Mountain DispatchJeff Davis County

Sep. 25, 2014Vol. 30, No. 39 75 cents

FORT DAVISDate High Low Prec.Sep. 18 87 64 .05 "Sep. 19 83 62 .84"Sep. 20 75 62 .62"Sep. 21 81 48 .33"Sep. 22 80 51Sep. 23 75 60Sep. 24 81 59

Sep. 18 89 66 .07"Sep. 19 88 67 .05"Sep. 20 89 64Sep. 21 86 62 .02"Sep. 22 79 67Sep. 23 82 63Sep. 24 83 63

Sep. 18 84 67 .02"Sep. 19 78 59 .60"Sep. 20 80 59 .11"Sep. 21 75 59 .11"Sep. 22 78 57 .96"Sep. 23 68 54Sep. 24 73 55

Sep. 18 85 66 .09"Sep. 19 82 63 .46"Sep. 20 73 58 .36"Sep. 21 59 55 .39"Sep. 22 84 55Sep. 23 75 57Sep. 24 80 59

VALENTINEDate High Low Prec.

DAVIS MOUNTAINSRESORT

Date High Low Prec.

McDONALD OBSERVATORYDate High Low Prec.

FORT DAVIS - The Fort DavisChamber of Commerce will host the3rd Annual Fort Davis Frontier andMule Daze this weekend.

The event will feature an actionpacked family-oriented weekend com-plete with mule rodeo, match races,mule sales, fun donkey events, don-key adoptions, cabrito cookoff, west-ern performers, a frontier parade, adance, great food and animals andcrafts on the townsquare.

The Mule Rodeo will be Fridayand Saturday at noon at the Evan'sRanch just outside Fort Davis. Therodeo includes fun events like theWorld Champion Mom's Race, wildcow milking, adult and kid's bootraces, calf scramble, barrel racing,steer dobbing, a cabrito cookoff, teamroping and much more.

Anyone wishing to participatein any of the rodeo or weekend eventsshould call Skeet or Connie Boyd at307-660-6932 or 307-660- 6840.

Saturday morning festivitiesstart with a parade along the old Over-land Trail.

The parade will begin at thefort's exit gate on Fort Street and con-tinue on Front Street to the court-house. This parade has as its goal torepresent the history of the PioneerDays in Fort Davis, both of the townand the Fort, from the mid 1800s to1891.

Every parade entry is asked tobe in period dress, and no motor ve-hicles are allowed (except designatedby committee).

Horses, mules, donkeys, live-stock animals are welcomed and willbe spread throughout the parade.Carriages, carts and wagons drawn byanimals are sought out and desired.

Fun activities are planned forSaturday on the townsquare. Live en-tertainment will resonate for the morn-ing hours, as the silent auction, vend-ers, booths and animals will be on sale

Fort Davis Frontierand Mule Daze this

weekend!

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY - A trioof Odessans is being charged with agrowing list of crimes after one of themwas rescued Monday following anordeal that lasted two days and in-cluded large numbers of local, stateand federal officers and volunteers inone of the most remote parts of theDavis Mountains.

The 19-year-old girl who wasrescued is recovering in an Odessahospital after treatment for a brokenankle and other injuries she receivedin a fall down into the rocks in therugged Hell's Canyon on the McElroyand Fox Canyon country towards thenorthern end of the county.

Her two companions, mean-while, have been charged and are notout on bond. Both Cameron Evans,18, and Roberto Sanchez Mata, 20,have been charged with trespassingand illegal possession of a weapon.Other charges are pending.

The girl, Kista Franco, has notbeen charged, but will be when she isreleased from the hospital, accordingto Jeff Davis County Sheriff RickMcIvor.

While the case is still being in-vestigated, it is believed the threedrove to the area on ranch roads andhiked into the mountains.

At about 9 am, Sunday one ofthe three hiked out of the mountainsand was able to find cell service tocall for help.

Jeff Davis County emergencyservices personnel and volunteerfirefighters, along with McIvor, werethe first to respond.

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Robert Poenisch (left) and Vicki Fowler prepare Odessan KistaFranco for her ride up the mountain in Hell's Canyon Sunday.The injured woman was at the bottom of the canyon after a falland volunteers were there overnight in the rain to rescue her.

Firefighters and lawmen haul an injured woman and EMTs up100 feet of mountain wall Sunday before heavy rains came inand kept the group on the mountain for a long, wet, cold night

Courtney Stephens

Kylie Glidewell

Third annual Fort DavisFrontier and Mule Dazegoes through weekend

Madisen Chambers

Cali Porter

MADISEN BREIANE CHAM-BERS, a senior, is the daughter ofSandra and Tony Chambers.

Madisen is involved in manyactivites at school. She is a memberof the National Honor Society, StudentCouncil and UIL Academics.

She plays volleyball, tennis andbasketball. She has been a Regionalqualifier two times in tennis and hasbeen a member of the First Team AllDistrict in both volleyball and basket-ball. She is also a Cheerleader and wasa candidate for the All American team.

When not practicing sports,Madisen enjoys going to SkylineDrive, hiking the Davis Mountains andwatching Teen Mom 2.

Her favorite saying is, "Get richor die trying."

Madisen plans on attending col-lege to study animal science and to dowhat she loves for the rest of her life.

Madisen will be escorted byBryan Martinez for the pep rally fes-tivities and Jerry Dumas during thehomecoming coronation.

KYLIE NICOLE GLIDEWELL,a senior, is the daughter of ArleneGuerrero and Michael Glidewell.

Kylie is a Student Council Rep-resentative, a member of the SpanishClub and a member of the NationalHonor Society.

She plays volleyball and hasbeen named to the second team AllDistrict during her high school career.She also plays basketball, being namedto the Honorable Mention All District

Fort Davis Homecoming 2014FORT DAVIS - Homecoming

activities for Fort Davis High Schoolcontinue this evening with the paradeat 7 pm followed by the bonfire at thecounty park.

On Friday, the pep rally will beat 2:15 followed by the junior highgame against Buena Vista at 4:30 pm.

The high school game withBuena Vista starts at 7:30 and a dancein Dirks Anderson Elementary Gym-nasium is planned after the game.

On Saturday the weekend con-tinues with district vollebyall hereagainst McCamey starting at 1 pm.

The Homecoming Court candi-dates for homecoming queen are se-niors Madisen Chambers, KylieGlidewell and Courtney Stephens andjunior Cali Porter.

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Mountain rescue turns into cold, wet night for Fort Davis crew

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Mule Daze . . .From page one

WRITE-INMARY ANN LUEDECKE

for

Justice of the Peace Nov. 4 Election

I would consider it an honorand privilege to serve you.

Thank you for your votes andsupport!

Pol. Adv. Pd. by Mary Ann Luedecke, John Luedeke Treasurer

FORT DAVIS – The Fort DavisLions Club, in conjunction with theLions Eyeglass Recycling Center ofOdessa, will conduct free eye exami-nations for qualifying students at theelementary school in Fort Davis Oct.3 at 8:30 am.

During this time, the recyclersfrom Odessa will pick up used eye-glasses from the Lions recycle box inthe lobby of the post office here.

Anyone with used eyeglassesfor donation for this cause, pleasedrop them off at the post office be-fore Oct. 4.

Editor's Note: The following story, written by Sarah Vasquez of the BigBend Sentinel, is reprinted here with permission. The story involves RickHerrman, a Jeff Davis County resident who was a candidate for Jeff DavisCounty judge in the primary elections last spring. He was defeated by JeffDavis County Peace Justice Fred Granado and later in the spring was ap-pointed county auditor for Presidio County by District Judge Roy Ferguson.After a rocky few months in office, he unexpectedly resigned this weekend.

