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State Capital
Police Report
she was playing in the front
Three boys including an 11-
otherstai)
We were reminded of how bill in one hand and two quarters the Whitharral Cemetery. At Junior High School.
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a
Perpetual care for the cem
Two men assaulted an-
thc disruption and reduction of
to
Should Hutchison decide not to
woman
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he said. “That is one thing I’m IRRIGATION PROJECT - Kevin Nowell was gluing sections
be
U.S.
Salinas said he has enjoyed
peace!”
guaranteed farm loans. Funds
Texas Press Association
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the A cws-Pre
Letters
to the
Editor
the weeks ahead.
Our (fiend, Gary Dyer,
publisher of the Cowboy Country
News at Plains, recently wrote
that the legislative fiasco in
Austin reminded him of the
following story.
Once upon a time in Heaven,
God was missing for six days.
Michael, the Archangel, found
him resting on the seventh day.
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in advance. Single copy price is 50 cents.
A spiritualist received a
message from her dead husband,
asking her to send him a pack of
“Where shall I send them?”
she asked a friend. “He didn’t
give me an address.”
“Well, notice that he didn’t
ask for matches,” replied the
friend.
a miniature of rum or other
alcohol..
it along the Euphrates River are
pretty, he said. Daytime tempera-
tures were reaching 110 degrees
when he started his two-week
He asked for identification but
the man drove away.
livestock and equipment.
For more information,
contact the FSA office in
Levelland at 894-3332.
A man took a tote bag from
a woman's van Sunday night.
at another business.
A woman said another
We
story:
HIGHLIGHTS
By Mike Cox
Gov. Rick Perry has until June
19 to sign or veto bills and still
hadn’t said whether he’ll call a
special session this summer to give
that does a lot,” Albus said.
Marsha Blair, consumer
science agent, said the local 4-H
has an extensive number of
summer programs this year.
She said the Extension
office will work with Covenant
Just Rambling
with Stephen Henry
Levelland 8l Hockley County
News-Press
The minister decided that a
visual demonstration would add
emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into
four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a
shop and the barber whispers to
his customer. “This is the
The second worm was put
into a jar filled with cigarette
smoke.
„ The third worm was put into
much needed and will be a jar of chocolate syrup.
to The fourth worm was put
jven
as
aple have tact; dumbest kid in the world. Watch
truth. while I
Lubbock area shutting down area
calling across much of our area.
Even some cellular service was
disrupted. We know, because we
were in the middle of a cellular leaves, he sees the same young
conversation when phone service boy coming out of the ice cream
was cut off. Lucky, most local i
but then procli
about balance,
there would be balance!”
God wisely replied, “Ahh,
but just wait and see the idiots I
put in Austin!”
A visitor from Holland was
chatting with his American
friend and was jokingly explain-
ing about the red, white and blue
in the Netherlands flag.
“Our flag symbolizes our
taxes,” he said. “We get red when
we talk about them, white when
we get our tax bill, and blue after
we pay them.”
“That’s the same with us,”
the American said, “only we see
stars, too!”
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News & Opinion
a sigh of
satisfaction and pointed down-
wards through the clouds. “Look
what I have made, Michael!”
Michael appeared puzzled
and asked, “What is it?”
God answered, “It’s a planet
and I’ve put life on it. I’m going
to call it Earth and it’s going to be
a great place of balance.”
“Balance?” inquired
Michael, still confused.
God pointed to different c,«a^“?s-
parts of Earth and said, “For
example, northern Europe will be
a place of great opportunity and
wealth, but cold and harsh while
southern Europe will be sunny
and pleasant. I have made some
lands abundant in water and
other lands deserts. One will be
extremely hot while another will
be very cold and covered in ice.”
An impressed Michael
pointed to one part of a land mass
and asked what that one was.
