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The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, Dec. 25,2008
A Guest Editorial
What has America become?
Have we become weak?
And do we expect a free ride?
Have we lost our self-respect?
Have we no pride?
Re-distribute the wealth,
And not even earn our own way?
Buying our homes without qualifying,.
Not planning how well pay?
Holding out our hands,
Expecting the government to give?
Hard work & sweat
Is how our forefathers would live!!
Free medical for all?
What will it cost?
Earning one's own way thru college,
Forever will be lost.
Just think how it would feel,
If everything was free.
A dependable hard worker & being honest
Is what we should be.
So if you have good health,
Get a job & work hard!!
You'll be proud of what you achieved.
And you'll sleep good at night because you are tired.
Don't expect everyone to give,
And lend a hand to those in need.
We live in America, the greatest country hi the world.
Set your goals high, you truly can succeed!!
Johnny Clepper 10-21-08
UlMtld
Dear
Editor&sMail
Editor:
The story by the noted author
and chemist Isaac Asimov about
the origin of Key’s "Star Spangled
Banner" (Citizen, Dec. 4) was very
interesting. The tune of our national
anthem is also interesting. Asimov
wrote, "Someone noted that the
words fit an old English tune called,
‘To Anacreon in Heaven’".
The "old English tune" was
written by John Stafford Smith in
the mid- 1760s, when he was a
teenager. Smith, a member of the
Anacreontic Society, wrote the tune
to lyrics by the president of the
club, Ralph Tomlinson. It was first
■ published by Longman & Broderip
in London in 1778/1779.
The Anacreontic Society, an
aristocratic club of musical
amateurs in London, was founded
in 1766 and lasted until 1794. The
entertainment included songs,
catches, glees, and supper. Catches
and glees were particular types of
compositions for male voices.
Catch clubs and glee clubs were
popular among English professional
men roughly 1750 to 1830. The
Anacreontic Society was named
after the Greek court poet Anacreon
(6th century BC). Wikipedia says,
"His songs often celebrated women,
Weather Watchiir
Review
Dec. 16
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New album,
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A new Christmas CD that
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could be added to your family
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album is now on sale.
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It is by Collin Raye and is
entitled “A Family
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Christmas,”
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It is really good listening.
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A special time
wine, and entertaining, and today
can be considered eroticism."' The
"Anacreontic Song", which begins
with the phrase "To Anacreon in
Heaven", was sung at every
meeting. The song, through its
bawdy and imbibing lyrics, gained
popularity in London and elsewhere
beyond the Anacreontic Society.
The "Anacreontic Song" was
popular in America as the official
song of several Anacreontic
Societies there. Francis Scott Key’s
brother, on hearing the poem, "The
Defense ofFort McHenty", realized
it fit the tune of the "Anacreontic
Song". Key had also written a
different poem in 1805 to the same
metrical scheme
Richard King, who directed the
Dublin High School Band in the
fell of 1943, told us that the tune of
the "Star-Spangled Banner" had
been a drinking song, and that is the
way we should play it I think it
should played with a brisk tempo
and a defiant attitude befitting the
lyrics of the first stanza. That is the
way it was played in the many
bands 1 have played in, and that is
the way it is sung by the audience
at the symphony orchestra concerts
and football games that I attend
regularly.
Tom Rogers
This time of year always evokes special memories that I hold dear. I so
remember my Christmas as a youngster. I’ve recalled those times a
number of times in this space. This year is even more special as it’ll be my
first without my mother and it was just a year before that when I lost a
special friend, Catherine Baldwin, who was like a mother to me.
They always made sure I had a great Christmas even when times were
lean.
If you think the economy is bad now, you should have been on our farm
in the 1940’s.
We didn’t have electricity, no indoor plumbing. I was proud to get a
stocking full of nuts and fruit, something we didn’t ordinarily get to enjoy.
I would usually get one or two toys, some were hand me downs but that
made no difference to me. I’d also get hand me down clothes from cousins.
