The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 160, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1989 Page: 1 of 10
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Clifford
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Gutierrez as he sat st a table in the
cafeteria.
Gutierrez, accords
and assistant principal
violation of probation.
Concerned Citizens to meet
Concerned Citizens will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Hereford
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s holdings in Chemical
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after a high Tuesday of 43.
' dog was bought to the school to
Dear members, something is search that room and only that room.
of State James A. Baker III says he The issue confronts him as
major international lender, after administration.
stocks was hailed Tuesday at the White World nations to make
House, where president Bush’s ethics debts as they t
State Top 10 teachers
Compensatory edcuation teachers at Shirley Intermediate School were named to the state’s
Top 10 compensatory education teachers recently by the Texas Education Agency, and were
honored Tuesday by the Hereford school board. Pictured, from left, are principal John Poindexter,
and teachers Karen Pettiet, Judy Cantrell, Clara Bartlett, Elena Solis, Billee Landrum and Charles
Lyles.
Local Roundup
playing cards in Juveniles charged with theft
The Hereford Police Department arrested two boys Tuesday night
after a police officer caught them stealing a case of beer from Allsup's
Convenience Store at 15th Street and Avenue H. They were charged
with Class B theft and minor in consumption of an alcoholic beverage.
Almost $7,000 in stereos and damage estimates were reported from
Whiteface Ford Tuesday night after stereos were taken from seven
vehicles on the car dealership's lot; a suspicious vehicle was reported in
the 200 block of Higgins Street; two men were seen carrying guns in the
600 block of Avenue H; and a man reported that while attending a
basketball game at LaPlata Junior High School Tuesday night, his wife’s
purse and cassette tapes were taken from his vehicle.
Seventeen citations were issued, two minor accidents were reported
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questions were raised about the
potential for conflicts of interest
Baker said Tuesday he will sell his
stock in Chemical New York Corp.,
which has loaned $4.5 billion to Third
World nations, as well as all other of
publicly traded stocks held in a
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cate," McNeese said. "The form has
been approved by the INS in lieu of
the 1-9.
"It will be great for a crew leader
or a large farmer that has, says, 25
to 50 employees during the peak
season. You don't have to keep up
with all of that other paperwork,
and the TEC takes the final respon-
sibility and liability with this
certificate."
Darrel Krenek of the Department
of Labor reviewed some of the
highlights of the Migrant and
Season Agricultural Worker Protec-
tion Act, which is designed to
protect migrant and season agricul-
tural workers in their dealings with
labor contractors, farmers and
ranchers.
Luis Perez and L.T. Griffin of the Hockley County Minority concerns
Committee will speak on their organization and its effects on the
Levelland area.
EDC meets tonight
The Hereford Area Economic Development Commission will meet at
The
Hereford Brand
Hustlin' Hereford, home of Beth Altman
88th Yaar, No. 160, Dual Smith County, Hereford, Tx.
One of the new forms required
by the federal government is a
work-day report (Form ESA-92)
that must be filled out for all
agricultural workers under the SAW
program each quarter.
The form must have the worker's
name, alien registration number,
and the types of crops the worker
worked in for four or more hours in
seasonal agricultural services.
Clifford Williams, a tax auditor
at the Hereford TEC office, explain-
ed how farmers are affected by the
state unemployment tax.
Farmers must pay tax on the first
$9,000 in wages per employee if it
has three or more employees for 20
weeks during a calendar year or
pays $6,250 or more in cash wages
in a calendar quarter.
Williams said that farmers need
to "erase the concept of 'contract
labor' from their minds."
"They’re either an employee or
an independent contractor," Wil-
liams said. "If they perform a
service, gel remuneration, and you
have the right io control the way
they perform services, then they are
an employee."
Williams also explained that if a
labor agent is the employer, then the
agent should provide evidence that
they have paid the appropriate
unemployment taxes. If the labor
agent doesn't pay the tax, Williams
said, then the fanner must pay the
unemployment tax.
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Bodyfound
near here
identified
BY ANDREA HOOTEN
Staff Writer
The unidentified man found
dead 19 miles northwest of
Hereford Feb. 4 was identified
Tuesday after state highway
workers found his driver’s
license on U.S. Highway 385,
four miles south of where the
body was found.
The Deaf Smith County
Sheriffs Office identified the
61-year-old as Robert Lee
Youngblood, who had moved to
Amarillo from California only
two weeks before he was found
dead of a heart attack and expo-
sure to sub-zero temperatures in
a ditch near Ford.