“Ahh,” said God. “That’s
Texas, the most glorious place on
Earth. There are beautiful
beaches, rolling hills, streams
and forests. There’s a touch of
desert and rough terrain which
are balanced by the most produc-
tive soil on Earth. The people of
Texas will be handsome, modest,
intelligent, humorous, friendly,
and they will be found traveling
one is cordially invited
participate.
Thank you.
Bill Thomman
PO Box 1566
Levelland, Texas 79336
SOLDIER
continued from page 1
not been mined. The insurgents
would dig up pavement and place
artillery shells and mortar rounds
in holes. They would then cover
it with something as innocent
looking as a bedsheet.
“They usually hide it pretty
good,” he said, adding that the
makeshift explosives were espe-
cially dangerous for troops riding
in Humvees.
The daily work schedule was
long. Soldiers might spend 12
hours on patrol or provide
security inside the base before
putting in another four hours
refitting gear, he said.
Salinas said there were some
rewards for al) of the hard work.
The soldiers ate “outstand-
ing” meals that were prepared by
a private contractor.
The troops might eat food with an
Hawaiian flavor one day, fol-
lowed by Mexican food the next
and steak and lobster on another
day.
The Army also made sure
there were MWRs - Morale,
Welfare and Recreation facilities.
The facilities might have a gym,
pool tables, computers and “all
kinds of good stuff,” he said.
At Christmas, each soldier
was given two bottles of beer and |
have been a professional musi-
cian.”
We are delighted that South
Plains College and the rest of the
community colleges in Texas, .
were real winners during the J31 °ia'l-x>hol.
regular legislative session. The
state’s community colleges re-
ceived funding increases of
slightly over 10 percent, which
was i..__l. LJ — ....
wisely used to continue
prepare young (
future.
Unfortunately, we’re less
than enthused that after public
school finance was labeled and
emergency and a priority, legis-
lation could not be agreed upon.
As a result, we’ll have one or
more special sessions this sum-
mer. T”
concerned about the legislative
outcome of the maneuvering and
horse-trading which will occur in
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A woman lecturer looked out
„ over her audience and asked,
He asked God",’ “Where have you “Where would man be today were
int not for woman?”
God sighed a sigh of After a dramatic pause, she
- - - repeated loudly, Again 1 ask,
where would man be today were
it not for woman?”
From the rear, an old man
stood up and answered, as he left,
“In the Garden of Eden.”
Next station: Name change...
A bill to rename the Texas
Railroad Commission the Texas
He took the item after" getting Energy Commission ended up on a
A 6-year-old girl was bitten in the victim’s van. side track when the gavel closed the
by a dog Monday evening while ’ 79"1 Legislature, but lawmakers did
------------------------------------------------------------- move all the commission’s railroad
. -4- responsibilities to the Texas De-
partment of Transportation.
■wn Rep. George “Buddy” West’s
Mm House Bill 1078, the bill that would
have ‘hanged the name of the I
vyfwifit really^T^ut*the end^oFtihe
tracks on April 20. That’s when it
was left pending in the House
Energy Committee.
So, once the commission’s re-
maining railroad functions are
rerouted to TxDOT, the Railroad
Commission will have nothing to
do with railroads and everything to
do with energy. Maybe next
session...
New insurance commissioner...
The No. 2 person at the Texas
Department of Insurance, deputy
commissioner Mike Geeslin, got
the top job last week when Gov.
Perry appointed him as former
Commissioner Jose Montemayor’s
successor.
Geeslin, an advisor to Perry
before he went to TDI two years
ago, will have more on his plate
than Montemayor. One of the
Lj to The fourth worm was put
peopiefor the into a jar of good clean soil.
At the end of his sermon, the
minister reported the following
results:
The first worm in alcohol-
Dead.
The second worm in ciga-
rette smoke-Dead.
The third worm in chocolate
We can’t help but be syrup- Dead.
- - The fourth worm in good
clean soil-Alive.
So, the minister asked.
What can you leam from this
demonstration?”
