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The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Opinions
OF THE CITY
By Interim City Manager
Nancy Wooldridge
I have been in this chair for two weeks and I would like
to share some of my observations. Dublin is not the same
city it was just a year ago.
You have seen the turnover of many of our city leaders.
We have a new mayor, police chief, code enforcement
officer, library manager, several city council members,
and add to that, a new interim city manager.
I do not want to take anything away from our past
leaders and their accomplishments, however, I want you
to know these new faces along with the existing staff are
bringing new ideas and enthusiasm to the table.
No matter who is at the helm of our city, your employees
are here to serve, do a good job and be paid a fair wage
for the effort expended. From my observation, you are
getting your money’s worth. Even when this chair was
empty, the city continued to function. You will always
have some employees who are not self-motivated but
that is just human nature.
Today our biggest concern is still our antiquated lagoon
sewer system.
Many articles have been written over the past couple of
years about the problems of maintaining and penalties
charged for our not meeting the minimum requirements
ordered by the state of Texas.
This sewer system has been deteriorating for years.
The slowdown in the economy has not helped in funding
a solution to the problem.
The head of public works, Cory James, and his crew
have worked diligently to keep us in compliance but
without the funds there is not much he can accomplish.
The city has applied for a grant or low interest loan to
build the new sewer system and I will be looking into
other avenues for money.
All of this takes time. At the earliest, it will take about
a year before any funds would be available. That is just
the way the paperwork flows. In the meantime we are
still fighting the battle to stay in compliance and not
have to spend your hard earned money on penalties.
What can you do to help? Think about what you wash
down your drain. Every ounce of grease, oil or animal bi-
products in our sewer puts a strain on our system.
Have you had a sewer backup? It may have been caused
by what you are putting down your own drain. Please
dispose of your waste products in the garbage not in
your sewer. This action has a reaction. It puts the PH and
ammonia levels over the accepted levels and that puts us
back in trouble with the state.
I am asking for your help. I have the challenge to find
avenues for any assistance, capitol or otherwise, for the
greatest little town in Texas. I take this job seriously.
If we all pull in the same direction, make good decisions
and I keep the citizens informed of what we are trying to
accomplish, we will go far.
Thank you to the mayor and city council for giving me
this opportunity to serve Dublin.
Desdemona News By
_Vonnie Guthery_
The annual Desdemona Homecoming and School
Reunion will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, at the
school gym. Morning program at 10 a.m. and the noon
meal catered by John and Carrie Miears of Olden, Texas.
Mark your calendar and make plans to attend.
Pauline (Robinson) Owens of Stephenville recently
celebrated her 100th birthday. Her husband, the late J.C.
Owens is buried in Desdemona Cemetery. They are
former residents of Desdemona where their son attended
school.
Pauline has a brother, Lawrence "Bruz" Robinson, in
Stephenville. He attends the annual Homecoming each
year. They are cousins to Wanda (Robinson) Martin who
will celebrate her 100th birthday on Aug. 13, 2013.
James and Jo Norris and son, Jason, have recently
moved to Desdemona.
We welcome this family to our small town. Jo attended
school in Desdemona. Their parents are the late Paul and
Imogene (Burleson) Norris, and the late John and Leona
(Roberts) Allen.
This reporter continues to receive phone calls and
short notes from former students and friends. They are
Alfred Cate, Ella Jones, Nelda Keever and others. It is
always good to hear from friends.
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Calendar
an Event Calendar for Dublin
and its surrounding communities
Friday, July 26
Teen Time - Color Wars
4 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
Saturday, July 27
Summer Reading Program- Grand Finale
10:30 -11:30 a.m. - Dublin Public Library
Book Club
1 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
Mcnday, July 29
Vacation Bible School
6-8 p.m. First Assembly of God
Wednesday, July 31
Free Family Movie
2 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
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Observations
By Mac B. McKinnon
Summer tradition
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Pleasant Home VBS Circa 1950’s
As we come to the end of summer - sorry to bring that
up - but it’s also the end of Vacation Bible School
season.
