The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 58, Ed. 1 Monday, October 11, 1971 Page: 5 of 10
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Monday. Oct. 11.1971
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Page Five
Conservation District
Directors Plan Meeting
The role of conservation
districts in environmental
improvement is the theme of
the 31st annual statewide
meeting of conservation
district directors to be held in
McAllen Oct. 19-21.
James Waddell, chairman of
the board of the Upper-Pecos
Soil and Water Conservation
District, said plans are being
made to send a delegation from
the local district. The annual
AUSTIN — An advance plan
can minimize hurricane and
tornado damage according to a
report released recently by the
Texas Automobile Dealers
Association.
The report, “Disaster Check
List,” was prepared for Texas
automobile dealers but its
message applies to many other
businesses as well as
homeowners, said H. C.
Pittman, TADA Executive Vice
President.
The report urges employers
to organize their employees to
act as a unified team in the
event of a natural disaster. This
initiative will assist to combat
perils to life and property.
The report was prepared, in
part, from recommendations
from automobile dealers who
experienced hurricane Carla
and the Lubbock tornado,
Pittman said.
Businesses are advised to
keep records and documents in
a fire and water proof area.
Upon resumption of work,
sufficient records will allow
operations to resume with a
minimum of time. If the office
can continue to function, other
departments have an easier
time resuming a normal
operation.
Businesses as well as homes
should be securely boarded
with good lumber attached to
the structure. Storm shutters
should be used when available.
The report warns that
meeting is sponsored by the
Texas State Soil and Water
Conservation Board.
“Our district is involved in a
wide range of activities which
benefit the environmfent,”
Waddell said. “Conservation
measures reduce sediment, the
state’s biggest pollutant.
Sediment fills lakes, streams,
bays and estuaries; it kills fish
and ruins their spawning
grounds. Treatment of land
makeshift boarding or insecure
shutters often blow loose and
do more damage than none at
all.
Loose materials and
movable objects should be
stored in anticipation of a
hurricane or tornado.
The report also advises
leaving a small window open
on the lee side of a building. If
wind or flying objects ityake an
opening on the windward side
of a building pressure can build
up within, tending to lift the
roof or push out the walls. The
opening, the report says, can
prevent damage.
The report also says that
since electrical power is usually
first made available after a
storm to businesses, employers
can prove a genuine
community service by
protecting perishables and food
until residential power is
restored.
As an additional guard
against excessive damage,
businessmen are urged to check
insurance coverage frequently
and keep a list of fixed assets.
This can greatly facilitate
insurance settlements.
NO WAY TO RUN A PUB
When 40 students streamed
off a bus into his pub at
Halstead, England, Bernard
Nicoli, the owner, beamed. But
they ordered 37 pints of water
and 3 soft-drinks. The total bill
— 36 cents.
subject to wind erosion cuts
blowing dust, the state’s worst
air pollutant. We also try to
tailor our work to enhance
wildlife habitat, outdoor
beauty and recreation.
Waddell also pointed out
that upstream watershed
protection projects sponsored
by conservation districts,
counties and cities have vast
environmental benefits. Floods
not only damage homes, and
other property but they also
kill people, wildlife and
livestock.
Conservation districts are
trying to step up all
environmental activities.
Waddell said he hopes the
discussion at the annual
meeting will point up ways this
can be done.
Speakers during the
conference in McAllen will
include David Brune, general
manager of the Trinity River
Authority; State
Representative Bill Clayton of
Springlake; State Senator
Murry Watson of Mart; Clyde
W. Graham, state
conservationist for the Soil
Conservation Service; and
Albert Roach of Paris,
chairman of the State Soil and
Water Conservation Board.
The Texas Association of
Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, one of the state’s
oldest conservation
organizations, will also meet
and elect officers during the
state meeting. Doyle
Hutcheson of Weatherford is
now president of TASWCD.