A little old woman in the
back quickly raised her hand and
said, “As long as you drink,
smoke and eat chocolate, you
won’t have any worms!”
“base” cost of an autopsy will go
>950 this year to $1,200
teen sc altered suspects thenbroke a window Todd staples (R-Palestine) having
i . .u_ _ - announced fpr |jer jo|, and u s
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison ru-
mored to be takirfg on Gov. Rick
Perry in next March’s Republican
cruiter for the service.
He said the Army has gi’
him opportunities as well
challenges.
‘It gives people a
opportunity to grow up i
the world, and makes you a lot
more mature," Salinas said. “You ,TO.
‘°Z^t a.-2? of dtffer?t nativeTfor"the county"would b^to County FSA.
“ ‘ contract with a business in the
Dallas area for autopsies.
The Court approved the
" ’ " • ' ' J in Washington if. she comes to
city shoving her. He also put a knife Texas to run against Perry.
a Should Hutchison decide not to
take on Perry, the scenario could
fe- ’• 'M®
Salinas, 22, said the Ameri-
cans usually had little face-to-
face contact with Iraqi civilians.
“The people are really tradi-
tional and you hardly ever see any
females. If you do, they’re
covered up,” he said. “The men
hardly say anything to us. The
people seem humble.”
When his unit first got in
country, the Americans would
encounter Kurds who expressed
their thanks for freeing them
from oppression.
“Tliey used to come to us all
the time and say thank you, and
that made you fee) pretty good,”
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glad we did because they were of irrigation pipe Tuesday as he worked on a project just south of biggest sellings be overseeing
being oppressed.” the Smallwood Apartments on the South Plains College campus. ? legislatively mandated ab-
While parts of the war- ----- ' ““ " ----
damaged country are being
rebuilt, much of it - especially
rural areas and the smaller cities
requests were w gender prejudice, without
from the following individuals: ’ ‘ 1 ,-*J—
♦Randy Anderson - $1,250
for 4.4 acres of land -
♦Ruben Tienda - $1,000 for can be used to purchase farms,
property at 1809 Austin St. livestock and equipment.
•HL Gene $551 for .960 of For more information,
an acre of land.
Sprawls said the approved
I
tion. “It’s still pretty screwed up,”
Salinas said.
While the country is mostly
U.S. Sen. Hutchison desert and hot and dusty parts of develo^d into’ a^werhouse"
_ st nlnno tho hnnhrntac Utoar nro * ■ . -
announces fundii
the world. They will be known as for SP Rural Heal
extremely sociable, hardworking __
and high achievers. They will be U.S. Sen? Kay Bailey leave on June 1.
known as leaders and will aspire Hutchison, R-Texas, announced C" 7 L. 1
to be diplomats and carriers of Wednesday that $418,940 has catching up with friends and
. ” been awarded to South Plains family members during his leave.
Michael gasped in wonder Rural Health Services Inc. from He returns to Iraq this week to
laimed, “But what the Bureau of Primary Health serve another two months before
j, God. You said Care, a division of the U.S. his unit is rotated back to the
Department of Health and Hu- United States and Fort Carson,
Colorado.
He is the first one in his
service, we suspect there’s a replies, “Because the day I take Ex-Students and friends. Every-
contractor out there who is in the dollar, the game’s over!”
deep trouble over cutting that
line. The repair bill will
undoubtably been high.
Authorities found that sev-
eral rooms had been entered and
property had I
around. They determined that
jerseys, calculators, notebooks,
pens, rings and other items had
been taken, a report said.
One of the boys was wearing
a football shoulder pad when car Sunday, causing an un-
officers encountered hm. specified amount of damage.
The juveniles were later A man was hospitalized
released to their parents. Friday night after he appar-
Two men were arrested ently over-dosed on drugs.
Sunday night on alcohol-related Police found cocaine,
charges when they drove off after heroin residue and a syringe at
an officer stopped to question the home where the man was
them. , found, a report said.
