The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 93, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1988 Page: 2 of 36
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$60110010(16X05)86011061, Septeoiber 18, 1988
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mistake to assume things
progressing smoothly
Last chance to say smoothly
this day.
Cohort arrives. Progress to
pick-up destination in lower
level. Motel pick-up van not
there. Wait. Breathe deadly
fumes from Grand Prix-style
racetrack beneath airport that is
loosely called the pick-up area.
Start getting slight headache.
Wait some more. Call motel
again. Assured van is on way.
Wait and breathe some more
fumes. Headache develops into
moderate one. Smoke too many
cigarettes while waiting. Doesn’t
help headache.
Green “Holiday Inn North’’
van whizzes by. Stops at pick-up
station further down. Whizzes
off. Comes back shortly, stops,
loads us up, zips us off. Give
directions-“Oops, wrong
motel.’’ Doesn’t service that
particular motel where we are
registered.
Zips back round maze of inner-
airport highways, back into
underground loading area.
Unloads baggage. Suggests we
take a cab if right Holiday Inn
van doesn’t show up soon. Says
$16 tops for two people in cab.
While cohort goes to call again,
we stop a “SuperShuttle” van.
W rong one to service area where
we need to go. Need No. 839.
First “SuperShuttle” driver calls
on radio, assures us 839 will be
right there. Wait some more.
Smoke some more. Digesting
definition of “right there.”
No. 839 finally arrives We load
up again. Friendly female
driver Should have been more
alert. Sign inside says no more
than three stops before whisking
you off to your destination.
“Stops ’ apparently mean full-
fledged stops-cruising by at
snail’s pace not considered as
“stop.”
Do half-dozen “snail’s paces”
before zipping into nightmare
inner airport highway system.
Lots and lots of curves. Lean
right, lean left. Driver gets call
to go back and pick up a late-
arriving passenger. Back we go.
Not too happy. Could almost see
airport-area exit street. Meeting
35 miles away. Starts at 8:30. Is
now 9 a.m.
Back-and-forth we go. Tease
us by getting us near airport exit,
then radio sounds off again for
another pickup. Back we go.
Three times. Maybe those were
considered the three stops.
Finally get to motel. Need
motel van to take us to downtown
area to seminar. Sorry, motel
van at airport pickup up plane
passengers. “Ya’ll?”
Wait some more. Smoke some
more.
Get to downtown area 11a.m.
Get settled for seminar, time
for lunch. Company to provide
van transportation. Have 30
people, three vans. One van
carries only five. Other carries
only eight. Leaves 17 to go in last
van. Built for eight. Lots of
problems. Need company cars to
finish task. We get stuck with
company man who knows way to
restaurant. Gets lost. Have to
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stop and ask directions. Figures
out it was not the restaurant he
thought he knew where it was.
Company man leaves early
after lunch. Have to squeeze car-
transported people into already-
crowded vans. Vans don’t cool
off very quickly toward the rear.
Real hot in rear. Real hot under
collar.
Write day off as near-total loss.
TUESDAY
Avoid wheeled vehicles
whenever possible. Don’t push
your luck.
Luckily, avoid noon
transportation problems by
eating lunch in building where
seminar is being held. However,
elevators can be fickle at times,
too.
After seminar over, some folks
return to Holiday Inn to pick up
luggage, pick up vehicles, etc.
Again, van problems. Load up in
one, find out it is going
elsewhere. Unload, get into
other. Get to motel, pick up
luggage, head for airport. No
problem so far, except starts to
rain. Not even in forecast.
Flight scheduled to depart at
6:28. Announcement: Weather
conditions to the west have
delayed flights. Won’t get away
until 6:58.
Announcement: Good news-
can start boarding earlier than
expected, departure moved up 10
minutes. Herd the cattle in, strap
them down. Wait.
Taxi, taxi, taxi, taxi. Believe
we are going to make trip via
ground rather than air. Stop on
runway. Wait some more. 7:15,
pilot says just 12 more minutes
and we’ll be airborne. Explains
planes are stacked up on runway,
but getting off quickly.
7:45, pilot apologizes. Has
underestimated take-off time
slightly Won’t try again,
although now there are just four
planes to take off in front of us.
Wait some more. Gets dark. 7:59,
it’s our turn. We’re off.
Pilot turns on after-burners.
