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There was a light week of criminal activity in the town
which was highlighted by two thefts.
On May 7, a theft of three ornaments was reported in the
900 block of S. Marable. The ornaments were displayed on
the front porch and were cast iron and white in color. The
ornaments were valued at $100.
Another theft in the 900 block of S. Marable happened
between 9 a.m. on May 6 and 10:40 on May 7. A cement
birdbath with an angel was reported missing from the front
yard. The birdbath was valued at $100 and was described as
a 14 inch birdbath with a 24 inch cement stand.
A criminal trespass warning was issued in the 300 block of
Haven Street on May 8 at 1:40 p.m.
Lions provide free summer camp for
children with disabilities and diabetes
As the school year draws to a
close, parents begin searching
for summertime activities for
their children. Often, the range
of choices may seem limited for
parents whose children have dis-
abilities. However, thanks to the
Lions Clubs ofTexas, many chil-
dren with physical disabilities
can look forward to a summer
experience that all children en-
joy and dream about — going to
summer camp. The Texas Lions
Camp offers special camping pro-
grams that serve children who
have physical disabilities and
diabetes.
This summer, six one week
camping sessions and a day camp
will be offered by the Texas Li-
ons Camp for children ages seven
through 16 who have physical
disabilities. Prospective camp-
ers should have some self-help
skills in the areas of dressing,
eating, toileting, and bathing.
The camp offers a wide variety of
activities for the enjoyment of
campers, including arts and
crafts, field sports, riding horses,
swimming, and camping out
overnight.
The Texas Lions Camp also
offers a specially designed sum-
mer camping session for chil-
dren who are diabetic, ages eight
through 15. In addition to the
recreational activities which
make camp life fun, a medical
team joins the camp staffing
helping campers learn to control
their diabetes. Individualized at-
tention in health care encour-
ages control of diabetes while
children learn to eat properly,
motor their blood sugar, and give
their own insulin injections.
“Diabetic children face a chal-
lenge to take proper care of them-
selves and take an active role in
controlling their disease. Our
goal is to assist them with these
needs, “ says Stephen Mabry,
Executive Director. Parents are
also provided with instruction to
help them continue to assist and
encourage their children after
camp is over.
Since its first camping ses-
sion in 1953, the Texas Lions
Camp has provided over 40,000
children with physical disabili-
ties and diabetes with opportu-
nities to learn from and enjoy
the outdoors. The camp is a non-
profit organization, funded by
Lions and private donations.
Children attend the camp at no
cost to themselves or their fami-
lies.
Further information and
camper applications may be ob-
tained by contacting a local Li-
ons Club in your area, or by con-
tacting the Texas Lions Camp at
PO. Box 247, Kerrville, Texas
78029-0247, (830)896-8500 V/
TDD. Also, look for us on the web
www.lionscamp.com.
Water Conservation can be a success,
clean up day set for May 20 in Hillsboro
The Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service has officially des-
ignated the week of May 3-7 as
water week, and suggests sev-
eral things which can be done to
conserve water quantity and
quality.
Watering lawns in early morn-
ing or late evening is desirable.
Less water is lost to evaporation
during these times. Also, leaky
faucets should be fixed. Install-
ing a low-pressuie showerhead
will conserve water used for bath-
ing, and placing a brick in the
tank portion of a toilet or adjust-
ing the float will reduce the
amount of water used for flush-
ing.
According to the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, a
U.S. family of four uses about
243 gallons of water per day as
follows: toilet flushing -100 gal-
lons, shower and bathing - 80
gallons, laundry - 35 gallons,
dishwashing - 15 gallons, bath-
room sink - eight gallons and
utility sink - five gallons. As a
comparison, two-thirds of the
people in the world use less than
13 gallons of water per day.
Water quality also needs to be
conserved. Many household
wastes such as paints, solvents,
cleaners, wood preservatives,
batteries, adhesives, and pesti-
cides commonly threaten water
quality. For example, a small
gasoline tank leak of one drop
per second can release about 400
gallons of gasoline a year, se-
verely contaminating drinking
water. These hazardous sub-
stances must be stored, handled,
and disposed of properly. It is
important to read and follow the
product's label instructions care-
fully.
The Hill County Extension
Office in cooperation with the
Texas Natural Resource Conser-
vation Commission will be co-
sponsoring a Texas Country
Clean Up day on May 20 from 8
a m. to 12 p.m. at the Hillsboro
football stadium parking lot.
