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OBITUARIES
Micaela Cansino
Funeral services for
Micaela Cansino, 80, of
Plainview will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at Lemons Memorial
Chapel.
Burial will follow in
Parklawn Memorial Gardens
under the direction of Lemons
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Cansino died Thursday,
June 9, 2011, at her
home.
The family will receive
friends from 4-6 p.m. today,
and a memorial will be at
6 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Micaela Barrera Cansino
was born Jan. 16, 1931, in
Santa Rosa to Jesus Barrera
and Pabla (Castillo) Barrera.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Fernando
Wynon Mayes
Funeral services for Eloise
Wynon Mayes of Canyon
will be at 11 a.m. Monday
at First Baptist Church of
Canyon with the Rev. Gene
Jones, minister, offi ciating.
Burial will follow at 4
p.m. in Ralls Cemetery
under the direction of Holley
Funeral Home of Canyon.
Visitation will be from
2-4 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Mrs. Mayes died Thursday,
June 9, 2011, in
Canyon.
She was born Sept. 12 in
Pilot Point to Wheeler Ford
and Mavit Bellar Ford. She
was a member of Canyon
First Baptist Church and was
active in the choir and Senior
Adults Council. She was a
past president of Canyon
Rotary Club and Toastmasters,
Professional Speakers
Association of the Southwest
and Texas Extension
Association of Family and
Consumer Services.
She received bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from
Texas Tech University in
home economics and was
employed by the Texas
A&M Extension Service
for more than 25 years. She
was the home demonstration
agent in Randall and Hale
counties. She was Plainview’s
Woman of the Year
in 1982 and an active mem-
Norma Jean Phinny
AMARILLO — Memorial
services for Norma Jean
Phinny, 68, of Amarillo
will be at 11 a.m. Monday,
June 13, 2011, at Hillside
Christian Church Chapel
with the Rev. Mike Nuthman
offi ciating.
Cremation and services are
under the direction of Cox
Funeral Home of Amarillo.
Visitation will be from
6-8 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Mrs. Phinny died Wednesday,
June 8, 2011, in Amarillo.
Norma was born in Matador
on Oct. 7, 1942, to Frank
and Dillie Garrett. She was
raised in Plainview and was
a 1960 graduate of Plainview
High School. She attended
McMurry College. She
married Ronald Phinny in
Plainview on Dec. 29, 1961.
She worked in the banking
business for many years.
While living in Plainview,
she served as a trust offi cer
for Hale County State Bank.
They moved to Amarillo
in 1981 from Plainview. She
worked as the head cashier at
Security National Bank for
many years. Norma was a
loving and devoted wife and
mom. When her grandchildren
came along, she retired,
stayed at home and took on
the title that she loved the
very most, “Grammy.” She
loved gardening, taking trips
with her family to the beach,
traveling with her husband
and spending time with her
friends. She was a longtime
member of Hillside Christian
Church and will be dearly
missed by her family and
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DEATH NOTICE
John Freeman
FLOYDADA — Services
for John J. Freeman, 67, of
Floydada were at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Floyd County
by Moore-Rose Funeral
Home of Floydada.
Mr. Freeman died Thursday,
June 9, 2011.
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Plainview Herald — 6-12-11
Cansino Sr.;
two sons,
Fernando
Cansino Jr.
and Pablo
Cansino; and
nine brothers CANSINO
and sisters.
Survivors include four
sons and three daughters-inlaw,
Manuel Cansino and
his wife Rosa, George B.
Cansino, and Gilbert Cansino
and his wife Lucy, all of
Plainview, and Robert B.
Cansino and his wife Sylvia
of Garland; 14 brothers and
sisters; 13 grandchildren; 32
great-grandchildren; and four
great-great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may
be made at www.lemonsfunerals.com
Online condolences:
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Plainview Herald — 6-12-11
Wynon Mayes
ber and council member
of the Amarillo Women’s
Network, receiving their
distinguished service award
in 1995. She was a recipient
of the Florence Hall Team
Award and the Extension
Superior Service Award,
Extension’s highest honor.
Survivors include two
daughters and sons-in-law,
Nonette and Jerry Robinson
of Canyon and Karen and
Joe Flood of Hereford; one
sister, Mary Lou Gilbreath of
Ralls; six grandchildren; and
nine great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials
to Cal Farley’s Boys
Ranch, Texas 4-H Foundation
or The Music Ministry
of First Baptist Church,
Canyon.
Online condolences:
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Plainview Herald — 6-12-11
Norma Jean Phinny
many friends.
Norma was preceded in
death by her parents and a
brother, Calvin Garrett.
