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An American Indian chief wants some of the land back
Chief Loop Nine
Comes of the Wich-
ita Nation to the
peoples of what will
someday be called
southern Dallas
County and north-
ern Ellis County:
This land was not
yours before. If you
could not peacefully
dwell on the land of
the Wichita in our
Today Staff own styje^ with0Ut
your European crops, you did not have to
stay here. And your European livestock
scared away the deer, overgrazed the grass
and eroded the stream banks.
And this phrase "eminent domain." It
does not exist, nor any equivalent to it, in
STEVE
SNYDER
our language, not even when you try to
define it by one of your guns.
But, we know what the phrase really
means, especially when emphasized like
that.
You have another word, "treaty," which
has similar meaning.
However, our prophets have long fore-
sight, far distant into the future.
They foretell that you will continue to
use this "eminent domain" against the
Wichita and others you call "Indian" until
you have all the land, and then use this
same tool on one another to develop this
land and grow ever-larger cities.
We foresee that, at the heart of this
place that will be called Dallas County
will be a vast city called Dallas, which we
also foresee will be part of an even vaster
group called "Metroplex." We see people
there, as vast as the buffalo herds that ran
before.
We see this tool called eminent domain
being part of this growth, not only of this
city called Dallas but also of other places
called "suburbs."
By this tool of eminent domain, you
will build large parkways called "U.S. 67"
and "1-35" on the land of others to travel
in speed and ease to a place called down-
town Dallas. Some of you will travel even
farther, to places called "Richardson" and
"Piano," using another one of these park-
ways, with a 600-foot right of way, called
"LBJ Freeway." Others of you, we foresee,
will drive to places of amusement called
"Six Flags over Texas" and "The Ballpark
in Arlington," using another of these 600-
foot wide parkways, called "1-30."
We see all these wide parkways being
built with this tool eminent domain, being
used against others, many years after the
Wichitas are driven from our land.
But, with their foresight, our prophets
also utter a curse.
As you now live by this eminent
domain of taking land from the Wichita,
some day it will come back to haunt you.
As this "Metroplex" grows even faster
than the buffalo, adding 1 million people
or more in 10 years, the demand for these
parkways will increase until it comes to
you in the year you will call 1995.
We foresee people, whom you might
call young bucks, but which might be
called young "joeys," like young kanga-
roos, hopping out of this Ellis County in
angry opposition when the possibility
arises that this eminent domain might be
used against you even after all the ease it
has provided for you in the past. We fore-
see these "joeys" will stir up emotions
many, many years after discussion of the
latest of these parkways began, as much
for their false visions of the history of
your elders planning for this latest park-
way as for anything else, and then will
call this "news."
We believe your scriptures, in the book
called Jude, say: "They are clouds without
rain, blown along by the wind ..., wild
waves of the sea ..., wandering stars."
And while our nation does not have a
word or phrase for "eminent domain," we
have heard of a phrase you use, from your
European livestock; we believe is called
"whose ox is being gored."
And so, our prophets speak. Mother
Earth and the Great Spirit stand as wit-
ness.
Chief Loop Nine Comes of the
Wichita Nation
According to President Obama..
...this pure-bred
puppy, purchased
from a breeder, is
the same as a mutt
adopted from a
shelter...
...this boy is a
torturer...
...and this plumber should be
on a terrorist watch list
because he served two tours
in Iraq, attends church on
Sundays and isn't too
thrilled about current
spending
policies.
Today art by
JASON McLEAN
Character, like mushrooms, grows in the
dark, but the taste test is in the daylight
SUE
HEIGELE
Special to Today
Parlor Chats about Ten Mile pollywogs
It's 1854, and we kids
have been banished from
the house yard to steer clear
of the men hoisting the logs
in place for the foundation
of what will soon be our
new home. We've been
staying the nights in the
milking barn to get out of
the weather, but I can tell
you that ole Bessie's moos
are a bit distracting for a
boy trying to sleep! With
four brothers and three sis-
ters, there's plenty of
adventure in us. As we skit-
ter through the cornfields, playing a quick game of
hide and seek, it turns into tag until we reach the
creek bank. Skipping rocks and watching with fas-
cination as the various ripple designs steal our
attention for a long bit of time with each of us tak-
ing two or three turns at it. Distracted by a bull-
frog on a stump floating toward us, we lie on our
stomachs with head in hands as still as we can be
when the zip-zap of his long tongue steals a horse-
fly big as my thumb knuckle straight out of the air.