They will be accepting empty
plastic pesticide containers (high
pressure or triple rinsed), used
motor oil and oil filters, used
tires (less than 24.5" rim) and
lead acid batteries.
For more information on how
to recycle, water quality, or the
clean up day, contact the Hill
County Extension Office at 254-
582-4022.
Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; gather the roses of
life today.
—Pierre de Ronsard
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Texas Press Association member
Camp Fire group
plans Day Camp
The West Camp Fire group
has scheduled its day camp from
9 am. to 2:30 p.m. June 21-25 at
the Church of Christ Fellowship
Hall at 405 Spruce.
Boys and girls from the first to
fifth grades are invited to attend
and enjoy the crafts, hiking, sing-
ing, cooking and other activities.
For more information, please
call Wanda Adair at 826-5658.
Reservations for
1999-2000 yearbooks
Due to the WHS Yearbook staff
moving to a spring delivery, the
staff is currently taking reserva-
tions for next year's annuals. The
books for the 1999-2000 school
year will be delivered in the
Spring 2000.
In order to make reservations,
the student's name, parent's
name, address and phone num-
ber need to be mailed in to the
school or dropped off in the care
oftheyearbook sponsor. A bill for
the annual will be mailed out in
the fall and all yearbooks must
be paid for by December 15,1999
in order to ensure a yearbook for
the students.
They are also taking ads for
next year's annual and any par-
ent or business wishing to place
an advertisement is asked to con-
tact the high school and leave
their name and phone number
and have a yearbook staff repre-
sentative contact them.
This year's yearbook is ex-
pected to be in by May 24.
How to Tell the Real
Charities from
the Scams
Q: Iflct a lot of photic calls from
chanties asking for money. I want to
help people hut how can I tell if these
charities are real?
A: Texans are very generous
people, willing to give money and
time to those who are less fortunate.
Unfortunately, some scam artists
make a living off this generosity.
Before vou give .my money, make
sure your donation is not going into
some crook’s pocket.
To determine if your contribu-
tion is going to a worthwhile char-
ity, ask some basic questions.
Who wants the money? If it
is a charity you are not familiar
with, get the full name and address
and check it out with your local
Better Business Bureau. Some
questionable charities rely on using
names that sound similar to well-
known national charities. Ask to
have written information on the
organization mailed to you before
you make any donation.
Where does the money go?
Ask the caller to send you an ac-
counting or financial statement that
details how the money is used. A
legitimate organization will have no
problem doing this.
Does the charity use a profes-
sional fund raiser? This can be a
warning sign, especially if a large-
percentage of the contributions go
to administrative costs. While tliis
is not illegal, it is not the most
efficient use of your donation.
Watch out for high-pressure-
tactics. Legitimate charities want
you to be sure that you arc donating
to a worthy cause. You should be
wary of any organization diat insists
on an immediate donation over the
phone.
The West News - Thursday. May 13.1999
\ftetter to the_Editorj Enshrining the worst in
parents of falsely conventional wisdom
accused ask community
to get facts straight
Dear Editor:
"Sticks and stones may break
my bones, but words will never
hurt me." Sometimes words do
hurt, as was the case last Tues-
day when a bomb threat was
called in to the West schools.
Students names were falsely
spread all over town before any-
one knew the real story. So, the
next time you are so quick to
start, and add-on to rumors,
make sure you have the name
and the story straight. One day
it may be your child's name put
with the wrong story, and it won't
feel so good to you either.
Once it's said, it's too late to
take back!
Dennis and Synthie
Dulock
West, TX
West band director
apologizes to choir
for lack or recognition
Dear Editor:
At Tuesday night's Trojan
Band Concert, there was a su-
perb performance given by a
group of girls. They are the West
High School Choir. These girls
are a joy to work with and have
put in many hours of practice in
preparation for this perfor-
mance. Although the band staff
is certified to teach choir, that
doesn't mean we know every-
thing about singing that a quali-
fied choir teacher would. I think
it shows a lot of heart and dedi-
cation for these girls to perform
as well as they do.
I apologize to these girls and
their parents for the lack of rec-
ognition at Tuesday's perfor-
mance, for I feel their perfor-
mance was as good and enjoy-
able as any hand that took cen-
ter stage that night. If able stu-
dents were as dedicated and
hard-working as these girls, ev-
ery program in the West ISD
would be best in state.
