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Moving forward while remembering the past...Serving Hutchinson County since 1926
Monday, August 10, 2015
Vol. 90, No. 204
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Racing to help students: School
Supply 5K raises funds and awareness
Week 2 of the Borger
Bulldogs football team’s
two-a-day practices began at Bulldog Stadium
Monday morning, pg 8
Smile of
the day
Daryl Robertson, DDS
101 N McGee St
Borger, TX 79007
(806) 274-2285
Allie Mathews
Local Weather
From StormSearch 7
meteorologist Brian James
Isolated Storms
Hi 88° | Low 67°
We’ll be cooler
and wetter as we start
the work week thanks
to the cold front that
swept through yesterday. High temperatures will rise into the
mid 80s to around 90
degrees by late day.
Skies will be partly
to mostly cloudy
throughout the day on
Monday and the extra
cloud cover will also
help hold the high
temperatures down
somewhat.
Winds
will blow from the
north and northeast
at 5-15 mph, but beware of variable and
gusty winds in/near
the t-storms!
In addition to raising a respectable sum of money for students in need, the School Supply 5K helped to inform runners and families of the
local need for charity and giving. Austin Brown completed the 5K in an impressive 20 minutes and 30 seconds, with Ethan Timmons coming in second place at 21 minutes. While the event was a blast for winners and those who participated, the real winners are local students
in need of school supplies for the coming year. Families in need can apply for a free package of supplies at Borger’s Salvation Army Service
Center (Photo by Don Rice)
Red Cross details plans
for local mission teams
Free wild edibles offer benefits
for local woman and her family
Mary Zan Warren
(806) 857-3670
Shawn Nicholes, a 15 year Fritch resident is a mother of 4 children, former
registered nurse, charity founder, pot belly pig owner and chief plum picker in her
family. As a child she went plum picking
with her grandparents and even helped
make wild sand plum jelly at age 10.
Over the years she grew up, had a
family, and recalled fond memories of
her deceased grandmother.
Recently Shawn was camping with her
husband and children, and as they were
driving down a dirt road she saw plum
bushes loaded with fruit. She asked her
husband if those were plums and the answer delighted her so much they stopped
and picked the plums immediately. She
then began to look all around the camping area and she and her children picked
all they could find.
Upon arrival home, she realized she
didn’t even remember how to make jelly,
but got online and found the recipe and
what she needed. “Always check for
snakes, big funnel spiders, and yellow
jackets around the plum bushes...”
See Wild Edibles pg. 2
Shawn Nicholes, chief wild plum picker in her family, with jars of jelly and huge
wild plums (Photo by Mary Zan Warren)
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Kiley Murray, Executive Director of the American Red Cross for all 20 counties of the Texas
Panhandle area is now setting up and launching
new mission teams. What used to be a local Red
Cross chapter has now changed. “Red Cross is
undergoing some drastic changes. We are now
a nationally re-structured Red Cross instead of
having individual chapters. What this means is
if in the past people donated to a local chapter,
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MONDAY
AUGUST 10, 2015
Obituaries
Charlie George Robinson
Charlie George Robinson, 87, passed away Friday, August 7, 2015 in the
house he built in Stinnett,
Texas. The funeral service
will be held on Tuesday,
August 11 at 10:00 a.m.
in the Stinnett Church of
Christ under the direction
of Brown Funeral Home.
Visitation will be Monday,
August 10 from 6:00 to
8:00 p.m. at the Stinnett Church of Christ.
George was born July 29, 1928 in Camargo, Oklahoma to Joe and Florence Robinson. He served in the
Army as a military police officer during the Korean
War. He married Geneva Ann Devin on November
20, 1960. George served as a teacher and then as a
business manager for the Stinnett school system for
more than 35 years. While George loved the community of Stinnett, his first love was always his family. Years after leaving the family farm where he was
raised, George continued to cling to the farm values
and culture. He was always more comfortable in work
clothes than in dress clothes. Every chance he got,
he pulled on lace-up work boots and went to check
cattle, build fences, or pick up a hammer. He was
employed as a school administrator who did way too
much of everything and was good at it all. he was the
business manager, tax collector, the director of transportation, the director of maintenance, purchasing
agent, and the construction supervisor (and probably
several other things as well). He was extraordinary
because he was a blue-collar man who found success
and fulfillment in a white-collar world.
He is preceded in death by his father, Joe Robinson,
his mother, Florence Robinson, and his brother, Roy
Robinson. Survivors include his wife Geneva, of the
hone; son, Charles Robinson and wife Monty of Canyon; daughters, Rebecca Cobb and husband Gale of
Tulia; Gena Beth Robinson of New Deal; and Georgina Stroble and husband J.R. of Carlsbad, NM; eight
grandchildren; one grandchild, sister, Betty South of
Leedey, Oklahoma, and numerous nieces, nephews,
and extended family members.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Texas Boys Ranch in Lubbock,
or High Plains Children’s Home in Amarillo.
Services are entrusted to Browns Funeral Directors
of Borger.
Fred Mercer
Charles Frederick “Fred”
Mercer, Jr., 77, passed away
Thursday, August 6, 2015.
Graveside service will
be held 3 pm Wednesday,
August 12, 2015 at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton
Chatwell Funeral Directors
of Borger.
Fred was born September
14, 1937 in Caldwell, Kansas to Cleda and Charles Frederick Mercer, Sr. He married Linda Walton in Winfield, Kansas in 1963. Fred
loved to fish, hunt and work cattle, but nothing brought
more joy to his life than his grandkids.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Nolan
Wayne Mercer; and sister, Cleda Baker.
Survivors include his wife, Linda of the home; sons,
Richard Aaron Mercer of Sanford, Charles Frederick
Mercer, III of Perryton; five grandchildren; one great
granddaughter; and sisters, Valene Watson of Fritch and
Sally Phillips and husband Arvin of Fritch.
H.E. “Gene” Vaugn
Gene Vaughn of Borger,
Texas passed away August
6, 2015 in Amarillo, Texas.
Henry Eugene “Gene”
Vaughn was born December 27, 1935 in Anahauc,
Texas to Neroli Keltner and
Greenberry Curtiss Vaughn.
Gene and Mary Evelyn
Bench were married in Wilson, Oklahoma on April 10,
1955.
He is preceded in death by his parents, four brothers
and one sister, one son Michael, and one granddaughter.
Survivors include his wife Mary Evelyn of Borger,
Texas; Two son’s Curtiss Vaughn of Canton, Texas and
David Vaughn of Amarillo, Texas; a daughter Cathy
Patton of Amarillo, Texas. Two granddaughters and
nine great-grandchildren.
Interment was held Saturday August 8, 2015 at 3pm
at Hewitt Cemetery in Wilson, Oklahoma.
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Christopher Jenkins
Julian Johnson
Christopher
Robin
“Levi” Jenkins, 56, passed
away Thursday, August 6,
2015.
