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The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Opinions
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By Karen Wright
Special to the Citizen
The holidays brought lots of interesting visitors and gifts
to the Hogan Museum - some of them from a long way
off.
The Hernandez brothers were a delight. Older brother
Marco is from Utah and he was in Abilene to visit younger
brother Javier who brought him to Dublin to the Hogan
Museum. They are both golfers and were amazed to find
out that the very talented Mr. Hogan overcame many
hardships before he became a successful golfer. They
learned that he was born left handed but switched because
he couldn’t afford left handed clubs; that he went broke
several times before he finally was successful on the golf
tour; that he was going great-guns when World War II
started and he took time out to serve his country - and
then he overcame a near-fatal head-on collision with a bus
in far West Texas to become the best ball striker in golf
history.
Both brothers made notes on the annual Cow Pasture
Golf Classic in June and plan to return to play on Hogan’s
Forgotten Fairways.
It was also a delight to have the Wrights (no relation
although we have “decided” to be cousins) from Colorado
Springs and their son and family from Gunter, Texas. They
had connections to the old Ben Hogan Company and were
thrilled to see the unique clubs which have been given to
the museum by former Hogan employees.
They also were amused by the large color pictures of last
year’s Cow Pasture classic and were trying to figure out if
they could coordinate their schedules to return to play the
2013 classic in June.
Our most recent gift is an immaculate Hogan 5-wood
from Billy E. Thompson of Fort Worth and Midlothian. This
club is thought to be the last 5-wood produced at the Ben
Hogan Company when it was on Pafford St. in Fort Worth.
It is pristine and has never been used.
And we’ve received another wonderful gift from our
Lubbock friend, Wayne Panter. This time it is a gently-used
Hogan golf bag from the period when the Hogan Company
was owned by AMF. It is similar to one which he gave us a
year ago. This is the same friend who found us the anvil
which is in the replica blacksmith shop. Isn’t it wonderful
to have a friend like Wayne who is in constant search for
items which the Hogan Museum needs? Wayne, by the
way, is a longtime friend who was my first city editor when
I was just a young reporter fresh out of Texas Tech.
We also enjoyed a visit from a young man from Waco
who was en route via Camp Pendleton to a second tour in
Afghanistan. He serves his country with a tremendous
amount of pride. It left a lump in my throat and a tear in
my eye - and prayer for his safety and for peace on earth.
'Show Me the Green'
tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Dublin Chamber
banquet.
The banquet is Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., and
will be held at the Dublin High School Cafetorium.
Tickets are $18 for Chamber members and $20 for
non-members. Please call the Chamber office to reserve
your tickets at 445-3422, or come by and get your
tickets.
As always, we are looking forward to a memorable
event as we honor Dublin award winners, enjoy great
food and embrace the theme, “Show Me the Green”.
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Cont’d from A1
the Grand Champion
breeding swine.
Becky Lisso took reserve
Grand Champion breeding
swine.
Grand Champion Market
Swine, a Duroc was shown
by Becky Lisso.
Jim Dee Gibson showed
the Reserve Grand
Champion Market Swine.
Danny Faulkenberry was
presented the Swine
Showmanship award.
Kim Turley showed Grand
Champion Sheep, Keedra
Crouch took Reserve Grand
Champion Sheep as well as
the Sheep Showmanship
award.
Ronnie Belew showed
Grand Champion steer and
John Pat Mow took
Showmanship.
Travis Turley showed the
Champion dairy and took
showmanship. Amme Jones
took champion horse and
Ronnie Belew took reserve
champion horse and
Elizabeth Holden won Horse
Showmanship award.
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Observations
By Mac 6. McKinnon
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Popular politician
Meet Maine 's Governor — In case you haven't heard
about this guy before, his name will stick in your mind!
The new Maine Governor, Paul LePage is making New
Jersey's Chris Christie look like an enabler. He isn't afraid
to say what he thinks. Judging by the comments, every
time he opens his mouth, his popularity goes up.
He brought down the house at his inauguration when he
shook his fist toward the media box and said, "You're on
notice! I've inherited a financially troubled State to run.
