Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 2000 Page: 2 of 23
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2-LEVELLAND & HOCKLEY COUNTY NEWS-PRESS, Sunday, October 8, 2000
Captain Fred Self retires
from Continental Airlines
Captain Fred Self, son of Pearl
Self and the late Dale Self of
Leveljpnd, retired from Continental
Airlines last month after nearly 32
years of service in the industry. '
During his career, he flew the
approximate equivalency of 22
round-trips to the moon.
Self was bom in Floydada but
.was raised in Levelland. He
graduated from Levelland High
School. He later attended South
Plains College and the University
of Texas at Austin. After
graduating from college, Captain
Self served in the U.S. Army from
1962 through 1965. While in the
Army he trained in aircraft
maintenance.
He has an extensive background
in aviation.
He learned to fly at West Tex
Aircraft in Lubbock while still in
high school. Following that, he
worked for the Pan Am
Corporation in New Orleans as an
instructor and for Shell Oil
Corporation, Airesearch
Corporation, Signal Oil Company,
IMCO, TACA Airlines, Trans-
Texas and Texas International
Airlines as a pilot. He joined the
Continental Airlines team when
Texas International and Continental
merged. During his career, he has
flown the Grumman Goose,
Grumman Gulfstream G-l, Convair
600, DC-3, DC-4, Viscount, DC-9
and the MD-80 on which he flew
his final flight as a commercial
airline pilot. The final 15 years of
his career, he flew the MD-80 for
Continental Airlines. He has
accumulated more than 27,000 total
flight hours.
After retirement, he will have
time to devote to his children and
grandchildren. His hobbies include
travel, genealogy, history, classical
County 4-H
petting zoo
The Hockley County 4-H
Program invites children in
preschool to third grade to visit the
4-H Petting Zoo held on
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000 at the
County Fair Grounds in Levelland.
The zoo will feature a variety
of farm animals as well . some
exotic animals. There will be
exhibits and activities in the
Women’s Building to teach the
children more about the animals
and other aspects of agriculture.
A new addition this year will
SENIORS
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The center on Houston Street
provides something else that the
elderly need: friendship and a sense
of belonging
John Wood, an 81-vear-old
retired Postal Service employee,
knows the value of seeing others on
a daily basis.
While his legs will not allow
him to do much walking. Wood
serves as a driver two days a week
for the meals program. He has been
driving for 10 years.
His wife is in a nursing home
and Wood lives alone. But he gets
as much company as he can - at the
center in Levelland.
Wood rarely misses eating lunch
there during the week. And he
enjoys playing dominoes and 42
with other senior citizens
Call the center at 894-2228 for
more information or to make a
Radio-thon contribution.
music, opera and the theater.
His final flight was on Sept. 27*
from Houston to San Diego. He
celebrated his 60* birthday on Sept.
28*. Under current Federal
Aviation Regulations, an airline
pilot must retire at age 60.
Therefore that was his last flight
after more than 31 years of service.
Accompanying him on that final
flight were-his family.
Of his career, he said, “While
recently contemplating my career in
aviation, I had the realization of
how truly fortunate I am to have
been afforded the opportunity to
have a career doing the thing that I
dreamed of as a child and have
loved so much as an adult. After
-my family, my career has been the
highlight of my life. 1 shall miss it.”
He and his wife, Dee, have a
son, Ken Self; two daughters,
Diana Gengenbach and Anita Kief
and son-in-law Robert Kief. His
mother is Mrs. Pearl Self; his sister
is Pam Sanders, and his brother-in-
law is Michael Feris, all of
Levelland.
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor:
On Saturday, Sept. 29* around
5 p.m. my husband and brother-in-
law were working at their shop
when a bullet narrowly missed their
heads when it whizzed by them. A
few years ago, a bullet passed
through the wall of the home of our
friend and barely missed her and
her baby. Last year, my car tire was
shot while I was driving on
Highway 114. These occurrences
have been in the Smyer area.
