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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL

PERMIT NO. WQ0010183001

APPLICATION. City of Happy, P.O. Box 216, Happy, Texas 79042, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0010183001 (EPA I.D. No. TX0118206) to authorize the discharge of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 77,000 gallons per day. The domestic wastewater treatment facility is located approximately 0.6 mile southeast of the intersection of Interstate Highway 27 and West Farm-to-Market Road 1075, Happy, in Swisher County, Texas 79042. The discharge route is from the plant site to Happy Draw; thence to SCS Reservoir; thence to Happy Draw; thence to Happy Canyon; thence to Upper Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River. TCEQ received this application on June 24, 2020. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Happy City Hall, 106 North Talley Street, Happy, in Swisher County, Texas, and Canyon City Hall, 301 16th Street, Canyon, in Randall County, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://tceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8168250f&marker=-101.842222%2C34.741666&level=12 ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments. PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list

for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period and, the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose. Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met. MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice. AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address, and physical address will become part of the agency's public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting

process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. Further information may also be obtained from City of Happy at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Scott Downing, City Administrator, at 806-558-2121. Issuance Date: September 18, 2020

NRCS Announces 2021 Deadlines for Conservation Assistance FundingThe USDA-Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas has announced the first funding application deadline of December 4, 2020, for the En-vironmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). A second fund-ing application deadline will be February 12, 2021.

Applications are taken year around for NRCS programs, but deadlines are announced to rank and fund eligible conservation projects. Producers interested in signing up for EQIP should submit applications to their local USDA service center. If already a USDA client, a producer can submit applications online via Farmers.gov offsite link image .EQIP is a voluntary program that provides financial and tech-

nical assistance to agricultural producers. Technical assistance is provided without a fee from NRCS specialists to help land-owners and land managers plan and implement conservation practices to help them meet their land management goals, address natural resource concerns and improve soil, water, plant, ani-mal, air, and related resources on agricultural land and non-indus-trial private forestland.

For additional information visit the NRCS Texas website at www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov. Ap-plications for EQIP are accepted on a continuous basis. Producers interested in EQIP can contact their local USDA service cen-ter or visit our NRCS EQIP web page.

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Virginia (Gin) HusemanVirginia (Gin) Huseman, 78, of Nazareth, Tex-

as passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2014 in Amarillo, Texas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, August 11, 2014 at 11:00AM in the Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Ken Keller, Monsignor Harold Waldow and Deacon Bob Birkenfeld as celebrants. Burial will follow in Holy Family Catholic Church in Nazareth under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home. Rosary will be recited at 6:15PM on Sunday with vigil service following at the church.

Virginia was born on August 20, 1935 in Naza-reth, Texas to Carl Burt and Helen Brockman Burt.

She was raised in Nazareth and graduated from Nazareth High School in 1953 as valedictorian of her class. On Jan 12, 1954 she married Louis Huseman in the Holy Family Catholic Church in Nazareth, just recently celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. She was a member of the Christian Mothers Society. She lived her entire life in Nazareth with Louis, farming, raising their children, and enjoying being part of the loving Nazareth community. She enjoyed paint-ing and loved being an artist, loved working in her garden and working with flower arrange-ments. Most importantly, she loved spending time with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Louis Huseman of Nazareth, 4 daughters, Becky Ramos and husband Jesse of Tulia, Bonnie Huseman of Amarillo, Jenny Teafatiller and husband Kerry of Littlefield, and Mary Jean Wilhelm of Amarillo, 5 sons, Paul Huseman and wife Edith of Nazareth, David Huseman and wife Dorothy of Amarillo, Greg Huseman and wife Sherita of Canyon, Bart Huseman and wife Colleen of Amarillo, and Mike Huseman and wife Shelly of Tulia, 1 brother, Samuel Burt of Longview, 1 son-in-law, Allen Freeman of Amarillo, 36 grandchildren, Adam Ramos, Israel Ramos, Zachary Ramos, Nicholas Ramos, Andrew Ramos, Monica Maney, Jared Huseman, Christopher Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Annie Freeman, Aaron Teafatiller, Tanner Teafatiller, Kendra Huseman, Carl Huseman, Alexis Huseman, Anna Huse-man, Adrienne Huseman, Wesley Huseman, Joshua Huseman, Jayton Hale, Kaytlin Krutsch, Joseph Huseman, Samuel Huseman, Isaac Huseman, Matthew Wilhelm, Megan Wilhelm, Amy Wilhelm, Jonathan Wilhelm, Ashlin Huseman, Kristin Huseman, Ryan Huseman, Shane Huseman, Tristen Huseman, Dawn Huseman, Collin Huseman and Ethan Huseman, 8 great-grandchildren, Ella Ramos, Sophia Ramos, Riley Ramos, Madison Ramos, Sean Ramos, Jaxon Ramos, Sierra Maney, and Quinton Huseman.

Virginia is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Helen Burt, 1 daughter, Lori Huseman Freeman, infant son, Matthew Huseman, 2 sisters, Martha Kirkpatrick, and Sue Crume and 1 son-in-law, Stephen Wilhelm.

Pallbearers will be Adam Ramos, Jared Huseman, Aaron Teafatiller, Carl Huseman, Wesley Huseman, Joseph Huseman, Matthew Wilhelm, Ryan Huseman and Tristen Huseman.

Memorials may be made to Holy Family Cemetery Fund, 210 St. Joseph, Nazareth, Texas, 79063 or to a favorite charity.

