deci-sion Support Systems, MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transac-tions on Professional Com-munications and Communi-cations of the Association for Information Systems. His applied research activi-ties include grant research funded by the Office of Homeland Security that ad-vances border security and safety via the integration of improved information tech-nology and operations. His primary teaching areas are programming and manage-ment information systems.

Pickens created the professorship to stimu-late academic excellence, enhance creative thought and challenge business stu-dents at West Texas A&M University.

Dr. Karyn Friske, profes-sor of accounting, has been named the Stanley Schaef-fer Professor of Business Ethics. Friske earned her doctorate degree in ac-counting from Texas A&M University in 1994 and joined the WTAMU faculty in 1996.

Her recent research in-cludes journal publications in Practical Tax Strategies, Journal of Accountancy, Oil, Gas & Energy Quarter-ly and Tax Adviser. Friske teaches courses in finan-cial accounting, account-ing theory and auditing. Schaeffer, a distinguished alumnus, business leader and philanthropist, estab-

lished the professorship in 2010 to stimulate academic excellence and enhance an appreciation of ethical leadership for business stu-dents at West Texas A&M University.

Dr. Neil Terry, dean of the College of Business, said, “I want to thank Mrs. Edwards, Pickens, Schaef-fer and our other donors who are helping us reach our goal of establishing at least 12 endowed profes-sorships in the College of Business. The creation of endowed professorships has been instrumental in our success to recruit and retain faculty members that are both excellent classroom instructors and recognized international scholars in their respective fields.”

The College of Business is now home to 10 profes-sorships. The 10 professor-ships are as follows:

• Gene Edwards Profes-sorship of Banking;

• Gene Edwards Profes-sorship of Finance;

• Dr. Phil Gensler Professorship of Computer Information Systems;

• J. Pat Hickman Profes-sorship of Marketing;

• James and Mogie McCray Professorship of Business;

• Dr. Jerry Miller Profes-sorship of Entrepreneur-ship;

• T. Boone Pickens Pro-fessorship of Business;

• T. Boone Pickens Pro-fessorship of Management;

• Stanley Schaeffer Professorship of Business Ethics; and

• Don Williams Profes-sorship of Management.

College of Business announces professorship appointments

West Texas A&M University’s annual Show-case of Music will feature a bit of technology when it moves to a new venue for a performance-filled program at 8 p.m. Friday at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts in Amarillo.

A traditional preconcert show will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Center’s lobby.

The performance this year will mark the 32nd annual Showcase of Music. WTAMU’s Department of Music presented its first Showcase in 1980 to high-light student talent and to help raise funds for scholar-ships.

Since then funds have been raised through sponsorships, advertis-ing and ticket sales to add more than $500,000 to the program’s scholarship fund. During its 32-year history, the program has helped thousands of music students realize their dream of a col-lege education with scholar-ships funded through the Showcase of Music.

The show will feature a few changes this year.

Organizers have tweaked the format a bit to tighten up the program and give each group more perfor-mance time. In addition to the move to the Globe-News Center for the Perform-ing Arts, the program also will use some technology to show videos of faculty, students and supporters between performances. A spectacular finale also is planned.

“The Showcase is a great way to share the amazing talent we have here at West Texas A&M University,” Doug Storey, associate pro-fessor of music and member of the Showcase committee, said. “Everyone is excited about performing in this new venue, and we are so appreciative of those who come out and support our students and help us raise funds for scholarships.”

The annual show will open with the WTAMU Symphonic Band perform-ing a composition by Dr. B.J. Brooks, assistant pro-fessor of music, titled “Ca-dence: Fantasy on Rhythms of Nick Angelis,” and directed by Russ Teweleit.

Another highlight of the evening will be the world premiere of “You Came Down,” a work composed by Dr. Daniel Hall, associ-ate professor of music, and performed by Matthew Oglesby, tenor. The program also will feature perfor-mances by the Chamber Singers, WTAMU choirs and Symphony Orchestra, a saxophone quartet and a violin/violoncello/piano trio.

The Symphony Orches-tra, under the direction of Dr. Mark Bartley, will close out the evening with “Varia-tions on a Shaker Melody” and “Pines of Rome: IV. Pines of the Appian Way.”

Tickets for the event, priced at $10 for adults and $5 for students, are avail-able at the WTAMU music office in the Sybil B. Har-rington Fine Arts Complex, Tarpley’s Music in Amarillo or at the door the night of the event.

All proceeds will benefit the student scholarship fund.

For more information, contact the WTAMU music office at 651-2840.

WTAMU to stage Showcase of Music • Career EXPO. Career

Services at West Texas A&M University will host its annual spring Career EXPO from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today at the Alumni Banquet Facility on campus. Representatives from various companies will be on hand to discuss career options and job opportuni-ties. Visit wtamu.edu/career for more information or call 651-2345.

• West Texas A&M University will host its annual University Formal and Casino Night from 7-11 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Plaza of the Amarillo Civic Center. Tickets, priced at $15 each, are available at the Information Desk in the Jack. B. Kelley Student Center. For more informa-tion, call 651-2313.

• The theatre program at WTAMU will present a pro-duction of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at 7 p.m. March 8 at the Brand-ing Iron Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex. Call the theatre box office at 651-2804 for ticket information.

• Cornette Library at West Texas A&M University will follow an abbreviated schedule during spring break. The library will be closed March 10-11 and open 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m. March 12-16. It will be closed Saturday, March 17 and open 6-11 p.m. Sunday,

March 18. Regular spring hours will resume Monday, March 19.

• March 12 marks the first day of spring break for students at West Texas A&M University. The Uni-versity will remain open through Tuesday, March 13. University offices will be closed March 14-16. All ac-tivities will resume Monday, March 19.

• West Texas A&M Uni-versity had two of the top nine quiz bowl contestants at the annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Eco-nomics Association Feb. 4-7 in Birmingham, Ala. Den-nis Underwood, a senior agribusiness major from Dimmitt, was a member of the second-place team, and Rana Gibson, a senior agri-business major from Bard, N.M., was a member of the third-place team. There were approximately 90 quiz bowl contestants at the event, and only two other schools—Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee at Martin—had two contes-tants in the top nine.

• Dr. Nabarun Ghosh, professor of biology, is the author of a peer-reviewed paper titled “Photo-Catalytic Oxidation Nanotechnology Used in Luna Improved Air Qual-ity by Reducing Volatile Organic Compounds and Airborne Pathogens” in the International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and

Management, Vol. 19, No. SPI, 2011. He also was a presenter at the World Al-lergy Congress in December in Cancun, Mexico. His presentation was titled “Re-duction in Allergic Rhinitis Index by Decreasing Aero-Allergens and Malodor Causing Volatile Organic Compounds by Luna Air Purifiers Using Photo-Cata-lytic Oxidation Technology.” The abstract was published in the Proceedings of World Allergy Congress, 2011.

• Kathey Walker, administrative director of the Attebury Honors Pro-gram at West Texas A&M University, was elected as the executive secretary/treasurer of the Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC). The council is comprised of 90 programs and colleges dedicated to promoting honors education in the region represented by Texas, Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas. The election gives Walker a place on the GPHC executive committee until 2015.

WTAMU’s Department of Music will present the annual Showcase of Music on Friday in Amarillo.

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STUDENTS!

By SHELLY HANES Junior varsity purple baseball team will compete in a

tournament in Cooper and the white team will be in Bush-land tournament starting today, through the weekend.

Varsity baseball will be in Snyder, JV tennis in Austin and varsity softball will play in the Panhandle showdown at WTAMU. Today is recycling day for Key Club.

Boys’ golf will travel to Abilene on Friday and Saturday, boys’ and girls’ track will compete in the WTAMU classic, varsity tennis will be at Amarillo High, and girls’ and boys’ varsity soccer will travel to Borger. Friday is the end of the third six weeks grading period. Culinary arts will compete in Austin at the Pro Start State Culinary competition Sat-urday after receiving third place overall in San Antonio at regionals last week. The team will compete against the top

nine schools in the state. Consumer decision making will meet at the extension office 5:30 p.m.

Boys’ golf will travel to Dumas on Monday and Tuesday, culinary arts will cater the Laura Bush Luncheon at the Amarillo Civic Center on Monday, JV purple baseball will play in Hereford and softball teams will take on Plainview there Monday afternoon.

Dual credit trig midterm will be given in the commons at 5 p.m., JV boys’ and girls’ soccer will play Randall and the Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday evening. The 4-H rifle project practice 6 pm at the Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club.

