The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989 Page: 1 of 12
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Blood Drive Set for
Thursday in West
In an effort to replenish the blood supply that is dangerously
low, the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in West from 2-7 p.m.
today (Thursday) at the West Community Center.
O-Positive and O-negative donors are especially needed dur-
ing this National Blood Awareness Month.
The bloodmobile visits to West are sponsored by the West
Kiwanis Club and the West High School Key Club.
W 35 cents
Best form of advertising
in the West trade area
West News
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Trojans On All-Academic Team
Three West Trojans were named to the Super Centex All-
Academic Football Team released Sunday by the Waco Tribune
Herald.
Troy Schroeder, a senior wide receiver, was named to the first
team offensive unit. Schroeder carries a 94.45 average and has been
nominated for academic All-American recognition the last two
years in math.
Senior linebacker Roby Urbanovsky was named to the second
team defense as was junior defense back Jeff Holloman.
Gary Dicterman, also of West, was named to the team's honor-
able mention list.
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COUNCIL MEETING! The West City Council is sched-
uled to meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Jan. 17 in the council room at
West Community Center. The meeting is open to the public.
CAREER DAY PLANNED: TheWestKiwanisClubis
sponsoring a Career Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in the old
library room at West High School. The Kiwanis Club invites all area
businesses to participate. Anyone interested in participating in this
Career Day is asked to contact Tommy Muska at 826-5442.
AMBULANCE MEETING: The West Ambulance As-
sociation has scheduled a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 in the West
Community Center. All members are urged to attend.
FIRE GUTS WEST HOME: The Freddy and Terri
Taylor home at 502 N. Harrison was gutted by a fire on Dec. 29. The fire
was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m. and all but two bedrooms in the
home were gutted. The family, which has three boys ages three and four
years old and nine months, lost almost everything in the fire. No one was
at the home at the time of the fire which is believed to be caused by a
wall heater in the bathroom.
TELL ALL WHEN SELLING: Silence may be
golden, but not when a home is being sold. Failure to tell prospective
homebuyers of important facts may violate the Texas Deceptive Trade
Practices Act (DTPA). "The homebuyer is protected as a consumer by
DTPA," said Judon Fambrough, attorney and senior lecturer with the
Real Estate Center at T exas A&M University. "Court cases decided this
year expound the owner's and broker's duty to disclose all known fact
about thge property." Real estate brokers are liable for relaying inaccu-
rate information and must disclose all information that might affect die
buyer's decision. It is a deceptive trade practice to knowingly withhold
relevant facts to induce a consumer into a real estate transaction.
EXERCISE CLASSES: Exercise classes are to begin Jan.
17 in the West Community Center. The first level, "Sit and Stretch" is
from 3-4 p.m. and the second level is from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. For more
information, call 829-1208.
FREE THROW COMPETITION: Knighs of Co-
lumbus Council 2305 are sponsoring a basketball free throw competi-
tion, open to boys and girls ages 10 through 14 as of Jan. 1,1989.
Contests will be at St. Mary's Gym at 9 a.m. Jan. 21. For more
information and entry forms, caqll Mike Morrison at 826-3912 or
Richard Matus at 826-3406. Deadline for entering is jan. 13.
AMBULANCE VOLUNTEERS: The West Volun-
teer Ambulance Association is currently seeking more volunteers to
start an Emergency Care Attendant (ECA) Course on Jan. 23, accord-
ing to West Volunteer Ambulance Assn. President Freddie Kaluza.
The Jan. 23 ECA course takes 40 hours for training. That means the
volunteer will attend classes twice a week, three hours a day, for eight
weeks, he explained.
"Please volunteer and help us help you, so that if you need an
ambulance, someone will be there to come to your aid," he added.
For more information, call the West Volunteer Ambulance office at
826-3778 or after 5 p.m. Bettye Holzmann at 826-3254 or Kaluza at
826-3534.
PARISH MISSION: A Parish Mission, a week of renewal,
is scheduled for St. Martin's Church from Jan. 15-20. Father Lionel De
Silva, a Paulist priest, is to present this mission with a Mass and talks
beginning at 7 p.m. each evening.
Father Lionel was bom in 1929 and ordained a Paulist priest in 1959.
