The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1995 Page: 2 of 24
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I HIT BALTIMORE at the tender age of eighteen, having learned
the proverbial ropes on these mean streets of Canadian. I was
just a little bit green.
To those city folks, I’m sure I looked like I came from out where
the buses don’t run and past where the sun set. I was greener
than a country club golf course...and about as out of place as an
18-holer would have been plunked down in the middle of that
poverty-stricken, riot-torn urban setting.
Try as I might to lose that mouthful of Texas and that eyeful
of innocent, I was doomed as soon as I set foot to sidewalk...which
I did often, having decided that almost anything was preferable
to mass transit.
There was a con and a hustle working on every street corner
of that city. Walking along with a group of friends, I w’as a mark
for every one of them. Those hustlers could spot the Lone Star
kid every time. Eventually, I got better at handling it, coached by
another maestro of the con game who seemed at once amused and
fascinated by my naivete, and determined that nobody but him
would take advantage of it.
Karl was nobody’s fool. He carried an icepick in his boot for
protection and could make a gourmet meal out of an empty
refrigerator. All he needed was a bottle of sherry which he always
sent me down to the corner bar to get, then poured sparingly into
the cooking pan, and generously down the cook’s throat.
On one memorable field trip/training session, he told me the
history of each ornately carved wooden door in a section of shabby
but genteel rowhouses on St. Paul Street. Then to balance out my
education, he taught me how to hustle the hustler first.
“See that guy walking toward us,” he would say. “Ask him for
a smoke.”
/V BOUT THE TIME GOVERNOR BUSH
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Recognition Month, our school board proclaimed
their search for a new superintendent of schools
complete. Although the timing was coincidental,
the two events in close proximity call our atten-
tion to the often difficult and thankless service
which our school trustees provide.
In recognition of that service, Governor Bush
said, “The local board of education is a uniquely
American institution that has made the public
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schools both flexible and responsive to the needs
of communities, the state, and the nation, while
keeping alive the fundamental ideal of repre-
sentative government.”
Those words are especially appropriate to this
school board. Presented with the responsibility
of having to find a superintendent as the school
year had just begun, they wisely chose not to
rush the decision, but to establish a pace which
would allow plenty of time for the search process,
and for a thorough evaluation of the school’s
needs.
The board first appointed an advisory com-
mittee of community representatives. That
group of teachers, principals and parents sat
down together and composed a list of charac-
teristics and qualities that could be considered
desirable in a successful candidate for the job.
Copies of the list were circulated, and various
community members were asked to prioritize
those attributes in a range from “very important”
to “not important.”
In doing so, both trustees and committee
members were “responsive to the needs of the
community.” By inviting the input of others, the
board kept alive “the fundamental ideal of repre-
sentative government.”
The board members carefully reviewed and
researched each applicant for the position, whit-
tled down the list of candidates, and presented
their resume’s to the advisory committee for
review and comment. Several candidates were
brought to Canadian for interviews—some more
than once.
In the decisive final round, a group of trustees
visited two of the candidates’ hometowns to talk
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BEN EZZELL Editor and Publisher
1948-1993
NANCY EZZELL Editor and Publisher
LAURIE EZZELL BROWN
Co-Editor
Photographer
TINA STOCK
Advertising Manager
Entered as second class matter December 20,
1945 at the Post Office at Canadian, Texas
under the act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, Texas,
by Nancy M. Ezzell
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THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 1995
“But 1 don’t smoke,” I would protest, as his eyes rolled and he
shook his head. “Just ask,” my self-appointed guide to the dark
code of the inner city would say.
So I did...and watched the hustler-turned-hustlee swallow his
well-practiced plea for money or smokes, dig in his shirt pocket,
pull out a crumpled pack of Kools, and wordlessly offer me one.
Karl got the cigarette. I got the message.
It must be time for a refresher course. I got scammed recent-
ly...but good.
About three weeks ago, I took a phone call from a repre-
sentative of the “District Supply Center” telling me it was time
to order new toner for our Minolta copier. It seems we had last
ordered a case on (fictitious) date, and according to their records
we were due to order again. Of course, a price increase was going
into effect, but if we ordered “right away,” our supplier would
guarantee the old rate.
The office was busy, and I was distracted but managed to
mumble that we get our toner from Copy Systems in Amarillo,
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1995, newspaper, February 23, 1995; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1285991/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.