Observe...cover what we do...but don't whine if I don't
waste time responding to your every whim just for your
amusement."
During his campaign for Governor, he was talking to
commercial fishermen who are struggling because of
federal fisheries rules. They complained that Obama
brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park
for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with
union leaders, but wouldn't talk to the fishermen. LePage
replied, "I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State."
The Lame Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6
points in the pre-election poll.
The Martin Luther King Day incident was a political
sandbag, which brought him National exposure. The 'lame
stream' media crucified him, but word on the street is very
positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to spend
MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison.
He told them that he would meet with ALL inmates,
regardless of race, if he were to visit the prison. The NAACP
balked and then put out a news release claiming falsely
that he refused to participate in any MLK events. He read
it in the paper the next morning while being driven to an
event and went ballistic because none of the reporters had
called him for comment before running the NAACP
release.
He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera,
"If they want to play the race card on me they can kiss my
.....", and he reminded them that he has an adopted black
son from Jamaica and that he attended the local MLK
Breakfast every year that he was mayor of Waterville. (He
started his morning there on MLK Day.)
He then stated that there's a right way and a wrong way
to meet with the Governor, and he put all special interests
on notice that press releases, media leaks, and all
demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He said
any other group, which acted like the NAACP could expect
to be at the bottom of the Governor's priority list!
He then did the following, and judging from local radio
talk show callers, his popularity increased even more: The
State employees union complained because he waited until
3 p.m. before closing State offices and facilities and
sending non-emergency personnel home during the last
blizzard. The prior Governor would often close offices for
the day with just a forecast before the first flakes. (Each
time the State closes for snow, it costs the taxpayers about
$ 1 million in wages for no work in return.)
LePage was CEO of the Marden's chain of discount family
bargain retail stores before election as governor. He noted
that State employees getting off work early could still find
lots of retail stores open to shop. So, he put the State
employees on notice by announcing: "If Marden's is open,
Maine is open!"
He told State employees: "We live in Maine in the winter,
for heaven's sake, and should know how to drive in it.
Otherwise, apply for a State job in Florida !"
Governor LePage symbolizes what America needs;
Refreshing politicians who aren't self-serving and who
exhibit common sense.
Regarding one political decision, here is what LaPage
said, "THE LAW IS THE LAW So "if" the US government
determines that it is against the law for the words "under
God" to be on our money, then, so be it.
And "if" that same government decides that the "Ten
Commandments" are not to be used in or on a government
installation, then, so be it.
I say, "so be it," because I would like to be a law abiding
US citizen.
I say, "so be it," because I would like to think that smarter
people than I are in positions to make good decisions.
I would like to think that those people have the American
See OBSERVE, A3
Budget questions hover above Capitol
As Congress jousts with itself and the White House in the
closing days of 2012 over the federal budget, the Texas
Legislature and other state legislatures can only guess what
federal dollars will be coming when budget-writing time
comes.
Every two years, the Texas Legislature’s main job is to write
and pass a state budget. Now, with the governor signaling his
intention to stick with an austerity plan that won’t necessarily
be in step with the state’s rapidly growing population,
historically bad drought and a long list of other critical
concerns, suspense about the budget increases day by day.
The budget-adoption process is a session-long affair, and the
140-day session commences on Jan. 8, at high noon.
In 2011, the 82nd Texas Legislature adopted a 2012-2013
budget (the General Appropriations Act) featuring across the
board spending cuts, per governor’s directives. Texans can
see a roadmap to those cuts, and may imagine the debating
that went on before the budget ultimately was called to a
vote, signed by the governor and certified by the comptroller.
Actually, the debating does not have to be imagined. It is
preserved at legis.state.tx.us.
Texans with access to a relatively recently manufactured
personal computer updated with the current software for
viewing archived video, can — if they pay for a speedy
Internet connection or visit their local library — download,
view and hear the parts of the budget-writing process
conducted in Capitol committee rooms and on the floors of
the state House and state Senate.
