The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1982 Page: 2 of 18
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THE INGLESIDE INDEX
Thursday, February 11, 1982
Reward of the good life
Frank Scheurich is minister of
the Ingleside Church of Christ.
He has lived in Ingleside for
one year. For six years, he
served a church in Wilm-
ington. Delaware. He has also
preached at churches in
IVIissouri and Kansas.
I read a story recently about a
preacher who was speaking in an
evangelistic series somewhere in the
State of Kansas.
During the course of the meeting,
he asked a man whether he would
like to go to heaven. The man said
No." Rather shocked, the preacher
asked the man if he wanted to go to
hell.
Again the man said "No." So the
preacher asked. "Well, where do you
want to go?" The man replied, "I'd
rather live right here in Kansas!"
The man was simply and honestly
reflecting the sentiment that many
people feel toward eternal things. A
large segment of the population
would like to go right on living the
"good life" on the "good earth."
Good food, good friends, good fun,
and good times constitute the good
life in the eyes of many.
However, there are two unchange
able facts of life that make this
philosophy of life unrealistic. In the
first place, the living of the good life
has to come to an end.
Regardless of how much he may
enjoy it, a man cannot go right on liv-
ing in Kansas or Texas or anywhere
else! So many are like the rich man
who said, "Soul, you have many
goods laid up for many years to come;
take your ease, eat, drink and be
merry!"
The Lord called that man a "fool,"
and informed him that he was going
to die that very night. (Luke 12:16-21).
You, too shall die!
The Psalmist laments the mortality
of man as he writes, "As for the days
of our life, they contain seventy
years, or if due to strength eighty
years. Yet their pride is but labor and
sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly
away ... So teach us to number our
days." (Psalm 90:10; 12).
Beyond the fact that life is fleeting,
there remains the fact that the good
times do not provide lasting happi-
ness in this life as the prodigal son
learned during his period of hog pen
residence
It would be neither desirable nor
possible to go on living in Texas for
an eternity because God has made
available a much better place. The
sea shore, the rolling farm lands and
the beautiful hills in the central part
of Texas are all a part of God's han-
diwork.
But God has made something bet-
ter than Texas for man to enjoy. He
speaks of it in Hebrews 11:16, "They
desire a better country, that is a
heavenly one. Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God; for
He has prepared a city for them."
Not only does the seeking of that
city provide a more desirable goal for
man, but it also makes Texas or Kan-
sas or wherever you might live more
enjoyable.
The ultimate goal of eternal life
makes this one full and abundant as
Paul triumphantly declared in Philip
pians 4 11 and 3:20, "I have learned
to be content in whatever circumstan-
ces I am . . . For our citizenship is in
heaven, from which also we eagerly
wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ."
I like it a lot here in Texas, but I
believe I would rather live in Heaven!
Frank E. Scheurich
CONGRESSMAN-
BILL PATMAN
REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON
Researchers at Texas
A&M University are
developing seed to grow
guayule plants. They
believe these plants with a
high rubber yield will
grow in the Southwest.
Cooperating with
A&M are the Universities
of Arizona, California
and New Mexico. The
$4(X),000 program is fund-
ed by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture and
the Department of
Energy.
♦ ✓Another $500,000
research program is work-
ing to get the best possible
latex rubber from the
guayule plants.
In San Angelo,
Goodyear is testing ten-
foot-high earthmover tires
at a local proving ground.
Each tire weighs 5,000
pounds and uses nearly
2,000 pounds of guayule.
This domestic produc-
tion of guayule has great
possibilities , for replacing
imported rubber. It is just
one of the ways we are try-
ing to become self-
sufficient as a nation —
self-sufficient in produc-
ing some sixty strategic
materials and minerals for
which we now depend on
foreign countries.
The Federal Govern-
ment is spending less than
$1 million on this
research. Yet, it could
mean the difference be-
tween security and disaster
in a national emergency. It
could also mean the
development of a new and
profitable rubber industry
for Texas farmers and
manufacturers.
In the Congress I
strongly encourage
research to develop alter-
RESEARCH, STOCKPILING PROMOTE
STRATEGIC MATERIALS INDEPENDENCE
native materials. We need
our universities’ research
to create substitutes. Also,
we need to educate more
scientists and engineers
for jobs in the fast-
developing, specialized
field.
These needs are emerg-
ing at the same time the
Administration is cutting
the funds for research.
Especially hard-hit by
budget cuts is the equip-
ment that universities need
to teach material science.
The Administration
has recognized the need to
build up our stockpile of
strategic raw materials.
But funding for the
stockpile is far short of
what is required.
That is why I have in-
troduced a bill in Congress
to help. It would take
some of our national
revenue from oil and gas
leases on the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf and use it to
buy strategic and critical
materials for the national
defense stockpile.
