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Glasscock County News
County Okays Ambulance Purchase The Glasscock County Commissioners’ Court, meeting in regular session May 10, approved purchase of a new ambulance for approximately $102,000. The court took the recommendations of Emergency Medical Technician Alan Jansa and Emergency Medical Service Administrator Christy Seidenberger in deciding which make and model of truck and ‘box’ to buy. The unit will be a Ford F350 with a box made by McCoy/Miller. Jansa said EMT’s want a unit that is safe and user-friendly. He said it is important to keep the ‘boxes’ as nearly the same as possible, so that emergency personnel are familiar with where things are and how they operate in each unit. The court also approved paying $36,950 for two new sets of Jaws of Life. The Volunteer Fire Departments in Garden City and St. Lawrence have secured Forestry Service grants totaling $26,400 for the equipment, leaving $10,550 in out-of-pocket expense. Mark Halfmann said the new Jaws units are the same size as the old one, but have a much larger bite and more force, making them better in accident work. He said the old unit would be moved to Drumright, which currently doesn’t have a Jaws unit. Mutual aid agreements with Reagan County got court approval, contingent upon minor corrections of titles. On April 27, the commissioners approved an oil and gas lease with Laredo Energy which had been pending for some time. Fifteen EMS Volunteers Serving County Seidenberger reported that the local EMS group now has 15 trained volunteers, most of whom are very active. She said Kenny Batla is a Paramedic, and Stacy Hare will soon reach Intermediate status. At that point, the local EMS will be classified as capable of Advanced Life Support. The county’s EMS group has made 26 emergency runs year-to-date, most of them on weekends, Seidenberger said. She said she believes Glasscock County is the only one in the area that doesn’t charge for ambulance service and said she wants to keep it that way. She explained that if, in some circumstance a Glasscock County resident should have to be transported by an ambulance from a neighboring county, he will be charged that county’s rate. [Editor’s Note: Local EMS personnel have, over many years, opposed charging for ambulance service, and refused county offers of individual stipends for ambulance runs.] County Judge Kim Halfmann expressed her appreciation for the work the EMS and VFD personnel do and the services they provide the county. Jansa and Seidenberger in turn thanked the commissioners’ court for the support it gives them by providing training and equipment.
Sheriff Gets New
Pickup The county commissioners approved purchase of a new pickup to replace Sheriff Keith Burnett’s, which was wrecked in a collision April 30. The new unit, from Pollard Chevrolet, will be a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado Short Crew 1500, 4WD and will cost $31,700. Burnett said the accident occurred when another pickup pulled on to CR125 from a private road and collided with Burnett, who was traveling east on CR125 in route to a house fire. The other driver was found to be at fault, Burnett said. Commissioners approved allowing the local sheriff’s department to use what had been a 4-H shooting range for practice shooting. Burnett said they have to qualify with both pistols and rifles each year and currently have to go to Big Spring for target practice. The range is located at the west dump ground and hasn’t been used in several years. The county agreed to clear the range area of mesquite and to mow it when nearby road ditches are mowed. The county court discussed two bids for almost one mile of fencing along newly constructed County Road 305 and voted to accept the one from local JT West Texas Fence & Welding for $15,547. The other bid was from Twin Mountain Supply of San Angelo for $22,054. Commissioner Gary Jones said the road has cost the county little, since Jo Ann Hillger donated almost 8 acres of land and Laredo Energy provided the caliche to build it. The court also agreed on a $25,000 minimum sale price for a 1995 Ford fire truck with 7,500 miles. The truck will be listed online, either on govdeals.com or a similar site at a probable seller’s fee of 7.5 percent of the sales price. New Seal Coating Slated for Summer Glasscock County’s road engineering consultant Don Bonifay discussed 2010 paving/seal coating with the county court. Bonifay explained that for bidding, he will combine the work with that of Sterling County, which will probably do less than 5 miles. He said both projects will go to the same bidder, and after the bid process, everything else for the two counties will be separate. Bonifay said last year, the work cost approximately $25,000 per mile. County Treasurer Alan Dierschke said $285,000 is available for this year’s work. Plans currently are to seal coat approximately 10 miles, including 5.5 miles of CR 110 and 4 miles of Seidenberger Road plus the intersection of Drumright and Overton Roads and the Garden City Cemetery parking lot. Bonifay will advertise for bids, the project will be let at the June 14 commissioners’ court meeting and the work will be done between early July and early September.