Keep in mind that when you are
shooting a gun, the bullet can travel
a mile and up to five or six miles
depending on caliber, trajectory,
etc. and can also ricochet a great
distance. You are responsible for
where your bullet lands.
The State of Texas requires that
if you are 17 yean of age or over
and bom on or after September 2,
1971, you must successfully
complete a hunter education course.
If you are age 12 through 16 you
must successfully complete a
hunter education course or must be
accompanied by a licensed Texas
hunter 17 years of age or older. If
you are under 12 years of age, you
must be accompanied by a licensed
Texas hunter 17 yean of age or
older.
Call Texas Parks and Wildlife at
*1-800-792-1112 for more
information, or Lubbock at 761-
4930 for information on classes
offered on October 17, November
13 and December 4.
Sincerely,
Carla Brown
COUNCIL
citizens to clean tip around homes
and alleys. The containers will
remain in place from Saturday, Oct
7* through Sunday, Oct 22-. The
cootarsn will be picked up on the
23*
Last spring, approximately 43
tons of all types of waste were
hauled off during last spring’s
cleanup campaign.
The council spent little time
approving increases in water,
continued from page 1
for the first 59% over all metered
water usage.
All the new rates are effective
Oct 1,2000 and will be reflected in
bills received in November.
• The council went into executive
session for four minutes,
reconvening and appointing Alton
Graves and Gayle Robertson as
members of die Cemetery Advisory
Board.
The council also awarded a bid
for a mineral lease of five airport
property to Dominion Land and
Minerals on behalf of Pathfinder
Oil and Gas. The bid was $58 per
net mineral acre for a three year
APPLE TASTING—One of the events concluding Capitol Elementary’s
study of Johnny Appleseed was a apple tasting and apple products study
in Mrs. Patty Billingsley’s fourth grade class. Classmates include (front
row) Ramiro Avitia, Kelsay Blair, Amanda Moreno, Smatha Polando,
Brandon Castillo, Kenny Strickland, Brinn Hicks, (back row) Ramiro Del
Campo, Jonathan Mata, Josephina Valdenas, Marcus Salinas, Jessica
Vargas, John Davenport, Jessica Truitt, and Tamara Hemphill. (Staff
Photo)
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Stephen Si Pat Henry. Publisher*
Captain Fred Self
’ers hosting
October 18th
be a Mobile Dairy Classroom
where the students will get to see a
live cow being milked.
To see everything at the Zoo,
plan to spend one to one and half
hours at the Fairgrounds.
Volunteers will be available to tell
the children about the animals and
the products made from the
animals.
Zoo hours are Wednesday,
Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. If
you would like to attend the Petting
Zoo, please call the Extension
office to reserve a time for your
child or group to participate.
The annual 4-H Petting Zoo is
one of the curriculum enrichment
projects that the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service - Hockley
County participates in each year in
an effort to improve educational
experiences for children in and out
of the classroom. Petting Zoo
Curriculum is available for
teachers, home schools and day
care centers. You can request a
copy of the curriculum when you
reserve a time to attend the Petting
Zoo.
For more information or to
reserve a time to attend the Petting
Zoo, please contact the Hockley
County Extension Office at 894-
3159. Extension programs serve
people of all ages regardless of
socioeconomic level, race, color,
sex, religion, disability or national
origin. Individuals with
disabilities who need special
assistance to participate in the
Petting Zoo should contact the
Hockley County Extension Office
by Friday, Oct. 13. Every effort
will be made to provide reasonable
accommodations.
School board
awards bids;
meets Tuesday
The Levelland School Board
will participate in a Tier II board
training session Monday, Oct. 9*
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
in the district’s S.O.A.R. Computer
Lab in the Annex building.
Wednesday the board met in
special session to award two bids.
Vibra-Whirl, LTD of Panhandle
submitted the only bid for
resurfacing of the high school track.
