Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 87, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1983 Page: 2 of 21
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2 —ijrvgll AND-HOCKLEY CO. NEWS-PRESS, Thursday, February 3, 1963-
Seen Around Levelland
Just
Rambling
With
Stephen Henry
Your hometown is the
place where people won-
der how you got as far as
you have.
There’s only one de-
cent street left in Level-
land and that’s the recent-
ly completed College Ave.
The rest of the streets look
like they’ve been bombed.
Craters are deep and get-
ting even deeper inspite
of the best efforts of
maintenance crews. The
weather is winning hands
down.
The folks along Col-
lege Ave. have to be
laughing having suffered
for months while the traf-
fic avoided their street
when the weather was bad
and then while it was
under construction. Long
the victims of countless
College Ave. bump and
potholes jokes and com-
plaints they’re now hav-
ing a chance to laugh at
everyone else. Now they’-
re inviting everyohe to v>
avoid the wear and tear on
their cars and enjoy shop-
ping and dining in the
firms that share College
Ave. See pages 1-5 in
Section B.
Keeping tabs on our
neighbors:
Janeece Pease, in the
Rotan Advance, had 10
commandments on how to
get along with people.
Number 4 says:
“Be interested in
others, their pursuits,
their work, their homes
and their families. Make
merry with those who
rejoice, with those who
weep, mourn. Let every-
one you meet, however,
humble, feel that you
regard him as a person of
importance.
Terry Niell, in the
Ballinger Ledger, tells
about a friend of his who
weighs less than 100
pounds. “Boy’’, said the
98-pound worker, “I feel
like punching that big
foreman again.”
“Again?” asked the
unbelieving Terry.
“Yeah,” said the little
guy, “I felt like it yester-
day too.”
Even the big news-
papers sometimes foul
up. The Atlanta Journal
and Constitution recently
wrote, “...they recalled
the cries of the wounded
and the screams of the
dead.” • •
In Hibbing, Minn, the
Sunday Tribune recently
reported, “Most sports
fans know the length of a
football field is 120
years, including end
zones.”
The Penn Hills Pro-
gress said, “After sure . -
footed Gaila booted a
3000-year field goal in
the second half...”
The Chicago Tribune
said “His parents be-
came suspicious when his
dog returned home alone
and reported him miss-
ing.”
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ICY WATERS -- Although the snow of Tuesday did not
accumulate, the blowing snow and wind made for frosty scenes
like this one in the Lobo Lake area. Snow flurries were seen on
and off all day Tuesday, but to the liking of most area residents
there were no accumulations. Weather forecasters were predicint
no more precipitation for the area through today. (Staff Photo)
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constant one-to-one student
teacher interaction during the
teaching session. Tubb said this
is not suitable for public educa-
tion because often there are 10
to 15 children who require
teaching. _
Gillingham also requires
that children have a normal IQ
and be severe nonreaders.
Tubb told the board that the
main teaching methods used by
SPECO are Recipe For Read-
ing, Angling for Words, and
Slingerland, which are all adap-
tations of Gillingham. Tubb said
that the methods incorporate
the good points of Gillingham,
but are more suitable to a
public education classroom type
setting.
Tubb told the board that all
methods for teaching dyslexics
are available at Levelland
schools including Gillingham,
but Gillingham is used very
little because they (SPECO) do
not feel it is the best method.
Tubb told the board that of
117 learning disabled students
in Levelland elementary and
middle schools, only 10 of them
would meet the IQ and severe
nonreading requirements of
Gillingham. ——G—
Dunn’s opinion atthe meet-
ing was that even if only a few
children would benefit from the
Gillingham method, then it
should be offered and schedul-
ing should be done so that a
teacher and students can get
together for the teaching ses-
sion. • .—
“It’s quite obvious there
are basically two different
methods (for teaching dyslexics
to read) and it’s also obvious
that our co-op (SPECO) has
chosen one technique because
it’s best for most students,”
Dunn said. “It appears there
are approximately 10 kids that
could derive help from Gilling-
ham. Why is it so hard to teach
the Gillingham method if it
might work for even two chil-
dren,” Dunn asked.
Tubb told Dunn and the
board again that Gillingham
requires one-to-one supervision
by the teacher and is difficult in
scheduling and that even if
everything could be worked out
as far as scheduling, they still ,
would probably not consider it
the best method to offer.
Several tense moments
were hit as Tommy and Barbara
Epperson as well as George
Rotan were at the meeting. The
Eppersons and the Rotans both
have daughters they took out of
SPECO to participate in the
Scottish Rite program.
Epperson told the board
that at the time they were in the
process of having their daugh-
ter tested and placed in SPECO,
they were not aware of their full
rights as parents of a learning
disabled child. Officials of pro-
grams like SPECO are now
required to give parent! k
booklet informing them of their
full rights.
