The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Page: 2 of 16
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August 31, 2011
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formation for the county.
Only Please!
T/vrt-nk ^ou to
There has been a fund in mem-
River Jordan Old Fashioned Christ-
Swisher Tire & Fuel
Bobby Howard
Sam Sadler
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August is 10% off with
Scentsy! There will be
dot of Cash A Carryl
Represer
Germania Insurance Company
15% Off Sale on all
Derksen Portable
Buildings
Sadler Chapman Howard
Agency
P.O. Box 85
132 W. Broadway
Tulia, TX 79088
806/995-2755
When: Tuesday, August 30
Where: 508 N. Briscoe
Time: 10 am to 6pm
Open house, come & go!
This will be all day so you
can come when it is
convenient for you!!
Publisher: Patsy Hooten
Editor: Kerm Armbruster
Office Manger/Photographer:
Zane Taylor
Staff Writer: Krista Thomson
Owned and operated by
Swisher County News LLC
Richard Champan
Martha Rocha
are now on sale at the County and
District Clerks’ Office from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Handmade By Jesus Christian
Bible Study for Teen Girls
Friday Nights from 7 p.m. - 8
If you need to contact Driskill
House, please call 995-4552. This
is the correct phone number to call.
The phone number listed in the
Windstream phone book is incor-
rect.
Please be aware that Powerline
Clearing Services will be trimming
trees along the Swisher Electric
system over the pext several weeks.
806 995-2724
995-1709
P. O. Box 434
Tulia, TX 79088
sal service policy to ensure that all
: in ru-
ral areas-have access to affordable
communication services The gov-
ernment decided these were essen-
Please be aware that Power-
line Clearing Services will be
trimming trees along the Swisher
Electric system over the next sev-
eral weeks.
Due to the horrific wild fires that
has consumed huge parts of West
Texas, from the Top of Texas to
Alpine, there is a shortage of Hay
to feed livestock. Texas Baptist
Men are working to provide hay to
farmers affected by these wild fires
who have lost their hay Livestock
are currently eating burned hay and
fields. If you know of any round
bales that are available please call
Dick Talley, Disaster Relief Direc-
tor of Texas Baptist Men. Dick’s
number is 214-707-4780. Please
call Dick directly Texas Baptist
Men volunteers will pick up the
round bales of Hay and deliver
them to the places of need They
can carry 12 to 14 per tractor trailer
Come get your free snow cone
Tuesdays all summer long from
3:30-5:30 @ 7011 N El Paso, Cal-
vary Baptist Church.
Texas Proud Vol. 1 & 2, and The
Power of Jesus is Real. Come by
the Chamber Office or call 995-
2296.
like your flag to P. O Box 561, Tu-
lia, TX 79088
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2 new stalls have been opened for
hand-washing large vehicles, trucks,
and farm equipment
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NELSON..
ried and began raising her fam- going the opposite direction,"
ily. In 1976 after several bouts of said Donna. "Thankfully I did not
pneumonia the doctor diagnosed have to spend three days in the
her daughter with asthma and ad- belly of a fish to get the point."
vised Donna to move her family Then one day, she was filling in
out west to a dryer climate for her for her preacher and after her ser-
baby's health. So, they packed and mon, astrangerrose and called out
moved to NM. Within the next to her "She told me I had missed
year her youngest son, Dennis, was my calling. I had never seen her
bom. It wasn't long before they before and 1 have never seen her
noticed something a little differ- since, but I truly believe that God
ent about Dennis They took him uses others to speak for Him and
to the doctor and found that he had He used her that day " said Don-
Cerebral Palsy With this diagno- na. "I finally got the message and
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for typographical errors which
occur other than to correct them in
the next issue after it is brought to
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to reject or edit all advertising.
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and phone number included and
limited to 300 words.
