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Monday, September 10,2001
Subsidies
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in Plainview, which got $247,000.
Danny Murphree, director of property
management, said Wayland Baptist has
a small agribusiness program, but its
subsidy money went toward unfunded
scholarships.
Robert Albin, associate dean for
research at Texas Techs College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources, said the funds paid for
research and commercial crop produc-
tion on about 20,000 acres.
Fort Worth cattle rancher Jerry
Vernon received two disaster assistance
checks totaling $541 to cover feed loss-
es from last year’s drought.
Tn my situation the pasture dried up
just like it did last year. It Is tough, no
doubt about it," said the 64-year-old,
who owns 41 head of cattle In Freestone
County. “If the farm dried up Just like it
has now, well, there’s nothing for them
to eat, You have to buy hay and feed.”
USDA officials said the records pro-
vided to the AP did not account for
refunds from farms the government
later discovered had been overpaid.
Refunds paid in previous years were
minimal, never accounting for more
than 5 percent of all subsidies, the
agency said.
Since the payments are based on farm
acreage rather than financial needs,
recipients need not be cash-strapped
farmers, or even farmers at all. Rather,
anyone with a stake in farm land and the
crop it produces can get the money.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, a longtime
critic of government subsidies, said the
farm subsidy plan skims taxpayer
money from one group of people and
hands it to another.
At a glance
The top 10 business and individual
recipients of federal farm subsidies in
Texas during fiscal year 2000, according
to records obtained from the U.S.
Agriculture Department. Payments include
totals from a network of USDA programs.
The totals are for all farms owned by a
recipient as recorded in USDA records.
The payments may not include farms a
recipient owns under a relative's name or
a separate company name. Some of the
recipients are cooperatives, collecting pay-
ments collectively on behalf of individual
member farmers.
Top 10 business recipients
1. Farmers Cooperative Of El Campo, El
Campo, $2,288,499
2. San Sebastian Farms, Sebastian,
$1,616,365
3. The Hendersons Liberty Farms, Devers,
$1,446,526
4. Ocho Farms, Brookshire, $1,336,580
5. Gertson Farms Partnership, Lissie,
$1,231,025
6. Seaberg Farming Company, Dayton,
$1,220,991 ■
7. Cover Farms, Dalhart, $1,168,814
8. Franz Ag Interests, Inez, $1,144,271
9. Mackey Farms Joint Venture, Dalhart,
$1,138,021
10. Kupco, Dalhart, $1,119,569
Top 10 individual recipients
1. Benny Ray White, Lamesa, $243,194
2. Mitt A. Bush, Caldwell, $243,060
3. J. Stanley Spain, Dumas, $242,333
4. Jason H. Morris, Chapman Ranch,
$241,946
5. Dennis Dodds, Royse City, $240,733
6. Carl M. Weets, Cooper, $240,668
7. Ronnie Hendon, Welch, $240,452
8. Ricky L. Bearden, Plains, $238,543
9. Cecil Everton, Gorman, $237,326
10. Donny Carpenter, Dimmitt, $236,488
"We don’t have a right to protect one
group of citizens by confiscating wealth
from another group. That is not a very
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good deal," said Paul, whose mostly
rural district stretches over 22 counties
from the outskirts of Austin southeast to
the Gulf of Mexico.
Paul said some farmers in his district
now oppose the subsidies.
"People go on and on and believe that
these things are wonderful. The average
family farmer out there, I think they’re
very much at a point now where they’d
like to see a free market,” he said.
Gene Hall of the Texas Farm Bureau
said the subsidies ensure U.S. farmers
have an even playing field against over-
seas growers, many of whom get govern-
ment money. The group represents about
100,000 farming families in Texas.
“In our view, the people that grow
food deserve to be compensated,” he
said. "That’s what this is all about."
He dismissed the notion that farm
subsidies were a form of welfare.
“The people that make those claims I
think miss the point of the federal farm
program. It’s not a welfare program. It’s a
program that ensures that we have a reli-
able source of fruit and fiber," he said.
Ninety percent of the money is income
support, which are fixed payments based
on how many acres a landowners has in
agriculture production, or benefits trig-
gered when the market price for crops
drops below a certain point. Other pro-
grams pay owners to protect environ-
mentally sensitive land or when disasters
wipe out their crops.
“In Texas, farmers are not looking for
handouts, just a little help every now
and then," Texas Department of
Agriculture spokeswoman Beverly Boyd
said. “It’s a way to help these producers.
They are facing incredible odds with
drought, low commodity prices and a
world market.”
Author: Supreme Court judge
almost convinced colleague to
change vote on Bush election
WASHINGTON (AP) - A
month after the Supreme
Court’s 5-4 decision that gave
George W. Bush the presiden-
cy, dissenting Justice David
Souter said he could have won
over Justice Anthony
Kennedy with just another
day, according to a new book
by a Newsweek reporter.
