SHS Student Council Preparing for Friday's Homecoming Parade
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Vol. 68 No. 129 Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 12 Pages • 75¢ Home of Irvin Tharp Santa Fe depot to be demolished By Maria Zorola opened the ability to build towns SDN Staff Writer in West Texas. “If you preserve the build- Burlington Northern Santa Fe ing, you preserve the history (BNSF) has confirmed it will de- of the people that went through molish Snyder’s Santa Fe Depot, it,” Bullard said. “It looks like a located at 954 College Ave. done deal unless something of a Paula Hatfield, with the Scur- miracle happens. It’s a matter of ry County Historical Commis- money.” sion, said that as early as Mon- Hatfield said that BSNF per- day a demolition company from sonnel have told her the building Amarillo will begin bringing must be demolished for several equipment to the depot, but of- reasons, including asbestos. ficials from BNSF said no sched- She said there are no histori- ule has been set. cal entities in Scurry County, “As many of you know, the or anywhere that she knows of, plight of historical buildings with the resources to renovate or is a passion of mine. This depot preserve the building to stop the Norval Jasper McIlwain is a jewel, a treasure and de- demolition. U.S. Navy served every minute of the Marianne Randals, who Hat- 1943-45 good fight,” Hatfield wrote in field said has worked for years Today’s Veteran sponsored by an email Wednesday. “The last SDN Photo/Glen Brockenbush to try and preserve the building, 72 hours have been frantic as I The Snyder Santa Fe Depot on College Ave. will be demolished, BNSF officials announced this week. A date to said she would like the commu- Nix’s Auto & Tire Service made phone calls, sent a flurry nity of Snyder to think about the 1510 25th Street 573-3567 begin the demolition has not been set for the depot, which opened in 1911. of last-minute emails to demo- history of the station and about lition personnel, several BNSF quired for demolition to begin. with preservation representa- “If those walls could talk, what early settlers wanted. EatHER personnel, various departments, The permit is good for 30 days. tives in Snyder and has given we would hear the story that tells “I would like to believe that W discussing the future of our de- “We made this decision with permission for them to preserve of its vibrant days as a railway this insensitive and destruc- pot.” much deliberation and it’s been anything of value from the sta- terminal, where passengers tive thinking and action would BNSF spokesman Joseph going on for a period of time. It tion and that he was told those would sit and wait for a depart- catapult our community to take Faust said that the company has has been revealed that (the sta- items will include two planters ing train or where folks would stock, put aside old preconceived a contract with a company in tion) did not have a historical in front of the station. wait as patiently as they could beliefs and vow to keep our his- Amarillo to demolish the build- marker or historical designa- The depot was put on the Pres- to welcome family, friends and tory, purpose and vision alive,” ing, which opened in 1911, but tion,” Faust said. “It is for safety, ervation Texas most endangered soldiers home,” Hatfield wrote. Randals wrote in an email. “(It’s that a date has not been set for security, business development list in 2011 and is one of two sta- Scurry County historian a) wake up call. Destroy com- the actual demolition. and business-improvement pur- tions designed by Louis Curtiss Drew Bullard said that the sta- munication and transportation He also said that a permit with poses.” that are still standing. The other tions allowed passengers to and you have an isolated group Ashton Highfield the City of Snyder has been ac- He said he has been in contact is in Post. travel, goods to be delivered and who are speaking in a vacuum.” Wednesday’s high: 84 de- grees Wednesday’s low: 51 degrees 7 a.m. reading today: 58 de- Several activities planned grees Precipitation: None 2016 precipitation: 22.16 for first Snyder Bike Rally inches Music, a motorcycle parade, will begin at 10 a.m. and the last a rodeo and great food and fel- motorcycle will be allowed in at FINANCES lowship are on the agenda at the noon. Snyder Bike Rally. Music will begin at 4 p.m. WT-Int. Crude $47.05 Bruce Stewart, one of the di- with performances by Last2Fall WTIC Posted $43.50 rectors of the Snyder Bike Rally and Grupo Adagio. The rodeo Natural Gas $2.95 organization, said he expects will begin at 7 p.m. with ranch Patterson-UTI $21.43 eight food vendors and at least bronc riding and a wild cow Oxy-Permian $72.34 Kinder Morgan $22.82 10 vendors selling motorcycle- milking contest during inter- related merchandise. mission. Stewart said six teams Stewart said he is thankful for have signed up for the milking TODAY’S QUOTE the volunteers and community contest. support the organization has re- The rodeo will end by 10 p.m. It is no good to try to stop ceived. and music will resume until 2 knowledge from going for- “We’ve got a great, great a.m. with performances by Lub- ward. Ignorance is never better crew,” Stewart said. “We’re bock Motown-style group The than knowledge. all motorcycle enthusiasts and Band Element and Dallas-based - Enrico Fermi we’re just wanting to help out. rock group 12 Oz. Symphony. As a non-profit, we’re going to The cost for the event is $20 OTTERY donate everything to local orga- for the weekend. L SDN Photo/Maria Zorola nizations.” Stewart said that while al- Wednesday’s Results Snyder High School student council members (l-r) Dravian Hernandez, Anna Charlotte Lavers and Bren- The front gates will be worked most all the team members from Texas Lotto don Jasso decorated the homecoming queen chairs and a float for Friday’s homecoming parade. by the Christian Motorcycle As- Snyder Bike Rally have been to 21-29-31-32-36-48 sociation and the Scurry County other rallies, this is their first Rodeo Association is helping time organizing a rally. Katrina Powerball host the Saturday night rodeo. Baze-Humphries is the only or- 30-38-52-53-62 PB: 1 The event will be held at the ganizer with experience from Power Play: 3 SHS student council preparing for rodeo grounds on Gary Brewer Bikefest, and Stewart said her Cash Five Road. experience has come in handy. 3-5-8-10-26 The gates will open at 8 a.m. “She’s worked with the ven- Friday’s homecoming parade Friday and vendors will be open dors for a lot of years,” Stewart Pick 3 Morning almost immediately after. Live said. “She’s been with this thing The Snyder High School student council has 0-1-3 Sum It Up: 4 music from Fantasy 2 with Chi- for a long time. The rest of us been busy preparing for homecoming festivi- co Ramos begins at 4 p.m. and have done events before, but not Pick 3 Day ties. Early release set Friday at dark, the lighted motorcycle quite like this.” 5-1-0 Sum It Up: 6 On Tuesday, several council members deco- parade will begin. The parade Stewart said he and other or- Pick 3 Evening rated a float and the homecoming queen chairs Snyder ISD has scheduled an early re- will circle downtown Snyder ganizers are excited about the 5-9-5 Sum It Up: 19 that will be used at the homecoming game. lease for Friday. before coming back to the rodeo event and said the word has Advisor Darren Hughes said that the 55 mem- Pre-kindergarten students at Snyder Pri- Pick 3 Night grounds. Live music from the spread. 9-1-0 Sum It Up: 10 bers are excited about homecoming this year. mary School will be released at 11:20 a.m. Matt Stapp Band and Lubbock- “We’ve gotten phone calls “I think it’s going to be a big thing and it’s from the pre-kindergarten wing, not the based rock group Plan B will from people as far away as Dal- Daily 4 Morning going to be done right,” Hughes said. “People cafeteria. Kindergarten will also get out at continue until midnight. las asking about it,” Stewart 2-5-4-2 Sum It Up: 13 get excited and a lot of people come back. That’s 11:20 a.m., followed by first grade at 11:45 Gates and vendors will open said. “We’re going to have a Daily 4 Day why we have reunions comeback. It would be a.m. and second and third grade at noon. at 8 a.m. Saturday. A poker run heck of a show.” 3-1-7-9 Sum It Up: 20 nice to cap it off with a win.” All other students will be released at noon in order to participate in or watch Daily 4 Evening He said the class of 1955 toured the school 3-8-4-2 Sum It Up: 17 last year around homecoming and student coun- homecoming activities and the parade. The staff will be released at 12:30 p.m. Daily 4 Night cil members plan to take the class of 1962 on a Villages at Snyder to host National Night Out 7-3-1-1 Sum It Up: 12 tour Saturday morning.