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2-LEVELLAND & HOCKLEY COUNTY NEWS-PRESS, Wednesday, March 13,1996
List of Sundown
applicants grows
ELECTION continued from page 1
or
or
listed as being inside the city limits.
or
or
Police Report |
Anton ISD
ion.
Candidates may file for office in the
Backhoe Service will receive $2,483.
In the case of Petrolite, the taxes
John T. Boyd-652
County Attorney
Pat Phelan-750
County Commissioner, Precinct 1
Ira F. Jephcott-217 or 66.56%
Judy Broussard-109 or 33.43%
County Chairman
Pat Cowan-687 or 98.56%
Precinct Chairman, Precinct No.
No Declared Candidates
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Presidential Nominee
Patrick J. "Pat" Buchanan-232 or
25.35%
Steve Forbes-97 or 10.60%
Susan Ducey-2 or .21%
Bob Dole-512 or 55.95%
Morry Taylor-0
Mary "Frances” I .eTulle-1 or. 10%
Richard G. Lugar-1 or .10%
VALUABLE WORKERS - County Judge Larry Sprawls, sealed, signed a proclamation Monday declaring
March 10-16 as Older Worker Week. Older workers are provided part-time employment and training through a
federal program administered by Green Thumb Inc. The people pictured here were honored during a luncheon at
the Hockley County Senior Citizens Center. They work up to 22 hours a week at the center or in the community,
performing such du ties as receptionists anddrivers. From the left are Wendy Brown, Green Thumb area supervisor,
Jerry Davis, Green Thumb program aide, Yvonne Meyer, Jean Blair, Modesta Cantu, Norma Turner, Carolina
Dominguez, Jackson Sisk, Betty Medford, Joyce Roach and Glen Shofner. Seated with Judge Sprawls is Jimmie
Lea Payne, executive director of the Hockley County Senior Citizens Center. (Staff Photo)
a.m. to 4 p.m. week days. There is no
filing fee.
The office will be open from 10 ajn.
to noon March 18 and 19, and from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. March 20.
ror more information, contact
TODTWD will be held April 25 and
it will include lunch and a reception
with remarks by guest speaker
Marilyn Phelan, a faculty member at
the Texas Tech School of Law.
Participants will then visit workplaces
in the afternoon.
Trustees will amend the district
budget to include a $4,000 donation
by Amoco for the science program at
Levelland Middle School.
Trustees to OK
summer school
Levelland school board trustees are
expected to approve a summer school
program when they meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
Registration dates and the first and
last days of classes for the summer
session will be adopted during the
meeting.
The board will also vote on whether
the district will participate in the
annual Take Our Daughter to Work
Day program.
The program, sponsored by the
Levelland Noon Rotary Club, allows
students to investigate career possi-
bilities by going into workplaces.
Thieves made off with drilling pipe
and other equipment valued at $2,050
from property owned by Woodrow
Allen.
The theft occurred at a bam near the
intersection of Hawk and Coyote
roads, according to Sheriff’s Office
reports.
Allen discovered the crime Saturday.
In addition to 4-inch drilling pipe,
the thieves took three cattle panels, an
idler from a bailer and a four-cylinder
motor.
A neighbor told lawmen that he had
seen two males cleaning up around
the bam two weeks earlier. They were
in a gold-colored, ’70s model pickup.
Deanna Jones said someone recently
stole a television, VCR, lawn chairs,
undeveloped film and a thermos from
her Smyer home.
The items were valued at $450.
Jones said she was moving her
belongings from her mobile home on
Lincoln Street to another location
when she noticed the theft Saturday.
It appeared the burglar entered the
home by prying open a rear door.
The victim, believing a man she
knew might be responsible for the
theft, went to his home and confron-
ted him about it. The suspect denied
taking the goods.
Jones noticed that her lawn chairs
and film were inside the suspect’s
home. She took them with her and
called the Sheriff’s Office.
The Sundown board of aidermen
learned Monday that the city has
received three applicants for the
vacant public works director position.
A fourth applicant was received
Tuesday, said City Secretary Dorothy
Dominguez.
The position has been vacant since
Bill Cartwright resigned from it in
November to move to Childress.
The board will meet in special
session at 6:30 p.m. March 21 to
discuss the applicants. The meeting
will be at City Hall.
Aidermen agreed to refund more
A rash of criminal mischief cases
were reported by city and county
residents lasts weekend.
Vandalsspraypainteda 1987 Buick
car owned by Danny Davila of North
Denver Avenue.
Davila said he and his family left
town Friday night. When they
returned Sunday, he found that the
car parked in the driveway had been
painted on the hood and sides.
The vandalism probably occurred
Saturday night or Sunday morning,
according to reports.