The Swisher County News is
published weekly for $30 per year
in county and $35 00 per year out-
side of county by Swisher County
News, LLC 301 S.E. 2nd, Tulia,
TX 79088. and is printed by The
Plainview Daily Herald, P.O. Box
1240, Plainview, TX, 79073. Peri-
odicals postage number is 025341
POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to SWISHER COUNTY
NEWS, PO Box 542, Tulia, TX
79088-0542
First Baptist Church 5th Annual
Ladies Luncheon, “Surviving the
- Storms of Life,” with speaker:
p.m. at 13 Norfleet. Ages 11-17 Pam Miner, August 27th .Tickets
'-n1—are available at FBC office $10 per
ticket.
—o---------- ----- CASA needs a board member
You may also bring your items from Swisher County For more in-
by the News office at j01 S.E. 2nd formation contact Alyson Morgan
in Tulia. Thanks to Swisher Cur- 806-681-9498. The Website is
rents for being a source of daily in- www.becomeacasa.org/what-is-
casa/
sis came many new challenges and applied to Wesley's Theological
Dennis' father was not up for the Seminary in Washington, DC"
stressful road ahead and he left her For those not familiar with the
to raise her disabled child alone. Methodist ministerial process,
Donna did not let that get her down, it is long and ardurous one but
she continued on with various clen- with God's help and direction and
cal jobs and became very involved a lot of hard work, Donna com-
as a volunteer in community and pleted it in just 3 years While
school organizations. She enrolled in the last two years of seminary
in NM State University and in she served as a part time minis-
1990 she received her Bachelor's ter m the Liberty Grove United
degree. She continued her educa- Methodist Church in Maryland,
tion and by 1992 had obtained a She ran the 9-30 am contempo-
Master's of business administra- rary service, filled in for the Pas-
tion. That same year, through her tor and did hospital visitations
community service work with Ci- She finished seminary in May of
vitan, she met Darryl Nelson They 2007 and was appointed minister
developed a great friendship which of Cheltenham United Method-
eventually grew into something ist Church in Maryland There
more romantic In 1994 they were she served as pastor for 4 years
married. Darryl had a heart for before being appointed to Tulia's
the developementally challenged First United Methodist Church,
and that was Donna's passion as While in Cheltenham, Donna
her son had special needs. It was nurtured and grew her congre-
a perfect fit and 1 am sure a relief gation and she implemented
after struggling alone for so long various mission and outreach
With her higher education obtained programs that reached the local
she began to pursue a career as a community as well as serving
human resources manager m home on a national and international
health care and worked for awhile level One such program m-
on a government contract for volved sending teams to Lousi-
NASA. Life was going along just anna to help with the rebuilding
fine. She was happily married, gain- efforts after hurricane Katrina,
fully employed, active in her church Donna moved to Tulia m June
and volunteering in her commu- of this year and has great dreams
nity. She became a lay speaker and for our little local church She
even occassionally filled in for her says, "1 plan to create a vital
preacher when he had to be away worship service that engages
She felt God was calling her to be the congregation, it is my desire
a teacher and decided to go back that when people leave the ser-
to school for her Doctorate so she vice they feel they have had a
could teach on the college level personal encounter with God "
Much to her disappointment all of Her future vision for FUMC is
the graduate school counselors she to develope a mission oriented
spoke with discouraged her plans to church feeling compassion for
return to school Seeking counsel- others and having a deep desire
ing from her minister, she became to make disciples for Christ" She
more confused as he recommended likes our small town and when
that she go to seminary. She was asked what she thinks of Tuha
very resistant to that idea as she did she stated, "This small communi-
not consider herself a preacher, she ty reminds me of my hometown,
was sure she was called as a teach- everyone knows each other and
er. "I felt much like Jonah. God was cares for one another and when
telling me to go one way and I was tragedy strikes they all pull to-
gether."