A deep and defiant rib-bit comes next, followed by
another; then a hip- hop to shore on the other side
marikay
dewberry
Special to Today
of the creek from us. Our next sideshow is ripples
in the water close to us yet no one has skipped a
rock to cause it. A closer inspection reveals a
school of pollywogs paddling with all their might.
There must have been close to a hundred with no
sure sense of direction or destination.
The show comes to a halt as quickly as it start-
ed, so we move further down the creek to find
some wild berries for a juicy snack. As we snooze
to the dance of the trees' canopied breeze, these are
the questions for a boy to ponder, such as,: is the
creek really ten miles, or where did it get its name?
And why do we call them wild berries when they
never let out a growl? Sisters can sometimes be
annoying, as their giggles interrupt our brief boy-
hood dreams, but it's time to continue our out of
the way adventure, chasing a rabbit through the
wheat field. He stops as if not to hear us, allowing
us to creep closer, then when he seems to be within
reach, he scurries off again. We replace this game
with a wade in the low spot at the bend in the
creek. A refreshing splash takes away the heat on
our sunburned faces, and the wet spots on our
overalls will dry before we walk back home avoid-
ing punishment for getting our younger sisters too
close to the water again.
See PARLOR, Page 7
Sl'm always looking for
I good, thoughtful quotations to
J add to my ongoing collection;
especially ones that make me
• * jjsu stop and think for a while. I
I found one recently from the
" • JmM pen of Yousef Karsh, who
I comments that "Character, like
a photograph, develops in
darkness." I think if by "dark-
ness," he means situations
where no one is watching, and
we can really be ourselves for
better or worse, I totally agree.
I also think character constant-
ly evolves as different situations arise to test it at
various times in our lives.
Years ago, little self-quizzes along the lines of
"What Would you Do?" appeared in popular maga-
zines. They described situations and then gave the
reader a choice of three ways of responding. There
were no "right" answers; the reader was supposed
to answer truthfully, in the "darkness," and perhaps
surprise himself with his choice - something to
think about. Here's a typical scenario:
You are leaving a supermarket and following
another person through the parking lot to your car.
The other person accidentally drops a $20 bill. Do
you (a) immediately pick it up and give it back to
the person who dropped it? (b) pick it up and stick
it in your pocket? (c) keep the money, but use it to
do something beneficial?
Let's carry this one step further. Suppose you've
picked up the money. There it is, in your hand, and
you know what you're going to do. Would you
make the same decision if you knew a third person
had seen the incident? If your grandchild were with
you? If you were having financial problems? In
other words, is character, once developed, firm and
unchanging - or does it depend on certain circum-
stances, making it situational?
Is telling a lie always wrong, as we tell our chil-
dren? Or are there some instances where "shading
the truth" is OK, even desirable? Think about an
older relative who has developed a fatal disease.
She asks you about her condition and says "Please
tell me the truth." You know the truth would devas-
tate her. How do you answer?
Or a neighbor asks you to do him a favor.
Ordinarily you'd say yes, but this is something you
absolutely do NOT want to do. Do you make up a
reason you can't - "invent" a doctor's appointment,
for instance?
And there are so many other tests of character
you might face. Would you ever change price tags
on two clothing items in a dressing room and save
yourself a few dollars? What if you knew you
wouldn't be caught? How about helping yourself to
a handful of peanuts in the grocery store? Is that
OK? Would you tear a recipe out of a magazine at
the library? A friend asks you how you like her
new hair color. You don't. How do you respond?
Wow, quite a lot of questions here. Seems like
life presents us with many ways of testing character
development over and over. Now that's something
to make you stop and think, isn't it?
