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'Old Man Winter'
Visits Seminole
Moisture, in the form of freezing rain and snow, fell in Seminole
Thursday and Friday, providing needed precipitation, but also making
for dangerous conditions.
At least 12-14 minor accidents were reported Thursday and Fri
day, with most all of them weather-related. No serious injuries were
reported from any of those accidents.
Roads were so bad Friday that Seminole schools cancelled classes
and the Seminole varsity, junior varsity and freshman boy’s basketball
games at Sweetwater were cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday
evening at 7:30 p.m in Sweetwater. (See separate basketball story on
sports page).
Officially, Seminole received nineteen hundreths inches of precipi
tation and more snow was in the forecast for Friday afternoon.
Ffowever, the sun was expected back Saturday, with temperatures
to moderate back into the 50 s and low 60 s.
Chamber Forum Set
for Monday Night
Sentinel Photo/Dave Fisher
WINTER TABLEAU
It took a while, but winter finally arrived in Seminole Thursday with a dusting of icy in spots and leading to several reported minor accidents, Friday morning,
snow, as evidenced by this scene in S.S. Forrest Park in Southwest Seminole, another round of moisture caused very slick streets and treacherous driving,
Unfortunately, a light rain preceded the snow early Thursday, making roads and more snow was expected Friday afternoon.
Voters to Take to Polls Tuesday
Twenty-eight of the 32 can-
didates running for office in the
county, state and national elec-
tions affecting Gaines County
have indicated they will be in
attendance at a “Meet the Can-
didates" forum Monday beginning
at 6 p.m. at the Gaines County
Civic Building.
The chamber invited can-
didates in the March 9 primary
elections to come to Seminole to
express their views in order for
voters to become more knowl-
edgeable about the platforms of
the various candidates and to
make a more informed choice in
the primaries. Each of the candi
dates in attendance will make a
three-minute opening presenta-
tion, followed by a short question
and answer session for each race.
U.S. Congressional candi-
dates Randy Neugebauer (R) and
Charles Stenholm (D) will be the
first to make presentations, fol-
lowed by District 31 State Senate
candidates Bob Barnes, Kirk Ed-
wards and Jesse Quackenbush, all
Republicans and Democrat Elaine
King Miller; State Representative
ney candidates Bryan Kingston
(R). and Ricky Smith (D); County
Attorney candidates Sterling Har
mon (R) and Joe Nagy, Jr. (D);
Precinct 1 Commissioner candi-
dates, Lupe Rodriguez, Jimmy
Sterling and Danny Yocom, all
Democrats; Precinct 3 Commis-
sioner candidates Graham Ad
dison and Darrell Whitfield, both
Republicans and Democratic can-
didates, D.A. Dagley, Barry Mc-
Conal, Henry Mullings, Jerry Cole
Pack, Frank Shaw, Blair Tharp
and Reggie Trout, Constable
candidate Orlando Rodriguez (D);
Sheriff candidate Jon Key (D);
Tax Assessor Collector candidate
Susan Jones (D); and Justice of
the Peace, Precinct 2 candidates
B.W. Baucum (D) and. Penny
Hayes (R)
Candidates who informed
the chamber they will be unable
to attend are, John Miller (D),
State Representative candidate,
Lee Gibson (R) and Kel Seliger
(R) candidates for the State Sen
ate seat; and Donny Fields (R).
candidate for Precinct 1 Commis
sioner.
Gaines County voters will
once again cast1 ballots Tuesday in
the runoff election for State Sena-
tor, District 31.
Republicans Kel Seliger of
Amarillo and Kirk Edwards of
Odessa are contesting the posi-
tion, with the winner serving the
unexpired term of former senator
Teel Bivins. That term runs until
January 1, 2005.
Polls will be open from 7
a m -7 p m Tuesday at the vari-
ous county polling places.
Precinct 1, Box 5 will vote at
the Loop Community Building;
Precinct 1, Box 8 voters will cast
ballots at the Seagraves Commu-
nity Building; Precinct 1, Box 9 will
vote at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints in Seminole;
AD Interview Process Begins
A new Seminole 1SD Athletic
Director/head football coach could
be nartied as early as next week,
according to Seminole Superin-
tendent Doug Harriman
_Harriman th^t "t->inht nr
make a recommendation to the
school board in time to call a
special board meeting the week
of February 23.
While no names were men-
tioned, the superintendent said
The person selected will
replace Army Salinas, who an-
nounced his retirement after 13
years in Seminole and 36 years in
the coaching profession.
-Salinas,
Precinct 2, Box 2, will vote at the
Gaines County Civic Building in
Seminole; Precinct 2, Box 6, will
vote at the Higginbotham Com-
munity Center; Precinct 3 voters
will cast ballots at the Seminole
High School Distance Learning
Center; Precinct 4, Box 4 will vote
at the Community Room (old City
Hall) in Seminole; and Precinct 4,
Box 7 will cast ballots in the for-
mer Southwestern Public Service
Company building in Seagraves.
