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PAGE SIX-THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS-THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1992
We did get some winter, didn't we!
In the current copy of the Birders first reported in the eastern U.S. in backyard orchard growers (I like to
World you will find a new type of 1941. By 1944 due to their success in share) than an economic threat to corn-
feeder, called the anti-House Finch breeding they were expanding but their mercial growers. They have a fondness
thistle feeder, it is made basically like presence stirred little interest. The se- for flower buds and often tear the
our regular tube thistle feeders, with vere winters took their toll on the popu- flower away to get to the nectar. But in
the exeception of the perches, which lations. But they persisted, every all fairness they are tremendous seed
are above the feeder slots. Thus allow- couple of years they expanded their eaters most of the year. In 1936 Eliza-
ing exclusive feeding by our gold- range, populations were relatively sed- beth Roessler estimated that a house
finches, who are capable of feeding in entary but there has been a gradual finch ate 1,000 to 1,200 weed seeds per
an up side down position. increase in the distances traveled by day. These included dandelion, thistle,
In an article in the same issue House individuals, as documented by bird chick weed and wild mustard. In her
Finches expansion is looked at, in banding. The California populations study she proved.that the finch diges-
part...in California they are referred to are also on the move. five system is a dead-end road for most
as" Hollywood" Finches because of With a steady supply of sunflower seeds. Having only 7 seeds out of
their glitzy red plummage and spritely seed feeders the House Finch popula- 40,000 to completely pass through and
song. Because of this they became and tion has exploded. They are also at- germinating. Some of our native spe-
instant "pet" in a growing market. In traded to watermelon, other fruits, cies are know for "sowing" their seeds
the 1940's California shipped thou- sugar water and table scrapes. They everywhere,
sands to every state in the union and nest readily near human habitation and Anytime an exotic (not native to the
many foreign markets. Many unsus- will use almost any kind of nest site, U.S.) species is introduced the poten-
pecting buyers bought brightly colored Purple Martin gourds, any type of bird tial for ecological problems is there,
males for pets, not knowing that the houses, ledges, crannies, evergreen even though some aren't recognized for
beautiful plummage would fade to a trees, abandon nests of other birds and years. The house finchs' ability to tolo-
straw-yellow in captivity (this is true of a fondness for hanging flower baskets rate human habitation, an easily satis-
many birds).The females were less de- and potted ferns to name a few. The fied diet, and allowing other pairs of
sirable because they lacked color and female bird does the majority of the finches to nest within a few feet of each
virtuoso at singing. Thus the pet finch nest building. The cup-like nest con- other are definately a formula for the
fad faded. The release of these "pet sists of small twigs, leaves, grasses, or species' success and sets the potential
store" birds in the East set the stage for rootlets and is lined with soft hairs, for ecological trouble. It's just a matter
the finch's eastern debut. It took some cotton, string or wool, depending on of time.
years before the eastern colonization whats available. Here she lays her four The House Finch, Carpodacus mexica-
became any size due to the fact that or five, bluish white, delicately spotted/ nus, is a smallish (5 1/4") bird, looking
females were only shipped 1 to every speckled/streaked, ovate eggs. The much like the house spairow with the
hundred or so males. The odds of sue- young remain in the nest approximately exceptions of red on the males head,
cessful colonization were slim. But the fourteen days. breast and rump. House finches are
determination of one man was to With such simple tastes the house more slender and have streaked backs
change all that. In 1936 the Mexican finch is capable of becoming as ubiqui- and flanks and small whitish wings
delegate announced that Mexico had tous in North America as the other two bars. They are immigrar ts from Mex-
signed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, transplants, the European Starling and ico.
giving the same protection to Mexican the English House Sparrow. But they It makes one wonder are ours western
birds that the U.S. birds had...making are not expected to become the scourge or eastern birds and if we should keep
the trade of these finches illegal. Even as the other two species have. Since the on feeding/encouraging this enjoyable
though the trade continued somewhat House Finch is not pron to flocking and little bird in hopes that someday they
until 1940 when Dr. Edward Fleisher is not normally a cavity nester it seems may take over and push the house spar-
found 20 of these finches for sale in a to pose little threat to our native cavity row totally out or not. I remember many
Brooklyn pet store. He contacted the nesting species. The expansion of this years ago on a trip to Los Angeles I was
National Audubon Society, who finch is having a negative affect on awaken by the beautiful little song of
claimed they were not a protected spe- some house sparrow populations, since which I later found to be the House
cies. Thus sending him to write the Bu- their feeding and food habits are about Finch. At this time there weren't many
reau of Biological Survey (now the the same. Although the purple finch in our area and it was a thrill to be
U.S,. Fish & Wildlife Service). Action populations seem to be declining where awaken with the song. Now they
by them was swift and fear of being these two species overlap. awaken me nearly every morning in the
"busted", stores wasted no time in re- The potentional conflict between the spring and summer, sure bets the noise
leasing their stock, perhaps dozens or finch and the humans may arise due to the house sparrow makes. I think I'll
hundreds of house finches were re- their fondness of ripe fruits, this is a keep them around,
leased, providing the oportunity for problem in Califronia and Hawaii. For more information see Bent's Life
them to become established in New They only like to a bite here and there, Histories, vol. 1, covering cardinals,
York. damaging more than they eat. They will grosbeaks, buntings, finches, etc.