Its bid was $38,525 and was
accepted by the board. Work
should begin on the track within the
next week, weather permitting.
The board also awarded Smith
South Plains the bid for a 2001 F
series Ford pickup. The company
submitted a bid of $16,931.75 for
the new pickup, which was
accepted by the board. Both Smith
South Plains and R&K Autoplex
submitted bids for different
vehicles.
Classified Ads Work.
Call 894 3121
STUDYING JOHNNY APPLESEED-Fourth graders at Capitol
Elementary studied Johnny Appleseed last week. The studies concluded
with special events. Mrs. Ruby Brackens classes participated in a game of
Johnny Appleseed trivia. Class members include: Kassi Martin, Paige
Blair, Savannah Mindieta, LaTasha Moore, Terry Bejarano, Andi Flores,
Alyssa Esqueda, Jacob Blair, Robert Griffith, anthony Castellano, Klay
Brock, Garry Washington, Roy Cisneros, Jonathan Rodriguez and Hfcriey'
Garrett. (Staff Photo)
APPLE ART-Last week, Capitol Elementary fourth graders concluded
their studies of Johnny Appleseed with some special events, including
apple art. Members in Mrs. Kay Schreier’s art class include: Shasta
Roberts, Chamarae Polk, Natalie Guajardo, J.R. Rodrizuez, Hunter Balch,
Fabiano Coronado, Courtney Mathis, Whitney Franklin, Crystal Vidales,
Laci Alford, Thomas Hernandez, Marcus Jones, Andrew Huerta and
Bobby King. (Staff Photo)
MAKING CARMEL APPLES—At the conclusion of their study of
Johnny Appleseed, fourth graders at Capitol Elementary enjoyed several
activities including making carmel apples in Ms. Margaret Stone’s class.
Principal Sam Goodnight stopped by to see what was happening in the
class. Classmates include: (left to righ) Kambrie Merrill, Chris Jones,
Ketran Dawn, Brittany Newberry, Crystal Cirillo, Bo Armes, Richard
Bautista, Cameron Navosu, Melissa Alvarez, Crystal Vargas, Leslie
Tienda, Britney Turner and Genoveva Avila. (Staff Photo)
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Whitharral trustees to meet
The Whitharral School Board
will be meeting at 8 a.m. Monday,
Oct. 9*.
Items on the agenda include
open forum, approval of minutes
and payments of bills, approval of
fuel bid for this school year,
approval of resolution recognizing
4-H as an extracurricular activity
and giving extension agent staff
members adjunct faculty status at
Whitharral ISD and undergo board
training.
The board is scheduled to meet
in closed session and to take action
after that session. Discussion items
include report on TAAS scores,
construction and maintenance
report, financial report, board
training opportunities, November
board meeting and calendar of
events.
garbage and sewer rates on second
and mud reading. The increases
were discussed during die budget
process and again on first reading.
Residential, apartment, trailer net mineral acre for a three year
houses and churches will have the paid up oil and gas lease providing
same rates of $14.95 per month for 3/16th royalty on oil and etas. Total
same rates of $14.95 per month for
garbage collection. Commercial
/16th royalty on oil and gas. Total
lease bonus will be $5,009.46 for
rates will range from $41.50 to the 86.37 acres. The bid was the
$286 ore more depending on the only one received. The city
volume of garbage, number of proceeded with the bid process at
containers required and number of the request of Dominion Land and
pick ups required. Minerals. The lease has to be
Rates for use of die convenience approved by county commissioners
station will be no '•Wee for county because the city and county are
and city residents cleaning up jouii owims of the property,
around their , own property using _
light trailers or light pickup trucks. I jKV
The charge for pickups for , ___
commercial use will be $15.50; Continued JT0771 page 1
small commercial trucks will be
$25.75; bobtail trucks, larger
trailers, and other vehicles, $53.50
horses are human problems. ”1
enjoy people coming out and
_ , *L;i ‘ :r saying, ‘Wow! I wish I could do
per load and semi-truck trailer, if w£at *ou ^ , she uy| -j ^ to
teach owners what I do.”
permitted by regulation, $117 per
load.
