Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1983 Page: 2 of 22
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Rambling
With
Stephen Henry
At times we are con-
vinced that secrecy is the
best publicity.
It was one of those
days. You know the kind.
You crawl out of bed a full
hour after you had intend-
ed because you have so
much work you wanted to
get done early. You re-
member it’s time to buy a
new rotary head for the
electric razor as it pulls
rather than cuts and you
find there’s not even a
dull blade left for the
trusty, rusty singly edge.
You walk outside to
find that the dog beat you
to the daily paper, that
someone must have had a
good night since they left
the beer cans in your front
yard and that the left rear
tire is low. On the way to
wcrk you run out of gas
and flip the switch for the
other tank only to find it’s
empty too.
Once at work you find
that you're already an
hour behind and you hav-
en't even opened the front
door yet. That’s when you
find that the notes you
needed to finish a job are
still on the dresser back at
home and your pen just
ran out of ink. You put
your money in the coke
machine only to find that
the only thing left is a Big
Red, and you haven’t
liked that since you were
eight.
As the day progresses
you find that you’re late
everywhere you go and
usually make two trips for
everything. Ideas you had
sorted out so carefully
earlier in the morning
seem ridiculous by mid-
afternoon and frustration
setk in. So you make just
one more call on a fellow
businessman and find
you're really having a
good day compared to
him...he has had an IRS
agent as a visitor. Now
that’s what you really call
a bad day
The teacher asked a
class, discussing the
North American Indian, if
anyone could tell what the
leaders of the tribes were
called.
"Chiefs,” said a little
girl.
“Correct,” said the
teacher. "And what were
the women called?” A
sharp little lad answered
promptly, ' ‘ Mischiefs. ’ ’
We thought you
might appreciate the fol-
lowing story that has
been making the rbunds
lately.
You might have re-
membered the tale about
one of the unluckiest men
in the world. He decided
to kill himself and took
special pains to succeed.
Afraid his old pistol
wouldn’t work, he got a
gallon of kerosene, a
piece of rope, some rat
poison, and rowed down
the river to where some
trees leaned out over the
water.
He tied the rope
around his neck and over
one of the trees, poured
kerosene and set fire to
himself and swallowed
the rat poison. He fi-
gured on shooting him-
self when he kicked the
boat from under the feet.
Well, sir, he fired the
pistol, but he shot the
rope instead of himself
and fell into the river.
The water put out the
fire, and the stranglin’
and chokin’ from the
water made him throw up
all the rat poison.
This is a true story for
the fellow said that one
experience made him
think his luck was chang-
in’, so he swum to shore
and put up for the Texas
Legislature.
’’Durned it I didn’t
get elected,” he said.
TOUR
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mercial art, and radio and
television technology areas.
The administrative offices of
the building were repainted and
carpeted and energy conserva-
tion features in the heating and
air conditioning systems were
added.
An elevator and restroom
facilities for handicapped indi-
viduals are the main changes in
the school library. The first and
second floors of the building got
a fresh coat of paint and energy
conservation items were add-
ed
New lockers, shower and
restroom facilities and offices
were added to the track build-
ing. In addition the building will
now accommodate a small laun-
dry room for dormitory stu-
dents.
The work is one of the final
phases of construction which is
being paid for through the May,
1981, $5.5 million bond elec-
tion which was approved by
local voters.
The college is currently
planning an open house some-
time this fall in order to allow
the community to view the
improvements.
With this phase of campus
construction nearing comple-
tion, regents gave their okay to
the administration to begin
planning for another $360,000
of improvements.
The proposals include reno-
vating the south side of the
women’s gym to house the
cosmetology department, esti-
mated at $170,000; renovating
the president’s home into a
visitor’s center, estimated at
$50,000; adding a fly loft to the
auditorium stage, estimated at
$60,000; and upgrading the
original greenhouse, estimated
at $16,000.
o>. In addition construction of a
new campus entrance, parking
spaces and paving work around
the administration building and
proposed visitor’s center have
been estimated at $50,000 and
remodeling of the entrance to
the auditorium of the creative
arts building is expected to cost
around $14,000.
The president’s home on
campus has recently been va-
cated by SPC president Dr.
Marvin Baker who moved into
a new home and the plans for a
visitor’s center include re-
modeling the home to house
the school’s foundation pro-
gram.
The fly loft to the audi-
torium stage would allow for
moving of overhead stage sets.
The $60,000 estimate also in-
cludes around $20,000 of rig-
ging and equipment which
would be installed.
School officials - say re-
modeling plans for the entrance
to the creative arts auditorium
will give the building a more
theatre-like appearance with
a billboard for advertising spe-
cial attractions.
Regents also approved a
new insurance policy which will
provide for a self-funding pro-
gram for the medical and dental
portions of the college’s insur-
ance coverage.
A committee began looking
at insurance coverage some
time ago after the college
began experiencing problems
with payments of claims with
their previous insurer.
A law passed recently by
the state legislature opened the
door for the school to consider
self-funding -- a practice which
the legislature had previously
not allowed public schools to
do.
