The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1997 Page: 1 of 17
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The Tulm Herald
Serving The Finest People In The Richest Land
VOL. 89 NO. 2 TWO SECTIONS
THE TUUA (Swisher County) HERALD THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1997
1997 Swisher County Stock
Show To Be Bigger And Better
THE FIRST BABY OF 1997 BORN TO RESIDENTS OF Swisher County is Joseph Ray Ortiz. He is
the son of Rudy and Diane Ortiz, 127 NE Sixth St., Tulia. He was bom at 5:17 a.m., Monday, Jan.
6, at Methodist Hospital, Plainview. At birth he was 9 pounds, 3.6 ounces, and was 20.75 inches
long. He has two sisters, Roxanne, 9, and Celeste, 7; and one brother, Justin, 5. Grandparents are
Arthur and Dolores Ortiz and Cruz and Luisa Rodriquez, all of Tulia. "Justin has wanted a little
bcother to play with because his sisters don't play with him. He says he is going to give his toys
to his new brother," Rudy Ortiz said. Those providing gifts to the firstborn and his parents are
Norwest Bank, Conestoga Restaurant, Tulia Healthmart, Rip Griffin's Fastop, J-Gee Department
Store, City Drug Store, Shirley's, Swisher Meat, and Tulia Bowl. —Staff photo
Miss Texas Pays Visit To
Happy, Kress, And Silverton
by Richard Porter
Assistant Editor
Area students received a treat
Wednesday when Michelle Martinez,
current Miss Texas, visited Kress,
Happy, and SUvcrtoti.
According to Frank Kirchoffner,
superintendent for Silverton schools,
the visit was arranged as a joint effort
between the three school districts.
A teacher from Silverton had seen
Miss Texas perform and make a pre-
sentation and was impressed with what
she saw, Kirchoffner said.
Of particular interest, he continued,
was Martinez’s presentation concern-
ing the need for students to remain
drug-free.
When he received a flyer explain-
ing Martinez's intention of carrying
that message to students across the
state, Kirchoffner said he began the
process of bringing her to West Texas.
By dividing her time between the
three schools, the small fee Miss Texas
charges to cover expenses could be
split, while allowing her to reach more
students, he said.
According to information provided
by Nancy Marston, manager for Miss
Texas, Martinez's program centers
around four topics. They are: devel-
oping perseverance and a good work
ethic, making wise decisions and
staying drug free, taking personal re-
sponsibility for one's actions, and
developing family values.
In addition, Miss Texas, who is an
accomplished pianist, performed
musical selections for the students.
According to Judy Stewart, princi-
pal at Kress High School, the program
was given in conjunction with the
district's Drug-Free Schools program.
The same is true for Happy schools.
As High School Principal Ken Plumlee
explained. Happy received grant
money which they have used to bring
a variety of speakers and celebrities
before the students to discuss the need
to remain drug free
A Look Back At 1996 From
The Pages Of The Herald
EDITOR'S NOTE:
A Look Back At 1996 is continued
from last week's edition.
APRIL
Tulia resident Jill Marshall cut her
hand while trying to get into a house
that was on Fire. Marshall was injured
while trying to determine whether the
burning house was occupied. It was
not and the Tulia Fire Department
extinguished the blaze.
Spike Dykes was the featured
speaker at the annual Tulia All-Sports
Banquet.
The City Council cancelled the May
4 city elections since all the candidates
were running unopposed.
The Tulia Hornet Track Team
claimed the District 1-3A track
championship and Tulia Junior High
School won first place at the District
1-3A UIL Academic Contest.
Ronnie Wilfong was named as
Tulia's Outstanding Man of the Year
and Pat Gal yen was named Outstand-
ing Woman of the Year during the
1996 Tulia Chamber of Commerce
Banquet. D.S. Burlcsmith was named
Conservationist of the Year.