Survivors include her
husband, Ronald Phinny of
Amarillo; her daughter, Gina
Slattery and husband, Bruce,
of Happy; her son, Brad
Phinny and wife, Jill, of
Lubbock; two brothers, Raby
Garrett and wife, Lanell, of
Plainview and Joe Garrett
and wife, Joan, of Palm
Desert, Calif.; three sisters,
Shirley Dean of Lubbock,
Dora McBee and husband,
Larry, of Plainview and Sharon
Prutzman and husband,
Tom, of Possum Kingdom.
She is also survived by her
three grandchildren who love
her very much, Beth and her
fi ancé Josh, Jake and Joey.
The family requests memorials
to BSA Hospice or
to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch
and Girls Town.
Please sign the online
guestbook at www.coxfuneralhomeamarillo.com.
Online condolences:
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Plainview Herald — 6-12-11
Thou shalt silence your phone in church
Although I don’t think
there’s anything in the
Bible about silencing your
phone in church, there
should be.
Ever have that happen?
I hadn’t . . . until
last Sunday. As a result, I
have what may be the only
functioning cell phone
like it in Plainview, maybe
even the world!
Allow me to explain.
Some time ago, I
dropped my very basic
Motorola cell phone. I say
“very basic” because it
doesn’t have one of those
fancy-schmancy names —
like Replenish or Shift or
Galaxy — that sound more
like the latest car model.
And I’m certainly not talking
about a Blackberry or
an iPhone or anything else
where basically all you
have to do is think about
who you want to call and
it automatically dials the
number.
My phone — at least
what’s left of it — is
one of those that has the
minimal number of buttons
on it. Yes, I text with
it but it takes a while since
I don’t have a QUERTY
keyboard. What I do have
is the kind where in order
to type an “S” you have to
hit the “7” key four times.
Someone once told me
they could send smoke
signals faster than I could
send a text.
Anyway, when I
dropped my fl ip phone
one of the hinges broke,
leaving me with a very
fragile piece of equipment
that basically required two
hands to hold it to my ear.
I looked into buying a
new phone but discovered
I wasn’t eligible
for a free one until my
current contract ran out
— on Aug. 17. Being the
thrifty person I am, I was
KEVIN
LEWIS
determined to make the
phone last until then, even
though I wasn’t sure what
was holding the bottom
part together with the top
part.
I found out last Sunday.
I wish I could say I was
sitting in the back row of
a packed church
and the phone
rang during a
loud “alleluia”
chorus
and
nobody
heard it
but me. Or at
least that I was
able to silence the
ring before anyone
really noticed.
Instead, I was kneeling
at the altar rail about to
receive communion. No
music was being played,
so you could basically
hear the person next to
you breathing.
That’s when it all happened
. . .
From out of one of my
pants pockets came a ringing
and vibrating buzz so
loud I was sure St. Peter
could hear it.
I knew it was no use
to try to blame it on the
person next to me. With
only about a dozen people
at the service, it would be
tough to pass the buck,
badly as I wanted to.
I immediately sprang to
my feet and began a brisk
walk (I was always told
not to run in the house,
especially God’s) toward
the door, the whole time
knowing our priest’s eyes
were burning a hole in me.
The ordeal may not have
been that bad had I been
able to get my hands on
the dang (remember, this
happened in church . . .
no swearing!) phone and
silence it. Unfortunately,
I was wearing a pair of
pants with more pockets
than should ever be allowed
in a pair of pants,
and the phone somehow
got stashed inside one
I didn’t know was even
there!
After what seemed to be
a slow-motion, dream-type
walk to the door, I made
it outside the church
where I fi nally was
able to get my
hands on the
fl ippety
phone.
Well,
in my
state
of being
half
embarrassed
and
half ticked off
that I hadn’t turned the
phone off before going
into church, I forgot about
the fragile state of the
Motorola.
I fl ipped it open to
answer it with a little more
gusto than usual.
Now I had two phones.
In my left hand was the
part with all the numbers
on it, and in my right
hand was the part with the
screen and ear piece.
Together they work very
well; separately, not so
much.
I tried putting the pieces
back together, but the cassette
tape-looking bands
that allow one part of the
phone to communicate
with the other weren’t
Indian tribes line up against
casino along Texas border
By JERI CLAUSING
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. — New Mexico’s
Indian tribes are lining up
against one of their own
as the federal government
once again is considering
a controversial proposal
to let a northern New
Mexico pueblo partner
with a Santa Fe art dealer
to build a hotel and casino
along the Texas-New
Mexico border.
