The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 12, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 11, 1988 Page: 1 of 12
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Criticism never yet built a
house, wrote a play, painted a
picture, nor built a business.
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We’ve looked at wind chill
indexes for years and thrown up
our arms in frustration.
In almost every chart of any
kind, you can find a pattern to
how something is arrived at-at
least that’s what we thought until
we tried it with the wind chill
index.
We tried odds, evens, pluses
and minuses. We tried skips and
add-tos.
Nothing seemed to work.
However, as is the case with
most charts like the wind chill
one, the answer was so obvious
that we over-looked it for years.
So, if you’re among the hcad-
scratchers who can’t figure it out,
breathe easier. We didn’t figure it
out ourselves, but rather had it
explained to us, which we should
have done years ago and not
wasted all that time.
But, anyway, here’s how it’s
figured:
You take the wind speec and
multiply it by 1.5 then subtract
that from the current temperature
to get the wind chill factor.
For example, if the outside
temperature is 20 degrees and the
wind is blowing at 10 miles per
hour, the wind chill factor is 5
degrees. Simple.
$ jfc $ * *
One-upmanship is a tradition
around West Texas. Whoa is the
man who cannot stand toe-to-toe
with the coffee shop klatch in
telling tail tales.
On occasion, the stories turn
from one-upmanship to telling a
story on another member of the
group or on oneself. This is
usually done to good-naturedly
embarrass another member of the
group or tongue-in-cheek point
out that the teller himself is not
perfect.
One of the best we’ve heard
came from down Snyder way
when a fellow told this
supposedly true golf story.
A father decided to go watch
his son play in the final day of a
partnership golf tournament.
The son and his partner were
paired against a couple of fellows
from Andrews, and as the round
progressed, the two visitors
bragged about their prowess on
the links.
One of the Andrews fellows
suggested the Snyder pair might
as well forfeit because they, the
Andrews pair, was planning on
cleaning up. The were even so
bold as to chastise the father for
wasting his time to watch the
Snyder boys lose.
Ole Dad finally had enough
and was badgered into a wager
with the Andrews fellas. The
confident Andrews players
suggested a friendly wager of
$500, to which the father was
more than happy to oblige them.
It was a close match and went
down to the final hole where the
son sank a birdie putt for the win.
The losers from Andrews
appeared good-natured in their
loss and asked the father if he
would take a check for the wager.
He agreed and relieved the two of
their piece of paper.
The father, feeling so good
about the outcome, decided the
two Snyder players needed some
compensation since it was their
skill that enabled him to collect
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Condit
charges are
dropped
* An apparent lack of
communication in the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque,
N.M. resulted in some
misinformation in Wednesday’s
edition of The Sentinel.
In the story, a source in the
office of assistant U.S. Attorney
Robert Gorence, contacted by
The Sentinel Monday, said that
due to an acquital and innocent
verdict in the case of Hobbs
businessman Reed Chittim, a
four-count indictment against
Seminole businessman Paul
Condit might or might not be
pursued.
In reality, all four counts
against Condit were dismissed.
Gorence himself, contacted by
The Sentinel Wednesday, said the
order for die dismissal was being
processed and would doubtless be
approved by the federal
government.
Condit’s attorneys in Lubbock
were informed Nov. 29 by federal
authorities that the charges would
be dismissed.
In response to a question as to
why the spokesman said that the
indictments might or might not be
pursued, Gorence would not
answer, saying that all further
questions on the matter should be
referred to U.S. Attorney William
Lutz, who was out of his office
until Monday. Gorence did
mention, though, that the
spokesman "may not have
known1' about the dismissal.
Chittim was acquitted of a
charge of filing a false financial
statement to obtain a $302,000
loan by a federal court jury Nov.
19 after being cleared of a charge
of misapplication of bank funds
with intent to defraud the bank by
U.S. Federal Court Judge Juan
Burciaga the day before.
Although the indictments
against Condit were separate, the
charges were similar to those
levied against Chittim.
Few cagers
are shelved
by rule
Basketball players, especially
girl basketball participants, led
Seminole school extracurricular
students in staying eligible for the
current six weeks.
All 13 girl varsity basketball
players and all 11 freshmen girl
basketball players were eligible to
perform this six weeks in
extracurricular events, and just
one out of 17 junior varsity girls
were sidelined by the no-pass, no-
play rule which sidelines students
for six weeks if they fail one
course during the previous six
weeks.
All 16 seventh grade girls
stayed eligible for the current six
weeks and three out of 20 eighth
grade students were ineligible, a
15 per cent ineligible rale.
On the boys’ side, no varsity
basketball players out of 11
participants were sidelined, while
two out of 14 junior varsity
players were shelved, a 15 per
cent ineligible rate. Three out of
19 freshmen basketball boys were
sidelined by the rule, a 16 per cent
eligible rate.
All 21 eighth grade basketball
players stayed ineligible and just
one out of 17 seventh grade boy
cagers were ineligible, a six per
cent ineligible rate.
A total of 15 out of 78
agriculture students were
ineligible, a 19 per cent ineligible
rate and 13 of 63 high school band
players were shelved, a 21 per
cent ineligible rate.
At the junior high, 17 of the 91
seventh and eighth grade band
players were sidelined, a 19 per
cent ineligible rate and 12 out of
68 sixth grade band players were
shelved, an 18 per cent ineligible
rate.