All of our neighbors were in the same situation.
We were share croppers and my parents worked hard. The house was
a four room frame that wind whistled through the siding. We had a
potbellied stove to keep warm by and where our meals were cooked until
we later got a butane cook stove and space heater.
I really believe that 1 appreciated things more then than I have since.
Through the years, I’ve enjoyed giving and especially remember
watching my children through the years as they anticipated Christmas and
the joy of shopping for their gifts.
I want to repeat the following poem about a soldier at Christmas. I
printed it in my column last year but it is something we need to read every
now and then and give some thought to.
Christmas Poem
T’was the night before Christmas
He lived all alone
in a one bedroom house
made of plaster and stone.
- 1 had come down the chimney
with presents to give,
and to see just who
in this home did live.
I looked all about
a strange sight I did see,
no tinsel, no presents,
not even a tree.
No stocking by mantle,
just boots filled with sand,
on the wall hung pictures
offer distant lands.
With medals and badges,
awards of all kinds,
a sober thought
came through my mind.
For this house was different
it was dark and dreary,
I found the home of a soldier,
once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping,
silent, alone,
curled up on the floor
. in this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle,
the room is such disorder,
’ not how I pictured
a United States soldier.
Was this the hero
of whom I’d just read?
Curled up on a poncho,
the floor for a bed?
I realized the families
that I saw this night,
owed their lives to these soldiers
who were willing to fight.
See OBSERVATION, Page A3
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Caterpillar to move one
assembly plant to Texas
What Texas can do to stay strong in a faltering world economy is
something top state officials are more than pondering these days.
Gov. Rick Perry on Dec. 17 met with trade association and labor union
leaders to get input on how the economic downturn is affecting industries
and workers in Texas.
On Dec. 18, Peny, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker Tom
Craddick jointly announced a deal that will move one of Caterpillar Inc.’s
assembly, test and paint facilities to Texas, creating more than 1,400jdbs.
The state agreed to peel off $10 million from its $350 million Texas
Enterprise Fund to aid Caterpillar in moving the facility to Seguin.
Texas was in competition with South Carolina and Mexico for the
facility, Peny said.
A Fortune 500 company, Caterpillar manufactures construction and
mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines
and medium and high speed diesel engines.
The company already has plants in Amarillo, Chaimelview, Coppell,
Dallas, DeSoto, El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Laredo, Mabank,
McAllen, McKinney, Midland, Sherman, Waco and Waskom.
Study addresses worker shortage
Meanwliile, on Dec. 17, Comptroller Susan Combs said there is a
widening gap between the demand for skilled workers in Texas and the
state's ability to supply them.
"Texas' secondary and postsecondary education system is not meeting
the demands of the current workplace," Combs said. "Employers tell us
that good paying jobs are going unfilled because they cannot find qualified
workers. And we're hearing from students about the value to them of
programs at community and technical colleges. For Texas to remain an
economic powerhouse, our education system needs added focus on career
and technical training to fill available jobs."
Combs has issued a new report, Texas Works, a look at the changing
Texas job market and the growing shortage of workers with the technical
skills required for many of the fastest growing jobs.
The report recommends establishing a fend to help with startup costs
for new technical training programs and eliminating obstacles that
discourage students from pursuing "CTE" or career-technical education.
Texas community and technical colleges offer training facilities and
employment opportunities after just one or two years, Combs said. But
state fending of community and technical colleges has declined, not
keeping pace with inflation and hampering schools' ability to train the next
generation of Texas workers, she added.
CTE courses can be expensive for a college, often requiring state-of-
the-art technology and equipment, but the state does not provide funding
for startup costs.
Combs' report recommends:
• The creation of a $25 . million Jobs and Education for Texas fund to
provide support for postsecondary CTE courses, including startup funding
for new programs.
• Linking any incentive funding to measurable results to ensure the state
receives a positive return on its investments.