PRESIDIO COUNTY - It's now official that Rick Herrman resigned fromhis position as Presidio County Auditor, but what raised some eyebrows thisweek was how the news made the rounds among county officials.

Herrman's resignation was first reported early Monday morning in anunattributed broadcast by Tom Michael for MarfaPublic Radio.

When asked at about 9:30am Monday, CountyJudge Paul Hunt said he heard the rumor aboutHerrman, but hadn't received official word yet. Witha quick glance at his email, Hunt discovered an emailsent to him from Megan McIntire, Program Man-ager for the Public Policy Research Institute in Col-lege Station, who forwarded another email fromBryan E. Wilson, Grants Administrator for TexasIndigent Defense Commission, letting McIntireknow that Herrman had resigned.

Wilson's email copied another email from Herrman that simply states, "Iresigned as Presidio County auditor. Thanks for your assistance and contin-ued best wishes." It was sent on Sunday, Sep. 21, at 6:52am.

Herrman had initially contacted Wilson in regard to a grant he wasseeking for Presidio County. This email is the only confirmation Hunt receivedon Monday about Herrman's resignation.

Most county employees heard the news about the resignation in an-other email from Herrman to a county employee, but again, there was noofficial statement. Hunt informed two of the county commissioners, Eloy Arandaand Lorenzo Hernandez, during announcements at Monday's budget work-shop. County Commissioners Buddy Knight and Jim White were not present.

"Although I don't have satisfactory notice, it appears that the CountyAuditor has resigned his position," Hunt said at the budget workshop.

At the commissioners courts' public hearing and meeting Sep. 23,Hernandez asked Hunt if he heard any confirmation from 394th State JudicialDistrict Court Judge Roy Ferguson, who appointed Herrman. Hunt repliedthat he hadn't.

Herrman told The Presidio International and Big Bend Sentinel "nocomment" about his resignation in a brief email.

Hernandez asked who Herrman would have tendered a resignation, andHunt said he assumed it would be Ferguson. Ferguson used his authorityunder state law to appoint a county auditor in April after the county receivedan adverse opinion for the 2012 audit, the lack of a 2013 audit, missing recordsthat were later found, and the then-financial condition of the county.

After being contacted by the Sentinel and the International, Fergusonstated in an email on Tuesday that he accepted the resignation of Herrmanthat was submitted Sep. 19.

"Pursuant to Texas law, I am in the process of seeking a qualified suc-cessor, and am opening the application period, effective immediately," Fergusonsaid in the email. "I am working diligently to complete this process as expedi-tiously as possible."

The timing of Herrman's resignation is curious as it occurred shortlybefore the county was scheduled to approve the 2015 budget. Since thebeginning of his brief tenure, one of Herrman's first initiatives with the 2015budget was an across-the-board 10 percent budget cut that was met withpushback from the elected department heads. The cuts would have also in-cluded salary decreases for elected officials.

Vicki Fowler, Robert Poenischand McIvor were some of the first tofind Franco, who had fallen into therocks deep in the canyon.

Fowler, director of the county'sEMS, said because of the location, ahelicopter would be needed to get theinjured woman out of the canyon.

That canyon had walls of about100 feet and at the bottom was onlyabout 30 feet wide. Helicopters fromboth the DPS and from the BorderPatrol were used to transport the EMSpersonnel, firefighters and law en-forcement to the scene.

"We were flown in by helicop-ter, then had to hike down about a 1/4of a mile to the canyon lip and thenhad to climb down to get access toher," explained EMT Mike Ward, an-other Jeff Davis County volunteer.

The crew began putting to-gether the ropes that would be neededto haul Franco out of the canyon tothe top - where one of the helicopterscould take her out, along with thosewho were there to make the rescuehappen.

"After hauling her up out of thecanyon we still had to pack her out tothe landing zone for the helicopter(about a quarter mile up a steep grade).Unfortunately we missed thehelicopter's daylight limit by five min-utes, so we were stuck on the side ofthe mountain for the night," Wardsaid.

What happened next made mat-ters far worse - the cloudy, misty dayturned to driving rain - and the groupof 17 EMS and volunteer firefightersthat included McIvor and state gamewardens was suddenly on their ownwithout the air support that had

most of the day.All artists or craft persons are

encouraged to make "all things mule"and put creativity to work. Saturdayat noon, the cabrito cookoff will be-gan and anyone at the rodeo can havea free sampler of the home cooking.

Saturday night behind theUnion, Craig Carter will be playingwestern music with his Spur of the Mo-ment Band and folks can dance underthe stars of a clear west Texas sky.

Local residents are invited toshow support for this event by par-ticipating and dressing in western at-tire for the weekend.

I would like to thank everyone for the prayers, calls,visits and donations after the death of my daughter,

Leslie. Special thanks to Arlene Guerrero, Maria andManny Dutchover and Poco Mexico for the meal, andthe Church of Christ members and Greg and MyraMeads for the use of their fellowship hall for the

meal. Also to all the people of the community for allthe wonderful food and support and special thanks tothe Davis Mountains Resort Community Church andPastor Lloyd Lowe for all of the meals, kind words

and support.Donna Trammell

CALI MORGAN PORTER, a junior, is the daughter of Jim and LuanePorter.

Cali is a member of the National Honor Society. She has also served asvice president and secretary of the Student Council. She is a member of theSpanish Club, FFA and FCA. She has also served her class as president forthree years.

Cali runs cross country, plays volleyball and basketball and participatesin track. She has been named to the First Team All District in volleyball andSecond Team All District in basketball. She was a Regional qualifier in shot putand both the 800 and 1600 meters relays.

Cali enjoys hunting, fishing, reading, riding horses, playing sports, vol-unteering at the vet clinic, working cattle, painting nails and hanging withfriends.

Her favorite saying is, "Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be indread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will notleave you or forsake you." Deut. 31:6.

Cali plans on attending Texas A & M University to pursue a career in

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brought them to the canyon.Because of that weather and

darkness, the helicopters were shutdown and the 17 were there for thenight - a cold, wet night with tempera-tures down into the 40s and a drivingrain for the better part of six hours.

"All 17 of us spent the night inthe open with no shelter, and most ofus were in short-sleeve shirts and nojackets," said Fowler. "The rain wasabsolutely relentless. Some of the mengot a fire going, from wood that theygathered using only a machete thatwas on the friend of our patient thatwas either green or wet, and they keptthat fire going throughout thenight.....in rain that poured for over sixhours. Not sprinkled or misted.....itpoured, non-stop," she said.

Ward said, "None of us was pre-pared for the night. The call started at9 am and we never dreamed we wouldbe out over night. So we set up whatlittle of a camp we could and then therains came, and came and came. If wehad not been able to get a camp firestarted the outcome of this incidentwould have been a whole lot worse forall of us.

"No food, no water, cold andwet. The temperature was in the 40sand we spent most of the night likerotisserie chickens turning about the

fire in several inches of mud."During the night we could hear

the canyon full of rushing water. Atleast we were not down there," he said.

When dawn came, the fog set in- and stayed until after the noon hour.Finally at about 1:30 the fog liftedenough to allow the helicopters backin to begin the process of taking theinjured girl and the crew out.

"This was by far the most diffi-cult rescue I've ever been involved in,"said veteran Paramedic Fowler, whoalong with Poenisch, Ward, MattMiles, McIvor and Game Warden JimPorter were some of the last to put awrap on the ordeal Monday night.

Fowler added, "Access was dif-ficult, the extrication of the patient in-credibly dangerous. Most of us stoodfor almost the entire night, becausethere was just nowhere to sit thatwasn't a pool of water. Everyoneworked incredibly well together;looked out for each other.

