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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1991
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
PAGE THREE A
32% Of Swisher Eligibles Vote On Amendments
Voters Favor Local Decisions For Towns Under 5,000,
Prison $$$, College Loans;
Say ’No ’ To Tampering With Retirement Funds
Continued from Page One
this county’s voter turnout compared with November 1987
when para-mutual and the sales tax were important ballot
issues to Texans. A total of 1,669 Swisher citizens voted in
'87 but the list of eligibles included several hundred more
names then.
The last regular constitutional amendment election,
conducted in November 1989, attracted only 799 voters or
16.6 percent of the 4,809 registered. Two hundred and 52
voted in the special August 1991 election.
VOTE BY PROPOSITIONS
Following are Swisher County votes (shown in bold
print) in the Tuesday election, which includes the 80 early
votes:
For 1,036, against 280 * Proposition 1: "The Constitu-
tional amendment allowing home-rule cities with a popula-
tion of 5,000 or less to amend their charters by popular vote."
For 531, against 763 * Proposition 2: "The constitu-
tional amendment mandating the repayment to the Depart-
ment of Transportation of monies expended to assist the
Texas Tumpike Authority in the construction, maintenance,
and operation of turnpikes, toll roads and loll bridges.”
For 603, against 707 *Proposition 3: "The constitu-
tional amendment to authorize the legislature to further
implement and enhance the administration of the veterans’
housing assistance and land programs and to expand the
investment authority of the Veterans' Land Board."
For 775, against 575 * Proposition 4: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the issuance of up to $1.1
billion in general obligation bonds for acquiring, construct-
ing, or equipping new prisons or other punishment facilities
to confine criminals, mental health and mental retardation
institutions, and youth correcitons institutions, for major
repair or renovation of existing facilities of those institu-
tions, and for the acquisition of, major repair to, or renova-
tion of other facilities for use as state prisons or other
punishment facilities."
For 401, against 873 * Proposition 5: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the exemption from ad val-
orem taxes of certain property in an enterprise zone."
For 573, against 746 *Proposition 6: "The constitu-
tional amendment creating the Texas Ethics Commission
and authorizing the commission to recommend the salary
for members of the legislature and the lieutenant governor,
subject to voter approval, and to set the per diem for those
officials, subject to a limit."
For 323, against 989 * Proposition 7: "The constitu-
tional amendment to allow the board of trustees of a state-
wide public retirement system to invest funds of the system
in a manner that the board considers prudent."
For 850, against 435 * Proposition 8: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the voters of this state to con-
sider state debt questions in the form of ballot propositions
that must clearly describe the amounts, purposes, and
sources of payment of the debt only after approval of the
propositions by a two-thirds vote of each house of the
legislature."
For 672, against 607 *Proposition 9: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the commissioner of the Gen-
eral Land Office to issue patents for certain public free
school fund land held in good faith undercolor of title for at
least 50 years."
For 611, against 671 * Proposition 10: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt
from ad valorem taxes certain property of a non-profit
corporation that supplies water or provides wastewater
service."
For 663, against 713 *Proposition 11: "The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing a state lottery."
For 694, against 591 * Proposition 12: "The constitu-
tional amendment to increase from 20 percent to 50 percent
the percentage of Texas water development bonds previ-
ously authorized by Texas voters that may be issued for eco-
nomically distressed areas."
For 942, against 403: *Proposition 13: "The constitu-
tional amendment providing for the issuance of general
obligation bonds not to exceed $300,000,000 to continue
existing programs to provide educational loans to students,
with repayments of student loans applied toward retirement
of the bonds."
News Briefs
SHOWTIME
B0X0FFICE OPENS
7:00 PM
SHOW STARTS AT
7:30 PM
Nov.
ROYAL
THEATRE
VETS DAY BREAKFAST—The
annual Veteran's Day breakfast is
planned from 6 to 8:30 a.m. Monday,
Nov. 11. All veterans and their fami-
lies are welcome at the VFW post
home.
•
BREAST CANCER SCREENING
CLINIC — A breast cancer screening
program will be held in Tulia on
Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 10 ajn. to
2:30 p.m. at the Swisher Memorial
Hospital. Exams are done by appoint-
ment only. For information about the
clinic or to make an appointment,
please call the Harrington Cancer
Center (toll free), 1-800-274-HOPE
(4673) or locally for more information,
call 995-3581.
HORSE-MAN-SHIP Course—Pat
Parelli, internationally recognized
equine behaviori&t from Clements,
Calif., will conduct a horse psychol-
ogy demonstration on Friday eve-
ning, Nov. 29, and his "Natural
Horse-Man-Ship" course, Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, at the
South Plains Fairgrounds in Lub-
bock. Parelli will help raise money for
Lubbock's handicapped riding cen-
ter. For participant fee information,
contact Marty Marten, 303/664-5281.
