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CYNTHIA F1NCK works with msmbsrs of ths Town and Country 4-H nutrition group as they fill out
report forms dsscrlblng a tour they just completed. The group toured The Hole In the Wall and
learned how to make pizza, and then enjoyed some of the above mentioned pizza as they worked.
The Hole In the Wall Is owned by Joe Bob end Sharon Thompson. —Photo by Richard Porter
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Thompsons Combine Making
Pizza With Selling Groceries
by Richard Porter
Assistant Editor
In Tulia when mom says shes going
to the grocery store to pick up a pizza
for supper, she is not talking about the
frozen kind.
Chances are, she is planning to pick
up a fresh pizza from The Hole in the
Wall, a dining room operated by Joe
l Bob and Sharon Thompson.
The Thompsons had been making
pizza and selling it from their grocery
store for the last eighteen months
before OcL 21, when they opened the
dining room in space adjacent to the
supermarket.
According to Thompson, he and
Sharon saw a need in Tulia for a place
where families in which both parents
had to work could get a hot meal
quickly, without having to prepare it
themselves.
Thompson explained further that
he had seen other grocery stores offer
the same service with success.
"I have a friend that's in the grocery
business downs late and he had put it
in his store and it had been successful,"
Thompson said.
Also, he pointed out a second rea-
son for opening the dining room.
"We've already had two or three
groups come in, one was a church
group. That's really one of the reasons
we thought it would be successful. It
would give the kids a place to gather,"
Thompson explained.
To that end, he has placed some
video games in the dining room for
entertainment.
Although he has established an en-
vironment conduc i ve to young people,
Thompson pointed out that they are
not his only customers. He also has
had a number of adults and senior
citizens come in for coffee breaks.
With a seating capacity of ap-
proximately 40, Thompson believed
that he would be able to accommodate
a variety of age groups.
Also, with a carry out service he felt
he could allow families to enjoy a fun,
fast meal together in their homes
without the hassle of preparations and
cleaning dishes.
Thompson pointed out that The Hole
in the Wall would serve other items in
addition to pizza.
"Well have a different entree each
day, but we haven't set that yet," he
explained.
The Tuna Herald
Serving The Finest People In The Richest Land
VOL. 88 NO. 44
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31.1996
T\ilia Band Completes
Marching Competition
The Tulia High School Fightin’
Hornet Band turned in its best per-
formance of the year OcL 27, during
the Area Marching Competition in
Lubbock.
"The band played their best show of
the year," explained Director Steve
Baird, "and that's what we're looking
for."
He went on to explain that although
the band placed 11, they competed
well in a very tough area competition.
Baird pointed out that Class AAA
has the widest range of student
populations in the state, with larger
schools often out numbering smaller
schools two-to-one, and that Area
"A" had produced the last four stale
champions.
Only the top two bands from each
area advanced to state competition,
and for Area "A" those two bands
were Crane and Brownfield, Baird
said.
State competition is scheduled for
Nov. 4, in Mesquite.
Prison Officers Assist In
Searching For Evidence
by Richard Porter
Assitant Editor
Swisher County lawmen and cor-
rectional officers from the Tulia
Transfer Unit did some hiking last
week in the canyons between Quitaque
and Garendon.
However, according to Richard
Thomas, building captain at the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice Tulia
Transfer Facility, they were not on a
pleasure hike.
Rather, along with other area and
state law enforcement agencies, they
had volunteered to help game wardens
look for evidence connected with a
recent shooting incident.
According to Butch Shoop, regional
commander of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, the incident
occurred on the morning of OcL 13
when two men who had killed four
deer illegally, fired on two game
wardens and fled the scene.
Eventually, Christopher Logan and
Ruben Rodarte, both of Amarillo, were
apprehended. The two currently are
being held in Swisher County Jail on
two charges each of attempted capital
murder. Bond has been set at $ 1 SO,000
for each man, according to Shoop.
However, despite the apprehension
of the suspects, law enforcement
agencies still needed to recover
physical evidence related to the inci-
dent.
That was where Captain Thomas
and his fellow correctional officers
became involved.
As he explained, on Wednesday,
OcL 23, the Tulia Transfer Facility
received a phone call from the regional
commander of Texas Parks and
Wildlife requesting assistance in the
search for evidence.
In response to that request, Thomas
said the unit sent volunteer crews to
help search the canyons and creek
beds.
"That's pretty much what we did for
two days," explained Thomas.
"It was difficult going due to the
terrain and the fact that we were all
pretty much unfamiliar with the ter-
ritory," he continued.
According to Shoop the assistance
from the prison, as well as the coop-
eration from other law enforcement
agencies, including the Swisher and
Briscoe County Sheriffs Departments
and the Texas Department of Public
Safety, was vital to the search effort.
"Those folks from the prison did a
very good job. They worked from sun
up to sun down," Shoop said, adding
that the search covered terrain rang-
ing from creek beds to 1000-foot cliffs.
