High Winds Roar Through Scurry County Weather Gusts Nearing 50 Mph Causes Damage to Homes, Vehicles by Steve Reagan Park on West U.S
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Vol. 70 No. 270 Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10 Pages • 75¢ Home of Sheila Harless SDN Photos/Steve Reagan Johnny Stansell Wind gusts approaching 50 mph caused extensive damage in west and north Snyder early this morn- U.S. Air Force ing. One mobile home and a fifth-wheel trailer at the Trailertopia RV Park on West U.S. Hwy. 180 The area surrounding Gilmore Ave. was particularly hard hit by 1978-87; 1995-2007 were toppled by the high winds. the storm. This home on Gilmore Ave. suffered extensive damage. Today’s Veteran sponsored by Nix’s Auto & Tire Service 1510 25th Street 573-3567 High winds roar through Scurry County WEATHER Gusts nearing 50 mph causes damage to homes, vehicles By Steve Reagan Park on West U.S. Hwy. 180, SDN Staff Writer where a mobile home and trailer were flipped onto their Rain and extremely high sides by the high winds. winds — including a possible Snyder Deputy Fire Mar- tornado — ripped through shal Nathan Hines said that Scurry County early this NWS officials will conduct Maytee Ramos morning, causing extensive a site survey in the affected Tuesday’s high: 67 de- property damage, but no re- areas Thursday to determine grees ported injuries. whether the damage was Tuesday’s low: 48 degrees Recorded wind gusts of caused by a tornado or by 7 a.m. reading today: 49 nearly 50 mph were noted by straight-line winds. degrees the National Weather Service The storm also was the sus- Rainfall: 0.71 of an inch 2019 precipitation: 1.60 (NWS) at Winston Field as pected cause of a trailer home inches the storm blew through this fire that was reported at 12:02 area shortly after midnight, a.m. today in the 1200 block but gusts elsewhere in the of Andress Ave. The home FINANCES county were suspected of ex- suffered extensive damage, ceeding that speed. but no injuries were reported. WT-Int. Crude $56.87 The hardest hit area was on In response to the storm, WTIC Posted $53.25 either side of North College Natural Gas $2.78 Calvary Baptist Church The eastern wall of the Reynolds Utilities building on the North U was sheared from the frame. Patterson-UTI $13.82 Ave., north of the U.S. Hwy. opened a warming center Oxy-Permian $64.67 84 interchange, where several for people displaced by the ported. 0.71 of an inch of rain, Kinder Morgan $19.94 homes were damaged and storm, however officials re- while the SnTx Industrial trees and utility poles were ported that no residents came Park recorded 0.68 of an inch uprooted. Reynolds Utilities to the shelter. of precipitation. LOTTERY on the U.S. 84 access road The storm caused wide- Extremely high winds are had an entire side of its met- Tuesday’s Results spread power outages across expected the rest of today and Mega Millions al building peeled off by the Scurry County. early Thursday. The NWS 10-12-16-49-57 MB: 18 high winds. At 1 a.m. this morning, has issued a high wind warn- Megaplier: 4 Also in the area, several Oncor reported 1,547 power ing for Scurry County that homes sustained heavy dam- outages in Scurry County and will remain in effect until 7 Cash Five age and twisted metal siding as of 11 a.m., it was down to a.m. Thursday. Wind gusts 15-19-22-26-27 from trailer homes and other 130. Officials at Big Country of between 60-70 mph may debris littered streets in the Electrical Cooperative said occur during the afternoon Pick 3 Morning area of Gilmore Ave. and sur- they were still assessing how hours today. 6-3-1 Sum It Up: 10 rounding streets. There was many outages were suffered “This is potentially a dan- Pick 3 Day also a report of a tree collaps- by their customers. gerous wind event,” an NWS 2-4-6 Sum It Up: 12 ing onto the roof of a home on Rainfall totals in the area bulletin stated. “People driv- Pick 3 Evening O’Neil Ave. ranged from 0.51 of an inch ing high-profile vehicles 4-2-6 Sum It Up: 12 West of town, the most northwest of Colorado City should strongly consider A trampoline on Gilmore Ave. was blown over a fenceby the high Pick 3 Night noticeable damage was sus- to 0.80 of an inch in Lamesa. postponing travel until the 7-7-3 Sum It Up: 17 tained at the Trailertopia RV Western Texas College re- winds subside.” winds. Daily 4 Morning 3-9-7-1 Sum It Up: 20 Chamber accepting registration Daily 4 Day 6-8-5-3 Sum It Up: 22 Kelley artwork to be featured at for March 21 Alzheimer’s forum Daily 4 Evening Anyone planning to attend the March 21 Alzheimer’s 1-6-3-6 Sum It Up: 16 Disease community forum needs to call the Snyder Chamber Daily 4 Night Sweetwater show this month of Commerce to reserve seating at the event. 