The New Mexico Indian
Gaming Association Inc.,
which represents tribal
casino operators, recently
fi led comments with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
opposing the plan,
according to Mark Chino,
president of the Mescalero
Apache tribe, which operates
Inn of the Mountain
Gods resort and casino in
the Ruidoso area.
The group’s attorney declined
to release a copy of
the comments, but Chino
said they are basically
the same objections the
tribes had when the project
was fi rst proposed — and
rejected — under the Bush
Administration. Those
objections are based on
questions about the tribe’s
claim to the trust land and
its distance — more than
300 miles — from the
pueblo.
“First of all, we don’t
believe that the project is
going to benefi t the people
of the Jemez Pueblo,
because as we argued back
then that the developer is
the one that appears to be
the major benefi ciary of
the project as opposed to
the Pueblo of Jemez and
the people of Jemez,” said
Chino, whose tribe stands
to lose the most among
New Mexico Indian gaming
operators if the Anthony
project is approved.
Gaming has been on the
decline during the recession,
he said, and competi-
tion from a new casino
just over 100 miles away
and close to the populous
El Paso-Las Cruces
market “would devastate
our hospitality enterprises
here in Ruidoso. We have
invested millions and
millions of dollars in our
hospitality enterprises.
And that would certainly
take away the lion’s share
of our business.”
Chino said his tribe
also disagrees with Jemez
Pueblo’s attempt to claim
a historical connection to
the land in question.
“We believe that the
Mescalero Apache have
a much greater historical
connection to that area of
the Southwest,” he said.
The Jemez Pueblo
is located in northern
New Mexico between
Albuquerque and Santa
Fe, along a corridor that
already has a number of
Indian casinos.
Under the proposal, the
Jemez Pueblo and a Santa
Fe developer and art dealer,
Gerald Peters, would
build a $55 million casino
and hotel in Anthony. The
plan was shot down in
2008 by the BIA, which
said it was too far from the
pueblo to generate jobs for
the tribe.
The Obama Administration
reopened the request
for the Jemez proposal and
a handful of other off-reservation
casinos last year,
but no one seems to know
why, Chino said.
“Everyone we have talked
to hasn’t been able to
explain it,” said Chino. “I
am at a loss as to why the
federal government chose
to reopen those. If you go
back . . . they determined it
wasn’t a viable project for
a number of reasons. And
now the Obama Administration,
for whatever
reasons, has chosen to take
a second look at it.”
The BIA did not respond
to questions from
the Associated Press about
the reason for the review.
Many, including Gov.
Susana Martinez, are concerned
about the precedent
that would be set. There
currently are only fi ve
off-reservation casinos in
the U.S., all of which are
within easy commuting
distance of the tribes who
run them.
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having any of it, and I
could tell that no amount
of Super Glue or duct tape
was going to fi x it!
I was about to come to
grips with having to buy
a new phone — and fall
short of my mid-August
target — when it occurred
to me the phone might still
work through the Bluetooth
in my car.
It does, although it can
be a bit of an inconvenience
to go sit in the car
every time I want to talk
on the phone.
Then the thought came
to me that I could enable
the speaker function
on the phone. That also
works, although now
every phone conversation
I have must be shared with
everyone within at least
25 feet.
The good news is my
slow texting problem went
away, since that function
is an impossibility without
the top of my phone.
I haven’t yet decided if
I’m going to break down
and buy a new cell phone
before becoming eligible
for a free one. That’s
67 days away, which is
a long time to go with
what I’ve started calling
my redneck cell phone.
While I don’t miss
texting, I’m pretty sure
everyone within 25 feet
of me doesn’t want to be
subjected to my every
conversation for the next
two-plus months.
One thing’s for sure. I
won’t make the mistake
again of forgetting to turn
my phone off before going
to church.
If there was one good
thing about it happening
where it did, it’s that I was
quickly forgiven.
Kevin Lewis is editor of the Herald.
kwlewis@hearstnp.com
806.296.1353
Lyles earns
doctorate
Aaron B. Lyles, M.D.,
received his doctorate degree
from the University
of Texas
SouthwesternMedical
School
on June 6.
Lyles will
continue his
residency
LYLES
in Lexington, Ken., in
physical medicine and
rehabilitation.
A 1997 graduate of
Plainview High School,
Lyles graduated from
the University of Texas-
Dallas with a degree in
electrical engineering in
2001. After working for
four years, he returned
to UT-Dallas, graduating
with a degree in molecular
biology in 2007 before being
accepted into medical
school.
He is the son of A.B.
and Cheryl Lyles of Kress.
His late grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey A.
Shaver of Hale Center and
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A.
Lyles of Turkey.
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