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CLEBURNE EAGLE NEWS, JULY 11 2013,PAGE5
< CLASSIC CABS AND THEIR OWNERS >
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By: Tom Griffin
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Emmitt the cat protects the grape crop from hungry mock- grasshopper can eat the paint off of a house.
In Johnson County that year, car grills were thick with dead
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what they are spending without due diligence is other peo-
ple’s money, not theirs and they would never spend their
own money in such reckless ways.
So there may not a way to correct the decline of the Texas
school system until accountability and requirements are in-
cluded in the administration and superintendents employ-
ment contracts. This will be a hard chore to accomplish in
Texas because of the lobby clout of the school systems.
So your question of why management, administration and
superintendents are not fired when school remain under par
can be aimed at the school board trustees. They are the ones
with the power to require certain markers of improvement.
They are also the ones that write or accept the contracts that
are so one sided to the superintendents. They are the ones
that will not stand up to the task the voters gave them; to do
what’s best for the students, the schools and the teachers. If
the shoe doesn’t fit, don’t wear it!!
Can you tell me how to fix this problem?
Contact me at 817-925-3149 or wgdemp@gmail.com
The way I see it___
Linda Burt Wallace
ingbirds.
Have you ever listened to the sounds of nature while resting
on a soft quilt beneath a shady tree? As a young girl, my
grandmother would encourage me to shut my eyes and try to
determine the species of bird from the sound of their chirp or
song. Nature offers us amazing sounds for our mind’s eye to
decipher.
For some unknown reason, many of the birds we like to watch
no longer come to our feeder. That is with the exception of
mourning and white-winged dove. They all tend to like the
expensive seed—who wouldn’t? We’ve had the budget talk
the T-Birds numbered 63,313 in 1963, 92,465 in 1964 and
74,972 in 1965. Buick had planned to keep the Riviera ex-
clusive to drive sales upward. The limited production was
also more manageable for the Cleveland Fisher Body Plant.
The original design called for concealed headlamps, but did
not appear until 1965. These later became known as clam-
shell headlights. Of course these Rivieras are collectible and
range in prices from $10,000 to $35,000. If you are lucky
enough to find a rare GS model or one of the dual-quad en-
gines, the price goes up. Parts are difficult to locate and can
drive the cost of your restoration sky-high. But heh! Now
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around the grapevine in an act of defiance—they would not
a budge.
2e When Mrs. Dove stopped feeding the two in the nest, they
P tried their wings by flying to the nearest flowerbed where
M she met them with food. It must have been two weeks be-
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g fence. It was from that point in time that my parents last saw
T the pair who finally go their separate ways. Mrs. Dove came
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Last week I mentioned the Buick Riviera as a competitor for
the newly designed T-Bird. Well, GM designer Harley Earl,
yeah Ole’ Harley Earl, was responsible for this iconic de-
sign. The car was supposed to be a tribute to the LaSalle and
was originally dubbed “LaSalle II.” It was suppose to evoke
a feeling of coach built luxury. Chief designer Bill Mitch-
ell imagined the car complementing the Cadillac’s lineup.
The Riviera evolved from inspiration to a clay model in
GM’s special project studio. The original idea was to have
two small LaSalle grills built into the fenders of the Rivi-
era. The project was code-named XP-715. It’s target, the
sporty Ford Thunderbird. Mitchell wanted to clip the T-Bird
wings, but the top brass at Cadillac seemed indifferent to
Dearborns success. Cadillac was already selling all the cars
it could build and didn’t have the resources to add an all new
model. Chevrolet also passed on the XP-715, but Pontiac,
Oldsmobile and Buick were very interested. So GM held
a contest between the three divisions and each was given
60 days to demonstrate how they would build and market
the new Coupe. Buick won the contest! Buick sales had
dropped between 1955-1959 and it needed a new product to
get back on track. This car would have to have the design, a
world class drive and a luxurious but sporty interior. Buick
designed a sturdy new frame but used lots of existing parts
from their current inventory. The Riviera name had been
used on Buicks since 1949, so it was natural for the new
coupe to adopt the name. Buick built 40,000 Rivieras in
1963, 37,658 in 1964 and 34,586 in 1965. Over at Ford,
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back weeks later to scout the area for a nesting place, but an
opening had been cut in the lattice, the wreath repositioned to
the storage building, and the location was not as appealing
to her as before.
And while we’re on the sounds of nature, have you heard the
chomping of a grasshopper as he feeds on tender foliage?
Amazingly, the grasshopper like the caterpillar is quite noisy.
During a particularly dry year in the early ‘50s, much of
Texas was besieged with grasshoppers. They ravished grain
fields, corn fields and grasslands. They stripped leaves from
trees—anything green they claimed. It has been said that a
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hLill one wing and be- ready when he got home so we could head to Kimball Bend
A good crop of Mars seedless grapes be- gin to flap down where they had a boathouse on the Brazos River north of
ginning to show color so hard it makes the bridge. We would stop on a stretch of road just over the
a popping sound Bosque County line and fill minnow buckets with grasshop-
which seems to say, “You’re in my space.” This wing pop- per to use as bait. Dad had a trotline which crossed the span
ping (for lack of a better term) is effective in clearing the of the river and it was always a treat to help him run the line
feeder. It is a recognizable sound—very loud and just might in order to re-bait the empty hooks that evidenced the ones
be painful to the opposing dove. that got away. But there were those fish that didn’t get away
Earlier this year a pair of mourning dove took up residence which generally meant an upcoming fish fry. Channel cat
atop a huge grapevine wreath hanging on a lattice wall under loved the big, juicy, yellow hoppers.
the protection of the awning at my parent’s patio. The birds This week, I witnessed a mockingbird swoop down from the
built a rather crude nest that meshed with the tangled limbs fence to snatch a large grasshopper from the foxtail fem I was
of the vine. Mrs. Dove was a devoted mother, all the while watering. He should have stayed on the ground where he had
protecting the two eggs resting safely in the nest. My parents jumped after I sprayed him with the water hose rather than be
checked the nest several times a day; in fact they sat within so eager to eat more of the foxtail fern—he became breakfast
/ feet of the dove every morning. Mrs. Dove was never intimi- for a mocker and a casualty to the cycle of life.
। dated or frightened—at least not enough to take flight. All Possibly that same bird benefited from our grape crop this
| were sharing a peaceful space. year more than we did. The Mars variety proved to be a
I You can imagine the excitement when my parents spotted a sweet-from-the-vine, seedless grape that was quite prolific—
| tiny head, smaller than the tip of your thumb, peering out it was the grape of choice for the mockingbirds around here.
from beneath Mrs. Dove. The next day there were two little Even our cat, Emmitt, tried to keep the birds from harvesting
heads looking back at them. It seemed as though only a few the grapes—he’s a great kitty!
weeks had passed when the hatchlings became too big for the “The way I see it...” is a weekly column written for The
nest. Mr. and Mrs. Dove would try as they might to encour- Cleburne Eagle News. Jesus knows me this I love. Please
age the two young birds to leave the nest; however, the ado- come home Emmitt, we miss you terribly.
lescent birds would wrap their small but strong feet tightly
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