Voters are once again re-
minded that they must bring some
valid form of identification to the
Delwin Jones (R); District Attor-
President's Day to be Observed
with USPS, Bank Closures
Wj°4^)OS^C<:L.a polls, such as a voter registration
Monday is the celebration
of the President’s Day holiday
and federal government offices
or those regulated by the federal
government, will be closed in ob-
servance.
Both financial institutions in
Seminole, West Texas National
Bank and First United Bank, will
be closed and re-open as usual
Tuesday morning.
I here will be no home deliv-
ery of mail Monday and the office
will be closed.
However, there will be box
mail service, which should be put
up by noon Monday
Regular mail service will re-
sume Tuesday during the office's
regular hours of operation.
A teacher in-service will take
place Monday at the Seminole
schools, and there are no classes
Classes will resume as usual
Tuesday, giving S1SD students a
four day weekend with the clo-
sure of all campuses Friday due
to icy conditions experienced in
1.
possibly, nine" coaches of the ap-
proximately 120 who applied for
the job either have been or will be
interviewed for the position this
week and, “if everything works
out," the staff may be ready to
that all applicants were currently
employed as either head coaches
or assistant coaches. Of those
interviewed, three are local assis-
tant coaches and the other five or
six are from other schools.
2 overall record during his tenure
in Seminole, will remain with the
school system as the athletic direc-
tor until a replacement has been
hired by the school board.
card or driver’s license, in order to
cast a ballot. Otherwise, they will
cast a provisional ballot that will
have to be approved and counted
after regular ballots are finalized.
trie area.
Otherwise, most retail mer
chants, Seminole City Hall and
the Gaines County Courthouse
will be open at their regular busi
ness hours on Monday
Paper 'n Ink... Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
By Lynn Brisendine
Roses are red...
Lovers take heart, it's Valentine's
Day. This year it's Valentine's weekend.
And with this special day on the calendar
comes some traditional things most of us
have grown up sharing
Be my Valentine was a big deal
when I went to elementary school. We
students spent weeks, well it seemed like
weeks then, preparing for this special
time filled with the small messages of
endearment. I remember working with
a kit which allowed the holder to punch
out various messages, pen a special
sentiment on the back, place them in a
specially provided envelope and then
place the package in a artfully prepared
box with an appropriate slot carved in
the lid, personally made by all the other
students in the class. This material usu-
ally contained at least one "extra special"
larger card which usually went to the
teacher.
Valentine's was mostly fun. Except
for the fact that nearly every class had at
least one picky girl who frowned at most
of the messages.
A few years later, this holiday be-
came a little more expensive and much
more personal as far as who sent who an
endearing message. Many times these,
too, fell on folks who really didn't seem
to appreciate the thought. But mostly the
fun spirit of the day prevailed and smiles
could be had.
The later versions included a
cardboard heart shaped box of choco-
lates. The fancier the box top, the more
intense the feeling. And for those who
were really serious, a fancy and lacy card
was sent with an appropriate sentiment
which took much time and more thought
in trying to sound as sincere and roman-
tic as possible without being too mushy
or worse, too hokey.
At times this day proved to be just
the opposite of a romantic fun time as
some suitors were rudely dismissed and
the resulting broken heart would make
the whole event a painful memory. One
that would, the rejected admirer knew,
last forever. Thankfully, the feeling faded
rather quicker than one could imagine at
the time. Ah, to be 13 -years-old again
and dallying with the first feelings of
love... thank goodness that won't hap-
pen.
High school days come along
and the holiday takes on an even more
important part of our lives. We sched-
ule the big date. It takes a few days to
get up the nerve to dial the phone. The
seven numbers take forever to get circled
around the dial on the phone. The rings
are interminable as they go on forever
and then, suddenly, her mother answers,
or even worse, her daddy... Is Linda
there? Yea, who's calling...? Ah, to be 17
years-old again and face the dreaded,
get-by-the-old-man minute.
The big dance looms.. I didn't go to
cotillion, my folks couldn't seem to get
around the cost as being all that educa-
tional and important. Besides, I worked
and didn’t have time to go and learn
the expertise of the Waltz or Rumba, or
whatever was the rage at the time. So
dancing wasn’t exactly in my repertoire.
Not only that, but I truly was born with
two left feet and stepping on toes while
trying to look cool was a definite possibil-
ity.
Not to worry, the dancing turned
from the artful maneuver of steps and
swirls into a gyration of bodies spread
apart and doing the Twist. Some could
actually make this look good. Sadly, I
wasn't one of them It wasn't a matter
of suave as much as it was a willingness
to look entirely ridiculous while trying to
look cool while doing it.
Ah, to be a teenager and dating
again... that would most certainly serve
as purgatory. But, this is an item about a
happy time, Valentines.
Things get serious as we grow
up. And in our early twenties we find
ourselves in a real mess. Single and too
old to observe this day in February until
you discover that the woman you are
dating has decided that the day of love is
still special. You find yourself "all grown-
up," standing in a drug store looking over
a sad assortment of picked-over candy
boxes, most of which have suffered
some sort of accident on the way from
factory to shelf. You do your best to
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