"I am so incredibly proud toserve with such an amazing group ofpeople - people who are willing to dropwhatever they are doing, cancel what-ever plans they had made when thecall for help comes in. Fort Davis EMSand Fort Davis VFD may be small innumbers, but we are large in skills andheart!"

Herrman checks it to Presidio CountyRescue . . . From page one

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team.Kylie was a Regional qualifier in cross country and also a Regional quali-

fier in golf.In her off time, Kylie enjoys camping, drawing and painting and sports.She plans on attending college after her high school graduation.Her brother, Neil Glidewell, will be her escort for the pep rally. Gustavo

Guerrero will be escorting her during the homecoming coronation.

Homecoming . . . From page one

Lions sponsoring freeeye exams here Oct. 3

Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch, Sep. 25, 2014, Page 3

Switchin' Fliesby Barney Nelson

This Weekin Texas History

byBartee Haile

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My grandma once gave me a box of her handwritten recipes. Theyquickly became a treasure. Grandma Bess was an old Iowa farm wife whoraised and preserved everything her family ate except coffee, sugar, and whiteflour.

They ground corn at the mill in town into cornmeal, but didn't raisewheat. They raised and butchered their own chickens, hogs, and calves, andmilked several cows.

Gram raised a huge garden surrounded by fruit trees, canning every-thing. They also fished and hunted and foraged through the timber for nuts,berries, morels, and watercress.

Gram's recipes are simple. Her few exotic flavorings were lemon juice,cinnamon, or Musselman's apple sauce.

She made her own apple sauce, so if a recipe calls for "Musselman's,"better find some. Most simply use salt and pepper or vinegar.

She even made candy from vinegar: "be sure to use cider vinegar."Vinegar taffy was my favorite (although not for anyone with loose teeth orfillings). Two cups of sugar, l/3 teaspoon of cream of tartar, l/2 cup of vinegar,and a pinch of salt; boil to hard ball stage, cool on a buttered plate, butter yourhands and pull until satiny and roll into tiny bite-sized balls.

I have that one memorized although I haven'tmade it in 30 years.

She often forgot to write down a measure-ment, saying "heat butter until melted" without say-ing how much butter . . . and it was hand-churnedbutter that she had salted herself.

On the other hand, she was quite particularabout fruit and never simply says apples, but speci-fies "medium apples (Jonathan) peeled and sliced."

For her crab apple pickles, she says, "Selectcrabs, not too ripe, Dolga was ours or Honey crabs are good too. (Some don'thold shape).

Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wisconsin has the only Dolga crabtrees I have heard of. Do you get this catalogue?" She always included tips,"Wash and check for worms (only perfect fruit will do)." Saying "cut outblossom end and around the stem" she meant to leave the stem attached.

At 23, using her recipe for cracked wheat bread, I once beat all the oldladies at the Shackelford County Fair. My instructions read, "Don't make ittoo stiff. It's too dry. It shouldn't be sticky either . . . Anyway--it takes practiceand I guess I've had plenty of that. Good luck."

She instructs me to "scald" the milk, something no longer necessaryfor pasteurized milk, but I still do it because it makes a difference in the texture.

She was famous for her cookies and what she called "coffee cakes,"which were various combinations of her bread dough, sugar, butter, and cin-namon. Changing the shape, adding an egg, or some wild strawberry jamwould make a huge difference.

On one she gives me a slight break, "Can use frozen bread dough(now), just as good and less work." She'd make one of these "quick" breadswhen tired men came in from the fields or she took it to them for the mid-morning coffee break. She was an aroma therapist on cold winter mornings.

I never mastered her cookies and found out why when I took myown eleven-year-old daughter to visit her in Iowa not long before she died.They baked oatmeal cookies together while I eavesdropped.

Gram had faithfully copied the recipe for me, but as they followed it,Gram would say, "I think that's too much sugar, don't you? Let's just use halfof that." Or "I like cinnamon, don't you? Let's double that."

She often gives encouragement (tinged with a tiny guilt trip). On therecipe for her "8-day Bread and Butter Pickles (extra good)" she writes: "Thissounds like a lot of work, but it is just a little every morning. These are so goodand crisp as ice.

Be sure cukes are freshly picked." So I only made them when I raised myown and never dishonored her by trying to make them with store-boughtcukes, and they were a lot of work!

On her recipe for "Green Snap Beans (that keep)" she writes "These arethe beans you and Dick liked to eat right out of the jar on the farm." So herrecipes also bring back memories.

Today I treasure not just the recipes, but her handwriting as well.She never crossed T's at the end of a word, but made sort of a V out of them.She underlined important words and almost always included a parenthetical"aside" of some kind.

Her handwriting makes me hear her voice. Most kids today see fewpeople's handwriting. So I wonder what will trigger their grandmother's memoryfor them.

Editor:"We hide, you don't seek, but vote for us anyway, because...hmm,

because...um, because we're not Barack Obama."That's the 2014 campaign strategy for Texas Republicans. They avoid

debating Democratic opponents or participate in debates of limited viewingavailability. They must know they have nothing of substance to offer mostTexans and Texas businesses.

Instead, they rely on attack ads laced with lies, innuendo and smears ofthe President, funded by billionaires like the Koch brothers, whose intereststhey serve.

That was evident in Friday's gubernatorial debate between SenatorWendy Davis and Attorney General Greg Abbott.

I betcha didn't even see that debate which flashed for one hour acrossdifficult-to-locate viewing screens. But Davis took on Abbott on our behalf.Background: When more than $5 billion was cut from public education in2011, Wendy Davis tried to stop it with a filibuster.

School districts across the state sued Texas and, as Attorney General,Abbott defended the State against the schools. A judge has now ruled theschool funding unconstitutional but Abbott is appealing.

In the debate, Davis called the cuts what they are, harmful and stupid.Abbott pretended he had to continue the appeal when in truth he can drop itat any time and direct the legislature to properly fund our schools.

Regarding the immigration issue of refugee families and unaccompa-nied children, Abbott repeated the tea party myth that our border is insecurewhen it has never been as secure as it is today.

He pretended President Obama's leniency for DREAMers was whatdrew families from Central America when that's not the case. Abbott sup-ported Rick Perry's grandstand of sending practically useless troopers to theborder.

Wendy Davis, on the other hand, said she supported secure bordersand the Federal responsibility, but she would first ASK the border communi-ties what they needed to handle the influx of refugees. There's a novel idea!She seeks humane and practical solutions while Abbott just wants to grand-stand and lie about President Obama.

There were other issues discussed I'll have to relate later, as I've reachedthe word limit. However, I laughed with Davis when, during the segmentwhere candidates ask each other questions, Abbott asked Davis if she regret-ted voting for President Obama--as if that had anything to do with a TexasGovernor's job!

Bottom line: Vote for the "best man for the job," which in this case isclearly the woman, Wendy Davis.

Mary Bell LockhartAlpine

MARFA – Roy Clell Melvin, 60,of Marfa, died Sep. 17, 2014, at his resi-dence.

Graveside services were atHillcrest Cemetery in Fort Davis Sep.22, 2014. Pastor Jose Cordero offici-ated. Alpine Memorial Funeral Homeis in charge of arrangements.

M r .Melvin wasborn in Pecoson Oct. 17,1953, to Jackand JimmieMelvin. Hewas a self- em-ployed heavyequipment op-erator and a truck driver.

