04/03/04 Saturday

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NEWS

Counties opposed to tax limit proposal
By Jeff West
By Jeff West SDN Staff Writer West Texas county officials, including several from Scurry County, met in Midland recently to learn and voice concern about a proposal by Gov. Rick Perry to place a limit on local property tax hikes. The elected officials
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SHS to host judging meet
By Shirley A. Gorman
Snyder High School agricultural science department will host an invitational judging meet, beginning at 4:30 Monday. Some 50 teams have already registered for the six contests, which include dairy food, range plant, poultry, land, range and pasture and
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Holy week services set for Catholics
By Roy McQueen
Catholic churches in Scurry County have announced Holy Week activities. St. John Catholic Church in Hermleigh will observe Palm Sunday at 7:30 a.m. while Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Elizabeth will each observe Blessings of the Palms - Lady of Guadalupe
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Choir concert set for Monday
By Shirley A. Gorman
Snyder High School choir department will present its annual pre-contest concert at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Worsham Auditorium. Four choirs will perform - including a cappella, a cappella men combined with men’s chorale, a cappella women and freshman women
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Commissioners court seeks way to collect delinquent fees
By Jeff West
Scurry County commissioners court Monday will hear a proposal to help the justice court, county courts and district court collect delinquent fines and fees. The court also will discuss security measures and systems at the various facilities owned by the
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Hydrant flushing next week may result in temporary muddy water
By Roy McQueen
All fire hydrants west of College Avenue and north of 37th Street will be flushed starting Wednesday, and Snyder fire department officials wanted residents to be alerted. Fire Chief Perry Westmoreland said that the flushing process on some 112 hydrants
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Evaluation is lone agenda item Friday
By Roy McQueen
Snyder city council met for XX hours Friday night going over forms returned from city staffers concerning the evaluation of City Manager John Gayle. Mayor Francene Noah, as expected, said no action was taken following the closed session. The city
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HHS wins in UIL contests
By Shirley A. Gorman
Following the March 26 District UIL Literary Meet in Abilene, five Hermleigh students advanced to the regional meet set April 23-24 at Hardin Simmons University. Advancing students include the science team, which earned first place. Members are Shae
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Community invited to week-long services
by Wade Warren
Holy Week services begin Monday in Snyder with noon services through Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, and a Friday morning breakfast at First United Methodist Church. The Ministerial Alliance of Scurry County sponsors Holy Week services and
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College, 42nd St. intersection closed to traffic Monday
By Jeff West
The Texas Department of Transportation announced, weather permitting, that the intersection of 42nd Street at College Avenue will be closed to traffic Monday due to road construction. Suggested alternate routes are to turn on or off of College Avenue are
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Early voting starts Monday in GOP runoff
By Jeff West
Voters across the state will head back to the polls starting Monday to decide a few run-offs although only one of those contests comes before Scurry County voters. Early voting in the contest for the Republican nomination for Texas Railroad Commissioner
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SJHS choir students receive top awards at UIL contests
By Shirley A. Gorman
Snyder Junior High School choir students wowed the judges at the March 24 UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest hosted by Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. The boys choir captured sweepstakes after garnering a first division rating in both concert
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SPORTS

Three Tigers in Greenbelt Bowl Classic
by Bobby Allen
Snyder high school varsity lettermen Justin Boyd, Isidro “Sid” Gutierrez and Isaac Ramon have been selected to play in the 55th annual Greenbelt Bowl Classic in Childress. The three seniors were nominated by Snyder athletic director and head football
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WTC sends 14 riders and ropers to the short round
by Bobby Allen
Western Texas College riders and ropers were poised to advance to the short round Saturday at the WTC rodeo at Scurry County Coliseum, dependent upon slack performances that were still underway Saturday morning. Hadley Hunting won the long round in the
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Tigers defeat Merkel
by Bobby Allen
By Bobby Allen SDN Sports Editor The Tigers are enjoying the home cooking. With rain washing out the field at Merkel, the Badgers and the Tigers switched their game to Moffett Field Friday, with the Tigers escaping with their perfect district record
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