Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1999 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. 119, No. 29
Published at Cooper, Texas Thursday, July 22, 1999
6 pages
Band Students Attend
Summer Camp
Dry-Hydrants Installed
in Precinct One
Retail Stocks Lead the June
Texas 100 Stock Index
Several Cooper Varsity Band
members enjoyed great success at
Young Lions band camps at Texas
A&M University-Commerce this
June. CHS students attended four
different camps - Leadership camp,
a marching camp focusing on
developing leadership skills in young
people; Auxiliary Camp for flag corps
and rifle corps members; Drum Major
Camp, an intense week of training for
drum majors and student leaders in
high school bands; and Concert Band
Camp for those wishing to focus
specifically on instrumental playing
skills.
Cooper students once again
brought home high honors,
continuing as always to establish a
reputation of success for the CHS
band program. Cooper was well-
represented at Leadership Camp by
Christen Stout. Auxiliary Camp was
attended by Raiinonia Vaughn, Alicia
Moore, and Jennifer Duckworth.
Raiinonia and Alicia were each
awarded an Outstanding Performance
ribbon for their individual flag skills,
and Alicia was also awarded an
Outstanding Performance ribbon in
dance/movement class. In addition,
all three girls competed together in
the final group competition and were
awarded the second place trophy.
CHS drum majors Shelly Stegall
and Nathan Price, along with band
member Kate Kerr, attended drum
major camp. Out of approximately
40 teams to compete at the
preliminary level, the Cooper team
was selected as a finalist (a first for
We were rummaging through
some old Review files the other day
and found this little ditty. The author
is unknown to us, as well as the year
of publication, but perhaps it will stir
a memory or two in you.
“Most of what I really need to
know about how to live, and what to
do, and how to be, I learned in
kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the
top of the graduate school mountain
but there in the sandbox at nursery
school.
'These are the things I learned:
Share everything. Play fay. Don't hit
people. Pul things back where you
found them. Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren’t yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt
somebody. Wash your hands before
you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and
cold milk are good for you. Live a
balanced life. Leam some and think
some and draw and paint and sing
and dance and play and work every
day some.
“Take a nap every afiemoon.
When you go out into the world,
watch for traffic, hold hands and stick
together. Be aware of wonder.
Remember die little seed m the plastic
cup. The roots go down and the plant
goes up and nobdy really knows how
or why, but we are still like that.
“Goldfish and hamsters and white
mice and even die little seed in the
plastic cup - they all die. So do we.
“And then remember the book
about Dick and Jane and the first
word you learned, the biggest word
of all; LOOK. Everydung you need
to know is in there somewhere. The
Golden Rule and love and basic
sanitation. Ecology and politics and
sane living.
"Think of what a better world it
would be i f we all - the whole world -
had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock
every afternoon and then lay down
widi our blankets for a nap. Or, if we
had a basic policy in our nation and
other nations to always put things
back where we found them and
cleaned up our own messes. And, it
is still true, no matter how old you
CHS). Nathan received a medal for
being the last camper let) at the end
of a very grueling drill down
competition on the first day of camp.
Also, Shelly was one of 20 chosen
to advance to individual finals
competition from the 148 drum
majors attending camp. Just as she
uid last summer, Shelly won the
overall third place medal in singles
finals.
Finally, Concert Band Camp also
proved successful for five Cooper
students. Katie Wheat was placed
third chair flute and Natalie Price
was placed fourth chair French horn
in the Junior High Honors Band.
Natalie also received a nbbon as a
member of the “Most Outstanding
Section" in the Honors Band. The
High School Symphonic Band
seated Kate Kerr as first chair alto
sax, Jennifer Smith as second chair
French horn, and Nathan Price as
third chair trombone. In addition,
Jennifer Smith’s section was
awarded the "Most Outstanding
Section” award in the Symphonic
Band, and Kale Kerr received a
Leadership Award, earning her a
tuition scholarship to next year’s
Concert Band Camp.
Congratulations to all of these
students, not only for taking time out
of their summer to attend band
camps, but also for making such a
great name for the Cooper Band
program among the hundreds of
school represented at TAMU-C
Young Lions Camps.
are, when you go out into die world,
it is best to hold hands and stick
together..”
WEEKLY MUSES
Reprint of small town newspaper
item: Miss Hanna Smith, a local
belle of 20, is visiting her twin
brother, age 32, in town this week.