Get to Lubbock on time (?) at
8:45. Not bad for someone who
has 8 p.m. dinner engagement
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and still 30 minutes away from
downtown at 9 p.m.
Airport ought to be built
directly in downtown areas
because that’s always where you
have to go. Would save time and
run car rental companies out of
business. That would be poetic
justice, to us.
‘ ‘Surprise! ’ ’ Suburban starts
and keeps running.
Hate D-FW. Hate things with
wheels. Hate vans....
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Both industries have a multi-
million dollar impact on Gaines
County and the area economy,
with hundreds of locals drawing
their livelihood from the ground
of this area. The livelihood
monies are circulated repeatedly
to area businesses before leaving
the communities and thus
benefitting the local economy.
The Seminole Area Chamber
of Commerce will salute the ag
and oil industries Tuesday when
it presents the annual
Agriculture & Oil Appreciation
Day observance at the Gaines
County Civic Building.
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Another passenger in the
pickup, Melton Sharp, 56, of
Hobbs, was not injured.
Mrs. Sharp was taken to
Seminole Memorial Hospital by
Seminole Emergency Medical
Service (EMS) ambulance,
where she was treated and then
admitted for observation.
Extensive damage was done to
the pickup, while the grain truck
sustained only moderate
damage.
Dugan was cited for failure to
yield right of way from a stop
sign.
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Mason of Amerada-Hess; Jon
Key, nominee for Gaines County
Sheriff; George Cristy,
administrator of Seminole
Memorial Hospital; Grace
Reyka of Southwestern Public
Service Company; and Tommy
Pipes of Bonner/Hoffman.
Also, Mark Beaty of the
Seminole schools; Dave Fisher
of The Seminole Sentinel; Tom
Adams, administrator of the City
of Seminole; Charles Bright,
superintendent of the Seminole
schools; and Joe Svacek, owner
of the Raymond Motel.
Ballots are expected to be in
the hands of chamber members
by Oct. 15, with ballots to be
turned in by Oct. 25 and the five
new directors to be announced
after ballots are counted by
outgoing directors.
The five newly-elected board
members will replace outgoing
directors Melvin Kinnison, Max
Townsend, Dixie Smith, Ray
Keener and David Bomstein.
Kinnison will remain on the
board as past president, while
the 1987 chamber president John
Kildow, will go off the board.
Holdover directors will be
Mark Mann, George Toone,
Terry McGuire, Teresa Criswell,
Tom Byars and Paul Ogden.
During the regular meeting,
the board heard a report on the
recent teacher’s coffee, at which
over $2,500 in merchandise was
given away by various
merchants; heard a report on
Tuesday’s upcoming Ag-Oil
Banquet, and voted to help the
American Heart Association
Walk-A-Thon Nov. 12, as
requested by the Gaines County
Chapter of the association.
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Oilfield Production Person of the
Year, to be presented by Pipes;
and the Oilman of the Year, to be
presented by Kurt Kriter.
Bob Cosby will then conduct
the Chinese Auction of the first
bale of cotton grown in the
county this year and Seminole
National Bank will conduct a
drawing of door prizes donated
by Seminole businesses.
Elvoy Thomason provided the
first bale of cotton this year, with
the bale arriving at First
National Bank.
The bale, ginned at Paymaster
Gin, was taken to the bank at
11:10 p.m. Aug. 29.
The bale, picked by Thomason
and hands from Sem-Tex
Produce, was hand-picked on 37
acres of the 640-acre Thomason
farm, just over 12 miles
southwest of Seminole.
The variety planted was Acala
1517-77BR, with seed weight set
at 1,000 pounds. The bale, the
first on the South Plains this
year, weighed 461 pounds.
A new feature at this year’s
event will be a trade show, with
various representatives of the
agriculture and oil industry
invited to display their products
in and around the civic building
complex.
Planned Parenthood
to present AIDS video
Planned Parenthood of West
Texas and the Gaines County
Health Department invite the
public to attend a local
presentation this week on the
AIDS virus.
The films will be shown from
1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, from 7:30
to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 to
10:30 a.m. Thursday.
The presentations will be at the
Gaines County Mental Health
Department offices across from
the Emergency Medical Service
building. Free literature on
Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) will be
available at the presentations.
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The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 93, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1988, newspaper, September 18, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth635889/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.