In the Spotlight
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Morgan Schwartz
signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Midland College.
She is only the second player from a small school to be selected for
the MC team in its history.
Schwartz, a 6’ 1” senior, is the daughter of Cecilia and James Schwartz.
• 2009-10
Basketball Awards:
Brett Chudej-District 10 MVP, Texas
Six Man Coaches Assoc. 1st Team All-Region, TSMCA 1st Team All-State, Texas
Assoc. of Basketball Coaches All-Region, San Angelo Standard Times Super Team,
and San Angelo Standard Times 1A All West Texas MVP;
Hayden Halfmann-All District, TSMCA 2nd Team All-Region, San Angelo
Standard Times All West Texas Team;
Brian Hirt-Honorable Mention All District;
Aaron Long-All District;
Jesse Montes-TSMCA All-Star,
Honorable Mention All District
Briefly • The school bond issue passed on May 8 by a vote of 100 for, 63 against, according to Election Judges Diane Havlak and Susie Hillger.
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Glasscock Co. Senior Citizens
will NOT have a second meeting in May.
They will meet June1 and the fare will be hamburgers from Halfmann’s.
Bring desserts to go with the burgers.
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National EMS Week is May 16
– 22.
Glasscock County”s Volunteer EMS consists of 16
volunteers: Linda Avery, Kenny Batla, Jackie Braden, Jennifer Driver, Carylon
Frerich, Mark Frysak, Stacy Hare, Tommy Hoelscher, Mitchell Jansa, Allen Jansa,
Darren Jost, Carol Jost, Galen Schwartz, Kristin Schwartz, Christy
Seidenberger and Baylor Walker. They give up their time to assist
those in need. With caring hearts and healing hands, they comfort pain
and put worry to rest. Their professionalism and compassion turn each
patient into a person. As EMTs, their skills are unmatched and
dedication unparalleled. Thank you, Glasscock County EMS Volunteers, for
all that you do -- Glasscock County appreciates you! • The Texas Hooter Honeys and the Zach Edwards Band are joining together for the annual fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk For a Cure. There will be live music and a silent and live auction. The event will be Friday, July 2 in St. Lawrence with VIP's starting at 6 p.m. General admission begins at 8 p.m. VIP tables of 8 are available for $500 and general admission is $15. For VIP table information and reservations, contact Kimberly Jost at 397-2699 or djost@crcom.net. T-shirts are available for the event!! Please contact Tibby Niehues at rniehues@crcom.net for pre-orders. For more information on our team, our cause and our fundraiser, please visit our website at http://www.texashooterhoneys.org. We hope to see everyone there! • A Sheriff’s Auction will be held May 18 at 10 a.m. at the Sheriff’s Office in Garden City. For sale will be: a 1982 Vogue RV and a 1998 Pontiac Grand Am. These units will be displayed at that location on May 17. For more information, call 354-2361. • Because there has been a confirmed case of rabies in Glasscock County, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Dr. Dustin McElwee of Brock Veterinary Clinic are offering a second rabies clinic at the Glasscock County Community Center from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday May 14th. Rabies shots will be $8 each. Some other vaccinations will be available, as well as pet de-worming. Animals to be vaccinated include dogs, cats and horses. McElwee vaccinated 200 animals during the April 30 Rabies Clinic. Animals must be present to receive vaccinations. • The regular GCISD board meeting scheduled for May 10 has been changed to May 12 at 8 a.m. The meeting will be covered in the next issue of the Glasscock County News.
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Sheriff’s Office Monthly Report:
April 1 – 30: Wrecks – 4, Loose Livestock Calls – 6, Medical Calls – 6,
Fires – 2, Other – 17, Arrests – 8, Total Citations – 66.