Sign the online guestbook at colonialfuneralhome.org

dents for 2 years. She attended Angelo State University in San Ange-lo. DeeDee received nu-merous awards through-out her life with some being the Helping Hand Award in 1993, Camp Blue Yonder Award, The Red Cross Award, His-panic Heritage Month Award, Angel Award, and Volunteer of the Year Award in 1993; Mission Maker of the Year Award in 1993 and the Top Ci-vilian of the Year Award in 1995. She later moved to the Austin area and was a resident there for 13 years. She worked for the Austin Police Depart-ment for 14 years as an Administrative Supervi-sor of Violent Crimes Di-vision. While being em-ployed there she received numerous awards with 6 inside commendations and 5 outside commen-dations; 3 Reap Awards and a Certificate of Rec-ognition-Hurricane Gus-tav and Ike.

Dee Dee touched so many lives through her witty and warm person-ality, her gracious giv-ing, infectious laughter and tireless work ethic. Throughout her battle with cancer she remained optimistic and always maintained a sense of humor during the most trying times that set so many of her loved ones at peace. She joins her best friend and most be-loved mother in heaven, Maria Adulia Martinez Davila.

She is survived by her father, David Guadalupe Sotello Davila of Friona, 6 brothers, David Da-vila Jr., Gilbert Davila and Michael Davila all of Friona, Robert Da-

vila of Lubbock, Chris-topher Davila of Duluth, MN and Leander Da-vila of Austin, 5 sisters Erin Rios of Dimmitt, Victoria Duran of Lub-bock, Marie Samarron of Friona, Stacy Davila of Duluth, MN and Vennisa Davila of Denver, CO.

She is preceded in death by her mother, grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials contributions can be made in her name to the American Cancer So-ciety Hope Lodge – 3511 10th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79415 or you may go to www.hopelodge-lubbock.org “Donate to this Hope Lodge.”

You may go online and sign the guestbook at www.colonialfuneral-home.org

May 22, 2014 - page 5AThe Castro County News

Castro County Agrilife Extension will host a Car Seat Checkup Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Dimmitt Fire Department at 507 W. Bedford. You will need to bring your child and know their height and weight. For more information contact

Felice Acker at 806-647-4115.

A Benefit Steak Supper for Max Ellison will be held at the Community Hall on May 24th from 5:00 pm to

8:00 pm.

The Castro Memorial Gardens Cemetery will have their Memorial Day meeting and work day on Mon-

day, May 26th from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Bring able-bodied friends and family, work gloves, rakes, trash bags, pruners. The Annual Meeting will be at 10:00

am.

On Tuesday, June 3rd, Felice Acker will host a one-hour workshop, “Freeze it/Grill it.” For just $30 per person, the class will include the following items to help you prepare 10 freeze it/grill it meals: And, you

will leave with two meals ready to freeze and grill the next day!

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm at 205 N Broadway in Dimmitt.

RSVP to 647-4115 or fracker@ag.tamu.edu by 5 pm, Mon., June 2nd.

Canning Class 101 will be held June 5th from 9:30am to noon at the Castro County Extension lo-

cated at 205 N. Broadway in Dimmitt. Learn the Art of WATER BATH Canning! We will be canning jams and pasta sauce!! $25 per person includes hands on instruction, recipes, and 2 jars of food to take home,

and a copy of So Easy to Preserve Handbook. RSVP: by June 2 @ 806-647-4115 Contact Felice Acker, FCS

Agent with questions or more info.

The Chamber of Commerce “City Wide Garage Sale” will be held Saturday June 7th.

Juneteenth Parade and Celebration to begin at 10:00 am Saturday, June 14th. The celebration will move to City Park on S.E. 4th featuring Games, food, and

music. Parade entries please contact Rose Woolbright at 647-5592 or at 806-336-3223.

Saturday Night Live – DimmittLiving Waters Ministries, 210 W. Halsell

Saturday, May 31, 2014 6:00 P.M.

Come join us for an evening of great entertainment. Snacks and fellowship follow. For more info call (806)

346-5101

Free English classes every Monday at 6:00 at the First Baptist church. Call 806-240-0320 for more info.

Hay clases gratis de inglés cada lunes a las 6:00 de la tarde en la First Baptist Church. Llamar 806-647-

0320 para más información

AL-ANON Castro County Serenity Group meets every Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 pm at the Rhoads

Memorial Library Meeting Room.

Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous will meet every Wednesday at 6:00 pm in the Rhodes

Memorial Library. Meetings are free and open to the public.

The Book Club meets every second Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Rhoads Memorial Library.

Celebrate Recovery every Monday night in Olton at the First United Methodist Church. Service begins at

6:30 and a meal and childcare is provided.

Community Calendar

Voluntary program pro-vides insight into groundwa-ter use

After a four-year absence, the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (HPWD) is bringing back its irrigation assessment program for the 2014 grow-ing season.

Under the program, pro-ducers volunteer to have their center pivot or drip irrigation system evaluated by HPWD staff. Several times during the growing season, water wells are metered with an ultrasonic flow meter to de-termine the total gallon per minute flow at each pivot or drip irrigation site.

The total hours that water

flows through each irrigation system is also monitored. The pumping hours and the gallon per minute flow data are then calculated to ob-tain the total gallons of wa-ter pumped during a typical 2,000 hour irrigation season.

“As drought continues on the Panhandle-South Plains region, it is important for producers to know exactly how much groundwater is pumped during an irrigation season,” said HPWD Man-ager Jason Coleman, P.E.

