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THURSDAY 19 AUGUST 2004
NEWS PAGE
THE CANADIAN RECORD
Several accidents keep law en orcement.
Local law enforcement officers investigated
a rash of vehicular accidents in the last week,
ranging in severity from minor fender-benders
involving two vehicles to a dramatic one-vehicle
wreck that leveled a tree and left the driver in
critical condition.
DPS Trooper Junior Ortiz said he had cov-
ered four,accidents in one week, starting with a
minor two-vehicle accident which occurred last
Wednesday, August 11, on Highway 60/83 near
the Riverside Courts in Canadian
In that incident, Kevin Ray Brannon, a 34-
year-old Liberal, Kansas resident, was driving
a 1986 Ford F150 when he collided with another
pickup, a '94 Chevy driven by 61-year-old Mon-
serrato Torres of Brighton, Colorado. Ortiz re-
ports said Brannon was cited for following the
other vehicle too closely. Monserrato signaled
his intent to make a right turn, and Brannon at-
tempted to go around him, hit his vehicle in the:
right rear corner. Brannon's vehicle sustained
extensive damage to the front end.
The most serious accident occurred on
Saturday, August 14, around 7:10 a.m Jason
Wayne Pickard, 22, was critically injured when
his 2003 Mercury Sable left the roadway, hit
the barditch, jumped over a rain drain and hit a
tree, rolling and coming to a stop upside down.
The impact severed the tree at its trunk, and
knocked it about 50' away, where the branches
covered the car.
Pickard was headed south on US 60 about a
mile west of the Y when for unknown reasons he
ran off the South side of the road across the on-
coming traffic lanes. The vehicle was traveling
at a high rate of speed.
Hemphill County EMS responded to the:
scene and called immediately for Lifestar heli-
copter to transport the accident victim The he-
licopter met the ambulance in Miami to pick up
the patient, who was transferred to Northwest
Texas Hospital in Amarillo, and later trans-
ferred to Lubbock University Medical Center
where he is in critical condition.
No citations have been issued. Ortiz said his
investigation is still incomplete.
On Monday, August 16 around 7:13 a.m,
a one-vehicle rollover occurred about 4 miles
south of Miami on Farm-to-Market 748. James
Richard Davis, the 59-year-old driver of a 2001
Peterbilt tractor-trailer, was headed north
when he took a curve too fast, slid off the road
and rolled to the left side. Davis, who was haul-
ing a load of cattle, was driving approximately
70 mph in a 55 mph zone when the accident oc-
curred. He sustained minor injuries, and was
transported by Guardian EMS to Pampa Re-
gional Medical Center, where he was treated
and released. An unknown number of cattle
died at the scene,
Davis, a resident of Hallsville, Texas, was
cited for unsafe speed.
A short time later that morning, a pilot truck
for an oversized load was struck by a 2003 Ford
Bronco, driven by Carmen Diane Adams of
Pampa, when the truck driver turned in front
of her. Joe Erskin, 70, of Garden City, Kansas,
was driving a 2002 Chevy Silverado south on
Highway 60/83 just south of Canadian when
he attempted to make a left-hand turn from the
right lane of the two-lane highway. He turned
directly in the path of the Ford Bronco, which
struck him on the left front driver's side.
Officer Ortiz said the pilot pickup was lead-
ing a tractor trailer hauling a large tank, and
missed his turn Erskin was turning left into
the crossover near Exhibition Center Road
when Adams' vehicle struck him There were
no injuries.
No citations were issued, but Ortiz said his
investigation is still open pending his interview
of two witnesses to the accident.
In addition, 69-year-old Bill Kile of Okla-
homa City was critically injured in a rig acci-
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
dent around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. The accident
occurred at a KAL Drilling location about 14
miles south of Canadian.
According to Hemphill County Chief Depu-
ty Doug Tennant, Kile was struck twice in the
head when a rig being loaded for transported
to Oklahoma City was accidentally unhooked
as the winch truck backed away from the trail-
er. The cable and hooks swung out and struck
Kile—who was, standing on the ground next
to the truck—on one side of the head, made an
arc, and struck him again Kile was knocked to
the ground.
