The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 100, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1986 Page: 1 of 16
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Decision deferred
Board to view other programs
1 he Seminole School board
agreed to look at the sex
education programs of other
schools before making a decision
on the implementation of a
program in the Seminole schools
at a regular meeting Monday
night.
The board reviewed the
comments of 41 persons who
attended a presentation of the
proposed sex education program
for the Seminole Schools. Board
members Jerry Don Foote and
Claude Chappell were among the
persoas attending the session
The board members agreed
“that the school should have some
type of program, to fill the void
left by the parents. The issue is
really the parents’
responsibility, the board
members agreed, but up to 90 per
cent of them aren’t informing
their children about sex.
The majority of the board
members also agreed that the
children should not view the
program in mixed company.
Board members Foote,
Raymond l^ambert and Hilbern
Briscoe stressed the importance
of emphasizing the moral issue
of premarital sex in the
Store robl
bandit at lame
For the second time in nearly
18 months. Paul s Grocery No 2
on North Main Street in Seminole
experienced an armed robbery
Investigators of the Seminole
Police Department said that the
latest robbery occurred Friday
night just after 9pm. when the
same clerk at the store who had
been robbed bet ore. Lanora
Baker, said a black male,
approximately 35 years of age. 6
tall and 17u lbs , approached her
at the cash register and
displayed a blue gun with white
handles and said "Give me the
money
Mr- Baker said that she put
the monev. estimated at
approximately $250, in a brown
paper bag and then the man got
more money out of the register
and put it in the l)ag
She also said he exited the
store through the front door,
saying “don't look out front as
he left She said he walked south
to the gas pumps at the store, and
then turned around, walking
north until she could not see him.
She also stated she saw no other
persons or vehicles • •>
The alleged thief was said to
be wearing a brown toboggan
cap. a khaki shirt and blue jeans
The incident is still under
investigation by the Seminole
Police Department
Doctor for Seagraves
Clinic okayed meet
Gaines County Commissioners
approved the employment of
a not her doctor for the Seagraves
Clinic to help with the current
patient load
Terry Millenhine and Bill
Lancet of the clinic board
appeared before commissioners
at their Monday meeting to sa\
that they lu»\e received a verbal
agreement from Dr Fric Ileng
of Odessa that, would bring the
doctor to Seagraves
Millenhine said that the clinic
IxMrd had talked to the doctor
Friday afternoon and liad lx*on
assured that he would move to
Seagraves tor professional fees
only
1'he Seagraves board had
voted unoiniiioiistyTo employ the
doctor and wanted
program but superintendent
Amos Elder said the morality
issue could be controversial and
a possible target of legal action.
The moral issue could be
further attacked by those in the
community asking “whose
morals are you pushing?”
according to Elder.
See decision Page 2
another doctor was being
employed only to help with the
patient load He said the board
wanted another doctor to assure
coverage for the patient load and
to assure continuity of service
In other action, commissioners
voted approval of the
employment of Teresa Criswell
as the new county home
demonstration agent replacing
Elinor Harv ey See related story
tins i*age>, approved the laying
of <i salt water disposal line by V
& F Petroleum of Midland down
the county right-of-way in
Precinct 3, approved the
advertising for a 1 - ton pickup
and a dump truck, tx>th with
trade in. for Precinct 2. and
approved a transfer of funds
from the budget of the Seagraves
Senior Citizens from equipment
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eonuiiissioners approval tor tfit*
decision
Millenhine said the board
wanted to make it clear that
purchase to parts and repair and
gas and oil. amounting to $500 a
total of S.UMi went to parts and
repair and $20U to gas and oil
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NO.98
SEMINOLE fGAINES COL YH I TEXAS
Payment eyed by council
At regular Monday night meeting
By MARSHALL DAY
To handle yourself, use your
head, to handle other*, use your
heart.
**•**•••
When I was a youngster. I
dreaded the thought of growing
old One reason was that I
figured the time w<ould pass so
slow as you get older Not true,
time zooms by faster each year,
it seems, and some of my older
friends confirm that fact
My thoughts turned to this
subject alter reading a statement
in a senior citizen’s publication
in Lubbock. The title of the
article was “Sad But True”, and
I think some of our readers will
enjoy reading this article:
“Everything is farther away
than it used to be It is twice as
far to the corner and I notice they
have added a hill l have given up
running for the bus the driver
must lie leaving faster than he
used to It seems they are
making >tairs steeper than in the
old days, too
Have you noticed the print is
getting smaller in the
newspapers'* And, there is no
sense in asking anyone to read
aloud Every one speaks in such a
low voice that I can hardly hear
them The material in clothes is
so skimpy now, especially
See t-iul Page 2
The Seminole City Council
discussed a request that it
planned to make to the Gaines
County Appraisal Dsitrict
concerning partial payment of
taxes at the regular council
meeting Monday night
The city was going to make the
request to the appraisal district,
but they admitted that it is highly
unlikely it would be approved.
since all taxing entities in the
district would have to also agree
to partial payments.
Of all the taxing, entities in the
county, the city L_xes amount to
tne most money fhat has to be
paid and city officials said some
people simply cannot pay it all at
once, where they could pay the
taxes of the other entities
The State Property Tax Code
at the present lime forbids
partial payments unless all
taxing entities in an appraisal
district agree The code in
essence says that either all or no
payments will be made.
