The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1989 Page: 1 of 10
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89th Year, No. 40, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, Tx.
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25 Cents
Rains
formed noxious weed district.
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Lubbock: negotiate for hostages
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Deaf Smith County commission- of county records. A second propos-
ers decided on Monday to delay the al for the audit was submitted by
selection of a board for the newly- Brown, Graham and Company,
By KAY PECK
Staff Writer
Gerhardt and Puckett, P.C. for
preparation of an independent audit
Respondents were also evenly
split over support to Israel.
About 42 percent said they
believe American foreign policy
Fiestas Patrias royalty
Consuelo Castillo, left, was named 1989 Fiestas Patrias queen during ceremonies
Saturday night at San Jose Catholic Church in Hereford. Named as princess was Annabel
Liscano, right. Miss Castillo will be crowned by 1988 queen Delinda Hernandez during
ceremonies Sept. 15-16 during the annual Fiestas Patrias celebration here.
The random telephone survey
has an accuracy of plus or minus
4 percent with a confidence level
of 95 percent, spokeswoman
Lisa Nowlin said. That means
that if everyone in the county
were polled, there is a 95 percent
chance that the poll's results
would be within 4 percentage
points of the countywide sample.
in the Middle East is tied too
closely to economic and military
support for Israel. and 37 percent
said the United States' support
for Israel is about right and
should be continued.
1988. An Iran-backed group said
it hanged Higgins July 31.
though the claim has not been
confirmed.
Although Lubbock residents
seemed to urge caution follow-
ing Higgins's death, they be-
came more hawkish in the event
another American hostage is
killed.
a%
that district in an election on Aug. was eased when Bill Allen, repre-
5. The weed district (established to sentative from Gerhardt and Puck-
aid in the control of noxious weeds) eu, stated that he had no objection
includes all of the county excluding to the commission accepting the
land located within the Hereford second proposal. With both propos-
city limits. als before them, commissioners
State law indicates that the initial faced another difficult decision.
AMARILLO (AP) - A 41-year
old man was arrested after he
ignited a Texas flag in the street in
front of the Potter County Court-
house. authorities said.
"If someone wants to burn a
flag, my advice would be to read all
the codes very carefully,” said
Potter County Sheriff Jimmy Don
Boydston.
The man was arrested Monday
afternoon on complaints of not
having a permit required for burn-
ing. attendance of an open fire
without an extinguishing device and
discarding a burning object.
b.
County officials will continue the a.m..
process of selecting weed district "I don’t like not accepting a
board members during the next proposal, but that was the time
regular commission meeting on (deadline)," said Precinct 3 Com-
Sept. 11.Rural voters in Deaf Smith missioncrTroy Don Moore.
LUBBOCK (AP) - President
Bush is getting passing grades in
his political barometer city of
Lubbock, at least when it comes
to the issue of Americans being
held hostages in the Middle East.
Of 400 Lubbock County resi-
dents surveyed last week by
Southwest Research Associates
of Lubbock, 61 percent said
Bush has handled the hostage
situation to their satisfaction
since the slaying of Marine Lt.
Col William Higgins.
But 30 percent said Bush
should act more aggressively,
perhaps by bombing Iran or
terrorist bases in Lebanon.
Almost four-fifths of Lub-
bock residents said they favor
negotiating with Iran or Syria if
it could lead to the release of the
eight Americans believed held
hostage in Lebanon or elsewhere
in the Middle East Seventy-nine
percent favored negotiations, 16
percent didn't and 5 percent
didn't answer.
Asked, "If another hostage is
killed by the terrorists, would
you be in favor of bombing Iran.
Syria or Lebanon in retaliation
even if it meant the death of the
remaining hostages," 48 percent
did not favor bombing and 40
percent did. Because the poll’s
sampling error is plus or minus 4
percent, the answer to that
question is not conclusive
prepare their weed control program.
Fred Fox, chief appraiser for the
Deaf Smith County Appraisal
District, informed commissioners
on Monday that it is already too late
to include weed district funding in
1989 tax collection.
"What would be the deadline to
get it on this year's tax?" Commis-
sioner Rose asked.
"It's already passed," Fox said.
Tax collection for the district is
complicated by that fact that a weed
district is not collected as the
standard ad valorem tax which
funds most entities. Instead of being
based on land value, a weed district
collects a flat fee per acre with a
maximum of six cents per acre.
Once a weed district board is
formed, that board will decide
whether or not to collect taxes
through the existing appraisal
district will be appointed by the estimate before,” Commissioner
county commission. Those first Stribling said.
board members will serve staggered Accounting firms are forbidden
terms. Once those first terms have by law from submitting exact bids
expired, voters from the district will for professional services. Gerhardt
approve subsequent board members, and Puckett estimated a range
During discussions about the between $9,000 and $11,000 for the
organization of a weed district audit. Brown, Graham and Compa-
board, commissioncis indicated that ny gave an estimate of $9,400.
a representative from each of the In the end, commissioners
other tropical systems off the
western coast of Mexico. The
storms were strong enough to
continue spreading moisture well up
into the northern High Plains, where
heavy rains have fallen in the
Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas
Pollsters also found Lubbock
County residents, by a 2-to-l
margin, are against a state
constitutional amendment to
increase Texas legislators' pay
from about $7,200 a year to
$22,000 a year. Texans will be
given a chance to vote on the
matter in November.