The For Kings Group will meet during activity period in Room 1105 on Tuesday, dual credit algebra midterm will be at 5 p.m. in the common, and the varsity soccer teams will take on Randall on Tuesday afternoon.

On Wednesday sophomores and juniors will take the state English test, freshmen will take a state practice exam and seniors who need to take the test report at regular time. All other seniors do not have to report to school.

The annual Eagle Idol competition will be held March 9. Students, watch e-mail for an invitation to take a short survey for the cafeteria and log on now to participate. Bring in a receipt for a free cookie and a chance to win a $50 gift certificate. Survey runs through March 30. Students are reminded that in the State of Texas one can register to vote at age 17 and 10 months. One must be 18 on the day of election to vote. Registration cards are avail-able in the counselor’s office. Students in 4-H and FFA are busy with the major shows for their animal projects. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is going on now through March 18.

Canyon High School

6CTeam 6C wants to

congratulate the following students for demonstrat-ing excellent work habits and behavior for the fourth six weeks: Heather Davis, Bryan Easterwood, Mack-enzie Hampton, Arian How-ard, Katie Hughes, Braelly Jones, Conner Knotts, Cecily Koch, Brianna Ramsay, Macey Thurman, Nick Cuevas, Nick Davis, Joseph Ginnett, Hailee Henke, Jacob Hopson, Lo-gan Koch, Macy Mitchell, Dilan Negrete, Kadyn Price, Emily Ray, Rowdy Vaughn, Hailey Arreola, Josiah Dye, Shyla Garrett, and Kalee Kirkland.

Way to go! Your teachers thank you for being great examples for your peers!

5CIn Mrs. Bradley’s brilliant

science and social stud-ies class we will continue learning about ecosystems.

We will learn how the a biotic and biotic parts of the ecosystems interact in food chains and food webs.

We will continue working with the southeastern states and have a test on Tuesday.

In Mr. Armstrong’s awesome math class we will work on geometry for a few weeks.

During those weeks we will learn about attributes of geometric figures, coordi-nates of figures, and trans-formations of the figures such as reflection, transla-tion, and rotation.

In Mrs. Renteria’s radical ELA class we will work on dictionary skills, contradic-tions.

Then next week we will use “novel in an hour” activ-ity to work on summary.

The book fair is back! Come and get your favorite book!

Don’t forget open house on Thursday!

– 5C Asher, Alex, Daniel

Greenways Intermediate School is holding its annual Muffins for Moms from 7-8 a.m. Wednesday in the school cafeteria for fifth-grade students’ moms and March 8 for sixth-grade students’ moms. All moms are invited for muf-fins and juice. The school’s book fair will be open, as well.

Greenways

By SANDY ALLISON

Rest assured the hallways of Canyon Junior High are full of students certified for emergencies. The students completing the health course last semester may pick up their CPR cards from Coach Angela Land’s room and are urged to keep their training updated.

Kelly Nusser has posted a list of students who have ordered yearbooks and paid. There is also a list of those ordering a yearbook but have not paid. Any student wishing to order a yearbook needs to check the list and then see Mrs. Nusser.

Campus cheerleaders were judged last week. The new CJHS cheerleading squad for the 2012-2013 year will be eighth graders Destine Skinner, Maddie

Farren, Jillian Hughes and Haley Kelly and seventh graders Claire Horn, Sean McConnell, Courtney McDonald and Kira Stock-ton. The new Rocky Eagle mascot will be Trenton Weber. Congratulations to all students in the cheer clinic and evaluations. The energy, skills and spirit made it extremely hard for the judges.

Next week is Texas Public Schools Week. CJHS Open House will be from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday. A parent meeting will be held in the auditorium at 7:15 p.m. for parents wishing to hear about STAAR and EOC. The book fair will be open for students, families and the community from Mon-day through Friday in the library. In support of the Education Foundation of

CISD, a special promotion will be highlighted each day next week. Tuesday through Friday the AFL teachers will collect $1 from students wishing to use electronic devices to play games or listen to music. Wednesday during first period teachers will collect $1 from students wishing to dress up and wear “80s” style clothing (headbands, leg warmers, BIG hair, jelly shoes, neon, acid washed jeans, para-chute pants, mullets, over-size clothing, sweats, etc). On March 9 the first period teachers will collect $1 from students wishing to wear a hat during school. Also that Friday, the students will be treated to fun and games in the afternoon for earning their fourth six-week reward due to a low failure rate un-der 10 percent. The campus will be on a shortened class bell schedule. Depending on weather, there will be indoor/outdoor activities for the students to choose from.

Results are not posted

for the CJHS tennis team matches against Westover and Hereford, but the team will travel to Hereford again Tuesday with first serve at 4 p.m. Today is the first meet for the CJHS track team this season. The students will compete at Plainview against area schools and the west Texas/Panhandle winds. Contact Lisa at 290-1129 to participate in the free tennis club offered to students aged 3 years through adult. Racquets and tennis balls are provided along with free T-shirts and prizes. Meet at the CHS tennis courts on Saturday morning 10-11 a.m. and Sunday afternoons from 2-3 p.m. The group will meet at Canyon Junior High courts if a tournament is being held at the high school. Visit www.palodurosoccer.com for registration forms for the Spring 2012 Palo Duro Soccer season.

Junior-high-aged teams have skills training, comrad-ery, competitive play and

fun-in-the-sun. On Wednes-day there will be a manda-tory meeting for parents and the students registered to tour with the CJHS group to Washington, D.C. this spring break. The group will meet at 5:30 p.m. to sign all documents, review agendas and receive travel guidelines.

Students and staff were asked to share their feedback regarding the food service program this year at CISD. A brief survey is ad-ministered through March 30. All survey participants can bring the receipt provid-ed at the end of the survey to the cafeteria to redeem for a free cookie. A $50 gift card will be awarded on each school campus from the list of participants. The Aramark group relies on feedback from our students to continue to deliver the highest quality services to the school district. The Amarillo Zoo will host a volunteer open house for ages 13 years through se-

niors on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. on location (Thomp-son Park Zoo, NE 24th and Dumas Highway).They are looking for dedicated, knowledgeable, outgoing and inspiring individuals to spread the zoo’s mission about wildlife conservation through the education and interpretive programs. Fli-ers are located by the front CJHS office or interested students can call 381-5605 or visit www.amarillozoo.org for more information. The CJHS office also has information packets for the Thompson Lake Clean-up project for volunteers.

Spring Break will be witnessing “No School” from March 12-March 16. The “What’s A Kid To Do” information event will be at Westgate Mall on April 14 giving parents and students ideas on summer camps, workshops, church func-tions, talent conventions, volunteer opportunities, learning sessions and sports adventures.

Reeves-HingerBy DONNA WHITTEN

Fourth grade is continu-ing to work with geometric figures. They will have a geometric scavenger hunt to see that geometric figures are everywhere. Why do you have blue eyes? The fourth grade is finding this out by studying about learned and inherited traits.

The book fair is coming. It will be in the library from March 2-8 and will be open daily from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Open house will be held March 8 with pre-kindergar-ten, first and third grades from 6-6:30 p.m.; the PTA meeting, interventionists, PE, music, TLC and special eduation from 6:30-7 p.m.; and kindergarten, second and fourth grades from 7-7:30 p.m. The book fair will be open that evening from 6-7:30 p.m.

Monday will be Chicken Express Day. Chicken Express has chosen Reeves-Hinger a site community partner for the month of

March and is going to donate 10 percent of all sales on this day to Reeves-Hinger Elementary for the summer reading program.

Kindergarten will have its LIFT program from 8:15-9:15 a.m. Tuesday.

On Wednesday the third and fourth graders will have their recorder concerts dur-ing their regular music time.

Thank you Canyon McDonalds for hosting McTeacher Night, which raised $950 for the positive

behavior system at Reeves-Hinger.

Spring break is March 12-16.

Last week Kindergarten learned about proper dental care from Amarillo College Dental Hygiene students.

Nearly $1,000 was raised last week at McDonalds for Reeves-Hinger during McTeacher Night.

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By KATHLEENPHILLIPSTexas AgriLifeExtension Service

The U.S. Department of Energy has granted more than $1.8 million to a re-searcher looking at tobacco as a potential fuel source. And if that succeeds within 18 months, almost $2 mil-lion more will be given to transfer the technology into giant reed, a fast-growing grass species.

“The goal of our project is to make sure our country is the leader around the world in terms of energy and research,” said Dr. Joshua Yuan, Texas AgriL-ife Research plant patholo-gist and lead investigator on the project.

“Energy independence and energy costs are all important considerations for our country.”