Leal now heads Texas Rangers
Antonio "Tony” Leal, 44, has been named chiefofthe Texas Department
of Public Safety's Texas Ranger Division, making him the first Hispanic to
lead the elite crime-fighting force.
Leal, a 24-year veteran of DPS also is the youngest person ever named
chief of the Texas Ranger Division. He was bom in Sugar Land and raised
in the Fort Bend County area.
His appointment to Ranger chief took effect Dec. 10.
Race for U.S. Senate seat
widens
More Texans have entered the
race to succeed Kay Bailey
Hutchison as a U.S. senator.
Bill White, a Democrat and the
mayor of Houston, and Texas
Railroad Commission Chair
Michael Williams, a Republican,
havejoinedformer state comptroller
John Sharp, a Democrat, in
declaring candidacy.
Hutchison, a Republican, has
said she won't seek another term in
fee office she has held since 1993.
She has filed papers and transferred
campaign fends to consider and
perhaps run for governor in 2010.
If Hutchison resigns her Senate
seat to run for governor, standing
Gov. Perry will appoint someone to
serve out fee remainder of her
term. ' __
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST
Award Winner
—.2008*
ACROSS
1 young men
5 TXism: “he's _
_ bricks shy
ola load*
6 archaic “cows"
7 TXism: *__
bien* (good)
8 TXism: *l stirred up
(caused trouble)
17 Houston Rockets
forward Artesl
18 oxygen chemical
process
20 he carried TX in 72
but not 68 (init.)
21 TX-born Oakland
RB in 60s. Daniels
22 TXism: "111 knock
you cross-eyed"
24 picturesque village
in Bell Co. oil 1-35
29 Hawaiian trees
30 TXism: ’suits me
to a (are-____-well"
31 TX semiconductor
manufacturer
32 TXism: "innocent
44 TX Dale Evans
Rogers sang
"Happy---"
45 TXism: "blister
_’ (handle)
46 TXism; *_a
spell"
47 mosquito hits
48 TXism: "agile as
' a___ _
hot road"
The Original
TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley <£ Guy Orbison
cair
34 young horse
35 "_o'war-
36 TXism: "caught
between a rock__
__place"
37 TX actor Rip
38 TXism: as long as
ducks go_•
loosed" (forever)
39 TX singer Jimmie
•1 San Antonio
county
12 Tex Terry was In
Him: *_Billy
the Kid"
*3 Marshall is in
_ TX
50 WWII bomber
"_Gay"
51 turn down the
lights
52 TXism: "call _
_ day"
63 "not" prefix"
DOWN
1 State Recreation
Area near Wichita
Falls (2 wds.)
2 TXism "jumped
like__
shook"
3 UNT & TWU home
4 cuss
9 TX pitcher Ryan
10 TX Strait's "All My
_live In Texas’
11 TX-raissd Heisman
winner Brown
12 TX-raised actress
Sandy Unit.)_
13 TX-ratsed Jeremy
London's character
on "111 Fly Away"
14 Lucy's sidekick
15 breeding stallion
16 TXism:"_the
mark"
19 with "The," classic
baseball film with
TX Joe Don Baker
21 battery operated
23 Hico. Commerce.
8 Slaton mascots
24 Alamo city inlt.
25 TXism: "exciting
_ fire at the
IRS office"
26 New Braunfels
notable dty park
27 former TX-based
restaurant chain:
28 ‘wheelin'and
29 Oallas Zoo was
first in U.S. to
hatch an African
__ bustard bird
30 "I_me up"
33 rodeo oowboysi
baseball pitchers
use rosin__
34 _Stockton, TX
37 TXism: "she has
___the
same place twice
to make a shadow"
(thin)
38 TXism: "they
ooukjnl__
drum" (bad team)
40 state of George H.
and Barbara's
summerhouse
41 dietary fiber source
44 Clyde h.a class
47 John who killed TX
John Wesley Hardin
49 major auto light
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