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Certificates were awarded to
score.
The Hornets would allow
by Pastsy Hooten
Herald Staff Writer
regionals. And completing a six
year dream, the Triple Crown
and tire gold medal are now hers.
Wliile in Round Rock she was
also given a top 10 plaque from
the Cross Country Coaches As-
sociation of Texas, was named
3149 for more information
Local and area real estate
agencies will host a citywide
open house Sunday. Dec 3 be-
ginning at 1 p in Everyone is
invited to tour homes that are
available for sale and refresh-
ments will be served
Merchants wishing to partici-
pate in Holiday Open House or
have lights put on their buildings
are asked to call Jcannett Her-
ring at 995-4777 For other ques-
tions call Tulia Chamber of
Commerce See more details’in
next week’s Tulia Herald
True, Thanksgiving is turkey,
cranberry sauce, and pumpkin
pie. But even more. Thanksgiv-
ing is a time to share with fam-
ily and friends, and a time to give
thanks for our many blessings.
duction to Welding, TIG and
MIG Welding, and Stick Weld-
ing.
nical representatives were
treated to a iniddav meal of sau-
by Pastsy Hooten
Herald Staff Writer
tion. The SkillsUSA district con-
test will be in Lubbock March 2
Thanksgiving 2006 will soon
be a memory, and Christmas is
just around the comer The hustle
and bustle of the season includes
an event for every member of the
family beginning Sunday, Nov.
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Activities will begin with the
Annual Open House at Kenneth
Wyatt Galleries The Wyatt and
Marshall families and staff will
welcome visitor?,from 1-5 Sun-
day The Open House will con-
tinue throughout the week. For
further information call Wyatt
Galleries at 995-2239.
Saturday, Dec. 2 will be a treat
for shoppers as merchants
around town officially kick off
the holiday shopping season with
ADDISON LeMASTER
Triple Crown Champion
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how to take advantage of oppos-
ing teams mistakes and in the
past have possessed a killer in-
ily Many of these wonderful
folks have volunteered every
year Our volunteers come m all
ages, from the older generation
all the way down to the very
young."
"The people of Swisher
County give us so much all
5th, Henry Cniz, Tulia.
GMAW or MIG 1st, Lee
Perez. Tulia; 2nd. Stenhen
on pg 2
charge. The meal will include
turkey, dressing, mashed pota-
toes, gravy, green beans, cran- of Swisher County and about our
customers who come from all
over "
"I’d like to thank all the vol-
unteers who have come out for
to the Cross Country Coaches
Association of Texas All-Region
1 -AA Team, and was able to visit
with several college recruiters.
The Texas Girls’ Coaching As-
sociation announced their hon-
Please see CHAMP on pg 2
meantime, but were easily in
control 34-7 at the half Highland
Park’s wmless season became
more inevitable m the third when
Rodnguez accounted for a sixth 2004, and'last year the Elks de-
1 seven turnovers m
a 31-0 blanking of Tulia
“I think the past experience
p m. and Friona follows up their
17-14 distnct championship win Coach Wilson had Uns to say
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to show that when Tulia has
something to be proud about.
Tulia Metal Trades instructor they support it all the way
Garry Wilfong met with voca-
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berry salad, and pie
Last year the restaurant served
about 500 people, many who
have no families in the area
Nancy Lavender and the staff at the past seven Thanksgivings in
Conestoga feel that their custom- order to serve our extended fam-
ers have given much to them in
the past year and that they are,
indeed, a part of an extended
family.
One of the members of that
family will be missing this year
Joe Lavender was a familiar face
at the restaurant and in the com-
munity. Joe Lavender died Feb. through the year This is our way
of saying thank you Come on
out and join us ”
For those unable to attend,
carry out meals w ill be available
Baptist Church cnoir room 16
and 30 Each 90 minute rehearsal
is scheduled to begin at 7 p m
The Ministerial Alliance is also
looking for soloists Everyone is
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Competition To Its VICA D
by Pastsy Hooten sa8e wraPs and a11 thc tnin-
Herald Staff Writer min8s- Keeter’s Meats of Tlll,a
provided the sausage, which was
Tulia High School Metal a big hit withjlhe entire group.
