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2-LEVELLAND & HOCKLEY COUNTY NEWS-PRESS, Sunday, Octobar 22, 2000
Just Rambling
with Stephen Henry
It’s easier to fight for one’s
principles than to live up to them.
E-mail is' increasingly becoming
a part of our lives. Today, 1 usually
have to check my e-mail twice a
day, which are just two more things
to do. E-mail and electronic
transfers have increased so much
that they are threatening the fiscal
livelihood of the U.S. ‘Postal
Service.
A recent news bulletin from the
National Newspaper Association
says the Postal Service reports that
it will lose up to S300 million by
the end of this fiscal year due to
increased fuel and labor costs and
the claim that e-mail has
- significantly diverted usage.
One reason for the decrease in
USPS usage is that the U.S.
government itself is dropping the
postal service. Of the 880 million
Social Security checks, tax refunds
and other payments sent by the
Treasury Department in 1999, 68
percent were sent electronically
rather than by mail, resulting in lost
First Class revenue. Additionally,
the banking industry reduced its
mail volume in 1999 by nearly 18
percent compared with 1996 levels.
The Internet and nearly instant
communications are changing our
world.
Periodically, however, the
weaknesses inherent in the
electronic communications industry
show up.
Last week, we received several
warnings of a new computer virus
which is attacking unsuspecting
Internet users and their computers.
If you receive an e-mail titled
“Lets watch TV," DO NOT OPEN
IT! It will erase everything on your
hard drive. This information was
announced Wednesday morning by
IBM. AOL states that “Kali" is a
very dangerous virus to every
computer and says it is worse than
the virus, “Melissa." There is no
remedy for it at this time.
Some individual has succeeded
in using the reformat function from
Norton Utilities causing it to
completely erase all documents on
hard drives. It was designed to
Letter
to the Editor
Dear Editor:
On Sunday, Oct. 15, the
Levelland Middle School and
Levelland Junior High Choirs
performed their annual fall concert
at the LJH auditorium. The choirs
usually perform at the Middle
School but crews are putting a new
roof on the auditorium.
All was planned for our concert
day. Then the audience began
arriving. They filled the \available
seating and still more came. When
the directors were alerted to the
growing audience, plans were
changed and changed again to
accommodate more people. By the
time the first song was sung, all
plans for seating the choirs were
scrapped and everyone “punted."
We are grateful the auditorium
was full of relatives and friends.
We are grateful so many people
were interested in hearing our
students sing their first concert of
the year. Thank you, audience
members, for handling the lack of
seating until we could reorganize
and give you more seats.
Thank you, Middle School and
Junior High Choir students for
letting us change our plans at the
spur of the moment. You were real
“troopers". We appreciate the
teachers who were helping with our
younger students, also.
We plan on using the Middle
School auditorium for our
Christmas concert because it seats
more people, but we certainly
appreciate being able to use the
Junior High last Sunday. The
auditorium experienced extensive
renovations last school year and is
due even more work. It was really
nice to know we had another place
to perform.
Our thanks, again, to our
wonderful students, parents and
friends.
Janette' Groll, Willa Dale
Johnson & Melinda Pena
work with Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. It
destroys both Macintosh and IBM
compatible computers.
This is a new, very malicious
virus and not many people know
about it. Pass this warning along to
EVERYONE so the threat can be
contained.
The warnings also say that if a
computer user received any mail
with the following file attachments,
please do not open and delete them
immediately. A list of the exe files
not to be opened are:
1. buddylst.exe
2. calcul84.exe
3. deathpr.exe
4. einstein.exe
5. happ.exe
6. happy99.exe
7. japanese.exe
8. keypress.exe
9. kitty.exe
10. teletubb.exe
These kinds of electronic
problems make you long for the
good old days when all you had to
worry about was putting enough
postage on a letter and including
the zip code. Regardless of the
number of e-mail messages I get, a
personal letter in the mail is still a
welcomed treat.
Old age is the most
unexpected of all the things that
happen to a person.
Early voting
begins Mon.
Early voting for the general
election will begin Monday, Oct. 23
and continue through Nov. 3.
County residents may cast
ballots from 9 a m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays in the County Clerk’s
Office at the courthouse.
Early voting may also be done
during business hours at city halls in
Anton, Ropesville and Sundown.
In addition to voting for
contested races at the national and
state levels; county residents will
cast ballots in several contested
local races
Sheriff Donald Caddell, a
Democrat, faces a challenge from
fellow lawman Lee Com, a
Republican.
