The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 2008 Page: 3 of 36
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
THURSDAY & NOVEMBER ZDDB
State Capital
Highl ghts
By Ei Sterling
TEKAS PRESS ASSOWTION
AUSTIN—The Monday morning deadline for this col-
umn forces coverage of the Nov. 4 general election into
the next week. But here is something that is reportable:
Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade on Oct. 28 an-
nounced the final tally of registered voters n Texas for
the Nov. 4 general election was 13.5 million, up from 12.7
million registered voters in this year's March primaries.
Andrade, the state's chief elections officer, said more
than 2 million registered voters cast a ballot during the
first eight days of the early voting period, which began
Oct. 20 and ended Oct. 31.
State Rep pret :ts House change
State Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, on Oct. 29 pre-
dicted the end of Speaker Tom Craddick's tenure as
leader of the Texas House of Representatives. Craddiek,
R-Midland, was first elected speaker on Jan. 11, 2003,
after serving 34 years as a member of the House. His
colleagues re-elected him to the powerful post in 2005
and again in2007.
In a news release posted six days before election day,
Keffer said, "Within 24 hours of the polls closing after
Tuesday's historic election, I predict there will be a new
consensus choice for Texas House Speaker."
Keffer said he plans to consolidate bipartisan support
of his candidacy for the speakership on election night.
Keffer, 55, has served as state representative for East-
land, Hood, Brown, Shackelford, Stephens and Palo I n-
to counties since 1996. House members will decide who
is to be speaker soon after the 81st Texas Legislature
convenes on Jan. 13,2009.
RRC catching up with demand
On Oct. 30, Texas Railroad Commissioner Victor
Carrillo said record energy sector activity has resulted
in dr illing permit application numbers that haven't been
seen since the last energy boom in the 1980s. In early
October, processing times for expedited drilling permits
had reached 13 days, and up to 40 days for non-expedit-
ed drilling permits, the RRC reported. Now, four weeks
after a new effort to reduce a backlog of drilling permi t
applications, the RRC says it has reduced the processing
time for expedited drilling permits to three days, and
for non-expedited permits, to seven days. RRC Chair-
man Michael L. Williams said that to reduce the backlog,
some employees are working overtime on Saturdays,
some employees have been moved to the drilling permit
section and some outside contractors have been hired.
Law lets agency read licenses
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Oct. 31 re-
leased an opinion that state law allows the Texas Lot-
tery Commission to use electronically readable informa-
tion encoded on the magnetic stripe of a driver's license
to verify the age of persons using self-service terminals
and vending machines to purchase lottery tickets. Ab-
bott's opinion, GA-0675, says the Lottery Commission's
reading of the cards serves a legitimate law enforcement
or governmental purpose.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Time for a rebellion
AS AN AMERICAN PATRIOT and experi-
enced and wise analyst, John W. Whitehead
s among the finest living. With that attitude
and as a longtime patron of/ and proponent of
the work of The Rutherford Institute, I was
most happy to read your column, "Is it time
for a rebellion" by John W. Whitehead on page
2 of your Canadian Record of October 23,
2008. His quotes from the Declaration of In-
dependence, "We hold these truths to be self
evident:..." are always a joy for loyal and con-
cerned Americans to read or hear!
But, I must add that I was v irtually as much
so disappointed at reading on the same page
your endorsement of Senator John Cornyn's
A neighbor enjoys
Canadian's Fall
Foliage Festival
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Canadian for
the fantastic Fall Foliage Festival this year.
Normally I enjoy the festival through the eyes
of an adult, but this year I took my eight-year-
old niece and one of her classmates and met
my sister and her two little girls in Canadian.
One of the absolutely best
experiences this year was at
Lake Marvin. Remelle Far-
rar had many wonderful and
educational hands-on projects
set up for the little ones, and
the young at heart. Our girls
planted seeds, made bird feed-
ers from pine cones, peanut
butter and seeds and just when
they completed that project
and the smell of peanut butter
had awakened their tummies,
we saw the table where you
could combine your own trail
mix. This was a nice treat for
children and adults alike. We
took our sacks and loaded up
on the wagon. As we toured
Lake Marvin, we visited with
our driver, a young man help-
ng his grandfather out for the
day. At the end of the ride we ran back to the
main building, loaded up some more trail mix
and a bottle of water and gifted the weary and
parched stagecoach driver with a few vittles
for the trgil. I would like to suggest, if the
appeal of the beauty around you has dulled
as middle age sets in, as it has for me, take
a child along and enjoy the festival through
their eyes.
I also enjoyed the new visitor's guide.
What a great, fun format. As a board member
of the Old Mobeetie Jail Museum, I would like
to respectfully offer a couple of corrections
pertaining to "Our Hometown History." One
thing that caught my eye was the statement,
"Ironically, Canadian, when it was born n
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Democrat opponent. I will be interested to
see the vote count for Senator Cornyn from
the election returns in Hemphill County, the
home of your readership.
EVETTS HALEY Jr., Midland
EDITOR'S NOTE: Though always hopeful
that our editorial endorsements for candi-
dates on the state and national level will be
found persuasive by our readers, we gener-
ally satisfy ourselves that we have offered
a different point of view from that which is
most frequently heard in these parts, have
provoked them to think, and have exercised
the Constitutional rights which we, like all
American patriots, hold most dear. —LEB
1888, would also be the site of the first coun-
ty jail in the Texas Panhandle, holding the
worst desperadoes shipped there from across
the region, or captured by the Texas Ranger
Regiment out of Fort Elliott, 30 miles away in
Wheeler County."
Actually, the first county jail in the Texas
Panhandle was completed in Old Mobeetie n
1886, as you will see by the photo I have at-
tached. This date was carved into the lime-
stone of the building upon its completion and
the building now serves as the Old Mobeetie
Jail Museum. Also, the Texas Ranger Regi-
ment was not aff iated with Fort Elliott.
They were separate entities,
one being state and one feder-
al, and all Fort prisoners were
actually kept in the brigs at
the fort.
I was also confused by
one other sentence, "Follow-
ng our historic trails you can
visit the location of the only
establishment in the region
that served the famed Buffa-
lo Soldiers, the only Cavalry
troop of black soldiers, head-
quartered at Fort Elliott,
Hemphill County's first busi-
ness, Springer Creek Trading
Post, and add..." Unless the
tour crossed over into Wheel-
er County a few miles, this,
too, is an error. The buffalo
soldiers were nitially served
at the Ring Town Saloon, a
few miles north of Fort Elliott. This site has
been explored and verified by the Texas Ar-
cheological Society.
I am very proud of the rich history of both
our counties which is why I try to keep as true
to the facts as possible. When we change in-
formation we change the history and then t
is no longer factual, but folklore, and it loses
i ts fidelity.
Again, my family and I truly enjoyed the
Fall Foliage Festival and the experiences and
surroundings that are uniquely Canadian.
As a Wheeler County resident, I am proud
to share such a rich history with Hemphill
County.
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