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Spelling bee takes 18 rounds to find winner
By Shirley A. Gorman
By Shirley Gorman SDN News Editor After going 18 rounds in Snyder ISD’s spelling bee Tuesday, Monica Clanton was anything but miserable the word she spelledcorrectly to win the 2004 competition held in the Fine Arts Theatre at Western Texas College.
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Citizen Corps slate meeting
by Wade Warren
The Citizen Corps of Scurry County will meet from 5-6 p.m. Thursday in the chamber of commerce board room. All trained members of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), as well as anyone interested in starting training, are urged to attend. The
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Fallen beam probed
By Annie Rowe
Western Texas College has faced its first setback pertaining to the new baseball field that officially opened on last monthy. A steel beam, which was part of the structure holding the net behind home plate, fell over crashing into the temporary bleachers
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SHS choir students advance to state
By JOYCE SMITH
Snyder High School Choir students participated in UIL Solo-Ensemble Contest at Frenship High School last Saturday. Students that received ratings of I on their Class I solo and qualified for competition at Texas State Solo-Ensemble Competition in San
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Highway needs are discussed
By Annie Rowe
By Annie Rowe SDN Staff Writer Representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation Monday night presented information pertaining to the construction of the $183.5 billion Trans-Texas Corridor. The corridor will be a 4,000-mile network of roads
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SPORTS

Hermleigh ends seasons
by Bobby Allen
The Hermleigh cagers finsied out the 2004 campaign Tuesday, with both clubs suffering setbacks. The Cardinals (1-19, 0-10), down nine at halftime, were done in by a 25-point fourth quarter by Highland. Keenon Garcia knocked in 13 points, Jonathan McClure
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Coyotes sweep Ira
by Bobby Allen
The Borden County Coyotes turned it on in the fourth quarter Tuesday, overcoming a 33-31 deficit to top the Ira Bulldogs, 46-41. The Bulldogs have already secured the second playoff spot in District 7, and will play Aspermont on Feb. 24 in Post for the
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Lady Tigers take care of final district business
by Bobby Allen
By Bobby Allen SDN Sports Editor MERKEL -- All the excitement on the court came last Friday after the Lady Tigers hoisted the district trophy in Snyder, so Tuesday’s finale against Merkel was a bit anticlimactic. However, the team had one more piece of
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Tigers outmatched in Merkel
by Bobby Allen
By Bobby Allen SDN Sports Editor MERKEL -- One need only look at the pre-game introductions to know why the Tigers have struggled this season. Sporting a lofty line-up with three players over 6 feet 4 inches, the Merkel Badgers came one step closer to
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Westerners fall in extra innings
by Bobby Allen
The Westerners battled back to tie Ranger Junior College in the ninth inning Tuesday, but could not plate any runs in the extra frames in a 7-6 loss. WTC jumped out to an early lead, and used some timely defense to stymie Ranger in the early going. After
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