Pet. 1 County Commissioner ,
Jack Ayers, a Republican, will
tackle Democrat Jimmy Porter in the
polls.
The incumbent, Democrat Roy
Clark, is running against Republican
Wilburn Burks in the race for Pet. 1
constable
Another contested race will be
held in Precinct 2 in Sundown.
In that election. Constable
Everett McDaniel, a Republican,
will take on challenger Larry
Bradley, a Democrat.
The general election will be
held Nov. 7.
COALITION
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always meet the needs of migrant
workers for several reasons, said
Luis Perez, community services
program director with South Plains
Community Action Association.
“Sometimes we don’t gear
ourselves to migrant farm workers,”
Perez said.
He added that it may take weeks
before a program can meet die needs
of a family
“They can’t wait two or three
weeks,” he said. “We need to start
pushing the information up
Christmas promotions
being planned Tuesday
Plane are this year’s downtown
Christmas promotion are being
made.
Merchants and others interested
in promotional activities to be held
dining the holiday season are
invited to another Christmas
promotion meeting Tuesday in the
Levelland City Hall. The meeting
will begin at 6 p.m.
A group representing downtown
merchants, the Chamber of „
Commerce, Main Street and the and Christmas caroling will be the
host their annual lighting ceremony
at any time. £
After considerable discussion, it
was agreed that the holiday
activities will continue on Thursday
evenings, although they may start
and end an hour earlier than in die
past.
The lighting ceremony will be
held on Thursday, Nov. 30* A
Country Christmas will be the
theme for the Dec. 7* promotion
TEXAS CHAMBER WEEK — Mayor Hugh Lynn Bradley signed a
proclamation Thursday declaring Oct. 23-27 as Chamber of Commerce
Week All across the state, chambers of commerce are being recognized for
their work in economic and community development. The Levelland Area
Chamber of Commerce was established in 1930 and incorporated in 1951.
It represents more than 225 business members. From the left are Harley
Reid, chamber president; chamber secretary Anissia Puente; and executive
board members Richard Ellis, Mark Holcomb and Bobby Zetzsche. Not
shown are the other board members, Brett Paxton, Tracy Jenkins and Sham
Myatt. (Staff Photo)
Police Report
Marigolds met last Tuesday to
begin die planning process.
During that meeting, shifting the
downtown events from Thursday to
Saturday were discussed with the
merchants agreeing that they prefer
holding holiday activities on
Thursday evenings.
Representatives of the
Marigolds said they were willing to
rogram
Cleanup p
extended «
TheCity of Levolland’s cleanup
tentative theme for the Dec. 14*
promotion.
Participating merchants will be
asked to host Christmas open
houses on November 30*.
It was agreed that successful
promotions would offer food,
musk and door prizes as attractions
to local and area residents.
Hailey Reid, Chamber of
Commerce manager, reported feat
fee Youth Chamber will offer
Secret Santa shopping for
youngsters again this year.
Debra Dye, Main Street
Police arrested a 31-year-old
city man early Thursday after
responding several times to
complaints about loud music and
. yelling
Officers charged the man with
disorderly conduct, a report said.
A man allegedly punched a 14-
year-old boy in the nose Friday
morning and pushed another person.
Evalina O. Kenley said
someone damaged a building behind
her residence Thursday morning.
Damage was estimated at $60.
It appeared feat fee culprit pried
and kicked the siding, according to a
report
A woman who quit her job in
August apparently failed to return a
compatible notebook computer to
her employer
A man and his girlfriend were
jailed Tuesday evening on charges
of child endangerment.
Police arrested the two after
going to a “dirty and filthy”
apartment where two small children
were present. The man appeared to
< berfcigh oiygHfolantn; a report said.'
I * lhe man was also wanted on a
warrant The' toother of the two
children was also charged wife
hindering apprehension
Someone stole a purse from a
woman's car Wednesday at
Covenant Hospital Levelland. The
vehicle was unlocked at the time,
according to police.
A man and woman complained
that two people harassed them this
week, claiming that the woman's
son had keyed a Car.
Police received a call Tuesday
that a man grabbed his wife and
pushed her into a w ashing machine.
Lawmen found an abandoned
pickup Tuesday that had been stolen
to Brownfield
The truck, a 1992 Ford F-150
that belonged to R.R McNeil, was
located m the 1700 block of 13th
Street. The ignition key was in fee
vehicle, police said.