The project will use tobacco plants initially be-cause of their ease of use in a laboratory. If the technol-ogy works in simple tobacco plants, the goal is to transfer the ability to make fuel in a plant to higher producing plants such as the reed. The targeted fuel for the project comes from terpenoids.

Terpenoids occur in all living things. In plants, they are responsible for many common scents and flavors – eucalyptus, cinnamon and ginger, for example. They

have been important for humans because of their antibacterial and pharma-ceutical properties. But terpenoids are also hydro-carbons – the prime source of combustible fuels — and that speaks volumes to the energy department, the researchers noted.

“We are trying to develop a way to use a plant to di-rectly make hydrocarbon fuel,” said Yuan, who also is assistant professor of plant pathology and microbiology at Texas A&M University in College Station. “We want to make it so that one can easily extract or squeeze the fuel from the plants instead of going to an oil field to take the oil out.”

The grant for Yuan and his team, which began Feb. 15, comes from the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy program which, among other things, is charged with focusing on “creative ‘out-of-the-box’ transformational energy re-search” that is high risk but has the potential to yield “dramatic benefits for the nation,” according to the energy department. Another objective is to help success-ful research be developed into practical uses.

Under a program called PETRO – Plants Engi-neered To Replace Oil, – Yuan and his colleagues hope to create a tobacco plant that produces and

stores high levels of terpene – the fuel derivative of terpenoid – and they plan to do it fast.

“It’s a very quick turn-around to make a plant in 18 months that will yield 2 percent of its dry weight in terpene, while improving the plant’s ability to both store and release the fuel,” Yuan said. “If we can do that, then the next phase is to increase the yield to 20 percent and transfer the technology to the reed.”

Achieving the 20 percent yield in just three years from the start of the research, he said, is what could have a huge impact on the nation’s energy supplies. The giant reed, he believes, could be made to store enough fuel to make the technology eco-nomically feasible while not competing with the nation’s cropland.

He envisions an industry in which the reeds would be grown for fuel that could simply be “squeezed out” in almost ready-to-use form.

“We are working on a way to use photosynthesis to produce fuel. So instead of going to oil fields, which are not sustainable, not only can we solve our problem of energy dependence and energy security, but also we will provide a solution for sustainable fuel produc-tion,” Yuan said.

“And it will be renewable for many years to come.”

U.S. Energy Department grants $1.87 millionfor plant fuel project

AgriLife Today

JOHANNESBURG — The Howard G. Buffett Foundation announced a partnership with the Nor-man Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture of the Texas A&M University System to promote African agricultural research, exten-sion, and education.

The partnership will be based at the Ukulima Farm Research Center in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It will support sci-ence that increases African agricultural production, en-hances rural livelihoods and conserves natural resources.

“Our goal was to create a real-world field space at a sufficient scale where scientists and farmers can work together to fight hunger in Africa,” said foundation president Howard G. Buffett. “I have traveled extensively across Africa and have seen the degraded soils, the lack of access to quality inputs, the inefficient market systems, and the underdeveloped agricultural support systems that contribute to keep-ing 239 million Africans hungry. Ukulima Farm and this collaboration is a direct response to these needs. It is my hope this collabora-tion will improve agricul-tural productivity across the African continent, particu-larly for Africa’s poorest farmers.”

While much effort and money have been spent and pledged by governments, multi-laterals and non-governmental organizations to combat global hunger, traditional development ef-forts have not yet provided a solution for the nearly one billion people in the world who currently live without food security, Buffett said.

Traditional approaches often lack the basic under-standing of agricultural and environmental sciences required to provide a basis for food security.

Ukulima Farm was cre-ated to develop new models to address the diverse needs of agriculture in Africa and meet the food needs of the more than 750 million sub-Saharan Africans who subsist on less than $1 per day.

“We are excited about Ukulima and the oppor-tunity for researchers to collaborate in Africa, for

Africa,” said Dr. Edwin Price, Borlaug Institute director. “These efforts that promote scientific exchange between continents and across borders are essential for achieving the vision of global food security.”

The Howard G. Buffett Foundation created Uku-lima Farm as a platform for organizations and research-ers to develop technology and practices to advance African agriculture. The foundation noted that the concept is grounded in the principle that technology must be developed and test-

ed in the African context, at scale, and in collaboration with a variety of researchers and scientists to adequately address the many issues fac-ing African agriculture.

Current partners of the Buffett Foundation and the Borlaug Institute at Uku-lima include the Interna-tional Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement, Pennsylvania State Univer-sity, University of Missouri and Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization. The Buffett Foundation also conducts its own research in collaboration with these partners at Ukulima under the direction of Dr. Tim LaSalle.

“We are excited about our partnership with the Borlaug Institute. We feel that the Borlaug Institute has the research expertise and the international experi-ence required to lead this effort and realize the full potential of Ukulima,” Buf-fett said.

The Borlaug Institute will

oversee a long-term strategy that will focus research activities in cooperation with African scientists from universities and research centers in the region. Dr. James P. Muir, Texas AgriLife Research agrono-mist, has spent much of his life living and working across southern Africa and will lead efforts at Ukulima Farm Research Center as the resident director.

“Africa needs both regional and international scientific exchange to de-velop appropriate solutions for the African context,” Muir said.

“It has made much progress in the past decade in trade and commerce, but more work is needed in agriculture.”

The strategy will broadly address the themes of small-holder agricultural systems, emerging rural enterprise, wildlife and ecosystem conservation, and conserva-tion agriculture technology, including dryland systems,

Muir said.In addition to the

research portfolio, Ukulima Farm will promote exten-sion methodology with part-ners across Africa. These extension activities could take the form of short-term technical training programs and leadership seminars on development topics such as seed technology or water management.

They also may include “roving” demonstrations and training programs to validate technology developed at Ukulima, and creating partnerships with other organizations.

Ukulima will also provide a venue for quality academic programs around interna-tional agriculture, African development, or develop-ment practice in general for both undergraduate and graduate students from within and outside Africa.

This will be done with the goal of training future leaders in international agriculture.

Collaboration advances African agriculture, fights hunger

The new collaboration between the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture will promote African agricultural research, extension and education.

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SPORTSThursday, March 1, 2012 Page 9 THE CANYON NEWS

By JAMES BARRINGTONCanyon News staff

Girls’ state tourney begins today

Although the Lady Eagles won’t be there to participate, the 2012 UIL girls’ basketball state tournament starts today and concludes Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.

Today, Conference 1A Division I Semifinals will pit Sudan (32-3) vs. Snook (28-9) at 8:30 a.m. and Martin’s Mill (35-4) vs. Kerens (30-8) at 10 a.m.

For conference 3A, Celina (33-3) will face Lorena (29-8) at 2 p.m. with Liberty Hill (35-4) meeting Abilene Wylie

(34-5) at 3:30 p.m. Conference 4A semifi-

nals will feature Mont Bel-vieu Barbers Hill (38-3) vs. Mansfield Summit (35-3) at 7 p.m. with Victoria East (40-2) meeting Rockwall (33-7) at 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s game will begin with Conference 2A semifinals matching Brock (33-5) vs. Tuscola Jim Ned (30-8) at 8:30 a.m. and Edgewood (31-6) vs. Poth (28-8) at 10 a.m.

Conference 1A Division II will see Lipan (33-3) vs. Whitharral (28-6) at 2 p.m. and Neches (32-5) vs. Moulton (26-10) at 7 p.m.

In Conference 5A, Dun-canville (38-1) will meet

Houston Cypress Falls (37-2) at 3:30 p.m. with Spring Dekaney (39-1) vs. San Antonio Reagan (34-4) in the 8:30 p.m. nightcap.

All of the state cham-pionship games will be played on Saturday. The conference 1A Division I final will begin the day at 8:30 a.m., followed by the conference 3A champion-ship at 10 a.m.

In the afternoon, the Conference 2A final will be at 2 p.m.; Confer-ence 4A will decide their championship at 3:30 p.m.; Conference 1A Division II will play at 7 p.m.; and the 5A final will cap off the evening at 8:30 p.m.

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The ‘In His Hands’ preschool Trike-a-Thon last week earned over $4,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospi-tal, according to Kendra Bell.

The event was designed to promote bicycle safety and raise money for child-hood cancer research. The Trike- A- Thon was held on Feb. 21 and 22.

Anyone wishing to donate to this research may send a contribution to ‘In His Hands’ Child Develop-ment Center , First United Methodist Church , 1818 4th Ave , Canyon TX 79015. Check should be made pay-able to “St. Jude Children’s Hospital.”

