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Volume 106, No.29
Two Sections
The West News
THURSDAY
July 11, 1996
News Digest
Cottonwood Picnic set for July 21
The 99th Annual SPJST Lodge No. 6 Picnic is scheduled for
July 21 at Cottonwood Hall. A fried chicken and sausage meal
with all the trimmings is planned with serving to begin at
11:30 a.m. Large plates are $5 and small plates are $3.50
each. Games are to start at 1 p.m. with an auction also at 1
p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Junior CDA sponsoring bake sale
The Junior CDA is sponsoring a Bake Sale from 1-6 p.m. this
Friday at the State National Bank and West Bank and Trust.
The CDA members are raising funds to attend the state
convention next June in Lubbock.
Baptist Church plans Bible School
"Camp Courageous" where God's love is contagious is the
theme for next week's Vacation Bible School at the First
Baptist Church in West. The bible school is from July 15-19
from 9 a.m. - noon. Children ages four - fifth grade are invited
to attend. For more information, call the church at 826-5165.
West church plans Gospel meeting
The Church of Christ in West has scheduled a Gospel meeting
for July 14-17. On Sunday there will be class at 9:15 a.m. with
worship service at 10:15 a.m. The evening service is at 6 p.m.
Services are also planned at 7 p.m. on Monday through
Wednesday. On Sunday, there will also be a pot luck dinner
and everyone is invited to attend. Craig Tappe of Alvarado
will be the speaker.
Purple Heart Day planned in West
A Purple Heart Day is scheduled for August 7 across the
nation with a West celebration planned for 9 a.m. that day in
front ofWest City Hall. All Purple Heart Chapter476members,
their families and area residents are invited to attend this
event which will honor the Purple Heart veterans in a short
ceremony. Those planning to attend this ceremony are asked
to bring their lawn chairs. The Purple Heart Chapter 476 has
also planned a meeting for 7 p.m. July 16 in the West
Community Center. A special program has been arranged.
West VFW Post plans fund-raiser
West VFW Post 4819 has scheduled a fund-raiser in which
$5,000 is to be given away. The West Post is scheduled to have
10 drawings with $500 to be given away each time. The first
drawing is planned for Oct. 12 with the final one set for Feb.
26,1997. The tickets are $10 each and only 1,000 tickets are
to be sold. The tickets are available from any West VFW Post
member or at the West Post.
SPJST Lodge 54, Sokols plan dinner
A fried chicken and sausage dinner with all the trimmings is
planned from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at Lone Star Hall. This
meal is sponsored by SPJST Lodge 54 and Sokol West and the
cost of the meal is $5 for adults and $3.50 for a small plate.
Plates-to-go will also be available. All proceeds are to go
toward improvements to be made to the hall. Any donations
will be greatly appreciated. For more information, call Lil
Matus at 826-5343.
Brethren Church plans Bible School
The West Brethren Church will have its Vacation Bible
School from 6:30 - 9 p.m. July 15-19 at the church. There will
be classes for all ages and everyone is welcome to attend. Call
Jim or Shirley Galanti for more information at 799-3574.
Bold Springs Cemetery group to meet
The Bold Springs Cemetery Association has scheduled a
meeting for 2 p.m. this Sunday in the Scout Room at the West
Community Center. The meeting's agenda iB to include the
election of officers and other business. Everyone is invited to
attend.
TAAS, TEAMS Tests set for July 16-18
The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and the
Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS)
will be administered July 16,17 and 18. All students who were
enrolled in Grades 10,11 or 12 in Spring 1996 are eligible to
take any section of the exit level test on which they have not
yet met minimum expectations. Out-of-school examinees
taking the TEAMS were required to complete the out of school
registration form. The Writing exam is set for July 16 with the
Mathematics test on July 17 and the Reading test on July 18.
For more information, call the counselor's office at West High
School or call the West Independent School District
Administration Office.
1986 WHS Grads plan summer reunion
The 1986 West High School graduating class has planned
their 10 year reunion from 6 p.m. to midnight July 19 at the
West Knights of Columbus Club Hall pavilion. All 1986
graduates and their families are invited and are asked to
bring drinks, snack foods, lawn chairs, horseshoes and washers,
etc. Music entertainment will be provided by Derek Scott.
Plans for Homecoming 1996 in September will be discussed.
For more information, please contact Phyiiss (Hutyra)Teasdale
at (409) 586-1030.
Accordion players plan gathering
for this Saturday at City Hall
Accordion players from
throughout the state are
scheduled to gather this
Saturday in West for the Texas
Accordion Association's first ever
state-wide Accordion Squeeze Off
from noon to sundown at the
Gazebo on the West City Hall
lawn.
At the Gazebo, there will be
numerous accordion players
performing throughout the
afternoon and the public is also
invited to attend this event.
There is no admission charge for
these performances.
"There is a lot more interest in
the accordion now, than it was
five or ten years ago," said Ed
Brem, an area member of the
accordion association. "The
accordion was a very popular
instrument until the 1950's.
Interest declined until recently
when the accordion has again
gained popularity throughout
the world. 1996has been declared
the Year of the Accordion."