“Because of this, the HPWD Board of Directors and staff felt it was impor-tant to reinstate the irriga-tion assessment program to give producers insight into

the amount of water being applied to their crops,” Cole-man said.

As an extra service to the producers participating in the irrigation assessment pro-gram, district staff will take water quality samples at each site—including total dis-solved solids and water pH.

Furthermore, water level measurements for each site are also taken at the begin-ning and end of the season.

“It’s important to under-stand water chemistry as it impacts the efficient use of supplemental nutrients ap-plied to crops,” he said.

All information gathered by district staff will be en-tered into a database. At the

end of the irrigation season, the total hours are obtained and a final pumping aver-age is calculated from data obtained throughout the sea-son.

Producers receive a report of all information gathered from their site, including ir-rigation amounts and pump-ing data.

“We encourage interested agricultural producers to participate in the program,” Coleman said. “It helps them understand how much water they use each year, and it also helps the Water District in future water plan-ning efforts where accurate irrigation pumping informa-tion must be considered. The

program is free and all partic-ipants remain anonymous,” he added.

Additional information is available by contacting Field Staff Supervisor Keith

Whitworth at (806) 762-0181 or by e-mail at keith.whit-worth@hpwd.com

April 10, 2014 - page 7A The Castro County News

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Irrigation assessment program reinstated

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Rep. Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming-at large), Rep. Randy Neuge-bauer (TX-19), and Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-02) today in-troduced four limited bills to improve and update the En-dangered Species Act (ESA). The bills are supported by all of the Members of the ESA Congressional Working Group, representing districts across the nation, and are based on the recommenda-tions and findings of their re-port and input from a broad array of stakeholders, includ-ing the Western Governors’ Association. The four bills focus on transparency and species recovery.

The House Natural Re-sources Committee will hold a Full Committee legisla-tive hearing on these bills on Tuesday, April 8th.

“These are very simple, straightforward, and com-mon sense bills and provide a good starting point as we be-gin the legislative process for improving the Endangered Species Act,” said Chairman Hastings. “The bills are, by design, narrowly focused and something that both Repub-licans and Democrats can support. Increasing transpar-ency; posting data online; en-hancing state, local, and trib-al participation; and reducing taxpayer-financed attorneys fees to help direct taxpayer dollars towards recovery ef-forts are small, but important steps in making smart and sensible updates to the ESA.”

·H.R.4315, 21st Century

Endangered Species Trans-parency Act (Hastings)

The 21st Century Endan-

gered Species Transparency Act would require data used by federal agencies for ESA listing decisions to be made publicly available and ac-cessible through the Inter-net. The bill would allow the

American people to actually see what science and data are being used to make key list-ing decisions.

·H.R. 4316, Endangered

Species Recovery Transpar-ency Act (Lummis)

The Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to track, report to Congress, and make available online: 1) funds expended to respond to ESA lawsuits; 2) the number of employees dedicated to liti-gation; and 3) attorneys fees awarded in the course of ESA litigation and settlement agreements.

“The bills we introduced today are modest steps to-wards improving the ESA by refocusing it on the purpose Congress always intended – conserving and recovering species. Since passage of the law over 40 years ago, ESA policies have been increas-ingly driven by litigation, which has diverted attention and precious resources away from species recovery. Our legislation starts the reform process in part by increasing litigation transparency for public and congressional re-view. The stakes for species and taxpayers are too high for there not to be a full and accurate accounting of how many tax dollars are funding courtroom battles instead of species recovery. This is an outdated model, especially when compared to the ef-fective boots-on-the-ground conservation efforts that we see every day at the state and local level,” said Rep. Lum-mis.

·H.R. 4317, State, Tribal, and Local Species Trans-parency and Recovery Act (Neugebauer)

The State, Tribal, and Lo-cal Species Transparency and Recovery Act would require the federal government to disclose to affected states all data used prior to any ESA listing decisions and require

that the “best available sci-entific and commercial data” used by the federal govern-ment include data provided by affected states, tribes, and local governments.

“When a species is listed under the Endangered Spe-cies Act, there are sweeping consequences for landown-ers, businesses, and com-munities near the habitat in question. ESA regulations are incredibly expensive, and a single listing can af-fect hundreds of thousands of people. So it’s crucial that the government is using the best available science to evaluate whether a listing is necessary or if other conser-vation efforts will be success-ful. My bill requires the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to provide states with the data they are using to justify their listing decisions, which in-creases transparency and the opportunity for community engagement. Additionally, it requires FWS and NMFS to consider scientific data submitted by state and local governments before mak-ing a determination. This is a common sense reform that ensures listings are open and transparent, and using the best available data about the species we hope to preserve. I’m grateful to Chairman Hastings for inviting me to be part of the ESA Working Group, and for considering this bill as part of a series of simple reforms,” said Rep. Neugebauer.

· H.R. 4318, Endangered Species Litigation Reason-ableness Act (Huizenga)

The Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act would prioritize resourc-

es towards species protection by placing reasonable caps on attorneys fees and making the ESA consistent with an-other federal law. The Equal Access to Justice Act limits the hourly rate for prevail-ing attorney fees to $125 per hour. However, no such fee cap currently exists under the ESA, and attorneys have of-ten been awarded huge sums of taxpayer-funded money. This bill would put in place the same $125 per hour cap on attorneys fees for suits filed under the ESA that cur-rently exist under the Equal Access to Justice Act.

