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by calling lha Chamber
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Thursday, April I
► 5:00 p.m., TOPS Meeting, Fire
Hall.
► School out for Easter Holiday.
► CHS Track Meet, Sunray.
Friday, April 2
► 12:00 noon, Llona Club Meeting,
Fire Had.
► School out for Easter Holiday.
► CHS Track Meet, Sunray.
► CHS Tennis Meet. Abus, OK.
Saturday, April 3
► CHS Tennis Meet. Altus, OK.
Evening Worship.
► 10 a.m., Pentecostal Church
Sunday School, 11 a.m„ Morning
Worship, 7 p.m., Evening
Worship.
► 10 a.m., Central Baptist Church
Sunday School, 11 a.m„ Morning
Worship, 6 p.m., Evening
Worship.
► 10:30 a.m„ Believer's Covenant
Sunday Worship.
► 3:00 p.m., Community Easter
Egg Hunt, Hemphill County
Recreation Center
Eastar Sunday, April 4
► DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
begins, set clocks forward I hour.
► 8:30 a.m., First United Methodist
Church Early Worship Service,
Sunday School 9:30 a m.,
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.
► 9:45 a.m., First Presbyterian
Church Sunday Scfiool, 11 a.m„
Worship Service
► 9 a.m„ Sunday Mass, Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, 10 am.,
CCD Classes.
► 9:30 a.m., First Christian Church
Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.,
Morning Worship, 6 p.m.,
Evening Worship
► 9:30 am., Church of Christ
Sunday Bible Class. 10:30 a.m„
Morning Worship. 6 p.m.,
Evening Worship, 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Class.
► 9:45 a.m., First Presbyterian
Church Sunday School. Worship
Service 11 a.m.
► 9:30 a.m., First Baptist Church
Sunday School, 10:45 am..
Morning Worship, 6 p.m.,
Training Union, 7 p.m.. Evenire
Worship.
► 10 a.m., Assembly of God
Christian Education, 6:30 p.m.,
Monday, April S
► School out for Easter Holiday.
► CHS District Golf, Dumas.
Tuesday, April 6
► 12 noon, Rotary Club Meeting.
WCTU.
► 7:00 p.m., Hemphill County
Hospice Dinner, First Christian
Church. Everyone invited,
Entertainment: North Fork Band.
► 7:00 p.m., Water District Board
Meeting, Commissioners
Courtroom. Courthouse.
► School out for Easter Holiday.
►CHS District Tennis, Boys Ranch.
Wednesday, April 7
► 9:15 a.m.-12:00 noon, 100-3:45
p.m.. Driver's License Exam,
Courthouse Basement.
► 6:00 p.m., Tax Appraisal District
Meeting, Appraisal District Office.
►9:00 am.-3:00 p.m., Lesser
Prairie Chicken Conservation
Meeting, Hemphill County
Exhibition Center, Lunch
Provided.
SERVICES
► National phone line to report
child abuse: I -800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453)
► Tralee Crisis Center for Women,
call toll-free 1-800-658-2796.
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HOteS (continued)
“I hope the community doesn’t look down on us for what happened,”
another said. “Most of the time, you apologize when you do something
wrong. We’re sorry about what happened, but we can’t really apologize
for what someone else did."
“Out of 100 kids,” he concluded, “there’s always gotta’ be some idiots
who mess it up for everybody else.”
“For every bad thing that happens,” another cadet said, ‘Veil have
to do eight good things. Well just have to work on the positivee.”
Among the many ‘positives’ the cadets mentioned were work they
have performed at the Wildlife Management Area, at the River Valley
Pioneer Museum, at the Abraham Memorial Nursing Home, and most
recently, cleaning up along the Interstate highway in Shamrock.
My impression of my conversation with the cadets? They were
realistic about the damage that had been done, but determined to do
what they could to reassure this community and its residents, and to
rebuild the trust they felt had been placed In them. Message delivered.
State Capital
Highlights
By Ed Sterling
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
letters
to the editors
Appreciation for Canadian
I MOVED TO CANADIAN in August of 1959. Moved to Amarillo in
January of 1996. So many years in the best community in the US of A!
Many friendships and experiences.
Thank you for your response to my illness. The calls, cards, concerns
and prayers are felt and appreciated by my family.
Give thanks to God for your community and continue to contribute
to it and keep it strong.