MAY
Agriculture Secretary Dan
Glickman came to Swisher County to
survey damage caused by continued
drought conditions. While here, he
toured Lloyd Rahlfs wheat field which
had received only .4 inch of moisture
over the last 222 days.
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital be-
gan a five-year lease of the Redmon
Clinic.
Tulia residents arc asked to conserve
water by complying with a voluntary
watering schedule. The request was
made as the area continued to suffer
from extended drought conditions.
Ben Howard was elected to the Tulia
School Board.
Jaime Chapman became only the
second individual female golfer from
Tulia High School to participate at the
state golf tournament.
Paul Hartman replaced Dale Morris
as head girl's varsity basketball coach
at Tulia. Morris resigned in order to
take a similar position in Canadian.
Hartman had coached a number of
sports in Tulia over the last five years,
including freshman girl's basketball.
Tulia Hornet golf team placed third
at the state golf tournament.
Swisher County fanners were urged
to sign up for the 1996 farm bill.
Fourteen runners from the Tulia
Transfer Facility helped carry the torch
for the 1996 Texas Special Olympics
through Tulia. The local run raised
$5042 for the Special Olympics.
JUNE
Officers with the Tulia Transfer Unit
helpedcontrol the grass fire atCaprock
Canyons State Park.
Wheat harvest began. Although
prices were good, yield and quality
Please see 1996 on page 3
Swisher County young people are
gearing up for the 1997 Swisher
County Stock Show.
According to Extension Agent
David Gibson, there will be 196 youths
participating, which is an increase of
13 over last year's participants.
The county show will begin Satur-
day, Jan. 11, with entrants being
brought to the Show Bams, and end
with the Livestock Auction Sale,
Tuesday evening, Jan. 14.
In addition to an increase in youths,
the numbers arc up for animals as
well.
"There arc, I believe, 235 head of
barrows entered, about 85 lambs, 35
steers, 10 heifers, 10 meat pens of
rabbits, and 30 head of breeding rab-
bits entered. We had an increase across
the board in each one of them from
10-15 head," he said.
Gibson explained that the quality of
the entrants has improved over the
last few years, largely due to an in-
crease in the number of young people
participating in major shows across
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the state.
"When they go there (to other
shows) to compete, that competition
usually pushes them on to bigger and
better things. They all like to do well
when they leave here, so that’s brought
our level of competition up some," he
said.
The schedule for this year’s county
show is as follows: all animals are to
be brought to the Show Bams by 5
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Steers will be
weighed and heifers checked at that
time.
Weighing and classifying of bar-
rows, lambs, and steers will begin at 7
a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12. The steer and
heifer show will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Lamb judging will begin at 8 a m.
Monday morning and arrival of rab-
bits forjudging will be from 9- 10 a.m.
Rabbit judging will begin immedi-
ately after lamb judging, approxi-
mately 10:30 a.m.
Swine judging will begin immedi-
ately after rabbit judging, but not be-
fore 12:30 p.m.
The Buyers Appreciation Supper
will be at 5:30 p.m.,Tuesday, Jan. 14,
and the presentation of awards and
Parade of Champions will begin at
6:30.
The Livestock Auction Sale will
begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday.
Awards will be presented by Judge
Harold Keeler and Dennis Wilks.
Judges for this year's show will be:
for lamb, Ken Cook of San Angelo,
Texas; for heifers, Ken Cook; for
rabbits, Bob Berry of Lubbock; for
swine, Eddie Smallwood, Ag Science
Instructor from O’Donnell, Texas; and
for steers, Ken Cook.
Classifier will be Ronnie Dennis,
Vocational Agriculture Instructor,
Olton, Texas.
The local show in Tulia will begin
at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 with lamb
classifications. The Kress show will
begin at 9 a.m. of the same day with
steers, followed by lambs and pigs.
The Happy show will begin at 9 a.m.
Jan. 11 as well, with lambs.
In fact.on Tuesday, Jan. 7, LaDonna
Gatlin, the sister of Larry Gatlin pul
on a program at the schools.