House finches living in the wild was probably become more of a nuisance to Good birding and fair winds.
Finnell Announces
Re-election Plans
State Rep. Charles Finnell, D-Holl-
iday, has announced plans to seek
reelection in the enlarged 68th District
of the Texas House of Representa-
tives.
The vast 13-district represented by
Finnell will now include Cottle, Has-
kell, Throckmorton and Young coun-
ties, as well as the current district
counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay,
Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague,
Wilbarger and rural Wichita County.
The Archer County small business-
man and state legislator said he felt it
is important to continue representing
the people of the district as dean of the
Northwest Texas delegation, rather
than to seek any other political post at
this time. Finnell currently serves as
Vice Chairman of the Agriculture
Committee and is regarded by his
colleagues as an experienced leader in
the House Government Organization
and Redistricting committees.
"I am asking my friends and neigh-
bors or our Northwest Texas region to
support our campaign to continue
streamlining our state government,
which we have only begun during the
current legislative session," Finnell
said. "Of course, I am proud of the
accomplishments we have achieved,
yet, now is not the time to sit back
and revel in these successes-not when
there is so much work left to do."
"As you may be aware, the so-called
'Henry Lee Lucas Law' that I passed in
1985 to ensure that criminals do not
reap rewards from greedy magazine and
book publishers and Hollywood pro-
ducers is in danger of being declared
unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme
Court," Finnell stated. "I am working
with the Crime Victim's Compensa-
tion Division of our Attorney Gener-
al's Office to ensure this law remains
protected and criminals do not benefit
HOLLIDAY
HONOR ROLL
1st grade-Chance Bond, Abby Cul-
lum, Brad Ezzell, Nate Fields, Leslie
Hall, Darla Hiller, Chris Kincaid, Ra-
chel Ortega, Rachel Rasmussen, John
Rhoads, Bradley Stanford, Stephen
Whiteland, Shae Williams, Trevor Bat-
tles, Jenna Gilmore, Alisha Jones,
Coleton Little, Jessica Mullins, Joan-
na Schmitt, Eric Stubblefield, Melan-
ie Swaggart, David Willis, Anya
Wilson, Brady Blackmore, Lauren Cul-
well, Ashley Fleming, Abbie Flinn,
Jay Franklin, Debra Holzer, Dustin
Jackson, Caleb Jordan, Allison Luna,
Lacy Marten, Rob Points, Stephen
Potter, Tammy Rees, Brittany Yeatts
2nd grade-Jennifer Barnes, Matthew
Gilliland, Amber Gilmore, Lauren
Holovak, Christopher Looney, Ryan
Looper, Shauna Moyers, Stephanie
O'Brien, Jessica Rathman, Christo-
pher Ayres, Nathan Beaver, Zachary
Berend, Glenna Cunningham, Jessica
Edwards, Lori Gilmore, Megan Mayo,
Jenea Measley, Joshua Menasco, Am-
ber Molina, Hayley Myer, Timothy
Nichols, Jeff Waldmuller, Justi Ayres,
Melissa Curry, Stacie Davis, Bryan
Ferguson, Kody McBride, Stacy Mc-
Shan, Stephanie Points, Ryan Scrib-
ner, Justin Sons, Joshua Spencer,
Mark Whiteland, Ashley Wortham
3rd grade-Bradv Collier, Lindsay
Barker, Ashley Wilson, Wade Strick-
land, Melanie Mason, Brian Cable,
Larkin Elliott, Erik Shelley, Scott
Reece, Amy Johnson, Robert Ayers,
Nathan Davis, Rheagan Ortega, Der-
rick Watson, Jason Bobbitt, Cassandra
Craft, Megan Ramirez, Cliffy Swan-
son
4th grade-Laura Beaver, Jessica
Briggs, Brian Maenza, Jason Marek,
Jenny Matus, Rebecca McBride,
Amanda Tucker, Corie Collier, Shelly
Hutto, Tanya Lindemann, Dana Pat-
rick, Josh Rollins, Emily Struck, Joel
Wallace, Carrie Yancey, Hillary Ash-
ley, Brandon Hiller, Melanie Sears,
Mellisa Watson
5th grade-Amanda Bedford, Bo
Bekendam, Jennifer Berend, Jeremy
Crouch, John Curry, Eric Laudermilk,
David Rodriquez, Dustin Wallace,
James Whiteland, Libby Zuber, Chris-
topher Biggs, Robin Cartwright, Jill
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from preying upon innocent Texans."
Finnell said he also plans to make
improvements in health care a major
component of his itenerary. "We must
improve the state of rural health care.
Across Texas, our health care delivery
system has reached the critical stage.