Photography Workshops
Set
Jennifer Davidson will conduct photography workshops for amateur adults June
15 – 17 and for youth photographers June 18 at the Glasscock County Community
Center.
Davidson is a freelance photographer
and photo-educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is an instructor with
the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Lindblad Expeditions, and National
Geographic Expeditions. Her website is
www.jdavidsonphotography.com. The
workshop will cover the ins and outs of camera menus, elements of exposure,
composition, lenses, and different lighting situations, as well as creative
ways to use them. Each day will include a lecture and time photographing in
the area. You will receive feedback on your photography from Davidson, who
will be on-site at shooting locations to lend one-on-one guidance in the field
as well. The third day will conclude early in the afternoon with on-site
shooting, and resume at 6:30 p.m. with a catered meal and showing of
everyone’s work (family encouraged attend).
Bring a digital camera, preferably a single-lens reflex (SLR), and the user’s
manual, extra batteries, memory cards, lenses and a laptop computer (one will
be made available if requested).
Note: a SLR camera is one that has capabilities to be taken off of automatic
mode to be manipulated and may have interchangeable lenses.
Please make sure and have your batteries charged to full capacity each
morning.
For more details or to request a registration form, please contact the Texas
AgriLife Extension office at 354-2381, or
glasscock@ag.tamu.edu.
Water District
Allows $’s for Tax Mapping At its April 20 meeting, the Glasscock Underground Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors (Kent McMillan and John Phillips absent) approved a resolution allowing the Glasscock County Tax Appraisal District to keep $821 in water district funds to help with Geographical Informational System mapping. Tax Appraiser Nancy Hillger told the board that excess tax appraisal dollars have not been returned to the three local taxing entities since 2000, but formal resolutions to that effect have not been passed each year by each entity as specified by state regulations. The county commissioner’s court approved the resolution for its $9,000 on April 12 and the GCISD board will discuss a resolution for its $14,000 on May 12. The GUWCD board also voted to forgive $16.94 in unpaid taxes on Lots 1 – 6, Section 12, Blk. 34 to assist in the lots being taken off the tax rolls. Glasscock County recently acquired these lots through adverse possession, Hillger said. In another tax matter, the GUWCD board voted to deny a taxpayer request to waive penalty and interest due to unpaid taxes prior to 2007 on some minerals. County commissioners had taken the same action on April 14. GUWCD directors and Manager Rick Harston said they encourage landowners to have water wells tested prior to any nearby oil and gas drilling. Harston thanked Director Larry Wheat for his many years of service on the water district board. Wheat, who declined to run for reelection, commented that he wished the board had more authority in dealing with oil and gas activities.
4-H News District
Livestock Judging Results:
Teams: Seniors-1st Place Overall,
Intermediates-2nd Place Overall.
The senior team advanced to State Judging Contest in June.
Senior individuals:
Ian Schaefer-1st, Lane Halfmann-2nd, Blayne Batla and Brody Halfmann-5th
(tied), Reggie Halfmann-7th, Peyton Schaefer-16th
Intermediate individuals: Rafe Royall-1st, Bryson Batla-2nd, Bailey Matscheck-10th, Hope
Halfmann-14th District
4-H Roundup
District Roundup contest results are: Share the Fun - Junior
Prose/Poetry-1st Place: Cade Braden, Riley Eggemeyer, Derek Halfmann,
Hagan Halfmann, Trae Jost; Junior Musical--1st Place - Allison Halfmann;
Intermediate Choreographed Routine-1st Place - Brooklyn Batla, Kamie
Halfmann, Hannah Halfmann, Holly Halfmann, Hope Halfmann, Carlie
Hollingsworth, Brylie Schaefer, Lexie Schaefer.
Senior Celebrate 4-H-1st - Sarah Avery, Blayne
Batla, Colton Belew, Brody Halfmann, Shanna Halfmann, Cassie Hirt, July Jost,
Kellan Kirkland, and Chapman Royall; Intermediate Celebrate 4-H-1st -
Brazos Hirt, Colton Jost, Kadden Kothmann, Bailey Matschek, and Rafe Royall;
Junior Celebrate 4-H-1st - Zachary Burnett, Matthew Halfmann, Braydon
Hollingsworth, Kaison Kirkland; Junior Celebrate 4-H-2nd - Ally
Burnett, Kortney Halfmann, Devon Kinnibrugh, Bethany Matschek, Kenzie
Schaefer.