Furthermore, to provide Texas taxpayers “with a more
complete understanding of how their tax dollars are being
used,” the staff of the Legislative Budget Board has posted a
668-page document, titled “Fiscal Size-up” for the current
2012-2013 budget. Anyone with a library card or a relatively
recently manufactured personal computer, updated with the
current software for viewing documents, can, with a fast-
enough Internet connection, download the lengthy document
and read it at their leisure.
It says the 2012-13 budget included appropriations for
state operations that total $173.5 billion — an amount
composed of $81.3 billion from General Revenue Funds,
$54.7 billion from Federal Funds, $31.2 billion from Other
Funds and $6.4 billion from General Revenue-Dedicated
Funds.
Although the Fiscal Size-up was published only months
after the end of the 2011 legislative session, it foretells
something that has remained true since its publication:
revenue then was above expectations. See the paragraphs
labeled “Recent Trends and Fiscal Horizon” at the end of the
summary. They contain information that forms a more
complete picture.
And much more recently, on Dec. 21, Comptroller Susan
Combs said, “Job growth, sales tax collections — both from
business and consumer purchases — as well as automobile
sales, signal that the Texas economy has emerged from the
recent recession. Another indicator that the state’s economy
has been comparatively healthy was the U.S. Census Bureau
report that Texas added
more people (421,000) than
any other state from 2010 to
2011. Although Texas has
only 8 percent of the nation’s
population, the state added
nearly 19 percent of the
nation’s population growth
for the year.”
14 receive clemency
As is customary at the end
of each year, the governor
grants clemency to a list of
Texans who were convicted
of certain offenses.
Gov. Rick Perry on Dec. 21
announced he had granted
clemency to 14 individuals
after each of their cases was
recommended for clemency
by the Texas Board of Pardons
and Paroles. A description of
each is available at governor.
state.tx.us.
ACROSS
1 TXism: “will miss
__you blink”
(small town)
5 TXism: “two
chances: slim
and _”
6 seat of Oldham Co.
7 TXism: “still wet
behind the _"
8 in 1881, this govt,
building was
destroyed by
fire (2 wds.)
17 TX Brown who
was Notre Dame
Heisman winner
18 UT swimmer who
won gold medals
in ‘88 and ‘92
21 TXism: “sober as
a judge _ court”
22 Fort Bliss site:
Lanoria _
23 lacking vitality
24 TXism: “let the cat
out of__”
29 TXism: “in this
_ of the
woods”
30 boot aroma
31 Gov.
Culberson
(1894-98)
32 career choice of
TX-born Sam
Donaldson
34 TXism: “right
(specific location)
35 Dallas Stars
league (abbr.)
36 plowing machines
37 TX-sized
electronics co.
38 chicken casa
39 TXism: “stands _
___feet”
41 dark fur
TX Larry McMurtry’s
“Lonesome _
TXism: “enjoyed
about all this__
stand”
TX ranch
TXism: “the bigger
they _ the harder
they fall”
TXism: “hot as road
_ in July”
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Johnson
48 crop gatherer
50 lubricates
51 TXism: “__little
horse trading”
(dicker)
52 UT grad & actor,
Wallach
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got one__in the
water”
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journalism
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enough___
a boomtown cafe”
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of Corpus Christi”
9 pilot bail out
10 barrel or keg
11 Santa , CA
TXism: “call _
__” (quit)
“. . . daddy sang
bass, momma
sang _..
TXism: “just _
yonder”
“Gone to Texas”
meant “on the _’
December visitor:
St. _
Cowboy & Texan
tickets are
_ for more
than face value
“Don’t__
Texas!”
__Rusk took
over TX Army
after Houston
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_ cakes”
currency in the
eurozone
TXism: “burn that
__little
deeper" (explain)
TX Dan Rather’s
former job at CBS
Robert De _
words of dismay
TX Freddie Fender
tune: “You’ll _
a Good Thing’’
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TXism: “fast as
small _ gossip’
TXism: “he’s all
foam and _
_” (superficial)
past event: “Walt
Garrison All-
chili con _
collegiate sports
organization (abbr.)
TXism: “full of
_ and vinegar”
back talk
__High
School in El Paso
stringed instrument
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