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The Winkler County News
Vol. 79, No. 5
“The Only Newspaper in the World That Cares Anything About Winkler County”
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Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
GRAND CHAMPION STEER at the 2014 Winkler-Loving Livestock Show was shown by Karla
Broome as judge Raymond Quigg looks on. Karla also won the Senior Steer Showmanship
Award. Pictures of all winners will appear in next week’s edition of The Winkler County News,
(Photo Courtesy Creating Memories Photography, Bonnie Smith)
4-H Livestock Show
winners announced
Local fugitive arrested
after high speed chase
Mayor says ‘no more9
City Council
sets election
for May 10th
Meeting in special session
Monday night, Kermit City
Council unanimously passed
resolution 14-3 establishing a
procedure for a general election
May 10.
Prior to the council meeting
adjourning, Mayor Ken Mays
told the Council he will not be
seeking a place on the ballot,
but will continue to serve the
City of Kermit as mayor until
May.
“My wife and I are planning
some trips,” Mays explained.
Councilman Julio Pena
expressed his appreciation to
Mays for his sendee saying, “It
has been a pleasure to have you
on board.”
The Council approved
Joann Lujan as election judge
and set the pay for the election
judge and clerks.
The last day to file for a spot
on the ballot is Feb. 28 and early
voting is set to begin April 28.
12 hours of voting before and
after working hours is set for
May 5-6 and the general election
will be held in conjunction with
the school election May 10 at
Kermit Junior High School.
Attending the meeting were
Council members Country
Preston-Roark, Richard
Jackson, Pena, Jim Rhymes and
Mayor Mays.
A resolution to hold the Wink
City Council election on May 10
was passed by unanimous vote
at the regular meeting of the
council Monday night. Council
seats 1, 3, and 5 will be up for
election with a special election
for seat 4 that will fill the un-
expired term of Raymond Dodd.
In last month’s meeting, lots
9 and 10 of block 51 were sold
to .Anna Huckaby for her bid of
$600. A citizen questioned the
action of the council as to why
his higher bid of $2,500 was not
accepted.
Mayor Eric Hawkins
responded that the bid was
awarded to Ms. Huckaby as she
had expressed interest first and
that she owned the adjoining lots.
by Phil Parks
Before the superbowl
football game Sunday, President
Barrack Obama (who has
never served a single day in the
U.S. military) told fox News
correspondent Bill O’Reilly that
G. I. Bill money paid to our U.S.
Veterans—true heroes who have
fought and been wounded—was
welfare.
Excuse me Mr. President,
you really have no true idea
what real soldiers have gone
through in wartime—whether
it was Iraq, .Afghanistan, Viet
Nam, Korea, WWII or any of
another skirmishes which have
taken place around the world.
.And now, for you to call
the G.I. Bill a form of welfare
shows your complete ignorance.
Comparing the G.I. Bill to
The 2013-2014 Winkler-
Loving County 4-H Livestock
Show came to a close Saturday
“There is no legal requirement
that the sale automatically goes to
the highest bidder. Other factors
are considered in the decision,”
Hawkins explained.
The bid of Mike Titsworth
in the amount of $1,500 for lots
6-9, block 1, north side addition
was accepted. No other bids were
received. No city sendees will be
available for the property.
A request of a resident to
install a water well and septic
tank on lots 1-11, block 1, Wink
Heights was approved subject to
state code being followed.
A request from Winkler
County for an adjustment to
water bills at the county bam and
(See WINK, page 11)
welfare and food stamps is just
stupid.
The G. I. Bill was guaranteed
to our servicemen and women
when they enlisted.
The G.I. Bill is earned by our
seivicemen and women shedding
their blood, sleeping in terror
through the night in a foxhole,
watching their friends die.
The G.I. Bill is an earned
entitlement, it is not a handout.
Many old servicemen and
women believe the G.I Bill is just
a delayed portion of the salary
they did not get while serving in
uniform. For example, my first
paycheck during that Viet Nam
mess was for a whopping $47.
As my time in sendee
increased and my rank increased,
my final paycheck had gone up
to $352 per month...and that
included overseas pay, flight
evening with the sale of rabbits,
hogs, steers, sheep and goats.
Over 60 4-H’ers vied for honors
and worked hard as they proudly
presented their animals. The
annual stock show not only
helps the 4-H’ers earn money
but helps teach them to be future
leaders of .America.
This year’s show was
dedicated to William and Elaine
Pilkington for their years of
sendee to the 4-H program.
Dollar amounts are still
being tabulated and will be
announced in The News as they
become available.
Receiving awards for the
show were:
Grand Champions:
Rabbit: Gracie Hefner
Hog: Cassidey Hegar
Steer: Karla Broome
Sheep: Cassidey Hegar
Goat: Cassidey Hegar
Reserve Champions:
Rabbit: Amreigh Williamson
Hog: Kylie Creech
Steer: Cassidey Hegar
Sheep: Gracie Hefner
status pay and hazardous duty
pay.
The G.I. Bill is an earned
entitlement many troops earned
with their service and their
blood. For many fear and even
raw terror was involved.
Yes, there is a legitimate
need for welfare and food
stamps, but do NOT compare
welfare and food stamps to
G.I. Bill contractually-earned
entitlements by our men and
women in uniform.
During the past few years
we have learned about troops
returning with problems like
PTSD—post traumatic stress
disorder.
