Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1977 Page: 1 of 14
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tlie activity program and workshop
enables the Skyview staff to provide
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They also package screws, plastic cut
lery and do other similar tasks. _
The workshop has 23 "employees"
with 11 coming in the morning and 12 in
the afternoon. Residents attending the
activity program and the workshop
arrive at 8:30 a.m. in the morning and go
to lunch at 11:30 a.m. The afternoon
group apprives at I p.m. and returns to
Skyview at 4 p.m.
program
on April 16
Tickefs are now on sale for the Stam-
ford Chamber of Commerce Bulldog
Appreciation Barbeque which will be
held on May 3 beginning at 6 p.m. at the
high school cafeteria and auditorium.
Tickets are priced at $3.95 and may
be purchased at the Chamber office on
the second floor of City Hail, First
National Bank, First Federal Savings
and Loan and from members of the
High School Student Council.
This annual event, honors all Stam-
ford High School students who have
Riding club's
first playnight
to bo Saturday
Remaining as defendants in the suit
are DPS Trooper IXrnald Van Zandt.
Stamford Police Chief Duayne Med-
ford. Stamford Policeman Jack
Vaughn, auxiliary Policeman John
Earl Anders Jr.. and the City of Stam-
ford
The claim against one of five area law
enforcement officers named in a
$635,000 civil right suit has been dis-
missed.
Jones County Deputy Sheriff BUI
Erwin said he was notified earlier this
week by an attorney in (he suit that he
was filing a motion asking that the alle-
gation in U. S. District Court be dis-
missed as to him.
Erwin, a highway patrolman, three
Stamford peace officers and the City of
Stamford were originally named as
defendants in the suit filed by Pedro
(Pete) Alvarado Jr., 19, of Stamford.
The white sign our front with crisp,
simple black lettering reads: Skyview
Living Center — A Residential and
Training Facility for the Mentally
Retarded.
' With those few words, the sign des-
cribes the aims and purposes of a facil-
ity opened in Stamford within the last
year and now in full swing operation.
Operated by Skyview Living.Centers
with head offices in San Antonio, Sky-
view is exactly what the sign says, a
training facility. Its goal is to normalize
its residents within their capabilities,
said Becky Thompson, program direc-
tor. ’ .
Mrs. Thompson added that Sky view,
and other facilities like it around the
state, are designed to move many
mentally retarded residents out of state
schools and into community surround-
ings. The community surroundings are
very important to many MRs, she said.
Most receive some form of social
security pension that is applied to their
care. State assistance is received to
make up the difference'. Spending
money is retained for most residents.
Mrs. Thompson said that in most
cases, a marked change can be noted in
residents in a short time after they
arrive. Whereas in the state school
environment, they have a bed and little
else to call their own, they have rooms
at $kyview that they share with one
roommate. In the state school, their bed
is one of possibly 50 in a line.
. Roommates are assigned according
to interest, age or former acquaintance.
Some residents knew each other in the
state school
At Skyview, classes are offered in a
number of areas, including reality
orientation, geography (some residents
can name all 50 state capitals), funda-
mental academics, male and feminine
grooming, pre-vocational classes, gross
motor classes, sewing, money manage-
ment. acceptable behavior and arts and
crafts. Classrooms are identified as the
Brown Room. Blue Room, etc A libr
* ary is also being compiled.
In addition to Skyview activities, the
tor, and Marlene Avants. health ter-
vices supervisor^
All of those wt
share the same
facility. Both Mrs Lindsey and Mrs.
Thompson summed it up by saying.
"They (the residents) make our day.
We come to wort in • bad mood or (bat-
ing down some days and before wo-
know it the residents have cheered an
facility has contracted for extra activi-
ties which are conducted at a workshop
located in the Prewit Building on South
Swenson just south of Thompson Hard-
ware. Here there are basic arts and
crafts activities and a workshop for the
more advanced residents.
Patsy Earles operates the activity
area under the direction of Abilene
MH-MR. Peggy Lindsey operates the
workshop under the direction of Abi-
lene State School.
The activity program provides simple
arts and crafts projects to occupy the
residents' time and to develop some of
their skills. Some produce carefully
created items while others struggle to
master the simplest of projects.
The purpose of the workshop is to
give residents an opportunity to earn
money. Only the more advanced and
mildly retarded work in this area,
although it is the ambition of others to
work their way up to the workshop
area.
Work is contracted from several Abi-
lene firms, including Underwood's and
Aileens. The residents package napkins
and eating utensils for Underwoods and
clean and sort yam cores for Aileens
The Stamford Junior Sheriff's Pom
will have its first playnight on Saturday,
April 16.