Memorial service will
be held 11 am Wednesday,
August 12, 2015 at Grace
Church. Burial will follow in Westlawn Memorial
Park under the direction of
Minton Chatwell Funeral
Directors of Borger. His
memory may be honored with a gift to Cal Farley’s, PO
Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174.
Christopher was born January 2, 1959 in Borger to
Barbara Robison and Jerry Jenkins. He married the
love of his life, Peggy Weems on May 7, 1977 in Stinnett. “Levi” drove a truck for a living but enjoyed being
horseback. Prior to working for Refinishing Systems
he was a cowboy for the 6666 ranch. He also enjoyed
riding motorcycles, camping and hunting. Nothing
brought more joy to his life than his family and he was
always up for a family cookout.
He is preceded in death by his grandparents and a
daughter, Angela Duncan.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy of the home; mother, Barbara Crawford of Dalhart; father, Jerry Jenkins
and wife Donna of Wheeler; son, Tanner Jenkins and
wife Kasey of Borger; daughters, Bernice Bennett of
Fritch, Crystal Boyd of Amarillo; eleven grandchildren,
Alexis, Trevor, Tiffany, Andrew, Courtney, Ashley,
Jeremiah, Jason, Katelyn, Christopher, Nathanial; four
great grandchildren, Grayson, Camden, Brantley, Lilly
and a little girl do to arrive in September; sister, Pam
Clines and husband Sammy of Dalhart; and a host of
extended family.
The family would like to express their gratitude to
BSA Hospice, especially Kristi and Kathy.
Julian Curtis Johnson, 83 of Borger, Texas passed
away on 8-8-15 in Borger, Texas.
Julian was born September 14, 1931 to Julian M
Johnson and Glatis M Johnson in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. They were residents of Borger since 1943.
Julian was a Navy Veteran. He married Mildred and
lived many years in Lubbock where he owned and operated his plumbing business Johnson Plumbing Service.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Johnson; sister, Mildred Harmon and some of his children.
He is survived by 3 brothers, Thomas, Earl, and Elbert and sister, Margaret Dunham.
The family would like to thank Accolade and the
staff of Caprock Nursing and Rehab, as well as Angel
Funeral home for their services.
Please sign our online guest register at www.angelfuneralhome.com.
Ronald Geerdes
Ronald K. Geerdes,
“Ronnie, 99, of Borger
exchanged this earth for
his heavenly home on
August 6, 2015, when
he passed away peacefully
in his sleep.
The funeral service will
be held at 10:00 AM on
Tuesday, April 11, 2015 at
Minton Memorial Chapel,
with Reverend Leonard
Forsythe Pastor of Bible Baptist Church officiating.
Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger. The family will receive friends from
5:00­7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2015 at the
Funeral Home.
Ronnie was born in Supply, Oklahoma on July
21, 1916. He was a long­time resident of Texas, living in Stinnett, Amarillo, and Borger, calling himself a “Texas improved Okie.” When Ronnie was a
small boy, he attended the Moorland, OK school. At
age eight, his father was killed in a work accident,
bringing many changes to the Geerdes family of 7
children. Ronnie, one of the younger children, had
to grow up fast, sometimes working for different
families to help with his room and board.
In 1935, during the Dust Bowl days of Oklahoma,
Ronnie dropped out of the 11th grade. He worked
at CCC camps in Perry, OK, Ponca City, OK, and
Palisades, CO. After spending 2 years,
6 months, and 3 days in the CCC, he left to go to
Gunnison, CO, where he worked on the Taylor Dam.
He went on to work at the Supply Lake Dam in OK,
and then in the oilfields of Illinois, after he was married. He and his family moved back to Oklahoma for
a time, where Ronnie worked for Douglas Aircraft
and later in a blacksmith shop. He found that there
was work in Texas, and moved to Stinnett where
he went to work for Service Drilling Company. He
worked as a tool pusher until 1966, and then went
to work for Borger Gas Engine & Machine until his
retirement in 1984.
From Ronnie Geerdes’ first marriage he had
five children: Ronnie, Bert, David, Michael, Jane
(Fisher), and Monte. In 1957 he married Geraldine
(Jerry) Reynolds of Borger, originally from White
Deer. She had two daughters, Genevieve (Jenny)
and Sharron. This blended family lived at 1201 Lee
St. in Borger.
Ronnie was preceded in death by Geraldine, his
wife of 48 years (2005), and four of his children
Jenny Geerdes (2005), Ronnie Bert Geerdes (2007),
Sharron Mittelstet (2012), and Jane Fisher (2012).
Ronnie’s true love was fishing. Many memories
were made at Lake Meredith with friends and family. He also went to Alaska to fish on several occasions, prior to the loss of his vision. He came to
know Christ as his Savior in his 90s, and lived to be
99 years, 2 weeks and 2 days old. He will be greatly
missed, but his family and friends are grateful for
the hope of Heaven.
Wild Edibles
Continued from page 1
Shawn advises amateur plum pickers, “My greatest
challenge is finding enough bushes, and getting eaten
up by mosquitoes and lots of bugs. You can get bit by
God knows what out there, so be careful!” She has seen
huge yellow jackets eating the plums and they often
hide inside, so getting stung is easy, although it has not
happened to her yet.
Shawn and her family have picked about 30 gallons
of wild sand plums. “They are really huge this year with
all the rain we’ve had” she said.
If she is pressed for time, Shawn often washes and
sorts the plums before letting them dry and popping
them into freezer bags to make cobbler or jelly later.
This year she has already made 32 pints and often
gets the chance to sell a jar here or there for a tidy profit.
She is teaching her children to work and earn their own
money by doing odd jobs such as plum picking and
mowing grass. Shawn plans on trying more wild edibles
as she learns about them. Lemon Sumac and Mesquite
bean jelly are next on the list to learn.
Shawn continues, “What inspired me to do this?
Well, I’m a nostalgic person and it reminds me of my
childhood with my Grandma. It’s a way of keeping her
close even though she’s been gone for years now. And
besides, wild plums are everywhere and free for the taking. Why buy food in stores when you can get it for
free? Plum picking is family fun, we love doing it.”
5K winner!
While a 5K’s distance, just over 3 miles, is nowhere near as long as a marathon, the fact that
Austin Brown, above, was able to complete the
race in 20 minutes is still an impressive feat.
(Photo by Don Rice)
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Community Red Cross
Continued from page 1
Events
The Red Cross can help. Grassroots. Local folks
First Thursdays
Hutchinson County Republican Women, noon, FPC
Gallery Room Call 273-8363
for more information.
Fridays
Kiwanis Club, noon, Frank
Phillips College Gallery
Room.
Fritch Senior Citizen Sunshine Club, 12 noon for lunch
followed by games.
Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m.,
305 N. Deahl. Call 273-7127
or see fellowship borger.com.
First & Third
Thursdays
Unity Masonic Lodge, 7:30
p.m.
First Thursdays
Parents Who Have Lost Children Grief Support Group,
New U on Main Street, 7 p.m.