The program will work so
that premiums will be deposited
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into a school account from
which a third party administra-
tor will regulate payments of
claims. Don Reynolds Associ-
ates submitted the low bid for
the self-funding proposal and
will be third party administra-
tor.
The plan contains provi-
sions so that administrative
costs, premiums, and claims
will not exceed the premium
income generated.
Dr. Bud Joyner, vice-presi-
dent of administrative affairs,
told the regents that the self-
funding program will provide
many options for the school.
The program will generate
around $240,000 in premium
payments. Joyner said usually
school employees will make
around $150,000 in medical
and dental claims each year.
Using those figures as an
example, he said, in an aver-
age year the college could
possibly put around $90,000 in
reserve funds which could be
used to fund the insurance
program.
Life insurance and disability
coverage will remain fully in-
sured with approved com-
panies.
SPECO
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ents’ opinion is highly respect-
ed, they are included in every
ARD meeting, and are invited to
every meeting concerning the
child's curriculum and assess-
ment of the progress.
We value the parents’ opin-
ion because they know the child
better than anyone. They see
them at home and know if
they’re frustrated and strug-
gling,” Tubb said.
One program for the stu-
dents is the resource class, in
which the students are main-
streamed most of the day and
spend three classes with the
special education teacher. The
teacher draws on the curriculum
developed for each student and
tries to use all channels of
learning to assist him. Each
curriculum utilizes the multisen-
sory technique, which incorpor-
ates all modes of learning in-
cluding kinesthetic, tactile, audi-
tory and visual modes.
In the resource jclass, Tubb
said, the elementary school level
is taught language skills such as
spelling, English, reading and
math. On the secondary level
some content subjects, such as
social studies and history, are
taught.
A vocational adjustment
class is offered at the high school
to students who need to be
trained to work. Vocational edu-
cation is also taught at the junior
high school level through the
food services and building main-
tenance programs.
-The student’s progress and
individual plan are reviewed
three times a year by the
supervising instructor and are
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also evaluated once a year by an
ARD meeting with the principal
of his school, support staff from
SPECO, teachers from special
education and regular classes
and the parents. Changes are
made in the student’s program
based on input from “each"
source.
Moore said that one of the
major keys to the success of
special education is the principal
of each campus. The principal is
the chairman of each ARD
group, and is usually the first
one contacted by the teacher
when a student is having prob-
lems in the classroom.
“I would put the Levelland
principals up against anyone in
helping handicapped kids?"
They’re the best,” Moore said.
The support staff at SPECO
includes counselors, licensed di-
agnosticians, teachers for the
visually handicapped, speech
therapists and supervising in-
structors. SPECO maintains a
psychologist on a consulting
basis and relies on other agen-
cies to help the students with
individual problems that the
staff members are not qualified
to handle. They will bring in
pediatricians and physical thera-
pists, or will send the students to
specialists, such a^ sending the
hearing impaired to the Lubbock
Service for the Deaf.
Moore said that with the
support of school personnel and
parents, SPECO is trying to
provide the best educational
opportunity to the learning dis-
abled and handicapped students
in the Levelland area.
percent from last month when
payments lagged 46.5 percent.
The city has received payments
amounting to $59,444 so far,
compared to $107,524 paid to the
city during the nine-month per-
iod last jear. The monthly
payment was $4.102 while it was
$4,073 last year.
Payments lag 10.99 percent
behind last year in Anton. The
city received $2,123 this month
to bring the total for the year to
$19,522. last September’s,pay-
ment of $2,852 carried 1982
figures to $21,934.
Ropesville payments are off
22.54 percent. So far this year
that city has received $3,668 in
sales tax, compared to $4,736
which wa§ sent to the city during
the comparable time last year.
Payments to Morton and
Whiteface in Cochran County
are down 14.7 percent for the
year. Morton received $2,268
this month to put the total to
date at $33,360, down 6.59
percent from last year. The
funds received this year in
Whiteface are about half what
that city had received by this
time last year. With a 50.93
percent decline, payments now
stand at $3,922. By last Septem-
ber the city had been remitted
$7,992.
A glance at figures for the
year in other West Texas cities
includes Andrews, down 14.7
percent; Muleshoe, up 6.7 per-
cent; Lamesa, down 12.9 per-
cent; Hereford, up 4.7 percent;
Odessa, down 32.65 percent;
Seminole, down 2.9 percent;
Plainview, down 4.3 percent;
Big Spring, down 19.1 percent;
Littlefield, up 2.3 percent; Lub-
bock, up .3.9 percent; Midland,
down 26.2 percent; Amarillo,
up 7.3 percent; Canyon, up 8.09
percent; Snyder, down 15.2 per-
cent; Abilene, down 8.8 percent;
Brownfield, down 15.1 percent;
and Denver City, down 2.6
percent.
Houston received the largest
check--$7.2 million--bringing
that city's nine-month total to
$102.7 million, 10 percent below
the same period last year.