“In times of tight fiscal budgets and escalating na-tional debt, taxpayer dollars should be prioritized for the protection and recovery of species. The Endangered Species Litigation Reason-ableness Act makes the ESA consistent with current law by placing a $125 cap on the hourly rate of taxpayer-fund-ed fees that may be awarded to attorneys that prevail in ESA cases. This bill makes government more efficient and more effective, by help-ing focus ESA resources to-wards species protection and recovery instead of filling the pockets of lawyers,” said Rep. Huizenga.

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AMARILLO, Texas – The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program of The Uni-versity of Texas at Austin will sponsor its annual research symposium at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Palo Duro Canyon Mack Dick Pavilion.

The Event features top graduate stu-dents and visiting faculty fellows from UT Austin speaking about research top-ics such as energy conversion devices and childhood anxiety disorders.

This marks the 12th year the Har-rington Fellows Program has hosted similar symposiums in Amarillo and Canyon, Texas

Along with the Harrington Fellows Program, the program is hosted by The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation and the Amarillo Area Foundation.

“Sybil Harrington showed great in-sight and vision when she endowed these fellowships in her husband’s honor,” said Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin. “Fellowships such as these stir the pot of intellectual activity and spread exciting new ideas through scholarship. I always look forward to visiting Amarillo to celebrate this UT tra-dition and to learn from our Harrington

Fellows.” Powers will be attending the event

with Executive Vice President and Pro-vost Gregory L. Fenves; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Marvin L. Hackert; and Harrington Fellows Program Coordi-nator, Del J. Watson.

The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program is one of the most generously endowed visiting scholar and graduate fellow programs in the nation, and the most prestigious fellowship program at The University of Texas at Austin. Sybil Harrington established the program as a tribute to her husband, Don. The fellow-ships support young faculty members and graduate students who have academic re-cords of success and ingenuity.

This year’s speakers:

Graduate Fellows·Brittany Needham Molecular BiosciencesModifying the bacterial surface to en-hance vaccines·Carl Fosberg History of American For-eign RelationsThe Challenges of America’s Middle-East Alliances:

From the Cold War to AfghanistanFaculty Fellows·Allan Collard-Wexler Industrial Eco-nomicsReallocation and Technology in the American Steel Industry·Michael E. Webber Mechanical Engi-neeringThirst for Power: The Nexus of Energy and Water

The Amarillo Area Foundation, a com-munity foundation, serves the northern-most 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle through philanthropic leadership. The foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life in the Texas Panhandle through effective philanthropic efforts.

People interested in attending the event may contact the Amarillo Area Foundation at 806-376-4521.

For more information, contact Char-lotte Rhodes of the Amarillo Area Foun-dation/The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation at 806-376-4521 or char-lotte@aaf-hf.org or Del J. Watson, Of-fice of the Executive Vice President and Provost, The University of Texas at Aus-tin, 512-232-6749, del.watson@austin.utexas.edu.

DONALD D. HARRINGTON FELLOWS TO PRESENT APRIL 2 SYMPOSIUM

New regulation would hike premiumand drug costs for Medicare Part D users

WASHINGTON, DC, Mar 31 - An effort by the Obama Ad-ministration to impose new, unnecessary regulations on the Medicare prescription drug benefit, Part D, is nearing the final stage and would increase costs for seniors.

The Administration’s effort to destabilize Medicare Part D has been has been ongoing over the past several months. At this time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is finalizing a regulation, along with sub-regulatory guidance, that could lead to less choice, higher premiums and drug costs for Medicare Part D enrollees.

“It was good news that CMS withdrew its Proposed Rule changes a couple of weeks ago, but now they’re attempting, through regulation, to remove free market competition from the drug benefit that will limit choice and increase premiums for mature Americans,” said Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) President Dan Weber. “More than seventy-five percent of beneficiaries who are enrolled in prescription drug plans with preferred pharmacy networks will experience an increase in Part D premiums starting in 2015,” Weber add-ed.

CMS issued a proposed regulation for the Part D program in February that spans 700 pages and includes new mandates on how Part D prescription drug plans operate. Under the Ad-ministration’s proposal, popular drug plans that offer low pre-miums and low copays could be forced to raise costs or simply stop offering a drug plan entirely.

AMAC has made its position clear: “Leave this benefit alone. Medicare Part D is working as it was intended and should not be subject to burdensome and unnecessary govern-ment mandates.”

As a “champion of free markets,” Weber reiterated that AMAC does not want to see the role of government unneces-sarily expanded, especially when it could lead to higher costs for seniors. “AMAC will continue to oppose any changes to this market based program and strongly urges CMS to stop interfering in seniors’ prescription drug benefit. The govern-ment should keep their hands off Medicare drug plans and it should rescind this regulation once and for all,” he said.

Members Introduce Four Common Sense Bills to Update the Endangered Species Act

“We at Texas Parks and Wildlife, along with all of our partners who have worked tirelessly to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken and its habitat, are obviously disap-pointed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s deci-sion to list the bird as threat-ened,” said Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive di-rector, and president of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAF-WA). “Working with state wildlife agencies in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mex-ico and Oklahoma, WAFWA developed the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Con-servation Plan. This unprec-edented collaboration brings together businesses and land-owners across the five states to restore the bird’s habitat,

while also giving them some protection from Endangered Species Act regulatory con-straints.”