Call 275-1430 for more
information.
Second Thursdays
Northwest Amateur Radio
Club, American Red Cross,
614 Weatherly,
7 p.m.
Second Fridays
Golden Plains Home Health
Care, blood pressure and
blood sugar screenings, Fritch
Sunshine Club, 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Parkinson’ Disease Support
Group, Perryton Mennonite
Church, 2821
Fritch Senior Citizens Club
potluck dinner, business
meeting, games at noon.
Interim Home Health Care,
free blood pressure and blood
sugar screenings, United Supermarket, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Fourth Fridays
Diabetes Education class, 10
a.m., Golden Plains Community Hospital Board Room.
Call 467-5718 or 467-5857
for more information.
Hutchinson County Genealogical Society, American
Red Cross, 614 Weatherly,
7:30 p.m.
Hutchinson County Child
Welfare Board, noon, second
floor of Borger Bank.
Borger Band Booster Club,
BHS auditorium foyer, 6 p.m.
Mondays & Thursdays
Into Action Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbyterian
Church, 418 W. Coolidge, 8
p.m. Call 898-4607 for more
information.
Second Mondays
Senior Adult Game Night,
First Baptist Church, 100 S.
Hedgecoke, 6 p.m.
taking care of local folks with the full force of the
entire national organization, and its funds make an
awesome new American Red Cross. We have so many
areas you can volunteer in, and if you have a particular
skill or talent, we can find the place to put you.” Murray continues “Volunteers can even choose to go anywhere internationally that Red Cross goes. The average
time of service on this is about three weeks. Volunteers
get to pick the area they want to serve in, and when
the call comes they are asked, ‘can you go to this?’ We
train our volunteers very well. We don’t just throw you
out there to figure it out. We make sure you are... well
adept at doing your part, you practice, and have a team
that helps you.”
Notably, there are countless ways to volunteer; from
house fires, to feeding people, to talking to children, or
calling people on the telephone.
Murray said that now in every community, the Red
Cross will use donated space for local needs such as
shelter and program headquarters.
An updated report from June 22, 2015 lists 2,293
trained Red Cross disaster responders had already
worked on relief efforts deploying from all across
the country from California To Maine. Sixty shelters across Texas were opened, and 149, 974 relief
items distributed as well as 276,403 meals and snacks
served. Areas served included massive flood zones in
San Marcos and Houston as well as tornados sites, and
other massive storm hot-spots in Texas.
According to Murray, volunteers will be put on
a mission team. Mission teams provide immediate
needs to families devastated by fires, help military
men, women, families and veterans receive Red Cross
services, train as teams to become disaster responders
for local relief operations, and take part in home fire
preparedness campaigns providing free smoke alarms
to those who need them. They also teach children and
youth how to be prepared for disasters with the Pillowcase Program where they go into schools and give
children oversized Disney pillowcases and talk about
what to do in certain disasters and how to quickly grab
needed items to go in the pillowcase. The children go
home and teach their families, and then have a preparation plan for emergencies. The third graders know exactly what to take to the shelter in the big pillowcases
after an emergency.
Murray said, “My greatest challenge is spreading
the word because I cover twenty counties in the Texas
Panhandle. Why, I even need volunteers for this and to
help train and teach the volunteers. My greatest joy is
helping people in disasters and helping others understand they can help also if they will. West Texas People
want to help you if you will just speak up, be honest
and ask for the help you need.”
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Mobile safety products that
can help seniors on the go
Dear Savvy Senior,
Do you know of any medical alert
SOS buttons for seniors that work away
from the home? I would like to get one
for my 80-year-old mother, but would
like to find one that’s not limited to the
house.
Shopping Son
Dear Shopping,
There are actually a number of medical alert products on the market today
that give seniors the flexibility to call for
help both inside and outside the home.
For years, medical alert devices (also
known as “personal emergency response
systems” or PERS) have been popular
home safety products for elderly seniors
that live alone. These systems come
with a wearable SOS pendent button –
usually a necklace or wristband – and a
base station that connects to the home
phone line.
At the press of a button, your loved
one could call and talk to a trained operator through the system’s base station
receiver, which works like a powerful
speakerphone. The operator will find
out what’s wrong, and will notify family
members, a neighbor, friend or emergency services as needed.
But these devices are limited because
they only work in and around the house.
If you’re away from home and need
help, you’re out of luck. But today, there
are numerous mobile products that work
anywhere. Here are some top options.
High-End Device
If you’re interested in getting your
mom a comprehensive, high-end medical alert device that works everywhere,
consider the Philips Lifeline GoSafe
system. It provides a necklace pendent
button, which works like a two-way
communication device, allowing your
mom to speak and listen directly through
the pedant.
If your mom were to fall or need help
at home, she could press the button and
the home-base communicator system
would be activated to make the call to
the response center, who would then
dispatch help as needed. But if she fell
or needed help away from home, the
system’s AT&T wireless network would
kick in and place the call.
This system also has six sophisticated
locating technologies so the response
center would know your mom’s exact
location, even where GPS signals are
weak. And it has fall detection sensors
built into the pendent that can automatically summon help if a fall is detected
and your mom is unable to push the
button.
The GoSafe is available at lifelinesys.
com (or 855-276-7761) for $149, with
monthly services fees that start at $55.
Most Affordable Alert
If the GoSafe is more than your mom
needs, another option that’s easier on the
budget is the GreatCall Splash, which
costs only $50, with a $35 activation fee
and monthly service fees that starts at
$20.
This pendent-style waterproof device,
which fits in the palm of your hand,
works like a cell phone with GPS tracking capabilities, and can be worn on a
belt, around the neck or attached to a
key chain.
To call for help, your mom would
push one button, and an operator from
the device’s emergency monitoring service would be on the line to assist her,
and because of the GPS technology, her
general location would be known. Or,
for even more peace of mind, there’s the
Splash with fall detection capabilities
(this option costs $35 per month, and the
pendent must be worn around the neck
for it to work) that will automatically
call for help when a fall is detected.
The Splash can be purchased at
GreatCall.com (or 800-918-8543), or at
Walmart, Sears, Best Buy and Rite Aid
Pharmacy stores.
Other Options
If you want some additional options
to shop and compare, there are other
good companies that offer moderately
priced mobile alerts, including Consumer Cellular (consumercellular.com/ally);
Bay Alarm Medical (bayalarmmedical.
com); MobileHelp (mobilehelp.com);
Medical Alert (medicalalert.com) and
Life Alert (lifealert.com).
Police: Man who killed 8
had a dispute with woman victim
HOUSTON (AP) — A
family of six children
and two parents were
fatally shot in the head at
a Houston home by a man
with a violent criminal
history who had previously been in a contentious relationship with the
mother, authorities said
Sunday.