Trike-a-Thon raises $4,000By JAMES BARRINGTONCanyon News staff

The WT Classic track meet will be Friday and Saturday at the new WTAMU track complex. Nine girls’ teams, from Canyon, Randall, Amarillo High, Caprock, Tascosa, Palo Duro, Dumas, Frenship and Coronado will be com-peting.

Seven boys teams will be competing. They will repre-sent Canyon, Randall, Amarillo High, Caprock, Tascosa, Dumas and Frenship.

There will also be collegiate competition with six teams expected to be competing.

The schedule is reproduced below.

FridayHigh School Scratch Meeting – 1 p.m.

High School Field Events – 2:30 p.m.Girls’ Pole Vault – All girlsGirls’ High Jump – V, JVGirls’ Long Jump – JV, VGirls’ Shot – V, JVBoys’ Triple Jump – V, JVBoys’ Discus – V, JV

High School Running Prelims (rolling sched-ule) Approximately 3 p.m.Running order – JV girls, Varsity girls, JV boys, Varsity boys

100m/110m Hurdles100m Dash400m Dash300m Hurdles

1,600m Run – FINAL200m Dash

Collegiate Field Events5 p.m. Hammer Throw (W/M)5 p.m. Long Jump (W/M)7 p.m. Triple Jump (W/M)7 p.m. Pole Vault (W/M)

Collegiate Running Events7:30 p.m. 400m Dash (W/M) 400m Dash

(W/M)*If this event is moved to Saturday, it will be run off at 6:10pm between the 110m Hurdles and 100m Dash and everything else will be pushed back.

8 p.m. 3k Steeplechase Women 8:20 p.m. 3k Steeplechase Men

SaturdayHigh School Field Events – 10:00 am

10 a.m. Boys’ Pole Vault – V, JV10 a.m. Boys’ High Jump – V, JV10 a.m. Boys’ Long Jump – JV, V10 a.m. Boys’ Shot – V, JV10 a.m. Girls’ Triple Jump – V, JV10 a.m. Girls’ Discus – V, JV

High School Running Events (Finals) Running order – JV girls, Varsity girls, JV boys, Varsity boys

12:30 p.m. JV 3200m Run (girls, boys)

WT Classic track meet this weekend1 p.m. 400m Relay1:15 p.m. 800m Dash1:40 p.m. 100m Hurdles (girls)1:45 p.m. 110m Hurdles (boys)1:55 p.m. 100m Dash2:05 p.m. 800m Relay2:25 p.m. 400m Dash2:40 p.m. 300m Hurdles3:05 p.m. 200m Dash3:15 p.m. Varsity 3200m Run (girls, boys)3:45 p.m. 1,600m Relay

Collegiate Field Events11 a.m. High Jump (W/M)1 p.m. Discus (W/M)3 p.m. Shot (W/M)4 p.m. Javelin (W/M)

Collegiate Running Events5 p.m. 4X100m Relay (W/M)5:20 p.m. 1500m (W/M)5:40 p.m. 100m Hurdles5:55 p.m. 110m Hurdles6:10 p.m. 100m Dash (W/M)6:40 p.m. 800m Run (W/M)7:10 p.m. 400m Hurdles (W/M)7:40 p.m. 200m Dash (W/M)8:10 p.m. 5,000m Run (W/M)9:10 p.m. 4x400m Relay (W/M)

By KEVA BELLKids, Inc.

Kids, Incorporated, in conjunction with Wendy’s, announced on Friday the winners of the Wendy’s Sportsmanship Awards from the recently completed 2012 Girls Basketball Sea-son. Teams received votes from coaches within their league. Additional input was provided by game officials and other Kids, Incorpo-

rated personnel.“Wendy’s has been a

most gracious sponsor of this award for the past sev-eral years,” stated Jimmy R. Lackey, President and CEO for Kids, Incorporated. Each team member and coach received two certifi-cates. One is theirs to keep for display purposes, while the second certificate can be redeemed at any Wendy’s location for a combo meal.

Kids, Incorporated has provided youth sporting

opportunities since 1945. The mission of the program has always centered on the values of sportsmanship and participation for all children. Lackey added, “Youth sports have become very competitive in recent years. We are extremely grateful to Wendy’s for help-ing us maintain a sense of perspective with respect to all of our programs.”

Sportsmanship recipients named for the 2012 Girls Basketball League were:

Anyone desiring further information can contact Kids, Incorporated at 376-5936.

School

Humphrey’s HighlandWoodlandsBelmarCoronadoBonham

League

First GradeSecond Grade northThird Grade southFifth Grade southSixth Grade

Coach

Valerie EspinsoTraci EppsKristen KrisselDeLee ZintJamie Adams

Kids, Inc. salutes sportsmanship recipients

Active video games don’t necessarily increase physical activity in children

HOUSTON – In a recent study, research-ers found that providing children with an active video game did not result in an increase in physical activity levels. The findings were published today by researchers at the USDA Agriculture Research Service Children’s Nutri-tion Research Center (www.bcm.edu/cnrc) at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) and Texas Children’s Hospital (www.texaschildrens.com) in the journal Pediatrics.

“Simply having active video games available in the store or at home will not by itself contribute to increased physical activity,” said Dr. Tom Baranowski, professor of pediatrics at BCM and first author of the report.

The study followed 78 children between 9 and 12

years of age. All were given Nintendo Wii consoles as a part of the study.

Researchers measured the physical activity of all participants for seven days before the beginning of the study using a device called an accelerometer.

Participants were divided into a study group and a control group. Children in the study group were asked to select one of five active video games, defined as those that promoted physical activity, at week one and week seven of the study. Children in the control group were asked to select one of five inac-tive video games at week one and week seven of the study. Researchers used sales data to be sure that both groups had popular games to choose from. Participants were also pro-vided with all the materials

needed to play the games.Using the accelerometer,

researchers measured physi-cal activity in both groups at week one, six, seven and 12 and found no difference in physical activity levels between the control and study groups.

“It’s not clear whether those in the study group were more active as a result of the video games but compensated by being less active later in the day or if they found a way to manipulate the instruments to minimize the amount of physical activity,” said Baranowski. “It doesn’t ap-pear that there’s any public health value to having ac-tive video games available in stores – simply having those active video games available on the shelf or at home doesn’t automatically lead to increased levels of physical activity in chil-

dren.”Baranowski notes that it

would be useful to design public health interven-tions using these active video games as a part of a prescribed intervention pro-gram and give participants guidance as to how, when and how often they should use the active video games.

Researchers are now considering conducting

studies with other game consoles that visually monitor physical activity to see whether they result in increased physical activity in participants.

Others who took part in the study include Dina Abdelsamad, Janice Bara-nowski, Teresia O’Connor, Deborah Thompson and Tzu-An Chen of BCM and Anthony Barnett and Ester

Cerin of the University of Hong Kong.

Funding for the study came from the National Cancer Institute and the United States Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service.

The full report can be found at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2011-2050.

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Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee was a featured speaker at the recent Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Fuel Up to Play 60 Partnership kickoff, which took place recently at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 17360 Coit Road in Dallas.

Fuel Up to Play 60 is an in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by the National Dairy Council, Dairy MAX and the National Football League, in collabora-tion with U.S. Department of Agriculture. It encourages young people to consume nutrient-rich foods, including low-fat and fat-free dairy foods, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and to get at least 60 minutes of daily physical activ-ity.

“Fuel Up to Play 60 is a great initiative to get kids inter-ested in exercise and nutrition,” said Lee, who has been a program spokesman and supporter since 2010. “If you get kids interested in a healthy lifestyle, it will help them in whatever career or endeavor they may have by making them feel better, have more energy and have better concentra-tion.”

The kickoff, which included speakers’ presentations, a press conference, an exercise warm-up with more than 30 area 4-H club members and a 5K walk/run led by Lee,

officially welcomed AgriLife Extension to the program. It also introduced AgriLife Extension’s plans to support and promote Fuel Up to Play 60 statewide, beginning with their multi-county East Region, which includes Dallas and Tar-rant counties. The agency, part of The Texas A&M Univer-sity System, hopes to expand program support statewide through its network of agents and 4-H clubs.

“I had seen the Play 60 commercials on TV and was really excited that 4-H would have the opportunity to play a part in the program,” said Catlyn Wold, 17, a senior at Wills Point High School. Wold, who participated in program activities, serves as president of the Kaufman County 4-H Youth Council. Texas 4-H and Youth Development is the statewide youth program of AgriLife Extension.

“The whole event was amazing in every aspect,” she said. “It was great to meet Sean Lee and to hear from Mr. Ramsey, who is a dairyman and one of our biggest area 4-H supporters. I’m also glad the NFL is behind this program, because the players are our heroes.”