“We are justifiably proud that 32 companies, particu-larly in the oil and gas sector, have voluntarily committed to enroll more than 3.5 mil-lion acres and provide more than $21 million to conserve prairie-chicken habitat, as part of a comprehensive, science-based conservation strategy under the range-wide plan. Our focus now is to con-tinue implementing the plan, recover the species, and thus facilitate the bird’s removal from the federal threatened and endangered species list. In that regard, we appreciate the Service’s commitment to using the range-wide plan as the ultimate blueprint for re-covery.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Statement About Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing

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Today in history:

U.S. export volumes in February were the highest in six months (on a daily-aver-age basis), led by strong sales of cheese, whey proteins and butterfat, according to monthly summaries from the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

U.S. suppliers shipped 160,510 tons of milk pow-ders, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose in February, up 19% from last year. Total val-ue of all exports was $585.2 million, up 37% from a year ago. On a daily-average ba-sis, this is the highest figure ever.

Cheese exports in Febru-ary were 31,264 tons, up 44% from a year ago and the most ever on a daily-average basis. Shipments to Mexico were up 46% vs. prior year, while Ja-pan (+58%) and South Korea (+43%) posted large gains. In addition, exports to Saudi Arabia nearly tripled.

Total whey exports topped 39,000 tons in February, the most in six months. Export volumes were 18% more than January (daily average) and 11% more than a year ago. Exports of dry whey, whey protein concentrate and whey protein isolate were all above prior-year and prior-month levels. China remains the major customer for U.S. whey products, with Febru-ary purchases up 47% from a year earlier.

U.S. exporters also con-tinue to expand shipments of butterfat (+102% vs. last February), whole milk pow-der (+191%) and milk protein concentrate (+58%). In the last eight months, butterfat exports averaged 9,700 tons per month, with the major-ity going to the Middle East/North Africa region. Major customers for WMP are Al-

geria, China and Vietnam. Top buyers for MPC are New Zealand and Morocco.

Meanwhile, exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP) have slowed considerably from the volumes shipped from April-October last year. During that seven-month stretch, U.S. exports averaged 51,268 tons per month. In February, ex-ports were just 36,168 tons. As a result, NDM/SMP ex-ports in January represented only 45% of U.S. powder production for the month, leading to a hefty build-up of inventory. In the first two months of the year, NDM/SMP shipments to Southeast Asia were up 38% from the prior year, but sales to Mex-ico were down 22%.

Lactose exports in the first two months of 2014 were about the same as the first two months of 2013.

Total solids trade balanceU.S. dairy product exports

were equivalent to 15.5% of U.S. milk solids produc-tion in February, bringing the year-to-date average to 15.0%. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk solids production were just 2.9% in February.

Through February, the United States exported 44% of the nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder produced in 2014, as well as 7.7% of its cheese, 12.1% of its butterfat, 61% of its dry sweet whey and 67% of the lactose.

U.S. dairy exports continue record run

Texas High Plains farmers were using “sand fighters” to create dirt clods and slow wind-blown soil erosion, ac-cording to reports from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice.)

COLLEGE STATION – During the first week of April, parts of the North, East, Cen-tral and Rolling Plains re-gions received from 0.5 inch to 2 inches of rain, according the National Weather Service and reports from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel.

The rest of the state re-mained largely dry, receiv-ing from a trace to 0.5 inch, which did little to stop the further encroachment of se-vere to extreme drought in some areas.

According to the April 1 U.S. Drought Monitor sum-mary, nearly 67 percent of the

state remained in one stage of drought or another.

Though AgriLife Exten-sion county agent reports from all of the Texas High Plains were dismal, those from the Panhandle con-tinued to be the most dire, where the entire region was either under extreme or ex-ceptional drought conditions.

Dale Dunlap, AgriLife Extension agent in Wheeler County, reported that dryland wheat farmers were already bringing in crop insurance adjusters. In some areas, ir-rigated wheat was suffering from moisture stress as well.

J.R. Sprague, AgriLife Ex-tension agent in Lipscomb County, reported wildfires burned approximately 10,000 acres the past three weeks.

Throughout the Panhandle, high winds and extremely dry soils meant farmers had to fight wind-blown soil ero-sion.

In the South Plains, high winds were also drying out

soils, but drought monitor ratings were less severe in parts of the region than in the Panhandle. Long-range forecasts spelled worsening conditions for that area too, according to Mark Brown, AgriLife Extension agent for Lubbock County. The entire region needs above-normal summer rains to pull it out of the drought, but the 90-day forecast is for below-normal rainfall, he said.

Nearly all the Rolling Plains region was also under extreme to severe drought, according to the monitor. Ryan Martin, AgriLife Ex-tension agent for Motley County, said warmer temper-atures have brought out sum-mer grasses, but with zero soil moisture the prospects

for growth are poor.The most recent drought

development has been its expansion in Central Texas. Since the April 1 report, the area did receive some rain, with about 0.5 the most com-mon, while some areas got about 1.5 inch. The excep-tions in the Central region were those counties to the east, which have shared some of the better rains the rest of the state have received.

More information on the current Texas drought and wildfire alerts can be found on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural Drought Task Force website at http://agril-ife.tamu.edu/drought/ .

Farmers fighting wind erosion and continued droughtBy Robert Burns

By Lee H. HamiltonIn 1965, the chairman of the power-

ful Ways and Means Committee, Wilbur Mills, brought legislation establishing Medicare and Medicaid to the floor of the U.S. House. That was my first year in Congress, and I remember vividly the moment when Mills came to the Demo-cratic caucus to explain his plans.