He is survived by his wifeDoylene Melvin of Marfa; daughterCarnel Flores and husband Pete andtheir children Allison, Sarah, andAbigail of Andrews; sons Jack Melvinand wife Mandy and their childrenTyler and Matthew of Odessa, DavidBarrett and wife Tommye Jo and theirchildren Bo and Brady of Magnolia;sister Lona Gail Thorne and husbandDale and their son Roy Dale of Belton;brothers Jimmy D “Hammer” Melvinand wife Ellen and their children BarbraHaire and husband Lynne and theirchildren Kristofer and Alexa of Lub-bock, Chester Melvin and wife Amyand their daughter Abby of Ely, NVand Michael Melvin of Marfa; great-

POLICE CHIEF GOES OVER TO THE DARK SIDE

After 13 months on the run, a former small-town police chief wantedfor murder and armed robbery was captured in Tennessee on Sep. 27, 1929.

Had Tom Shook always been a crooked cop concealing his crimesbehind a badge? If that was true, he sure had fooled a bunch of peopleduring his eight-year career in law enforcement with different departments inNorth Texas. And the town council in Electra, the Red River boomtownnorthwest of Wichita Falls, would not had hired him as the new chief ofpolice had he not come highly recommended.

Shook lasted no more than a year as Electra's top cop. Whether hewas fired or left of his own accord is unclear eight decades after the fact. Itmay be that the town elders got wind of his after-hours activities and electedto play it safe by terminating his employment or Shook simply resigned topursue a life of crime full-time.

On the night of Aug. 10, 1928, the ex-chief stabbed to death a 42year old father of three. To save the sheriff the trouble of looking for him andto avoid any unpleasantness, Shook turned himself in before sunup.

The very next day, the grand jury indicted him on three separatecounts: murder, armed robbery and burglary. The second charge stemmedfrom the "blowing of a safe" at an Electra movie theater on Jun. 18 and thethird concerned his alleged role in the robbery of the desk clerk at the JeffersonHotel the following night.

The judge denied bail and had Shook transferred to the county jailin Wichita Falls to await trial. But he had no intention of sticking around forhis day in court.

Two weeks later, the disgraced lawman and five other prisonersjumped the jailer as he served them supper. They knocked him out cold, tookhis keys and helped themselves to a safe containing the cash and personalproperty of their fellow inmates before heading out the door.

During Shook's yearlong absence, a jury gave one of his partnersin crime eight years in the penitentiary for his part in the hotel holdup.Former Electra constable Ed Pryor was convicted on the testimony of theactual stickup artist, who swore under oath that the police chief and theconstable had put him up to it and taken a third each of the loot.

Shook remained at large until September 1929, when he was ar-rested for the shooting death of a stranger in Decaturville, Tennessee. Upondiscovering their suspect was a fugitive from Lone Star justice, the authori-ties told the Wichita County sheriff to come and fetch him.

Shook was soon back where he had started and under a 24-hourwatch to ensure his presence at his next court date. Within the month, hewas tried, convicted and sentenced to five years for the armed robbery. Butthat was merely the warm-up for the big event.

The obliging judge consented to a change of venue for the murdertrial and moved it two counties south to Graham. Meanwhile, the defendanttried to throw a monkey wrench in the judicial machinery by pressuring theconstable at tiny Harrold to serve subpoenas on three imaginary witnesses.Shook figured the proceedings would have to be postponed until the nonex-istent trio was found.

The clever scheme might have worked, if the constable had notcome to his senses and thrown himself on the mercy of the court. The judge,not at all amused by the ruse, jailed him as a material witness and started thetrial the week before Christmas 1929.

No one expected Shook to beat the murder rap, and for once he didnot disappoint them. The only surprise was the punishment. A 30-yearprison term for a capital offense was comparatively lenient considering therogue cop was eligible for the death penalty.

By the next March, Shook had lost his appeal and taken up resi-dence in Huntsville. But eight months later, he was back in the headlineswith a sensational escape attempt.

Along with 27 other inmates, Shook was being transported by truckto a work site. At a prearranged bend in the deserted road, four desperatecons attacked their three gun-toting overseers. In the fierce struggle thatensued, two guards were overpowered and stripped of their pistols.

That left the lone shotgun guard, who patiently waited for an unob-structed target. When he finally got it, he put a load of buckshot in Shook'sstomach. The guard freed by the blast from the ex-chief's bear hug retrievedhis weapon and killed both of the armed escapees with head shots.

With that the bold bid for freedom was over in the blink of an eye.As for the convict cop, he was according to the Dallas Morning News "prob-ably fatally wounded." Shook did spend several days at death's door buteventually recovered to resume serving his lengthy stretch.

In the fall of 1934, Shook's 12 year old daughter penned a personalappeal to the governor. "Please grant my daddy a pardon," she wrote.

Miriam "Ma" Ferguson, always a sucker for a sob story, just couldnot resist. So in January 1935, Tom Shook strolled out the front gate two anda half decades early.

Bartee welcomes your comments and questions at haile@pdq.net or P.O. Box152, Friendswood, TX 77549 and invites you to visit his web site at barteehaile.com.

Editor:Once again Boy Scout Troop 30 took the lead in promoting Fort Davis to

the hundreds of participants in the annual Permian Basin Bicycle Rally.Saturday was a busy day on our world class course, better known as

"The Loop!" As always, our boys and adult leaders at the five rest stops werewarmly appreciated by the riders and the compliments were heard from start tofinish.

This year, because of the smaller number of scouts in out troop, wecalled out for support and received it. Leader John Isola manned the first stopwith volunteer James Posch. Number two was served by Volunteer JerrySpringer and scout Josh Kinzie.

Number three at Bear Mountain was ably serviced by Leader Brian Ro-man on his own. Number Four, Fisher Hill, was handled by Volunteer MikePearson and Scout Jake Kinzie.

Number Five, final rest stop at the Eppenauer Race Track, was served byLeader David Doss. While we were a little 'light' in personnel, all our workersput in a full day and helped to make the rider's day a tad nicer and demonstratedFort Davis hospitality.

Many thanks to the organizers who are simply great people to work withand make our preparations for the rally so much easier. There was a little rainon their parade, but not enough to hurt. We look forward to serving the rallyand our community once again next year.

As for the boy scout troop, opportunity calls to the young men in FortDavis to excel and serve. Currently, the violent rains in the mountains havecaused great damage at the Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch and Troop 30 will beaiding in any way possible to bring it back into shape. Ranger Dan Damon,former Scoutmaster and member of Troop 30, is coordinating repairs and issoliciting any and all volunteers and materials for this effort.

Since the ranch is a part of Jeff Davis County and provides many visi-tors during the summer months, I would hope that we could provide someassistance to undo the rain and flood damage at BTSR.

SincerelyRobert W. Gray, Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 30Fort DavisEditor:Buy local. It’s a well known strategy for small towns. Keeping your

grocery money close to home keeps the grocery store close to home. Economists tell us that every dollar spent at a locally owned business

generates two to four times the economic benefit. But what if we take it to thenext level? What if we “invest local” too?

The concept is an extension of “buy local” campaigns that urge us tocapture the multiplier effect of commerce by keeping our spending moneyclose to home. You already see it all around you in small towns. Often it takeslocal citizens to see opportunity where an outsider would overlook it.

In our town of Lyons, Nebraska, a new hardware and feed store went upon Main Street this summer. The owner and his family have run independentbusinesses in Lyons for two generations. It’s not a Menards, or a Bomgaars.Those companies would never build here.

My hometown of Laurens, Iowa, took it upon themselves to build abroadband network that delivers high-speed internet to every house and busi-ness in town. They didn’t wait for Comcast or Verizon to build a network. Ifthey had, they might still be waiting.

Local residents, rooted in place, are often willing to take a financial riskto make their small town a better place. Imagine if more of us joined them,investing locally. Creating a vibrant future for your small town really is in yourhands.