David A. Kaplan wrote that
Souter made the comment
while discussing the matter in
private with a group of prep
school students.
Souter said if he had “one
more day — one more day,”
he could have convinced
Kennedy to vote with the dis-
senters and Congress might
have been charged with han-
dling the controversy.
The book, titled “The
Accidental President,” is pre-
viewed in the Sept. 17 issue of
Newsweek magazine. Kaplan
says the book will dissect how
the government handled the
2000 election, which came
down to who won Florida.
President Bush was
declared the winner over Al
Gore 36 days after the voting,
following the Supreme Court
decision that effectively halt-
ed a partial recount in Florida.
For part of the book,
Kaplan focuses on Souter,
who wanted Congress to
decide what to do.
"While a political resolu-
tion to the election might not
be quick and might be a
brawl, Souter argued that the
nation would still accept it,”
Kaplan wrote. Souter tried
desperately to get Kennedy to
vote with the minority,
according to the book, but he
wouldn't flip.
“He thought the trauma of
more recounts, more fighting
— more politics — was too
much for the country to
endure," Kaplan wrote.
The book also reveals that
several of the judges had a
spat in front of several
Russian judges during an
exchange program meeting
after the vote.
Kaplan wrote that during a
meeting, a Russian judge crit-
icized the nation for letting
Judges choose the president.
Tempers flared and
Justice Stephen Breyer said
the decision was “the most
outrageous, indefensible thing
the Court has ever done,”
according to Kaplan.
Kennedy answered,
"Sometimes you have to be
responsible and step up to the
plate,” according to the book.
Justice Paul Stevens offered,
"I’m so tired. I am Just so
exhausted."
Police Beat
Briefs
Apartment burglarized
A 28-year-old Baytown man reported
that his apartment in the 900 block of
Northwood Drive was burglarized. More
than $3,000 in items were reported stolen.
Man arrested *
A 21 -year-old Baytown man was arrested
and charged with assault and public intoxi-
- cation. Bond was set at $600. ’
Man arrested for DWI
A 45-year-old Houston man was arrested
for driving whift intoxicated Saturday after
causing an accident in the 6500 block of
Garth Road. Bond was set at $500.
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A 21-year-old Baytown man was arrested
A 31-year-old woman was arrested for
allegedly shoplifting from a store at San
Jacinto Mall Saturday. Bond was set at
$1,500.
-w ino win open houses for parents jn
Between 6 a.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. September.
Sunday, Baytown police responded to 148 Open houses for Baytown,
calls, including 12 alarms, three assaults,
one auto theft, nine burglaries, one criminal
mischief, 37 disturbances, five thefts, two
major accidents and five minor accidents.
Police Beat is compiled from Baytown
Police Department reports. Crime
Stoppers pays cash for tips and callers
remain anonymous. Call (281) 427-TIPS.
The Baytown police Mbb site is police.bay-
town.org.
Cedar Bayou, Gentry,
Highlands and Horace Mann
junior schools will be from 7 to
9 p.m. Ttfesday.
Open houses for Lee and
Sterling high schools will be
from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 18.
For more information about
the open houses, contact the as several possible budget
school. amendments.
Goose Creek schools Goose Creek CISD
plan open houses meeting tonight
Goose Creek school district The Goose Creek CISD will
6:30 p.m. today at the
Administration Building Board
Room, 1415 Market St.
Several items are on the
agenda for today’s meeting.
The board plans to consider
its options for providing before-
and after-school child care.
The board will consider a
report on the district’s
employee health plan, as well
Man arrested on warrant for resistlngarrest and escape in the 600
block of Massey Tompkins Road. Bond was
A 35-year-old Baytown man was arrested at $2,000.
at the intersection of North 4th Street, and
East Texas Avenue following a traffic acci-
dent. The man had an outstanding Harris
County warrant. Bond was set at $600.
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Texas; step-nephews, Richard
Barrow and wife Sharon, Steve
Barrow and wife Gola, and
Perry Weeks, all of Baytown.
Honorary pallbearers will be
nephews, Fred Elder, of Tyler, ’
Texas, Perry' B. Elder, of
Clarksville, Tenn.; * step-
nephews Richard Barrow,
Steven Barrow and Perry
lAfeeks, all of Baytown; Vernon
Johnson, Pat Rogers, Robbie
MuCkelroy,. all qf Harper; Texas;
and Robert Morris of Baytown.
The family will receive
friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 10, 2001.
Graveside services will be at
2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001
at Cedar Crest Cemetery. ‘ ‘ '
Arrangements are under thc^ *"
direction of Earthman Funeral
Home, 3919 Garth Road,
Baytown, (281) 422-8181.
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Chemical Co. He retired after
34 years of service in laborato-
ry research and development
and the pilot plant. He and his
wife, Marcia Harper Elder,
Texas before moving to Austin.
Mr. Elder was preceded in
death by his parents, two broth-
ers and a sister.