Spray painters damaged a concrete
block fence outside the 11th Street
home of Bobby Thompson.
The victim reported the damage on
Saturday.
The culprits painted a portion of the
fence approximately 4 feet by 20 feet.
Police have no suspects in the case.
A 26-year-old Levelland man was
arrested for driving while intoxicated
Sunday after he and two other men
drove by a home and challenged two
men to a fight.
• The suspect and two other men
stopped by a home in the 200 block
of Avenue N. They supposedly yelled
at a woman and her brothers,
challenging them to come to a park
to fight.
The woman called police and
officers spotted the trio in a 1977
Chevrolet Blazer near the intersection
of Fourth Street and Avenue N.
After stopping the suspects, a patrol-
man saw that the driver staggered
and smelled of alcohol as he got out
of the vehicle. He was given a
Nystagmus test, arrested and taken to
jail. The suspect took an intoxilyzer
test which revealed his blood alcohol
level to be between .225 and .216.
A woman was arrested for public
intoxication Sunday night after she
allegedly prevented a customer from
entering Cattlelacs Restaurant.
The customer came inside the
business shortly afterwards and told
employees what had happened.
Advised of the situation, police
found the woman walking in the
neighborhood. She told off cers that
she and her husband had argued
earlier, and that she was going to
confront him.
The woman, who appeared to be
under the influence of alcohol, was
taken into custody.
Police arrested a man from Post
Tuesday night for PI after he and a
woman were seen arguing and yelling
at one another on a street.
Phil Gramm-10 or 1.09%
Lamar Alexander-12 or 1.31%
Alan L. Keyes—40 or 4.37%
Charles E. Collins-0
Uncommitted-8 or .87%
United States Senator
Phil Gramm-768 or 85.52%
Henry C. (Hank) Grovei>-73
8.12%
David Young-57 or 6.34%
United States Representative,
District 19
Larry Combest-874
Railroad Commissioner
Robert A. (Bob) Wood-355
43.23%
Carole Keeton Rylander—466
56.76%
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Tom Phillips-688
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 1
John Cornyn-647
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
James A. Baker-645
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3
Greg Abbott-645
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 1
Sue Holland-119 or 17.97%
Jeffrey B. Keck-115 or 17.37%
James (Daniel) Boone-216 or
In recent years, Amoco Foundation
Inc., has donated funds to district
campuses to enrich science programs.
The board will also:
* Act on personnel recommenda-
tions.
* Review reports on health
insurance, workers*
cafeteria operations i
* Elect directors to serve on the
board of the Region 17 Education
Service Center.
32.62%
Matthew Paul-72 or 10.87%
Glen Beaman-35 or 5.28%
Janice Law-48 or 7.25%
Susan Baetz Brown-57 or 8.61%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 2
Brad Wiewel-74 or 11.61%
Pat Barber-195 or 30.61%
Ray J. McQuary—91 or 14.28%
Mike Keasler-66 or 10.36%
Paul Womack—211 or 33.12%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 3
John Bradley-233 or 36.75%
J. Gary Trichter-60 or 9.46%
Tom Price-187 or 29.49%
Cheryl A. Johnson—154 or 24.29% .
State Representative, District 80 refunded cover a period going back
Gary L. Walker-689 to 1991, Mrs. Dominguez said.
continued from page 1
organizations, however, need to get
their booth space selected and paid
for before out-of-town vendors start
pressing to be a part of the event.
Regulations will be placed on the
types of food booths allowed.
Organizations will be allowed to
secure booth space on a first come,
first served basis.
More activities are being planned
for children. Also planned are a 5K
run, antique tractor contest, dance,
EMS demonstration, quilt show,
horseshoe pitching contest, bridge
tournament and more.
The committee has turned down
some requests from out-of-town
commercial operators to help keep
the celebration local.
The Early Settlers’ Day Commit-
tee is meeting at least monthly
between now and May when the
committee will start meeting weekly.
Rambling
With Stephen Henry
of elections is behind
us and another is just a few weeks
off. City, school and college board
elections will be held in early May.
One name that won’t be on any
of (he ballots this year is that of
South Plains College Regent Nathan
Tubb. Nathan said that after 23 years
of working at the college and another
eight on the board it’s time to give
it up. ,
He has nothing but praise for his
fellow board members and for
everyone associated with the college.
"There are good, good people out
there," he says with feeling.
He ’ feels that good things are
happening at the college but admits
that there are some big challenges as
well as opportunities on the horizon.
He admits that one of the foremost
will be how to deal with a shrinking
lax base while maintaining a
growing, quality, institution. Some
of the decisions regents will have to
make won’t be easy.
