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Seminole Sentinel
The News Leader of Seminole and Gaines County Since 1907 ”
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A1993 edition of the Seminole
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Gaines County Museum, Seminole
Division.
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I Court Tightens Cell
Phone, Seat Belt Rules
By Dustin Wright tation of the policies to Gaines County Commissioners the two additions
Sentinel Managing Editor were needed regulations.
Gaines County employees saw the addition of two new "If we don't have these in place, we could put ourselves into a liability
vehicle safety policies added to their employee handbook situation if something were to happen," said Lord.
Monday, following action taken by members of the Gaines In the seat belt policy, language adopted by County Commissioners state
County Commissioners Court. "this policy is intended to protect county employees operating or riding in
In unanimous decisions, Gaines Commissioners approved motor vehicles, including construction equipment, from the hazards of
of the addition of a seat belt policy (Section 8.06 of the Gaines motor vehicle accidents."
County Employee Handbook) and cell phone usage police According to Lord, the County’s employee handbook had no previous
(Section 8.07). CppR/hpc p™ ?
Michael Lord, Gaines County Treasurer said in a Monday presen- nuLCO’ o
NMSP Report:
D.C. Officer
Fatally Shot
Chase Suspect
Oct. 2013 Pursuit Passed
Through NW Gaines County
By John Graham
Denver City Press
LOVINGTON, N.M. - An incident report from New
Mexico State Police reveals Denver City Police officer
Ryan Taylor was the lone shooter
in the death of an unarmed Denver
City woman who led police on a high
speed chase into Lea County, N.M.
last October and died in a bizarre
series of events while surrounded by
officer Taylor, Yoakum County Sher-
iff Deputy Kelly Williamson, and Lea
County Sheriff Deputies Fernando
Jimenez and Andy Dominguez.
The autopsy of Amy Reyna, 35,
indicates she died from four gunshot
wounds from Taylor’s gun—two on the left side of her
head and two to the torso. She also had a graze wound
on the left side of her head. The toxicology portion of the
autopsy revealed methamphetamine and amphetamine
in Reyna’s system.
According to incident reports, on the evening of Oct.
27, 2013 around 5:40 p.m. Texas time, officer Taylor
and Deputies Williamson and Shawn Bradley were at-
tempting to locate Reyna in Denver City because she
had several felony warrants out on her from Texas and
New Mexico.
See REPORT, Page 2
Seminole ISD
Cancels May
Election Process
63 Probationary Contracts Renewed
in Monday's April Regular Meeting
Taxpayers residing within the Place 1 and Place 2
boundaries of the Seminole Independent School District
boundaries will officially not have to face an election in
the upcoming May 10 municipal election cycle, following
action taken by members of the SISD Board of Trustees
Monday evening.
In a unanimous 7-0 decision, SISD Trustees approved
of a Certification of Unopposed Candidate" documenta-
tion for both their Place 1 and Place 2 seats, as well as
See SEMINOLE ISD, Page 3
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BW Primoris uture Drilling of Deep Wells
Signals Beginning of Long-Term Water Deal
By Dustin Wright
Sentinel Managing Editor
Drilling is anticipated to begin next week at three locations
southwest of Seminole by a private water resource manage-
ment company for a project which will hopefully serve as the
beginning stages of a long-term fresh water
source for City of Seminole water customers.
The venture is part of a 40-year agreement
between the City of Seminole and Blaus
Wasser, LLC (now known as BW Primo-
ris) - a private water resource firm recently
purchased by The Primoris Corporation
- inked in the late 2012.
Project officials, in a Monday evening
update on the venture with members of the
Seminole City Council, anticipated to see
water from the three well sites - which will
be drilled on City of Seminole owned property south of the La
Tierra Subdivision - to be pumped and possibly available for
use if needed by the municipality by mid-May.
’We are moving ahead with this project and hope to have
the drilling of the wells by next week,' said Stewart Purvis, a
representative with BW Primoris.
The wells, anticipated to be drilled to a depth of around 900
feet, recently received permits for the venture from the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), according
to Purvis. In addition, the venture will also undergo a 30-day
trial period where water from the proposed sites will be filtered
through a small reverse osmosis filtration system.
Purvis stated following the 30-day period, if TCEQ officials
approved of the water quality - and if the City of Seminole
saw a need for the water due to drought conditions and customer
demands - the water could be implemented into the City of
Seminole’s system by mid-May at the earliest.
Back in November 2013, City of Seminole and BW Primoris
officials approved of an agreement for the private firm’s purchase
of water produced from the municipality’s La Tierra wellfield,
located two miles south of Seminole.
Terms of the agreement, according to Phillips, will see BW
Primoris purchasing raw water at a cost of 30-cents per 1,000 gal-
lons for water produced from the Ogallala Aquifer formation, and
20-cents per 1,000 gallons for water produced from groundwater
formations below the Ogallala, including the Santa Rosa formation.
"This agreement we have (with Blaus) will continue on for as
long as they are able to produce water out of our wellfield," said
Tommy Phillips, City Administrator for the City of Seminole. "At
the time (Blaus Wasser) begins to see that our field is unable to
produce the water needed for our supply, that’s when they will
begin to put in play their plans to pipe water in from other area
resources into our water system. "
In the fall of 2012, the City of Seminole originally agreed to
a 40-year agreement with Blaus Wasser, for the purchase of a
minimum of 630.72 million gallons each fiscal year at during the
life of the agreement. The initial cost of the venture, according
to City of Seminole officials, breaks down to $2.30 per 1,000
gallons of water.
To help fund the long term water agreement, the City of Semi-
nole, in the 2013 calendar year, implemented water rate increases.
City of Seminole water customers, according to City figures,
are paying a base rate $10 per 1,000 gallons for the first 5,000
See WATER, Page 3
Phillips
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Cold Front Brings Brisk Temperatures, Snow times
DALLAS (AP)—A cold front has Amarillo and other areas. wake of the passing front, which drop into the 40s. 15mph.
brought snow to the Texas Panhan- Locally in Seminole, temperatures saw Seminole residents observing McQueen says temperatures in Highs through the rest of the week
die, hail to the central part of the state reached a high of 83 degrees on light snow flurries for a brief period South Texas will drop Monday from are expected to be in the mid-70s
and forecasts for freeing conditions Sunday afternoon - according to between the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. the 80s down to the 50s with winds to low-80s beyond Thursday, with
accompanied by strong winds. weather observations recorded by hours. No snow accumulations were of 30 mph. a chance of showers and thunder-
Ron McQueen, a meteorologist the Texas Tech University Mesonet officially recorded in Seminole. Much of the state was expected to storms anticipated for Saturday,
for the National Weather Service weather monitoring system-before Strong thunderstorms and hail warm Tuesday before another cold Forecast models are calling for a
in Lubbock, says temperatures plummeting to a low of 30 degrees moved through Central Texas on front is expected Thursday. 30-percent chance of precipitation
Sunday in West Texas were in the early Monday morning. Monday and will extend into the Early forecast models for Thursday on Saturday, according to early
80s, but then plummeted into the Temperatures on Monday Houston area. The Dallas and San show highs in the mid-70s, with week forecast models,
evening. A half-inch of snow fell on reached a high of 50 degrees in the Antonio areas saw temperatures north winds ranging between 10 to
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Wright, Dustin. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 2014, newspaper, April 16, 2014; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth787549/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.