The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1979 Page: 1 of 8
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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 27
USPS 677060
15 Cents
Summer Education
Continues
Children’s Arts and
Craft Classes to be Offered
Beginning July 24, a Child-
ren’s Arts and Crafts class
taught by Ms. Lillian Lemke,
artist and teacher at McLen-
nan Community College, will
be held each Tuesday and
Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30
p.m., for four weeks in the high
school cafetorium. The tuition
is $15.00 per child, and the
enrollement will be limited.
The types of crafts which will
be done are metal collage,
fabric collage, decoupage and
macrame. Children taking the
class should collect and bring
any or all the following: cotton
hiaiv.-ial scraps, scraps of
ribbons and other fancy trims,
coffee cans with lids, sturdy
boxes (such as large round
potato chip boxes), clay pots,
and magazines. All other
materials will be furnished.
For registration information,
please call Mrs. Betty Ferrero,
at 826-3854, Monday thru
Friday, between 9 a.m. and 3
p.m., by July 17.
Oil Painting
Classes to be Offered
A six week oil painting class,
taught by Ms. Lillian Lemke,
artist and teacher at McLen-
at West
nan Community College, will
begin July 26. Classes will
meet in the high school
cafetorium from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., and the tuition is $18.00.
A list of supplies is available,
and the enrollement will be
limited.
For registration information
please call Mrs. Betty Ferrero,
826-3854, Monday through Fri-
day, between 9a.m. and 3 p.m.,
by July 17.
Basketball Camp Set for
Elementary and Junior High
Coach Clint McMahon will
conduct a basketball camp
during the week of July 16-20
stressing the basics of basket-
ball for boys and girls ages 8
through 14.
Students 8 to 10 years old are
scheduled from 9 a.m. to 10:25
a.m., and those 11 through 14,
from 10:30 to 11:55 a.m.
A fee of $2.00 per child will be
charged.
Students may register until
July 13 by sending $2.00 along
with the child’s name, address,
age, and parents signature to
Mrs. Betty Ferrero, 406 Shook,
West I.S.D., West, Texas 76691.
Make checks payable to
Community Education.
1979 Proves Wetter
Than First
Rainfall totals for the first
six months of the year have
proven to be considerably
higher in West than over the
same period last year, accord-
ing to Henry Lednicky, West
Official Weatherman.
A total of 28.92 inches of rain
have fallen through June of this
year with only 17.35 inches
having fallen at this time last
year. The 1978 rainfall was
31.93 inches.
In 1976, the first six month
rainfall total of 25.96 compares
favorably with this year’s
total. That year the total
rainfall was 53.02.
May has been the wettest
month so far this year with
10.48 inches. The rain in a 24
hour period occurred May 11
when 4.63 inces of rain fell.
February’s rainfall was the
lightest with 2.79 inches.
Half of 78
A summary is as follows:
Jan. 3.06, Feb. 2.79, Mar. 4.98,
Apr. 3.24, May 10.48, Jun. 4.37.
Last year West received .23
inches of rain in July making it
the dryest month in 1978.
More bighorn
Texas sheep
The numbers
aren’t large yet, but Texas
game management officials
are hoping that the bighorn
sheep released in the Sierra
Diablo mountains will mul
tiply and come off the en-
dangered animal list.
The Texas Parks & Wild
life Dept, recently set loose
seven more desert bighorns
which had been pen raised.
They will join about a
dozen other bighorns which
have been released in past
years.
r—West Area News Digest
Summer Workshops Offered
The Homemaking Department of West High School will be
offering several workshops in the month of July. All
workshops will be conducted in the department at the high
school.
Workshops scheduled are: Cooking School for Children,
date - July 16-20, time 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., ages - 8 years old
and up, class limit - 10. Fees $5.00 per child.
Basic sewing classes being July 23-27. Time set is 9 a.m. -
12 a.m. for ages 8 years and up. The class limit is 10.
Those interested in the summer workshops please call
Darla Bell at 826-3711, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for registration
and further information.
American Legion To Meet
American Legion West Post #478 will hold its monthly
meeting July 5, 8 p.m., at the V.F.W. Club. All members are
urged to come out and participate. Delegates to this year's
state convention will be voted upon. Refreshments will be
served following the meeting.
Cottonwood Picnic Scheduled for July 15
The SPJST Lodge 6 at Cottonwood has scheduled its
eighty-second annual picnic beginning at II a.m. July 15.
A delicious fried chicken meal will be served with all the
trimmings starting from 11 a.m. and continuing to 7 p.m.
Large plates are priced at $2.75 each and small plates are
$1.75.
Games, furnished by the lodge’s youth club, will start at 1
p.m. and the auction will begin at 4 p.m.
Cottonwood is located three miles east of West, just off FM
Road 2114. Everyone is invited to attend the picnic and join in
the fun.