Thank you girls for enriching
my life with your humor and
talents. Congratulations on a job
well done.
Tommy Ray
Band Director,
West High School
treatments
for vertigo
HOUSTON - Baylor College
of Medicine researchers are
evaluating treatments for benign
paroxysmal positional vertigo
(BPPV). People with BPPV have
the sensation of moving around
or spinning when they are not.
The feeling often occurs when
bendingdown, lookingupor roll-
ing over the bed.
"BPPV is the most common
disorder of the vestibular sys-
tem. This sensory system has
receptors located in the inner
ear and is needed to control bal-
ance, eye movement, and to give
peoople a sense of up and down,"
said Dr. Helen Cohen, a Baylor
assistant professor of otolaryn-
gology. "BPPV can seriously af-
fect a person's ability to function
in everyday life."
The study involving 300
petients will investigate a num-
ber of different non-surgical
treatments to help people over-
come the problems associated
with this condition.
From the Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Moisture situation across area
is reported adequate to wet
The moisture situation across
the area is adequate to wet. Corn
has made good progress in the
last ten days. Grain sorghum
will vary from slow togrow-offto
good progress. Most ofthe cotton
is up to a stand. Cotton growth
stage will range in size from coty-
ledon to three true leaves.
The insect situation is grain
sorghum is generally light with
very low numbers of greenbugs treat for thrips as soon as pos-
and yellow sugarcane aphids, sible. Cotton planted with
Corn leaf aphids are light to
heavy in the whorls of grain sor-
ghum. With adequate moisture
and good growingconditions corn
leaf aphids should not be a prob-
lem. Corn leaf aphids do not in-
Orthene® seed treatment or
Thimet may need to be treated
earlier than usual due to thrips
moving out of wheat, pastures
and roadsides. Wheat is more
advanced and has dried down
ject a toxin into the plant. This quickercausingearlierproblems
insect provides a food source for in cotton.
beneficial insects and will aid in Cotton aphids are also being
the reduction of greenbugs and seen in most fields. Numbers are
yellow sugarcane aphids later in generally very fight.
the season. (Higher number of Overwintered boil weevil trap
beneficial insects for controlling numbers are light.
In discussions of the war in
the Balkans, whether on TV,
radio or in print media, I often
hear and read such things as:
“It’s too late now, we are al-
ready there and we have to stay
until we win.” Or, “We must keep
on bombing and doing whatever
is necessary to reach our objec-
tive.” Or, “We have too much at
stake to get out now.” Or, “The
respect for our country would be
damaged beyond repair in the
eyes of world leaders.” Just what
does this mean?
Does might make right? We
may have the might, but is it
right? Do the means justify the
end? We are running out of
means. Do we care what other
idiots and hawkish world lead-
ers think of us? Do we think a
wrong will somehow, in time,
make a right?
Compare the above to what
Josef Stalin said about the
slaughter of over 30 million Rus-
sians: “Sometimes you have to
break some eggs to make an
omelette.”
While people argue about
“shades of grey” on almost any
subject, there are no such shades
in right or wrong. Things are
either right or they’re wrong.
There is no middle ground, re-
gardless of what our public
schools now teach children.
If we compromise right and
wrong, or compromise truth and
integrity, there are few moral
absolutes left in our society and
the foundations begin to
crumble. We have then reached
a point where we can be manipu-
lated through polls, propaganda,
politicians and compassion -
rather than reason, common
sense and leadership. Nobody
is going to win anything in this
fiasco in the Balkans, no matter
what humanitarian reasons may
have been used to justify it in
the beginning. Everybody loses.
Every bomb that drops car-
ries with it the means and the
intention to kill, destroy and
maim. No matter how good tech-
nology is bombs do not select
their t argets - they have no abil-
ity to distinguish between friend
and foe, nor do they suffer re--
morse and sorrow when mis-
takes are made. But we do and
we suffer, as do the pilots and
leaders that carry on this war.
Every time a bomb is dropped in
that pitiful region of the world,
somebody is going to die and/or
suffer destruction beyond mea-
sure.
Somebody is going to pay the
costs. How do you equate the
loss of fife, be it friend or foe,
with a monetary figure? Already
we are seeingour fearless leader
asking Congress for about six
billion dollars to pay for what we
have already spent. And that’s
only the beginning. At that rate
the cost of the war can be almost
any figure you want to pick out
of your hat.
