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The
Stonewall Courier
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
75 CENTS
School bond passes by 98 votes
By Wayne Hodgin
The Stonewall Courier
Aspermont school officials are looking forward
to starting work on an $8.7 million elementary
school after voters approved a referendum Sat-
urday to sell bonds to finance the project.
The vote passed 241 for and 143 against. The
turnout was about 38 percent.
The school bond, by most accounts, is the first
ever to pass in Aspermont ISD history.
Superintendent Cliff Gilmore said voters
made the right choice.
“Were very pleased with the way the vote
went Saturday. I think we had a really good
representation of the taxpayers who came out
to vote,” Gilmore said. “Were excited about the
See BOND, Page 6
Chris Blackburn/The Stonewall Courier
Aspermont Elementary students are shown playing Monday at the site of the new elem entary school
campus which will be built by virtue of an $8.7 million bond election. The measure passed by 98
votes.
Earthquake
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Book Tree
The Stonewall County Library’s
annual Book Tree donation
event is underway. Book Trees
are located in the library,
the pharmacy, the bank, the
elementary school and the
high school. Book titles for the
Summer Reading Program are
on the trees. Those interested
in making a donation for the
summer program can choose
a title and bring the amount
requested to the library. For
information, call Librarian Patti
Sedberry at 940-989-2730 or
email stonewall.lib@gmail.com.
Pet clinic
elt in area
By Wayne Hodgin
The Stonewall Courier
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake last week about 17
miles northeast of Snyder apparently did litde damage
in northern Scurry County.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake
was recorded a few minutes after 8 a.m. May 6. Reports
listed the quake as one of 25 recorded worldwide that
day by the USGS and one of 11 recorded in the conti-
nental United States.
The quake isn’t the first to be recorded in the area.
In September 2011, residents in northern Scurry were
rocked by a modest 4.3-magnitude quake that was felt
as far north as Lubbock and as far east as Louisiana.
Arthur McGarr, a geophysicist with the USGS in
Menlo Park, Calif., said the earthquakes in the area are
attributed to substantial increase in oil and gas produc-
tion.
“These types of earthquakes are what we refer to as
‘induced,’ meaning they are not naturally occurring,”
McGarr said.
While some people would attribute these induced
quakes to hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as
fracking, McGarr said, it’s not the procedure i tself that
causing the phenomenon but more accurately the pro-
cess of injecting water into the reservoir to stimulate oil
production.
“Fracking technology has been a phenomenal suc-
cess all across the country, but particularly in your area,
where these companies are having to bust through large
amounts of shale in order to extract more oil and gas, -’
McGarr said. “In order to push more of the oil that’s
trapped in those shale formations up to production level,
vast amounts of water are being injected into the area.”
While the oil industry-related earthquake phenom-
enon isn’t completely understood, scientists believe the
water actually helps shift usually stationary portions of
the earth’s lithosphere.
“Water is a natural lubricator,” McGarr said. “When
large amounts of water are pumped underground like
that, it finds its way to a fault. Tectonic stress normally
prevents those plates from slipping, but the water lu-
bricate them. When that happens those plates begin to
shift, and that causes the earth to quake.”
See QUAKE, Page 13
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Three Aspermont High School student athletes
competed in the UIL Texas State Track and Field
Meet last weekend. Top left is Katie Gibson, who
took ninth in the shot put with a throw of 31-
10.25. Top right is Sasha Miller, who took fourth in
the 400 meter run with a time of 1:01.29. Keenun
Stovall, left, brought home a bronze medal in the
300 meter hurdles with a time of 41.44.
The annual Benjamin Pet
Vaccination Clinic will be form
8 to 10 a.m. May 18 at City
Hall. Dr. James Gober of the
Haskell Veterinary Clinic will
administer the event. Benjamin
city registration also will be
conducted at the vaccination
clinic. For information, contact
Tami Gaddis at 940-459-3131.
Shooting camp
Aspermont High School will host
a basketball shooting camp for
boys and girls June 6-7 at the
gym. Cost is $50 per person.
The camp will be hosted by the
National Shooting Camp and will
focus on shooting techniques
and fundamental. Those who
sign up will receive a free book,
“Pro Shooting Secrets,” if they
log on at proshotsystem.com.
For information and to register,
call Zach Morris at 940-200-0713
or email zmorris@aspermont.
esc14.net.
Masons
Aspermont Lodge No. 1382 will
meet June 11 for the election of
officers and regular business. All
members are urged to attend. A
meal will be served at 6:30 p.m.
with Lodge opening at 7:30 p.m.
Call Larry Coats at 940-200-0551
for information.
Alzheimer’s support
Meetings of the Haskell County
Alzheimer’s Support Group have
been canceled indefinitely until
a facilitator can be recruited.
Anyone interested in facilitating
the meetings may contact the
Haskell County Extension Office
at 940-864-2546.
City Council
The Aspermont City Council
meets at 6 p.m. the third
Tuesday of the month at City
Hall, 411 S. Broadway.
Instant fun...just add water
Chris Blackburn/The Stonewall Courier
The swimming pool will be ready for use by Friday, but the issue of getting the pool full of
water is at hand. The county is looking at options on water.
By Chris Blackburn
The Stonewall Courier
The county-owned swim-
ming pool is nearly ready to
go for the summer Stonewall
County Judge Ronnie Moor-
head reported Monday.
Unfortunately for Stone-
wall County youth, whether
the pool will have water or
not is still up in the air.
“By Friday, we should have
all of the plumbing cleaned
out,” Moorhead said.
The city of Aspermont
usually fills the pool up for
the county to begin the sea-
son, but that may not be the
case this year because of water
restrictions.”
Moorhead said there’s a
chance the city could use the
water they flush the lines out
with for pool usage, but that
is still under discussion.
The county is studying
other ways of getting the
pool filled as well, and there
is hope that a donation could
be made and water could be
hauled in if other possibilities
fail.
“Were going to have the
pool ready to open, if we can
get the water,’’Moorhead said.
“It should be ready by the end
of this week. We’ve got all of
the lifeguards lined up.”
See POOL, Page 6
Celebration
Gibson Care Center will have
a reception at 2:30 p.m. on
Thursday, May 16 in honor of
National Nursing Home week.
Everyone is welcome.
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Hodgin, Wayne. The Stonewall Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 2013, newspaper, May 16, 2013; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741287/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.