Elisha SmithLyons, Neb.

Melvin buried Sep. 22in Hillcrest Cemetery

Editor:I am sure you know all the good things that Pete Gallego has done for

this area for the last 22 years as a state legislator and now as our Congressman.Pete has proven himself the most qualified candidate for the job.

Pete is running for Congress against folks with unlimited resources. TheKoch Brothers and other Republican PACs have given over 1.6 million dollarsfor ads and mailings often with misleading information about Pete, his positionon issues, and his record.

You may have already given all you can to support Pete but if you coulddo more, please address your check to Friends of Pete Gallego. I am collectingthese contributions for the Fort Davis area. My PO Box is 2176 in Fort Davis79734 or you could bring your contribution by the house. Or you can maildirectly to Friends of Pete Gallego, PO Box 1781, San Antonio, TX 78296.

It is so important that we help Pete get re-elected and continue doinggood work on our behalf. So many important projects Pete has pushed for-ward, such as greater support for Veterans, will go by the wayside if his oppo-nent wins. I sincerely thank those of you who have sent checks.

Beth FrancellFort DavisEditor:If you've never been to a mule rodeo, then you won't want to miss the

Frontier Mule Daze Rodeo on Sep. 26. The event kicks off at noon at the

Evans Arena just south of Fort Davis on Hwy 118.Events begin with the Mule Halter Class, the Boot Race, the Hide Race,

and the first round of the Team Roping. The mule sales will be handled as aPrivate Treaty Mule Sale and will be going on throughout the two days of therodeo.

Don't miss the rest of the rodeo events which will be fun for the wholefamily: kid's Calf Scramble, Barrel Race, the World Champion Mom's Race, andCow Milking. The Match Races are a favorite part of this rodeo, which will bethe last event of the day.

Kathy MuellerFort Davis

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FORT DAVISINDIANS OF THE WEEK

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VALENTINE - Latham Garnseyand Rye Webb represented the Valen-tine Pirates in Monahans Sep. 20 whenthey competed in the Monahans CrossCountry Meet.

The meet was almost cancelleddue to rain as the course had to bechanged three times because areas ofthe course were flooded.

Garnsey finished in sixth placebehind two Sanderson runners, twoPresidio runners and one runner from

BIG BEND - Collegiate rodeo returns to its birthplace as Sul Ross StateUniversity hosts the 69th Annual National Intercollegiate Rodeo Associationevent today through Saturday.

Competition begins nightly at 6 p.m., today and 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-day in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Arena at the Turner RangeAnimal Science Center. General admission is $6 for performance and $4 forslack. Children under 12 and Sul Ross faculty, staff, and students with ID willbe admitted free of charge. Slacks will be Friday and Saturday beginning at 9a.m. each day.

Teams competing include: Clarendon College in clarendon, Eastern NewMexico University in Portales, N.M.; Frank Phillips College in Borger; HowardCollege in Big Spring; New Mexico Jr. College in Hobbs, N.M.; Odessa Col-lege; Ranger Junior College; South Plains College, Levelland; Tarleton StateUniversity in Stephenville; Texas Tech University in Lubbock; Vernon JuniorRegional College in Vernon, Weatherford College in Weatherford, West TexasA&M University in Canyon and Western Texas College in Snyder.

On Saturday evening, one of three candidates will be crowned MissRodeo 2014. The reigning Queen is Katie Savage of Pearland. Rodeo Queen2014 candidates are: Samantha Kauk of Rosharon, Danielle Lucero ofGardendale and Hallie Smith of Alto.

Sul Ross boasts nine national team championship teams, seven men'sand two women's; and 24 individual event titles. The rodeo team won men'schampionships in 1949-1952-the first first four years of NIRA competition-aswell as 1962, 1982, and 1983. Sul Ross garnered women's crowns in 1962 and1985. Only Southeastern Oklahoma State University claims as many nationalteam championships-five men's and four women's.

Harley May, a member of the first three national championship teams,won eight national collegiate titles, three world championships in steer wres-tling on the professional circuit and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall ofFame in 1979. He returned to coach the Sul Ross rodeo teams from 1994-1998.

May won the all-around men's championship from 1949-51; barebackriding in 1949; bull riding in 1949-50; and saddle bronc riding in 1950-51. TexMartin (1953) and Cody Lambert (1982) also won men's all-around titles, whileJo Gregory Knox, (1951), Elisabeth Prude Longbotham of Fort Davis (1953),and Donna Saul (1962) claimed all-around women's crowns.

Other Sul Ross national individual champions are: bull riders JohnnyAckel (1952), Ira Akers (1953), Tex Martin (1954), and George Eads (1962);saddle bronc rider Don Lee Smith (1958) and Bill James, who tied for first in calfroping in 1961 and won team roping in 1962.

In women's competition, Charlotte Martin (1954) and Donna Jean Saul(1962) won goat tying championships; Saul won calf tying in 1961; and JayneGentry, who coached in Fort Davis and is from Dell City won breakaway ropingin 1985.

Deisy Renteria

SANDERSON - The Fort DavisJunior High Indians opened their 2014football season with a 33-6 win overSanderson Saturday - the game end-ing at halftime because of storms inthe area.

The Indians were led by MavMcIvor and Penn Merrill both offen-sively and defensively - with help fromPaul Pittman, Jack Lanphor, DamienTercero and Giovanni Renteria.

Fort Davis gets Buena Vista hereon Friday, with the game scheduled tostart at 4:30 pm prior to the varsitymatchup at 7:30.

SANDERSON - Vince Sanchez continues to light up the scoreboardsaround West Texas, leading Fort Davis to its third victory of the season Satur-day 56-6 over Sanderson.

Sanchez, with plenty of help from Trent Whitesell, Neil Glidewell and theblocking of Cody Granado, Judah Lara, Matthew Brooks, Bryan Martinez andTroy Hernandez, led the way Saturday as theIndians put up enough points to end theSanderson homecoming game early, the Eagles45ed in the fourth quarter.

Not only were the Indians blessed withgood blocking, but the tackling and defense thathad been tepid at times was suddenly in full view- Fort Davis played an excellent defensive game,something that will be needed against a BuenaVista team that comes to town Friday undefeated.

The Longhorns, who have been on theverge of not being able to compete due to smallnumbers of students, have reached out into EctorCounty and specifically the west end of Odessato bring in a number of players who have greatlyimproved both the boys and girls athletic programs.

The Indians will have their hands full - the first real test since theBalmorhea debacle two weeks ago.

As for team health, Sanchez continues to hold tough despite going onevery play - as do Whitesell and a number of the Indians. Freshman DanielMorales likely will not play due to a pretty good whack in the back last week inSanderson.

Gametime is at 7:30 following the junior high game which will start at4:30, both at Bart Coan Field here.

FORT DAVIS - Now 20-9 on the season,the Fort Davis Indians knocked off bothGrandfalls and Balmorhea this week to raise thedistrict mark to 4-1.

This weekend, McCamey comes to townto take on the Indians starting at 1 pm, Saturdayin the Grubb Espy Gymnasium.

On Tuesday the Indians are across theDivide in Marfa for district action against astrong Shorthorn team.

Last Saturday, a comedy of errors causedthe Indians to forfeit the first game of the match with Grandfalls, but theIndians came roaring back to rock the Cowgirls 25-7, 25-6 and 25-5.

Credit Deisy Renteria, Cali Porter, Hadley McIvor and company withstrong overall team play against a mismatched Grandfalls six.

Tuesday was a good Balmorhea team that traditionally plays theIndians tough, especially in the Bears Den down at Balmorhea.

This one was close all night, but Fort Davis won in four by scores of28-26, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-19.