In addition to Lee and 4-H club members, event partici-pants included Shelly Sturges, district aide to Sen. John Carona; Katy Aldredge, deputy district director for Rep. Stefani Carter; Rear Adm. Epifiani “Epi” Elizondo, regional

health administrator, and Stacy Harper, both with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Pat Thompson, Dallas Cowboys organization; Julie Stefko, youth fitness project manager, NFL Play 60 FITNESSGRAM Project and Kate Losecco, Cooper Institute; Dolores Bell, regional manager, Big Thought; The Texas A&M University System, Dairy MAX and dairy industry representatives; and local dairy farmer and Dairy MAX board member Lynn Ramsey.

More than 60 AgriLife Extension East Region family and consumer sciences agents also participated in event activi-ties, including the 5K and post-activity “refueling” where they were provided bananas, chocolate milk and yogurt for energy.

“Our agency’s family and consumer sciences and 4-H and youth development agents already work extensively in Texas schools,” said Dr. Susan Ballabina, AgriLife Exten-sion family and consumer sciences regional director for the East Region.

Ballabina helped coordinate the Fuel Up to Play 60 event with Dairy MAX, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Dairy Council and funded by dairy farming families in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and southwest Kansas.

‘Fuel Up to Play’ for nutrition, physical activity

“We had the Canyon Open (hosted by Canyon High School) Feb, 17 and 18,” Canyon High School tennis coach Aaron Fuller reported.

“We were lucky to get this one in,” he said. “It rained early and our courts wouldn’t dry. There wasn’t nearly enough sun or wind to make it happen. After moving the entire tourna-ment to Austin Tennis Center and modifying some of the scoring it went fairly well.

“I had a chance to see some of our older more

seasoned players play, along with getting some of our younger more inexperienced players a chance at some match play. Overall I was pleased with the way we played and look forward to hosting this tournament again next year.” A number of Canyon High School play-ers placed.

In boys’ singles, Sammy Hogan finished in first place. Brighton McMinn was fifth and Chris Corne-lius finished in sixth place.

For girls’ singles, Cort-lyn Dees took fifth place; Hannah Tomlinson, seventh; Jaden Odell ninth;

Kacey Burnside, 12th; and Allison McMillon, 16th place.

In the boys’ doubles com-petition, the Travis Gilliland/Sammy Huseman team took first place with Danton Odell/Matthew Snell taking second place. The Taylor Blevins/Rusty Hartman duo finished in eighth place and Tristan Roach/Kristian Gearn earned 12th.

For the girls’ doubles, Canyon also took first place with the Cheyan Schott/Kailey Trimmier team. Hannah Solomon and Lydia Solomon paired for seventh place, and the Sierra Ybarry/Victoria Hernandez team fol-lowed in eighth place.

Mixed doubles pairings saw Canyon’s Dylan Odell/Abigail Strickland team take first place honors and the

By JAMES BARRINGTONCanyon News staff

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“We haven’t done that in the past and we are going to celebrate the candidates for this into one that has been exceptional.

“The other award we’re adding is the “Lois Rice Public Service Award.” We’ve given that award out for the last three years, but we’re going to give that now as an honorary award in her behalf. We’re really excited about that and we’re really excited about the recipient of that award. City commis-sioner David Logan will be presenting that award that evening.

This year’s candidates for “Citizen of the Year,” in

alphabetical order are Don Albrecht, Cindy Barnes, Jim Christopher, Donna Harper, Joan Van Doran and Jed Welch.

“It’s an outstanding slate of individuals,” Malcolm said. “We’re excited about that.”

Talking about the orga-nization of the evening’s program, Malcolm said, “I have teamed up Brandon and Randy because I felt like, you know last year we kind of structured our event around our events, and we highlighted each event as we went through the night. But this year we’re con-centrating on our success, we’ve had a record-breaking year for membership and membership revenue. So we’re going to capitalize on

our Chamber membership and what that means for our business community. Randy will talk about how business and revenue in our commu-nity adds to the city and our quality of life.”

“I just think that a chamber of commerce cannot be effective without the involvement of the city. I hope that someday the chamber adds to the quality of life for the city and its community.”

The “boots and bling” theme is a new touch for this year’s decorations, with decorated boots being the centerpieces for the tables. “We’re really excited, too, about the boots,” Malcolm said.

“We’ve had so many businesses step up to the

plate in decorating boots. That’s going to be awesome. We’re going to judge those in four different categories, so that’s going to be fun. We’ve already had some of those delivered and I’m just amazed at the creativity some of those people come up with.”

The chamber banquet has been going on “for decades,” Malcolm said.

“I attended my first one in 1988. I would say at least 30 years. We are just really excited. Everybody just gets pumped up about this. I’m excited to see what people show up wearing.”

Remembering some past events with snow and ice, Malcolm said, “I fought with the weather every single event last year.”

Lest anyone think it’s just the same old routine, Mal-colm added with a smile, “We have a couple of sur-prises during the night too, You just have to be there to see what they are.”

A visit to city manager Randy Criswell at city hall brought a hint of what might be in store.

“I do plan on wearing boots,” Criswell said.

“When she (Malcolm) asked me about it, she asked me if I would serve as MC. I told her that surely she could find someone better than me. She insisted on asking, so I told her I’d do whatever she wanted me to do.”

Criswell noted that he expected to be getting more details instructions later.

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Southeast Park and Brown Rd; and new dog parks at Southeast park with areas for both small and large dogs.

Southeast Park Lake was stocked with 1500 Rain-bow Trout in December. A few fish were tagged and a $25.00 gift card goes to the person that catches one. A free Kids Fishing Derby will be held during our first annual Family Fun Day at Southeast Park on June 16th. Other activi-ties include; prizes, a kid friendly entertainer at noon and the grand opening of the new dog parks in the afternoon with special activities for dog owners. Be sure to watch for further announcements on our City of Canyon Website, www.canyon-tx.com.

Canyon welcomes West

Texas Baseball League made up of Canyon and area teams. Canyon Baseball League and West Texas Baseball League will start their spring season in March with Palo Duro Soccer starting their spring season soon after at Brown Road Soccer Complex.

The Parks Department employees are dedicated to providing great service for the citizens of Canyon. Our baseball fields are second to none in the panhandle and we have great parks for everyone to enjoy. If you look back on the improve-ments made in the last 20 years to our parks system, you will see just how much has been accomplished. We are developing a new parks master plan with the Pan-handle Regional Planning Commission. The first step was the survey everyone in the city received in their city bill. We are excited about the higher than normal par-

ticipation rate and with that information we can plan for future park improvements. This information allowed us to apply for current and future grants to improve our parks, such as a walking trail grant for Southeast and Conner Parks and Brown Road Soccer Complex.

It takes everyone to make sure our parks are the best. I want to thank the Parks Board for their hard work and dedication to our projects. We also appreci-ate everyone that makes sure they leave the park in better condition than when they arrived. Please help us keep our parks nice by placing trash in our new trash receptacles, use the pet stations, and report any vandalism. Let’s do our part and a little more to keep Canyon a great and beauti-ful place to live.

Brian Noel is director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Canyon.

EAA developed a permit-ting system based on its enabling act passed by the Texas Legislature, which is much different than what the Texas Legislature devised in Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code. The High Plains Water District’s permitting system tracks the

language in Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code, and the District takes all of the factors that the Court notes in its decision into account when making a decision on a permit application and in its overall regulatory framework.

While the Court’s deci-sion on Friday does provide that the landowners in the EAA v. Day case own the groundwater and can bring

a takings claim, the Court does not address the merits of the takings claim. This means that the landown-ers in the case will now go through another round of litigation to determine whether a taking occurred under the complex takings analysis test created by the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court’s opinion dis-cusses the test that will be

used to determine whether an actual taking occurred and added that this review is based on the facts of each case and that all of the circumstances surround-ing groundwater regulation must be considered to deter-mine whether the regulation is reasonable.

“The Court’s decision is very similar to what we saw from the passage of Senate Bill 332 last session—that the landowner owns the groundwater, but that groundwater districts like the High Plains Water District can continue to regulate production in a way that preserves the ground-

water resources while also recognizing private property rights,” said Jim Conk-wright, General Manager for High Plains Water Dis-trict. “The Court’s decision was made in the context of EAA’s regulatory system, which is very different than what our district developed under Chapter 36 of the Water Code,” said Conk-wright.