Just thinking about VBS evokes a host of memories.
I was raised about a half mile down a dirt road from
our church in Roch (that’s between Proctor and Comyn).
That church was Pleasant Home Baptist Church.
I guess there were 20 to 30 families that attended
during those years. My dad was the head deacon and
treasurer. I’m sure if I listed the names, most people
would know those names but I’m not going to have that
list for fear of leaving someone out.
We had a preacher that was most often a ministerial
student at Howard Payne in Brownwood.
VBS was a special break from summer duties on the
farm. To be sure, we had to do our chores before and
after but VBS lasted all week (see accompanying
picture).
The church was a small frame building and we had
most of it outdoors under an arbor but some different
crafts were done in different corners of the main building.
I don’t recall us ever having air conditioning of any kind
and most of us didn’t have that at home either.
We did have a wood burning stove for winter times.
As you can see from the picture, we had a lot of young
people attend, many of whom were grandchildren of
people who lived in the area and spent summers on the
farm.
I wish I knew all of those in the picture but I don’t. The
picture came from Durwood Strube who found it in
photos his mother, Winnie, had saved.
VBS lasted all week and as is still done by most VBS’,
we marched in to the tune of “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
Like most churches, we had a piano and one piano player.
It seems that piano players have always been in short
supply and that is still the case today.
There wasn’t a lot of materials to work with on studying
the Bible, just Bible stories. We did have crafts such as
making knick-knacks including bird houses.
I enjoy going and taking pictures of the many Bible
Schools we have in this area. We try to let everyone know
about them and then take pictures to let everyone know
what is going on.
The VBS of today are much more elaborate than when
I was a youngster and I’m amazed at the talent and
imagination of todays VBS workers. The VBS at Green’s
Creek Baptist where I attend church was simply
incredible.
There are so many kinds of materials to work with that
it is unbelievable. During the week, there were about 60
youngsters attending each day with some 24 workers. I
believe some of the families involved may have found a
church home.
The theme of the VBS had to do with a carnival and
roller coaster and each pew had a water noodle along the
back for a hand rail and one looped up at each end to
resemble a roller coaster.
It was all very creative, thanks to director Shirley
McDonald and Deneen Tieman.
What made it even better was that material was shared
with a church in Hico after that week.
Some of the VBS sessions have the same theme each
year while others have different ones that get kids
See OBSERVE, pg. 3
Perry signs House Bill 2
The Texas House and Senate, closing in on the end of
the second 30-day special session, postponed floor
debates on the future funding of transportation projects
until July 25.
Lawmakers likely will place that funding decision
squarely in the hands of the electorate in the form of a
proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 5
ballot.
But headlining last week’s Capitol action was Gov. Rick
Perry’s July 18 signing into law of House Bill 2, passed by
the House and Senate on July 13. The legislation bans
abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, requires
physicians who perform abortions to have hospital
admitting privileges at a facility within 30 miles, mandates
that only a physician may dispense or administer
abortion-inducing drugs and requires licensed abortion
facilities to meet the same minimum safety standards as
ambulatory surgical centers, beginning Sept. 1, 2014.
Perry said HB 2 “ensures that anyone performing
abortions in Texas is doing so in a facility that is safe,
clean and prepared to deal with any emergencies that
might occur — a reasonable, common sense expectation
for those caring for the health and safety of Texans.”
However, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, who led
opposition to the bill in the Senate, said, “Shamefully, the
Texas Senate just voted to pass a law that will leave tens
of thousands of Texans without access to preventive and
life-saving care, all to further an extremely partisan
agenda. Some may believe that that this fight has been
waged and won with this final vote today, but they are
wrong in so many ways. The fight for the future of Texas
is just beginning.”
Davis and a number of other Senate and House
Democrats said HB 2 and similar bills likely would spur
lawsuits over state infringement of constitutionally
protected rights.
Bill merges institutions
Gov. Perry on July 14 ceremonially signed SB 24,
legislation passed June 14 to reorganize The University
of Texas at Brownsville and The University of Texas-Pan
American in Edinburg into one university within the
University of Texas System. The new university is to be
christened with a new name by the end of the year.