Many of us had been swept into office in the 1964 Democratic wave that ac-companied Lyndon Johnson’s election, and we had an overwhelming majority in Congress. We could pass any bill we wanted. But Mills argued forcefully that we shouldn’t. It was crucial, he said, that we get bipartisan support for the mea-sure: passing the law was one thing, but what really counted was its implementa-tion. With bipartisan support, the odds were much higher that the highly con-troversial measure could be rolled out effectively.

So despite the grumbling of some members of the caucus, Mills made sig-nificant accommodations to find com-mon ground with Republicans, and eventually 70 of them — half their cau-cus — joined us to pass the bill.

Mills was playing a very smart game. What he understood was that in the end, Americans’ lives would be affected not by what happened in Congress, but by what the federal government did with the law it was handed.

There are times these days when a story like that, about someone in Wash-ington caring about the government’s effectiveness, feels as quaint as a tale about knights and dragons. Plenty of

good, competent people serve both in Congress and within the ranks of the ex-ecutive branch, but after years of abject failure — from the response to Hurri-cane Katrina to the initial rollout of the Affordable Care Act to the cost over-runs, delays, and mismanagement that too often characterize federal programs — it’s hard to argue that the government is filled with people who know how to make it a model of efficiency and effec-tiveness.

Some are too busy just trying to carry out policy. Others think government’s too big; they’re not interested in improv-ing it, just in cutting it. Some use gov-ernment to help their friends and allies. And some in Congress will be darned if they’ll let a drive for efficiency close a military base or federal office complex in their district.

I’m reminded, though, of a famous quote by Alexander Hamilton: “A gov-ernment ill-executed, whatever may be the theory, in practice is poor govern-ment.” Our government has become so big, complex, and riddled with compet-ing agendas that its performance — its ability to execute faithfully the law — is terribly compromised. As NYU Profes-sor Paul Light points out, there are too many decision-makers, too many bases to touch, too many layers of manage-ment, too many managers in each layer, and too little accountability.

These are crucial matters to fix. Not only do Americans want to see better performance from their government, but federal executives — including the President — cannot achieve their policy

objectives unless those under them are competent and high-performing. We have to rethink and transform how gov-ernment does its business — not just on a one-shot basis, but constantly.

Light has probably thought harder about these issues than anyone else in-side or outside government, and there are a number of recommendations he and others make:

— We have to cut the number of po-litical appointees. In the federal govern-ment alone, they number roughly 3,000, and often don’t win their positions by merit.

— We have to reduce the layers of management, and reduce the sheer num-ber of people employed by government.

— Outsourcing has gotten out of hand. In theory, private-sector contrac-tors save taxpayers money. In reality, Light’s research shows, they can cost us twice as much.

— Current civil service rules make it almost impossible to hire, promote, and fire based on merit. That has to change.

Government today is highly pressured and deals with tough, complicated prob-lems. It needs to be able to recruit and retain first-rate talent; you don’t want a second-rate lawyer negotiating a nuclear arms treaty.

Unless we deal with these problems, failure is baked into the system. The American people have to demand that the President and the Congress not just enact legislation, but also implement and manage government programs ef-fectively and efficiently.

Time to Fix Government

To fill the void left by the closing of Panhandle Com-munity Services’ food pan-try a new effort to make one available has come to Dim-mitt. In cooperation with Panhandle Food Bank, several area churches have teamed up to offer a food pantry in Dim-mitt located at First United Methodist Church Dimmitt. Soon they will be distributing

food twice a month. Applications for eligible

persons can be picked up at the following locations:

WIC Program office locat-ed at 113 W. Bedford, Dim-mitt M-T-Thurs from 9 AM to 6 PM

Panhandle Community Ser-vices Office on SW 2nd Street by appointment call 806-364-5631

First United Method-ist Church Dimmit locat-ed at 110 SW 3rd Street from M-Thurs 9-11 AM

Abundant Life Family Church located at 500 S. HWY 385, Dimmitt from M-Thurs 9-11 AM

The Church of Christ locat-ed at 101 SW 4th Street, Dim-mitt from M-Thurs 9-11 AM

Applications can be

dropped off at the First United Methodist Church M-Thurs 9-11 AM Eligible applicants will be notified by phone.

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While she was sleep-ing, the angels came to take Becky Mae Maxwell home on April 24, 2014 in George-town, Texas.

Becky was born in San An-gelo, Texas on September 10, 1932. Shortly after, her fam-ily moved to Pecos, Texas where she graduated from Pecos High School in 1950. Becky received a B.S de-gree in Education from Texas Tech University in 1954 in Lubbock Texas. She taught elementary grade school in Dimmitt, Texas in the 1960s before settling down to raise a growing family. She went on to work on her graduate studies in Fine Art at West Texas A & M in the 1970s.

Becky married Troyce Dale Maxwell in 1953 and they raised four children in Dimmitt, Texas. She taught art; loved to garden and cook; and was active in the com-munity. She volunteered for several years on the Get Out the Vote campaign in Castro County and made care pack-ages for our soldiers abroad and for orphans in other countries. In the 1980s, she opened a Pat Walkers busi-ness in Hereford, Texas. She moved with her daughter’s family to Georgetown in 2006.

Becky is survived by her four children, Susan Rebecca Maxwell, Brien Dale Max-well, Elizabeth Anne and Raymond Blinn Barron and Edwin Lee Maxwell. She is also survived by Troyce Dale

Becky Mae Maxwell

Dee Dee (Davida) Davila

and Elsie Maye Maxwell, 6 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Becky’s memorial service will be at 2pm Saturday, May 24, 2014 at San Gabriel Pres-byterian Church in George-town, Texas. A graveside cer-emony will be scheduled at a later date in Dimmitt, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the fami-ly is requesting that donations be made to Alzheimer’s As-sociation, San Gabriel Pres-byterian Church in George-town, Texas and The Worship Place Special Friends.

