Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 1, 1984 Page: 2 of 20
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The above map depicts the
first negotiating offer made by
the City of Levelland in a
lawsuit filed against the city
and City Council members by
Mike Esparza and Antonio Her*
rera. The suit alleges that the
current at large method of
electing Council members di-
lutes the voting strength of
Mexican Americans. The city’s
offer, if accepted, would set up
three single member districts
(A, B, and C) and would call for
at large elections for the mayor
and a mayor pro tern council
member. The plaintiff’s attor-
ney has said the offer is
unacceptable. The city, howev-
er, will hold a public hearing at
7:30 p.m. April 11 in order to
get input from other Levelland
residents. (See story Page 1.)
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CITY OF LEVELLAND . TEXA!
CITY MAP
, POPULATION BY DISTRICT
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by Riley Kennedy
Yeah, I’m still alive
and kicking off once
more.
My thanks for being
so, is due to the excellent
care they gave me at
Cook Memorial Hospital.
That staff out there just
cannot be beaten. I mean
the nurses, aides, help-
ers, and whatever their
titles may be. Would call
their names, but there
are just too many of
them, so will just say the
entire bunch.
The medics found out
I am highly allergic to
dust, so my working the
Hockley County Live-
stock Show and Sale may
be over. Can’t say for
sure this caused it all, but
do know that for two
years now I have had this
trouble right after the
show.
Oh well...Can’t win
’em all. H
Tell you one thing
you do win, though, after
a siege in a hospital not
knowing your exact fate,
and that is a respect for
all mankind, ana a love
for the common things
usually taken for grant-
ed. Everything looks so
beautiful, even the ones
we have often thought gs
being ugly people.
I just hope this condi-
tion lasts on and on.
Wall sign at Nelson
Welch’s garage office:
“If I ever do get it all
together -1 doubt if I will
be able to figure out what
it is.”
Well, Nelson, don’t
you have it all together
yet?
I got to thinking-
about all the Reeds and
Reids on the Chamber of
Commerce board of
directors. All together,
there are four. There is
Roy,' for example, a
“would-be” tire peddler:
Charles, who does some-
thing or other out at
Farm Bureau; and Carl
and Pat Reed. Carl is the
man over at the electric
company who is respon-
for causing your
electric bill to be so high,
Aw... WW... WWW...His
prety wife, Pat, is presi-
dent of the Marigolds, so
that makes her have a
hand on the board’s deci-
S1°n6oodness. Why not
call it the Reed or Reid
board of directors?
This political race is
getting near time for
rough going for the poli-
ticos. In a way I feel sorry
for them as they strive to
win people over to their
sides. All of them do a
pretty good job of it, too,
then get disappointed at
the polls. Guess they
must be pretty tough
people, at that.
Congratulations are
certainly in order for
three Levelland students
whose work was shown in
the rotunda of the State
Capitol through March
31.
The students are Ben
Valesquez, Raymond
Rodriquez and Lance
Burt, all art students at
Levelland High. They
joined with about 97
other Texas art students
in displaying their art in
the Capitol. /
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DISTRICT A
TOTAL POPULATION
Spanish
Black
Other
DISTRICT B
TOTAL POPULATION
Spanish
Black
Other
DISTRICT C
TOTAL POPULATION
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Spanif
Black
Other
4,479
2,246
478
1,755
4,539
851
80
3,608
4,775
605
164
4,006
19%
2%
79%
Source: U.S. Bureau
Census, 1980 Census
of the
ELECTIONS* continued from pagel
vying for place four on the
Levelland City Council.
Only incumbents have filed
for the three places on the
Levelland school board. They
are Rosa Beth Kauffman, Eddie
Courtney and Jerold Parmer.
Gordon Martin is running
for re-election for place two on
theSPC Board of Regents while
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REGISTRATION
continued from page 1
Persons who voted in the
last general election are regis-
tered to vote, however persons
who did not vote then ire likely
not registered unless they have
done so recently.