A short trail ride will start al 6 p.m. at
the arena. After the trail ride, there wM
tje a hamburger supper.
The playhight will start at 7:30 p.m.
Members are asked Io bring their riding
equipment so it can be checked. ....
Scout-O-Rama '77, a Chisholm Trail
Council Scout show, is scheduled to be
held in Stamford on April 16 from 1-4
p.m.. on the Stamford Square
Gary Mathews, Cubmaster of Stam-
ford's Pack 139 and a member of the
Chisholm Trail Council executive
board, is Scout-O-Rama chairman.
Cubs, Scouts and Explorers from
Stamford. Haskell., Hamlit\. Rule.
Rochester and Anson will participate.
Approximately 15 booths will feature
Cub and Scout skills and activities.
_ Scout-O-Rama-tickets are on sale
now by local Cub Scouts at $1 each.
Advance ticket sales will help units
earn commissions and boys prizes.
Tickets will also he sold at the show
Operation "Pleased Customer"
began io Stamford this month The pro-
gram is a venture of the Stamford
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade
Committee.
'.'The goal of this project." Ray Kin-
ney, chairman of the committee said,
"is to keep Stamford the friendliest
shopping city in the State with a pro-
gram that will generate courtesy and
friendliness toward the public by all
retail sales persons in Stamford"
Each month random secret shoppers
will evaluate the various sales clerks
who attend to their needs as they shop
These ratings will be turned into the
Chamber office and. at the end of the
month, the salesperson receiving the
highest score will te declared, "Sales
Person of the Month."
Appropriate recognition in the form
of a plaque will be presented to the win-
ning sales person and the store in which
the clerk is employed.
building—
Commerce offices when completed and the words "Chamber
of Commerce" have been placed on the front of the building.
In raring 'the sales person, the
shopper will judge the clerk's prompt-
ness. the attitude* of friendliness and
manners of the clerk and the clerk's
interest in serving the customer
The clerk will also be rased on
whether or not a variety of the same
item was shown the customer and if the
clerk tried to oversell the customer. If
the customer is returning an item to the
store, the handling of the complaint by
the sales person will be judged also.
All firms in Stamford are eligible to
join in this program, according to
Kinney, and any question, suggest**
or complaint should be addressed to the
Retail Trade Committee which meets
the first Monday of each month at the
Chamber office on the second floor at
City Hall.
arid can provide what the institutional-
ized states schools can not
She explained that the. mentally
retarded are categorized into three
types: Type I get jobs in the community
and are mildly retarded; Type V are
ambulatory, have their basic self-help
skills and are active; and Type VI are
bedfast and under heavy medication.
Sky view in Stamford is home to Type V
MRs.
Mrs. Thompson noted that none of
the Skyview residents are hostile nor
aggressive. They are able to feed, dress
'and care for their personal needs
The facility currently has 60 residents
and can accept up to 80. For every five
residents, there are two direct care
employees, not including housekeeping
staff members. Residents come from
state schools or from the community
where their families have cared for
them.
Similar workshops are operated at
Haskell, Graham. Stephenville. Abi-
lene State School. Sweetwater and
Colorado City.
Working with Mrs. Thompson at
Skyview are Wanda Barclay, office resulted in good commeets from the
manager; Paula Sandusky, administra- state. • ' . r
Deputy dropped
as defendant
in civil suit
participated in extra-curricular activi-
ties during the 1976-77 school year.
George M. Thompsoh. Sweetwater
businessman, will be the featured
speaker at the barbeque.
Thompson, a native of Dalhart,
Texas, has been a resident of Sweet-
water since 1925 and operates his own
realty and appraisal firm.
He is an active civic worker and past
president of the Sweetwater Chamber
of Commerce. Currently he is a director
of the West Texas Chamber of Com-
thal it lakes so Hate to make the tart-
dents happy. A compiinot, a friendly
greeting or a little prate* and they beam,
she raid. It makes all at our proMama
seem insignificant, she added.
She concluded by t
leers and visitors to--------
and the workshop are always welcome.
merce. In the past he has been president
of many Sweetwater service clubs.
An outstanding Lions Club worker,
he has. served as district governor, state
membership chairman, international
convention committeeman and held
state- committee assignments in his
more than 43 years of service to the
Lions organization. Thompson holds
many international awards and. in 1974,
was named a life member by the inter-
national board of directors, one of the
few such designations in the state.
Work underway inside museum
Th* Cowboy Country Museum on the east side of the square
has been a busy place lately as work is underway finishing the
interior. The building will house a museum and Chamber of
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Lammert, Danny. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1977, newspaper, April 14, 1977; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1205560/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.