The stockpile was
begun after World War II
to assure that we would
not be caught short in
another national emergen-
cy.
Our dependence on
imported strategic raw
materials is an even
greater threat to our
economy and national
security than our need for
imported oil. These
strategic materials are ab-
solutely essential to our
industry and defense.
The Federation of
Materials Societies is
made up of more than half
a million scientists,
engineers and technical
managers. In October of
1980 they warned about
the danger if strategic
material supplies were cut
off. . and asked for a na-
tional policy that would
assure a steady and
dependable source. They
mention five minerals:
cobalt, chromium,
manganese, platinum and
titanium.
-♦
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLI6HTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
1 AUSTIN—The deadline
J for filing in most statewide
J political races expired Feb.
J I. and there were some real
J surprises as the final line-ups
J for the Democratic and Rc-
: publican primaries took
J shape.
. The biggest surprise of all
■ had to be the departure of
■ Tyler Sen. Peyton McKnight
• from the Democratic contest
I for governor.
McKnight. a millionaire
| oilman, was the first man to
j gel into the gubernatorial
| race and some observers
j considered him the Dcmo-
| crats' best hope for defeating
| Republican incumbent Bill
| Clements.
| Mcknight's wealth was
| seen as an asset in what is
I expected to be the most ex-
I pensive governor’s race in
I Texas history, but McKnight
I exited the race after spend-
I ing more than $! million
I saying he had run out of
• money.
I But as one East Texas
I millionaire bowed out of the
J contest, another one jumped
I
; Railroad Commissioner
J Arthur "Buddy” Temple of
J Diboll signed up for the race
J only about a half hour be-
J fore the filing deadline
! Temple admitted his candi-
• dacy was so sudden he
• hasn't hired a campaign staff
J or plotted a strategy yet
. The 39-ycar-cld Temple.
^ who is from a wealthy East
Texas timber family, will
take on Land Commissioner
Bob Armstrong, Attorney
General Mark White. Don-
ald Ray Beagle of Neder-
land, San Juan publisher
Ray Allen Mayo and former
appliance salesman David
I Young in the Democratic
primary.
Clements’ Opponent
And on the GOP side,
Gov. Clements didn’t escape
without an opponent.
Clements, who previously
had to worry only about who
his Democratic opponent is
going to be, now will face
San Antonio insurance brok-
er Lowell D. Embs for the
Republican nomination.
Republican Eric Samuel-
son announced his candidacy
hut never paid the filing fee.
Treasurer’s Race
And in the state treasur
cr's race, incumbent Warren
G. Harding got several last
minute opponents.
It appeared that Harding,
who was originally appoint-
ed to that post by former
Gov. Dolph Briscoe, would
escape without an opponent
in the Democratic primary,
hut the disclosure that a
Travis County grand jury
was investigating Harding
for alleged campaign viola-
tions seemed to encourage
other Democrats to jump
into the race.
Among those vying with
Harding for the Democratic
nomination will be former
Waco Rep. Lane Denton,
former Travis County Com-
missioner Ann Richards and
Austin businessman John
Cutright.
Millard Neptune, an Aus-
tin lawyer and engineer, is
the only Republican in the
race.
The grand jury has not
yet completed its investiga-
tion of the matter. Harding
says he thinks the grand jury
probe is politically moti-
vated.
Redistricting Dispute
Gov. Clements has asked
Attorney General White to
step down as the state’s at-
torney in the redistricting
suits, but White says he
won’t go along with the gov-
ernor’s wishes.
Clements asked White to
authorize the hiring of an
outside attorney in the re-
districting matter contending
that White has a conflict of
interest because he was a
member of the Legislative
Rcdistricting Board that
adopted the Texas House
and Senate remap plans.
Those two plans and the
congressional rcdistricting
plan passed last year by
the Legislature have been
thrown out by the Justice
Department.
In a letter to Clements,
White said he will continue
to "represent the state and
all officials in presenting a
uniform and consistent de-
fense to the validity" of the
rcdistricting plans.
Meanwhile, former Secre-
tary of State George Strake,
a GOP candidate for lieu-
tenant governor, says the
Legislature should create a
new non-partisan or bi-par-
tisan board to draw districts
in the future.
Strake said a number of
communities have "suffered
mightily" at the hands of the
LRB, which is composed of
five Democrats
To expect an unbiased
plan from that panel is “to
expect a miracle,” Strake
said. The GOP contender’s
opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Hob-
by, happens to be one of
those LRB members.
Strake says the new bi-
partisan panel should be
made up of “Texans who
do not owe their political
future or their business fu-
ture to anything but the con-
tinued respect of their fellow
Texans.”