Effective March 31,1999, my new address will be 6600 Plum Creek
Drive, Apt. 131, Amarillo, 79124. New phone #806-468-7952.
Thanks,
KATHY FUSON
AUSTIN—Gov. George W. Bush
last week made public his prefer-
ence for traditional families when
it comes to raising children.
“I’m against gay adoptions,”
Bush said, regarding legislation
that would bar the state from des-
ignating gays and lesbians as fos-
ter parents or permitting them to
adopt children.
State Rep. Warren Chisum, R-
Pampa, has filed legislation to
prevent homosexuals from adopt-
ing children in the custody of
Child Protective Services, the
agency that takes custody of
abused or neglected children. “I
believe children ought to be
adopted in families with a woman
and a man who are married," Bush
said.
On a similar theme, the gover-
nor also said he opposes including
sexual orientation in a bill to clar-
ify the state’s hate-crimes law that
increases penalties in cases in
which a victim is targeted for a
specific reason such as race or
gender.
“I’ve always said all crime is
hate crime,” Bush was quoted by
The Dallas Morning News. “Peo-
ple, when they commit a crime,
have hate in their heart And it’s
hard to distinguish between one
degree of hate and another,” he
Baid.
On March 21, more than 6,000
people marched in Austin to pro-
test Chisum’s proposed legisla-
tion.
Handgun Licensee
Arrests Tallied
Texas concealed-handgun li-
cense holders have been arrested
2,080 times since the law author-
izing the permits took effect in
1996, according to a study by the
Washington, D.C.-based Violence
Policy Center.
The Violence Policy Center’s
statistics included 103 charges of
aggravated assault, 442 cases in-
volving drunken driving and 15
charges of murder or attempted
murder. However, December
1998 statistics from the Depart-
ment of Public Safety show only
515 of the charges cited in the cen-
ter’s report resulted in convic-
tions, though some were still
pending, DPS spokeswoman Tela
Mange said.
DPS statistics showed that the
bulk of the convictions against li-
censed concealed-handgun hold-
ers were misdemeanors, including
185 for drunken driving and 21 for
prostitution. Felonies included 31
convictions of aggravated assault,
six of assault causing bodily injury
and five of aggravated sexual as-
sault.
Out of the 192,160 licenses is-
sued in Texas from January 1996
to December 1998, 614 were re-
voked. A total of 2,341 license ap-
plications were denied.
sales and new jobs. Texas gained
278,000 new jobs during the last
12 months, with 269,000 in the
service sector.
Slowing down were new busi-
ness incorporations and the
number of jobs in want ads. Un-
employment claims have in-
creased.
Workers’ Comp Rates Drop
Texas workers’ compensation
carriers have responded to lower
base rates set by the Texas De-
partment of Insurance by cutting
their rates by an average of 10.5
percent.
“Given the wide range of rate
changes filed by the companies
and the intense competition we
see in the marketplace, this is a
good time for employers to shop
around for the best deal,” said In-
surance Commissioner Jose Mon-
temayor.
It is only fair to give employers
a break on their workers’ compen-
sation costs when claims drop,
Montemayor added.
Economy May Slow Down
State Comptroller Carole Kee-
ton Rylander on March 22 pre-
dicted slower growth in the Texas
economy during the next four to
six months, basing her forecast on
the Index of Leading Texas Eco-
nomic Indicators. Showing gains
were the Texas 100 Stock Index,
new home construction, retail
Other Highlights
•The Texas Senate last week
approved proposed legislation
that would make it a crime not to
have children between the ages of
4 and 15 in a seat belt even if
they’re sitting in a back seat. The
legislation also would make sports
utility vehicles and pickup trucks
subject to the seat belt law.
•The Texas Senate last week
voted to make it a felony to sell
drugs that iqjure or kill the buyer.
Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano,
said her bill would make it a sec-
ond-degree felony, punishable by
15 years in prison, if the drug
buyer suffers bodily injury or
death.
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la- I THURSDAY
HIGH: upper 70s
LOW: 50
hrdy sunny and windy.
Southwan wind20to30
m.p.h. with hlghar zmo.
FRIDAY
HIGH: 70 to 75
LOW 40
Partly doudy.
SATURDAY
HIGH: 60 to 65
LOW 40
Cloudy with a chine* of
rain.
SUNDAY
HIGH: mid 60s
LOW 35 to 40
Chanca of rain aariy, bear
bacominz partly cloudy.
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