Sheriffs deputy Robin Ru-
land said today that officers still
have no clue as to how Young-
blood ended up in the ditch, but
multiple bruises and scratches
were found on the knees, face
and wrist.
"If someone did throw him
out in the ditch, we have no way
of knowing which way the
people were traveling. We don’t
know if he was drinking with
other people or what," Ruland
said.
Ruland also said the sheriffs
office hasn't located any rel-
atives even though it speculates
the man has a daughter.
Youngblood’s apartment
manager also confirmed the
man's identification.
While heading the Treasury
■ ■ - - — - - the reasons for several of his referrals
and ways he could avoid further
incorrigible behavior.
Earlier this month, Gutierrez tws 7:30 pjn. today at the Hereford Qty Hall
The agenda includes an update on recent meetings with officials ami
consideration of contracts for professional and support services.
Colder, snow chance
Tonight will be cloudy and colder with a 20 percent chance of light
snow. The low will be near 20, with east winds 5-15 mph.
Thursday will be cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and a high
near 38. Southeast winds will be 10-20 mph.
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involved in a shoving match with
another student, Felix Mendez
Mendez and several other youths had
reportedly roughed up Gutierrez at a
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to WMtorn and other commercial
banks.
Baker to sell holdings
WASHINGTON (AP)-Secretary affecting the Third World debt crisis. New York.
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will sell his large stock holdings In a secretary of state in the Bush Department in the rea^n administra
Baker's promise to get rid of the Baker plan, which called on Third
stocks was hailed Tuesday at the White World nations to make good on their
House, where president Bush's ethics debts »they restructured their i
chief had questioned Baker’s holdings economies. It called for new
under a new, stringent interpretation and private lending, but it
government ethics rules.
White House Pres* Secreury Martin
Fitzwater issued a statement saying
the board's meeting Tuesday at the Frances Vargas and Nancy Garza. i
Hereford school administration The Nwrt he<wr1 a prrwrewvwi fwvn I
building. curriculum director Alice Lockmiller I
The board also accepted the on learning style inventories that are I
retirement of HHS counselor WUlie available for teachers of at-risk I
Braddy during an executive session, students to identify ways certain
Braddy has served as a counselor at students leam more easily.
HHS for 38 years and her retirement The inventory assesses the effects
will be effective June 30. of climate^nvironment, emotions, and
Compensatory education teachers whether the student tends to learn
at Aikman Intermediate School were better through sound, sight, touch or
honored for being selected to the top with the entire body, Lockmiller
10 compensatory education teaching explained.
programs in the state. "Teachers of at-risk students need .
The Texas Education Agency began to be more aware of learning styles
statewide evaluations of compensatory than others," Lockmiller said. She told ’
education programs and bilingual/Eng- lhe that teachers were not
lish as a Second Language programs required to do a learning style
during tlx: 1985-86 school year, inventory on each student, but
evaluated student performance, and materials arc available to teachers to
evidence from the TEAMS test scores, perform the assessment.
Singled out were Aikman teachers The board also elected to continue
Karen Pettiet, Judy Cantrell, Elena its current policy of allowing on
Solis, Billie Landrum, Clara Bartlett students enrolled in the Hereford
and Charles Lyles, along with principal public schools to participate in school M
,''h" programs.
John Poindexter,
"We arc very, very proud of this
group," said board vice president
Kathy Moore. "You do an outstanding Anthony's School had met with the
job." board to ask that the Pegasus program
TEA officials will be visiting the for gifted and talented students be
Aikman campus later this year to opened to allow Si Anthony students
interview persons involved in the to participate in lhe program,
program. The policy and personnel committee
Five former Hereford High School of Moore, Shirley Wilson and John
students were honored recently al a Fusion met with Ralph Dcucn,
state migrant programs meeting in president of the St. Anthony's board,
Corpus Christi for outstanding and Sister Aquinas, St. Anthony's
accomplishments. principal, to discuss options.