Renteria, McIvor, Yani Ponce, Emily Merrill, Bernice Renteria - alldrew praise for their play with "team" the watchword for what the Indiansdid to get their 20th win of the season.

One area that demanded improvement - and a place that has seenmajor improvements - is in covering behind the blocks that are coming atthe net.

Andrews. His time was 18.11 minutes.Webb finished in 68th place with a timeof 24.34 minutes which was better thanseveral runners from the district.

The Pirates will run in the Al-pine Bucks' meet at Paisano Encamp-ment Oct. 4.

Indians take record to 20-9with pair of district victories

Sul Ross opens 69th college rodeotonight at arena on campus in Alpine

Vincent SanchezJulian Lara

Senior Judah Lara

It all comes down to blocking andtackling - and for the Fort DavisIndians, one of the leaders in thoseefforts is Lara, who has become adriving force for opening up the holesthat Vince Sanchez, Neil Glidewell andTrent Whitesell are running through.

Indians go to 3-1 with an undefeatedBuena Vista coming to town on Friday

Garnsey, Webb run in Monahans meet

Indian junior highopens with a win

Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch, Sep. 25, 2014, Page 5

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this Sunday for worship!

FORT DAVIS CHURCHESChurch in the Mountains432-426-3553 100 Davis Street Pastor - Rev. Skeet Boyd, Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.Church of Christ432-249-1209 State Street & 1st Street Minister - Bro. Gregory Meads, Sunday School - 10 a.m. Sunday Worship -11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wednesday - 7 p.m.First Baptist Church432-426-3989 111 S. Agave StreetPastor - Terrell O’Brien Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship - 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. WHIRL Youth Group -Sunday & Wed. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Ladies’ Bible Study-9:30 a.m. - noon Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.First Presbyterian Church432-426-3948 Front Street at Bloys Avenue, Pastor - Rev. Matt Miles Sunday School - 10 a.m. Sunday Worship -11 a.m.United Methodist Church432-426-3971 Front Street and Woodward, Pastor - Rev. Dare Stevens Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship -11 a.m.St. Joseph Catholic Church432-426-3284 State Street, Administrator - Father Robert Kobe Sunday Mass - 9 a.m.

VALENTINE CHURCHESSacred Heart Catholic Church432-729-3385 Pastor - Father Rolando Fonseca Sunday Mass - noonValentine Community Church432-249-0163 (William Baize) - Sunday Worship 11 a.m.DAVIS MOUNTAINS RESORT CHURCHESDavis Mountains Resort Baptist ChurchDavis Mountains Resort Community ChurchBIG BEND AREA CHURCHESBelievers in Christ Church - Toyahvale432-375-0432 Pastor - Rosendo CarrascoChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Alpine432-837-3779 Sunny Glen Road Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.Faith Alive Cowboy Church - Marfa432-729-3661 Hwy 90 E Pastors - Roy & Joy Cragg Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. Wednesday Worship - 7 p.m.Redeemer Lutheran Church - Alpine432-837-5428 15th & HollandSt. Jonah’s Orthodox Mission - Alpine432-364-2240 cell (832-969-1719) 504 N Bird St. Fr. John Filipovich Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.www.bigbendorthodox.org

DANIELA C.LARACPA, PC

610 East Holland Ave., Alpine, Texas 79830

432-837-5861

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at Fort Davis Outfitters on Cemetery Road

Call 432-837-7136

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Years ago a young man and his family moved to our town. He got a job in a local businessesand I would go by every now and then and visit with him. I started talking to him about hisrelationship to God, (1 John 5:11, 12). He said he didn’t have one, but was interested, (Mathew6:33, Hebrews 11:6). I encouraged him to take his family to Church just for his children’s sake.Later on he told me had taken another job because of car problems and medical bills and he didn’thave time for Church or the things of God. I told him that God would and could help him with hissituation, (Psalm 70:4,91:4,105:4). He said no and that he could handle the situation by himself,without God’s help, (Proverbs 3:5,6). That statement scared me because I do not want to doanything without the help of God. About a month later I happened to be in town and there was alot of commotion. The night before the young man went berserk and drove his car through severalyards and tore down some fences. The police finally captured him and put him in a strait jacketand took him to the county jail. Later, he was committed to a mental institution and he lost every-thing including his family. It is a dangerous thing to leave God out of your life. See you in Churchnext Sunday Brother J

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TumbleweedTumbleweedTumbleweedTumbleweedTumbleweedSmithSmithSmithSmithSmith

On The Edge ofCommon Sense

by Baxter Black, DVM

426-3086

during the summer

VETERINARY MEDICINE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE!

Over the years the number of large animal veterinarians has steadilydeclined. It is most evident in rural America and Canada. Many factors havecontributed to this decline; the greatest is the change in the profession itself.

The cost of schooling is daunting. The severe decline of male stu-dents til they are only 20% of the enrollment. Add to that the low number of“farm kids” that are interested in vet school, and the changing attitude of thegraduates themselves.

Back in the “good ol’ days” a rural veterinarian was on call 24/7. His lifewas controlled by the phone. It was was hectic; days off, vacations, meet-ings, birthday parties and church was always planned with the knowledgethat dad might not be there. These vets were, what some would call dedi-cated, but most would recognize as workaholics.

The new generation wants to “have a life!” Family time, days off, nonight calls and a decent wage are part of their plan.

All of these factors have combined to fuel the decline in the number ofrural veterinarians. But there is another large factor that has always beendiscouraging to rural vets, that is the reluctance of farmers and ranchers towillingly pay the vet a “reasonable fee.”

Livestock have a calculable value, expressed as per head or dollars perpound. With the exception of the occasional ranch horse, there is noanthropomorphological attachment as exists in the pet world.

This has always led the cowman to try and treat the animal himself. Ifthe critter dies, it only evens out what the vet would charge…no loss. But inthe last three years things have changed!

Droughts, herd depletion, and demand for beef of all kinds have causedthe value of cattle to soar! Business for rural veterinarians has picked up andcontinues to grow.

Maybe there’s hope. But the good cowman is being backed into acorner.

He considers himself capable of pulling a calf, or treating the scours,deciding what vaccine to use, at least he always has…he even did a Cae-sarian once…’course the cow was dead.

He’s a hard workin’, stubborn, do-it-yerself, thrifty cowman and itbothers him to ask for help, especially if it costs money! It goes against hiscowboy mentality. What are the odds?

“Harold, she’s been tryin’ to calve since noon. He’s worth 500 buckswhen he hits the ground. It’s time. Unhook those chains and put down thecome-along.”

“But…”“Call Doc Smith.”“But…but…what if he charges mileage?” www.baxterblack.com

SAN ANGELO’S SEALY FLATS: A BLUES HOTEL

Rod Bridgeman of San Angelo has long gray hair and a big smile. “I’mjust an old man having fun,” he says. And he really is. Why not? He’s got hiswife, his business and his blues collection.

I first heard of him in connection with his bed and breakfast in down-town San Angelo known as Sealy Flats. Interesting enough name, I thought,so a little after 8 o’clock one morning I started hunting for the man who ownsthe place. The hunt didn’t last long. I knocked on the front door and heard avoice from above say, “I’m up here.” He was on the second story balcony ofSealy Flats and I yelled up to him, “I’m Tumbleweed Smith and want to do aninterview with you.” He replied back, “And who might Tumbleweed Smithbe?” I told him I did feature stories about interesting stuff in Texas and hecame right down.