Shoop explained further that offic-
ers from the Plainview prison units
assisted as well.
Please see PRISON on page 6.
Transfer Facility Wins
Award For Scrapbook
by Richard Porter
Assistant Editor
Tulia Transfer Unit Warden
David Cole went from being dis-
appointed to pleasantly surprised
recently during the annual Texas
Department of the Criminal Justice
Management Conference.
According to Cole, each year
correction facilities from across the
state put together scrapbooks which
display their community involve-
menL These books are entered in
annual competition and winners
are named at the management
conference.
Cole explained that there were
three divisions and five regions
which participated. Awards were
given within the regions, and also
for overall achievement.
He explained further that in 1995,
the Tulia Transfer Facility had re-
ceived the First Runner-Up, Region
V award, and this fact lead to the
above mentioned anxiety.
"I was getting a little disappointed
as we went through our division,
and then was surprised," Cole ex-
plained.
He was surprised because the unit
won the "Alan B. Pollunsky 1996
Chairman's Award," the highest
honor for that competition.
Cole was pleased with the award
for a variety of reasons. First, and
foremost, he was proud of the
statement it made concerning his
facility.
"It’s really not the scrapbook they
arc judging," he explained, "it’s the
community involvement of the
uniL"
Although involvement through
inmate work crews is included in
the book, Cole explained that the
most important involvement came
from the employees, and that was
what pleased him.
He pointed out that any warden
could dispatch a work crew at his
discretion. However, the employ-
ees were volunteering their time
individually.
"No one can make us do that but
ourselves. I think we really ex-
celled," he said with a smile.
According to Cole, the facility's
118 employees have served the
community of Tulia in a variety of
ways. For example, he said, many
serve as volunteer firemen. Also,
the unit raises money for local
charities through their booth at the
annual Harvest FesL and include
their families in community ac-
tivities such as 4-H.
In addition to serving the local
community. Cole pointed out that
unit employees helped fight the fire
at Caprock Canyons State Park.
"I want everybody to see what
these folks are doing out here for
their community," he concluded.
Employees who helped put the
sciapbook together included Tim
Smith, Ja Ward, Todd Anderson,
Lucy Anzaldua, Kathy Nelson,
Alfonso Garcia, Carolyn Kitchens,
Vonaceil Chandler, and Lisa Mar-
tin. Also, Joe Kitchens helped with
the leather work and branding for
the cover.
LUCY ANAZALDU A (L), Ja Want and Carolyn Kltchana show
off the award the Texas Deparment of Criminal Justice Tulia
Transfer Facility received for their scrapbook. The employees
received the highest award possible for their efforts.
—Photo by Richard Porter
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HARVEST FEST was a big hit with the youngsters. Courtney
Dovel came as Baby Barney. —Staff photo
CSincerely
ours...
Kathy Hommel
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Witches and warlocks and ghosts
and goblins will all make their debut
on Thursday, Oct. 31, Halloween.
There will be princes and princesses
and animals and vegetables all walk-
ing our streets that evening. Trick or
treat will be spoken in hushed shy-
ness to outright screams.
Our little gremlins will run the
town on the eve of Halloween.
And what awaits our little dar-
lings?
Probably enough sugar laden
candy to keep all the city of Tulia
alert into the next century. There has
to be a suitable alternative to candy,
but I' 11 be darned if I can think of it.
Since all the freaks and weirdoes
crawled out of the septic system and
started handing out fruits laced with
poison and razor blades, fruit is hardly
a suitable alternative. Before that I
remember receiving all kinds of fruit
treats and homemade cookies.
As a child I didn’t hesitate walk-
ing into anyone’s home when I was
invited. I went in and oohed and
ah bed over all the scary decorations.
Some people even staged mini fun
houses in their homes. In most of our
small community I'm sure it’s still
safe to enter a neighbors home, but
can you imagine doing that in a big
om year I dressed as
(I think I just heard
Shirley Smith faint.) In the town I
was from we weren’t fortunate
enough to have anything like An-
tiques & More, or I would have gone
dressed like a fairy princess.
Tony’s costume mask was almost
three feel tall. My eyes were in the
bottom part of Tony’s mouth. The
costume made me look like an eight
foot tall adult trying to steal candy
from the children, and every umc the
wind blew my head was whip-lashed.
Chris said his favorite costume
was one he made of paper mac he. He
was dressed as the headless horse-
man . Between Tony ’sexccssivc head,
and the horseman's elongated neck,
we would have made a great pair.
Far and away the most important
part of Halloween was simply one
thing ... candy!
We scoured the neighborhood in
search of the family giving out the
tastiest treats. It was easy to find. We
just asked any goblin or ghoulie and
they directed us to the house handing
out the sweetest treats.
It’s kind of strange now that I think
about it. My mother always had candy
around the house. It wasn’t as if I
couldn’t have any. All I had to do was
ask.
There’s just something special
about Halloween candy. I think I
took on a shark mentality on Hallow -
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