People who wonder where the
next generation is headed for, would
do well to consider where it came
from.
A fanner lookmg over his melon
patch, found that some of his
melons had been snitched. To
prevent further stealing, he put up
a sign which said, ‘One of these
melons has been poisoned’.
The next morning he found
another sign which said, ‘Now, two
of these melons are poisoned'.
FINISH THIS LINE......
IT WAS SO HOT that.....
(Widi August just around the
comer, and smee it is traditionally
one of the hottest months of die year
around here, The Cooper Review
would like to know just how hot you
think it is. Simply write down on a
postcard or letter your favorite
adage completing the phrase "It was
so hot that ...” and mail it to: The
Cooper Review, P.O. Box 430,
Cooper, Texas 75432. We will be
publishing die best responses during
die month of August. Please be sure
and give us your name)
One Example: "It was so hot that
yesterday I saw a bird pulling his
worm out of the ground with a
potholder”.
With all the gomgs on in Cooper
and around the world recently, we
thought we would offer up the
previous paragraphs m hopes that
perhaps you took a little time to
pause and reflect on the good things
in life and perhaps your day's
burden was made just a little
lighter.. It was ... "just a diouglit".
Seven dry-hydrants were recently
installed in Precinct One of Delta
County. These dry-hydrant units
were obtained through a grant with
the Texas Forest Service. Assisting
with the installation were(L-R) Jearl
Ham, Soil conservation Technician
with NRCS, Don Woodard,
landowner and volunteer, Mickey
Goforth, commissioner for Precinct
One, Tim Oliver, landowner and
volunteer, and J.D. Sheer, District
Technician with the Delta Soil
Conservation District. Others
assisting with the installations were:
Volunteer Firemen Ken James and
Steve Blevins, and Fran/. Pittman,
District Conservationist with the
Natural Resources conservation
Service in Cooper. Lunch for the
dry-hydrant helpers was provided by
Friends of the Library
Marcia Gillean Lair
The friends of the Delta County
Public Library are launching a
fundraiser of historical magnitude.
By making donations to the Library’s
Building Repair Fund, patrons have
a chance at a Winchester Model 1873
the “Gun that Won the West." The
rifle, donated by Mr. L.D. Wright,
has been authenticated by the
Winchester Gun Museum basal on
serial numbers inscribed on it. The
letter to him states that this particular
rifle was slnppul on October 6,1888.
The .44 caliber rifle has an octagon
shaped barrel and is approximately
four feet in length.
• The Friends hope to have the nfle
on display at the First National Bank,
so keep an eye on one of the front
windows for a showing. Tickets
(S2.00 each or three for $5.00) are
available at the Library or from any
of the Friends. The drawing for the
Mrs. Tim Oliver at the East Delta
Community Center.
Dry hydrants provide a readily
available source of untreated water dial
allows fire departments to be much
more efficient by providing close water
sources to fire risks. Using untreated
water means more water available for
human consumption and less strain on
already overtaxed municipal water
treatment systems.
A well-plannal and installed system
of dry hydrants can provide
communities with peace of mind,
reduced property loss, improved safety
conditions, and reduced insurance
rates.
For more information about dry-
hydrants contact the Natural Resources
Conservation Service at 71 West Side
Square in Cooper or call 395-4517.
Winchester will be held during
Cluggerfest on October 9, 1999,
almost to the day, one hundred and
eleven years from the date H was
shipped from the manufacturer. You
do not have to be present to win.
Mr. L.D. Wright was kind enough
to give his nfle to the Friends so that
it might be used to raise funds for the
Library. Mr. Wright had previously
given an antique curio cabinet, with
family memorabilia, which is on
display at the Library. He currently
resides in a nursing home in Bonham.
Odds are you have a better chance
to win tins nfle than to win the lottery,
so come by weekly and purchase a
ticket until October. Show Mr. Wright
that you care, too. Proceeds will go
toward much-needed repair to the
Library building. Contact Marcia Lair
at 90.3-395-2421 after 6:0(1 p in. or on
weekends for further infonnation.
Led by a double-digit increase in
the value of retail stocks and strong
performances by high tech
companies and non-high tech
manufacturer, the Texas 100 Stock
Index rose 6.9 percent in June,
outperfonmng the national indexes
for the second consecutive month.