Fabric and Fashion Design: Accessory Design -
Kelsey Jones -1st Senior, Hope Halfmann -1st Intermediate, Bethany
Matschek -1st Junior; Textile Design: Carlie Hollingsworth-1st
Intermediate, Kenzie Schaefer-1st Junior; Apparel Design: Brooklyn
Batla-1st Intermediate, Megan Hughes-3rd Intermediate, Kortney
Halfmann-3rd Junior, Allison Halfmann-4th Junior; Entomology Identification
- Kadden Kothmann-1st Intermediate.
From the Schoolhouse
UIL Academic Meets
Jr. High TMSCA State Meet Results:
Garden City students placed 1st in calculator and science, 2nd in
number sense and mathematics. They
were 2nd in sweepstakes.
Individual results were:
Calculator - Lexie Schaefer 1st, Ashlyn Koenning 2nd, Ashley
Halfmann 3rd, Holly Halfmann 4th, Kellan Kirkland 4th, Mikki Barron 5th,
Brazos Hirt 10th, Antonio Ramirez 16th; Science – Brazos Hirt 4th, Hugo
Almazan 5th, Lexie Schaefer 5th, Brandon Gartman 6th, Kellan Kirkland 8th,
Kadden Kothmann 9th, Dillon Koenning 12th, Colton Jost 14th, Eric Andrade
15th; Number Sense – Ashley Halfmann 3rd, Kellan Kirkland 4th, Carlie
Hollingsworth 5th, Lexie Schaefer 6th, Brazos Hirt 8th, Kadden Kothmann 12th,
Brooklyn Batla 12th;
Mathematics – Brazos Hirt 5th, Ashley Halfmann 6th, Kellan Kirkland 9th,
Kadden Kothmann 11th, Hugo Almazan 12th, Brandon Gartman 15th, Brooklyn Batla
16th, Mikki Barron 17th, Dillon Koenning 18th.
REGION II MEET
RESULTS:
Computer Applications –
Hayden Halfmann 5th; Computer Science – Hayden Halfmann 5th; Number
Sense – Hayden Halfmann 2nd; News Writing – Adriana Ramirez 5th.
Team results:
Number Sense team 2nd, Computer Science
team 3rd.
Number Sense team qualified for the state meet
where they finished in 4th place.
Individual placements were: Hayden
Halfmann 11th, Brian Hirt 17th, Adriana Ramirez 19th, Ian Schaefer 20th.
Tennis
REGIONAL TENNIS RESULTS:
Girls
Singles – 1st Taylor Hughes; Mixed Doubles – 2nd Aaron Long/Paige Niehues.
These players advance to the state tournament in Austin.
DISTRICT TENNIS RESULTS: Girls Singles – 1st Taylor Hughes; Girls Doubles – 2nd Rachel Hirt/Cassie
Hirt, 3rd Rachel Barnes/Leticia Ramirez; Boys Singles – 3rd Jonathan Young,
4th Colton Belew; Boys Doubles – 1st Josh Colunga/Jesse Montez, 2nd Hayden
Halfmann/Brian Hirt; Mixed Doubles -1st Aaron Long/Paige Niehues, 2nd Brett
Chudej/Morgan Schwartz.
First and second place winners advanced to the
Regional Tournament April 21 – 22 at ACU in Abilene.
Track
AREA TRACK MEET RESULTS: High jump – 3rd Sarah
Avery, 5th Taylor Hughes; Shot Put – 5th Jonathan Young; 3200M Run – 4th
Shanna Halfmann; 100M Dash – 3rd Paige Niehues; 400M Dash – 1st Paige Niehues;
1600 Run – 6th Magdaly Huerta, 7th Shanna Halfmann; 400M Relay – 8th – T.
Hughes, S. Avery, S. Halfmann, Lauren Schwartz Regional qualifiers are Paige Niehues, Sarah Avery and Shanna Halfmann. (Note: regional qualifiers did not advance to state meet.)