Organizational Meeting Set for Jaycee Chapter In Weat
There will be an organizational meeting for starting a
jaycee chapter in West. The Killeen Jaycees will be coming
to present the orientation program at 8:00 p.m. at the West
Bank & Trust Annex. Monday, July 9th.
West, Texas — Thursday, July 5, 1979
LETTER TO THE EDITOR. . .
A Few Spoilers
In Our Midst
Family Trick Riding Team Scheduled
To Perform at West Fair and Rodeo
This has reference to the damage that a few
have continually persisted to do in the yet to
be completed City Park...small children with
nothing better to do than to break cement
blocks and field stones being used to erect the
facilities at the Park...children 8-9 and 10
years of age whose parents have failed to
teach them to respect the property of others...
This past week someone stole the cargo net
that had been an important part of the yet to
be completed playground equipment placed
in the park...it was a large, blue nylon cargo
net, made of one inch nylon rope, it could
have been of no use to anyone other than for
the purpose for which it was intended, small
kids to crawl over, into and onto...to those
kids that used and enjoyed it, “I’m sorry kids,
someone felt they needed it worse than you
did’’...
It makes one wonder if it is worthwhile,
spending City money and Texas Parks and
Wildlife money to build a park for the people
to enjoy, only to be vandalized by a few that
have no respect for the property of others.
I take a lot of pride in the City of West, and
the people living in West that make it the
finest community anywhere. It is a shame that
a few cast a reflection on the many that live
here, who abide by the law, rules and
common courtesy and care of the property of
others.
A.J. MUSKA
MAYOR
LENORE ROWE AND SPANISH DANCER. This is one of the many acts that Mrs. Rowe and her !
son. Justin, will perform during the West Fair and Rodeo scheduled for August 9, 10 and II. The
Rowes have appeared throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Summer Registraion Set to Start
For Session II at MCC on July 9
Registration for Summer
Session 11 day college-credit
classes at McLennan Commu-
nity College will be held July 9.
Changes Made
In Seed Law,
TDA Reports
AUSTIN-Sevcral amend-
ments to the Texas Seed I aw
have been announced by
Agriculture Commissioner
Reagan V Brown followinga
public hearing held here
recently
Some changes ol special
interest to farmers, feed and
seed retailers and seed firms
include:
Agricultural seeds exposed
or offered for sale must
comply with the Seed law
unless prominently labeled
“Not f or Sale for Sowing
Purposes."
This requirement does not
effect the Farmer Exemption
which allows a farmer to sell
seed grown on his own farm to
his neighbor without testing
and labeling the seed
However. Brown reminded
farmers that they should
utilize their state seed
laboratories by having their
seed tested whether they
intend to sell to a neighbor or
save for replanting on then
own land
Balloons ine, a serious pro-
blem weed lor soybean
producers, was declared a
Prohibited Noxious Weed
W ild oat and or I eral oat.
Blessed Milk Ihislleand Ball
Mustard were declared
Restricted Noxious Weeds
and in this category seeds ol
these weeds mav occur hi
agricultural and vegetable
seeds ottered lot sale within
certain limits
Brown emphasized that
these weed seed must he
named on the analvsis label
and the rate ol occurence pci
pound shown
Summer Session II classes
will begin July 10 and continue
through August 17. Registration
packets are now available at the
Office of Admissions/Registrar
in the MCC Administration
building.
Persons with a high school
diploma or its equivalent and
adults with special approval to
attend college-credit classes
may enroll for summer classes.
Students may enroll in a
maximum of seven semester
hours for the six-week session.
MCC also has an Early
Admissions program allowing
high school students who have
completed their junior year and
who meet special requirements
to enroll in credit courses.
Further information is available
at the Offices of Counseling
Services or Admissions/Regis-
trar.
Late registration for the
Summer Session II college-
credit classes will be held July
10 and 11 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
in the Administration building.
More registration information is
available by calling MCC’s
Office of Admissions/Registrar.
756-6551. ext. 231.
Horse Show Scheduled
For Elm Mott
The 19th Annual Horse Show,
sponsored by the Elm Mott
Riding Club, is scheduled to
begin at 4 p.m. July 15 at the
Elm Mott Riding Club Arena.
Admission to this 23 event
horse show is free. Gift
certificates will be presented
during the point show and
concessions will be available on
the riding club grounds.
Various events such as pole
bending, break away roping, a
llag exchange race and an egg
race have been scheduled for
the horse show.
The grand entry will begin at
4 p.m.
SHOP WEST
MERCHANTS
The Rowes, a mother and son
trick riding team, will perform
their horse acts at the West Fair
and Rodeo scheduled for August
9, 10 and 11 at the rodeo
grounds.
Lenore and Justin Rowe, from
Nashville, Tenn., veterans of
performances throughout the
United States and Puerto Rico
have been featured three times
at the International Finals
Rodeo in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Lenore Rowe, an interna-
tionally known horse trainer and
performer, has please rodeo
audiences with a wide variety of
specialty acts involving horses
of all sizes.