The Texas Accordion
Association, organized in 1986,
is sponsoring Saturday's event
in an effort to "promote interest
in accordions." Currently there
are approximately 300 members
across the state with active
chapters in Dallas, Plano, Fort
Worth, Houston, San Antonio
and Austin. This organization
includes beginners to pro-
fessional performers and instruc-
tors. Preliminary plans are to
organize a Central Texas Chap-
ter in the West - Waco area.
Accordion player Bernard
Guralson of Hewitt said West
was chosen for Saturday's event
because of its central location to
many of the state's major cities.
"It's a good halfway point. We
are hoping to get even more
people interested in the accor-
dion." Brem also said he hopes
for a large turnout of accordion
players in the West area.
Both Brem and Guralson are
hoping for a good turnout for
Saturday's event which they say
will feature performances by*
some of the better accordion
players in the state. "It's the first
time for this event, you just can't
predict how many will attend."
"If you have the slightest
interest in accordion music, you
will be overwhelmed at the
performers and the music that
you will hear at this accordion
event," Brem continued.
Guralson added that when the
accordion players gather at an
event such as this, it turns out as
a learning experience for them
and a time for fellowship. "I learn
somethingevery time. Each man
I ;mard Guralson, Ed Brem and Joe Zahirniak showed off some of their accordion playing
s ills last Friday in preparation for this Saturday's first-ever Accordion SqueezeOff at the
g izeho on the city hall lawn.
a a different style, but they all attending Saturday’s event will keyboard type to some of the
p iy from their hearts." gettoseeawiderangeofdifferent more state-of-the-art electronic
(dong with getting to hear the accordions ranging from button accordions.
v£ ious accordion players, those types to the more standard piano
Chamber c f Commerce Banquet July 25
Historic Villa.
Thomas Lindsay Baker is the
guest speaker for the West
Chamber of Commerce's annual
banquet on July 25 in the West
Community Center.
Dr. Baker currently serves as
the curator for the Governor Bill
and Vara Daniel Historic Village
and Strecker Museum on Baylor
University's campus in Waco and
also serves as lecturer for the
university's Department of Stud-
Area crops may re
? curator to serve as guest speaker for annual event
iand Museum Studies Pro- Kats. The meal is to be catered Amber Zahirniak, Ann Hutyra,
by Buck Zahirniak.
gi im.
Rrior to coming to Baylor in
11 ip, he served as curator of
h itory for the Fort Worth
N lteum of Science and History,
he banquet is scheduled to
n with a social at 6:30 p.m.
i the meal set for 7:30 p.m.
Ilhe admission price includes
open bar, punch, a meal and
r ic provided by the Moravian
This year's theme is "Travel-
ing through Texas" and several
West businesses are involved in
decorating the community cen-
ter for this event.
Current Miss West Jill Sulak
is also scheduled to crown the
new Miss West during the ban-
quet. Miss West contestants are
Michelle Klaus, Joanna Pareya
and Christy Chudej.
Banquet tickets are priced at
$15 each and can be purchased
at West Bank and Trust, State
National Bank, Way Out West,
or contact the West Chamber of
Commerce at 826-3188. The
deadline for getting a ticket is
July 19.
ch average county yields
Despite the dry weather con-
ditions that have plagued area
farmers this year, near average
yields are expected for crops in
the northern McLennan County
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"The crops are probably as
good (in the West area) as any-
where in the county," County
Extension Agent Doug Andrews
said Wednesday. "The further
south and west you go (in the
county), they just didn't get the
early rainfall (that most West
area farms received)."
Throughout the county,
Andrews said that "mixed re-
sults” seemed to best describe
the 1996 crop outlook. "It just
depends if you received any rain-
fall. The rain whsspoUy and'Die-’
crops vary from field to field. We
never had those general rains
and we're about nine inches be-
low normal so far this year."
While some farmers in
McLennan County have had to
plow up their grain fields or are
expecting a shortage in grain
crop yields, area farmers have
>ri more lucky.
|The county agent said aver-
grain yields annually in the
irty have been in the 3,500
iiids per acre range for grain
sorghum and 80 bushels an acre
for com. He estimates West area
crops to be near that level this
year.
He also noted that it is still too
early to tell anything about the
cotton crop county-wide. "Cot-
ton isholdingitsown. It likes hot
and dry weather early in the
growing season, but rain is
needed soon. It needs that drink
of water now."
Youth Rodeo set
for this Friday,
Saturday in West
The Central Texas Youth Rodeo Association and West
Rodeo Association are sponsoring an Annual Youth Rodeo for
this Friday and Saturday at the West Fair and Rodeo Asso-
ciation Grounds. Friday's rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m. with
Saturday's rodeo beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Contestants ages three through 19 are to compete in
events such as junior and senior bullriding, steer riding, calf
riding, poles, goat ribbon pulling, goat tying, breakaway,
ribbon and tiedown roping, team roping, chute dogging, steer
wrestling and cloverleaf barrels.
The admission price is $4 for adults and $2 for children
ages seven through 12 with those ago six and under admitted
free.
Area farmers examine a grain sorghum variety plot i
County Crops Tour. County-wide the predieted yields for this crop will be below average,
but because of more rainfall in the W«
county average.
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