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The West News
Volume 101, No. 20 Two Sections
THURSDAY, May is, 1991
Celebrating 101 years serving the West area
News Digest
CITY COUNCIL MEETING CHANGES: Wes.
City Council announced this week that the date of its next five meetings
has changed. The meetings scheduled for the the first and third Tuesdays
of each month will be conducted on the fust and third Wednesdays for
the next five meetings. The new meeting dates are as follows: May 22,
June 5 and 19 and July 3 and 17. City Council meetings are open to the
public and are conducted in the council room at West City Hall.
NICKLE BOOK SALE: The West Public Library is
having aNickle (five cents) Book Sale from 10a.m.-1 p.m. this Saturday
in the library. Everyone is urged to come out and support the library.
EARLY DISMISSALS AT WEST ISD
SCHOOLS: West Independent School District schools have re-
leased their schedule for early class dismissals on May 21,22 and 23. The
schools are to dismiss their students at the following times on those days:
West Elementary School, 2:45 p.m.; West Middle School, 2:55 p.m.; and
West High School, 3:05 p.m.
KOLACHE BAKE SALE AND GARAGE
SALE: A kolache bake sale and garage sale is set for this Saturday at
Si Mary's School in WesL The bake sale begins at 10 a.m. and the garage
saleat 8 a.m. Proceeds from these two events are to go to the Mary Queen
of Peace Center.
FISH FRY & FLEA MARKET: The 14th Annual
Aquilla volunteer Fire Department fish fry and flea market is set for 8
ajn. this Saturday in the Aquilla Community Center. Buyers and sellers
are welcome and there will be a $3 set up fee for the flea market. Live
music is also scheduled and the meal is set from 5-8 p.m.
WEST SUMMER TENNIS PROGRAM
SCHEDULE: The schedule for the West Summer Tennis Program
was released this week with all children's classes to begin on June 3 and
continue through July 11. Kevin Folse is the class instructor and those
interested taking the classes are asked to contact him at 752-8653. The
children'sclassesareoffered in thefollowingage brackets: ages 3-5,ages
6-9, ages 10-14 and ages 15-18. There will also be adult men's and
women's classes. The cost for the six week session is $50.
WestTrojanscaptured the District
11-AAA baseball crown last week
with wins over Kennedale and Alvar-
ado to move within one game of a 20
win season.
This marks the first district crown
in baseball for West since 1984. Last
year's West squad advanced to the
area play-offs, but finished second in
the district race.
West is now scheduled to play
Kemp, runner-up in District 12-AAA,
in the bi-district game set for 8 p.m.
May 20 at the Duncanville High
School baseball field in Duncanville.
Trojan Coach Wayne Woodard
said Kemp finished district play with
an 11-3 record behind the district
winning Van baseball team. Kemp
gplit its two district games with Van
winning the first one and then losing
by a 4-2 score in the second game.
West beat Kennedale 10-2 in a
May 7 game as the Trojans clubbed
out 11 hits while West pitchers lim-
ited the Wildcats to only three hits.
West put two run on the score-
board in the third inning as Scott
Podsednik led off the inning with a
single. Terry Gerik then singled to put
runner on first and third. Gerik then
stole second base. On an out at fust,
Podsednik scored for the first run of
the game. Gerik later scored on a
Kennedale error.
In the fourth inning, Jason Klish
singled to lead off the inning, stole
second and went to third base on a
passed ball. Danny Youngs then
walked and stole second. Klish scored
on another Kennedale error and Pod-
sednik singled in Youngs.
Scott Sparks started off the fifth
Miss West crowning Sunday at Chamber social
West Chamber of Commerce has
scheduled its annual Spring Social
from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. this Sunday
in the West High School Cafetorium.
The public is invited to attend the
chamber function which features the
crowning of the new Miss West from
an eight candidate field. The contest
judging was conducted Monday,
however the winner will not be named
until Sunday.
This year's Miss West contestants
are: Michelle Smith, Vanessa Petter,
April Kasik, Merideth Hardwick,
Jana Mynarcik, Tammy O'Brien,
Cheryl Kostecka and April Clark.
Michelle is a West High School
tenth grader and the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. George Smith. Vanessa is an
eleventh grader at West High School
and the daughter of Tommy and Jean-
ette Petter.
April Kasik's parents are Edward
and Dianne Kasik and she is an elev-
enth grader at West High School.
Merideth is also a West High School
eleventh grader and her parents are
Mike Hardwick and Sandra Hard-
wick.
Jana is a West High School elev-
enth grader and the daughter of Larry
and Diana Mynarcik. Tammy is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
O'Brien and a West High School elev-
enth grader.
Cheryl's parents are John and
Wilma Kostecka while April Clark is
the daughter of Bill and Cindy Clark.
Both of the girls are West High
School juniors.
The reigning Miss West, Tonya
Plsek, is scheduled to crown her suc-
cessor.
The social's meal is to consist of: a
hamburger, chips, beans, dessert and
tea. Price of the meal is $2.50.
