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Issue No. 48
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED...
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Hoffman of Odem are proud to announce the
engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Shana
Elaine Hoffman, to Randy Lamar Larson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Lew Larson, also of Odem. The couple will be married April
8, 2000, at First United Methodist Church in Robstown. (Photo
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Dorothy Mae Nix
Dorothy Mae Nix, 73, died
Saturday, November, 27, 1999, at
her home in Odem.
Mrs. Nix was president of the
VFW Auxiliary, a Tri-Chem instruc-
tor and a Cub Scout Den mother.
A chapel service was held
Monday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. at the
Ritchea Gonzales Funeral Home in
Sinton with burial in Evergreen
Cemetery in Odem. Pallbearers
were Dewey Lawhon, Darryl
Lawhon, Chad Lawhon, George Nix,
Blaine Nix, Ray Nix and Ernest
Bippert.
Survivors include two sons, Allan
(Shirley) G. Nix of Odem and Dale
(Linda) Nix of Pearland, four
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
Rep. Hawley
Receives Award
State Representative Judy Hawley
was presented a plaque in apprecia-
tion of her "Dedicated Service on
Behalf of South Texas Agriculture"
during a November 10th reception
held in her honor at Hunt's Air
Hangar.
Jeff Nunley, executive director of
the South Texas Cotton and Gin
Association (STCGA). alonq with
several other local producers, pre-
sented Representative Hawley with
the award in recognition of her lead-
ership role in legislative affairs
impacting the agriculture industry.
"Agriculture is a vital part of our
communities," Representative
Hawley said. "It has always been
one of my top priorities to address
issues in the farming and ranching
industry."
In presenting the award, Nunley
cited Representative Hawley's work
on behalf of South Texas for emer-
gency boll weevil eradication fund-
ing.
Area
Activities
Fashion Show & Dinner
Take a step back in time and view
the fashions from yesteryear at the
Century in Review Fashion Show
and Dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Friday, December 3, in room 219 of
the Student Union Building at Texas
A&M University-Kingsville.
Formal, special occasion and
every day clothing will be modeled
to celebrate the coming of the new
millennium. Period clothing from
1920 to the present will be featured.
Tickets for the show and dinner
are $20 and may be purchased at
the human sciences department.
Dinner is from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. will the fashion show follow-
ing.
Proceeds will go to the College of
Agriculture and Human Sciences
trip to New York.
For more info, call 593-2211.
Baylor Public Library has been noti-
fied that the library has been
accredited as a fully qualified mem-
ber of the Texas Library System for
the State Fiscal Year 2000. This enti-
tles the library to receive state funds
through the South Texas Library
System (STLS).
Computers and Internet: The
library now has four computers and
two printers that may be used by
the public. If you plan to use the
Internet, you must have a current
library card and read and sign
papers that you have read the rules
concerning Internet usage. Persons
under 18 years of age will required
to have parental or guardian per-
mission to access the Internet.
Forms must be signed in the library.
Printing cost is 10 cents per page,
and if you plan to save your infor-
mation to a disk, you must buy a
disk for $1. You may not bring and
use your own.
Library Cards: Library cards
can be obtained by showing ID
proving that you live in San Patricio
County. Persons under 18 must
have parental permission to obtain
a card.
Storytime: Wednesday, Dec. 8
at 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Mr. Kippy's
topic will be "Rains"
New Books for Children: The
library has received, as a bonus
from the STLS, books of fantasy that
are on the Best Seller List. They are
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone. Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets and Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban,
Books 1, 2 and 3 respectively. All
are written by J. K. Rowling. (Grades
3-7 and fun reading for older per-
sons)
Books For Adults
The Night Visitor by James D.
Doss - According to Pat Voss, who
donated the book, it is "humorous
and clean, dealing with native
Americans, archeology, paleontol-
ogy and one murder which occurred
in 3100 BC."
Timeline by Michael Crichton -
This futuristic novel tells of a world
of exploding advances on the fron-
tiers of technology. Information
moves instantly between two points
without wires or networks.
Computers are built from singe mol-
ecules. Any moment of the past can
be actualized - a group of historians
can enter, literally, life in 14th cen-
tury feudal France. Imagine the
risks of such a journey!
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featuring Taquitos, Pancakes, Biscuits and Breakfast Plates
served with eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns and biscuits
DQ will also feature homemade mouth watering tortillas.
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State Cracks Down On Poaching
As Texas heaas into the height of
the hunting season, State
Representative Judy Hawley (D-
Portland) reminds Texans of the
new legislation passed by the 76th
Texas Legislature which has signifi-
cantly increased penalties for
poaching.
"This legislation is a direct
response to concerns raised by
landowners and hunters alike,"
Representative Hawley said.
The legislation, House Bill 2526,
creates a new state jail classification
for The Parks and Wildlife, meaning
individuals convicted of violating
safe-hunting and anti-poaching
laws could face penalties of up to
two years in a state jail and a fine of
up to $10,000.
The new law establishes stiffer
penalties for poaching activities,
including hunting without a
landowner's consent, hunting from
any type of vehicle, hunting with a
light and hunting at night. It also
carries serious consequences for
using or possessing a fish-shock
device and for failure to retrieve
and keep big game carcasses in edi-
ble condition.