Then, there is the cost of re-
building what we have destroyed
in Yugoslavia - in Serbia and
Kosovo. Make no mistake about
it, we will have to pay - just as
we did in Japan and Germany
after WWII . Add to that the cost
By
Bill
I§B
Prince
1|Mr
of maintaining peace - the occu-
pation of Yugoslavia. Do you re-
alize we still have troops in Ger-
many and Japan?
War should never be an op-
tion unless you are attacked. To
fight a war for any other reason
is immoral and inhumane - and
history tells us everyone always
loses.
It is beyond belief that so many
of our people do not see this; nor
can I believe how much support
there is among both military and
political leaders. There seems to
be no rhyme or reason - except
for the dubious poll numbers that
are constantly reported by the
media.
But in a democracy that is
driven by a majority, there is a
herd instinct that is almost over-
powering. The polls tell them
which cliff the herd is headed
for. Nobody wants to oppose what
they think the majority of their
neighbors believe — right or
wrong. If they do, social rejec-
tion follows; and that’s the worst
thing that can happen to those
who depend on the herd for their
fife, as pointless as that may be.
But what must puzzle all of us is
what is our real objective in Yu-
goslavia’! We should stop this
dishonest and pointless war and
go home. It’s the only right thing
to do.
Another Point of View
The following little test was
taken from the Air Force Times,
see how well you do.
Name this country: 709,000
regular (active-duty) service
personnel 293,000 reserve troops.
Eight standing army divisions.
20 air force and navy wings with
2,000 combat aircraft. 232
strategic bombers, 13 strategic
ballistic submarines with 3,114
nuclear warheads On 232
missiles. 500 ICBMs with 1,950
warheads. Four aircraft carriers.
121 surface combat ships and
submarines, plus all the support
bases, shipyards and logistical
assets needed to sustain such a
naval force. Which superpower
is this?
Is this country Russia?...No.
Great Britain?...Wrong again.
The United States?...Hardly.
Give up? Well don’t feel too bad if
you're unable to identify this
global superpower, because this
country no longer exists. It has
vanished. These are the
American military forces that
have disappeared since the 1992
Elections. SLEEP WELL
AMERICA!
I found the statistics in this
little test most enlightening.
Today we are engaged in two
Notice to the
courageous unknown:
To the brave person who sent
the letter to the editor and asked
if we had the courage to print it -
why did you NOT have the
courage to SIGN it?
military operations on two
separate fronts that is costing
the tax payers billions of dollars
and which we don’t seem to be
winning. This past week the
president announced that he
would likely call up some 30,000
reservists. There has been talk of
reactivating the draft. Correct
me if my memory is bad but isn't
this the way that we got into the
Vietnam fiasco?
When Bill Clinton took the
oath of office in 1992 he became
commander-in-chief of the most
efficient military organizations
in the world. It was capable of
doing all the global police work
that was expected of it. It is not
difficult to see that this is no
longer true. When he was
running for office there were very
few who mentioned that a draft
dodger would make a suitable
commander-in-chief, In fact, all
liberals and some conservatives
said character didn’t matter. If
the current police action escalates
into a full blown war, I wonder if
they could be persuaded to
change their minds. I admit that
is probably the worst scenario so
just suppose that we continue to
drop million dollar bombs from
billion dollar aircraft. Is it just
possible that our “big stick” isn’t
big enough to frighten our
enemies anymore? Is it just
possible that some of those who
don’t like us could be emboldened
enough to mount an attack? If
they did, could they conquer us
before we could get our machinery
in operation to retaliate? Again,
calling on a memory that is
somewhat suspect, it seems that
it took almost two years to tool
up for WWII. In that instance,
we had a little bit of a head start
because we were already
supplying arms to Great Britain.
Today we would have to start
from going in reverse.
Our president is ill equipped
to lead us in a war, so we had
better make sure that Congress
does not let him talk them into
doing something foolish. Wars
should not be engaged unless you
intend to win and I doubt that
there is enough will in either
Congress or the executive branch
to fight a war to win it.
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May 9: A New Life in CHRIST
May 16: A Study in DISOBEDIENCE
May 23: Why I Believe the BIBLE
May 30: By the WORD or by the ANNOINTED
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There have been reports of
chinch bugs in grain sorghum
and corn. Producers should in-
spect their fields for this pest.
Thrips in cotton are generally
light to heavy in numbers and
damage. Producers that have
planted cotton without a sys-
temic insecticide seed treatment
or soil insecticide will need to
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