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Vol. 68 No. 236 Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 10 Pages • 75¢ Home of Appleton opposes online public access to court documents Shirley Hagins Scurry County Clerk Melody Appleton guardians of the records. This is basically and record expungements, could be prob- which are limited to exclude family cases is among the Texas court clerks opposing taking that job away from us,” Appleton lematic. such as divorce and child custody, are ac- a state proposal that would provide pub- said. “It is also taking revenue away from “Clerks want assurance if those re- cessible through the database. lic access to court documents by making the county.” cords are used by a private enterprise David Slayton, the administrative di- them available online. The clerk’s office charges for copies they are handled appropriately,” Clardy rector of the Office of Court Adminis- The statewide database, re:SearchTX, made in the office, Appleton said. said. tration, said criminal court documents contains records from all 254 counties Appleton said she is planning to con- However, opponents said the new sys- might also be added to the database. He and is supported by the state’s Supreme tact Sen. Charles Perry and Rep. Dustin tem is set up so clerks would benefit from said the database is convenient for people Court. Burrows about the county’s opposition to online users. They also argued that tax- to acquire documents more quickly. In December, the Scurry County Com- the system. payers own the records, not clerks. “They are the most public records that missioners’ Court approved a resolution A bill introduced by Republican State “I don’t see how it violates their rights government has,” Slayton said. “They are opposing the state proposal. The County Rep. Travis Clardy could stop the new as custodians,” said Joseph Larsen, a open for public inspection.” and District Clerk’s Association of Texas system. Houston-based First Amendment attor- The service expense will be covered also passed a resolution opposing the sys- Clardy said maintaining privacy for ney who is on the board of the Freedom by an $18 million e-filing fee the state tem. documents that contain sensitive infor- of Information Foundation of Texas. pays a third-party vendor and will not “The clerks are supposed to be the mation, such as Social Security numbers Currently, only civil court documents, cost the state additional money. Warehouse fire Concert series to be Anvil Bennett Mosher U.S. Army 1948-52 held at The Coliseum Today’s Veteran sponsored by The Coliseum will host sever- nated for a Grammy Award in Nix’s Auto & Tire Service al concerts during 2017 — high- 1980, are known for their hit 1510 25th Street 573-3567 lighted by a Labor Day weekend song, Let Your Love Flow, which concert featuring The Bellamy was released in 1976. The Bella- Brothers. my Brothers are no strangers to NSIDE ODAY Organizers of the Coyote Con- West Texas, having performed I T cert Series 2017 have announced in Roscoe during the town’s Reneau signs with HSU the first three concert dates for Wind Festival. - Page 5 the series, including plans for a The first concert will feature New Year’s Eve concert at The Eddy Raven with The Bayou EATHER Coliseum. Boys on May 19. Raven is known W “We are so excited Becky for his No. 1 song I Got Mexico. Justice and The Coyote Store The country singer from Louisi- in Gail are bringing acts to our ana is known for adding a Cajun city,” said Kierra Harris, event touch to his music. Also sched- coordinator at The Coliseum. uled to perform are 1100 Springs Plans for a concert series have and Blackdirt Revival. been in the works since Justice On July 29, Cooper Wade, asked about renting the facil- Chad Prather, Matt Boone and ity, Harris said. Once Harris the Monty Dawson Band are and Darla Wiggins, The Coli- scheduled to perform. The Mon- seum’s general manager, heard ty Dawson Band performed dur- the plans, they began working ing last week’s fundraiser for Jenna Egan with Justice to stage the concert the Borden County High School series. football team. Wednesday’s high: 62 de- grees “We are really excited about Wade and Boone are country Wednesday’s low: 37 degrees the concert series,” Wiggins music artists and Prather is a sto- 7 a.m. reading today: 29 de- said. “We hope the community ryteller. grees will come out and enjoy the Tickets for the May 19 and Precipitation: None shows.” July 29 shows will go on sale at 2017 precipitation: 0.93 of an SDN Photos/Ben Barkley Justice has hosted weekend a later date. inch The Roe’s Furniture warehouse (top photo) on College Ave. caught on fire this morning. The back ware- concerts