In addition to the stiffer criminal
penalties, the new law also provides
for the mandatory loss of hunting
and fishing licenses for up to five
years.
This new legislation is expected
to significantly curb the tide of
poaching in Texas. When the legis-
lature stiffened penalties on poach-
ing in 1997, the number of cases of
hunting without a landowner's con-
sent dropped by 50 percent in the
following year. The Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department expects this
legislation to continue that trend.
Representative Hawley said that
this new law is intended to keep
hunting safe and to preserve
wildlife population for generations
to come by providing a serious
deterrent to unsafe hunting prac-
tices.
You may have heard someone say that
before January 1, 2000, you should have
stocked up on extra money just in case
your bank can’t cash checks or operate
ATMs because of a Y2K problem. What
do we have to say about that?
The FDIC recommends that you make a
reasonable decision based on solid infor-
mation, not on false, uninformed or
exaggerated reports on the street, in the
media or over the Internet. We also
believe that you should consider the
following:
• Federal and state regulators expect that
most banking services will be function-
ing normally on January 1.
Examiners have been visiting every FDIC-
insured bank and savings institution in the
country to check on its progress. Almost
all insured institutions are on schedule to be
Y2K-ready, so it should be “business as
usual” on January 1. The very few
institutions not making satisfactory pro-
gress are undergoing increased scrutiny by
bank regulators and are required to correct
their deficiencies.
As part of this readiness effort, banks,
automated teller machine manufactures
and ATM networks (the systems that give
you access to your bank account using
another bank’s teller machine) are fixing
and testing their machines. And if problems
do occur, banks have back-up plans so
service can continue.
• The funds you leave in a federally
insured account are absolutely safe. The
same can’t be said for the money you
take out of the bank.
Wallets and purses are easy to lose. And
while robbers are always out there, as we
get closer to the New Year they may be
especially active if they hear that people are
carrying extra cash. Among the potential
crime targets: people who have just
taken cash out of ATM machines.
We also caution everyone about hiding
a large sum of money at home, where it
can be taken by a thief, misplaced by a
family member or destroyed in a fire,
even if the cash is in a metal safe or file
cabinet. “It’s never a good idea, at any
time, to carry around a large amount of
cash or keep it at home,” says Frank
Hartigan, the Washington-based Y2K
Program Manager for the FDIC’s
Division of Supervision.
• If your favorite ATM is out of order,
you can get cash elsewhere.
Just because an automated teller machine
is “down” doesn’t mean your bank or the
ATM network your bank belongs to is
having a Y2K problem. So, if one ATM
isn’t working, try another neaiby. Or,
during regular banking hours, just go into
a bank branch.
You also may be able to use your ATM card
or credit card to get cash at a merchant’s
cash register (perhaps for a small fee).
• There are more ways to pay for pro-
ducts and services than just using cash.
Most merchants accept your check, credit
card or debit card (an ATM-type card that
deducts from your account to pay for pur-
chases). “In this day and age, when there
are so many options for making payments,
consumers shouldn’t feel they need to rely
solely on cash,” says Hartigan.
If you have a question or problem regarding
the best ways to make a payment (or even
get additional cash), consider calling your
bank or credit card company. Many bank-
ing institutions will have extra customer-
service staff answering phones or otherwise
assisting consumers during the Year 2000/
New Year’s weekend.
• Y2K problems won’t cause your bank
to lose track of your money.
It’s highly unlikely that a Year 2000 com-
puter problem will trigger an error in your
account balance. If something does go
wrong, though, institutions are required to
keep back-up records that can be used to
identify and correct errors that might affect
your accounts. So why take out a lot of
cash because you’re afraid the bank will
lose your money...and then risk losing it
yourself? And remember, every extra
dollar you take out of your account is a
dollar that no longer earns interest.
Final Thoughts
Rest assured that the banking industry will
be ready if you and other consumers have
a need for more cash. The Federal Reserve
System, which supplies banks with the
coins and currency they need to handle
daily banking operations, has plans to print
extra cash as a precaution to meet any
increased demand. But as we’ve described
here, bank regulators and bankers have
spent years preparing to overcome the
Year 2000 problem so that there should
be no need for anyone to withdraw
extra money.
We leave you with the words of respected
financial columnist Jane Bryant Quinn. In
writing about the Y2K issue recently, she
said: “Would I take savings out of the bank,
lose the interest it’s earning and risk total
loss if I had a fire? My money stays put,
where it’s FDIC-insured.”
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Odem, Texas
CHRISTMAS GOODIES...
The Christmas goodies are in at the Odem Elementary HOSTS Center. Pictured above, mentor Jan Whitely
(left), HOSTS Teacher Mary Gonzales (center) and Assistant Joyce Ridgeway (right) sort through the
stuff. (It seems Jan has found something in the box that Joyce wants.) (Photo by Jennifer johnson-Dust).
Don’t Take the
Money and
Run
If you’re thinking of withdrawing extra money for the Year 2000, read this first.
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Johnson-Dust, Jennifer. The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1999, newspaper, December 2, 1999; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1051760/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Odem Public Library.