A boy is suspected of causing
$90 in damage to another boy’s
“micro scooter.”
A man said he was assaulted
and robbed by lour males Monday
evening after he stopped his vehicle
in a 35 mph construction zone
Monday morning was arrested for
driving while intoxicated.
The man was also charged wife
resisting arrest after he struggled
wife officers while being
handcuffed, a report said.
The man was stopped by police
on Texas 114.
A woman reported that meat,
bread and other food items worth
$95 were stolen from her deep
freezer last weekend.
No signs of forced entry to the
building were found. Two juveniles
in the woman’s neighborhood are
suspects, according to a report.
A family complained that they
have been receiving threatening
phone calls from two male suspects.
Vandals cut three tires last
weekend, causing $372 in damage.
The culprits damaged tires on
vehicles that belonged to Ricky Ruiz
and Candelario Castillo, a report
said
Police arrested a 20-year-old
Levelland man Oct. 13 at Lobo
Stadium. »iu»ci ittiw noi/^iuiuo.
! Officers arrested the man after
they learned he had been spitting at
people from fee bleachers. The
suspect, who appeared to have been
drinking, was charged wife minor in
consumption.
A 13-year-old boy said
someone stole his backpack from
him last Saturday night while he was
walking along Houston Street.
The victim said he heard
someone near him and then felt an
object hit him in the ribs. Someone
took his backup and fled into fee
darkness The youth said he did not
know who assaulted him.
The incident occurred at about
8:30 p.m. in the 900 block of
Houston Street, a report said.
A woman suffered two
lacerations to her head Oct. 14 when
she was assaulted by a man.
The man had just been released
from jail, the victim said.
Officers arrested an Anton man
Oct. 14 after he was observed
traveling more than 80 mph on
Texas 114.
The suspect was given a field
sobriety test before going to jail. He
campaign has been extended by a director, invited all merchants and
w80*_ , , interested individuals to attend the
Because of fee community planning sessions.
interest m this effort, we have _
decided to extend fee program by *
one week,” said City Manager Greg
Ingham
Full roll-off containers continue
to be hauled off from fee seven
collection sites, which means city
residents are interested in cleaning
RIDER
continued from page 1
up the community, Ingham said.
The purpose of fee cleanup
program is to encourage residents to
clean up around their homes and
vacant lots.
Levelland residents may dispose
of old furniture, scrap lumber, tree
limbs and acceptable waste at the
sites at no charge.
The containers are located at
Kauffman Park, Jefferson Street and
North Avenue H; Hickory Street and
Sherman Avenue, Brookhollow and
South College; Third Stredt and
Avenue D; the 1700 block of
Avenue H; and Lee Street and
AvenueQ.
The containers will be left at
the sites through Oct. 29, and they
will be picked up Oct. 30.
Items such as tires, appliances
and metals should be taken to the
first state.”
Posty said he plans to ride into
Mexico and travel to the Yucatan
Peninsula He intends to see Cancun
before taking his horses on a ship
and going to Cuba.
He visited Cuba several years
ago and is concerned wife fee poor
living standards of fee people there.
“I think they’re starving right
now in Cuba,” hie said. “They have
no soap... they have nothing.”
The Cuban people themselves
are not to blame for fee enmity
between their government and fee
United States, he said. Posty said he
hoped fee trade embargo against
Ctiba will be eased.
Once in Cuba, Posty said he
will ride across fee length of the
country before selling his horses and
returning to France and his practice.
Very cheap,” he said “I sell
y
Transfer Station at Alamo Road and ^ and give to good people
A&M Lane for disposal. Loose
Used oil and filters may be
taken to the Transfer Station or 304
Ave. G.
The cleanup campaign was
originally scheduled to end today.
for his sixth trip.
“I just go slowly for a year. I’ve !
been slow,” Posty said “I don’t
know where I... go next”
Sheriffs Report
The victim was driving on West was charged wife driving under the
Avenue when a vehicle behind him
flashed its headlights When he
stopped on Eighth Street, a person
Chivstal Madewell, director of walked up and punched him in the
the Texas Work Force Center, said tace
her agencies offers services that are
for businesses, job seekers and
employees
The Core Services Room at the
Houston Street center provides
information on job listings and
career exploration.
It also allows people to use fax
machines, computers and telephones
in their job search, Madewell said.
The center is now offering a
new service in the form of a Job
Training Center, she noted.
“It’s a good program. They can
learn computers and money
management skills,” Madewell said.