Jack is survived by his wife,
Marcia, of Austin, his daughter,
Angelia Elder Ozymy and hus-
band, Mike Ozymy, also of
Austin; grandson, Scott Ozymy
and wife Caroline and their
children, AH and Michael;
grandson Derek Ozymy and
wife Kelly, and their daughter,
Keaton, all of Coppell, Texas; a
sister, Ella B, Durrett of Temple,
CoIota Natoma DeTuttle
Colota Natoma DeTuttle, 90,
passed away Sunday. Sept. 9,
2001.
She was a resident of the
Channelview area for 60 years.
She was a member of Memorial
Baptist Church in Channelview.
She worked in the original
great-great-grandchildren,
Michael McArthur, Johnny
Garcia, Austin Oney, Jared Dey,
Charles Parkinson and Seth
■Day.
The family will receive
friends from 4 to 8 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 at
Earthman Funeral Chapel, 3919
Garth Road, Baytown.
Services will be at Memorial
until it closed. After the hospital
closed she worked for different
doctors until she was 72, when
she retired.
She was preceded in death by
her mother, father, four brothers
and three grandchildren, Robert
Lee McArthur, Thomas Earl
McArthur and Bud Parkinson.
She is survived by four
daughters, Dorothy and B.H.
McArthur of Channelview,
Dorris and Ervin Gardner of began a career with Ashland
Houston, Virginia and Wayne
Parkinson of Channelview and
Beverly and Buddy Outlaw of
Zavalla, Texas; two sisters,
Onita Vinson of Memphis,
Tenn, and Clara Hill of lived a brief time in Harper,
Channelview; 10 grandchil- ~
dren, Rev. Joe McArthur, Roger
McArthur, Pamela McArthur,
Gene Gardner, Carol Mayfield,
Albert Gamer, Colota
Parkinson, Debbie Day, Beverly
Burkett and Frank Kessler; 12
great-grandchildren, Julie Reid,
Joe Paul McArthur, Stephen
McArthur, Tammy Mayfield,
Jason Mayfield, Amanda
Gardner, Danielle Gardner,
Latischia Oney, April Day,
Byron Parkinson Jr., Randy
Shaw Jr. and Kelly Day; six
Anna Reilly Fourier
Anna Reilly Fourrier was
bom Sept. 11,1920 in Baytown.
She passed away Sept. 7, 2001
in an Austin Hospital.
She was a graduate of Robert
E. Lee High School and attend-
ed the University of Colorado
and the University of Texas at
Austin. As a young woman, she
was employed as an executive
secretary for Humble Oil and
' "1 Refining Company.
She married Francis L.
Beurrier on April 9,1947 at St.
Joseph Catholic Church in
Baytown. As a result of her hus-
. band’s career with Exxon, they
lived many years over seas,
including Aruba; Havana,
Cuba; and the Philippine
Islands, eventually retiring in
Baytown. They also traveled
extensively throughout the Northshore Hospital from 1959
world. .
Anna was a former organist
and choir member of St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Baytown.
She was a member of the Sierra
Club and Exxon Annuitants.
She did volunteer work at San
■ i Jacinto Hospital in Baytown for
many years and was an avid
bridge player.
*■ She was preceded in death by
her husband, Francis L.
-— Fourrier, and a son, Francis L.
“Lindy” Fourrier.
She is survived by a son,
David L. Fourrier and wife
Statia of Van Alstyne, Texas;
daughter Mary F. Jarosz and
husband Gary of Wimberley,
Texas; brother Lawrence Reilly
of Baytown; sister Peggy Oliver
"and husband Gene of Baytown;
grandchildren Sarah jarosz,
Erin Fourrier and Hayden
Fourrier.
A rosary will be at 7 p.m„
Sept. 11, 2001 at Earthman
Funeral Chapel, 3919 Garth
Road Baytown.
Visitation will be held from 2
"p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11
at Earthman Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 10
a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12,2001
at St. Joseph Catholic Church,
1907 Carolina, Baytown, with
Father Stephen Mandry offici-
ating.
Interment will be at White
Cemetery, 11011 Crosby
Lynchburg Road, Highlands,
Texas.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Earthman Funeral
Home, . 3919 Garth Road, _________T_______
Baytown, Texas, 77521, (281) Baptist ofChannelview at noon,
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, with
the Rev. Joe E. McArthur offici-
ating.
Interment will be at San
Jacinto Memorial Park,
Houston, Texas.
Friends of the family will
serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Earthman Funeral
Home, 3919 Garth Road,
Baytown, (281) 422-8181.
Jack F. Elder
Jack F. Elder, 81, passed away
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001 in
Austin, Texas, after a brief ill-
ness.
He was bom March 13,1920
in Griffin, Texas to Fred M. and
Annie T. Elder. After serving in
the Civilian Conservation
Corps and the US. Army, he
moved to Baytown where he
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