An added feature of this year's
chamber social is an art exhibit that is
to be set up in the cafetorium for
public viewing. The art show is pro-
duced by the West High School Art
Department.
West bank names
three scholarship
recipients for 1991
West Trojans win
11-AAA baseball title
inning with a single. He stole second
base and Kevin Janek then followed
by hitting a fly ball to the Kennedale
leftfielder, which was dropped.
Sparks then scored on a sacrifice fly
by Sparks.
In the sixth, Brian Vrba singled
and later scored on a single by Gerik.
Gerik later scored on an error. West
then scored three runs in the top of the
seventh inning to put the game away.
Pinch-hitter Tony Kubacak started
the inning off by getting on base on an
error. He went to second base on a
wild pitch and Clint Uptmorc then
singled. Klish was hit by a pitch to
load the bases and Youngs then
double to score to runs. Klish then
scored on a deep fly by Vrba.
Podsednik was the winning pitcher
as he tossed four innings and struck
out six batters. This increased his
season record to 6-3. Youngs pitched
two innings and record two strikeouts
while Gerik pitched the final inning
and struck out one Kennedale batter.
Podsednik led West hitters with
three hits followed by Gerik, two hits;
and Uptmore, Klish, Youngs, Vrba,
Polansky and Sparks, a hit each.
West scored three runs in the first
two innings as they defeated Alvar-
ado 3-1 in a May 10 game in Alvar-
ado. This win clinched the district title
for West.
In the first inning, Sparks singled
with two outs. He stole second and
went to third on a passed ball. Polan-
sky then walked and stole second.
Kubacak then walked to fill the bases
and Klish walked to score the first run
Pleas* turn to page 5 for more on
Trojans
West Bank and Trust officials
announced April 24 the bank's three
Junior College scholarship winners
this year. The winners are: Erin Mich-
elle Conkel, Richard Wayne Wines
and Ann Hulyra.
Erin is the daughter of Dwayne and
Margaret Hool and she is a senior at
Abbott High School. Richard is the
son of Gary and Ida Wines and Ann is
thedaughterof Roy and Doris Hutyra.
Richard and Ann are both West High
School seniors.
West Bank & Trust has awarded
three one-year Junior College schol-
arships yearly since 1968. The award,
which is given to graduating seniors
from area high schools, is for: tuition
(13 hour maximum), textbooks, and/
or required materials and fees t
McLennan Community College or
Hill College.
The outstanding students, who
exemplify academic excellence, are
selected by a committee composed of
administrators from West, Abbott,
Aquilla, Bynum and Penelope.
Miss West contestants...
Eight West young ladies are vying for the crown of Miss WesL The winner is to be crowned this Sunday at the
West Chamber of Commerce Spring Social. The contestants on the front row (left to right) are: Tammy O'Brien,
Merideth Hardwick and April Clark. On the back row are: Jana Mynarcik, April Kasik, Cheryl Kostecka,
Michelle Smith and Vanessa Petter.
Ann Hutyra
Erin Conkel
Richard Wines
Directions to Duncanville baseball field
The West Trojans arc scheduled to play Kemp in Bi-District baseball
action at 8 p.m. May 20 at the Duncanville High School baseball field.
The following arc dirations on getting to this baseball field. Area
residents should take I-35E north through Waxahachic toward Dallas and
exit on 1-20 toward Fort Worth. Take Exit 461 (Cedar Ridge Road) off 1-
20 at Duncanville and then turn left on Cedar Ridge Road and turn right
(just past Duncanville High School) on Middale Road. Middale runs into
the baseball field which is located just past the football field.
lYesf twins overcome deafness to excell
Growing up in a silent world
has not changed Waco High
School juniors John and Paula
Sidener's determination to excel
in both athletics and scholastics.
The 17-year-old twins were
bom deaf after their mother had
Rubella (three day measles) ten
weeks into her pregnancy. Their
mother, Margaret King, said she
remembered thinking there was
something wrong with her twins,
but everyone just told her she was
paranoid. "When one was crying
and the other sleeping, I knew that
was not right."
When the two were 17 months old,
doctors discovered they were deaf.
From that point, John and Paula be-
gan therapy at the Centex Rehabilita-
tion Center. For two years, they were
in therapy and began learning sign
language at the age of five.
Before their sixth birthdays rolled
around, they were attending a speech
and hearing clinic at Baylor Univer-
sity five days a week and then at age
six began attending the Waco Re-
gional School for the Deaf.
When this school closed down
six years later, their mother was
faced with the decision of main-
streaming the youths into a regu-
lar school or sending them to the
Texas State School for the Deaf in
Austin.
"I chose the mainstreaming,"
the twin's mother said last week
from their West home. "They are
not going to be living in a deaf
Please turn to page 2 for more
on Sidener twins.
John Sidener of West gets instruction from his conch at Waco High School during a May 16 workout at
Baylor University's Floyd Casey Stadium.
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