SETTLEMENT***
continued from page 1
to the out-of-court settlement
on Wednesday because they
were ready to end the drawn-
out lawsuit. “It appeared that it
was the best thing for every-,
body involved,” Wolfe said.
“It's been a long two years.
From the Garrisons’ standpoint
it was the best and I assume
from the Avalanche-Journal’s
or they wouldn’t have settled.
David R. Langston of Mc-
Whorter, Cobb and Johnson of
Lubbock represented the Aval-
anche-Journal in the lawsuit,
and could not be reached for
comment
News-Prase
NEGOTIATIONS
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continued from page 1
local voters would be asked to
change the city’s election meth-
od. The coin! order could come
as a result of the suit actually
going to court or through the
court approving an agreement
between the parties.
Regardless of whether the
plaintiffs in the lawsuit against
the city are willing to discuss
the issue in a public meeting,
Weems said city officials will
still hold the public hearing in
hopes that the remainder of the
citizenry will offer ideas and
opinions.
A map for the negotiating
offer which Weems submitted
to the plaintiffs can be seen
elsewhere in this paper. The
map basically divides the city
into three districts of approxi-
mately 6,400 residents. The
population figures are based on
1980 U.S. census data.
District A, with 4,479 per-
sons, is located in the central
northwestern portion of the city
and is the proposed minority
district. The district would con-
tain 50 percent Spanish popula-
tion and 11 percent black
population.
District B is located in the
southwestern portion of the
city. The minority population in
that district includes 19 percent
Spanish and two percent blade.
District C would comprise
the northeast and central east
portions of the city. The area
would be made up of 13 percent
Spanish population and a three
. percent black population.
Attempts were made to
contact both Esparza and Her-
rera, however neither one were v
available; Esparza apparently
has been ill for some time, and
Phelan said that Herrera had
indicated he does not want to
discuss the lawsuit with the
News-Press.
pool, while the other will be
specifications for a smaller
pool.
It is expected the dty will
be presented the updated
specifications around May with
advertisement of bidding to be
in May or June and awarding of
bids in July or August. One of
the ways which the city plans to
loosen up the project contract
to hopefully make it more
attractive will be to allow a
longer time period before com-
pletion. Tentative plans are to
allow until December, 1984 or
.January of 1985 which would
assure completion of the pro-
ject in plenty of time for a full
summer of swimming in 1985.
The architects told city offi-
cials that by bidding for work to
be done on the project in the
fall more contractors may be
interested in order to line up
some off-season work. Also
some contractors who did not
bid simply because of problems
they had in trying to put
together a bid this time will
likely be interested.
The architects will also
study some minor modifications
in the original project design to
recommend to the city. One of
those will be to be more
lenient as to which brands can
be used for a couple of very
specilized items. Specs had
called for a certain kind of filter
and stainless steel gutter
system but the second set of
specifications will allow the
contractor to choose among the
few available sources of the
products.
“I believe strongly if we’ll
rebid this thing and open up
those areas we’ll get a better
bid,” said Mayor Tony Malouf.
“But it’s something we need to
go ahead and get done. This
thing’s long over due. We need
' to get done and set the folder
on the shelf and move on to
something else.”
The original plans call for
an L-shaped pool to be con-
structed in the hole where the
old City Pool was. The original
specs also require that the
contractor have the pool certi-
fied to meet NCAA and AAU
swimming competition regula-
tions. City officials feel that by
monitoring the work closely at
crucial times they can leave
that requirement out and still
get the pool built so it can be
certified. In many cases, the
architect said, requiring that
the contractor have the pool
certified, is like raising a red
flag and will automatically re-
sult in a hefty dollar addition to
the bid.
The second set of bid speci-
fications, which Council mem-
bers are "hoping they do not
have to opt for, call for a
smaller pool. In fact, cutting off
the bottom of the “L” as is
proposed, the new pool would
be smaller than the old City
Park pool.
Some minor modifications
will also be made in the
bathhouse specifications in
order to get a less costly
alternate.
