El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1982 Page: 4 of 36
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Page 4-A El Cam do Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed., June 16,1962
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Ricebirdmania!
Ricebirdmania. It’s not a term that is often used, but it
best describes what took place Friday in Austin and in El
Campo after the 1982 Ricebird baseball team won the state
Class 4-A championship at The University of Texas’ Disch-
Falk Field.
It was the third trip the Ricebirds had made to the state
tournament in 20 years, and with championships in 1962
and 1968, the fans and team expected no less this year. And
they got what they wanted.
But the fans and parents did more than just expect the
victory. They did their part to help obtain it by following
the ’Birds through the regular season and the rugged
playoffs, giving them the moral support and the “Let’s go
’Birds!” when they needed a lift the most.
Not having exact figures, we estimate there were some
400 El Campo folks at Thursday’s game with Lubbock
Estacada, and 600-700 at the championship game with
Weatherford. And when the team arrived home at approx-
imately 11:30 p.m. Friday, there were between 1,100 and
1,500 people waiting to greet them at the football stadium
parking lot, who by their very presence said, “Congratula-
tions team. We’re proud of you.”
But that is the type support El Campo athletes over the
decades have come to appreciate.
Way to go Ricebirds—Class 4-A State Baseball Cham-
pions !
Kindergarten Cramped
Editor, the Leader-News:
I worked 16 years for the El Campo I.S.D. as a teacher’s aid, nine of
those years at Hutchins and the remaining seven at Southside. The
buildings at Hutchins are in good condition, although more restrooms
for the children are needed and the teachers need more storage space.
But, compared to Southside, Northside is spacious.
Think about sending your 5-year-old child or grandchild to the old
run-down building—Southside. First of all, most of the rooms are en-
tirely too small. There is almost no storage, whatsoever, for the
teachers. Also, some of the rooms are termite infested; at times, some
teachers have to hold class outside. This is a result of the termite swar-
ming.
Southside has no library. All of the books are in the hallways. The
teachers’ equipment is stored in the halls, also. The fire marshal has
stated that this is a fire hazard. However, there is no other place to put
the books and equipment.
Many days during the winter, some of the rooms are so cold that the
children must wear their coats or sweaters. In the summer, some of
the rooms are so cold that the children must wear coats and sweaters,
also.
It is bad enough for the little ones in cold, rainy weather, but, they
must wait at Northside for the shuttle bus to take them to Southside in
the mornings, and must take the shuttle bus back to Northside to catch
their various buses to go home.
Some of the children arrive at Northside in the morning at 8:00 and
must wait until 8:30 to go to Southside. It is the same way in the after-
noon. The children arrive at Northside at 3:00, and some must stay un-
til 4:00, sometimes later.
These are just a few of the problems the school board needs to con-
sider when it discusses the issue of Southside.
Thank you,
Nancy Zupec
Artists Say, ‘Thanks’
Editor, the l^eader-News:
On behalf of the El Campo Art League, I wish to thank the El Campo
l*ader-New» and its reporter, Dorothy Richards, for the publicity
given the 1962 Silver Anniversary Art Show.
The Art League takes pride in presenting the works of our local area
artists for public enjoyment and the excellent cooperation we receive
from the l*adrr-News and its reporters help make this presentation a
success year after year.
Thank you for helping us add a little brightness to the lives of many
of El Campo's citizens
Sincerely.
Mrs. Georgia Knesek
President
El Campo Art League
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Sound-Off...
The evergrowing
conflict in the Mid-
dle East has been
re-ignited with
Israel’s recent inva-
sion of PLO
strongholds in
Lebanon. This week
the Leader-News
asked El Cam-
poans, “Do you feel
Israel is justified in
its recent invasion
of Lebanon?”
Mrs. N. C. Franke
•10 Roberts
Retired Bookkeeper
“No. I just think it’s going to
spread into a major war if they
(Israel) don’t poll back.”
John E. Wells
111 Sunnyslde
Swab Helper
“I don’t think they should fight
at all because many lives will be
lost.”
Rev. Naymond Williams
313 Olive
Clergyman
“No. I don’t think they are.
They shouldn't be fighting It’s
(war) going to take place but it's
not right "
“No. I think the P.L.O
(Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion) has just as much right to ex-
ist as the state of Israel.”
"No. For the same reason that
Argentina invaded the Falkland
Islands, I don’t think anybody
should invade another country.”
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HI Campo
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2719 Meadow Lane
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OBSERVER
By HARLAN HOBBS
As a reporter and sometimes
editor, one trained and somewhat
“road tested” in the media, I find
myself sometimes confused and
even ashamed of my favorite pro-
fession. The coverage by the
media, in this troubled June 1982,
of the explosive events about the
globe is disgracefully biased and
subjective.
Let us consider TV. We have in
the United States three major net-
works and some independent
cable systems, all piously postur
ing to the American public as
purveyors of “news” and “up-to-
the-minute information.” They
feed news to the public between 7
and 9 a m.; sometimes at noon,
then, between 5 and 7 p.m., and
then repeat with stale rehashes
from 10 p.m. to whatever hour
there is no 20-year-old movie or
newly-discovered moron schedul-
ed on a talk show.
Have you listened in the early
morning hours? People do listen
but those personalities with more
make-up than a circus clown and
less sense of history than a mid-
way barker, are supposed to pre-
sent the news. Ancient
troubadours did a better job. With
music.
The movies are great. But not
for news. Or messages. Not since
“Grapes of Wrath” or perhaps,
“Bambi.” Who remembers
“Shangri La?"
Radio? Perhaps we need a
return to “Lum and Abner,”
"Amos ’n'Andy,” "Fibber McGee
and Molly” for comedy. Lux
Radio Theatre for drama. “The
Shadow” for mystery.
“Gangbusters” for tough action.
But, for instantaneous news, star-
ting with Samoff’s reporting of
the sinking of the Titanic, through
Murrow’s coverage of the bomb-
ing of London, radio has stood the
test of time as a news medium.
But why must we listen to a
medley of so-called witticisms by
clumsy comics in order to hear an
incoherent weather report! Or a
news report read by a “comm-
mentator” who hasn’t bothered to
learn the proper pronunciations of
names and places.
What of newspapers? At a time
when the number of newspapers
in America is decreasing, their in-
fluence seems most needed. Any
newspaper worthy of the name
has courage and integrity. As a
journalist, I desagree more often
than I agree with the “New York
Times,” “The Washington Post,”
“The Los Angeles Times,” “The
Chicago Sun-Times” and others.
But I thank heaven they are
there!
They give heart to those of us
who believe in the basic principles
(including the work ethic) of
American greatness
Last Sunday I read my three
newpapers for about an hour.
Then I watched and listened to
"Face the Nation," “Meet the
Press" and “David Brinkley,” so
that TV journalism consumed two
hours of my time.
In all that two hours of TV I
learned less than I learned in an
hour with my newspapers. And
the newspapers were more en-
joyable. I was able to look at
whatever ads I wished. Or read
whatever commentator I wished
So, on a scale of one to four, I
would rank newspapers first in
the intelligent reporting of news.
Stated in another way, I still
believe that the make-up of Page
One on a newspaper far surpasses
the cosmetic make-up on the faces
of many of our so-called anchor
persons
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1982, newspaper, June 16, 1982; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1007205/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.