at her store in Gail and A show on Oct. 28 is also be- house caught on fire which then spread to other areas of the building. The fire jumped to The Embroi- wanted to bring that to Snyder. ing planned and concert series dery Shop (bottom photo) due to arcing power lines. No one was in the Roe’s building at the time of the Harris said people from Scurry officials will announce the per- FINANCES fire. Snyder police had to close College Ave. traffic was rerouted. The cause of the fire is not known. County attended those shows formers once they are finalized. WT-Int. Crude $53.88 and Justice wanted to show Harris said The Coliseum staff WTIC Posted $50.25 “how much she has appreciated will hold ticket giveaways for Natural Gas $3.17 the folks of Snyder and Scurry each concert. Patterson-UTI $27.53 County supporting her store.” Justice is also sponsoring a Oxy-Permian $68.35 The Bellamy Brothers, along dance April 1 featuring The Kinder Morgan $22.54 with Sawman Band, will per- Kirks. form on Sept. 2. Tickets for the The dance, which will begin show are currently available after Western Texas College’s LOTTERY online at www.outhousetickets. National Intercollegiate Rodeo Wednesday’s Results com. Association event, will be open Texas Lotto The Bellamy Brothers, nomi- to the public. 12-19-26-29-37-54 Powerball Arrington announces subcommittee assignments 9-43-57-60-64 PB: 10 Power Play: 2 Congressman Jodey Arrington will serve on the House Agricul- ture Committee’s General Farm Commodities and Risk Manage- Cash Five ment subcommittee, Nutrition subcommittee and Biotechnology, 5-10-16-27-29 Horticulture and Research subcommittee. “I don’t have to tell anyone in West Texas how important agricul- Pick 3 Morning ture is to our national security and our ability to feed and clothe our 0-3-7 Sum It Up: 10 own people. Led by Chairman Mike Conaway, my colleagues and I Pick 3 Day will work daily to champion for the good Americans who earn their 4-7-8 Sum It Up: 19 living by working the ground,” Arrington said. Pick 3 Evening 7-1-1 Sum It Up: 9 Pick 3 Night Jamison to run for Snyder mayor Mr. and Miss SHS nominees 7-8-4 Sum It Up: 19 George Jamison has an- Daily 4 Morning nounced his candidacy for 7-5-7-4 Sum It Up: 23 Snyder mayor. Daily 4 Day In announcing his candida- 9-6-2-0 Sum It Up: 17 cy, Jamison said, “I’m George Jamison, a retired Coast Guard Daily 4 Evening 3-3-8-8 Sum It Up: 22 21-year veteran and small business owner. I am seeking Daily 4 Night election for mayor in hopes 5-0-9-4 Sum It Up: 18 I’ll make a difference attend- ing various committees and SK S council meetings to include A U county commissioners’ court Q. — When and where is the and then communicating with NBA All-Star Game? the townspeople. The citizens A. — The NBA All-Star of Snyder are affected by what game will be played in New happens in the county. By un- Orleans, La. on Feb. 19. derstanding what the citizens are asking for, I’ll be better able to address it at the council George Jamison INDEX meetings. I’ve had many years Classifieds.........................6-7 of experience working with to provide the council with Comics/Puzzles....................4 committees and varied groups information so that informed Community Calendar............2 in the military and the health- decisions can be reached. It is Dear Abby..............................8 care industry both domestic my belief that if we are will- Obituaries..............................2 and internationally. I have ing to communicate with all Sports....................................9 come to understand that with- the organizations, committees Weather.................................2 out the knowledge to discuss a and individuals responsible matter it’s difficult to make an for much of the progress of the informed decision. community, business owners, SDN Photo/Maria Zorola “With a vast knowledge educators and citizens alike, Mr. and Miss Snyder High School nominees were announced last week. Miss SHS nominees pictured are and experience with building we will have a much more har- (l-r) Karson Botts, Anna Charlotte Lavers, Audrey Moncevais, Courtney Velasquez and Kayley Wills. Mr. codes, NFPA, NEC and vari- monious and smoother operat- SHS nominees are Chris DePaz, Jon Dominguez, Edward Leal, Ben McQuirk and Kabren Wills. The corona- ous other codes, I will be able ing community.” tion will be held at 8 a.m. Feb. 15 in Worsham Auditorium. Page 2 Snyder Daily News Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 Community Calendar Officials: One hostage dead after inmates take over prison SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Police breached “hold accountable anyone who was respon- the prison.