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Why? God I don't understand."
The dark threads are just as need-
more serious in life when they do.
munity for nineteen years in central
Sometimes there are threads of
Paul says in Romans
The why questions stop when we
the scenes. That person is Jesus
Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used
in the Constitutional Amendment Election held on November 5, 2019, will be
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
tested on October 2, 2019, at 8:00 am in the Courthouse Basement, 119 S.
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of A.B. Lyles,
Maxwell, Tulia, to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all
Deceased, were issued on September 11, 2019, in Cause No. 4335 pending in the County Court
offices and on all measures.
of Swisher County, Texas, to: Cheryl Sue Lyles, Independent Executor.
required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law to the attorney for
the Independent Executor as follows:
Por medio del presente, se notifica que el equipo de tabulation automatico que se
DATED the I \Vh day of September, 2019.
utilizaran en la election de enmienda constitutional celebrado el 05 de noviembre
de 2019, se probara el 2 de Octobre de 2019, a las 8:00 am en el sotano de Palacio
de justitia, 119 S. Maxwell, Tulia, a determinar que exactamente contara los votos
emitidos para todas las oficinas y en todas las medidas.
T Firma del/dela O&lial
By:
EMPLOYMENT
MISSING
211 Apache Trail - $130,000
202 Apache Tr. - $126,000
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,2019
SWISHER COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR
WILL BEGIN COLLECTING
TAXES FOR ALL TAXING ENTITIES.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STOP BY
THE COURTHOUSE AND
MAKE YOUR TAX PAYMENTS. YOU WILL RECEIVE
ONE TAX BILL FOR THE 2019
TAXES. UNTIL THEN, ALL PAYMENT
WILL BE TAKEN AT THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES.
DEBORAH LEMONS, PCC
TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR
Happy Independent School District will hold a public hear-
ing on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 6:00 pm in the HISD
board room located at 500 NW Third Street, Happy, TX.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the district’s
rating on the state’s financial accountability system.
AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAR
EL EQUIPO PARA TABULAR AUTOMATICAMENTE
PUBLIC
NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEST OF AUTOMATIC
TABULATING EQUIPMENT
Lanny Voss
Owen, Voss, Owen, & Melton, PC
P.O. Box 328
Plainview, Texas 79073-0328
can do when the "Why" questions
come is lean on Him. An anony-
mous writer says it best in a poem
In the weavers skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver,
In the pattern that He has planned
Dark threads of sorrow and pain;
But hold fast, for God still holds
The day is almost over,
And the last thread is almost in
OWEN, VOSS, OWEN & MELTON, PC
P.O. Box 328 - 700 W. 7th Street
Plainview, Texas 79073-0328
Telephone: (806) 296-6304
Facsimile: (806) 296=6829
voss@olvo.net
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO DISCUSS HAPPY ISD’S
State Financial Accountability Rating
123.28 ACRES West
& South of Mackenzie
Addition, can drop a well
on the more northern side
Scale Clerk Needed
Seasonal Work
October through the End of
Cotton Season
$10.00/Hour
7 Days/Week
Apply in Person - Silvercot Ink
806-847-2241
Gene Blakely, Manager
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Job snapped at his wife," You are
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Street -$69,500
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF
DOWN TOWN TULIA
Of a robe that was woven by
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Signature of Official
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BID NOTICE
Happy Independent School District is accepting bids for one
or more used 2017 Model, 53 Passenger, Type C Diesel school
buses.
Sealed bids marked “BUS” must be received by 2:00 pm on
Friday, October 4, 2019, by mail or hand delivered. Bids will
be opened at this time and will be awarded at the regular Happy
Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 6:00
pm.
Mailed bids should be sent to Happy ISD; Box 458; Happy, TX
79042. Bids may be hand delivered at the Happy ISD Adminis-
tration Office at 500 NW Third Street, Happy, TX 79042.
Happy ISD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids,
waive minor technicalities, and award the bid to best serve the
interests of Happy ISD. For specifications and required bid sub-
mission documents, contact Ray Keith at rkeith@happyisd.net or
call 806-558-5331.
"Not till the loom is silent,
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are
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and died at Easter for all mankind.
There is a song by John Stallings
Charles Swindoll says that Job was that has helped me through many
a truth that we need to hang onto
when the tough times come and we victory again.
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“For the past 30 years,
“they’ve gone to
Florida for the winter.” When
we compare ourselves to oth-
ers, it's easy to develop a false
If they could sense of self-assurance.
