The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1994 Page: 18 of 34
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City of Dimmitt
industrial effort
succeeds;
new pepper
plant scheduled
for fall opening
By JOHN BROOKS
July 16
TULIA’S SWISHER
COUNTY PICNIC-
Traditional picnic cele-
bration features noon
barbecue meal.
July 28
OKLAHOMA STATE
TWO-CYLINDER
SHOW — One of the
major tractor shows in
the Southwest, to be
held in Fairview, Okla.
Aug. 4-8
PLAINS ANNUAL
CELEBRATION &
RODEO — Days of
celebrating and fun,
with old tractors to be
displayed.
Aug. 17-18
CARGILL SEED
ANNUAL SEED
DEMONSTRATION -
Akin farm will be host
to crop demonstrations
and fun. Texas Plains
Chapter of the Two-
Cylinder club will pro-
vide display of old trac-
tors.
Outlawed catfish
wrangling exists
in East Texas
By john McFarland_
Associated Press Writer
DeKALB (AP) — As soon as he
saw the hollow log partially sub-
merged in the brownish waters
of the Sulphur River, Brice Love
knew he’d found a perfect catfish
den.
He waded through the snake-
infested waters, then eased his
hand deep inside the log’s dark
cavity. When he couldn’t quite
reach the 54-pound fiathead
with his hand, Love tried his
foot. Big mistake.
WI had to drive my foot up to
where he was, then he just
swallered it,” said Love, recount-
ing one of his many violent bat-
tles with catfish over the years.
Love, a 64-year-old outdoors-
man outfitted in camouflage
pants, shirt, hat and boots, says
ne’s caught more catfish than he
can count — including the leg
swallower.
And for many years, Love
didn’t use hooks, poles or nets to
See Catfish, Page 3
Castro County News
A major pepper processor,
packager and retailer will
relocate in Dimmiott Before
Sept. 1, civic leaders here
have announced.
Maximo Foods, which will
process 2.3 million pounds
of jalapenos and chiles
between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31,
will move its pepper pro-
cessing and packaging oper-
ations from Vega to Dimmitt
before Sept. 1.
Next winter, the company
plans to process carrots
until the pepper production
season begins the following
Sept. 1.
Maximo will hire about 50
persons on at least a part
time basis beginning this
fall. That work force could
expand, and most workers
would probably be full-tiome
within two years. Several
Dimmitt residents are
already working for Maximo
at its facility in Vega.
“We feel optimistic about
Maximo Foods,” said
Dimmitt Mayor Wayne
Collins. “We fell like it can
be an asset to the communi-
ty It not only creates jobs
but should give an opportu-
nity for local growers for
peppers and carrots.
“Maximo has a marketing
plan in place and they have
good prospects for growth
which would increase the
number of jobs available.
They have even more long
range projections that would
provide for even more jobs
and opportunities here.”
Maximo has been running
peppers at the Vega facility
for three years. It also
makes guacamole, but will
keep the guacamole opera-
tion in Vega for at least
another year. The company
has a large cold storage
facility in Vega to store the
avocado-based product.
Jalapenos and the peppers
would be individually quick
frozen (IQF) after being
washed and sorted, accord-
ing to Lee and Ralph
Hilpert of Maximo. The
company has signed several
wholesale contracts with
Nobel-Sysco, a large food
distribution company, and
grocery distributors. The
company already has a deal
with Affiliated Foods in
Amarillo, which is the gro-
cery supplier for Dimmitt
Thriftway. The Hilperts said
they are negotiating con-
tracts with other grocery
suppliers including Fleming
Foods, the supplier for IGA
Foodliner here.
Maximo also is packaging
some of its products for
direct retail sale, the
Hilperts said.
negotiations are almost
complete for the company to
assume control of the former
LaMantia, Cullum and
Collier vegetable processing
facility just off E. Halsell in
northeast Dimmitt. The
facility was last used about
six years ago to process
watermelons.
The company has secured
a $50,000 loan from First
State Bank of Dimmitt to
help fund the move and relo-
cation here. The loan was
guaranteed by the City of
Dimmitt, and the company
has pledged about $68,000
worth of equipment as col-
lateral to the city in
exchange for guaranteeing
the loans.
“The council has to weight
the risks against the bene-
fits, and we are getting, for
guaranteeing the loan,
Maximo’s agreeing to move
its pepper operation to
Dimmitt,” Collins said., “We
feel this would benefit the
business community and
agricultural community as
well as being an ideal pro-
ject for Dimmitt. The council
thought the risk involved
was worth the reward and
voted unanimously to sup-
port the project.”
Meanwhile, community
leaders are stilling working
with a Fortune 500 company
which is looking to expand
operations.
The company is being
offered an incentive package
worth $22 million, including
a 10-year, 100 percent
abatement on property
taxes. A loan package, land
offering, utility extensions,
help with obtaining permits
and other incentives are
being offered.