According to Sheryl Weaver, prin-
cipal for Silverton schools, her stu-
dents and teachers were excited about
the visit, a sentiment shared by people
at all three schools.
"It's not every day you get someone
like that in Kress, Texas. Were not a
big school district and we're off the
beaten path," Stewart said.
The appreciation felt by those in-
volved in bringing Martinez to West
Texas were summed up best by
Plumlee.
"The Miss Texas people arc very
good at bringing some very nice young
ladies to speak to our students," he
concluded.
According to Marston, Martinez
will bring her message of personal
responsibility, good decisions, and
family values to more than 100,000
students and make over 300 appear-
ances during her tenure as Miss Texas.
See You At
The Stock Show
TULIA RESIDENT Danny Glasscock sweeps snow off of his wife's Bronco II Tuesday morning In
contrast to the past week when area residents were able to go outdoors In short sleeves, this week
has required coats and galoshes. —Photo by Richard Porter
A love fund has been estab-
lished at both banks by Gwen
Bice for the West family.
Gail and Alfred West's son
Brad, 14, was seriously injured
in an accident Wednesday, Nov.
25. He will be in UMC Lubbock
for about one month and will be
home for Christmas in a body
cast
Cbincerely
'Jr ours ...
y
Kathy Hommel
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THE ANNUAL FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGN conducted by James
and Wanda Williams raised $218.53 this year. The Williams’
collect donations for the Fire Department at their hom6, which is
decorated with lights during the Christmas season. Chief Wayne
Nevlns (I) accepts the donation from James Williams. The funds
will go toward replacement of truck #82, a 1975 International.
As I was flipping through the tele-
vision channels the other day, an
advertisement stopped me cold. It
was a commercial for a psychic
hotline.
In itself, that’s not all that unusual.
Those commercials are on all the
time. What really grabbed my atten-
tion was the way it was being
promoted at this time of year.
The commercial said something to
the effect that with this psychic
hotline, there was no need to worry
what the new year might have in
store for you. All you had to do was
pick up the phone and call your
friendly psychic.
What will these psychic frauds
think of next? Now we have a psy-
chic New Year hotline. Will they
never tire of defrauding the public?
Another thing I’ve noticed is that
there are sure a lot of has been movie
stars claiming to be psychics, or
claiming to use the services. If they
were all that psychic, why didn’t
they choose better movies to star in,
and take advantage of their mystic
psychic abilities?
They also said difficult decisions
would no longer be a problem for
you. You could take the worry and
bother out of decision making if you
used the psychic hot line.
Why not try this? The next time
you ask your boss for a raise, call the
psychic hotline first. Then when you
speak to your boss you can impress
him with your self confidence and
resourcefulness and tell him your
psychic told you to do it. *
The commercial ended by saying.
"What do you have to lose?"
My mind immediately thought,
how about $5 a minute after you get
hooked on that stuff.
I would like to make a psychic •
prediction of my own right now. As
I stare into my computer screen I
foresee the people who call these
psychic hotlines— becoming sepa-
rated from their money. If the psychics
really worked, why wouldn’t every-
one who calls win the lottery? Do
you suppose no one’s asked that ques-
tion yet?
It sure wouldn’t take too long to
accumulate a rather large phone bill
either. They said all they needed
were a few facts about you, for in-
stance, your date of birth, sex, things
you were concerned about, maybe
your checkbook and savings account
balances for example.
That sounds to me like about $10
or $15 to start.
I couldn’t believe what I was hear-
ing.
Astrological signs, psychics, crys-
tal balls, medium sand tea leaves, are
being used to replace what my par-
ents always referred to as "good old
common horse sense."
So in essence what these people
are saying is because I was bom on
Feb. 11,1 share common traits with
every other person in the world bom
on that day. I don’t think so!
How gullible can a person be? If
that were true, we would have only
12 different character types, and we’d
all be very alike and very predict-
able.
What further astounds me is the
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