2 Corinthians 10:12 New In-
her husband confidently ternational Version (NIV)
Lanny Voss^
Attorney fjarCheryl Sue Lyles
State Bar No.: 20620500
Thursday, September 19,2019
Talks with Tim
By Tim Johnson
Compating Ourselves to Others
A couple purchased a home “For the past 30 years,” he
in upper Maine from two el- muttered,
derly sisters. With winter ap-
proaching, the wife was con-
cerned about the house’s lack
of insulation. “
live here all those years, so can
we!”
declared. 12 We do not dare to clas-
One night, the tempera- sify or compare ourselves with
ture plunged to below zero, some who commend them-
and they awoke to find inte- selves. When they measure
rior walls covered with frost, themselves by themselves
The husband called the sisters and compare themselves with
to ask how they had kept the themselves, they are not wise,
house warm. After a rather I love you all,
brief conversation, he hung up. Tim
Tulia ISD is now accepting re- wishing to refer a student attending
ferrals for students who may need Tulia ISD in kindergarten through
Gifted/Talented Services for the twelfth grade this school year is
school year. This program is de- asked to go by the student’s cam-
signed for students who exhibit pus office and request a copy of
intellectual and creative thinking the referral fonn. This fonn must
abilities at an extraordinary level be returned to the school by Sep-
not nonnally served in the regular tember 30. Those unable to go by
classroom. Services are provided the school should call the student’s
only upon identification of educa- home campus to request a fonn be
tion needs of the student. Anyone sent to them
Qt's Just (A Thought...
by Larry Mills
Swisher Co. Native and Retired Baptist Minister
The ’’Why” Questions of Life
I have written on this subject be- to be almost 100 percent disabled? in "pure, raw agony and it seemed why questions. "I'm learning to
fore. I have had a lot of friends late- Why does serious illness such as that heaven was silent". lean, I'm learning to lean, I'm leam-
ly diagnosed with cancer and many cancer strike a dear friend in Christ? The Old Testament prophet Ha- ing to lean on Jesus. Finding more
who have suddenly died. I thought Why is a 76 year old man suddenly bakkuk asked why many times. He power than I ever dreamed I'm
I would address this subject again. dying from pancreatic cancer and gazed into heaven and said "God, learning to lean on Jesus." All we
It is a unique privilege working out of his mind all of a sudden? you are a good God; you don't like
with people and being a part of their Why is a 36 year old mother in her evil but bad things still happen,
lives for most of one's adult life. At last days because of stomach can-
least one thing has been learned and cer? Why should a plane just fall Over and over again he struggled entitled "The Weaver",
learned well. The one word ques- out of the sky killing hundreds and with this question. Is the answer or
tion, "Why?" is a universal ques- hurting the lives of friends and fam- solution that of Job's wife who said,
tion. Children are always asking ily? Why should a policeman be "Curse God and die"? No, surely
why. We get tired and frustrated at killed needlessly while upholding not. Habakkuk came to the conclu-
attempting to give answers. Adults the law? Why should a man who sion that no matter what happens or
are prone to ask the same question waited until he was fifty to marry how tough it gets, "I will rejoice in
but it usually involves something then in less than six months his wife the Lord, IwilljoyintheGodofmy ful,
packs up in the middle of the night salvation. The Lord is my strength
Having lived in the same com- and leaves? and He will make my feet like
The "Why" question has been deer's feet and will make me walk
Texas, twenty-one years in the Pan- asked over and over again. Why? up on high places,
handle, and now a year and a half Why me? Why now? As an insur-
back in central Texas, the opportu- ance adjuster for eight years who crazy, you sound like a fool. Shall disappointment,
nity to hear this question asked has saw tragedy and heartache and now we accept only good from God and
come many times. as a pastor the last 50 plus years the never adversity?" Again quoting
Why should a young girl be taken question still comes and the answer Dr. Swindoll, "Job had grabbed the shuttle;
in a tragic accident when a balcony is not easy and maybe even impos- a truth that we need to hang onto There will be bright threads of
gives way? Why should an eighteen sible to give.
year old boy be taken suddenly in an But for a moment let us con- ask why.
automobile accident? Why should a sider the plight of Job in the Old That truth: God is too kind to do
man lose his life to fire while sleep- Testament. Look at the news he anything cruel, too wise to make
ing? Why should my neighbor receives in a short period of time, a mistake, and too deep to explain place;
loose her son in a tragic auto acci- "Job, you've lost all your livestock himself." Paul says in Romans Then we'll stand adorned by the
dent in which she was seriously in- to thieves, your sheep and camels 11:33 "Oh the depth of the wis- beauty
jured and then just a couple of years have been destroyed, your employ- dom and knowledge of God, how
later lose her husband to a heart at- ees have been murdered, and, oh un-searching are His judgments grace.
tack? Why should a thirty year old yes, your ten children have been and unfathomable are His ways."
woman suffer an auto accident that killed in a freak stonn." Then Job
shattered a hip and cause her to be in came down with boils from head to learn to lean on the "Who" behind this Sunday and learn more about
a wheel chair most of the time and toe. There he is; confused and hurt- the scenes. That person is Jesus Jesus. He is the one we learn to
ing looking at ten fresh graves and Christ who was bom on Christmas lean on when the "Why" questions
five separate tragedies. In his book, and died at Easter for all mankind, of life overwhelm us.
"Strengthening Your Grip," Dr. There is a song by John Stallings From my heart to yours,
Bro. Larry
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The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 2019, newspaper, September 19, 2019; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1319050/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.