David Conley, 48, was
charged with capital murder in the deaths. Most
of the victims had been
handcuffed and some had
been shot multiple times,
said Sgt. Craig Clopton,
the lead investigator for
the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The dead were identified as parents Dewayne
Jackson, 50, his wife
Valerie Jackson, 40, and
children Nathaniel, 13,
Dewayne, 10, Honesty,
11, Caleb, 9, Trinity, 7,
and Jonah, 6. Nathaniel was believed to be
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Conley's son from the
relationship with Valerie Jackson. The Harris
County Sheriff's Office
had earlier said that there
were three adults and five
children killed.
"We do not — cannot
— fully comprehend the
motivation of an individual that would take the
lives of so many innocent
people. Especially the
lives of the young ones,"
said Chief Deputy Tim
Cannon of the Harris
County Sheriff's Office.
"The killer's motives
appear to be related to a
dispute with Valerie, who
was his former domestic
partner."
Conley, who is being
held in Harris County
Jail, didn't appear at a
court hearing Sunday
where an arrest affidavit was read. The judge
denied him bond.
Authorities were first
alerted about a problem at
the home when a relative of Valerie Jackson's
contacted the sheriff's office to conduct a welfare
check at the home.
Alcoholics
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Meeting
Wednesdays at
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Borger, Tx 79007
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Congratulations...
Anytime Fitness here in Borger received a $1000 check courtesy of Agruim
during the 5k school supplies benefit run this past weekend.
(photo by Don Rice)
35 years served without
conviction, man gets new trial
BAY CITY, Texas (AP) — For more
than 35 years, a Texas man has been in
a prison even though an appeals court
threw out his conviction on a 1976
murder charge that initially had him on
death row.
On Monday, 59-year-old Jerry Hartfield will return to court for a retrial, facing a life sentence if convicted of killing
a woman who sold tickets at a Bay City
bus station.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers have
haggled over who's to blame for decades
of inaction and whether Hartfield's right
to a speedy trial have been violated. But
the trial judge has refused to dismiss
Hartfield's indictment and prosecutors
recently took the death penalty off the
table, citing a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court
ruling barring execution of mentally
impaired people.
At a hearing Friday, a psychologist
testified Hartfield's IQ is 67, below
the threshold of 70 considered mental
impairment.
"Regardless of how the time is parsed
out, the delay between the initial conviction in 1977 and the trial ... is extraordinary," defense attorney Jay Wooten said
in court documents. Potential trial jurors
are to arrive Monday for questioning.
Matagorda County District Attorney
Steven Reis has said while prosecutors
“may be partially responsible” for not
retrying Hartfield earlier, the state hasn’t
acted in bad faith. Hartfield also bears
some responsibility for not filing for
nearly a quarter-century, Reis said.
“I don’t hold no grudge,” Hartfield
told The Associated Press in 2012 from
a Texas prison. “All I want to do is just
get things right and get back on with my
life again.”
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MONDAY
AUGUST 10, 2015
BEETLE BAILEY
BLONDIE
CRANKSHAFT
ZITS
HI AND LOIS
FAMILY CIRCUS
DENNIS THE MENACE
ASTROGRAPH
ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
Sudden upsets at home, including family arguments, might create
a nasty confrontation with someone.
Be aware of this possibility, and be
patient right from the start. Be smart.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Difficulties with siblings, neighbors and relatives might arise today.
They might or might not be connected to a potential accident today.
Yikes! Be mindful.
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
Something unexpected might affect your finances today. Keep an eye
on your money so that you don’t lose
it. However, you might find money,
or you might find something that you
want to keep.
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Today the Moon is in your sign, at
odds with unpredictable Uranus and
Pluto. This is a sure sign of upsets, arguments and detours from your daily
routine. Keep calm and carry on.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Something behind the scenes
might affect your travel plans today.
Avoid power struggles with someone
at work, because it’s just not worth
it.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Difficulties with a female friend
are likely today. Be patient. Power
struggles relating to children, sports
and social events are likely. Be cool.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
Arguments with bosses, parents
and authority figures might upset you
today. If you can avoid this scenario,
by all means, do so. Whatever happens, don’t quit your day job.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Travel plans will be changed, detoured or canceled today. This is almost a certainty. Be careful, because
it’s also an accident-prone day. Keep
your eyes open.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
As you are responsible for the
wealth and possessions of others, be
vigilant today. In addition, stay in
touch with your bank account in order to watch your own finances.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
Power struggles with partners and
close friends might take place today.
This could be because something unexpected occurs at home, which puts
you in a tizzy.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Your work routine will be interrupted by computer crashes, canceled
meetings, fire drills, broken equipment and staff shortages. Allow extra
time to cope with these delays.
PISCES
(Feb. 19 to March 20)
This is an accident-prone day for
your kids, so be vigilant. This is also
a classic day where social events will
be canceled. Boo-hoo.
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CRL Pump & Supply is an Oilfield and
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Borger, Tx 79008
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2145.35± Acres, 8 Properties Offered in 24 Parcels
THE CITY OF STINNETT
IS SEEKING
PROPOSALS FOR
BANKING CONTRACTS,
TO HANDLE BANKING
NEEDS OF THE CITYʼS
OPERATIONS.
PROPOSALS DUE BY
OCTOBER 1, 2015.
CITY CONTACT
ANDREW TRAHAN
806-878-2422 OR
[email protected]
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INDUSTRIES
HAS AN
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for a full time Office
Administrator.
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the entire office and light
accounting.
Strong knowledge of
Microsoft Office products is
required, bilingual and prior experience with Quick
Books are a plus.
Please send resumes to:
[email protected]
HELP WANTED
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BUILDING & GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE
WORKER NEEDED.
Performs work needed to
maintain clean, orderly, appearance of church facility,
grounds, parking lots,
roads, and walkway.
Responsible for all exterior
landscaping in addition to
regular indoor custodial
duties and other tasks.
Full-time position working
Wednesday through
Sunday.
Come by
First Baptist Church at
100 S. Hedgecoke
to pick up an application or
print one off our website at
www.firstborger.com.
Resumes can be emailed
to [email protected].
NOW HIRING DAYTIME
dishwasher. Apply in person: 530 West 3rd
HUTCHINSON COUNTY
UNITED WAY
Executive Assistant needed
to help with bookkeeping,
upkeep of website, social
media, event planning, and
public speaking. Proficient
in Word, Excel & PowerPoint & knowledge of
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School Diploma required,
College hours a plus. No
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Borger, TX 79008
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THE BORGER NEWS-HERALD
is seeking a part-time general assignment
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features. Job offers flexible work schedule,
and 20-30 hours per week.
Responsibilities & Requirements:
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-Must be willing to take assignments when needed
-Requires firm grasp of grammar and the English language
-Must be willing to learn and follow the AP writing style
WORK WANTED
This Property is being sold by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas
Case No. 15-20046-RLJ12 Jerry Artho/DBA Artho Cattle
Auction Site: Wyndham Garden Amarillo,
3100 I-40 W. Amarillo, TX
Equipment Auction
FRANK PHILLIPS
COLLEGE
is seeking a custodian and
full or part-time security
personnel. To apply, go online at www.fpctx.edu or
call at the President's office, Dillard Library, 1301
W. Roosevelt, Borger.
Qualified applicants may apply in person at
207 S. Main St, Borger, Texas 79007
or email resume to :
[email protected]
BANKRUPTCY AUCTION
10am CDT, Friday, August 14
HELP WANTED
GENERAL MAINTENANCE NEEDED, PT M-F
9A-3P, apply in person at
200 Pecan between 9a and
3p.