The officer went to a College A woman is suspected of
Avenue business after receiving entering a woman’s Avenue C
a call about a reckless driver in a home last week and stealing
Cadillac. When he pulled up, he scented candles and a jam box
recognized the driver as a man worth $200. A door of the
who had been in trouble before, residence was damaged.
A woman said a man Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst
assaulted her Monday, grab- interested in replacing Hutchison
Police located the suspects a bing her by the neck and '
short time later at a <'
residence. A 30-pack of beer was to her throat, according to
found in their car. report.
One msn was arrested for The woman suffered default to a Perry-Strayhorn pri-
evading arrest and making bruises and a cut on one of her mary battle..
alcohol available to a minor. A fingers,
second man was charged with
minor in consumption, a report
said.
(Staff Photo)
CUTS continued from page 1
vel so much,” Albus said. “You bids would allow the properties whose resnonsihilitv
- are not undergoing reconstruc- t to share ideas with thcm to go back on the tax rolls. - - resPons,DU,,y
(other students). Commissioners approved
Hockley County 4-H stu- four public assistance requests
dents and their programs have and denied one other. ... ,
They OK d spending $398 lot of rain, you know there are
in recent years, he said. on requests that totaled $647. plenty of mosquitoes out and about.
“It’s a really good county The one denied request was for According to the State Health
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Department, so far this year no
cases of West Nile infection have
been reported in Texas. Last year,
119 human cases occurred in 40 of
the state's 254 counties. This year,
only six cases affecting birds, three
carrier mosquitoes and two infected
horses have been reported.
The solution: A good insect
repellent and wearing long sleeve
shirts and pants. (But the insect
spray still is important because a
mosquito bite can penetrate cloth-
>ng)
vvo.u. u..uu.urj n.i.ju available to all qualified appli- DPS issues warning
options. He has been approached $950 this year to $1,200 ' ‘ ‘ \ ‘ * *
about possibly becoming a re- beginning Oct. 1, and to $1,275 funds specifically for minori-
starting Oct. 1, 2006. women, the agency
Commissioner J.L. “Whitey” ensures members of these
Barnett noted that most of the specific groups can receive a
, autopsies which the TTUHSC portion of available funds -
a good has performed for Hockley assuming they meet FSA loan
and see County in the past year have cost eligibility requirements,” said
more than the base amount. anessa J. Studdard, farm loan
Sprawls said the only alter- raanage^^ for the Hockley
An applicant is consid-
ered socially disadvantaged if
he or she is a member of a
ing more ]
illegal and
roadways,”
people from different back-
grounds. '
“One soldier of mine, he’s
A man passed a counter-
feit ten-dollar bill Sunday aftor
| The juveniles, ages 11,13 he bought gas at a convenience
to approximately $35,000 and 14, were arrested after 2 a.m. store here.
at the Fifth Street school. Police were notified that
An officer on patrol saw someone also passed a counter-
' ‘ All interested ex-students three bicycles on the ground feit twenty-dollar bill Monday
“What did I tell you?” said and friends are invited to attend a when he passed the school. He
enforcement officers responded woman dumped hot coffee on
to the scene. her at a local business.
The officers saw a light Someone broke into a
will hav<Ta meal and a business inside the building go out. woman’s car Sunday and stole lawmakers one more tty at solving
store'“Hey, sot'May I ask you a meeting to take care of any needs Moments later, the gym door a CD player, speakers and the state’s school funding woes.
service was not affected and the question? Why did you take the for the cemetery. opened and lawmen saw a boy compact discs. A screwdriver Meanwhile, with the 06 primaries
phones still rang While a lot of quarters instead of the dollar Perpetual care for the cem- holding a bag. The two other was found on the floorboard of only nine months off, Austin
people were inconvenienced by bill?” etery is funded by donations and youths were also taken into the vehicle. political junkies are talking.