Sue Heigele is a retired high school English
teacher. She lives in Duncanville and may be
reached at heigelemail@yahoo.com.
AROUND TOWN IN DUNCANVILLE
Letters
jack
armstrong
Median flowers waste of money
Dear Editor:
In these times of reducing operating budgets to
keep up with dwindling tax revenue I am curious
why Duncanville continues the practice of regularly
uprooting the decorative plant beds around the city
and replanting them with new plants. This means
healthy plants are disposed of and new plants are
purchased at a considerable expense.
Recently the flower beds on the center strip of
James Collins Boulevard in front of Duncanville
Public Library were so pretty that I took my grand-
sons up there to take their picture sitting in front of
the flowers. The next day as I drove by the city
workers were digging these same plants up and
throwing them in the back of a truck leaving noth-
ing but bare dirt. Now, I guess they will be replant-
ed with something different. What a tremendous
waste.
I am sure the excuse given is that the plants
need to be tolerable to the weather conditions at
that time but why is that not taken into considera-
tion when they are planted the first time? Changing
them once in the warm weather and once in the
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Oleta and I were so happy
to see that the Green Garden
Nursery is back open again on
Azalea Street. We used to buy
all of our garden needs from
Victor Brandenburg when he
owned it for many years. One
of his employees, Betty
Holdway, advised us many
times when we were in the
process of setting out new
plants each spring or whatever
our garden or lawn needs
Special to Today might be.
Now, a real pretty young
lady caught our eye and she is Tracey Palmer, who
owns the place with her husband, John. They are
both real personable and offer to help the minute
you enter the grounds.
Betty is also back at Green Garden and just as
helpful as always. It's that time of year, so go by
and see what a great stock of plants they have.
There is also another young fellow behind the
counter named Alex Bronski who is very accommo-
dating. When I asked him his name and told him
why I wanted it, he said, "You mean I'm going to
get my name in the paper?" Here it is, Alex.
We went to Whataburger again (which we do
quite often to get one of those great, peppercorn
ranch chicken sandwiches) and ran into one of our
old neighbors we used to live by on Davis Street.
His name is Lewis Bulin and his wife is Betty; and
I might add they were great neighbors.
Lewis is one of our outstanding members of
COPS (Citizens on Patrol Service) and was named
COPS of the Year in 2008 for outstanding service to
his community. Great going Lewis and as I've
always said, behind every great man there has to be
a great woman showing the way.
This fine couple just celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary, and I think that is just great, espe-
cially in this day and time of seemingly short-lived
marriages. Seems like the youngsters this day and
time (or at least lots of them) don't figure marriage
is a lifelong contract between a man and a woman
as it should be.
I can speak from experience because in my first
marriage (my wife Dottie passed away in 1994) and
my present wife, Oleta, (who lost her husband in
1994 also) was married 45 years. Between us we
have more than 100 years of marital experience. So
stick with it young folks, it's well worth all the
effort in the long run and you too may have a great-
great-granddaughter like me.
I would like to clarify a point here in my col-
umn, in regard to Paul Ford. I want you to know I
don't mean to sound like I'm picking on him in my
column, because I do respect and admire him in his
beliefs about the red light camera situation, but he
is sure entitled to his way of looking at it, as is the
right of every citizens in Little D to disagree with
him.
The revenue is great and the red light and cross
the stripe folks need to take heed, and obey the law,
knowing what the consequences will be. The same
thing took place when I was a crossing guard for
many years. I saw cars speeding through the school
zones and passing right by me when I was out in
the intersection with my STOP sign up. Now that
I'm on the school bus, I see them pass right by
when we are loading and unloading. So may way of
thinking it's breaking the law anyway you take it.
Get your petition signed if you must, but it still
won't change the fact our council of intelligent men
voted it in, that is I believe all but one voted yea.
It's been great visiting with you all, and I hope
to see you next week. Thanks for all the great com-
ments on Around Town.
Semper Fidelis (always faithful),
Jack Armstrong
Jack Armstrong is a retired Marine and has lived
in and loved Duncanville and served as a crossing
guard and bus monitor for more than 10 years.
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