BUILDING "iii—
continued from page 1
dwelling move-ins, one for'
$10,000 for a woodframe home
at 1405 11th St. and one for
$10,000 for a woodframe home
at 1804 Wilson St. Also, a
permit for $1,700 was taken by
Lee Stephenson for the Level-
land High School building
trades students for an addition
to a home at 805 N. Denver.
The largest single permit,
for $750,444, was taken by
Monterrey Construction of
Wolfforth for additions and
repairs to First Baptist Church
at 300 Houston St.
Several commercial addi-
tions added to the monthly
total, including one for $5,998
taken by G and B Pavers to
pave an addition to the parking
lot at Long John Silver’s restau-
rant on Clubview Drivp and to
put up a guard rail for the lot.
Jim Brady took an $11,000
permit to remove the wall
between C.R. Anthony’s de-
partment store and what for-
merly housed E’Lane’s so the
store can expand into the
vacated spot at Gentry Square.
Other permits taken include
Ed Chavez, 122 Maple, $19,-
900 for a mobile home move-in;
Darrell Fincannon, 407 First
St., $25,900 for a mobile home
move-in; Benny Frey, 1830 A
and B Wilson St., for two
mobile home move-ins; Mike
Gentry, 2108 M»*foog> $1,500
for a block fence; Wayne
Cunningham, 320 Walnut,
$1,507 for a dwelling addition;
Blue Haven Pools for Kenneth
Johnson, 405 E. Adams, $16,-
000 for a swimming pool;
Richard Gomez, 340 Walnut,
$3,500 for a dwelling addition;
and Bill Findsey, 911 11th St.,
$3,600 for a mobile home
move-in.
L.C. Kearney is being challen-
ged for place one by Marshall '
Cooper. >
In Sundown, Mayor Randy
Winfrey and Jim Winn will
compete for the mayor’s office:
while Joe Craddock, Ronnie'
Popejoy and Betty J. Hayhurst-
are each seeking one of the two
at-large seats on the city ctyjnriij
ciL- - -•/ C j
'“In the Sundown sdCool'
board race, Jay McCullough -
and Larry Runnels and Carl
Bloodworth are competing for
place one, and Benny Lockhart,..
Cliff Hayhurst and Jimmy Dann
Nugent desire place two on the
board.
All positions in the Smyer
city government will be decided
by the election and on ballot is
Foy E. Thompson, Jr, will be
the only contender for mayor.
Running for the five council
seats are W.C. Floyd, W.A.
Drachenberg, Juan M. Ramir-
ez, Ken Annes and Roscoe
Rackler.
Incumbents Darrell Kit-
chens and Melvin Kizer have
filed for re-election to their
seats on the Smyer school
board.
In Ropes, Bill Odom is
running unchallenged for
mayor, while Pete Pettiet in
place one, and Johnny Ward in
place five, are running un-
challenged for re-electidn to
the city council. Carol Taylor,
Larry Borland and Edsel Huie
have filed for the two spots on
the school board ballot.
Louise Boothe has challen-
ged Charles Kiker for the
mayor’s office in Anton, and
Sammy Stephenson, Doug Tea-
gue and Roger Harrell have
filed for the two open seats on
the dty council there.
Incumbent Wayne Mat-
thews, along with Steve Green,
Bruce Lawrence and Charles
Buchanan have filed for the two
seats up for grabs on the Anton
school board.
On the ballot for the Whit-
harral school board election are
Glenn Throckmorton, Wylie
Kay and Lanny B. Modawell.
In Morton, Mayor H. Ray
Looper is the only candidate on
the ballot for the mayor’s seat,
as is councilman J.D. Wiseley,
who is running uncontested for
re-election. Steve Crockett and
James Fitzgerald will fight R
out for place two on the council.
Crockett, along with L.T.
Lemons, also appear on the
ballot for one of the two places
on the Morton school board.
In White face, Mayor
Harold Harrison is running for
re-election, and Larry Seals,
Gary Noggle and Jim McHam
will battle for the two council
seats open.
Michael Burris and Douglas
Zuber, both incumbents, are
the only two candidates to file
for the two seats on the
White face school board.
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