Hemphill County EMS responded to the
scene, and transported Kile almost to Pampa,
where they met the Lifestar helicopter. Kile
was taken by helicopter to Northwest Texas
Hospital, where his condition remains un-
known.
PHDTD DF AUGUST 14 WRICK
PROVIDED BY SCOTT BREWSTER
NEWS BRIEFS
Combs plans September town hall meeting in Canadian
Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs will visitwith
agricultural producers and rural communities in Septem-
ber at town hall meetings throughout the state to discuss
issues impacting rural Texas and the agricultural indus-
try. The meetings, hosted by the Texas Department of
Agriculture, are open forums where producers and com-
munity members can discuss issues as well as present
their ideas and solutions to the commissioner. One stop on
Combs's tour of Texas will be in Hemphill County in Ca-
nadian on September 13, at 8 a.m., at the Canadian-Courts
Conference,Center at 220 North Second Street, Highways
60/83. "With agriculture and rural communities facing
so many challenges, I want to know firsthand about local
concerns and issues," Combs said. "Some regions of Texas
have very specific needs, and by working with producers,
industry groups, and local, state and federal governments
we can address these issues and ensure that agriculture
and rural Texas remain strong throughout the state."
TDA is working with the Texas Farm Bureau, Texas Co-
operative Extension and various commodity groups to or-
ganize these town hall meetings across Texas. The meet-
ings are free and open to the public. For more information,
contact Ryan O'Neal, producer relations specialist at TDA
at (512)463-4879. #33
Firelighters to fill boots with donations to MDA
In observance of the 50th anniversary of the inaugura-
tion of the partnership between Firefighters and the Mus-
cular Dystrophy Association, Canadian firefighters will
conduct a Fill-the-Boot drive on September 5th and 6th to
benefit MDA. Proceeds during the street-side campaign
will help support MDA services and research programs.
Included are MDA's outpatient clinics for people with
more than 40 neuromuscular diseases, at BSA in Amaril-
lo. Members of the Canadian Fire Department will be at
various intersections during the Labor Day weekend ask-
ing motorists to drop donations in the firefighters' boots.
Canadian Fire Department has supported MDA for many
years through this local activity. #32
Register now to vote in the November 2,2004 election
If you wish to vote in the November 2 presidential elec-
tion, the registration deadline is Monday, October 4,2004.
To be eligible to register in Texas, you must be a U.S. citi-
zen, be a resident of the county in which you register, and
be 18 years or older (you may register at 17 years and 10
months). You may not be a convicted felon or have been
declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law. For
more information or to fill out a voter registration form,
go to the Hemphill County Tax Office at the Courthouse
or call (806)323-6661. You may also register online at
www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml. #29
KTOT-FM features regional programming
High Plains Public Radio out of Garden City, Kansas
provides programming from National Public Radio, as
well as programming with a regional flair every week-
day morning at 10:30. On Monday, August 23, on Skip
Mancini's Ag Basics, learn about a Garden City family
who has turned a little red wagon business into two thriv-
ing farm markets. Tuesday, August 24, on Learning the
Birds, Ruth Beasley of Canadian implores her friends and
neighbors to stop shooting at the owls. Wednesday, Au-
gust 25, on High Plains History, join the festivities sur-
rounding the dedication of a work of art, the Buffalo Bill
Montage, that is "bigger than life." Thursday, August 26,
on Growing on the High Plains, Skip Mancini has Part 3
of her Water Gardens series about stocking your garden
pond with critters, lots of fun—but watch out for the unin-
vited guests. Friday, August 27, High Plains in Words fea-
tures Shingling the Fog, by Roger Welsch. Programs are
repeated on Saturday afternoons, respectively, at 12:15,
12:45,1:15, and 1:45, during Silver Rails. HPPR can be
heard at 89,50 FM-KTOT and on the web at hppr.org. #34
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