Trades classes hosted the first ’ '
area welding scrimmage Tues-
day The unprecedented event
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L2..’ ” '■ industry James Coffey of San Duro, 4th. Jose Vasquez, Palo
Advanced Training Center Angelo, Lincoln technical repre-
- - - • sentative, said. "1 am very nn-
stuff Competition in the scrim- pressed with the calibre of the
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10, leaving a void at the famous
Round Table of the Conestoga
The Thanksgiving meal tlusycar
will be served m his memory
Conestoga owner Nancy Lav- if you need carry out meals,
ender said, “Thanksgiving was please call 995-3407 by Wcdnes- "
Joe’s favorite holiday. He en- day, Nov. 23
ford, Palo Duro. Denver City, est technological advances in the Palo Duro; 3rd, Enc Reavis, Palo
Canyon, Frenship and Lubbock
March 25 through 31 in Corpus
Clinsti
Wilfong said. “I thought the respected
competition went extremely ' ~
well. The community was behind
mage. They furthered the plans us one hundred per cent Ourstu- the top welders in each category.
tition went flawlessly I was very honors in both the Metal Inert
pleased with the outcome ” Gas (MIG) and Tungsten Inert
A mobile demonstration unit Gas (TIG) categories. Winners
from Lincoln Electric, maker of Were Introduction to welding,
Lincoln welders, was on hand to first year- 1st, Ryan Marten,
give demonstrations of the new- Hereford; 2nd, Adam Collins,
Addison LeMaster competed 11, 2006. She is now the girl’s
in the UIL State Cross Country 2-AA State Champion with a
Championship Saturday, Nov. time of 11:37. She arrived home
Sunday night to an entourage of
~~ police cars, loud noisey students,
and sirens. Several Tulia Hornet
fans and teammates welcomed
her with a “surprise” parade and
get-together. Earlier, she had left
X Tulia Thursday to a raucous send
off in front ofTulia High School
LeMaster’s cross country ca-
reer started when she was in 7th
grade. In high school she has
made four consecutive trips to
H Round Rock for the state meet.
H She finished 5th her freshman
H year, 4th her sophomore year and
I 2nd her junior year In high
■ school she was 3rd in distnct and
■ 3rd at regionals when she was a
I freshman; 1st in district and 1st
V at regionals her sophomore year;
II 1st in district and 2nd at regionals
' her junior year, and this year she
.' placed 1st in district and
Duro, 5th, Jose Perez, Denver
bounded off. ready to stnit their sentative, said, "1 am very- ini- City.
stuff Competition m the scrim- pressed with the calibre of the SMAW or Stick. 1st, Stephen
mage included contests in Intro- students representing the schools Hernandez, Tulia, 2nd, Lee
• involved in this competition Perez, Tulia, 3rd, Bryan Davis,
Tulia is one of the smaller Tulia; 4th, Roel Guerrero.Tulia;
schools that has had an opportu-
Studcnts, instructors, and tech- mty to have our unit on hand and
we are proud to be here today ”
Ernest Cabezuela has been p/eaSe see WELD ,
Local Restaurant Keeps To Its
Traditions, Honors One Of Its Own
Conestoga Restaurant in Tulia joyed seeing everybody having”
believes that everyone should a big meal and visiting with
have the opportunity to enjoy a friends and family Here at
traditional Thanksgiving meal Conestoga we are looking for-
and share a time of fellowship ward to serving all those who
on that special day have been so supportive of us
Conestoga Restaurant will be during the past We truly have
providing a Thanksgiving Home much for which to be thankful ”
Away From Home for the eighth Lavender also said, “This is
year The traditional Thanksgiv- our way of giving everybody an
ing meal will be served free of opportunity to be with someone
who cares. At the Conestoga we
care. We care about thc residents
Holiday Season Begins With Open
House, Then Holiday Open House
the long awaited Holiday Open
House They will be showing
their new wares and seasonal
decorations from 2 p m until 5
p in Refreshments will be
served in most locations
Next on the agenda will be the
Annual Parade of Lights at 6
p m. The parade will begin at 6
p m. and will start at First Bap-
tist Church and end at the Court-
house Square. This is also the
time set aside for thc official
lighting of the downtown area
Merchants and business will be
sporting twinkling lights to Santa
Claus will greet children follow-
ing the parade.
Swisher County Ministerial
Alliance is formmg a community
choir to provide a Christmas
concert in the Gazebo on the
Square following thc parade
Rehearsals will be at the First
Addison LeMaster Wins State,
And Signs Letter Of Intent
Bvs-.'
