The top rating allows the band to move into the University Interscholastic League Area Marching Contest to be held at Jones Stadium in Lubbock on Saturday, Oct. 24. This contest includes all Class AAA bands in the area from Amarillo to El Paso who received a Division 1 rating at last weekend's regional marching contests. Band director Gibbs' musicians this year already have won the title of TMEA Honor Band, the distinction given to the best high school concert band in Texas. This achievment motivates the band to become one of the few to become State Champions in concert and marching. The Big Green, however, will not look past the contest this weekend.
Preliminary investigation indicates the driver probably fell asleep at the wheel.
Tucker says the child who died and his sister were thrown from the sports utility vehicle when it rolled four times. It drifted to the shoulder of the road. Tucker identified the fatally injured child as John Russell Simmons, 11. Covenant Health Systems Inc. All were reported in stable condition on Wednesday, Oct. 21. All lived in the 700 block of North Betty Avenue in Monahans.