The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Page: 2 of 10
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Sept. 7, 2010
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The Swisher County News
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Publisher: Patsy Hooten
Editor: Patsy Hooten
Assistant Editor: Shawn Castillo
Sports Editors: David Rogers
Lane Russell
Owned and operated by
Swisher County News LLC
Aug. 23 - Aug. 30, 2010
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The Swisher County News is
published each Tuesday at 301
S.E. 2nd
Tulia, Texas 79088
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Come join Texercise' No fancy
The Swisher County News is
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in county and $22 50 per year out-
side of county by Swisher County
News, LLC 301 S.E. 2nd, Tulia,
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comments touting the benefits of would like to renew or would like
broadband access to rural commu-
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such as shopping and food prepa-
ration Even a small investment of
Tulia’s Lady Hornet Volleyball Team fought hard against the
San Jacinto Lady Patriots Tuesday evening, August 31, but
ence in the quality of life for one of
your neighbors
Call Denna at 995-3339
HUH
Saturday night sees a live auction
combined with local entertainment
starting at 7 00 p.m. The evening
will finish off with a dance starting
around 10:00 , which will be $5.00
per person Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
there will be a Community Church
Service. At 2 00 p.m. a Washer
Pitching Tournament and the Kid’s
Pet Show will begin. Buckles and
prize ribbons will be given in these
events.
Throughout the 3 days, there will
be a Kid’s Fishing Tank where, for
$3 00, a child can fish for 15 min-
utes - poles provided Valley Farm
Supply in Quitaque donated the use
of the tank Prizes or ribbons will
be given to everyone who fishes
A Children’s Barnyard with a vari-
ety of animals will be available for
viewing during Fair hours There
will be food vendors, craft ven-
dors and business vendors open all
3 days “Real" pony rides will be
available each day with the Rock-
ing S Pony Express There is no
gate admission charge at the Fair
Whether you participate in one ac-
tivity or come all 3 days, you will *
have fun
Fair Catalogs can be found at the
newspaper offices in the counties
surrounding Floyd County , and the
libraries and schools in Floydada
and Lockney, and some business in
both towns and surrounding towns
Pick one up (they are bright yel-
low) and make plans to come to the
Floyd & Surrounding Counties Fair
in Lockney on September 17-19.
For more information on: Booth
rentals call Darlene Broseh 652-
2029 and Parade call Kay Martin
652-3386.
YE-HAW - The fair is “Back in
the Saddle Again”
(R) introduced Alejandra Munoz (L) and Alisha Rogers,
winners of the Swisher Electric Essay Contest. The girls also
received a trip to Washington, D.C.
Friday Nights from 7 p.m - 8 and Friday from 9 30 to 10 30 a.m.
, t _. 12 - .. 17 Texercise is a fitness campaign
successful in securing the grant/ National Broadband Plan to elected Only Please! and includes a beginner and inter-
representatives. We would like to invite your mediate level of exercise for adults.
sewing, jewelry making, crock pot M x „„
• ^n^l.W're cr°?s ma^n6- our intentions is to discover the true tact Swisher County RSVP at 995-
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Attention Retired School
Personnel!
The first meeting of the Swisher-
Briscoe Retired School Personnel
is set for Monday, September 13 at
9:30 a.m. Evelyn Rossi will host
the annual brunch for members,
District 16
were defeated in three by the hard hitting San Jacinto team.
— Photo courtesy of Larry Stewart
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Mid-Plains Rural Telephone
Receives Grant Loan Combo
Mid-Plains Rural Telephone The MPRTC award from USDA
Cooperative (MPRTC) recently comes at a time when the nation’s = o
learned that the company had been broadband policy is being debated are now on sale at the County and
awarded a 2.8 million dollar grant in Washington. Not long ago the District Clerks’ Office from 8 a.m
and loan combination from the Federal Communications Commis- to 5 p.m.
USDA The award was one of 126 sion (FCC) released its proposed
broadband infrastructure projects National Broadband Plan which
receivmg funding under the sec- has been widely criticized for es-
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SAM SADLER RICHARD CHAPMAN
MARTHA ROCHA . CALLYMOTE
The Tulia Kiwanis, Rotary and
Lion Clubs would like to remind
ond round of projects funded by tabhshing broadband speed thresh- the community of the Flag Dis-
the American Recovery and Rein- olds of 100 Mbps in urban areas play fundraiser, they will be col-
vestment Act of 2009 Agriculture with threshold of only 4 Mbps in lecting $30 Flag Displays for the who cannot manage daily tasks
1 Secretary Tom Vilsack made the rural areas Secretary Vilsack’s 2010 year. If you have m the past ' ’ J r*~J
1 announcements on August 4th, c---------:*? ‘ 2. ': U: :f 12 1.1„ „„„12
1 saying “The broadband projects broadband access to rural commu- to join in displaying the Amen- your time can make a big differ-
1 announced today will give rural nines is in contrast to the proposed can Flag to show Amiencan Pride ’ ’’ r c c
1 Americans access to the tools they plan from the FCC which would please send your check with name
1 need to attract new businesses, clearly establish a digital divide be- and address of location you would
1 jobs, health care and educational tween urban and rural areas. like your flag to P. O. Box 561, Tu-
1 opportunities ” MPRTC, clearly understanding ha, TX 79088
8 In recent years, MPRTC has in- the vital nature of broadband in
8 vested millions of its own dollars rural areas, continues to invest in <
the delivery of advanced services or club activities here There is
service
You may also bring your items
.J .... ~ ... ~~ 2..J Come join Texercise' No fancy
in Tulia Thanks to Swisher Cur- gear, no health club dues, just a fun
to extend the network deeper into and more. The need for increased rents for being a source of daily in- way to start feeling your best.
