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J.A. Perschbacher
J.A. Perschbacher, 75, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, in Amarillo.
Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, in the Robertson Funeral Directors Saints Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Chuck Robertson, officiating.
Interment was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
J.A. was born April 16, 1936, in Clayton, New Mexico to
James Henry “Hank“ and Annie Mae Smith Perschbacher. He married Vera Dawn Ellis on July 12, 1959, in Amistad, NM. He was a rancher and has been a resident of Clarendon since 2005.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Vera Dawn Perschbacher of Clarendon; two sons, James Perschbacher of May and Terry Perschbacher of Dumas; two daughters, Zena Buser of Alamosa, CO, and Lana Anderton of Dumas; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a nephew, Roy Perschbacher of Hayden, NM; and a niece, Blanche Hudson of Canyon.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Faith City Ministries, P.O. Box 870, Amarillo, Texas 79105-0870.
Lady Broncos riding high with win
The Lockney Lady Horns won the first game of the best two out of three series, but the Lady Broncos were determined and stormed back to win the next two.
Playing at home Friday, April 28, the ladies struggled to hit Lockney’s pitcher and fell behind by three runs in the third inning.
The game went seven innings and despite putting two runs on the board, the Lady Broncos could never regroup to get the win and took a 2-4 loss.
Errors plagued the ladies in the loss, which gave Lockney the three unearned runs in the third.
“We made a couple of mistakes,” head coach Gary Jack said. “That led to three runs for them. We played okay, but those mistakes hurt us.”
But Saturday was a new day for the Lady Broncos; and after taking control of the first game 21-6, they won the Bi-District title in the tiebreaker at 13-11.
The second game began slowly for the ladies as they were down by three runs in the first.
“This was the start of a long day,” Jack said.
“But a good day for us. We were down three runs right away, but battled back. Danielle hit a three-run homer in the third inning that got us going.”
The ladies began to hit their pitcher and were able to add more runs to the board. A huge fifth and sixth inning for the Lady Broncos sealed the deal for Clarendon, which squared the series.
The Lady Broncos won the third game 13-11 to earn the right to advance to the Area game with Petrolia. Danielle Ford was on the mound once again and did another good job according to Jack.
“We started off good,” Jack said. “We thought we would blow them out of the water.”
But the Lady Longhorns came back to take the lead away in the sixth inning and left Clarendon battling back once again.
“We came back and made some good plays on defense and started hitting the ball well to retake the lead,” Jack said.
“Trevela (Dronzek) made a great catch in the field to end the game.”
Offensively, Ford and Jency Burton each had a home run in the game and Trevela, Jency, and Camra Smith hit the ball well and because of that the ladies would score four runs in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.
Clarendon’s win over Lockney allowed them the opportunity to continue in post-season play.
They will take on number nine-ranked Petrolia in another best two-out-of-three series to be played Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 at Abilene Cooper.
“Petrolia is a good team,” Jack said. “They were defeated in the Regional Finals last year by Forsan, who went on to win a state championship.
We will have to step up and rise to the occasion.”
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Greenbelt nears Stage 3 drought level
Conserve where you can and pray for rain. That’s the message this week from Greenbelt Municipal & Industrial Water Authority, which is giving notice that it is in Stage 2 of its drought contingency plan and is nearing Stage 3.
The plan in both stages seeks to reduce consumption of water, but Greenbelt General Manager Bobbie Kidd says the real concern is weather.
“The problem is not usage. It’s pure lack of rainfall and this hot, dry wind,” Kidd said.
Greenbelt says the reservoir looses a huge amount of water – almost equal to what is consumed – to simple evaporation, which is worse in hot, windy weather.
Usage meanwhile is falling due to a declining population in the member cities that Greenbelt serves, Kidd said.
That doesn’t mean people should not conserve water wherever they can, because, as Kidd points out, “Every bit helps.”
Greenbelt Lake has been in Stage 2 for three years, although it did come out of it briefly last year when wet weather brought the lake level up five feet. Now the lake is just barely one foot above the Stage 3 level.
On Monday, the lake depth was at 52.07 feet. Stage 3 kicks in when the lake falls to 51 feet, and the plan calls for the authority to reduce the levels in municipal storage tanks, which Kidd said reduces water pressure and therefore reduces usage. Greenbelt’s board would decide whether to implement that rule though.
“It may not come to that,” Kidd said. “The lake’s not changing real fast, and if we can catch some rain, the lake will come up fast.”
For now the biggest concern is that lower lake levels will impact recreation at Greenbelt, which
has two boat ramps open. Kidd says those ramps probably can’t be extended any further.
“That could impact money in [Clarendon] if recreation suffers,” Kidd said, but he noted that forecasts are calling for a cooler, wetter summer later this year. But until the weather pattern changes, Kidd advises, “Don’t waste any.”
Rebecca Sue King
Rebecca Sue King, 70, of Fritch, passed away, Monday, April 25, 2011.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00a.m., Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the First Christian Church in Fritch. Burial will follow at Clarendon. Mrs. King will lie in state at Brown’s Chapel in Fritch on Wednesday, April 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Rebecca Sue Shields King was born Sunday, December 8, 1940, in Clovis, New Mexico to Henry and Susie Walls Shields. She married A.K. King on September 28, 1956, in Clarendon. She was a nurse.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Mark King and Kevin Bourque of Houston and Denny King and wife Cindy of San Diego, CA; one daughter, Patti DeLoach and husband David of Fort Worth; one brother, Henry Hester Sheilds of Clarendon; one sister, Patty Joyce Lemons of Clarendon; and two grandchildren, Adam King and Erika DeLoach.
The family requests memorials be to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Send personal condolences to www.brownfuneraldirectors.net.
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