Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1984 Page: 1 of 14
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Would-be bandits
foiled in attempt
by pizza deliverer
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burglarized twice
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A 17-year-old Levelland
youth turned the tables on two
would-be thieves Saturday night
when he ran over one of the
subjects as they tried to rob him.
Andrew Lynn Day, an em-
ployee of Mr. Gatti’s, was
maldng a delivery at 9:45 p.m.
when a black male flagged him
down in the 200 block of Walnut
Street. When Day stopped the
car, another black male came
from behind the car and de-
manded Day give him his mon-
ey. As one subject demanded
Day’s money, the other slashed
Day’s left arm with a stiletto-
type knife.
Day told officers he then
“floor-boarded” his car to es-
cape from the two subjects. As
he took off, Day said he ran over
the feet of one of the men.
Day said the two subjects
escaped in a large vehicle, which
he believed looked like a late
model Cadillac.
Day was treated and released
from Cook Memorial Hospital,
and the seriousness of the injury
to the attacker is not known. -
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Levelland And Hockley County
VOLUME SIX NUMBER 18 USPS-146-380
LEVELLAND. TEXAS 79336-9990
Wednesday, May 30, 1984—
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Primary run-off elections Saturday
If absentee voting figures are
any indication, Hockley County
voters appear to be highly
interested in Saturday’s primary
election which will determine
the Democratic nomination for
four seats, including the much-
publicized races between Kent
Hance and Lloyd Doggett for the.
U.S. Senate and Thomas Rich-
ards and Don Richards for the
19th U.S. Congressional District
seat.
As of late Tuesday afternoon,
293 persons had voted absentee
in the county clerk’s office. In
the May 5 primary, which in-
cluded a number of Hockley
County races, less than 300
people voted' absentee, accor-
ding to Mary Walker, a deputy
for the county clerk.
Absentee voting allows per-
sons who expect to be out of
town or unable to vote on
election day to vote early--either
by personal appearance or
through the mail. The early
voting continued through 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
“We’re all in shock over
here,” Walker said when report-
ing the number of persons who
had voted absentee. “There
seems to be quite a bit of
interest in the run-offs. Most of
the people who have come in
have said ‘We’re going to be out
of town that weekend and we
really want to vote’. ”
While a number of other
See CANDIDATES Page 2
Voting sites changed
for Saturday election
Voters who plan to go to the
polls on Saturday to voice their
opinions in,the primary run-off
elections are reminded that sev-
eral county polling places have
been consolidated for the elec-
tion.
Because there are no local
positions on the run-off ballots,
county Democratic leaders de- -
cided to consolidate several of
the voting boxes as a money-sav-
ing step.
Voting will be from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m*
Election-precincts 12, 16, 21,
31, 32, 35, and 45, which are all
located in Levelland, and pre-
cinct 33 at Pettit will vote in the
Blue Room in the Student Union
Building eft, South Plains Col-
lege. Election precincts 14 and
15 will vote in the library of
Ropes High School or precinct 15
voters may also vote in election
See VOTING Page 2
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GOOD FISHING- - Still enjoying the relaxations of early summer-
no school, no homework, and probably staying up a little later, a
group of youngsters also enjoyed a fishing expedition from the
Commissioners have plans to avoid
repeat of 1974 courthouse scene
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bridge at Lobo Lake Tuesday. They are (from left) Shonda
Lancaster, Brandon Condren, Travis Lancaster, Ron Sanders,
Erik Martin and Michael Key. (Staff Photo)
A request Tuesday by the
American Cancer Society to
uproot one of the trees on the
courthouse square and replace it
with another tree brought back
memories to two longtime com-
missioners of an uproar created
a decade ago when the county
studied the possibility of as-
phalting parts of the courthouse
lawn to increase parking space.
Commissioners Sam Lang-
ford and Hubert Cook were on
the Hockley County Commis-
sioners court in 1974 when a
group of women reportedly dem-
onstrated on the courthouse
square against the county's con-
sideration of covering part of the
lawn.