We went to the restaurant next door, which he used to own and I foundout about Rod Bridgeman. He had a career as a commodities trader andworked in Texas and California. He retired to South Padre Island in 1997, andafter a year and a half found it was not to his liking. He told his wife theyneeded to move somewhere and she could pick the spot as long as it was inTexas. He doesn’t like a state income tax. She took a very scientific way ofchoosing a destination: pulled out a map of Texas, closed her eyes, stuck outher finger, made a circle with it and put it on the map. It landed on San Angelo.“I had heard of it before and thought it was a small town about fifteen hun-dred, maybe two thousand people,” says Rod. “So we took a driving vaca-tion through the hill country and pulled into San Angelo.”

The first day they were there his wife saw an old downtown buildingthat was on the verge of falling down. It had been vacant twenty years. Shetold Rod, “I want that.” They bought it as a place to live and spent ten yearsrestoring it. Then they started the bed and breakfast. “In the 1912 City Direc-tory we found the building listed as a hotel and it was called Sealy Flats,”says Rod. So we resurrected the name.”

Rod is a blues music fanatic and has turned his building into a bluesbed and breakfast. All the doors have names of blues artists. The publicbathroom is called Muddy Waters. Names on other doors include T-BoneWalker, Sonny Boy Williams, Freddy King and Etta James. The big suite(which he says is the nicest place to spend the night in San Angelo) isHowling Wolf. “We only have three rooms but all the doors have names onthem.”

It’s kind of a blues museum. Rod has all kinds of blues memorabilia.“We have a lot of local art work, posters from the 1920’s to the present, albumcovers, old 78 records from the 1940’s, some instruments and all kinds ofstuff hanging on the walls. When he bought the café net door he turned anoutside patio into a blues club and started having monthly concerts, whichattracted some big names. “Excuse me for my arrogance, but there’s not aclub anywhere in the southwest United States, including Houston, Austinand Dallas, that has had more big name entertainment than we have had.”

Many of the well-known performers played for tips and were given afew nights’ stay in Rod’s place. “They come here, relax, then get on their way.Some have spent their honeymoon here. It’s all about having fun and I’mhaving the time of my life.” Rod is kind of the Pied Piper of blues and theartists seemed happy to be playing there. Now the place has blues everyweekend and San Angelo has a big blues festival every May that is practi-cally non-stop music for twenty-four hours. Downtown neighbors don’tseem to mind all the activity. “We’re downtown,” says Rod. “Church bells gooff at six in the morning. The dumpsters start at 4:30 AM. If you want quiet,go someplace else.”

Tumbleweed Smith drives around looking for interesting things to write about.Contact him at ts@tumbleweedsmith.com

FORT DAVIS - George Ray Russell has written poetry his whole lifeand only recently began public performance.

His poems and songs are considered by many to be carefully craftedstories that are easily visualized and come to life as he takes listeners with himdown the trail of his words.

Many of his poems are about family, friends and old cowboys that hehas met in his lifetime and his experiences wrapped up with a dose of humor.He was named the Poet Laureate of Sherman in 2010.

He was born in McKinney where his grandfather Charles Hon Russellwith his brother George Morgan Russell operated the Russell Brothers Horseand Mule Barn. One of Russell's poem called The Red Mule is about hisgrandfather who rode his big mule on horse and mule buying trips. A youngcowboy starts making fun of his mule but soon winds up with a foul taste inhis mouth and some embarrassment to his arrogance.

Mules played a large role in the development of the west. Russell feelsthat over the years much of their contributions has been lost and forgotten.Their use was irreplaceable not only as surefooted pack animals, strong andreliable teams to pull wagons but also as smart and reliable mounts that wereused by many famous figures who rode the west.

Russell relates stories of Buffalo Bill, Charlie Goodnight and GeneralCrook who had favorite riding mules. Charlie Goodnight could sleep whileriding his favorite mule, Jenny. The mule would feel the weight shift andcompensate to keep him in the saddle.

Russell also pointed out that mules are stronger than horses pound forpound, can pull heavier loads, are more surefooted definitely smarter, canjump higher and says with a smile, " You can teach a mule to do anything ahorse can do except be as dumb as a horse"

His other poems and songs about horses, cowboys and critters areequally clever, humorous and touching in a unique manner.

At a recent Performance for the Niwot Historical Society on How TheWest Was Rhymed an audience member wrote, " ….I have paid far, far moremoney to see shows in New York that I enjoyed far, far less. …You are awonderfully clever and talented writer who has the gift of voice and show-manship. The result is you are the whole package, a true rarity. Because Ispent the bulk of my career writing for Sports Illustrated, my appreciation forexcellence is pretty well developed. I know whereof I speak.

"But you also gave me something I thought I had lost forever. I am a childof the west ….until … fire destroyed our gorgeous mountain home…and every-

North TexanGeorge RayRussell is thegrandson ofCharles Russellwho along with hisbrother Georgeowned andoperated theRussell BrothersHorse and MuleBarn in McKinney.One of his mostwell-known poemsis The Red Mule,about his granddadand great uncle.He'll beperforming hispoems thisweekend at theThird Annual FortDavis Frontier andMule Dazecelebration.

ALPINE - On Sep. 11, 2014,Brandy Kay Broadfield Woods, for-merly of Fort Davis and most recentlyfrom Alpine, died.

She was born to Melinda andJim Broadfield on Jan. 15. 1980, in NorthDakota. Living a short 34 years, 239days she was raised by her stepfatherDonnie Chambers and Melinda Cham-bers Kerkau, who survive along withtwo step brothers, Donnie Chambersand Charlie Eicher; sister Trinity Cham-bers Roberts and brother JonathanPaul Chambers.

She was married 16 years toChad Woods, having two children,Cierra Renee Woods and DakotaWoods.

She was a member at Grace Fel-lowship Church.

She was preceded in death byher grandparents Paul and PatriciaHenn.

Services will be Oct. 4 at 4 pm atGrace Fellowship Church in Alpine.

In lieu of flowers, the family isasking for donations to help offset fu-neral expenses to Wells Fargo Bank inthe name of Lloyd Chambers.

grandchild Jareth Carrole and spe-cial friends Pastors Jose and PatriciaCordero and the Joe Medley family.

Mr. Melvin was preceded indeath by his parents; Jack andJimmie Melvin and grandparents;Jessie and Lona Birdsong of Beltonand Roy A. and Maise Melvin ofSalado.

thing in it. …we understood the risks.But I found it also took away from mewas my love of the west, my enjoymentof the tales of the cowboy…Perhaps itwas just too painful.

"You my man, restored all thosegrand old feelings in a one-hour perfor-mance ….I thought you'd like to know. "

When asked about the letter,Russell smiled and said " It reallymade me feel so wonderful I'll admitbut I can't take full credit."

Then he quoted a poem writtenby the great painter of the westCharles M Russell that he put with adrawing of a buffalo skull hanging ona post dated 1917: "The West is deadmy friends,but writers hold the seeds"

Cowboy poet to perform here this week

FORT DAVIS – First BaptistChurch invites all ladies in the com-munity to join the Tuesday MorningBible Study, which will begin on Sep.30 at 10 am in the Fellowship Hall.

Topic will be Children of theDay: A Study of 1 and 2Thessalonians by Beth Moore. Thestudy of Paul’s letters to the peopleof Thessalonica and to all believers isa message of encouragement and as-surance. Childcare is available by priorarrangement; call 426-3989.

Obituaries . . .From page three

Brandy Woods diesSep. 11 at age of 34

Baptist church startsBible Study on Sep. 30

Jeff Davis County Mountain Dispatch, Sep. 25, 2014, Page 7

While he stated his job was to "protect the county's purse," countyofficials were not happy with his decisions. Herrman wanted to hire two full-time employees for the new office of Operating Management and Budget (OMB),which would also cut the county treasurer's duties, but wouldn't budge whenasked to remove one position for those funds to be used elsewhere.

