Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 19, 2003 Page: 3 of 16
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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday, January 19, 2003, PAGE 3
Obituaries
Truett E. Been
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Senior Citizens
Neighboring News
Graveside services for Truett E. Been, 87,
held Monday, January 20, at 1 p.m. in Buffalo Gap Cemetery, with Dr.
Rob Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls and Dr. J.H. Wright,
retired, officiating. Services are under the direction of Ratliff Funeral
Home of Seminole.
Mr. Been died Friday, January 17 in Covenant Medical Center in
Lubbock. He had been a resident of Memorial Health Care Center in
Seminole for three years.
He was bom Aug. 4, 1913, in Eastland to Judge and Mrs. Elzo
Been. He graduated from Eastland High School in 1932 and attended
Tarleton in Stephenville and Daniel Baker College in Brownwood.
He met Oleta Oliver in Abilene when he was working for J.M.
Radford Wholesale Grocery Company. They were married Jan. 23,1937
in Cisco and she preceded him in death April 3,1999. The couple lived
in Abilene for a number of years, where he served as Chancellor
Commander of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and was active in the
Masonic Lodge. During his career as a sales representative, the Beens
lived in Sweetwater, Abilene, Oklahoma City and Grand Prairie. He
retired in 1980 as General Manager of the Texas Division of Scrivner,
Incorporated and moved to Eastland in 1980.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Eastland and had
served as deacon and taught Sunday school for many years at Grand
Prairie First Baptist Church. He was an avid gardener who loved to
share the fruits of labor. His children, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren were a source of great joy and pride to him.
Survivors include a daughter, Kay Robinson and her husband,
Bob of Seminole; a son, Ray, and his wife, Owanda of Spring; five
grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Neva Mae Stover
1918-2003
Graveside services for Neva Mae Stover, 84, of Seminole, were
held Saturday, January 18, at 2 p.m. at the Gaines County Memorial
Cemetery North with Ken Horn officiating. Services were under the
direction of Boyer Funeral Home in Seminole.
Mrs. Stover died January 13 at the Memorial Health Care Center in
Seminole following an illness.
She had been a resident of Seminole for three years, having moved
here from LaDonia. She married Wilson F. Stover August 14, 1954 in
Borger. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Seminole. She
was an all-star basketball player at Kings High School in Chillicotthe
and received a basketball scholarship to Midwestern College in Wichita
Falls. She enjoyed gardening and taking care of her flowers.
She was preceded in death by a son, Floyd Stewart, in 1976.
Survivors include two sons, Bobby Don Stewart and wife Carol
Ann of Graham and Jerry Dennie Stewart and wife, Lena of
Chillicotthe; three daughters, Joyce Lee Land and husband Kenneth
of Dumas, Janie Ragsdale and husband Butch of Seminole and
Wanda Faye Blackshear and husband Perry of Cleo Springs;
Oklahoma; two sisters Jimmie L. Wilson of Canton' and Louise
Roberts of Fort Worth; 18 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren;
and five great-great grandchildren.
County Landowner Alleged To
Have Drilled Unpermitted Wells
Activities at the Senior Citizen
Center during the week of January
Recycled Teens, 2:00 p.m.,
Monday
Exercise classes, 9:00 a.m.,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The Livingston Hearing Aid
representative will be at the Center
from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Monday.
* * •
Hot lunches are served at the
Center to anyone over 60 regardless
of race, religion, or economic status
for a suggested donation of $2.00.
Persons under 60 are required to
pay $4.50. Membership in the
Senior Citizen organization is not
required to enjoy the lunches.
Lunch reservations must be
turned in by 10:00 a.m. by calling
758-4020. Call the same number
for Meals on Wheels, available
to anyone over 60.
Senior Citizens Menu
Jaimary 29-24 *
Monday
* Beef stew, sweet peas,
cornbread/crackers, canned
peaches, chocolate pudding.
Iheeday
Salisbury steak, baked beans,
mustard greens, biscuit, pineapple
tidbits
Wednesday
Chicken strips, herbed new
potatoes, broccoli w/cheese sauce,
biscuit, chunky fruit
Thursday
Turkey and dressing, yam
patties, green beans, fruit salad,
roll, berry cobbler
Friday
Fried catfish, baked potato,
seasoned spinach, cornbread,
Mississippi Mud cake
casting, the humor inherent in her
work and the whimsical inspiration
Bronze Exhibition
ODESSA—Vermont-based
artist Susan Read Cronin will
exhibit a series of bronze sculptures
featuring figures and animals—
with a playful twist that asks the
viewer to pause and think—at the
Ellen Noel Art Museum, 4909 East
University Avenue in Odessa.