Observer admission is free to 4-H,
FFA, Pony Club and other youth
group cyhildren bearing identifica-
tion and accompanied by a paid adult.
THE COMMUNITY THANKS-
GIVING Service will be held Tues-
day, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Church of
the Holy Spirit. Be sure to circle the
date on your calendar.
•
BOOTHS AVAILABLE FOR
NAZARETH BAZAAR — Booth
space is available for the annual Holi-
day Arts and Craft Bazaar, planned
Nov. 24 in the Nazareth School Caf-
eteria. Each booth is $15. For addi-
tional information contact Lucille
Drerup, Box 3, Nazareth, Tx. 79063,
phone 806/945-2562, or Rose Mary
Wilhelm, HCR 2, Box 15, Nazareth,
Tx. 79063, phone 945-2583.
DIMMITT ARTS - CRAFTS BA-
ZAAR —Booth applications are being
accepted for a Christmas arts and
crafts bazaar, sponsored by Alpha Chi
Omega, on Saturday, Dec. 7, in
Dimmitt. Booths are $30 each. For in-
formation contact Sherri Wilkerson,
P. O. Box 201, Dimmitt, T x. 79027 806/
647-4353.
•
BRAND RE-REGISTRATION
BEFORE MARCH—County/Dis-
trict Pat Wesley reminds Swisher
County cattlemen that they have until
Feb. 28 to register or re-reglster cattle
brands at the clerk's office in the
courthouse. This process can be
handled by mail. For Further infor-
mation contact Mrs. Wesley at 995-
3294.
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90th BIRTHDAY FETE — A 90th
birthday party for Dorothy Jennings is
planned for Wednesday, Nov. 13, from
3-4 p.m. at the Clairmont Retirement
Center, 4707 Bell Street in Amaiillo.
Friends are invited. The family re-
quests "no gifts but cards and letters
would be welcome."
•
SQUARE DANCE SATURDAY—
Tulia Shirts and Skirts will have its
monthly area square dance this Sat-
urday, Nov. 9, beginning at 8 p.m. in
the VFW Hall on the Silverton high-
way. Jimmie Gauge will be caller,and
refreshments will be served. All area
dancers are invited to attend.
•
AMBUCS CRAFT BAZAAR —
Visitors to the AMBUCS Craft Bazaar
will find a wide variety of quality
handmade crafts. The bazaar held in
the Moore County Community Center
in Dumas Nov. 9 and 10 with hours on
Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday
12 noon to 5 p.m. The $1 admission will
benefit the Memorial Nursing and
Rehab Center Residents Recreational
F’und. AMBUCS is an organization of
business and professional men and
women joined together to build a bet-
ter community and aid the function-
ally handicapped through the Ameri-
can Business Clubs national scholar-
ship fund for physical therapists.
IMMUNIZATION CLINICS—
Immunization clinics offering vac-
cines that give protection against sev-
eral childhood diseases are held each
Wednesday at the Texas Department
of Health office, Room 115 of the
Swisher County Courthouse Annex,
310 W. Broadway in Tulia. Hours are
9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. Protec-
tion is against polio, diphtheria, lock
jaw (Tetanus), whooping cough (Per-
tussis), measles, rubella, mumps and
HIB (Haemophilus Influenzae Type
B). The Texas Departmnet of Health
is charging money to help with the
cost of keeping the clinic open. The
amount of money charged will be
based on family income and size and
the ability to pay.
FREE FLIGHTS FOR SF;NIOR
CITIZENS—Hundreds of senior citi-
zens, 65 years or older, can be reu-
nited with family and friends this
holiday season. An airline is sponsor-
ing the "Home for the Holidays"
program for "seniors who demon-
strate a strong economic need for
assistance." Applications can be
picked up at local senior citizen cen-
ters or by calling the Panhandle Area
Agency on Aging (PAAA), 806/372-
3381 or 800/642-6008. Applications
must be received by Nov. 1 for consid-
eration.
•
CANYON BAZAAR—The Heri-
tage Woman's Club, a Canyon service
organization, will be hosting its an-
nual Christmas Delights Bazaar on
Nov. 23 at the Rex Reeves Elementary
All-Purpose Room, 1005 21st Street,
in Canyon. The bazaar will be open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature
booths set up by exhibitors from all
over the Panhandle. A bake sale and
snack bar will offer food to freeze or
eat on the spot.
ILIe
Care . . .
SANDI BURRIS of Malvern, Ark.
will speak on F'amily Ministry Tues-
day at 7 p.m. at Tulia Christian Fel-
lowship. The public Is invited.
Have A Good Week!
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Reynolds, Jim. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1991, newspaper, November 7, 1991; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth507615/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.