Non-Participating Royalty Interest (NPRI)
Lobo Minerals, LLC
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MISCELLANEOUS
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M.E. Higgenbotham
James Lee Owen Jr.,
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AUCTION
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3. Apache Point: 572± Acres
MONDAY
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Borger News -Herald
7
Valencia powers A’s
to 5-4 victory over Astros
OAKLAND,
Calif.
(AP) — Danny Valencia
homered in the fourth inning and singled in the
winning run in the bottom
of a wild ninth to lift the
Oakland Athletics past
the Houston Astros 5-4 on
Sunday.
Josh Reddick had two
hits and drove in two runs,
including the tying run in
the ninth, for the A's, who
won their third straight
and sixth of nine overall.
Lowry wins
Bridgestone for a world title
Come and get it...
Creed (left) and Bella (right) Price display their hommade food items at the local Farmer’s Market recently.
Due to the rainfall this Summer the Farmer’s Market has had a lot of success. (photo by Don Rice)
FBI asked to assist probe of Texas football player’s death
ARLINGTON, Texas
(AP) — A Texas police
chief promised transparency as the FBI joined
the investigation into the
death of a Texas college
football player who was
fatally shot by an officer
during a burglary call at a
car dealership.
During a news conference Saturday night, Arlington Police Chief Will
Johnson said the FBI's
Dallas field office has
been asked to help investigate the death early
Friday of Christian Taylor, a 19-year-old Afri-
can-American who was
unarmed when shot by a
white police officer. Johnson stressed the move "in
no way diminishes my
confidence" in local officers to conduct the investigation.
Taylor's death came two
days before the one-year
anniversary of the death
of Michael Brown, an
unarmed, black 18-yearold who was fatally shot
by a white police officer
in Ferguson, Missouri.
Brown's death galvanized
the "Black Lives Matter"
movement and sparked
protests that at times
turned violent.
Johnson mentioned the
current climate during the
news conference, noting
that "our nation has been
wrestling with the topics
of social injustice, inequities, racism and police
misconduct" and that his
department would "pledge
to act in a transparent
manner."
Arlington officer Brad
Miller has been placed
on administrative leave.
Police say the officer,
who joined Arlington police last year and was still
completing his department
field training, had never
before fired his weapon in
the line of duty.
Johnson said Miller and
another officer found Taylor "freely roaming" inside
the dealership's showroom
when they arrived, sometime after 1 a.m. Friday.
The officers told Taylor
to surrender and lie down
on the ground, but he refused, the chief said. They
saw him trying to escape
the showroom and pursued him.
Scoreboard
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York
61 49 .555 —
Toronto
61 52 .540 1½
Baltimore
56 53 .514 4½
Tampa Bay
56 56 .500
6
Boston
50 62 .446 12
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Kansas City
66 44 .600 —
Minnesota
55 56 .495 11½
Detroit
54 57 .486 12½
Chicago
51 58 .468 14½
Cleveland
51 59 .464 15
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston
61 51 .545 —
Los Angeles
58 51 .532 1½
Texas
55 55 .500
5
Seattle
52 60 .464
9
Oakland
50 62 .446 11
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York
59 52 .532 —
Washington
57 53 .518 1½
Atlanta
51 60 .459
8
Philadelphia
44 67 .396 15
Miami
43 68 .387 16
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis
71 40 .640 —
Pittsburgh
64 44 .593 5½
Chicago
62 48 .564 8½
Cincinnati
49 59 .454 20½
Milwaukee
48 65 .425 24
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles
62 48 .564 —
San Francisco
59 52 .532 3½
Arizona
53 56 .486 8½
San Diego
52 59 .468 10½
Colorado
47 62 .431 14½
American League
Saturday’s Games
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 0
Oakland 2, Houston 1
Texas 11, Seattle 3, 11 innings
Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Mets 4
Detroit 7, Boston 6
Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Cleveland 17, Minnesota 4
Baltimore 5, L.A. Angels 0
Sunday’s Games
Toronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 0
Boston 7, Detroit 2
Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 3:37 p.m.
Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Seattle 4, Texas 2
Monday’s Games
Detroit (Boyd 1-2) at Kansas City (Cueto
0-1), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-7) at Chicago
White Sox (Sale 9-7), 8:10 p.m.
Baltimore (W.Chen 5-6) at Seattle (Nuno
0-0), 10:10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Oakland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Boston at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox,
8:10 p.m.
Texas at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
Houston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
National League
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 6
Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Mets 4
Washington 6, Colorado 1
Atlanta 7, Miami 2
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0
Cincinnati 4, Arizona 1
Philadelphia 4, San Diego 2
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Colorado 6, Washington 4
Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 4
Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco 0
Cincinnati at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 8:05 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at N.Y. Mets
(Niese 6-9), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Harang 5-12) at Arizona
(R.De La Rosa 9-5), 9:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-0) at San Diego
(Kennedy 6-10), 10:10 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at L.A.
Dodgers (B.Anderson 6-6), 10:10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Boston at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
Houston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
American Association
East Division
W L Pct GB
Sioux City
53 18 .746 —
Kansas City
39 30 .565 13
Gary
32 39 .451 21
Lincoln
27 44 .380 26
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Paul
56 16 .778 —
Winnipeg
33 38 .465 22½
Sioux Falls
29 43 .403 27
Fargo-Moorhead 23 48 .324 32½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Wichita
43 29 .597 —
Joplin
39 31 .557
3
Laredo
38 35 .521 5½
Amarillo
32 39 .451 10½
Grand Prairie
26 47 .356 17½
Saturday’s Games
Sioux City 2, Sioux Falls 1
Lincoln 7, Gary 6
Grand Prairie 2, Laredo 1
Kansas City 6, Fargo-Moorhead 4
St. Paul 7, Winnipeg 4
Sunday’s Games
Laredo 6, Grand Prairie 0
Lincoln at Gary, 3:10 p.m.
Sioux City at Sioux Falls, 5:05 p.m.
Fargo-Moorhead at Kansas City,
6:05 p.m.
Joplin at Wichita, 6:05 p.m.
Winnipeg at St. Paul, 6:05 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Joplin at Wichita, 8:05 p.m.
Laredo at Grand Prairie, 8:05 p.m.
Sioux City at Sioux Falls, 8:05 p.m.
Fargo-Moorhead at Kansas City,
8:05 p.m.
Winnipeg at St. Paul, 8:05 p.m.
Lincoln at Gary, 8:10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Kansas City at Lincoln, 7:35 p.m.