Lenore’s high schooled hors-
es, Spanish Dancer and Golden
Rebel, provide some of her more
popular equine acts.
A high schooled horse is a
creature that has been through
the highest standards of
training and has mastered the
art of natural and un natural
movements resulting in an
animal that is always in perfect
collection and w illingly obedient
to the precise, yet unseen,
control of the rider.
Spanish Dancer and Golden
Rebel graduated from such a
school with flying colors. The
lady, a trainer and performing
companion of these two horses,
has correographed the graceful
manuevers and steps in
beautiful dance routines.
Lenore carefully selects the
appropriate music to accompany
the acts, desings and makes the
wardrobe she will wear to match
the theme of the performance,
and designs the tack and
accessories worn by her
performing mounts.
Her son. Justin, will present
an exhibition of roman riding
cowboy style during each
performance of the rodeo.
Justin will be performing his
exhibition on his Flying White
Chargers which he affection-
ately calls "ole Jeff and Jake.”
The trick rider trained the two
Albinos six years ago in the
foot-hills of Tennessee. His dad.
Bobby worked four events and
was the world champion saddle
bntnc rider in I9t>5. Justin
West Fair and Rodeo Assn.
33rd Annual Pre-Rodeo Plans
The annual trail ride, meeting
and dinner will be held Sunday.
July 8. 1979. Trail ride begins
promptly at 1:00 p.m. at the
rodeo grounds. The pre-rodeo
plans meeting will be at 5:00
p.m. followed by dinner at the
club house.
All members arc urged to
attend and help make plans for a
spectacular rodeo.
JUSTIN ROWE AND HIS FLYING WHITE CHARGERS. Justin riding roman style, along with his
mother will perform horse riding acts, such as this at this year's West Fair and Rodeo on August 9,
10 and 11.
performed at the 1978 Interna-
tional Finals Rodeo in Tulsa.
Okla. and the 1977 Northern
Rodeo Association Finals in
Billings, Mont.
Everyone is invited to come
and see the Rowes do their
specialty acts at the West Fair
and Rodeo which begins on
August 9.
BULLETIN
BOARD
For Week of July 5-11
THURSDAY—8 p.m. American
Legion Meeting. West V.F.W.
Club; 7:30 p.m. Game Night.
West Fraternal Auditorium
SUNDAY—3 p.m. Bold Springs
Cemetery Assn. Meeting. West
Bank & Trust Annex
MONDAY—7:30 p.m. West
School Board Meeting, WHS
Homemaking Building; 7:30
p.m. West Boy Scouts Meeting.
Dunbar Gv m
TUESDAY—7 p.m. Ross City-
Council Meeting. Ross City
Hall: Eastern Star Meeting.
Masonic Lodge; 7:30 p.m. Game
Night. West Fraternal Auditor-
ium
WEDNESDAY—12:30 p.m. Ki-
wanis Luncheon. West High
School Cafetorium: 8 p.m. West
V.F.W. Post 4819 Meeting.
West V.F.W. Club
TDA Inspectors Monitoring
Fields for Herbicide Misuse
AUSTIN—Texas Depart-
ment of Agriculture (I DA)
inspectors continue to
monitor fields in several parts
of the state where residents
base complained of drift from
aerial pesticide applicators
Agriculture Commissioner
Reagan \ Brown said aerial
applicators have been
spraying cotton and other
field crops in several areas He
said la ho i.i tors testing ol soil,
vegetation and other products
is continuing and that IDA
inspectors arc keeping watch
to make sure that aerial
applicators arc following
piopct salcts precautions
" iuid one vomplaint
Com a commercial honey
p.ickci m .in area allcgedlx
exposed to pesticide drift.”
s.ud Brown "No residues
base been lound in the
samples ol honey we tested "
Some complaints have
come from residential areas
that have sprung up on land
that until recently was
devoted entirely to agricul-
ture fields being spraved are
often near single lanuly
dwellings
“Seeing a low-flying
aircraft dues not necessarily
mean the pilot is spraying,"
Brown said “Pilots are
trained to turn off the
pesticide before they reach the
end of the field they are
spraying, so that the chemical
is not carried out ot the field
as a turn is made. Valves are
shut oil outside the spraying
area and are periodically
checked for leaks.”
Brown said investigations
so far have not indicated any
illegal action by the
applicators involved.
“Investigations will continue
and if violations are
documented appropriate
action will be taken.” he said.
TDA is responsible for
enforcing the Texas Pesticide
Control Act. Under an
agreement with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency it is
also the priman enforcement
agency for the Federal
Insecticide. Fungicide and
Rodcnticidc Act. Provisions
of these laws require that
applicators of restricted-use
pesticides be tested and
certified before they can use
the chemicals. Anyone
cons icted of violating the laws
is subject to fines or license
suspensions
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