1-5-5-5 Sum It Up: 16 Snyder artist Nathalie The West Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is Kelley will be one of 16 fea- hosting the forum to determine what services are needed in tured artists at the inaugural Snyder. ASK US Big Country Invitational “The community forum is a town hall type event that offers Fine Arts Show in Sweet- the community an opportunity to learn more about dementia Q. — If the county is try- water. and the Alzheimer’s Association,” said Janet Cross, program ing to save money on fuel The show will run coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association West Texas costs, why do employees through the end of the chapter. “It allows the association to hear from the community take their county vehicles month and an artists’ re- about what the needs are in Snyder and for us to work together home at night? ception is scheduled for 7-9 to try to meet those needs.” A. — Scurry County p.m. Saturday at the Jo and Attendees are encouraged to bring a friend or family member Judge Dan Hicks said that Tom Henderson Gallery in who has been affected by the disease, along with other forms of the employees who take the Sweetwater Municipal dementia and memory loss, Cross said. county vehicles home at Auditorium located at 201 The community forum will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. at the night are either first re- Fourth Street. chamber office. To register, call 573-3558. sponders, employees who “We are excited to have could be called out in an Nathalie Kelly from Snyder emergency situation or on- as one of our featured art- call employees. ists at our first Big Country Freedom Run set for June 29 Invitational Fine Arts Show Registration for the annual The top male and female in NDEX in our lovely, new gallery,” Snyder Education Foundation the 5K/10K runs will receive I said event coordinator Leo Freedom Run is open. $100. Medals will be present- Classifieds....................7-9 Cleveland. The race, which helps fund ed to the top three finishers in Community Calendar.......2 Other artists include John foundation initiatives like each age division. Dear Abby........................5 Abernathy, Mary Brooks, Snyder ISD teacher grants Registration forms are Entertainment..................4 Margaret Davis, Barbara and scholarships for Scurry available at the Cogdell Me- Obituaries........................2 Edwards, Sue Ellington, Contributed Photo County students, will be held morial Hospital rehab gym, Sports...........................10 Jack W. Hawkins, Teresa Snyder artist Nathalie Kelley will be one of 16 featured artists June 29 in Towle Park. A 5K Snyder Daily News, Calvary Weather...........................2 Johnston, Mike Lanier, during this month’s Big Country Invitational Fine Arts Show at walk/run and 10K run will Baptist Church, Nix’s Auto Amy Lee Mowning, Ju- the Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium. begin at 8 a.m. A kids’ fun and Tire Service, Snyder ISD lia Sims, Pete Spano, Kim run will be held at the conclu- administration office, Sny- Tiemann, Danny Valdez, throughout the month, from each Saturday. sion of the race. der Chamber of Commerce, Debbie Walls and Dorothy 2-4 p.m. each Sunday, 4-6 All of the artwork at the The registration fee is $25 CrossFit Gym, Tiger Gym, Whisenhunt. p.m. each Tuesday and show will be available for per person and everyone who Anytime Fitness and the The gallery will be open Thursday, and 7-8:30 p.m. purchase, Cleveland said. enters prior to June 16 will re- Kinder Morgan plant located ceive a T-shirt. at 3775 CR 226. Page 2 Snyder Daily News Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Community Calendar Manafort given more than 3½ years of extra prison time WASHINGTON (AP) — A I cannot undo the past, I will lowed prosecutor Andrew that position would choose to Polish poker federal judge today sentenced ensure that the future will be Weissmann’s characterization make that decision at that mo- The Scurry County Senior Citizens Center will host Pol- former Trump campaign very different.” of crimes that the govern- ment.” ish poker at 12:45 p.m. Thursday. chairman Paul Manafort to an The 69-year-old, who ar- ment said spanned more than Defense lawyer Kevin additional 3½ years of prison, rived in court in a wheelchair, a decade and continued even Downing suggested Manafort Fish fry questioning his remorse and said he was the primary care- while Manafort was awaiting was being unduly punished rebuking him for his crimes giver of his wife and wanted trial.