Golf
REGIONAL
GOLF RESULTS:
Girls’ team finished in 2nd place and
advance to the state tournament.
Individual scores were Kate Halfmann (84-83), Britni Cook (84-83), Katelyn
Hoelscher 94-93), Laura Halfmann (109-101), Rachel Hirt (127-109).
Boys’ team finished 6th.
Individual scores were Hayden Halfmann (75-78), Marcus Cook (77-82), Brian
Hirt (88-81), Austin Hoelscher (89-95), Colton Belew (99-96).
Ag Mechanics:
STATE RESULTS:
The Ag mechanics team placed 25th in state
competition.
DISTRICT/AREA RESULTS: Ag Mechanics judging
team placed 1st in district and 1st in area, qualifying them for the state
contest. Team members are Jacob Dalton, Marcus Dalton, Dylan Jansa and Quinton
Havlak.
Livestock Judging:
DISTRICT/AREA
RESULTS:
Garden City’s livestock judging team
placed 3rd in district and 16th in the area meet recently.
Team members are Kelsey Jones, Amber Halfmann, and Chapman Royal.
Scheduled Events: Check the school website at:
http://www.gckats.net for a schedule of
current events. Dates to Note: Tennis: May 10 – 11 State Meet @Lakeway, Austin. Golf: May 10 – 11 State Tourney @ Austin
Reminder – dates and times for events are subject to change!
Obituary
Lynda Ruth Ballenger Glass, 69, died April 17, 2010, was buried at Montvale
Cemetery in Sterling City, Texas.
She was born to West Texas ranchers Bob Ballenger and Dollye Ruth Neal on
January 22, 1941, in San Angelo, Texas, and spent her childhood on the family
ranch in Glasscock County, Texas. During the drought of the 1950s the family
moved to Midland where Lynda graduated from Midland High in 1959. She entered
Texas Christian University as an English major in the fall of 1959. It was at
TCU that she was introduced to her future husband Larry Glass by his brother
Lynn.
Lynda and Larry were married December 29, 1961, at the First Christian Church
in Midland, Texas. They settled on the banks of Lacy Creek in the western part
of Sterling County at the David and Willie Glass Ranch and for the next 49
years celebrated each other and their family. Lynda worked alongside Larry
throughout her lifetime in the family's ranching operations. She always loved
horses and helped Larry in their registered quarter horse operation. Lynda was
active in the First Presbyterian Church of Sterling City where she served as
church organist for almost 40 years. She served as Presbytery Moderator of the
Presbyterian Women’s organization, attaining an Honorary Life Membership.
Lynda's most lasting spiritual legacy was her impartation of the scriptures
and prayer to her family.
Lynda was
preceded in death by her parents Bob Ballenger and Dollye Ruth Neal and infant
son William Ray Glass. Lynda is survived by her husband Larry; sons Robert
David Glass and his wife Brooke of Spur, Texas, and their children Riley,
Rachel and Ben and Jefferson Lawrence Glass of Southlake, Texas, and his
children Daniel, Emily, Andrew and Grayson. Lynda is also survived by two
sisters from the Dallas area, Barba Ballenger Keene and husband David, and
Francys Ann Ballenger; brother-in-law Lynn Glass and his wife Helen of Big
Spring; and sister-in-law Willene Glass Boger and her husband Allen of Argyle,
as well as a host of nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers the family
suggests donations be made to Concho Valley Home for Girls, West Texas Boys
Ranch or Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services.
Next Issue Date and Deadline
The next issue of the Glasscock County News will be June 16, 2010. The deadline for that issue is June 14, but earlier material is helpful. Send information to: P.O. Box 98, Garden City, TX 79739; phone or fax: 432/354-2221; e-mail: gcnews201@aol.com. The Glasscock County News is published by Joe Melanie Calverley, P. O. Box 98, Garden City, TX, 79739. Phone or fax: 432/354-2221; e-mail: gcnews201@aol.com; web site: glasscockcountynews.com
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