Although the memories were
recalled on Tuesday with a
sprinkling of humor, the furor
created in 1974 by the sugges-
tion was enough for Langford
and Cook to be* against destroy-
ing part of the history of the
square, they said.
Commissioners Billy Thet-"
cer Society appeared before the
commissioners to ask that the
Cancer Society be allowed to
take up one of the elm trees on
the lawn and replace it with a
tree that has been donated to
their organization.
Although the commissioners
were not agreeable to uprooting
one of the elm trees, they did
agree to let the ACS have then-
donated tree, which will proba-
bly be an oak, planted at the
courthouse.
“I just wouldn’t be in favor
of going out there and destroy-
ing one of those trees unless it
was diseased,” said Thetford,
also expressing the sentiments
of the other court members.
Cropp and McDonald said
they made the suggestion to
uproot an elm for several rea-
sons, one of which was the
beauty which was taken away
from the trees when they were
pruned a couple of months ago.
The commissioners contracted to
have the trees trimmed after
representatives of an indepen-
dent firm which was in town told
them that unless the trees were
trimmed soon they could be
seriously damaged in a wind or
ice storm.
‘Tve heard a lot of grum-
bling around town about the
pruning of the-tzees,” said Pat
Grappe, who accompanied
Cropp and McDonald. “I know
there are two theories of the
methods of trimming trees but
this way.” -
The ACS representatives
also cited problems with the
grass not growing properly un-
der the elm and the large
number of birds which nest in
the trees at various times during
the year.
The episode 10 years ago,
according to Cook, began when
merchants on the square began
to complain that county employ-
ees were taking up parking
space which should have been
reserved for their customers.
The county began studying the
possibility of taking, up part of
the lawn to make a parking lot
Cook said the rumors that the
county was going to blacktop the
whole lawn got out of hand and
led to the demonstrations.
Tuesday’s suggestion did,
however, lead to the commis-
sioners agreeing to have a study
done to look at the longterm
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It’s time once again to dig
out those bathing suits, beach
towels and suntan oilff and head
for the pools. Levelland swim-
mers will have the opportunity to
take their first dip in the pool
Saturday during “Splash Etey”
at the Kauffman Pool.
“Splash Day” wUl offer the
chance for swimmers to enjoy
the pool facilities free of charge.
The event will begin at 1 p.m.
and a limit of 150 persons wUl be
allowed to take part.
Following the special open-
ing of Kauffman Pool, regular
pool hours will be 1 to 6 p.m.,
seven days a week. Admission i
will be 75 cen*s for children
under 12 and $1 for all others.
Bobby Birdsong, manager of
the Kauffman Pool, said there
will also be times available for
persons wishing to have private
swimming parties. He said the
parties can be held from 6 to 9
p.m. and will costs $20 per hour.
He said swimming lessons
will probably not be taught this
summer due to the schedules of
the lifeguards.
*See SWIMMING Page 2
Lubbock Civic Ballet to perform
Three local girjs will dance
Three local youngsters will
be dancing in the ballet program
to be presented Saturday by the
Lubbock Civic Ballet The pro-
gram, titled “An Evening of
Ballet” will feature Leonid Lu-
barsky, artistic director for the
Lubbock Ballet along with spec-
ial guest dancers and area
youngsters.
The three Levelland dancers
are Colette Cadenhead, Misty
Hiliin and Christina Shambur-
ger. They will be featured in the
Junior Company of the program
along with youngsters from the
surrounding area.
The program will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the middle school
auditorium and is sponsored by
the Fine Arts Council of level-
land.
Lubarsky, who will perform
several numbers in the program,
is a native OdesMn who studied
ballet at Kiroy ftehool. He work-
ed with spch instructors as
Sergeyev and Mikhail Baryshni-
kov. Invi97L Lubarsky was
chosen to represent the Kirov
and the Soviet Union in the
International Ballet competition
in Varna, Bulgaria. He was one
of the Russian award-winners
that year and finished aa a
finalist in the senior men’s
division.
Lubarsky joined the Lubbock
Civic Ballet in 1980. As Artistic
Director for the Lubbock Ballet,
LEONID LUBARSk
and featured dancer in
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