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average gained 3.9 percent during
June, and the Standard and Poor’s
500 gamed 5.4 percent. During the
last 12 months, however, the Texas
100 stocks have risen 15.9 percent,
while the Dow has risen 22.6
percent.
Retail stocks rose 12.9 percent
in June as consumer optimism
remained high.
"Consumers recognize that the
economy is strong, and their
confidence that Texas will continue
to see economic growth is refloctal
m retailers’ profits,” Comptroller
Carole Keeton Rylander said.
Share prices for high tech
companies rose 9.9 percent. Texas
Close to 90,000 items from
abandoned safe deposit boxes will
be sold to the highest bidder on
Saturday, October 2, 1999, at die
state’s next unclaimed property
auction, Texas Comptroller Carole
Keeton Ryahuler announced.
Jewelry, coins and currency,
stamps, historical documents and a
wide variety of other collectibles
and curiosities will go on the
auction block.
The next unclaimed property
auction was not expected until the
summer of 2000, but the
Comptroller’s unclaimed property
vault has filled so rapidly that an
earlier sale is needed.
“The state is receiving more and
more unclaimed property - not only
abandoned items from safe deposit
boxes, but also forgotten money,
such as bank accounts, utility
deposits, paychecks, and
investment dividends," comptroller
Rylander said.
“There are two key reasons for
the increase in unclaimed property.
First, we live in a very mobile
society. People move frequently
and it is easy to leave money
Morgan Hohcnbcrgcr
Morgan
Hohenberger
Named to AAU
AN American
Morgan Hohenberger was
recently named to the AAU All-
American Squad after competing in
the AAU National Tournament m
Arlington July 2 - 10.
Hohenberger was playing for the
17 and under Team Texas that
finished ninth out of 57 teams at
the AAU National Tournament.
She was the only Texas player to
be named to the All-American List
from the 17 and under.
She will be playing in the Junior
Olympics Basketball Team from
Texas July 27 through August 5 m
Cleveland, Ohio.
Instruments Inc. is the star of this
sector with a 31.7 percent gain. TI
recently purchased Telogy
Networks, an intenet telephone
firm.
The Texas 100’s other
manufacturing (non-high tech)
companies saw their stock prices
rise 7.8 percent. Strong
performances by Pilgrim's Price (up
45 percent) and Bridgestone Corp.
(up 16.6 percent) helped offset
losses by other companies in the
sector. General Motors Corp. stock,
for example, continues to suffer
from slumping sales of GM
vehicles.
The Texas 100 Stock Index tracks
the stock values of Texas’ 100
largest employers, with 93,000
workers and an annual payroll of
more than $26 billion. The June
index stands at 137.4, meaning that
a $100 investment m the Texas 100
companies in December 1997 would
have been worth $137.35 in June
1999.
behind. Also, banks and businesses
that are holding unclaimed money
and other valuables are becoming
more aware that the law requires
them to turn those assets over to the
state if the owners cannot be
located,” Comptroller Rylander
said.
The Comptroller's office tnes to
locate owners of unclaimed property
by placing their names in an annual
newspaper insert and on the
Comptroller’s Window on State
Government internet site at
There is
no time limit for owners to claim
their property; however, in the case
of safe deposit box contents, the
items are auctioned after about one
year. If the owners turn up, they
may claim the proceeds from the
sale of their property.
The October 2 unclaimed
property auction will be held in
Austin at the Travis County
Exposition Center, 7311 Decker
Lane. The sales begins at 10 a.m.
Interested bidders may preview the
sale items on September 30 and
October 1 from 11 a.m. to 6 p in.
Chris Douglas
Douglas Receives
Scholarship
Chris Douglas of the Cooper FFA
Chapter was among one of seventy
students across Texas to receive a
$10,000 Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo Scholarship, July 6-9 at
the 71" Texas FFA Convention in
^Amarillo, Texas.
Chris will attend Texas A&M
University-Commerce pursuing a
degree in Engineering.
Chris is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Douglas of Cooper.
Also attending the 71" Texas FFA
Convention were FFA members,
Markus Bassham, Ray Dean
Johnson, Nathan Toon, and FFA
Advisors, Chris Bailey and Sam
Bettes.
just a thought
by Lynne Gregory
Mr. L.D. Wright
Library Holds
Historical Fundraiser
Comptroller Rylander Announces
October Unclaimed Property Auction
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Kisic, Theresa. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1999, newspaper, July 22, 1999; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128355/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.