On a less serious note, he
maintains that some of the good-
natured ribbing he gets about always
playing golf is not warranted. He
estimates that he only plays golf
three mornings a week. "I play with
a bunch of old retired guys. It’s a
wholesome bunch. We rib each other
and have a lot of fun," he says,
adding, "A guy’s got to get a little
exercise."
He is a big athletic fan and attends
both Levelland High School and
South Plains College sporting events.
"That’s a lot of fun too," he says.
He and his wife, Freda, are active
ih their church, Christ United
Methodist, and sing in the choir.
They have also been recruited to sing
in the senior choir at First Methodist
Church. "Freda likes music. 1 don’t
know why I’m there but I like it loo.
It’s good fun!" he explains.
He is also serving as the President
of the Hockley and Cochran Retired
Teachers’ Association. He laughing-
ly says he should have said no when
he said yes but adds that the job
keeps him busy and out of trouble.
"I’ve had to learn to say no to a
lot of drives and things. There’s just
so much a retired fellow can do."
He likes to work in his yard but
adds that it doesn’t look like it.
"I’ve really enjoyed my retire-
ment. I guess you could say that I
retired to something, not from
something."
The pleasant gentleman added
depth and a perspective that would
otherwise be missing to the board.
He experienced first hand many of
the growing pains the college experi-
enced in years past. He knows the
history since he lived much of it.
He’s a good guy who is also very
knowledgeable about what is
happening right now at the college,
even though he’s retired. He will be
missed.
approves
calendar
The Anton school district’s board of
trustees OK’d a calendar Monday that
sets Aug. 13 as the first day of classes
for the 1996-97 school year.
Under the new calendar, the last day
of classes for the fall semester will be
Dec. 20. Students will return from
Christmas break on Jan. 6 and the
spring semester will end May 23.
In other business, the board renewed
contracts for all teachers and teacher’s
aide.
The exception was band director
Terry Lovett, who said he will resign
from his position at the end of the
semester.
Lovett has held the post for two
years.
Trustees set April as the date for the
district’s annual employees apprecia-
tion banquet. The fete will begin at 7
p.m. at the 50-Yard Line Restaurant
in Lubbock.
The board also approved recommen-
dations by a technology committee
that $59,274 in improvements be
made in two laboratories.
The improvements include new
computers and additional servos, said
Superintendent Max Washington.
Board members will look at
accommodating the improvements
during budget hearings later this year.
Also, trustees approved April 27 as
the date for the Jumor/Senior banquet
and prom.
Smyer board
sets election
The Smyer school board has
officially set May 4 as the date for a
trustee election.
The three-year terms of trustees Ken
Armes and Melvin Kizer are expiring.
The one-year unexpired term of
sity *s landscape architecture depart-
ment are currently working on
drawings for the park. They are
volunteering their talents.
Mrs. Dominguez advised the board
that television station KCBD in
Lubbockhas agreed to air 30-second
ads about the Sundown Municipal
Golf Course in the future.
Depending on available air time, the
ads will be broadcast March 30-31
and April 20-21.
Sundown
than $12,000in property taxes to two « ■ <
businesses that had been mistakenly Q tl R TT1
listed as being inside the city limits.
Petrolite Corp, will receive a refund 1 m rff
of $10,591, while James Heatherly
A group of townspeople have started
reorganiz ing the Sundown Chamber
of Commerce, says City Secretary
Dorothy Dominguez.
The group, meeting Monday at the
Steak Ranch, elected Don Lummus
as president; Frank Collins as vice
president; Mrs. Dominguez as
secretary; and Patricia Collins as
treasurer.
Larry Bradley, Valerie Martin, Alva
Varner and Betty Shaw were also
named chamber members.
The chamber has existed only as a
"bank account" for more than a year,
Mrs. Dominguez said.
Chamber members will meet again
at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Community
Building.
ideas on how to make this event even
more enjoyable for local people."
The Early Settlers’ committee is
continuing to search for a corporate
sponsor to lend critical support to
this year’s celebration. Methodist
Hospital Levelland started the
corporate sponsorship track last year
to help assure the success of last
year’s event. Interested compa-
nies/corporations can contact the
Levelland Area Chamber of
Commerce at 894-3159 for informa-
tion related to benefits of sponsor-
ship. "Perhaps the largest benefit
would be company advertisement in
this community-wide event," said
Alexander. "Corporate support will
help the committee continue its
planning without reliance on
chamber dollars."
Dan McIntire, booth chairman,
emphasizes that priority is being
given to local organizations. Such
An officer on patrol on Houston
Avenue heard a person yelling and
cursing at another individual. He
spotted a woman walking on Avenue
C and a man standing by a vehicle.
They appeared to be yelling at one
another. The woman told the officer
that the man had cdfrie to her
residence and tried to start trouble.