forms, unemployment
By JOHN BROOKS the Texas Employment Cornmis-
Managing Editor sion, or make sure labor contractors
About 30 area farmers and labor are filling out those reports and
contractors received an update paying the necessary taxes,
about Texas unemployment laws "There are going to be more
and new regulations from the things you have to keep up with,
federal Department of Labor during and I’m sure the farmers aren’t
a meeting Tuesday at the Hereford going to be very happy," said Ron
Community Center. McNeese, area representative for
The worst news of the day: more the Amarillo district office of lhe
paperwork for farmers, who have Texas Employment Commission,
been saddled with several new But McNeese unveiled a new
forms recently from crop sheets form, the ES Verification Certifi-
dctailing pesticides used in fields cate, that will certify all persons
under the state's "Right to Know" sent out for a job by the TEC as
law to various employee certifies- legal residents.
tion forms. "Anyone hired from our office
Now, fanners are going to have for a job that lasts over three days
to lake care of quarterly reports to will have an ES Verification Certifi-
Board upholds penalty
By JOHN BROOKS shouted a profanity al the other youths, the board members because of
Managing Editor ’ and Mendez came over and slapped continuous unjusticcs," Gutierrez said.
The Hereford school board elected Gutienez on the back of his head with charging that HJHS administrators
Tuesday to uphold a 10-day in-school an open hand, the youths began to were being allowed to "humiliate and
suspension of an eighth grader at shove each other, but the shoving dehumanize our students."
Hereford Junior High School. match was broken up by Kitchens. Gutierrez said he did not believe
Ruben and Susan Gutierrez, the The youths involved were sent to that students who arc sent to the office
parents of Ruben Gutierrez Jr., had the office. Gutierrez was assessed the "for a minor problem, such as being
appealed the penalty assessed by HJHS 10-days ISS penalty. Mendez, who had tardy," should not be punished as
administrators to school superintendent fewer referrals during the year, was harshly as students who "harass and
Charles Greenawalt, who upheld the punished with five days in ISS. terrorize the other students."
decision. The decision was then Gutierrez's father said he had told "The severity of the offense should
appealed to the school board, which his kids "don't steal, tell the truth and match the severity of the punishment,"
heard testimony from Ruben Gutierrez defend your rights," and told the board Gutierrez, said. "Not all referrals to the
Sr., and HJHS principal Raymond that Kitchens had told them "that if office can be treated as an equal
Schroeder. our son had lied to him or Mr. Helms offense.”
Schroeder reviewed lhe discipline (another assistant principal) and not ■
plan at HJHS, which was strengthened admitted to having answered this the referrals "were only harassment
at the request of the board in October, gang's verbal abuse, the circumstances on the part of one teacher," but did not
The tougher plan was implemented would have been different." name the teacher, and said that while
Nov. 9. He said his son was being taught his son was in the ISS room, "the civil
On the sixth referral of a student to "wrong by one of us and he is and constitutional rights of my son and
lhe office, a student is given five days confused, would you please help me of all the other children in the room
in ISS, a strict classroom setting in the get my son's and my mind in the right were violated by the fact that the drag
school. order and tell us who is wrong.”
On the next referral, the student is "P““- ~
sent to ISS for 10 days. A later wrong when parents have to spend part constituting a violation that calls for
violation can result in 30 days in ISS, of their normal way of life to plead to
and further infractions result in the
child going to the Alternative School
program at lhe Stanton Special
Programs tenter.
Schroeder reviewed the record of
the studcrU, which included infractions
such as talking in class, bringing a
Walkman to school, ]"
class during a lecture, spitting some
type of drink on another student, and
hiding a sealing chart from a substitute
teacher.
The younger Gutierrez had racked
up most of the infractions before the
new policy went into effect, but after
the card-playing incident on Dec. 1
was warned that the next infraction
would result in five days in ISS.
A week later, after he continued to
talk in class after repeated warnings, _ . , .
fe ref^dtotheomceand’ivcn arxfthe^sheriff ^department arrested a 22-y<rar<>id'woman on charges of
While in ISS, Schroeder reported,
Gutierrez and several other students
were referred to the office for
"offensive behavior" including Community Center’
innuendoes. - ■
Schroeder said Gutierrez had filled
not
attempt to force the banks to forgive
the loans.
As Bush's chief adviser on foreign
I surprise when Baker's slock required to insure there is not even the with the same nagging problem
were publicized last week, perception of a conflict of interest.’ indebted nations, which owe bt
kusTreasury secretary under Ther
Reagan he made decision* around
Board honors teachers, students
By JOHN BROOKS lhe students were in the HHS
Managing Editor advanced programs and distinguished
The Hereford school board honored themselves in several areas.
teachers at one school and five recent The students include Rebecca San
Hereford High School graduates during Miguel, Amalia Soto, Monica Arsola,
school administration
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