The Texas Work Force Center
also has programs that can help
families wife child care and
The victim said he blacked out
His assailants took his watch and a
wallet containing $400. He said he
did not know any of his assailants
According to a report, the man
suffered a broken nose.
influence alcohol by a minor, police
said.
A family discovered that their
pit bull was stolen from their home
Oct. 13. The dog had brindle
coloring.
A male is a suspect in fee case,
a report said.
Four tires worth $800 were
slashed on a van feat belongs to
Levelland Christian School. The
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transportation, as well as summer
employment for young people, she
said
“We have a vast amount of
services,” Madewell said “We can
help anybody in some shape or
form”
Coalition members were also
updated on local initiatives, and fee
Family Pathfinders and Habitat for
Humanity programs during the half,
day conference.
The coalition meets four times a
year and offers members an
opportunity to network and share
ideas and information
A city woman is suspected of tires were damaged overnight Oct.
cutting two tires on a woman’s car 12-
Monday night at a car wash on
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damage when she returned 35
minutes later was next at 2.1 percent, followed by
Police arrested a 45-year-old Lubbock The Dallas and Killeen-
man for public intoxication Monday Temple MSA were fourth lowest at
night. The man was taken into 3.3 percent
custody after officers got a phone
call about a disturbance at Cedar
Ridge apartments, a report said.
Vandals punched holes in a
pickup truck tire Tuesday, causing a
$300 loss, said fee Sheriff’s Office.
An Anton man was arrested for
disorderly conduct Oct. 10 and was
also charged wife resisting arrest
The suspect appeared to be
“high” when he was questioned by a
sheriff's deputy. The man was
bleeding profusely from one hand at
fee time.
While in a patrol car, he kicked
a window out He was subdued wife
pepper spray, a report said.
Three Anton boys, ages 5
through 7, are suspected of causing
extensive damage to an Anton
family's home Oct 12.
The culprits damaged a screen ’
door, an air conditioner a trailer and
other property. They also poured oil
on a boat and a fence, a report said.
Total damage was estimated at
$2,078.
An Anton woman’s ex-
boyfriend is suspected of stealing 1
two rings worth $1,500 from her
home.
A man said 70 gallons of fuel
worth $101 was taken from a tank
that he had on a trailer parked in fee
country.
A county woman complained
that she has been getting harassing
phone calls at her home.
The Sheriff** Office received a
call Oct. 12 that an Anton boy had
been assaulted by another boy while
at school.
Deputies found that one boy hit
the other youth in the face, a report
said.
COTTON
continued from page 1
quickly as possible, he said.
“There were some guys that
needed to get into their Adds,”
Edens said. “There was a lot of
spraying two weeks ago.”
A hard freeze and dry weather
would be ideal at this time, hg said.
“That would help
tremendously,” Edens said. “W« do
need to get these guys going.”
Continuing wet weather could
poieaproWeni to pewiut prodnem,
nc oGuCu
“The peanuts are a little more
critical,” Edens said. “When it’s
time to dig a peanut, it’s really
critical to get them out of fee field.”
Edens said he was aware of
only one grower who has harvested
peanuts this past week.
3.3 percent
The highest unemployment rate
ib Texas last rnonoi was 13.4
Burglars broke into Barbara
Coleman’s 11* Street home Monday
and stole a TV /VCR combo.
The victim said she found the
back door of her home had been
pried open.
Vandals punctured tires on three
vehicles last Saturday in the 1800
block of Ninth Street, causing $483
in damage, police said.
Hilda Gomez reported that a
boy’s bicycle was stolen from the
yard of her 10* Street home last
Sunday night
A man who was driving 55 mph
percent in fee McAllen-Edinburg-
Mission MSA.
The Transportation,
Cnmmaiications and Public Utilities
industry gamed 1,800 jobs in
September
“The industry leads fee Service
Producing Sector wife a 4.2 percent
annual growth md has added 24,000
jobs in fee last year,” said
Commissioner
Employers Ron Lehman
the Metropolitan Statistical
was 1.5
College Station
Areas was 1.5 percent in Bryan-
Austin-San Marcos
GENEROUS SUPPORTER - Businessman Don Henderson presented a
$200 check to Eddie Leamon an Monday for the Senior Citizens’ annual
Radio-thon Henderson has donated $1,100 so far to fee organization. The
money will be used to help fund programs at the Hockley County Senior
Citizens Center. Leamon is chairman of the Donation'Cammfttec for this
year’s fimd-raiasr (Staff Photo)
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