Rockland at Joplin, 7:35 p.m.
Sioux Falls at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Gary at Fargo-Moorhead, 8:02 p.m.
St. Paul at Sioux City, 8:05 p.m.
Grand Prairie at Wichita, 8:05 p.m.
Amarillo at Laredo, 8:30 p.m.
NASCAR Money Leaders
Through Aug. 2
1. Kevin Harvick, $6,014,731
2. Joey Logano, $5,148,388
3. Jimmie Johnson, $4,752,297
4. Denny Hamlin, $4,304,022
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,135,770
6. Brad Keselowski, $3,866,716
7. Matt Kenseth, $3,861,161
8. Jeff Gordon, $3,771,181
9. Martin Truex Jr., $3,490,306
10. Clint Bowyer, $3,396,858
11. Ryan Newman, $3,334,503
12. Greg Biffle, $3,317,337
13. Jamie McMurray, $3,237,476
14. Aric Almirola, $3,158,646
15. Austin Dillon, $3,081,044
16. Trevor Bayne, $3,022,980
17. AJ Allmendinger, $2,924,820
18. David Ragan, $2,900,155
19. Kyle Larson, $2,875,995
20. Casey Mears, $2,853,825
21. Kasey Kahne, $2,842,229
22. Tony Stewart, $2,839,089
23. Kurt Busch, $2,823,806
24. Sam Hornish Jr., $2,766,543
25. Carl Edwards, $2,689,228
26. Paul Menard, $2,640,505
27. Danica Patrick, $2,547,209
28. David Gilliland, $2,490,987
29. Justin Allgaier, $2,432,250
30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $2,384,966
31. Cole Whitt, $2,342,138
32. Kyle Busch, $2,193,980
33. Landon Cassill, $2,045,951
34. Michael Annett, $2,044,219
35. J.J. Yeley, $1,914,741
36. Alex Bowman, $1,911,554
37. Brett Moffitt, $1,822,183
38. Matt DiBenedetto, $1,650,894
39. Josh Wise, $1,458,381
40. Jeb Burton, $1,268,841
41. Michael McDowell, $1,120,190
42. Ryan Blaney, $1,005,503
43. Alex Kennedy, $751,825
44. Regan Smith, $697,536
45. Mike Bliss, $679,496
46. Brendan Gaughan, $665,928
47. Brian Scott, $622,987
48. Ty Dillon, $615,664
49. Reed Sorenson, $541,758
50. Bobby Labonte, $486,278
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned
1B/OF Chris Parmelee outright to
Norfolk (IL). Agreed to terms with LHP
Nick Additon on a minor league contract.
BOSTON RED SOX — Sent OF
Mookie Betts to Portland (EL) for a
rehab assignment. Designated RHP Justin
Masterson for assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP
Shane Greene to Toledo (IL). Selected
the contract of LHP Tom Gorzelanny
from Toledo.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Released RHP
Roberto Hernandez.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned
INF Cheslor Cuthbert to Omaha (PCL).
Recalled OF Paulo Orlando from Omaha.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned C
Eric Fryer outright to Rochester (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent 2B
Tyler Ladendorf to the AZL Athletics for
a rehab assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Derek
Holland to Frisco (TL) for a rehab
assignment.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned
INF Munenori Kawasaki to Buffalo (IL).
National League
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed
RHP Aaron Barrett on the 15-day DL,
retroactive to Thursday.
American Association
AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS —
Released OF Eric Williams.
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS —
Signed OF Josh Henderson and RHP Joe
McCarty.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released
INF Christian Torres.
ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released RHP
Mikey Mehlich.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released
INF Jerry Gonzalez. Traded RHP Tyler
Heil to Ottawa (Can-Am) for future
considerations.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed OF
Anthony Vega.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND BLUE
CRABS — Traded OF Anthony Vega to
Long Island to complete an earlier trade.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed OF
Charley Thurber.
OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Released
INF Alex A. Nunez.
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed RHP
Coby Cowgill.
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released
RHP Nathaniel Roe and LHP Nicholas
May.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Nickell
Robey to a contract extension.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived LB
Darius Eubanks and TE Kevin Haplea.
Signed TE Manasseh Garner and DB Joe
Rankin.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB
Eric Patterson.
COLLEGE
FLORIDA — Announced RB Adam
Lane will transfer.
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Released
RHP Bud Norris.
BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled INF
Deven Marrero from Pawtucket (IL).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to
terms with OF John Mayberry Jr. on a
minor league contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Assigned
LHP Michael Roth outright to Columbus
(IL). Placed RHP Cody Anderson on
the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Tyler Holt
to Columbus. Recalled OF Abraham
Almonte and RHP Shawn Armstrong
from Columbus.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Transferred
RHP Samuel Deduno to the 60-day DL.
Optioned RHP Asher Wojciechowski to
Fresno (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated C
Eric Fryer for assignment. Optioned RHP
Tyler Duffey to Rochester (IL). Recalled
C Chris Herrmann and RHP A.J. Achter
from Rochester. Sent OF Byron Buxton
to Rochester for a rehab assignment.
Agreed to terms with RHPs Omar
Bencomo and Nick Anderson on minor
league contracts.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent LHP
Sean Doolittle to Stockton (Cal) for a
rehab assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned OF
Ryan Rua to Round Rock (PCL). Agreed
to terms with RHP Ross Ohlendorf on a
minor league contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded SS
Dawel Lugo to Arizona for INF Cliff
Pennington and cash.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS —
Optioned RHP Allen Webster to Reno
(PCL). Selected the contracts of 3B
Jamie Romak and LHP Keith Hessler
from Reno.
ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled OF
Todd Cunningham from Gwinnett (IL).
Optioned OF Todd Cunningham and SS
Daniel Castro from Gwinnett (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned OF Matt
Szczur to Iowa (PCL). Placed C David
Ross on the bereavement list. Reinstated
C Miguel Montero from the 15-day DL.
AKRON, Ohio (AP)
— Shane Lowry began
daydreaming
Sunday
morning about lifting the
Bridgestone Invitational
trophy on the 18th green,
and then he would quickly
return to reality because he
knew there was a long day
ahead with world-class
players all around him.
Turns out he was right.
He just never could
have dreamed how it unfolded.
Lowry hooked one tee
shot so far left that he was
given a free drop because
the 11th tee box was in
the way. He opened the
face of a pitching wedge
to hit over a 50-foot tree
and made birdie. Lowry
finished the biggest round
of his career with a sand
wedge that he hammered
through a tree on the 18th
to just over 10 feet for a
closing birdie.
Not to be overlooked
were two huge par saves
that carried him to a 4-under 66 and a two-shot victory over Bubba Watson.
"It's fairly special to do
that against such a good
field, to shoot bogey-free
66 on a golf course like
that," Lowry said. "I know
it will stay with me now
for the rest of my career.
I've done everything I
needed to do today."