Conservation districts are
local sub-divisions of state
government. They utilize and
coordinate assistance from the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
and other local, state and
federal agencies. Their goal is
to conserve and develop land,
water, forest, wildlife and
related resources for maximum
benefit of all citizens.
The meeting at McAllen will
feature a “Night in Mexico”
event staged by the host group,
the Southmost Soil and Water
Conservation District. Ladies
attending the meeting will also
be treated to. a luncheon and a
tour of homes in Reynosa,
Mexico.
Advance Plan Can
Minimize Damage
Caverns Of Sonora Are One Of Most Beautiful
AUSTIN - ‘This js the
most indescribably beautiful
cavern in the world. Its beauty
can’t possibly be exaggerated —
even by Texans.” This is the
way a past president of the
National Speleological Society,
a native of Maryland, described
the Caverns of Sonora.
Located in West Texas, just
off Interstate 10, near the city
of Sonora, Caverns of Sonora
are one of seven Texas caves
open to the public. Like finger
prints, all the caves are
different and each has its share
of boosters. Caverns of
Sonora’s speleothems (cave
formations) include all known
forms, and some not known to
exist anywhere else in the
world. Translucent and
phosphorescent formations
range in color from pure white
through shades of gray, faint
greens and blues, pale rose,
bright oranges and deep
browns.
The common formations of
stalagmites, stalactites and
draperies are joined in Sorona
by masses of unusual helictites,
the formations that defy
gravity and shape themselves in
loops, twists and angles. In
many rooms of the caverns the
ceiling, walls and floors are
completely covered with the
delicate formations.
Visitors to the cavern,
where the temperature is 70
degrees year around, will see
the well-formed butterfly,
popcorn formations, loops,
horseshoes, elk’s horns,
Christmas tree forests, war
clubs, paper-thin soda-straws
reaching lengths of up to six
feet, and rhombic crystals with
perfect four-inch faces.
So vast are the formations
in the Caverns of Sonora that
cavern personnel make new
Sullivan Resigns Position
Dr. B. H. Amstead,
President of The University of
Texas of the Permian Basin,
today announced that Dr. B.
Don Sullivan, executive
director of Student Services at
the University, has resigned to
accept a position as Dean of
the South Oklahoma City
Junior College in Oklahoma
City.
Dr. Sullivan, a native of
Oklahoma, was appointed
assistant to the president in
April of 1970. Dr. Amstead,
said, “Dr. Sullivan was the
second person I hired when
planning for The University of
Texas of the Permian Basin
began. He had not yet received
his Ph. D. degree when he came
with UTPB, but he has never
disappointed me. He has been a
tremendous worker of unusual
ability, and it is not surprising
that a college would like to
have him as their dean.
Other colleges have been
looking toward Dr. Sullivan,
and he has been interviewed a
number of times. I would like
for The University of Texas of
the Permian Basin to be
composed entirely of people
who are sought after by others,
for that means we have the
best. The great input Dr.
Sullivan has made to UTPB and
to the community is something
that has enriched us all and
that will lend stature to the
University for a long time.
I feel quite sure that when
he gets to South City Junior
College, his experience will be
most helpful to him, and 1
think, too, that he will always
have a tender spot for the
Permian Basin and the
University here. I certainly
commend South Oklahoma
City Junior College focusing
good judgment in picking one
of the finest men to help them
open in 1972.”
In commenting on his new
position, Dr. Sullivan siad,
“While I am sad at leaving
UTPB and the wonderful
people in the Permian Basin, l
feci it necessary to pursue my
career interests in the
community college field. The
leadership of Dr. B. H.
Amstead and the competency
of the staff members he has
assembled assures the
development of a first-class,
upper level university here in
the Permian Basin. I hope that
I can be instrumental,, in
providing students to this
exciting institution.”
discoveries on each visit.
The cavern was discovered,
about the turn of the century
by a sheepherder. The 18-inch
natural entrance to the cave led
into an inactive part of the
caverns and then passage was
blocked by a sixty-foot pit.