The Eppersons told the
board they did receive some
material, but that it was not
complete and that they feel
they were manipulated. “W’e
have a lady who formerly
worked for this school district
who will swear in court that she
helped to manipulate us,” Bar-
bara Epperson said.
The other board members
were of the opinion that SPECO
should set the curriculum which
they feel is best, the opinion
which eventually wop out.
“Why do you feeL-a parent
should be able to say what they
want their child to be taught?”
board member Rosabeth Kauff-
man asked Dunn.
After the matter had been
kicked back and forth for over
an hour, board president Rob-
ert Pearce told Dunn that the
discussion should end in some
kind of a motion. “The board is
here to hear what the public
wants taught. We’ve had sever-
al people here to tell us that.
We call our teachers and see
what they want to do. We either
ldt them run their show or hire
some new teachers to teach
what we want. If we want to
make a motion, let’s make *a
motion or call the discussion to
a halt,” Pearce said.
Dunn then made a motion to
the effect that SPECO should be
more aware of the Gillingham
method and the needs of stu-
dents and be willing to teach
Gillingham when it is appropri-
ate, but the motion failed to
receive a second.
Kauffman then made a mo-
tion to leave the curriculum
offerings of SPECO entirely up
to SPECO officials. The motion
was seconded by J.R. Stanley
and on the vote all other board
members were for the Kauff-
man motion except Dunn, who
opposed the motion. Board
member Eddie Courtney was
not present at the meeting.
In other business, the board
met in executive session to
discuss the process they will
follow in interviewing for a new
superintendent. The school
board previously authorized the
hiring of a consultant to recruit
and screen applicants for the
superintendency. The consul-
tant is Dr. Michael Thomas of
the education administration
department at the University of
Texas.
Max Newman, assistant
superintendent of schools, said
that the consultant is expected
to meet with the board in a
special meeting sometime this
month to present a screened list
of applicants he feels would be
best for the job. He said that a
new superintendent should be
ready to start work with! the
school system on July- l, the
day after Superintendent Bill
Vardeman’s contract with the
school ends.
Vardeman was scheduled to
retire from the school district on
June 30 and is still superinten-
dent of schools, although he has
not been on the job in a
full-time capacity since suffer-
ing from an apparent heart
problem in late November.
The board also approved
several personnel changes in
the executive session. These
include Dorothy Dent, an aide
trainee at Carver Preschool;
Ola LaTrelle Good, a temporary
social studies teacher ^t junior
high; Allison Ann Williford, a
temporary replacement as a
speech therapist for South
Plains Educational Co-op at
Cactus and Capitol Elements r-
ies; and John Robert Holman
was not hired as he did not sign
a contract offered as a social
• studies teacher and coach at
.junior high.
. " During the regular meeting
the board also entered into the
minutes a statement from the
tax assessor concerning a 21-
day reprieve which was granted
by the state on penalties for
property taxes which were
omitted in billing or if the
property values were changed.
ANNEXATION
continued from page 1
and other unfavorable circum-
stances.
In the end, council members
were in general agreement that
they would not approve the
Littlefield Highway annexation.
The members cited the un-
sightliness of trash dumpsters
in front of homes as well as the
economics of the situation for
opposing the annexation.
Tract 6 would cost the city
an estimated $45,790 to pro-
vide water and sewer services
to residents and since the land
is already developed it would
take a long time for the City to
get the money back in reve-
nues.
“The only tract I have a
question about is the Littlefield
Highway tract,” said council-
man Kenny Willmon. “My es-
timation is that it would take 20
years for the city to get a return
back.”
Tract 5 along West Ave. to
the Sundown Highway was also
a controversial tract, but not
nearly as controversial as the
Littlefield Highway tract. The
estimated cost for providing
water and sewer services to this
area are $112,940, but.the land
is not yet developed and the
City expects to get a much
quicker return on that money
when the land does develop.
In other business, the coun-
cil authorized the calling of a
city election to elect a Mayor
and twb council members. The
terms of Councilmen Lynn
O’Conner and Neal Ellis as well
*• as Mayor Tony Malouf are
ending.
The council also heard a
report from Rick Osbum on the
status and prpeess of the Com-
munity Developmental Block
Grant (CDBG) program. Osbum
told the board that the city is
nearing the first year of the
program and that the program
is going very well.
a The council approved owner
rehabilitation grants for the
CDBG program at 409 Maple
and 307 Oak.
*The City Council also held
an executive session to diseuss
litigation, however, no action
was taken.
continued from page 1
will have lots of mixed emo-
tions on how to handle the
situation,” Bowman said.
Plans have now been
amended to include the month
delay with groundbreaking set
at late March or April and
completion of the project be-
tween May and July of 1984.
The facility wifi be built in
the 1300 block of Ave. H on
land which was deeded to the
County by the City of Levelland'
in exchange for housing of the
Levelland Police Department.