We must work with the Center for
Rural Health Care Initiatives' Health-
Find program to recruit and retain
badly needed medical professionals in
our communities," he said.
"This is certainly a very aggressive
agenda I am proposing for the next
session. It is an agenda that will un-
doubtedly be a challenge. However, I
have been a problem solver my entire
life. Where some see pitfalls, I envi-
sion opportunities for improvement.
Rep. Finnell and wife, the former
Miss Kay Fitzpatrick, attend the
Holliday United Methodist Church.
He is an independent oil producer in a
general partnership with his brother,
Leslie. Rep. Finnell is also a Texas
Commissioner with the Interstate Oil
and Gas Compact and a member of the
Holliday Chamber of Commerce.
Holliday Jr. High
Sweeps Archer City
The Holliday seventh and eighth
grade boys and girls basketball teams
won all four games against Archer
City last Thursday, January 16.
In girls action, the seventh graders
edged by 18-16 with Karalee Favor
scoring 6 points. Kylie Finnell and
Renee Parish added 4 each, and Jolene
Surles and Amanda Wallace, 2 each.
Lisa Martin and Jodie Martin scored
8 points each for Archer City.
The eighth grade took a 26-20 over-
time win. Scoring was by Heather Al-
good with 10 points; Vanessa Kocks,
7; Crystal Ritchie, 5; and Lindsay
Patterson and Erica Delph, 2.
Scoring for Archer City were Carrie
Yoakum, 10; Sondra Berend, 5; and
Stormie Rater, 2.
In boys' action, the seventh grade
won 27-20, and the eighth grade post-
ed a 35-26 win. Chris Morgan had 8
points; Cletus Schenk, 7; Brice Pester-
field, 6; Kyle Tucker, 4; and Steve
Davis, 2.
The J-Cats were led by Carlton
Ledyard and Derek Wuthrich with 6
points each, and Matt Thomason and
Thomas Hare with 4 points each.
The eighth grade Eagles were led by
Michael Skipworth with 9 points;
Robert Dean, 6; Bryan Boyce and Dan-
iel Willis, 5 each; Tommy Perkins, 4;
Derek Scarbrough, 3; Blair Sims, 2;
and Craig Mahler, L
The J-Cats were led by Jeff Tho-
b mason with 2 points; Bryan Baxter, 6;
Craig Eggers, 4; and Josh Crouse and
Eric Beesinger, 2 each.
Caussey Wins 1st.
In "Hoop Shoot"
On January 11, over 60 boys and
girls participatd in the Elks National
"Hoop Shoot" Free Throw Contest.
The divisions were 8-9,10-11 and 12-
13. Trophies and certificates were giv-
en for awards, with first and second
place winners earning trophies. In
each division, the 1st place winners
will advance to district competition,
which will be held in Wichita falls on
January 25 at the Central Boys Club
at noon. Winners of district will then
advance to State in Austin.
In the 8-9 year-old division, Christo-
pher Caussey won first place. He
made 20 of 25 free throws. Christo-
pher is the son of Durhl and Debbie
Caussey of Holliday and attends
Holliday Elementary.
Holliday Club
Reaffirms Pledge
The Holliday Tops Club met on
January 14, 1992 with nine present.
Everyone reaffirmed the TOPS Pledge
to lose pounds sensibly.
Everyone who made a "New Years
Resolution" to lose weight is invited
to come and join TOPS. You will be
introduced to a new way of keeping
your resolution. Men, you are invited
to join also. One man, Hilary Lloyd
of Holliday, is a member and was the
big loser the first week he joined.
New members for the last three
months of 1991 were: Darlene Pruett
of Holliday; Nadine Riley of Kamay;
Nita and Hilary Lloyd of Holliday; and
: Gayna Sadberry of Holliday.
There are many new programs and
meetings planned for the future.
Meetings are each Tuesday at 7 p.m.
at the First Methodist Church.
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Public Notice
On October 4,1991, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
(Southwestern Bell) filed an application with the Public Utility
Commission of Texas (Commission) that proposes a new optional
service called DigiLineSM Service. The application was assigned
Docket No. 10655.
DigiLine Service uses a 144 Kbps facility, typically divided into
two 64 Kpbs B Channels and one 16 Kbps D Channel to provide ac-
cess to and from the public switched telephone network for circuit-
switched voice communications. DigiLine Service also provides
transmission of circuit-switched data and packet-switched data
within the customer’s service office area only. This service allows
the simultaneous transmission of voice and data over a single resi-
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The monthly recurring charges for DigiLine Service consist
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Channel depending on the customer’s class of service and location.)
Other charges may also be applicable depending on the options
requested by the customer.
DigiLine Service operates only with pompatibly-equipped FCC
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Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Serving Offices
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Fireside
Capitol, Medical Center
Clay, Medical Center
DigiLine Service may be furnished in other serving offices in any
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changes upon a customer’s bona fide request. A bona fide request
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Southwestern Bell expects DigiLine Service to generate first-year
revenues of approximately $236,000.
Persons who wish to intervene or otherwise participate in this
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