The exhibition will take place flCW tldghborS,
More information on the
exhibition may be obtained from the
museum, (915) 530-9696.
Meet your
from January 23-March 16 and will
feature works created by Cronin,
along with wrought iron stands that
play off gestures in the works.
Ms. Cronin will speak at the
museum during a reception as part
of Community Family Night
February 13 from 6-8 p.m. She will
speak about the process of bronze
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County Attorney Speaks
To Local Rotary Club
About Hot Check Writers
(Editors Note: The Water
Board met on the 9th and the story
was inadvertently left out of the
Sunday and Wednesday papers).
Discussion of a landowner
drilling without the required
permits, overdue permits and non-
refundable permits took up the
majority of the regular meeting of
the Llano Estacado Underground
Water Conservation District Board
Thursday.
Drilling Permit
The water district was
informed that a landowner in
western Gaines County had drilled
at least two water wells without the
required permits and had also
Gaines County Attorney
Sterling Harmon gave the program
at the regular meeting of Seminole
Rotary Club Thursday.
Harmon gave information
about his office and focused mainly
on how his office collects bad
checks.
He said that giving a “hot”
check is a criminal offense and the
law provides for specific penalties,
which gives the county attorney an
effective means of getting the
person who receives the bad check
their money.
Harmon said his office
“aggressively” pursues the hot
check writer and, in the vast
majority of cases, will get the
money.
There i|no cost for the service
and, in addition to collecting the
check, the county attorney’s office
can collect a fee of up to $25 per
check which is given to the person
or business which receives the bad
check.
Harmon also pointed out that
the check collection program is not
a government program and is not
funded by taxpayers—it is the hot
check writer who pays every penny.
In 2002, Harmon said his
office collected 819 bad checks
worth $55,811.19. Additionally,
$20,155 was collected in merchant
fees and $14,845 was collected for
the county attorney’s office to fund
the program. A grand total of
$90,811.19 was collected from hot
check writers in the county last year.
David Shuler was program
chairman and he reminded club
members that the Rotary District
Governor would be at the local
club’s meeting Jan. 30. He was
originally scheduled to attend
Thursday’s meeting, but was unable
to do so.
January
Clearance Sale
Selected Items
Storewide
Sale Starts Monday, January 13th
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may be issued until the matter is
taken care of.
In checking with other
districts, Crumley said some of fTlV/fT Cmircp
them have raised the permit fee to
$250 plus mileage.
Following discussion, the
board re-affirmed current policy by
voting to uphold the policy.
Non-Refundable Permits
Along the same line, the board
re-affirmed the 90-day permit, with
60 days to drill and 30 to have the
site inspected and the 60-day
extension.
A Basic EMT course to be held
at the Seminole EMS building, will
begin Feb. 3 in Seminole.
More information may be ob-
tained by calling 758-8816.
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“deepened” wells without the
required permit.
District Manager Clyde
Crumley investigated on Dec. 31
and said he found a drilling rig on
site, drilling pits drilled and a cable
tool rig on site.
Crumley said he contacted the
landowner and the landowner said
he did not realize he needed a permit
to deepen a well. On Jan. 2, the
water driller came in for
information and on Jan. 6, the
landowner came in to obtain a
permit, which was issued. Crumley
said the permit was issued because
a final decision on overdue permits
had not been made by the board.
Following a lengthy
discussion, the board instructed
Crumley to contact an attorney and
set up a hearing on the matter.
Overdue Permits
On the matter of overdue
permits, a lengthy list, some dating.
back to 2000, was presented to the
board. Crumley said the procedure
used by the local water district was
to send a letter, then attempt to
contact those with overdue permits.
Board policy states that if the
required paperwork is not
completed and turned over to the
water district andtha site i» flot
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permit fee will not be reminded. In
addition, two 30-day extensions
may be granted with no penalty. If
nothing is done after that time a
total or<
deposit not refunded, but no permit
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Fisher, David. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 19, 2003, newspaper, January 19, 2003; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth804401/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.