Watson also closed
with a 66. Jim Furyk and
Justin Rose, who shared
the 54-hole lead, fell behind on the front nine and
couldn't catch the 28-yearold Irishman. Both closed
with a 72 and tied for
third.
Lowry produced a flawless card and a full supply
of fist pumps for his biggest victory. He won the
Irish Open in 2009 as an
amateur, and then added
the Portugal Masters three
years later. He wasn't even
sure he was in the Bridgestone Invitational until he
narrowly qualified at No.
48 in the world.
He became the first nonPGA Tour member to win
a World Golf Championship since Martin Kaymer
at the 2011 HSBC Champions. Lowry moved to
No. 19 in the world and
plans to play both tours
next year.
"To beat those guys
down the stretch on a
golf course like this ...
it just shows a lot about
my game, that's it good
enough to compete at any
level," Lowry said.
Lowry had a one-shot
lead when Furyk made his
second bogey on the front
nine, but the Irishman appeared to be in trouble
with a wild hook off the
10th tee. Instead, he powered a wedge as high as
he could, over a tree and
listened for the gallery's
roar to hear the results. It
plopped down and rolled
to within tap-in range for
a birdie that gave him control, and he never let up.
Just as important as
his birdies were two pars
on the back nine when he
was trying to steady his
nerves.
Lowry found a deep
bunker left of the 14th fairway, came up short of the
green and faced an 18-foot
par putt that he buried to
stay two shots ahead. Watson was up to his old theatrics with a shot out of the
trees to 6 feet for birdie on
the 17th to get within one
shot. Lowry, playing two
groups behind him, pulled
his approach on the 17th
and faced a tough chip
from behind the green and
he could only get within 6
feet. He holed that for another big par to keep his
cushion.
"I was just trying to
make two pars coming in
after I saw Bubba make
his birdie on 17," Lowry
said. "The up-and-down
on 17 was probably the
biggest up-and-down of
the week considering the
circumstances."
Lowry finished at
11-under 269 and earned
$1.57 million, along with
a PGA Tour card for the
next three years. He had
been a special temporary
member.
Watson was stunned
that two wedges down the
stretch bounced so hard on
the greens and took away
reasonable birdie chances
— one on the par-5 16th
and on the closing hole after a drive that rolled out
nearly 380 yards.
"I nipped it, took paint
off the ball and cut it with
a 63-degree lob wedge
and it just bounced," Watson said. "Now knowing
that if I had hit the tree, it
spins more on 18. That's
what I should have done.
Tell Lowry that was unbelievable."
Furyk and Rose were
annoyed for different reasons — Furyk because
he's not hitting the ball
very well, Rose because
he is.
"I'm playing better than
anyone in the world right
now tee-to-green," Rose
said. "So hopefully, it's a
big-boy golf course next
week and the long game
really helps me out. I just
(need to) putt a little bit
better and give myself another chance."
Furyk was concerned
about the way he was hitting the ball earlier in the
week and said his flaws
were covered up by great
putting. He couldn't rely
on it Sunday.
"The last 27 holes, not
only didn't I hit it well, I
hit the ball very poorly,"
he said. "We've got some
work to do."
Masters and U.S. Open
champion Jordan Spieth
closed with a 66 and tied
for 10th, his fifth straight
top 10 during a stretch in
which he has won four
times.
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MONDAY
AUGUST 10, 2015
Area
Schedule
Football
Two-a-Days
Monday, Aug. 3rdAug. 14th
Practices begin at
6:30 am
Saturday
Aug.15th
Football
Canadian at
Borger (Scrmg)
11:00 am,
Bulldog Stadium
Friday
Aug. 7th
Volleyball
Borger News -Herald
Cruz’s bat, Hernandez’s
arm boost Mariners over Rangers
SEATTLE (AP) — Streaking Nelson Cruz
hit his 33rd home run and Felix Hernandez
earned his 14th win Sunday, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Texas Rangers 4-2.
Cruz tied Angels star Mike Trout for most
homers in the majors this season. Hernandez (14-6) is tied for the most wins in the big
leagues.
Cruz extended his hitting streak to 19
games, tying a career best, with his solo shot
off Colby Lewis (12-5) in the sixth. The Seattle slugger is batting .422 with 11 home runs,
six doubles and 15 RBIs during the streak.
The homer was Cruz's seventh home run in
his last nine games. He has gotten an extrabase hit in nine straight games, one behind the
team record set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993.
Hernandez pitched seven innings, giving
up two runs and six hits. He struck out five
and walked one.
Since 2014, Hernandez is 15-4 with a 2.38
in 29 starts against AL West opponents. In his
last six home starts against the AL West, he is
6-0 with a 1.49 ERA.
Carson Smith worked the ninth for his 12th
save in 14 opportunities.
Lewis worked eight innings his first complete game, allowing five hits, walking one
and striking out six.
Jesus Montero hit a two-run homer off
Lewis in the fourth.
The Rangers scored a run in the second on
Rougned Odor's slicing RBI double just inside the left-field line. Hernandez's wild pitch
in the third gave the Ranges a 2-0 lead.
The Mariners got one back in the third on
Ketel Marte's single for his first career RBI.
Prince Fielder, 0 for 17 in his career against
Hernandez, singled in his first two at-bats
against him.
Texas manager Jeff Banister was ejected by
plate umpire Lance Barrett in the eighth for
excessive arguing from the dugout. It was his
third season ejection.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mariners: LHP James Paxton, on the DL
since May 29 with a strained left middle finger, threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session be-
The second week of
football two-a-days begins today
Borger
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Jv at 10 am
9th at 10 am,
vs West Texas/
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at
West Texas High
Sanford-Fritch at
West Texas vs
WT, Borger, &
Holy Cross(Scrmg)
9th, JV, & Varsity
Saturday
Aug. 8th
Volleyball
Borger
Varsity at 10 am
Jv at 10 am
9th at 10 am
Amarillo High/
Dumas
at
Amarillo High
Sanford-Fritch at
West Texas vs
WT, Palo Duro,
9th, JV, & Varsity
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The second week of two-a-day practices for the Borger Bulldog football team
begins today with the August 15th scrimmage against Canadian this upcoming
Saturday here in Borger. (photo by Don Rice)
Spieth closes with 66
in final round before PGA
AKRON, Ohio (AP)
— If the rest of the year
is any indication, Jordan
Spieth is trending in the
right direction heading to
the final major of the year.
Spieth closed with a
4-under 66 on Sunday at
the Bridgestone Invitational, his last round before heading to Whistling
Straits for the PGA Championship.
Spieth had a 70 and lost
in a playoff at the Shell
Houston Open the week
before he won the Masters.
He shot 65 to tie for third
at the Memorial in his final start before he won the
U.S. Open. And he shot
68 to win the John Deere
Classic before he went to
the British Open.
Spieth missed out on a
playoff by one shot at St.
Andrews to end his bid for
the Grand Slam.