County Treasurer-elect Frances Garcia told Herrman at an early budgetworkshop that it didn't make sense the county department heads had to makecuts while he hired more staff.

Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 candidate and former Marfa city council-man David Beebe used expletives to express his disappointment about thetiming of Herrman's resignation to the commissioners during the public hear-ing on Tuesday.

"He should not have left right now," Beebe added.However, Hunt said the county's primary focus, despite the resignation,

was the 2015 budget. He did tell the commissioners that he had plans to ad-dress some of the issues the county had felt.

"Because of some of the confusion in the budget process itself, I thinkit was going to have to be, as well as some of these other things, like misrepre-sentation of authority. We were going to have to address the county auditor'sposition as soon as we could put it to discussion," said Hunt.

It looks like the county won't have that opportunity.Ferguson is currently accepting applications for a new county auditor.

COURTNEY STEPHENS, a senior, is the daughter of Cleat and CamiStephens.

Courtney is a member off the National Honor Society, FFA, the Produc-tivity Club and the Student Council.

She has been a cheerleader for several years and is a member of both theTexas High School Rodeo Association and the National High School RodeoAssociation.

She also has shown animals in livestock shows around the state, win-ning many awards.

Courtney enjoys roping and team roping.She plans on attending Texas Tech University and pursuing a career in

sports medicine.Vincent Sanchez will be her escort for the pep rally. Her father, Cleat, will

escort her for the homecoming coronation.

Third annual cookoff will be Oct. 3-4 at McMillen RV Park in Fort

Davis

Competition on Friday- BeefFajitas, Salsa and MargaritasSaturday- Dutch-Oven Bread,

Dutch-Oven Dessert, Pork SpareRibs, Brisket and Cabrito

Proceeds in 2012 and 2013 went tohelp purchase equipment for

volunteer fire departments andemergency service personnel

$500 added in the Cabrito ContestBuckles to winners in each event

Awards to all who placeLive music both days

Live and silent auctions all weekend

Smoke in theMountains

Join us for the Third Annual

veterinary medicine.Her escort for the pep rally is Trent Whitesell. Her father, Jim Porter, will

be her escort for the homecoming coronation.

BIG BEND - "Moises: A Mod-ern-Day Tragedy," a new play by LizCoronado Castillo, opens the 93rdseason of the Sul Ross State Univer-sity theatre program.

Directed by Dona W. Roman,Sul Ross professor of Theatre,"Moises: A Modern-Day Tragedy"will be performed Oct. 10-12 and 17-19 in the Studio Theatre, FrancoisFine Arts Building.

The new play will also be pre-sented later in October at the TarrantCounty Community College, FortWorth, as part of the Kennedy Cen-ter/American College Theatre Festi-val state festival.

In "Moises," Castillo, Sul Rossresident playwright, details the hard-hitting issues surrounding culture,and the stigma of mental illness amongLatinos. Moises is silently fightingagainst what he fears is happening tohim.

Appearances are important,and by all appearances he lives theperfect life: a border patrol agent withthe perfect house, great friends, andEsperanza, his loving wife. However,all is not what it seems.

For the past eight years, theSul Ross theatre program has beendeveloping a new area of study thatfocuses on bilingual material (English/Spanish) plays by Latino playwrightsand new plays by Latinos. In 2011,Sul Ross was invited to the KCACTFRegion VI competition in Amarillo toperform Castillo's original bilingualplay, "Aye, No!"

At the KCACTF RegionFestival, Sul Ross was awarded rec-ognition as a theatre program sup-porting and producing new works.Latino theatre is a relatively new genrethat is gaining popularity and Sul Rossis thrilled to be recognized for its con-tributions in the field.

Curtain time for "Moises"will be 8:15 p.m. Oct. 10-11 and 17-18,with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees on Oct.12 and 19.

Tickets are $8 for general ad-mission and $6 for seniors. Advancedtickets are on sale now:www.sulross.edu/theatre or call (432)837-8218.

93rd theatre seasonopens Oct. 10-12with Castillo play

Herrman . . . From page three

BIG BEND – The Big Bend chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texaswill offer a native plant seed gathering workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct.4.

Participants will gather at the parking lot of the Capri events center 603W. San Antonio at Summer St. in Marfa to carpool down RR 2810 to theAlamito Creek Preserve 30 miles south of Marfa.

Group leader is botanist Michael Eason, who has worked with KewGardens' Millennium Seed Bank Project and the Wildflower Center in Austingathering the seeds of the Big Bend for several years.

Participants should bring a selection of smallish plastic zip lock bagsand small paper lunch bags for seeds as well as a Sharpie for labeling, smallscissors and a hand lens if possible. Group members should bring a sacklunch, water, snacks, cameras and dress for the weather with closed shoesand long pants. Group size is limited to 30. Call 432-837-1117 to sign up.Deadline for reservations is Oct. 3.

The event, which is suitable for teens and adults, is free of charge tomembers; non-members are asked to pay $5 per person. This amount can beused toward a membership on the same day. Membership information is avail-able the meeting.

BIG BEND - Soprano BeverlyEscuder and pianist Carol Wallace willheadline an evening of song in thesecond concert of the Big Bend Cham-ber Music fall season at 6 p.m. Oct. 3at St. James Episcopal Church in Al-pine.

The program includes songs by20th century American composerRicky Ian Gordon, 19th century Ven-ezuelan-French composer ReynaldoHahn and 20th century American com-poser Ned Rorem.

Escuder recently moved toAlpine from Chicago. An avid per-former, she is equally at home on theopera stage and in a concert setting.She has been a soloist in Haydn's LordNelson Mass, Leonard Bernstein'sChichester Psalms, and Mozart's Massin c minor, among others. As a gradu-ate student at the University of Illi-nois, Escuder was a regional finalistin the Metropolitan Opera NationalCouncil Auditions.

Wallace is well known to BigBend audiences as a pianist and edu-cator. All concerts at St. James arefree and open to the public and in-clude a reception with the artists fol-lowing the performance. St. James isat N. 6th St. and Avenue A in Alpine.

Homecoming . . . From page three

ELECT CECILIA DAVISfor Jeff Davis County Treasurer

I've worked for Geen Parrott in the County Treasurer's office for 8 years and worked inthe administrative offices at McDonald Observatory for 25 years. I feel well qualified to

handle the day to day business of the Treasurer's office.My family and I moved to Fort Davis in 1976 and my son, Cecil, graduated from Fort

Davis High School in 1980. My grandson, Josh, is currently living with me and works atFort Davis Drug Store. We thank you for your support and will appreciate your vote.Early voting begins Oct. 20 and goes through Oct. 31 at the County/District clerk's

Office. General Election is Nov. 4. Please remember to vote.

Pd. Pol. Adv. by Cecilia Davis

This shot from above shows where an injured Odessa woman and volunteers were when volunteersused ropes to haul them out Sunday before fog, rain and misery set in at Hell's Canyon in northernJeff Davis County. Rescuers and the woman are tiny dots on the canyon floor.See story front page.

Native plant seed gathering workshop is Oct. 4

Chamber music Oct. 3at St. James in Alpine

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Preferred: Journeyman's license in electrical, significant experiencein the installation and troubleshooting electrical systems, installation,troubleshooting and repair of HVAC systems. Experience in troubleshoot-ing and repairing elevator and other hydraulic lift systems. Good organiza-tion and planning skills. Assists in assuming responsibility of the facility,efficient and caring worker, attention to detail.

The starting salary is $33K per year plus excellent benefits; nego-tiable depending on education, experience and skills. The position is basedat McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas, located in the Big Bend areaof West Texas. For a full job description and online application pleasevisit:

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