’ The boys licks his cone and the generosity of the Whitharral custody. Two men assaulted an- With Republican Agriculture
»..*• e j other man over a $5 debt early Commissioner Susan Combs hav-
Sunday morning. One of the jn„ declared for comptroller. Sen.
on the victim’s car, a report
said.
The victim suffered swell-
ing and a small cut.
Vandals keyed a woman s primary, where does that leave
Uomptro]]er Carole Keeton
Strayhorn?
One answer is that Strayhorn
might decide not to get in the
Perry-Hutchison fight and instead
opt to make an end run at lieutenant
governor. Just as a Hutchison
gubernatorial candidacy would
arguably close the governor’s
mansion to Strayhorn, it would
open what is really the most
powerful elective job in Texas to
the comptroller.
Why? Because the buzz is that
Gov. David Dewhurst is
sorption of the duties currently
handled by the Worker’s Compen-
sation Commission. That includes
adding a fourth commissioner
J will
worker’s comp issues only.
It’s ‘skeeter time...
If you’ve been to the coast lately,
or anyplace else in Texas that gets a
on requests that totaled $647. plenty of mosquitoes out and about.
$350.
FSA announces
funding for
disadvantated
The U.S. Department of
Hospital Levelland this summer Agriculture’s Farm Service
on diabetes awareness. Agency allocates part of its
- . z. . j After some discussion, the ^arm 'oan program funds
man Services. Colorado. officials agreed to renew an specifically for socially disad-
“South Plains Rural Health He is the first one in his agreement with the Texas Tech vantaged applicants, including
Services provides valuable medi- immediate family to join the University Health Sciences Cen- minority and women produc-
cal services to the Levelland service. ter for autonsv services ers
liirAd th. fniinuzino comTni,y;” Hutchison, a He has less than a year with Under the agreement, the “FSA farm loans are
liked the tollowing member of the Senate Appropna- the Army and is considering his “base” cost of an autopsy will go i—**1’-*-'--f-’1
a iww ent.™ » ??nS options. He has been approached from $950 this year to $1,200 cants- but by ‘setting aside on mini motorcycles
A young t»y enteis a barber these funds will help ex^nd the about possibly becoming a re- beginning Oct. Land to $1,275 funds specifically for minori- Miniature motorcycles are ille
quality of health care m Hockley cruiter for the service stuffing Oct. 1, 2006. ties and women, the agency gal to XX Xublic rXXavs
CoUnty He said the Army has given Commissioner J L“Whitev” ensures members of these Lording to ^ Tex^ D^^m
of Public Safety.
The miniature motorcycles,
also known as pocket bikes and
pocket rockets, can only be operated
on private property.
“The pocket bikes are becom-
popular, and they are
I dangerous on public
. ’ said DPS Colonel
Thomas Davis, Jr. “Some 'buyers
j are legal on
public streets in certain circum-
regard to individual qualities 2^’.bUt therc "° excePdCT“’
FSAoffersbothlrectand mirconception is thN they
meet the legal definition of a motpr
assisted scooter. However, pocloet
bikes do not meet the statutory
requirements of a motor assisted
Dear Editor: • Three boys including an 11- s
The Whitharral Ex-Students year-old were arrested early yard of a Darrell Street home.
I prove it to you.” have formed an association to Tuesday morning after they She was bitten on the buttocks.
The barber puts a dollar raise money for perpetual care for allegedly burglarized Levelland
dependent we are on telephones in the other, then calls the boy present the total money raised
Monday afternoon when area and over and asks, “Which do you comes to approximately $35,000
long distance services were want, son?” in certificates of deposit and a
disrupted. A subcontractor cut a The boy takes the quarters small checking account.
Valor fiber optics line in the and leaves. ------ ----------
the barber.” “That kid never meeting at Whitharral at the First radioed for backup and other law
learns!” Baptist Church on Monday, June
Later, when the customer 20* at 7 p.m.
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