Officials are working with
another company that plans
to make a proposal next
week to the city council. The
company could add up to 50
jobs almost immediately to
the city if the company
moves here. The company
would be ag-oriented,
Collins said.
Heat sends fish deeper, but angling still good
It’s dog days time in Texas. The
weather is hot and the fish maybe a bit
sluggish. Yet, there are still some hot
fishing holes around the Lone Star
State.
A recent Texas Parks and Wildlife
Service fishing report indicated:
ARROWHEAD: Water clear, 79
degrees, normal level; black bass are
slow; white bass are very good; crappie
are fair in the deep water; catfish are
good to S pounds.
FORT PHANTOM HILL: Water
muddy, 81 degrees, 11/2 feet low; black
bass are slow; hybrid striper are good
to 8 pounds downrigging cranks; white
bass are good on ghost minnows in 12-
15 feet of water; crappie are slow; cat-
fish are good in the 2 pound range on
worms and liver.
FRYER: Water off color, 1 foot high;
black bass are fair to 41/2 pounds on
minnows and plastic worms in 3 feet of
water; crappie are slow with some to 3
pounds caught on minnows; channel
catfish are fair to 6 pounds on shad
and minnows.
GRANBURY: Water murky, 80
degrees, normal level; black bass are
fair to 4 pounds in 4-12 feet of water;
striper are fair to 8 pounds on live
shad in 20 feet of water; white bass are
fair to 13 inches on white jigs in 20
feet of water; crappie are good to 11/2
pounds on small minnows in 20 feet of
water; catfish are good drifting
shrimp.
GREENBELT: Water clear, 71
degrees, 4 feet low; black bass are good
to 7 pounds on minnows and artificials
in 6 feet of water; smallmouth bass are
fairly good to 41/2 pounds on minnows;
crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in
28 feet of water; catfish are good to 7
pounds on minnows; walleye are good
on Rat-L-Traps, night crawlers and
minnows in shallow to 20 feet of water.
HUBBARD CREEK: Water clear, 2
feet low; black bass are good to 61/2
pounds on topwaters early in the shal-
lows; striper are fairly good to 8
pounds on shad in off the Tanglewood
Point; white bass are slow; crappie are
slow; catfish are slow.
MEREDITH. Water clear, 72
degrees, near normal level; all fishing
slow except for white bass which are
fairly good; walleye are fair but are
deeper; catfish are fairly good.
O.H.IVIE: Water clear in the main
lake, 78 degrees; largemouth bass are
very good on topwaters, buzz baits,
spinners and cranks early and late
along the shoreline with plastic worms
working midday along tne main lake
points and ridges in 20-35 feet of
water; smallmouth bass are good and
mixed with the largemouth near the
rocky areas; white bass are fair with
some nice catches in the main lake
surface schools; crappie are poor; chan-
nel catfish are fairly good over the
baited holes in 15-30 feet of water at
numerous locations on all types of
baits; yellow catfish are fair on trot-
lines using large baits along the rocky
ledges; walleye are poor.
POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear,
normal level, 84 degrees; black bass
are slow with some schooling early at
the lower end of the lake; striper are
good but running small in the surface
schools early at the lower end; white
bass are fair in the schools but are
running small with some caught
trolling in 15 feet of water; crappie are
fair in 20 feet of water under the docks
using live minnows; catfish are fair to
4 pounds on trotlines on various baits
including blood bait.
SPENCE: Water clear, 78 degrees,
27 feet low; black bass are fairly slow
due to the lack of fishermen; striper
are good to 24 pounds in the surface
schools early; catfish are good over
baited holes.
THEO: Water clear, low levels; all
fishing slow due to lack of fishermen
except for catfish which are fair to
keeper size on cheesebait off the
bdnks
TWIN BUTTES: Water clear, low
levels; all fishing is slow due to lack of
fishermen and low levels except for
bass which are fair in 30 feet of water
on 10 inch red shad and tequila sun-
rise Power Worms.
WHITE RIVER: Water clear, 73
degrees, 7 feet low; black bass are fair
to 5 pounds in the grass; crappie are
slow; channel catfish are fair to 7
pounds; yellow catfish are slow; wall-
eye are fairly good to 7 pounds.
BELTON: Water clear, 82 degrees,
normal level; black bass are fair to 7
pounds in 20 feet of water and deeper;
crappie are fairly slow; white bass and
hybrids are fairly good trolling and
using live shad; catfish are good on
shad and prepared bait.
BROWNWOOD: Water clearing, nor-
mal level; black bass are good to 6
pounds; crappie are fair to 15 per
stringer on live minnows and iigs;
channel cats are very good on trotlines
at night.
BUCHANAN: Water clear, 83
degrees, 2 feet low; black bass are good
to 51/2 pounds on chartreuse worms at
the upper end of the lake in the deeper
areas and. near the docks; striper are
good to 17 pounds on live shad.
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1994, newspaper, July 7, 1994; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth507258/m1/18/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Swisher+County%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.