Overall, the Court’s deci-sion confirms High Plains Water District’s view of the law since Senate Bill 332 was passed last session. The Court’s decision does not directly impact the High Plains Water District’s

recent rules revisions, and the District will continue to evaluate all of the factors provided in Chapter 36 of the Water Code and its rules to manage the ground-water resources within its boundaries in a manner that respects private property rights.

Created in 1951 by local residents and confirmed by the Texas Legislature, the High Plains Under-ground Water Conservation District is charged with the responsibility of conserving, preserving, protecting, and preventing waste of ground-water within its 16-county service area.

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“Cheryl’s pretty good about making it easy on people,” he said.

“I’ve been going to the chamber banquet for years. I’ve gone to many, many chamber banquets. And they just keep getting better. Cheryl does such a great job, they just get better every year. There’re just more fun.

“I don’t own anything I would define as ‘bling.’ I might have to go and get a large heavy chain with the letter ‘C’ on it.

“Of course that stands for ‘chamber,’ ‘Criswell,’ ‘city,’ my wife Cindy,” he said chuckling.

Saturday evening promises to be filled with a celebration of Canyon and a great party for all involved.

Dylan Strickland/Delanie Pierce pair earning third place. Coleman Wittenburg and Mea Rocha paired for 15th place and the Landon Work/Destiny Williams duo captured 16th place.

As of press time, no results were available for the Canyon tournament from Randall High School. However, the Raiders played last weekend in a tourna-ment in Carlsbad, N.M. with the boys’ team finishing in second place and the girls’ team in third place.

There were a number of individual standouts. In boys’ singles, Skyler Seymour was first place in No. 1 boys’ singles. In No. 2, Trenton Devenney was

consolation champion and in No. 3, Caleb Felton was consolation champion. For No. 3 boys’ singles, Luke Bishop finished in second place. Dylan Prater took first place in No. 5 boys’ singles and Brandon Wil-liams was second place in No. 6 boys’ singles.

For boys’ doubles, Randall took first place in the No.1 category with the Bishop/Felton team and first place in the No. 3 category with the Williams/Prater team. The No. 2 boys’ doubles team of Tyler Meister and Cliff Halcom captured third place.

The No. 1 girls’ singles bracket saw Meagan Odle capture fourth place. Leigha

Ritchey was second place in the No. 2 girls’ singles. Al-ynna Phouthakhio was third in the No. 3 girls’ singles. Rachel Stephens captured fourth place in the No. 5 girls’ singles and Mackenzie Dye was second place in the No. 6 bracket.

The Sabra Cooper/Kambrie Phillips team took fourth place in the No. 1 girls’ doubles. Taking second place in the No. 2 girls’ doubles was the team of Dye/Joselyn Gutierrez. And the Odle/Phouthakhio team won first place in No. 3 girls’ doubles.

Both Canyon and Randall will be playing in the Sandy Cup Tourney this weekend at Amarillo High.

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FARM & RANCH

By KAY LEDBETTERTexas AgriLifeExtension Service

Silage worries have producers asking a lot of questions as spring planting nears, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist.

Brent Bean, AgriLife Extension agronomist, said he’s been getting a lot of calls from producers, dairy-men and others who found themselves lacking good roughage sources last year for their cattle.

“Most of the industry relies on corn silage, which did not do well last year during our extreme drought and high temperatures,” Bean said. “The industry is now looking for an alter-native crop that uses less water and can tolerate high temperatures.”

As a result, he said, many are looking at forage sorghum. Although forage sorghum may not yield as much as corn under full ir-rigation, it requires about 30 percent less water than corn and is more heat tolerant.

Bean said he has con-ducted forage sorghum silage trials in the Pan-handle for many years and has recently summarized results from the last four years. The results of those trials can be found at http://

amarillo.tamu.edu under the agronomy program tab.

While the primary inter-est this year appears to be quantity, he said producers should not ignore quality, especially on silage for dairy operations

Bean said he has in-cluded in his summary of varieties some indicators of quality, such as digestibility and estimated pounds of milk produced per ton of forage.

The varieties in Bean’s trials were planted in late May on 30-inch rows at a seeding rate of 100,000 seeds per acre. Harvest started on early maturing varieties in late August and continued through mid-October on late-maturing varieties. All the forage silage yields are reported at 65 percent moisture, he said. The varieties that consistently yielded above the test mean, had low lodging scores and were not photoperiod sensitive were: AS781, SS405, 849 F, 9500, FS-5, Millennium BMR, BMR Gold X and HiKane II. Two other varieties, Silo 700D and HP 95 BMR, fin-ished above the test mean in two of the four years tested.

The average yield over a four-year period was 20.5 tons per acre, with a range from 18.4 tons to 26.8 tons per acre, Bean said. Eigh-

teen varieties consistently yielded above the annual test average at least two-thirds of the time.

Lodging is an important issue in sorghum silage pro-duction and can vary greatly

from year to year depending on the conditions, he said. Of the 18 best-yielding vari-eties tested, six had lodging scores of greater than 15 percent. If these varieties are planted, producers

should plant a lower seeding rate and make sure the field is not over-fertilized with nitrogen to help prevent lodging.

“In addition, it is impor-tant that these varieties are

harvested as soon as they reach the proper moisture, which is usually at soft dough stage,” Bean said. “Delaying harvest past the optimum time can lead to increased lodging.”

Forage silage alternatives sought in wake of drought

A Texas AgriLife Extension Service student worker helps bring in the plot harvest during Brent Bean’s forage studies.

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During the San Angelo Stock Show held Feb. 11-26 and the San Antonio Stock Show held February 9-26, 38 Ran-dall County 4-H members exhibited their various livestock projects. Beginning with the San Angelo Junior Market Goat Show, Jade Kenney exhibited a 12th place goat. Other exhibitors included Jax Kenney, Coleman Curry, and Lucas Bradshaw.

During the San Angelo Junior Market Barrow Show, Claire McCormick placed sixth medium heavy weight Hampshire barrow, Kaleigh Meador exhibited the sixth place medium weight crossbred barrow, Ryan Smith placed sixth with his light weight Yorkshire barrow, Cody Harter exhibited the seventh place medium weight Yorkshire barrow, and Kellie Baxter placed eighth with her medium heavy weight Hampshire barrow. Other exhibitors included Coleman Curry, Neeley Curry, Karlie Harter, Taylor Robinson, Ashleigh Smith, Sydnee Stewart, and Hayden

Willeford.Members who placed in the San Antonio Junior Market

Barrow Show included Kinsey Wood who exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Landrace barrow, Quay Owen who placed first with her heavy weight Yorkshire barrow, Mayson Cranmer who exhibited the third place medium weight dark crossbred barrow, Mckenzie Hicks who placed fourth with her medium weight dark crossbred barrow, Madison Huseman who exhibited the fifth place heavy weight Yorkshire barrow, Claire McCormick who placed fifth with her medium weight light crossbred barrow, Brynn Owen who exhibited the sixth place medium weight Chester barrow, Mckalah Robinson who placed sixth with her heavy weight Landrace barrow, and Ryan Bartley who exhibited the eighth place heavy weight Yorkshire barrow.

Other exhibitors in the San Antonio Junior Market Barrow Show included Kaleigh Meador, Colby Townsley,

Addison Hicks, Seth Ward, Michayla Acker, Josie Hicks, Colton Meyer, Shelby Bartley, Camille Acker, Molly Hutcherson, Lainye Meador, Kellie Baxter, Callie Hawk-ins, Hannah Hawkins, Makayla Reynolds, and Hayden Willeford.

Additionally, Randall County 4-H members competed in the San Antonio Horse Judging Contest. The Randall County Senior Horse Judging Team placed fourth out of 166 teams. Sparklynn Rust was 12th high individual over-all. Other team members included Logan Pluhar, Chaylee Gilmore, and Lauren Moore.

Randall County 4-H is a program open to all youth residing in Randall County. It offers these youth a wide range of educational opportunities including public speak-ing and project development. For more information about Randall County 4-H, contact: Kim Peters at 468-5543 or at kgpeters@ag.tamu.edu.

Randall County 4-H members receive top placingsSan Angelo, San Antonio Stock Shows

By BLAIR FANNINTexas AgriLifeExtension Service

Beef producers don’t want to miss out on profit potential when it comes to selection and performance of breeding bulls, according to a Texas AgriLife Exten-sion Service beef cattle specialist.

Jason Cleere, AgriL-ife Extension beef cattle specialist in College Station, provided management tips for breeding bulls at the 50th Blackland Income Growth Conference in Waco.