You are invited to attend
Hunting and Fishing Licenses HEALTH FAIR 2011 from 9-12
a.m. and 2-5 p.m. at the Tulia Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church, NW
2nd & Games. The fair is offered
as a free service to the commu-
The Tuha Kiwams, Rotary and nity W111 be staffed by quali-
Lion Clubs would like to remind hed medical personnel Free ex-
the community of the Flag Display W1U mclude Blood Pressure,
fund raiser, they will be collecting cholesterol, Diabetes Detection/
$30.00 for Flags for display for the Glucose/Fingersticks , Eye Exams
2011 year If you have in the past or and others Also featured will be
would like to renew or would like nutntl0nal information including,
to join in displaying the Amen- Vegetarian Recipes, Natural Juic-
can Flag to show American Pride - - • - ■ ~
please send your check with name
es, Educational Sections, Exercise
• , ,, - ., ,, and more Learn to put into your
and address of location you would body only what lt needs. Remem-
i.i„ /-i t„_ you arg what you eat. For
further information call Charles
, , Mesnard, 995-2200 or the church
Call 995-0052 to list your church at 995.2684.
or club activities here. There is no
charge for this service.
You are invited to
The Tuha Chamber of Commerce
has David Nall CD s for sale!
CD titles include: David Nall
Country, Don t Let Tulia Fool Ya, ent of uSF and invested millions
Getting Kicks on Route 66, K-lean oP dollars over the years to build
Kountry, River Jordan, Vol. 1 & 2, advanced networks to meet the
River Jordan Old Fashioned Christ- needs of customers We’ve done
mas, Seek Ye First His^Kmgdom, wjth the understanding that
the government would continue to
support our efforts through USF.
Without receiving support from
the federal government, it would
be impossible for us to maintain
our existing infrastructure as well
as expand our capabilities to meet
our customer needs in the future.
As with our national highway
system, the information highway
costs money to sustain The FCC
wants to do away with USF and
other financing methods that sup-
port rural, high-cost telephone
and broadband services It wants
to create something called Con-
nect America Fund While this is
a good idea to help facilitate the
transition to support for increased
broadband services in rural com-
munities, FCC officials need to
ensure that they don’t destroy the
funding that now delivers tele-
communications services to the
rural areas of America.
Please help support MPRTC
by going to www.midplains.coop,
and sign the available petition.
Every signature counts and is very
greatly appreciated!!
lished at Wells Fargo bank in
Tulia. The funds donated will
k
Word of God' To develop a per- Imogene’s “daughter," Mellody
If you have any question please call
Rosemary at 806/567-2325 Or Lisa
at 806/994-0069'"
We would like to invite your
teen daughter to join us in learn- .....
ing the meaning of true beauty! 0 * of’imogene*W. Harris' estab-
Handmade by Jesus is not a club, lished at Wells Fargo bank in
our intentions is to discover the true Tulia The ^inds donated will
meaning of beauty compared to the be for continued care
Word of God' To develop a per- of Imogene’s daughter, Mellody
sonal relationship with the Lord!! Harris The number of Wells Far-
go in Tuha is 995-2301
The Crime Stoppers of Tu-
lia is having a 5K on Sept. 3 at
. „ , , 8 o’clock This is a great time to
4-H members are young people SUppOrt our police department and
across America who are learn- exercise too You can walk, run or
ing leadership, citizenship and life nde a blke lt )S $10 for klds (12
skills. 4-H is about having fun, and under) and $20 for adults. You
learning, exploring and discover- t a t.shirt time with friends,
ing. In 4-H, young people make jf yOU choose not to participate,
new ^friends^ develop new skills, donations will be accepted
1 - „ „ „ „„„ tbe onsel of telephone ser-
vice back in the 1950’s, the fed-
eral government created a univer-
program. 4-H projects range from Amencans-including those
photography to horses to shooting
sports. For more information about
4-H in Swisher County contact the ......... ..... .... .....
Texas Agrilife Extension Service at t|aj servjces that required financial
995-3726 support to build and maintain.
As a result, it created something
called the Universal Service Fund
(USF). Like many rural compa-
nies, MPRTC has been the recipi-
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Hooten, Patsy. The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 2011, newspaper, August 31, 2011; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1248962/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.