The monthly survey under-
written by the Lubbock Chamber
of Commerce is called “The
Pulse of America.”
The poll originated after Bush
said in March that the South
Plains city of 160,000 reflected
the country's prevailing political
mood. He said at the time that
Lubbock residents supported
John Tower, who was under-
going his ultimately unsuccessful
fight to be named Secretary of
Defense.
Lubbock's business and
political leaders decided to
capitalize on Bush's comment
and billed Lubbock as the suc-
cessor to Peoria, Ill., as the city
synonymous with middle Amer-
ca. President Nixon immor-
talized the Illinois town by
asking, “Will it play in Peoria?"
The latest Lubbock poll was
devised shortly after the killing
of Marine Lt Col. William
Higgins, who had been taken
hostage in Lebanon in February
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County approved the formation of The commissioners’ dilemma
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - disappointment. ” moon reflected much more light what scientists believe are active ice entire solar system sometime in the called a television station and the
Voyager's pictures of Neptune's “They would have been white than originally expected, said Mary volcanoes that explosively propel coming months, said Lanny Miller, sherifs office to tell them that he
moon Triton - which revealed a images," Voyager project scientist Beth Murrill, a JPL spokeswoman, frozen nitrogen particles 20 miles manager of the flight engineering planned to burn a flag.
unique world of icy volcanoes - Edward Stone said Monday. Engineers compensated by skyward. office. Sheriff’s deputies were nearby
might have been washed out if not Meanwhile, scientists said the sending Voyager new computer During its Neptune encounter, when the man first pinned a Texas
for last-minute adjustments to the spacecraft found that Triton is the commands reducing the exposure Voyager's cameras discovered six flag to the courthouse building then
spacecraft's cameras, NASA says. coldest body ever measured in the time on its television cameras from moons in addition to Triton and By 9 p.m. PDT tonight, Voyager placed it in the street. He held up a
"It wouldn't have wiped out the solar system, and that Neptune has 6.68 seconds to 3.84 seconds for the Nereid, which were discovered will be 2.76 billion miles from sign reading "Don't Mess With
mission, but would have made a lot something in common with Los best close-ups of Triton. Murrill from Earth. They also found three Earth and 4.55 million miles behind Texas,” then poured charcoal
of photographs embarrassingly Angeles: smog. said. thin rings of debris and five broad Neptune, speeding toward the edge starter fluid on the flag and ignited
overexposed." said Rich Terrile, an Only days before Voyager made Those photographs revealed that rings encircling the solar system's of the solar system at 37,568 mph, it with a cigarette lighter.
astronomer at the National Aero- its closest approach to Neptune last giant craters, called calderas, once fourth-largest planet. Voyager 2's ultraviolet detector "We were there as much to
nautics and Space Administration s Thursday and zipped past Triton on oozed an icy fem of lava that NASA engineers arc investigate determined Triton's surface temper arrest him for fire code violations as
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "It Friday, scientists recognized that the flooded thousands of square miles ing the feasibility of reprogramming ature is 400 degrees below zero to protect him," Boydston told the
would have been an incredible frosty surface of Neptune's largest of lunar terrain. They also found Voyager to take a snapshot of the Fahrenheit Amarillo Globe-News.
board for a newly approved weed "I’ve never taken a bid on an
sweep
region
By JOHN BROOKS
Managing Editor
Torrential rains fell in northwest-
ern portions of Deaf Smith County
on Saturday, then Hereford was
drenched with one of its biggest
rains of a dry summer on Sunday
afternoon and night.
Officially, Hereford received .19
of an inch on Saturday, 1.09 inch in
Sunday’s storms, and another .53
inch of rain in the showers Monday
night and this morning through 8:20
a.m., according to the official
recording at KPAN Radio.
The showers were spotty, thou-
gh
At Northwest Grain at Milo
Center, about 10 miles north of
Hereford, Cal Mitts reported 1.7
inches of rain over the weekend.
"About three or four miles west
of here we’re out in a field putting
down fertilizer," Mitts said Monday
morning. "But down on my farm,
just a little north of the Cowboy
Country Club (about 10 miles west-
northwest of Hereford) we got right
at four inches.”
Another .30 fell in the Milo
Center area on Monday night and
this morning.
The biggest rains in the county
fell in the Bippus area, about 40
miles northwest of Hereford.
Kenneth Homfeld reported six
inches of rain on Saturday, then
another inch on Sunday.