"I think it helps a lot,"
Spieth said. "We seem
to have nice timing with
where we're trending upward this year. Whether
that's the plan we put in
place or it's dumb luck,
one of the two, I'll take it.
This golf course just may
not be the best fit for me.
But going off today and
that second round (68),
that felt like I'd have been
at 10 under through those
two rounds anywhere else.
So that's how I'm looking
at it.
"I'm looking at it as a
nice solid week, and I'll
really just try and feed off
of this round more than
anything."
Spieth will try next week
to become the first player
to win all the Americanbased majors in the same
year. Tiger Woods was the
last to have that chance,
and he finished one shot
behind Rich Beem in the
2002 PGA Championship.
The 22-year-old Texan
took himself out of contention with a 72 on Saturday that put him nine shots
behind. He accomplished
one goal Sunday — he finally hit the green in regulation on the par-5 second
hole, the easiest hole at
Firestone. He hit 6-iron
to 18 feet and narrowly
missed an eagle putt.
Spieth said his game
feels about the same as it
did going to St. Andrews,
and that he might be even
more confident based on
the way he drove the ball
at Firestone. Then again,
he also realizes the PGA
Championship is still
four days away and "that
can change in a couple of
days."
His coach, Cameron
McCormick, was to meet
up with him in Wisconsin
to go over a few things.
The first big test comes
Tuesday when Spieth and
Justin Thomas take on
Phil Mickelson and Rickie
Fowler in a practice round
with more than pride on
the line. They last time
this group played was at
the U.S. Open at Pinehurst
No. 2.
Spieth might be pulling
out all the tricks.
"I'm going to try to
get the U.S. Open trophy
flown in so I can sit it on
the front of each green for
Phil," Spieth said. "That's
just dishing it back. We'll
see if we can get somebody to carry it around.
It's the first time I have
something on him."
Cowboys banner flies over Eagles practice
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— A banner supporting
the Dallas Cowboys flew
over Eagles practice during the national anthem on
military appreciation day
Sunday.
The banner read: "WE
STILL DEM BOYZ!
#SACKSCOMIN!" The
Dallas Morning News reported Greg Hardy paid
$300 to help fund the project.
Hardy is suspended
for the first four games of
the season for a domestic violence incident. The
26-year-old defensive end
is new to the CowboysEagles rivalry after playing his first five seasons
for Carolina.
fore the game. There is still no timetable for
his next step. OF Franklin Gutierrez missed
his second game with flu-like symptoms.
Rangers: The club is expected to recall
RHP Keone Kela from Double-A Frisco on
Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Mariners: LHP Vidal Nuno (0-0, 2.88) is
looking for his first win with the Mariners,
having been acquired June 3 in a trade with
Colorado and promoted July 9. In three appearances against Baltimore two starts he is
0-2 with an 11.17 ERA, all with the Yankees.
Rangers: The club has its second off day
Monday within a five-day period, providing a
respite for the rotation. RHP Yovani Gallardo
(8-9, 3.47) will be working on his sixth day
between starts Tuesday at Minnesota. He is
1-3 with a 5.45 ERA in his last seven starts.
He won his previous start, last Wednesday,
4-3 over Houston, going five innings, giving
up four hits and three runs.
Joey Logano wins at Watkins
Glen, saves fuel this time
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.
(AP) — Joey Logano kept
his foot on the gas pedal a
little bit longer than usual
after taking the checkered
flag at Watkins Glen International, a huge cloud
of smoke wafting toward
victory lane.
This time he had more
than enough left in the
tank of his No. 22 Ford.
"It makes up a lot for
last week," Logano said
Sunday after notching his
first Sprint Cup victory on
a road course and second
of the season. He also won
the season-opening Daytona 500.
"It's nice it played out
this time. We may not
have had the fastest race
car, but the execution of
the day is what won us this
race. What goes around
comes around, I guess."
A week after running
out of gas while leading at
Pocono with three laps to
go, Logano passed Kevin
Harvick on the final turn
of the 90-lap race as Harvick ran dry.
Logano completed the
first NASCAR weekend
sweep at the track after
winning the Xfinity race
Saturday. He also gave
Roger Penske his first Cup
victory at The Glen.
"It means an awful lot to
Team Penske," team vice
chairman Walt Czarnecki
said. "I believe this is
our winningest track in
the whole history of our
company going back to
the Trans-Am and CanAm, so this is particularly
meaningful for us."
Kyle Busch, who ran
out of fuel on the last lap at
Pocono while leading, finished second and moved
to 30th in points, the cutoff to make the Chase for
the Sprint Cup title as he
continued his remarkable
surge.
"I had a chance. I
could've raced the 22," said
Busch, six points ahead of
Cole Whitt and just one
behind Justin Allgaier. "I
felt like I was better than
he was, but my crew chief
(Adam Stevens) called in
scared on the fuel situation
from last week and I don't
blame him. We didn't want
to do the same thing."
Harvick coasted home
third, Matt Kenseth was
fourth, and Kurt Busch
fifth. Clint Bowyer, Brad
Keselowski, Carl Edwards,
Sam Hornish Jr. and Jimmie Johnson rounded out
the top 10.
Tony Stewart, who
qualified third, was competing at Watkins Glen for
the first time after missing the previous two Cup
races at the track. He was
nursing a broken right leg
two years ago and sat out
last year's race after the
sprint car he was driving
in a race at nearby Canandaigua struck and killed
20-year-old driver Kevin
Ward Jr. the night before
Stewart was scheduled to
race at Watkins Glen.
On Friday, Stewart
again had to revisit that
tragedy. Attorneys representing the Ward family filed a wrongful death
lawsuit against Stewart,
another hurdle in what
has been a season without
much hope until recently,
and Sunday marked the
one-year anniversary of
Ward's death.
Stewart, a five-time
winner at The Glen, was
greeted warmly by fans
during driver introductions but finished last after
his car broke a rear gear
midway through the 90lap race.
In the last road race of
his NASCAR career, Jeff
Gordon had brake problems and finished 41st
to take another big hit in
points.
The race turned on
strategy. Martin Truex Jr.,
who started second, pitted
after a red flag just past the
midpoint of the race as the
top drivers stayed out.
Harvick, who pitted
two laps before Truex,
then gained the lead on a
restart on Lap 61, passing
Kenseth and pulling out to
a lead of over a half-second with Truex third.
Harvick's crew told him
he was two laps short on
fuel as the race wound
down, but he did enough
conserving to salvage a
podium finish.
"I thought I'd done a
pretty good job of saving
fuel under the caution,"
Harvick said. "Really, I
was just running as fast as
I needed to. Once the 22
got there, I had to pick up
the pace."
Truex's chances disappeared when he suffered a
flat left front tire and was
forced to pit with 22 laps
left around the 2.45-mile
natural terrain course. He
finished 25th.
Busch had to pit from
the lead with just over 30
laps left and dropped deep
in the field. He then steadily mounted an aggressive
charge back and got past
Harvick for second after
the final turn.