03/12/04 Friday

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NEWS

Bank robber to serve 19 1/2 years
By Roy McQueen
A 28-year-old Ballinger man was sentenced to serve 19½ years in federal prison for the robbery last summer of West Texas State Bank in Rowena. Darin Heath West was convicted last December and was sentenced in Lubbock this morning by U.S. District Judge
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Clean up work is postponed due to weather
by Wade Warren
Saturday’s workday for the community’s clean up project has been cancelled due to the rainy weather. Weather permitting, the ongoing project will continue on March 20 with members of the Snyder Boys and Girls Club participating along with other groups.
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Ag producers are facing deadlines
by Wade Warren
Joe Hefner, executive director of the USDA Farm Service Agency, reminds producers of two Monday deadlines. One is to purchase crop insurance for most cotton and grain sorghum to be planted in the county. Producers can call the FSA for a list of agents.
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SISD trustees receive facilities report
by Wade Warren
By Wade Warren SDN Managing Editor Although no surprise, the underlying theme of the Snyder ISD long-range strategic facilities report presented Thursday night is that the district is faced with aging buildings that need improvement. In presenting the
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SPORTS

Sports Briefs
by Bobby Allen
Track meet pushed back; golf delayed The West Texas Relays in Odessa were cancelled because of rain today. The Snyder track and field teams are scheduled to participate in the meet, which was rescheduled to 9 a.m. Saturday. The boys golf
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WTC gets out of the chute at Weatherford
by Bobby Allen
Western Texas College got off to a fast start at the Weatherford Rodeo Thursday, with seven top-five showings in the first round. Clay Bunney sits atop the bareback riding standings after earning a 73 in the first round, and Guy Simonton was in third in
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Rain cancels Friday games
by Bobby Allen
Damp fields and a chilly drizzle once again welcomed the Snyder Tigers and disrupted the annual varsity tournament. All the games scheduled for Thursday were played, but all of today’s games have been cancelled. Snyder head baseball coach said a revised
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