The fee for disposing of
passenger car tires will be $1.50
each; truck tires up to 20 inches, $5
each; equipment and tractor dies to
130 lbs., $15 each and larger tires,
10 cents per pound.
New water rates will be a
minimum of $6.75 per month, up
She is currendy training three
horses-two 2-year-olds and one 3-
year-old.
She says that within two months
she can be riding almost any hone
in town. She rode a three-year-old
to Jason’s shop recendy. She wants
any horse she trains to be
accustomed to traffic and people.
” She also likes to Men young hoSes
gallons of water, up from $ 1.98 per steers
She left the classroom back in
Georgia because she didn’t have
time to teach lads math and to teach
kids to ride without feeling guilty.
She chose the teaching she enjoyed
the most, which does not rule out a
thousand. That increase is a result
of debt service and operating costs
increasing.
The new minimum sewer rate
for residential customers will be
increasing to $8.56 from $8.25. The
new minimum commercial rate will
new mwunum w,u retum to ^ classroom gome day in
be a minimum of $4.91 per month Ae ^ She ^ for a
and 74 cents per thousan ga Ions tjme aftCT she quit teaching.
REID
continued from page 1
He was a business consultant in
Arizona before becoming director
accomplished harpist and plays at She stressed that people don t
numerous events and special have to own their own horses to
occasions in Levelland and across enjoy them. She has a retired
the South Plains. gentleman coming from Lubbock to
He has a comprehensive learn to ride who is riding her
understanding of the infrastructure horses. “That’s what they are for—
of Levelland and is proud to be to ride," she says.
She currently owns 10 horses
and says her big mare, Chance, and
her miniature stallion, Little Man,
are her favorites.
She is hoping that she can
increase all aspects of her business,
including caring for other people’s
working in his hometown to help it
meet the challenges of the future.
He and his family are members
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Levelland and have a small music
ministry, ‘Musical Inspirations.*
As for the future, she is excited
about being back in West Texas.
She is excited about her lifestyle
and her career and she is excited
about meeting more people and
sharing her love of horses.
Planning a safe business trip
You are traveling on a
business trip and just arrived at
your final destination. You
take a cab to the hotel and just
as you reach into your pocket
for the fare, you realize your
wallet is gone. What an
exasperating feeling!
But as careful as we are when
traveling, unfortunate circum-
stances do occur. To better
ensure your safety, listed
below are some helpful tips.
1. Don’t take along a lot of
cash. Consider using
traveler’s checks, ATMs
and credit cards. Never
write your PIN on your
ATM or credit card.
2. Don’t flaunt your cash,
credit cards, jewelry, pass-
port, etc.
3. At hotels and motels,
consider keeping jewelry
and other valuables in a
safe.
4. Report a lost or stolen card
immediately to limit your
liability for unauthorized
charges by a thief. Under
the Fair Credit Billing Act,
if you low your credit card
your losses are limited to
$50 per card. If you low
your ATM card, you’re not
responsible for charges
made after you report the
card lost or stolen. How-
ever, you may be liable for
up to $50 for unauthorized
Tips from your
Community Baker
transfers that occur before you
give timely notice to the
issuer.
5. At airports, be on guard
. against thieves who target
weary travelers (and their
cash, credit cards and other
belongings). Make a point to
look alert and aware of your
surroundings.
6. Cany a list of toll free
telephone numbers for your
bank and credit card compa-
nies, so you can report a lost
item and get replacement
cards or cash. Don’t list your
account numbers, your Social
Security number, PIN or other
confidential numbers.
7. Aric a friend or neighbor back
home to pick up your mail and
newspapers and to keep an
eye on your house. Leave a
copy of your itinerary so you
can be reached in an emer-
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