A total of 19 of 63 high school
choir students were sidelined, a
29 per cent ineligible rate.
Local entities
state meetings
A total of three entities the
school, county and city, as well as
the Seminole Area Chamber of
Commerce, will hold regular
monthly meetings this week.
Gaines County commissioners
will hold a regular meeting at 10
a.m. Monday at the courthouse.
On the agenda will be:
Allowance of accounts, the
auditor’s report, a discussion of
tabled equipment, the release of
securities, a discussion of
advertising for asphalt and rock
for 1989, a discussion of
advertising for the county
depository, a discussion of 1989
holidays and the dealing with any
other items pertaining to county
business.
The Seminole City Council
will hold a regular meeting at 7
p.m. Monday, with a work session
set for 6:30 p.m.
The board will begin the
meeting with an executive session
for personnel. At 7:30 p.m. the
council will hear an
administrative report, hear
department reports, approve
payment of bills and approve the
revenue and expenditure reports.
The council will also consider
an ordinance for budget
amendments, consider a safety
pay policy, consider a resolution
for personnel policy changes and
consider a resolution amending
the 1987 TCDP contract.
The council will consider a
county 4-H land purchase request,
consider a zoning board
appointment, consider a 1987
TCDP Grant rehabilitation work
policy, consider a policy for non-
emergency EMS runs and fees,
discuss EMS hepatitis shots and
consider an ordinance and
agreement returning maintenance
of school zone flashing beacons
to the State of Texas.
The council will also consider
fire truck bids, consider refuse
truck bids, consider a bid for the
old chamber of commerce
building and consider the health
insurance bids.
The Seminole Independent
School District board will hold
regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m.
Monday at the administration
building. On the agenda will be:
An open forum, the financial
report, the approval of the
November list of bills, the
superintendent’s report and the
approval of the 1987-88 audit
report.
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Stressing
involvement
A panel ot speakers stressed community involvement to the
drug problem at a meeting Tuesday at the Seminole High
School Little Theatre. The six experts, all of whom deal with
some sort of drug abuse almost on a daily basis, stressed that
with the entire community supporting drug prevention, inroads
can be made into the problem. Without community-wide
support, the problem will nourish. (Sentinel Photo)
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Snow slows
cotton
harvest
A winter storm that left several
inches of snow on the ground
slowed the ronnty rntton harvest
late in the week.
Farmers and ginners still
combined for almost 32,000 bales
being ginned during the week,
however, with obviously most of
the stripping occurring before the
Wednesday night weather
change.
A total of 201,450 bales have
now been ginned by the 18 gins
operating this season. One gin
has already concluded business
for the year and many other gins
are reporting that they are at least
two-thirds through with their
expected workload.
A year ago there were 5,935
bales ginned during the week,
giving the county a total of
128,652 bales for the year.
Two years ago snow and ice
hampered field work, with .just
9,567 bales produced during die
week, giving the county a total of
54,521 bales.
Three years ago almost 20,000
bales were ginned during the
week, giving the area 98,296
bales. Four years ago the total
was 71,297 bales through the first
few days of December.
Community
stressed in
drug fight
The need for more community
involvement was the constant
theme of a community-wide drug
meeting Tuesday at Seminole
High School.
A panel of six speakers, each
of whom has dealt with the
problem from different
perspectives, all said only when
the community recognizes there is
a problem can that problem be
dealt with satisfactorily.
The panel consisted of Dr.
Hasmukh Parmar, a local
physician; Larry Mann, a
psychologist with the Gaines
Community Health Clinic; Art
Van Dorn, head of the Permian
Basin Drug Task Force; Smokcy
Rausch of the Lea County
Hospital rehabilitation center; and
Seminole High School
Counselors Dianna Bright and
Bill Morgan.
Each speaker told the audience
about what his particular group
has done to combat the problem
and has tried to do in die way of
prevention.
Rausch, during his portion ol
the hour-long program, said one
of the most frightening aspects of
dealing with drug and alcohol
addicts is that they seem to be
getting younger. "We deal with a
lot of real young kids,” he said.
"We have a nine-year old in
Hobbs right now."
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‘Teen court’
draws small
participation
Turnout for the second "Teen
Court" in Gaines County was
"poor" and the future use of die
court system is in jeopardy if
support doesn’t improve for the
concept, Gaines County
Probation officials said.
The second "Teen Court" was
held Wednesday night in the
district courtroom of the
courthouse, and only seven teen-
agers appeared to handle the cases
of two other youths, Gaines
County Probation Officer Lloyd
Glass said.
Two of the youths acted as
attorneys for the two youths who
had cases before the special court,
which acts just as a regular court
of law. The other five youths
acted as the jury for both cases.
cause of a lack of
participation from local teen-
agers, Glass was forced to act as
the other officials that work in a
court of law. Gaines County
Judge Max Townsend was judge
of the court.
"Our turnout was very
disappointing," said Glass. "As
far as die court itself, it was good.
The two persons acting as the
attorneys were excellent. But we
didn’t have enough kids to play
out all the persons in a court.
"This depends on support of
teen-agers," said Glass. "If they
don’t support it we can’t have it
The people there were real good,
but We need more participants if
we’re going to succeed
"The future (of teen court) is in
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