Structural soundness is an important characteristic when choosing a breeding bull, Cleere said, because a bull takes on a lot of stress servicing a herd of cycling cows. If a bull with poor physiological traits is cho-

sen, “that bull will only last a couple of years instead of five years,” Cleere said.

Fertility testing replace-ment bulls is another recom-mendation.

“Examining testicles for size and shape – this stuff comes down to a veterinar-ian and the breeder sorting out the bulls that do not meet these specifications,” he said.

Cleere told the audience that breeding-soundness evaluation will involve a veterinarian evaluating bulls for scrotal circumference and semen evaluation.

“Also, every year you should get your bull evalu-ated before turnout,” Cleere advised. “If you have a single herd sire, you could wind up with no calves (by not having a test per-formed).”

Cleere said it’s also pos-

sible that a herd with two bulls could have a dominant sire that is knocking off the younger bull from breeding resulting in a lower preg-nancy rate.

One herd involved in the AgriLife Extension Beef Partnership in Education Program had a 10-year-average pregnancy rate of 70 percent. Proper fertility testing of the herd bulls and culling of those that failed resulted in an 81 percent pregnancy rate this past fall, Cleere said.

A good, general rule of thumb is to have one bull to every 25 or 30 cows, Cleere said.

Floron “Buddy” Faries, AgriLife Extension state vet-erinarian, provided health management tips for cattle producers at the confer-ence. He discussed common mistakes, such as using only

a portion of a medicine bottle and refrigerating what is left.

“Discard any unused portions,” he said. “You will get vaccination failure. The remaining contents in the bottle will deteriorate and cause a tissue reaction be-cause you are using decayed, deteriorating vaccine.”

Faries said it is critical that producers completely read the labels and other instructions enclosed in packaging.

“If I put a fresh bottle of LA 200 in the refrigera-

tor, it’s no good,” he said. “Why? It says on the label to store at room temperature. You can cause a reaction in the tissue if it’s used on the animal. You also need to make sure that no light gets to it or it will diminish its effectiveness.”

Faries discussed injec-tion-site blemishes on beef cattle. He stressed that pro-ducers should not admin-ister anywhere in the rear portion of the animal since that is where the highest value cuts are located.

Instead, Faries said move

to the front shoulder region of the animal for either intramuscular or subcutane-ous injections. The injection should be under the skin as this area will be trimmed out when harvested.

“Also, move over 2 inches before giving another vac-cination,” he added.

Faries said this will prevent cross-contaminating vaccines and potential tissue reaction. He also advised to use one needle when draw-ing medicine from the bottle and to change needles every 10 animals.

Be selective in choosing herd bulls for cattle operation

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s Ranch Management University is scheduled April 9-13 at the G. Rollie White Visitor’s Center on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station.

Registration is $500 and attendance is limited to the first 50 people who enroll. To reg-ister online and to obtain additional information, please go to http://agriliferegister.tamu.edu and enter “ranch management” into the search window. Spring program topics will be: soils and soil fertility, forage species selection, hay production, weed and brush management, winter pasture establishment and utilization, beef cattle breed selection, nutrient requirements and feeding strategies for livestock, grazing management strategies, chute-side talk live animal handling and demonstrations of vaccinating, dehorning and castration of cattle. Horse, sheep and goat production also will be covered.

Meals and break refreshments are covered by the registration cost, as well as a re-source CD containing more than 100 publications covering ranch resource management.

For additional information, call 979-845-4826 or e-mail l-redmon@tamu.edu.

Ranch Management University set

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Deadlines

ThursdayDisplay: 10 a.m. MondayWord Ads: 2 p.m. Monday

SundayDisplay: 3 p.m. Wednesday

Word Ads: 10:00 a.m. Friday806-655-7121

CLASSIFIEDS

COMMUNITY SERVICE

F r e e d o m H o u s e collects high-quality used clothing, furni-ture, and household items and redistrib-utes them to people living in Canyon and in need. To request assistance or donate items Call 655-7912. Donations Tax De-ductible

Buffalo Barns408 3rd Ave.R.V., Travel Trailer or

Boat Storage. 655-4631

CANYON SELF STORAGE

Fall Move-in Special50% off 1st Month

with 3 month lease.Come store with us.

206 N 16th St.655-2460

All classified ads under

$15.00 must be prepaid, including all garage

sales

BUSINESS SERVICE

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Nice mobile homes for lease in Chaparral

Villa Community. Homes from $355/mo. No

pets, good character & references req. TTA Properties 655-2950

Canyon Security Storagehas the

LARGEST units and 10x20, too!

Half off first month.806.656.0686

CERAMIC TILE, WOOD FLOORING INSTALLATION,and

BATHROOM RESTORATION (including tiled showers).

Call Guyle Corley806.655.4958 or 806.433.2657

FOR SALE:REDUCED 2 bdrm, 2 bth with office, 1690 sqft. Handicapped ac-cessible. 13 Hinders Dr. $185,000 to $175,000

1 bdrm, 1 bth 712 sqft., $42,500

2 bdrm 2 bth 1331 sqft., $97,000

Contact Diana 9 Hospital Dr

655-1712

Local house painting, fencing,

floor tile, stucco. Call Richard at 640-3884 or 655-5477.

HELP WANTED

Plainview HeraldCirculation Bookkeeper

Position AvailableRequires knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, data entry, multi-tasking, customer service and meeting deadlines.

Some duties will include but not limited to journal entries for accounting period, payments, vendor collections, credits/adjustments and distributor statements. Will train best candidate.

The Plainview Herald offers an attractive benefit package including insurance and 401K.

Please send resume to:Plainview Herald

Attn.: Monica GarciaP.O. Box 1240

Plainview, TX 79072

-7 WeldingReasonable,

quality metal work.

Call 806.674.5457

57B Valleyview; 2 bdrm 2 bth CH&A, oversized 1 car gar., fenced yd, stove/dishwasher prov., w/d hookups. $900/mo. $500/dep.

2200 7th Ave; 2 bdrm 1 bth, stove, fridge, AC prov. Water & lawn service paid. $625/mo. $500/dep.

Collier Property Mgmt 655-4314

HELP WANTED

HOUSES FOR RENT

Charming 2 bdrm in the heart of Canyon! 905

8th Ave for only $87,000. Call

Judy @ 584-9074 (Keller Williams

Realty)

REAL ESTATE

LEGAL NOTICE

The Texas Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Panhandle Rural Planning Organization will host an Informational Meeting on March 13, 2012 concerning the planning of future projects.

This informational meeting is held to explain how the department plans transportation projects. We would like to receive the public’s input regarding the current Transportation Improvement Plan for the Amarillo District.

The meeting will be Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. It will be located at the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, located at 415 SW Eighth Ave in Amarillo.

The meeting will cover transportation plans for all areas of the Panhandle and the city of Amarillo. An overall view of the planning process will be presented, as well as the criteria used for selecting individual projects. Draft versions of current transportation plans will be presented at the meeting for public comment.

The public is invited to speak regarding projects currently planned or any additional projects that might be proposed. Speakers will be limited to five minutes. Verbal and written comments from the public regarding any project may be submitted at the meeting. Written statements and other exhibits may be submitted to the TxDOT District Office at 5715 Canyon Drive (P.O. Box 7368) Amarillo, Texas 79114-7368. Comments must be received no later than March 26, 2012.

All interested citizens are invited to attend this public meeting. Persons interested in attending the meeting whom have special communication or accommodation needs are encouraged to contact David Miller at 806.356.3246. Requests should be made no later than two days prior to the public meeting. TxDOT will make every reasonable effort to accommodate these needs.

Summer Fee Collector

Palo Duro Canyon State Park $9.07/hour 20-40 hrs. per week, May-Aug. Hourly part-time position open until filled. Duties include: customer service, office equipment, cash handling, phone sys-tem, computer resigtra-tion system and general park maintenance. Includes: weekends, mostly evening shifts, Holidays.Non-smoking environ-ment in State buildings and vehicles.Criminal background check consent required.State of Texas applica-tion required, available at any Texas Parks & Wildlife facility or on line @ www.tpwd.state.tx.us/jobsJob posting #12-01-178 and description on web-site.Forward application to: Palo Duro Canyon State Park, 11450 Park Rd. 5, Canyon, TX 79015 Attn: Lana Graham806-488-2227 ext. 224EOE.