The structure will be 27,400
square feet. The actual jail will
be 14,200 of that, while the
joint law center has been desig-
nated 6,600 square feet and a
basement will also be 6,600
square feet.
The center will include an
exercise area, detoxification
cell, holding cell, visiting room,
laundry, kitchen, restraint cell,
and sally port.
The'base proposal approv-
ed by the commissioners is for
the structure to include a 46 cell
capacity- The estimate provid-
ed by the architects on a
structure of that size was $1.7
million. An alternate plan in-
cludes an 18 additional cell
capacity and was estimated to
cost $2.06 million. The commis-
sioners will not have to decide
whether to go with the base or
alternate plan until bids come in
to allow them to see what the
actual cost will be.
FARM
continued from page 1
p.m. alternate crop prospects
and diverted acres will be
presented by Kirby Huffman,
extension agronomist. At 3:20
p.m. Gary Johnson, district
director of Federal Crop Insur-
ance, will discuss the new
federal crop insurance pro-
gram.
WEATHER
continued from page 1
predicting anymore snow for
the South Plains through today.
The main part of the storm
which forecasters predicted
would hit Texas wound up in the
Panhandle north of Amarillo,
where they had at least six
inches of snow and drifts of two
feet in places.
'Looking back to January a
total of 21 inches of snow fell, -
according to figures kept by
L.L. Dunlap, who records wea-
ther figures for the area. That
snow amounted to 1.82 inches
of moisture.
The average low for De-
cember was a cold 21 degrees
with 14 days having lows in the
208. Six days saw their lows in »
the 30s and seven days had low
temps in the teen readings.
Three days did not get above
10 degrees, and the low temp
for the month was on Jan. 4
when the mercury dropped to
one below zero. The highest
low temperature for the month
was a 35 degree reading on the
19th. * ' • '*
Foot-
prints
By Riley Kennedy
JUST CAN’T BE-
LIEVE MINE EYES...
That old saying gain-
ed momentum with me
early Monday when I
arose before the rooster
crowed and' headed
southward. Destination;
Sundown and Ropes for
pictures about the up-
coming livestock show.
Anyway, was dark, '
cold and spitting just
enough rain to make the -
wipers handy. Out Col-
lege Avenue and right
near the slant towards
Sundown, an auto came
zipping by, slud into the
cut-off towards Cook
Memorial. Now I could
have been wrong, but
sure looked like those
two “would-be” pharma-
cists, John Bullock and
Robby Timberlake. They
must have been medi-
cated with some of
“grandpapa’s precrip-rl’,
tion.” Guess they made
it, though.
Then came that sign-
al light at South H and
two big fellows were at-
tempting to hitch-hike
southward. They were
pretty well hooded and
cannot be sure, but the
resemblance of Ed Rey-
and Stephen Bergstein
was pretty acute. The air
license people must have
really “grounded” those
two “so-called pilots.”
nolds and Stephen Berg-
stein was pretty acute.
The air license people
must; have really
“grounded” those two
“so-called pilots.”
Just a little further
out on the Sundown
Road, what must have
been a Model T Ford was
hooked onto a backhoe
attempting to pull it. The
T driver waved and the
backhoe driver shrugged
as I slowed momentarily
to see what was happen-
ing. So I just drove on,
looked in the rear view
gadget and -- sure
enough, that had to be
Lynn,O’Connor and Ed-
die Mulloy atop those
things. Oh well...Can’t
win ’em all.
A new blinking neon
sign caught my attention
and their colorful sha-
dows showed two men
with heavy gloves at-
tempting to repair it, I
reckon. Anyway, they
had their hands stuck into
the thing to apparently
sort out the electrical
wires. Was such a rare
sight I had to halt a
moment. So just said
“hello” to Guy Rhea and
Mike Worley and asked
them which undertaker
they wanted me to tele-
phone. Not sure on this,
however, as it could have
been old Eldon Morris
and one of his electrical
sons “working” on the
sign. ■
Then came an ear-
splitting noise and two ,
motorcycles whipped
past and turned into a
wall servicing outfit. As
they alighted, flashed my
high beams on to see who
they were. Never knew
that Tom Edwards was a
motorcycle rider and that
must have been old Jess
Hittson showing him the
fine points of motorcyc-
ling. Looked like them,
anyway.
So...It dawned on me
that “time marches on”
and I better drive a bit
faster. Top of that, need-
ed some of that “water-
ed-down” stuff old Bud-
dy Cannon calls coffee in
his Sundown Joint. Sure
enough, he didn’t disap-
point me and even
served something which
must be known as the •
“toughest pancakes in
Texas.”
So will just end this
thing which is surely
bound to be hypothetical,
an illusion or something.
Just give it a great big
A-WW-WWW.. .and let
it go at that.
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