rural areas, bringing fiber optic net- capacity of broadband will only formation for the county Classes are FREE and will be
i. f.. ,.... .. ’ ’ * ' ' ’ held at the Swisher County Se-
Handmade By Jesus Christian nior Citizen Building, 619 SE 2nd
Bible Study for Teen Girls Street, every Monday. Wednesday
mg the meaning of true beauty' the first day of a new, healthier life.
Handmade by Jesus is not a club. For any questions, you may con-
The USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) is
offering technical and financial as- prospective members,
sistance to agricultural landowners dignitaries, and guests in her back-
to restore, protect and enhance wet- yard located at 801 North Maxwell,
lands on private property such as Tulia There will NOT be a meet-
some playas and riparian areas For ing on Labor Day
more information about the Texas The Swisher County Tax Asse-
WRP program, contact the USDA- sor’s Office will be closed Monday,
NRCS office in Swisher County September 13 from 8.00 a.m. until
at (806)995-4126 ext 3, or access 1 00 p m
the Texas WRP web page at www
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1 Friends Unity Center m Muncy
7 This year the Fair is back at its
6 most well known location m Lock-
1 ney, an old cotton oil mill which
33 was donated to the Fair Association
10 in 1962 by the Anderson-Clayton
2 Company 1999 was the last year
6 the Fair was here before it moved
25 to the Unity Center , and then was
26 discontinued completely in 2003.
5 The Fair building has taken lots
2 and lots of man hours to repair and
1 clean up after 10 years of weather
2 and vandalism The TDJC inmates
4 have been a wonderful help in get-
2 tmg all this work done
8 This year the Floyd & Surround-
8 mg Counties Fair has activities for
14 everyone If you have a business
2 or a hobby, we have booths for rent
1 for you to show off your wares -
2 and make money doing it We will
3 have agriculture exhibits There
5 are contests for canning, sewing,
3 needlework, wood crafts, art, pho-
1 tography, and flower growing You
11 name it - we probably have a cat-
3 egoiy for it The time for entering
2 these contests is Thursday, Sep-
3 tember 16 from 3:00 - 7 00 p m
15 at the Fair grounds All entries will
2 be judged and prize ribbons given
1 on Thursday night. Come back on
1 Friday and see how many ribbons
you won
Saturday starts out with the
2 Parade m downtown Lockney at
1 10:00 a.m Following the Parade is
2 the Kid’s Rodeo - around 11 00
5 for ages 3-10 There will be a stick
1 horse race, barrel racing and a boot
1 race with medals and ribbons giv-
en - donated by Thacker Jewelry
m Roaring Springs At TOO , La-
4 dies’ Day will begin with demon-
3 strations on quilting, rug hooking,
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homes and 15 businesses MPRTC has also been very active in encour-
worked with the engineering firm aging its members and other area
N-Com, out of Lubbock, to prepare residents to voice their views on the ...
the application that was ultimately need for revision to the proposed pm. af 13 Norfleet. Ages 11-17
successful in securing the grant/ National Broadband Plan to elected Only Please!
1 loan combination representatives. We would like to invite your mediate level of exercise for adults.
teen daughter to join us m learn- ’’ ‘
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Hunting and Fishing Licenses tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp.
Home Delivered Meals Program:
Substitute drivers and delivery per-
sons are especially needed.
Meal delivery starts about 10.45
a.m and takes one hour or less
Consider the difference you can
make for a homebound older adult
awarded a 2.8 million dollar grant in Washington. Not long ago the District Clerks’ Office from 8
Umpires
Call 995-0052 to list your church will be paid per game Contact Joe
m the construction of a fiber-to- the delivery of advanced services or club activities here There is no ' ' ~ T
the-home network to bring state- ensuring that its subscribers are charge for this
of-the-art services to the homes of able to complete in the global mar- j
its subscribers The recent USDA ketplace with access to jobs, edu- by the News office at 305 S E 2nd
award will enable the cooperative cation, health care, entertainment i y yi 2—1... 2_
and more. The need for increased rents for being a source of daily in-
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I work facilities to an additional 160 continue to grow. The cooperative
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