The suspect got in his vehicle and
began to start it, but the officer told
him to get out. The man said he had
gone to the woman*s residence to get
a gas can that belonged to him.
The woman said the man had done
some home repairs for her before
leaving town. She said that when he
returned to Levelland, he came to her
house and argued with her and her
friends. The victim said she had
followed him afterwards because he
still had a key to her house. The
suspect had allegedly grabbed her by
the hair and neck.
Pol ice arrested the man and took him
to jail. He was also issued a criminal
trespass warning. '
A Levelland man reported that an
Arizona woman has not returned his
car since he loaned it to her Jan. 10.
The suspect, age 23, borrowed the
man’s Buick Skylark and drove it to
Tucson, Ariz. He telephoned her but
the woman refused to return the
vehicle. She also refused to tell him
where it was when he went to Arizona
to meet her.
The victim said he would file
charges against the woman.
A city woman said a 31-year-old
man broke the windshield of her car
Saturday when the two of them went
to the cemetery.
The suspect went "ballistic" and
smashed the windshield of her 1977
Oldsmobile with his fist. He then
pulled off the vehicle’s side mirror,
police said.
When they returned to her 12th
Street home, the suspect allegedly hit
her.
Police contacted the man and gave
him a criminal trespass warning. They
also arrested him after learning that
he had outstanding warrants.
Tina Williams said someone stole
$60 from her purse on Saturday.
The victim said she suspects a 17-
year-old boy was responsible for the
theft.
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to 1991, Mrs. Dominguez said.
Chief Justice, 7th Court of Appeals During the meeting, aidermen were
told that the city is applying for a
permit to reopen the landfill to accept
certain materials.
"We’re looking to get an arid
exemption," the city secretary said,
adding that the facility would only
accept such non-food materials as
furniture, discarded clothing and
construction and demolition debris.
If a permit is granted by the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation
Commission, the city could operate
the landfill without having to meet
costly Environmental Protection
Agency regulations.
The landfill has been closed since
1991.
Mrs. Dominguez said the city has
begun prioritizing its "Christmas list"
of wants for a proposed recreation
park in southwest Sundown.
Local residents have suggested a
swimming pool, a fishing lake and
possible camping spots for the park,
she said.
Once the list has been pared down,
city engineer Ricn Oller will write a
grant request and submit it to the
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Students with Texas Tech Univer-
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Presidential Nominee
Sal Casamassima -7 or .80%
Ted L. Gunderson-32 or 3.68%
Bill Clinton-649 or 74.68%
Elvcna E. Lloyd-Duffic—4 or .46%
Lyndon H. LaRouchc Jr.-50
5.75%
Heather Harder—55 or 6.32%
Fred Hudson-72 or 8.28%
United States Senator
Victor M. Moralcs-263 or 28.86%
John Bryant-196 or 21.51%
Jim Chapman-399 or 43.79%
John Will Odam-53 or 5.81%
United States Representative
District 19
John W. Sawyer-626 or 76.99%
Michael G. Clcnnan-187 or 23.00%
Railroad Commissioner
Hector Uribe—710
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Andrew Jackson Kupper-865
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 1
Patrice Barron-722
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2
Gene Kclly-740
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 1
Bob Perkins—457 or 56.41%
Frances Northcutt-353 or 43.58%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 2
Gary Taylor-262 or 34.11%
Norman Lunford-157 or 20.44%
Winston Cochran-94 or 12.23%
Charles Holcomb-255 or 33.20%
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 3
Frank Maloncy-710
District Attorney, 286th Judicial
District
Gary A. Goff-926
Sheriff
Leroy Schullc-891
County Tax Assessor-Collector
Christy Clevenger-889
County Commissioner, Precinct
No. I
Bobby Altman-82 or 15.53%
Jack Aycrs-370 or 70.07%
Bill Fietz-76or 14.39%
County Commission, Precinct 3
J.R. Stanley-101
Constable, Precinct No. I
Roy Clark-86
Constable, Precinct No. 2
R.E. (Bo) Jamcs-50
Constable, Precinct No. 5
Todd Lalham-561
County Chairman
Ron Prcslcy-813 or 99.51%
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 11
Nell Dennis, 56
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 14
Levetta Bradshaw-93
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 15
Shirley Slrccly—43
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 16
Marilyn Knox-237
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 21
Louise G. Zuniza-63
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 22
No declared candidate
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 24
Shirley J. Waygood-52
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 32
John C. Porter-54
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 33
Joy Mimms-12
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 34
Mary Marek-15
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 36
Sandra L. Rush-24
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 43
Mrs. Jimmie Hayes-35
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 44
Louise Booth-62
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 45
No declared candidate
Precinct Chairman, Precinct 46
Mary Beth Sims
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