2 ------ ‘ ■ The scrimmage was not a
ti'nal teachers from Hereford SkillsUSAsanctionedcompeti-
Hjgh School and Amarillo Palo ’ - ■ • -
Duro High School last year dur-
ing SkillsUSA distnct competi-
tion. The three decided that a
round of practice welding would
be beneficial to students pnor to
the 2007 competition and
planned a three school scrim-
asked to bring cookies to share wll^c at stale conference this dents were great and thc compe- Tulia students took home top
after the performance Please summer and instructors from
contact Shannon Hassell at 995- otiier schools immediately
voiced a desire to take part
The buses began to roll into
Tulia by 8.30 a m. Tuesday
morning and students from Here-
rl
Lowe’s and Tulia VFW fur-
nished drinks for thc students,
and the faculty of Tulia High
was a huge success and garnered School teamed up to provide
rave reviews from those in atten- dozens and dozens of homemade
dance, including area vocational cookies and treats. This just goes
teachers, contest judges and ' ’ ” ’ ~ .
technical representatives
Winners in the welding scrimmage at Tulia High School Tuesday are back from left
Introduction to welding: Ryan Marten, Adam Collins, Eric Reavis, Jose Vasquez, Lee
Perez, Michael Fuentes, Bryan Davis, Josh Bice; front row Roel Guerrero, Henry Cruz
III, Isaac Contreras, Lee Perez, Chad Miller, and Stephen Hernandez. Many of these
won more than one position. Please see listing by event in the story.
THS Metal Trades Brings Practice
'istrict
vocational trades instructor at
Hereford High School for three
years Cabezuela said, “This
competition has been great for
our students After competing in
thc district contest last year 1 re-
alized that we could benefit from
such a scrimmage situation.
Hereford residents went all out
to support us in coming over to
Tulia for the event, with many
of them donating door prizes for
thejudges Mr Wilfong has been
an inspiration to me in my ca-
reer as an instructor No matter
what question might arise, I
know I can always pick up the
and 3, and state competition is phone and call him for advice.
My goal is to someday have a
program as well organized and
' as the one here at
other score in the final quarter, knowing what their tendencies
but Tulia bottled the game up on are and what they like to do,’
a 2-yard touchdown run by said Wilson "The downside is
Jaime Garcia #34 they know just as much about
“This game was good for us us.”
heading into the playoffs,” said The Elks rejoined thc 2 A ranks
head coach Enc Wilson "We this season after a long tenure in
were able to get some of our 1A that saw them bring home
starters some rest and the guys two stale titles, one of those com-
are real excited now about the ing last year, and a deep nin into
opportunity to keep playing.” thc postseason nearly every sca-
Whilc Tulia would love to son
bask in thc glory of their final Stratford sets thc bar pretty
district win, they will instead high and this season is no excep-
begin immediately preparing for lion They have established their
Friday’s Bidistrict bout with rich winning tradition through
Stratford (7-3) at Dick Bivins sound fundamentals and an in-
Stadium m Amarillo Kickoff is tense style of play They know
set for 8 p m
Panhandle and Muleshoe will
play the early game at the same sIinct fi^' allows them to put
teams away
When describing Stratford
Thursday, November 16, 2006 '
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Hornets Trash Highland Park,
And Gear Up For The Playoffs
by Lane Russell
Herald Sports Writer
As we expected, thc Hornets
won on Friday night and not be-
cause both teams share the same
mascot Tulia opened a wound
early against their Highland Park
counterparts and the bleeding
could not be stopped as your
hometown Hornets ran off with
a 47-15 victory to end distnct
play Tulia now stands at 6-4
overall and finished 4-2 in Dis-
trict 2-2A
The Hornets came out full
throttle to start the night with
Johnny Rodnguez #14 scoring
on mns of 1,3, and 19 yards to
take a commanding 21-0 first
quarter lead. In the second quar-
ter, Tulia went to the air as
Rodnguez hit Brian Dunn #22 sjte which is slated to start at 5
on a 20-yard touchdown pass
and found Zach Reeves #3, who ..... —
snagged a 12-yard pass for a over thc Mules with a Bidistrict "Nothing has changed much
match up aganist Canadian It They’re big and physical, and
Highland Park 6 points in the piayed at Canyon’s Kimbrough pretty solid in all phascs and are
experienced, fielding 19 se-
niors."
This year the Elks stumbled
also starts at 8 p m and will be lhcy CO1UC aftcr >ou They arc
Memorial Stadium
Not an unfamiliar opponent.
Stratford stole a win from the
Hornets by a final of 48-41 111 out t0 a 2-3 record in their first
— •, — — j—-----------• five games One of thc losses
score, this time on an 11-yard fense forced seven turnovers m 1Ilc|uded a 45-21 spanking by
run. a 31-0 blanking of Tulia Flovdada who finished near thc
Thc hosting Hornets continued "j think the past experience
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 2006, newspaper, November 16, 2006; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249423/m1/1/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.