Also discussed by the council
at the Monday meeting was
completion or re-worked city
See council Page 2
Criswell new agent
Former apprentice of Harvey
Precip to date: 24 44 in ]
A new county extension agent
for home economics. Teresa
Criswell, has been named for
Gaines County
Announcement of her
appointment, effective
December 1, was made by
County Judge Max Townsend
and Dr Catherine B Crawford,
district director for the Texas
Agricultural Extention Service
Criswell is returning to Gaines
County where she was an
assistant agent from 1977-79 She
has served for the past seven
years as the extension home
economics program leader in
C astro County She is replacing
Elinor Harvey, who retired Sept
30
While in Castro County,
Criswell has given leadership to
adult and youth extension
programs in the area of home
economics She has worked
closely with extension
homemaker clubs, their council,
and with the extension home
economics program planning
committee in planning and
conducting educational
programs
Criswell has assisted with
programs in co-operation with
agricultural commodity groups
and she has been a frequent
served on the committee to plan
and conduct the state 4-H fashion
show. She has chaired a group to
write a new 4-H clothing
construction guide w hich is being
adopted for state-wide use
Criswell has given leadership
to ?. number of timely programs
conducted for the general public
in Castro County this year They
have included a family stress
management seminar, a
financial management seminar,
and a fit for life series. This past
summer 49 youths learned
responsible child care by
participating in a two-day baby
sitter w orkshop
A native of Lubbock County.
Miss Criswell graduated from
Idalou High School. While in high
school she earned the state
degree as a member of the
Future Homemakers of America
and was recipient of the Area 1
Young Homemakers Little Sister
Award
Criswell was a member of 4-H
for six years. She was the
recipient of food and nutrition,
clothing, and health awards, and
held a number of offices in her
club
Following graduation from
high school. Criswell attended
Lubbock Christian College fer-
She is currently pursuing a
masters degree at Texas Tech.
Criswell holds memberships in
the Texas and National
Association of Extension H->me
Economists, the American and
Texas Home Economics
Associations, and Epsilon Sigma
Phi, an extension honorary
fraternity
Crawford stated. “We are
especially pleased to be able to
have Teresa Criswell return to
Gaines County. Her roots as an
agent were established here
while she was an assistant agent
under the guidance of Elinor
Harvey. The training that
she received and the knowledge
of the county that she acquired
will help assure a smooth
transition in the program ”
speaker for public school
classes, church and civic clubs
In addition to county
responsibilities. Criswell has
two years before transfering to
Texas Tech She graduated from
Texas Tech University with a
B S degree in home economics
TERESA CRIS* ELL
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Decker is booked solid
Librarian taught students to appreciate books
Double Det'ker
Seminole Primary Librarian Dorothy
Decker (left) peruses a scrapbook with
former Primary principal and current
Seminole school administrator John
Golmon in the new Primary Library.
Remember the scene from the
“Wizard of Oz,“ where the
Wicked Witch was providing
skywriting lessons for the
residents of the Emerald City
w hile asking them for Dorothy?
“Dorothy?” asked the
observers on the ground. “W ho’s
Dorothy?”
W’ell, for the last 18 years at the
Seminole Primary library,
nobody had to w onder
“Dorothy” is Dorothy Decker,
a 29 year veteran of the local
school system, occupant of about
every post conceivable in both
teacher and civic organizations
in Seminole.
Decker is a household name in
Seminole and her reputation
precedes her in other areas of the
state, as anyone that notices the
homage State Rep. Jim Rudd
pays her when preceding one of
his speeches to local educators
will attest.
Decker has touched
thousands of lives in her
educational career, giving an
appreciation of books and
reading to the eons of students
who ventured into her library as
they advanced up the grade level
at the Primary School
“It’s a challenge to both the
librarian and classroom teacher
to teach an appreciation of
books and reading,” said
Decker. “I feel like the library is
an extension of the classroom
experience and what is taught in
the classroom should be applied
in the library.
"I want library users and
readers, for life,” said Decker.
Decker’s library for years has
been the launching pad for young
imaginations to venture far and
wide.
“I always told them that with
books you can go anywhere and
do anything,” said Decker.
“Places that you will never get a
chance to go to in person you-can
go in your imagination. ’
Decker’s imagination of a
large library was recently
realized when the new Primary
Library was constructed,
replacing the old library that she
had held forth in for 17 years,
since the room was transferred
from an audio-visual room in the
fall of 1969
Decker, who said the new
library is “almost twice as big”
as her old confines, raves about
the potential the new library
offers in terms of room for AV
filmtrips and library instruction
and the divider that closed the
room into two separate areas
The new quarters a is otters
her storage space, a iksk and
even an office.
“I haven’t had a desk since I
taught third grade < 18 years
ago),” said Decker.
The educator, now in the
twilight of her career with the
best facilities she’s ever had to
work with, remembers the
beginnings, when a daily stroll
through a modern library was
just a glimmer in the distance.
Decker began her career with
the local school system in 1957,
when she assumed the duties of
switchboard operator, an
assignment she held for two
years before she got the urge to
teach
Decker earned a bachelor’s
degree from Sul Ross and
See Decker Page 2
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