The medical school is slated to open in 2016. UT-Pan
American has been the home of the statutorily authorized
medical school in South Texas and the facilities and
operations of the Lower Rio Grande Health Center
associated with The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio. Under the legislation, the new
university and medical school will be able to tap into the
$14 billion Permanent University Fund.
Education stats go online
Education Commissioner Michael Williams on July 19
announced the public posting of “2012 Snapshot: School
District Profiles” on the
Texas Education Agency
website www.tea.state.tx.
us.
“Snapshot,” Williams
said, provides an overview
of public education in Texas
for a particular school year.
In addition to state-level
information, this website
contains a profile about the
characteristics of each
public school district and
charter school.
Williams noted that
“Snapshot” summary tables
provide district information
in some common categories,
and a peer search function
permits grouping districts
according to shared
characteristics, but
“Snapshot” does not
provide any campus-level
information.
ACROSS
1 Oldham Co. seat
5 TX moonwalker,
Bean
6 past participle of lie
7 TXism: “hook__
and sinker” (all)
8 TX Chester
Nimitz’s rank in
1907 (abbr.)
9 Mexican kids hit
these with sticks
16 TX Owen Wilson
2011 film: “The
Big_”
18 early role for TX
Tommy Lee Jones
was on ABC soap:
Live”
21 Boerne’s historic
“_Kendall Inn”
22 TX poet: Grace
_Crowell
23 bronzed by the sun
24 in “Lonesome
Dove," Gus is
buried in “_
Orchard”
30 resident of city in
Lubbock Co.
34 big TX computer
technology co.
35 TXism: “__
do nothing but burn
hay” (bad horse)
36 “Giant” is an_
TX film ('56)
37 TX Robby Benson
76 film:"__
Billy Joe”
39 this TXn won
silver in 400m
hurdles in ‘92
43 in Gonzales Co. on
hwy. 87
44 boat docks on TX
lakes
45 “ can do”
where some TXns
ski in NM
in ‘91 this Nora was
first director of the
TX Lottery
TXism: “tickles my
_” (tastes
good)
TXism: “that_
won’t hunt”
“yep,” south of the
border
TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley & Guy Orbison
Copyright 2013 by Orbison Bros.
TXism: “gone_
_” (deteriorated)
Oiler CB, Crts
(‘88-’96)
58 reflected sounds
59 East TX swamp
60 cow sound
61 this TX Rayburn
was Speaker of
U.S. House (init.)
DOWN
1 Guitaque paper:
“_Tribune"
2 John Steinbeck’s
TX wife
3 denies or
contradicts
4 this Archer was in
“Love at Large” with
TX-born Capshaw
9 this O’Brien was in
TX film “The Over-
the-Hiil Gang” (init.)
10 TXism: “_
as a newborn calf”
honky tonk light
TX Collin Raye’s
debut album: “_
_ Can Be” (‘91)
TX televangelist
Robert who was
exposed by ABC
14 TX naval fliers flew
anti-submarine “_
Guardian” in Korea
15 “_in his ways”
17 sets free
19 body art
20 pungent bulbs used
in fajitas
24 this Cowboy Chuck
was MVP in Super
Bowl V (init.)
25 “_Miserables”
26 brother of TX
“Hoss” on TV’s
“Bonanza”
27 this Reagan carried
TX in 1980 and
1984
28 historic “Fort Worth
__Grande
Railway”
29 TXism: “thin as a
fiddle_”
31 birth month of
“Dandy Don” (abbr.)
32 thisTX Brown won
Heisman in ‘87
at Notre Dame
48
50
51
56
TX Kenny Rogers
early group: “The
First_”
extol
“Santa_Nat’l
Wildlife Refuge” in
Hidalgo Co.
TXism: “a right
smart piece”
TXism: “it’s_
_, _ die”
(on your own)
_of beef
TX or Alaska town
mineral springs
long-range ballistic
missiles (abbr.)
Cut and__TX
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