Following WWII and
Korea, returning veterans were
said to have “shell shock”—we
now know it was PTSD,
PTSD develops after a
terrifying ordeal that involved
physical harm or the threat of
physical harm—what other kind
is there during warfare?
In fact, our troops have been
returning to the U.S. with all
kinds of problems contracted
from their duty around the world.
Two of the most problematic
are malaria and PTSD. Another
problem our troops have had to
deal with include chronic foot
infections not seen in the U.S.
prior to WWII and Viet Nam.
Regardless, our troops have
more than Paid Their Dues, Mr.
President. Giving them their
entitlements including the G. I.
Bill should never be confused,
delayed or thought of as a
“handout!”
The G.I. Bill is an hand-up
to assist veterans in getting more
education and/or training.
Goat: Christy Lindley
Showmanship:
Rabbit:
Junior - Nancy Kate Ramirez
Intermediate - Amreigh
Williamson
Senior - Lydia Meeks
Hog:
Junior - Kyndall Garduno
Intermediate - Logan Stroud
Senior - Charry Daniel
Steer:
(See 4-H, page 11)
WCSO K-9
teams deploy
The Winkler County
Sheriff’s Office now has two
K-9 Teams on the street working
enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Bill Tribble
is teamed up with K-9 Quenta
and Deputy Leon Stroud is
teamed up with K-9 Mako. Both
K-9’s are Belgian Malinois and
were purchased from Adlerhorst
International, Inc., of Jurupa
(Riverside County), California.
“Quenta has been with
us for about six months and
Mako joined our department
two weeks ago, Sheriff George
Keely explained. “Both these
K-9 Teams are multi-purpose
trained and can locate missing
persons, detect illegal drugs,
and are “bite trained” to protect
themselves, their handlers, and
can also be used to subdue a
suspect who is violent,” the
sheriff explained.
Malinois were originally
bred as one of the four breeds of
sheepherding dogs because they
are highly alert, high-energy,
and highly intelligent. Law
enforcement and the military
use this breed of dog because
it is well suited for this kind of
work.
The Malinois is sometimes
mistaken for the German
Sheppard, but is considered to be
a more elegantly built dog and
is lighter boned, has the same
strength, more agility, and better
stamina. This breed of dog also
handles the heat of West Texas
better than larger breeds.
One of the other primary
assets of the Malinois is that
this breed of dog possesses a
big desire to work and loves
a challenge. This breed of
dog requires less care due
to its medium size and short
coat, is friendly towards their
handlers but stand-offish toward
strangers. They are naturally
protective of their handlers,
but are not usually overly
aggressive.
Both the handlers and
the K-9’s are highly trained
and will be very active in
their enforcement activities in
Winkler County.
“We plan to begin a major
push in the activities against
illegal drugs coming into and
being used in Winkler County,
the sheriff said.
Former Wink resident
Michael Bishop is in the Winkler
County Jail after leading
Winkler County Deputies, Texas
Department of Public Safety, and
Deputy United States Marshals
on a high speed chase across
Winkler County.
Michael Bishop was wanted
on several felony warrants and
had been involved in another
high speed chase two days before
in Reeves County after he had
stolen a vehicle. He was spotted
driving in the area of CR1218
and FM874 about 11:27 a.m.
Thursday morning and when law
enforcement attempted to stop
him, he immediately fled.
Information received earlier
related that the suspect was
armed.
Deputy Jody Soltero was the
second unit in the chase and was
the officer who was calling the
pursuit on the law enforcement
radio. Sheriff" George Keely
stated, “Deputy Soltero did
an excellent job of giving us
the details of the pursuit so we
could all do our jobs and react
accordingly. He remained calm
and focused and provided us with
timely and accurate details.”
The pursuit reached speeds
in excess of llOmph and the
suspect drove on FM874 then
went up CR107 then turned west
into the Cheyenne Draw and then
turned south onto CR101.
Sheriff Keely set up spike
strips on CR101 ahead of the
pursuit and Deputy Stroud and
the sheriff waited as the pursuit
headed their way. Once the
suspect reached their position
the suspect attempted to drive
around the spike strips and
the sheriff shot the suspect’s
vehicle’s left front tire out and
this ended the pursuit!
“We were pleased that no
one was injured during this
event,” explained the sheriff.
‘The suspect attempted to run
law enforcement vehicles off
the road and had avoided spike
strips earlier in the chase. We did
not want him driving into our
cities at a high rate of speed and
putting more lives at risk! ”
During the pursuit, the
suspect threw a firearm out of
his vehicle. The United States
Marshall Service retrieved this
weapon and is considering
filing federal charges against the
suspect.
Sheriff Keely further
explained, “Every officer
involved in this pursuit did an
excellent and professional job.
These incidents can go bad in a
matter of seconds, but this one
was by the book and came to a
successful conclusion without
injury to anyone!”
Bishop was arrested for two
felony warrants of theft over
$20,000 but less than $100,000
and was also charged with
Fleeing and Evading Arrest
and Detention. He is currently
lodged in the Winkler County
Jail on $45,000 in bonds. Reeves
County relates they too are going
to file charges against Bishop for
the pursuit that occurred in their
county.
NEW TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR Minerva Soltero (left)
was sworn in last Friday by Winkler County Judge Bonnie
Leek. Soltero replaces Patti Franks as the Winkler County Tax
Assessor/Collector who retired at the end of January.
Wink City Council
sets date for election
This just makes me mad...
President should be a veteran
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Parks, Phil. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 2014, newspaper, February 6, 2014; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790731/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.