Dallas’ check was $5.2 million
for a $62.8 million yearly total,
up six percent. San Antonio
received $2.5 million, making its
yearly total $31.1 million, an
eight percent increase.
Austin’s September payment
of $1.6 million pushed its total to
$20.6 million, a 14 percent gain
from last year. Fort Worth’s
check for $1.2 million brought
that city’s total to $19.6 million,
up over four percent from 1982.
BARNETT continued from page 1
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BILL BARNETT
subsidiaries, Brazos Transport
Company and Brazos Truck
Lines. He also was previously
associated with Sundown State
Bank in Sundown.
His professional affiliations
include membership in the As-
sociation of Texas and Ameri-
can Bankers, American and
Texas Independent Bankers,
Common Carrier Conference,
Irregular Route Carriers and
American Trucking Associa-
tion. He is chairman-elect of
the Texas Motor Transport
Association.
Before receiving his bache-
lor’s degree in journalism from
Texas Tech, he was editor of
the student newspaper. He
began his career in newspaper
reporting and later was a sales
representative for sporting
goods companies before becom-
ing involved in the banking and
transportation fields.
He has been active in
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numerous civic organization,
including the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce, the
Lubbock Chamber of Com-
merce and the Lubbock Area
Foundation.
Barnett has been involved
in several Texas Tech organiza-
tions, including the Ex-Students
Association which he served as
president in 1977.. He is invol-
ved in Texas Tech's Letter-
men’s Association, President’s
Council, Athletic Council,
serves on the Medical School
Foundation board, Texas Tech
Foundation board, and is on the
executive committee of the Red
Raiders Club.
He and his wife, Betty,
have three sons, Kenneth Bar-
nett, Gregg Alexander, and
Steve Alexander.
The award recipients were
announced by Dr. Bill Dean,
executive director of the Ex-
Students Association. Distin-
guished alumni are selected
annually by a committee repre-
senting the association and the
Tech administration.
Other honorees are Dr.
R.G, •> “Wick” Alexander, an
Arlington orthodontist; Frank
M. Burke, Jr., a Dallas partner
in an international accounting
firm; and Dr. Virginia Lee
Huf9tedler Love, a Sherman
educator and counselor.
Tickets to the dinner, open
to the public, are available by
reservation and cost $10 each.
For more information contact
the association at P.O. Box
4009, Lubbock, 79409 or (806)
742-3641.
ENROLLMENT
continued from page 1
James, when students enroll for
classes on more than one cam-
pus. However, the total enroll-
ment figure represents an un-
duplicated count.
Foot-
prints
by Riley Kennedy
As the first day of
autumn is this Friday,
Saturday is declared as
National Hunting and
Fishing Day. 1 suppose
this is intended because
numerous seasons for
hunting various birds and
game will soon be opening
up.
For this reason, we are
taking an excerpt from a
hunting calendar at hand
which touches pretty hea-
vily on the ethics of hunt-
ing. As we all know, there
have been numerous gun
laws passed in recent
years - maybe good, may-
be not so. The idea,
however, is that we in
America never wish to
become like the English
which, the calendar says,
prevent the average citi-
zen from buying a license,
purchasing a gun, etc. All
their hunting is done on
private and regulated
grounds. Poaching there
carries a penalty almost
the same as treason.
Therefore, all state
game and fishing depart-
ments are urging hunters
and fishermen to use com-
mon sense,To ihTib "man-""
ner commit any acts of
poaching, shooting game
out of season with unreg-
istered weapons and to
please resist any other law
breaking. Naturally, they
urge safety in all its many
phases.
Please watch out for
that other fellow who just
could be in gunshot dis-
tance. Please do not force
our officials into setting
more stringent laws.
This all reminds me of
a time several years ago,
in another city and with .
another newspaper. - An
old fellow lived in the
country a few miles out,
so he called me that he
had captured an eagle.
Goofy like, and without
second thought, I drove
out, snapped a picture
and we put it on page one
of our morning edition.
About 8 a.m. this fel-
low called me. The wild-
lif.* people were on the
ball. They simply read the
paper, then went out and
told him point blank to
either turn loose the ea-
gle or come with them to
the jail house. Naturally,
he turned it loose.
We tried to get in
touch with Mel Reed, our
own game warden of the
county, for further infor-
mation on legal seasons,
etc. Mel was out of town
at this early writing, but
my guess is he can fill you
in on just about anything
concerning hunting and
fishing. Try him.
By the time this sees
print, the Mexican Fiesta
will have been held. Per-
haps there will be some
stories and photos in to-
day's newspaper, and my
guess now is that it will be
colorful and entertaining.
The same goes for that
barbecue Homer Johnson
Oil Company was holding.
It was also on Friday, and
I guess again it was
attended and enjoyed by
everyone. Just remember,
it was also old Homer’s
74th birthday, though the
event is commemorating
his 45th year in Levelland.
Congrats on both, Homer.
Guess we better go
rake a little muck some-
where and on somebody.
These LIVELY COLUMNS
????? have been too nice
recently and I am losing
my image.
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