ACREAGE

5 acres for rent across from 23003 Crooked Creek Rd. No utilities provided, haul own water. $100/head. Collier Property Mgmt 655-4314

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Apartment for Rent: Walk to WT. Call 655-4237, 679-6584, or 655-2460. Visit us at: canyonapts.com

$ 2 0 0 O F F 1 S T MONTHS RENT on 1 year lease. 20 meg speed internet and 66 channels of cable at no cost! 1 and 2 bdrm apar tments wi th in walking distance of WT. Starting at $395/mo. 3 bdrms at $695/mo. Call 331-2787 or www.canyonapart-ments.com

Walk to WTAMU; 2 bdrm 1 bth. 681-4653

WT s tudents /s ta f f 1 bdrm & efficiency available. Ideal loca-tion. Many bills paid. McCaslin Apts. 651-5800

DUPLEXES FOR RENT

Nice & clean 2/1 6 plex. Utility connec-tions, no pets, annual lease. $500/200. 655-1514 or 282-4638

Great 2 bdrm, fenced yard, all appliances, CH&A. $750/mo. plus dep. Call Teri 806-655-0488

For Rent: 3 bdrm 2 bth 5027 W. Cemetery Rd. $1,150/mo. No smok-ing or pets. Call 655-3094

5900 B Cemetery Rd, 3 bdrm 2 bth. $850/mo. Security deposit. One year lease, no smoking, no pets. Call 655-3094

2 bdrm, all electric, no pets. $625/mo. $300/dep. 655-9776

GARAGE SALE

Sat only 8-? 701 W 3rd St. (weather permit-ting). West on 4th Ave, follow signs. Furniture, baby items, clothes, misc.

HELP WANTED

Hil’s Burgers is ac-cepting applications for breakfast & lunch cook. Apply at 1300 23rd St. Experience preferred

Needing experienced cattle manager/chute boss for custom pro-cessing crew. Call 806-679-3397

Accepting applications for full-time installer/laborer for local barb-wire fence construc-t ion company. Cal l 676-4411

Schlotzky’s in Canyon is accepting applica-tions for team leaders. Par t - t ime and fu l l -time positions avail-able. Flexible sched-ules, Great for Moms & Students. Apply at Schlotzky’s at 901 23rd St. (next to Canyon Clinic) or call Geneva at 655-9662 for more information.

EduCare Community Living Amarillo Area Group Homes accept-ing apps for FT Direct Care 2-10p PT week-end 2-10p. Must have valid TX DL & clear criminal history. Ap-ply @ Rescare.com/careers EOE, F/M/D/V

Mature responsible person needed for part-time housekeep-ing. Couple can apply. Immediate opening. Apply at Buffalo Inn Hwy 87

Christian Learning Cen-ter needs a Preschool teacher & Preschool substitute teachers 7:30-12:00. If you are retired teachers & in-terested, please call 655-3246 or 806-433-2696

HOUSES FOR RENT

2011 8th Ave; cute & remodeled. 2 bdrm & 1 bth, w/d, fridge, stove, big fence yard. $750/mo. $750/dep. Pets okay. 806-576-9956

3 bdrm 1 3/4 bth w/d hookups, storm cellar. No smoking, no pets. 6 miles east of Happy, TX on 1075. $650/mo. plus $300/dep. 655-1406. Reference required

2607 3rd Ave; 2/1/1 fp., no indoor pets. Back ground check. $675/mo. $550/dep. 1yr lease. 683-1115 355-6439

2 bdrm 2 bth available March 1st. Indoor & outdoor stalls, 2 arenas with horse amenities. Nathan 806-674-1341 or Kam 817-320-0948

3 bd rm 2 b th new house for rent in Can-yon. $1425/mo. Call Nikki Christie 806-681-6657

Small 1 bdrm; water paid, no smoking. No pets. $250/mo. $100/dep. 584-0699

MOBILE HOMES FOR

RENT

In Rockwell Acres 2 bdrm 2 bth. 15005 Grimes Circle. $625/mo. 1 outside pet only. 655-4659

OFFICE BLDG FOR RENT/

SALE

Office space available at 2001 4th Ave Call 673-2938

REAL ESTATE

2300+ sq.ft . , home completely remodeled. Horse property inside city limits. Beautiful view. Contact Deveny Wells 806-236-4813

House for sale: 1 bdrm with appliances. 1214 2nd Ave. 655-4001

506 11th Ave; 3 bdrm 2 bth 1 car garage. Total remodel. CH&A. $95,000. 806-236-4464

FSBO. Country prop-erty w/8 acres, 41601 S F M 1 7 0 5 , o v e r 2600sqft., 2 car ga-rage. Totally remod-eled. $140,000 806-236-4464

For sale by owner: 10 acres, on highway. Brick 3 bdrm 3 bth, spacious LR, dining, kitchen with new double oven. New A/C, double garage. Finished basement. 14 miles West of Happy, TX at 2850 FM 1075. Call Frances Hodges 806-627-8155

STORAGE

INVITATION FOR BIDSSealed proposals addressed to the Honorable Mayor and City Commission of the City of Canyon, Texas for the installation of six water well pumps and associated appurtenances, entitled:

WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTSROCKWELL ROAD WELL FIELD – WATER

WELL PUMPSWATER WELL NUMBERS 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,

AND 32will be received at the office of the Director of Pub-lic Works at City Hall, 301 16th Street, Canyon, Texas, 79015 until:

2:00 P.M.March 15, 2012

A cashier’s check, certified check or acceptable bidder’s bond, payable to the city of Canyon in an amount equal to not less than five percent of the bid submitted, must accompany each bid as guarantee that, if awarded the contract, the Bidder will, within fifteen days after receipt of Contract Documents, enter into a contract with the City of Canyon and will execute bonds on the forms provided in the Contract Documents. Any bid re-ceived after the time and date listed above will be returned unopened and will not be considered.

Bidders are expected to inspect the site of the work and inform themselves regarding all local conditions.

Contract Documents are on file and may be exam-ined in the office of the Director of Public Works, City of Canyon, 301 16th Street, Canyon, Texas 79015, phone (806) 655-5011 and the offices of Brandt Engineers, Consulting Engineers, 4537 Canyon Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79110, telephone (806) 353-7233.

Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Engineers, Brandt Engineers, 4537 Canyon Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79110, phone (806) 353-7233 in the following manner:

Cost: Hundred dollars ($100.00), non-refundable, for each set of plans and specifications.

Performance and Payment bonds shall be set forth in the Contract Documents.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bid-ding. In case of ambiguity or lack of clearness, the Owner reserves the right to adopt such interpretations as may be most advantageous or to reject the bid as informal. No bid may be withdrawn until the expiration of 30 days from the bid opening date. CITY OF CANYONQUINN ALEXANDER

NOTICE OF MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING

The City Commission of the City of Canyon will hold a Regular Meeting and Public Hearing on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. in the Commission Chambers on the Second Floor of City Hall, 301 16th Street, Canyon, Texas. Consider and Take Appropriate Action on Ordi-nance No. 956 Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Canyon, Chapter 156, Zoning Code, by Amending Tables No. 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, and 4-1, Prohibiting the Use of Metal, Plastic, or Fiberglass Panels on Exterior Wall of Residences in Residential Districts; And Amending Appendix A by Deleting 4’ x 8’ Cement Fiber Panels (Hardy Board) from the Definition of Masonry Construc-tion; Providing for severability and providing for an effective date. Gretchen MercerCity Secretary

LEGAL NOTICESLEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JAMES VERNON

GLENN, DECEASED Notice is hereby given that Original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES VERNON GLENN were issued on FEBRUARY 22, 2012, in Cause No. 2012-22-P, pending in the County Court of Randall County, Texas, to:

BESSIE PAULINE GLENN The residence of the Agent for such Inde-pendent Executrix is in Amarillo, Texas. The post office address is: c/o DONALD CONLEY

P.O. BOX 1605Amarillo, Texas 79105

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED this 22 day of February, 2012.Donald ConleyDONALD CONLEYState Bar No. 04664000P.O. Box 1605Amarillo, Texas 79105ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

BUSINESS SERVICENOTICE TO ALL

PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF

ALBERT MOCHELL LYTLE, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that Original Let-ters Testamentary for the Estate of ALBERT MOCHELL LYTLE were issued on FEB-RUARY 22, 2012, in Cause No. 2012-21-P, pending in the County Court of Randall Coun-ty, Texas, to:

DENNIS MOCHELL LYTLE

The residence of the Agent for such Inde-pendent Executrix is in Amarillo, Texas. The post office ad-

dress is: c/o DONALD CONLEY

P.O. BOX 1605Amarillo, Texas 79105 All persons hav-ing claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being adminis-tered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED this 22 day of February, 2012.

Donald ConleyDONALD CONLEYS t a t e B a r N o . 04664000P.O. Box 1605Amarillo, Texas 79105ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

LEGAL NOTICES