Impact Aid Cuts
Officials of the Texas
Federation of Teachers, an
AFL-CIO affiliate, have
been distributing figures that
show Texas will lose some
$10.94 million in federal
impact aid to local school
districts near military and
other federal installations
because of Reagan adminis-
tration budget cuts.
Those schools that will be
hardest hit are in the Aus-
tin, San Antonio, Temple-
Killecn and El Paso areas
where several Army and Air
Force bases are located.
School districts in those
communities stand to lose
nearly half of the total funds
lost by Texas, but dozens of
other school districts in rural
areas also will be affected by
the cuts.
TFT officials say the
schools affected are the ones
that can least afford the
cuts.
The impact aid funds arc
designed to help local school
districts pay for educating
children of military person-
nel and federal employees
who often live and shop on
the military posts and,
therefore, do not pay their
share of property and sales
taxes, the primary sources
of school funds
The Speaker
Reports,
by Bill Clayton
AUSTIN —Because of in-
flation, depleting natural
resources, a rapidly expand-
ing population, cut-backs in
federal funds, and other
factors, Texas is faced with
reassessing many current
state programs and policies
regarding its natural re-
sources. We must deter-
mine what steps need to be
taken to help plan for the
future of our great state.
Key ingredients for suc-
cessful planning are collec-
tion and assessment of per-
tinent data. An organi-
zation which gives Texas a
unique advantage in this
regard is the Texas Natural
Resources Information
System (TNR1S).
TNR1S does not collect
information per se, but cat-
alogues and makes acces-
sible the data collected by
many of our state agencies,
certain federal agencies and
federal (fata bases, and pri-
vate entities. In effect,
TNR1S is a data manage-
ment system which links
data users with the organi-
zations that collect the in-
put data.
Data are organized in six
major categories: water,
socioeconomics, biological,
meteorological, geologic
and land resource, and base
data. All of these data are
stored in 300 automated and
150 other files in various
formats including printed
reports, photocopies, com-
puter tapes, punched cards,
aerial photography, micro-
film, and computer
graphics.
The system supports re-
mote sensing data proces-
sing capabilities and hook-
ups with federal data bases
such as the NASA Manned
and Unmanned Spacecraft.
TNRIS is now developing a
computerized Geographic
Information System which
provides computer proces-
sing of maps and other
spatial data. This will be-
come an analytical tool for
handling TNRIS data.
Most requests for infor-
mation to TNRIS are for
data on water resources.
Conveniently, the central
office operates through the
Texas Department of Water
Resources.
This data management
system is important because
any action or project on
natural resources in one
area of our state usually has
effects on other parts of the
state. With TNRIS data
many of these effects can
be predetermined and plans
can be made in view of
them.
As data gathering and
manipulation techniques be-
come more sophisticated,
state resource management
becomes even more im-
portant. By largely gather-
ing its own data, rather than
depending strictly on fed-
eral data, our state is in the
Changing plans
By Kathy McGraw
Secretary Fire Dept.
The best laid plans went the way of grass fires Tues
day night
Three members of the Ingleside Volunteer Fire
Department were to receive their Intermediate
Volunteer Firefighter Certification that night While
unknown to them, the mayor had arrived at the fire
station to present the certificates and the Progress In
dex reporter was on hand to take photographs
It had been scheduled for them to receive their
awards at 7:30 p m or shortly after due to the fact the
mayor was due at the city council meeting at 7:30 p.m
In addition, a training session with two of the area
fire departments and the Ingleside fire department
was scheduled to begin at 7:30
A few minutes after 7 p.m a fire call came in to the
department. The call originally came in as a house
fire. Normal procedure on a house fire is for both
pumpers to respond as well as the supply truck which
carries oxygen and extra bottles of breathing air.
The first unit was on the scene three minutes after
the call came in and advised it was a brush fire. The
supply truck and one engine returned to the fire sta-
tion
No sooner had the firemen taken off their bunker
gear when a second call was received. Smoke had been
observed coming from the heating unit at one of the
local businesses
Back on went the bunker gear and out the door went
the firemen At this point, the instructors were pro-
bably wondering if class would be held or not.
Everyone was back at the station a few minutes
before 8 p.m. In an impromptu ceremony. President
Herb Tiner presented a certificate to Fire Chief James
Wright and firefighter R L. Cooper Fire Marshal
Claude Perkins also earned a certificate, however, he
could not be present that night
To earn an Intermediate certification a volunteer
firefighter must have completed 88 hours of training in
addition to 164 hours necessary at the Basic Certifica-
tion level of firefighting The Advanced level of cer-
tification requires an additional 164 hours
The hours earned by these firemen must be training
hours They are not able to take credit for the hours
spent at fires.
The rest of the members of the Ingleside Volunteer
Fire Department would like to congratulate Jim,
Claude and R.L. for a job well done
J.G. Richards/Richard P Richards
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