. . — — ---- ------------- ."It started raining just after
four county precincts would be decided to stay with Gerhardt and By JOHN BROOKS Miss Liscano is a member of the The key to the future is educa- dinner on Saturday, and it just kept
appointed in addition to one mem- Puckett, the company which prepar- Managing Editor National Honor Society and Key- tion," Miss Castillo emphasized. raining," Homfeld said Monday
ber at large. • cd last year’s audit. Consuelo Castillo, 16, of Here- wanettes at HHS. Push yourself and your children, morning. "It looks like a river out
"First go-around, I think the Alter opening bids from White- ford was named the queen of The contestants were judged on a Educate your children for the here. All of the lakes are full."
member-at-large should be a (coun- f^c Ford and Stevens Chevrolet- Fiestas Patrias for 1989 during written essay and oral presentation future." Bobby Hammock, Precinct 2
ty) commissioner... since we’re Oldsmobile, commissioners ac- competition and ceremonies Satur- of an item dealing with Hispanics foreman at Bootleg, said he only
going to be the biggest spender," copied the low bid for a new pickup day at San Jose Catholic church in and its past, present and future Miss Liscano's presentation was recorded about .10 inch over the
said Precinct 4 Commissioner for Precinct 4. A 1989 four-wheel Hereford. impacts. on the music of Mexico from the weekend, but he saw the storm that
Johnny Latham. drive pickup will be purchased by Miss Castillo, 16, a junior at Miss Castillo dealt with politics, original music of the native Indians hit in the Bippus area.
The spread of weeds from public the county from Whiteface Ford for Hereford High School, becomes the going back to 1810 when Father to the European influence brought "I was over on my brother’s
right-of-ways onto agricultural land $ 14,800. 35th queen crowned locally. A Hidalgo began the independence by the Spaniards, the African place north of Bellview (in New
is a major factor for the formation Other bids included a 1990 Ford queen has been crowned locally for movement; through Mexico’s influence added by slaves, and Mexico) and we could see that
of weed districts. Once the Deal four-wheel drive for $15,697, and a all but one year since 1954. political struggles after gaining religious music. cloud over there," Hammock said
Smith County Noxious Weed 1989 uhrce-quarter ton four-wheel Consuelo, the daughter of independence; the Hispanic leaders "The music is known as an art, "It just sat there for a long time. We
District begins enforcing weed drive Chevrolet for $15,296.73. Augustin and Lupe Castillo, will of today, and keys to future political and the younger generation is could tell somebody over there was
control, county commissioners Commissioners tabled the reign over the Fiestas Patrias power. causing the music to change." Miss getting it." Hammock recorded
expect a hefty investment in the awarding of bids for printing and celebration Sept. 15-16 in Hereford. Liscano said. "We must make sure another .25 inch this morning, and it
treatment of weeds along county office supplies in order to have time Miss Castillo is an honor roll that we keep the music alive." was raining at Bootleg at 9 a.m.
right-of-ways. to analyze bids. While some com- students, a member of the HHS She cited local leaders Lupe today.
Local residents should contact panics listed separate items and band and PALS, and was named to Chavez and Delia Griego, slate At Dawn, the J.E. McCabe's
their county commissioners if they prices and then gave a total figure. Who’s Who Among American High district judge Abe Lopez of Amaril- Events planned for the Fiestas recorded only .23 inch of rain from
wish to provide input about the others included only the itemized School Students. Io, and state/national leaders Maria Patrias celebration include game the weekend showers, but picked up
selection of weed district board list with individual prices. The The princess is Annabel Liscano. Luisa Mercado, Lauro Cavazos and and food booths, two dances. Ms. an inch of rain this morning
members. commission decided that additional 15, a sophomore at HHS. She’s the Henry Cisneros. Mercado as a special speaker. The showers were spawned by
it is likely that county commis- time was needed to put the bids in a daughter of Joe and Carmen Lise- "These are example we can use coronation of the queen and prin- tropical moisture kicked up into the
sioners will be given ample time to form that could be easily compared, ano of Hereford, as role models," Miss Castillo said. cess, and a parade over Sept. 15-16 arca by Kiko, a hurricane in the
Gulf of California until it crossed
into the peninsula, where it weaken-
ed into a tropical storm, and two
district. Although the new tax
would require some additional
computer software, Fox does not
foresee any long-term problems in
integrating a weed district into
current tax roles.
"It would just appear as one
more item on our tax statement,"
Precinct 1 Commissioner John
Stribling said.
During Monday’s meeting,’
commissioners decided to retain
"I think we should get input from the opportunity to submit a proposal
the public before we start appoint- because of apparent confusion as to h
ing this board," said Precinct 2 the exact time of the deadline. D
Commissioner Austin Rose Jr. dur- Representatives of the company V
ing Monday’s regular commission arrived after the commission closed
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Brooks, John. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1989, newspaper, August 29, 1989; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1478289/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.