Dee Dee (Davida) Davila, 46, of Austin, formerly of Friona passed away on Fri-day, May 16, 2014 in Aus-tin. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday at 2:00PM in the St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona with Rev. Anthony Swamy Aakula as celebrant. Burial will follow in Castro Me-morial Gardens Cemetery in Dimmitt under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt.

Dee Dee was born on De-cember 17, 1967 in Tulia, TX to late Ms. Maria Martinez Davila and David Guadalupe Davila. She spent her child-hood growing up in Friona and graduated from Friona High School. While in high school she was a member of the National Honor Soci-ety and Who’s Who Among American High School Stu-

JACK NEWSOM (August 25, 1924 - May 16,

2014) Jack Newsom was born in Dim-

mitt, Texa. ,Jack Newsom retired from the Air Force in 1965, after serving for 24 years He worked as Manager at Bruegel and Sons grain elevator in Dimmitt, Texas, Hospital Administrator at both the Osteopathic Hospital in Ro-swell, New Mexico and Plains Memorial Hospital in Dimmitt, Texas Built homes in Ruidoso, New Mexico, Loved to play golf, watch golf and build golf clubs

for his family, Self-taught build-er of computers in the 1990s, Won an International award for gem faceting, a hobby he devel-oped later in life.

He is survived by his wife: Leala Newsom of DeSoto, three daughters: Voniss Johnston of Collierville, TN, Jackie Mulkey of Mont Belview, TX, and Pa-tricia Schroeder of Carson City, NV, 5 step-children: Bob Vaugn, Gary Vaughn, and Kelly Vaughn all of Tulia, TX, Alex Vaughn of Midlothian, TX and Dana Vaughn of Waxahachie, TX, 15 Grandchildren and a number of Great Grandchildren.

The family will host a visita-tion from 9:30 a.m. on Wednes-day, May 21, 2014 to 10:30 a. m. Then there will be a procession to Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery for an 11:30 a. m. Ser-vice with Air Force Rites.

By Macey WilhiteThe National Honors Society In-

duction was held at the DHS cafato-rium on May 15th at 6:30. The pur-pose of this orginization shall be to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of secondary schools.

To start off the induction, Brock Boozer gave the invucation. Then NHS members were instructed to light a candle in the ceremony and to describe certain NHS characteristics. The Pledge of this organization was first given by Cynthia Garcia, which all members then had to repeat. Dar-ron Hart then gave his Introduction. Scholarship was then described by Meggan Lytle and Service by Mavrik

Gfeller. Cynthia Garcia then spoke of Leadership and last, Character was spoken by George Velasquez. Pinning of the NHS inductees was performed by Marisol Quintana. Each inductee received a patch, given by Mayra Sa-las. The NHS Emblem was handed out to the inductees by Jayden Venhaus.

Principal Jimmy Burns then gave a speech for the induction. Mr. Burns described that these NHS students have “Continued to learn, continued to develop in speech growth, and have definitelly increased in being better people and will continue to build in these certain areas throughout their life”. Mr. Burns admired these stu-dents for working so hard and reach-ing this goal. The Closing and Dis-missal of the Induction was done by Caitlan Smith. Stephanie York was

this year’s NHS Sponsor. It will be Mrs. York’s last year being involved in the NHS program and also her last year at DHS.

The List of Inductees is as follows: Cheyenne Becker, Maria Garcia Gra-do, Samantha Leahy, Paola Garcia Zepeda, Ernesto Prieto, Daniela Ro-driguez, Ana Salas, Kirstyn Taylor, Andrea Teran, Whitney Thomas, and Luiz Zepeda.

2013-2014 Officers were Trea-surer- Cynthia Garcia, Secretary- Ma-vrik Gfeller, Vice-President -Meggan Lytle, and President- Darron Hart. Senior Members are Marisol Quin-tana, Mayra Salas, Caitlan Smith, and George Velasquez. Junior Members are Brock Boozer, Chris Damron, Ja-kob Smith, and Jayden Venhaus.

National Honors Society Induction

Ditch the RuleBy Gene HallIt’s not that I don’t trust

the EPA…well actually, I don’t. Since the inception of the Clean Water Act, the law has said that it applies to “navigable waters of the United States.” EPA wants that to extend to every mud

hole and drainage ditch in all the land. EPA failed in Congress and the courts. Up next? Bureaucracy!

The exemptions EPA says farmers have actually only apply to dredge and fill ac-tivity. There’s not much of that in agriculture. If you extend the law to cover land

that isn’t even wet most of the time, you have the pow-er to veto even routine farm-ing decisions.

EPA, in effect, says, “We are the government…trust us.” West Virginia poultry farmer Lois West knows about that. She faced mil-lions in fines because resi-

due, including manure, blew as dust by fans on her farm. Some of it came in contact with rainwater. West won in court, but nothing here in-spires trust.

Create a giant federal agency. Fund it lavishly. What it will do then is regu-late…aggressively.

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The Aurora Dimmitt Invitational will hold its first ever tournament on Thursday, Au-

gust 21 at the Dimmitt Country Club. Reg-istration is at 11:30 am with tee off at Noon.