In September, .1955,
members of the Dallas Grotto
of the National Speloelogical
Society managed to work their
way, with rope, around the
previously impassable pit. It
was then that they discovered
the magnificent active portion
of the Cavern.
To protect the cave from
irresponsible;; groups of
explorers, it was designated a
“secret cave” and a padlocked
steel gate placed at the
entrance. Dallas, Austin and
Abilene Grottos continued
exploration for the next five
years, as surveys were made on
three and a half miles of the
caverns.
The caverns were open to
the public in 1960, with well
lighted trails that lead visitors
on an hour and 15 minute
tour. Admission is $2 for
adults and $1 for students
(first grade through high
school). Groups of 15 or more
are given special rates.
In addition to the caverns, a
gift shop, snack bar, picnic
ground and overnight camping
facilities are located at Caverns
of Sonora.
WAR CLUBS- are among the unique formations found in Caverns of Sonora. The cavern,
located just off Interstate Highway 10 in West Texas, features an unmatched profusion of
delicate formations.
KERMIT INDEPENDENT S0N00L DISTRICT
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KERMIT, TEXAS
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31,1971
Ooeratinci Fund'
Food
Student
Interest and
State
Local
Transportation
Service
Activity
Sinkinc-
Special
Available
Maintenance
Fvind
Fund
Fund
Fund
Funds
Tota 1
Opening Cash Balances, 9-1-70
$
35,209
$
44.011
-0-
1,816
$ 16,718
54,204
:j£
13,514
$
165,472
Receipts:
10 Local Sources
$
-0-
$
1,731/819
$
-0-
$
87,526
$ 85,253
$
233,725
$
-0-
$
2,138,323
20 County Sources
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
- 0-
-0-
-0-
30 State Sources
260,529
102,783
10/020
17,379
-0-
-0-
7,261
397,972
40 Federal Sources
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
50 Sale of Bonds
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
60 Loans
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
70 Sale of Property
-0-
I, 902
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
1, 902
80 Incoming Transfers
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
85 Interfund Transfers
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Returned Checks
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Investments Sold
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Total Cash Receipts
f
260,529
$
1,836,504
$
10,020
104.905
$ 85,253
$
233,725
7,261
2,538,197
Total Funds Available
295,738
1.880,515
$
10.020
i_
106,721
$101,971
$
287,929
£
20,775
2,703,669
Disbursements:
Budgetary Disbursements
$
265/589
$
1,799,455
$
4,278
$
-0-
$ -o-.
$
243,114
$
15,459
$
2,327,895
Retirement of Current Loans
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Food Service Fund
-0-
-0-
-0-
102,176
-0-
-0-
-0-
102,176
Student Activity Funds
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
84,338
-0-
-0-
84,338
Interfund Transfers
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Investments Purchased
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Inventory Purchases
-0-
1,927
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
1, 927
Prior Year Payables Liquidated
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Total Cash Disbursements
$
265,589
1,801.382
$
4, 278
i_
102,176
$ 84,338
$
243,114
15.459
$
2,536,336
Closing Cash Balances 8-31-71
$
30/149
$
40,772
$
-0-
$
4,545
$ 17,633
$
1, 045
$
5, 316
$
99,460
Less: Accounts 'Payable 8-31-71 >
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Unencumbered Cash Balances
8-31-71
$
30/149
$
40,772
$
-0-
$
4,545
$ 17,633
$
1, 045
$
5, 316
$
99,460
Time Deposit Balances 8-31-71
-0-
38.361
5.742
-0-
-0-
43,770
-0-
87,873
Unencumbered Fund Balances
8-31-71
$
30,149
$
79.133
$
Sr 74^
L
4. 545
$ 17.633
44,815
£
- 5,316
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 58, Ed. 1 Monday, October 11, 1971, newspaper, October 11, 1971; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1000073/m1/5/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.