The format will be a Two Man Scramble. To register visit: www.dolrussell@auroro-

acoop or call 806-647-1113.There will be awards for longest drive,

closest to the pin, draw for a club. There will be a meal to follow at the club restau-rant for all Aurora customers and family

from 6:00 – 8:00 pm!Freeze it/Cook it! Tuesday, August 19th

from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm at 205 N. Broad-way $30 per person. RSVP to 647-4115 or

fracker@ag.tamu.edu.The Castro County Fair and Harvest Days

will be September 4 – 6, 2014. If you are interested in renting a booth for Saturday, September 6th, please contact Donna at 647-2243 or dsr60@windstream.net (or) The Chamber of Commerce at 647-2524.

Booth Rental is $40 per booth inside the Expo and $30 for booths inside the Quonset and outside. Electricity is $5 extra. Booths inside the Expo go fast and it is first come

first served so contact us soon. Hope to see you at the fair!

Thursday is the Pet Show and Tractor

Pull, Friday is Judging of Fair Exhibits, Saturday is the Parade and Chamber Office

Open House, at the Expo will be a cow patty bingo, quilt show, entertainment, vendors

and food booths, and Saturday evening there will be BBQ at the Expo.

There will be a Youth Talent Show at Harvest Days on Saturday, September 6th. Be sure music is ready to sing. If you have

questions please contact Trish Elliott @ 806-869-7310.

Nominations for the Castro County Fair Parade Grand Marshal are being accepted at the The Chamber of Commerce Office. Please provide the name of the individual/

couple you would like to nominate the number of years they have lived in Castro County and some reasons they should be

honored.

Walking G Arena Presents: in association with Seven Miles South and Greg Fuller

Rodeo Champion in a Castro County Col-lision 8 seconds or bust Bull Riding event September 6th at 7:30 pm. Events include

Team Roping, Steer Riding, Mutton Bustin’, Calf Scramble and Dance.

For general info contact Matt Gfeller 806-

647-6754 or Mandy Gfeller 806-647-6724.For bull riding info contact Greg Fuller

806-240-0339 or Jena Fuller 806-240-4854.For team roping info contact Manual

Campolla 806-346-3969.

Labor Day Weekend Picnic and Parish Fund Raiser

Holy Family Catholic Church will hold its annual fundraiser on Sunday August 31, 2014 at the Nazareth Community Hall and the surrounding area. The event kicks off with a parade at 10:00 am with the theme “The Forebears of the Forties”. The Bake Shoppe opens at 9 am and an adult raffle, adult bingo, and cow patty bingo after the parade. There will be a roast beef dinner

beginning at 11 am at the community hall. Children’s games and water events run from

12-4 pm along with children’s raffle and children’s bingo. A livestock and goods

auction begins at 1 pm. There will also be a hamburger supper from 5-8 pm in the com-munity hall. All proceeds benefit the Holy

Family Catholic Church.

The Chamber of Commerce and the CUFUPU Committee (clean up, fix up, and

pride up) is looking for citizens concerned about the appearance of our community to join their committee, if you would like to

take part please contact the Dimmitt Cham-ber of Commerce at 806-647-2524.

2014 Earth Ranch Rodeo will be held August 15th and 16th at 7:00 pm.

Free English classes every Monday at 6:00 at the Primeria Iglesia Bautista. Call

806-240-0320 for more info.

Hay clases gratis de inglés cada lunes a las 6:00 de la tarde en la Primeria Iglesia Buatista. Llamar 806-647-0320 para más

información

AL-ANON Castro County Serenity Group meets every Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 pm at the Rhoads Memorial Library Meeting

Room.

Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anony-mous will meet every Wednesday at 6:00

pm in the Rhodes Memorial Library. Meet-ings are free and open to the public.

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Richard Perry DyerRichard Perry Dyer, 67, of Dallas passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 In Balsh Springs,

Texas. There will be a family memorial service on Monday. Richard was born May 12, 1947 to Goldman and Carole Dyer. He was born in Amherst,

Texas but was raised in Dimmitt; he graduated from Dimmitt High in 1965. He attended Texas Tech University. He lived the remainder of his life in Dallas, Texas.

He is survived by his mother, Carole Dyer of Lubbock, four sisters, Diane Sanders of Dim-mitt, Ruth Bennett and her husband Harold Bob of Lubbock, Cindy Ford and her husband Bernie of Lockney and Lori Wilhite and her husband Robert of Canyon, eleven nieces and nephews and 15 great nieces and nephews.

You may go online and sign the guestbook at www.colonialfuneralhome.org

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Ernesto Amaya Joins Swisher County Sheriff’s Office

Swisher County recently hired a new patrol deputy to complement the office. Ernes-to Amaya joined the Swisher County Sheriff’s Office on October 19th.

Deputy Amaya grew up in Lubbock. He is a Master Peace Officer with over 18 years of law enforcement ex-perience. He was in the United States Army from 1993-1997 and 2001-2005. His law en-forcement experience includes Plainview Police Department, Pantex and the Hale County Sheriff’s Office. He is also an adjunct instructor at Wayland Baptist University in Plain-view. He and his family will continue to live in Plainview until they are able to find a place to live in Swisher Coun-ty. When he has completed his training he will be patrolling in the evenings and nights.

The Sheriff’s Office is a small department of five of-ficers including the Sheriff. Deputies are responsible for all aspect of law enforcement. This is one of the things that attracted Deputy Amaya to Swisher County. As he be-came acquainted with the oth-er deputies he liked the atmo-sphere in the Sheriff’s Office. He is excited to be working at

the Swisher County Sheriff’s Office and says, “He is glad to be here.”