His family resided in Stamford, Conn. His ministry has varied from:
1959-62 and he was involved in Campus ministry at Clcmson University
in South Carolina. In 1962-70, he volunteered for missionary work in
Africa. From 1970-78, he worked at Catholic University in Washington,
D.C. and later was assigned to work in the M.Y. Mission Band.
From 1978-81, he was assigned as assistant pastor at St Leo the Great
Parish in Houston and in 1981, he joined the Paulist Mission Band, giv-
ing retreats and missions throughout the Southwest.
The same mission is to be conducted from Jan. 23-27 at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church in Elk.
The missions are open to the public and everyone is invited to attend.
VEGETABLE SEMINAR: Vegetable growers in Cen
tral Texas can get a head start on the upcoming season by attending a
special seminar in Marlin on Feb. 9. The Central Texas Vegetable
Seminar is to be at the Plantation Inn on Texas 6, with registration from
8-8:30 a.m„ said Donald Kelm, Falls County agent with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service. A pre-registration fee of SlOcan be sent
to the Central Texas Vegetable Seminar, Box 38, Marlin, 76661. After
Feb. 1, the fee will be$15. The seminar program will feature discussion
on vegetable varieties, specialty crops, financing alternatives, pesticide
use and restrictions, water quality and marketing, Kelm said.
Reward offered....
West Businesses Burglarized
Four West businesses and three
residences have been burglarized in
the city in less than three weeks, ac-
cording to the West Police Depart-
ment.
The most recent of these burgla-
ries happened at WesTex Welding
Co. between the hours of 6 p.m.
Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday. Entry in
the building was gained by breaking a
window in the building's store room.
The West Police Department investi-
gated the burglary Tuesday morning.
Taken in the break-in were: two
grinding tools, a sanding apparatus, a
band saw, a 1980 model pickup and
approximately $40 in cash. It was
also reported that files and cabinets in
the building were gone through, and
the cash register was tom up however
the $4 or $5 in change was not taken.
A safe in die building was beaten
up and opened, however owner Ray
Matus said nothing of real value was
in it. He estimated the cost of the
items stolen at $6,000.
The Kazanas Law Office at Suite F
300 N. Reagan and Larry Sparks
D.D.S. office at Suite D at 300 N.
Reagan were burglarized some time
after office hours between Jan. 4 and
5. Entry into the building was gained
by knocking out a window in the
Kazanas Law Office and crawling in.
Items taken from the law office in-
clude: a computer, typewriter, gun,
stereo equipment, cash, two brass
items and a letter scale. The items
were estimated to cost approximately
$10,000.
From the law office, the burglar or
burglars apparently crawled into the
attic of the building and entered the
Sparks dental office through the
skuttle hole in the ceiling. Stolen
from this office were: $30 in cash and
change, dental instruments, gold and
silver used in making crowns, a den-
tal engine, an ultrasonic cleaning
machine and temporary crowns. To-
tal value of the items taken was esti-
mated at $3,450.
West Farm and Ranch at 133 S.
Main was reported burglarized on
Dec. 25, according to West Police
reports. Taken in this burglary were:
numerous tools, a floor jack, stereo
and speakers from a customer's car
and equalizers from another cusot-
mer’s car. Total cost of the items sto-
len was estimated at $2,170.
The West Police Department in-
vestigated a burglary at 402 N.
Roberts on Dec. 22. Household items
such as: pillow cases, sheets and
clothing were reported stolen.
On Dec. 25, the police department
investigated a burglary at a residence
at 611 N. Marable. A television and
leather jacket were reported stolen.
A color television, jewelry and a
stereo were reported stolen in a Dec.
27 burglary from a residence at 608
N. Marable.
Stemming fromaDec. 16burglary
at West Hardware Store and the bur-
glaries at the Kazanas Law Office and
Larry Spark's office, the three have
banded together and are offering a
$600 reward to anyone giving infor-
mation leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the person or persons re-
sponsible for the burglaries to their
businesses.
In an advertisement in this issue of
The West News, they are asking
anyone with information on either of
these burglaries to contact either the
West Police Department at 826-
5311, Steve Kazanas at 826-5395,
George Smajstrla at 826-5432 or
Larry Sparks at 826-4067.
Thieves Return to Woman’s Home
IrenePlsek's residence at608 N. Marable was burglarized on Dec. 27,
making the fourth time since November 1987 that some items have been
stolen from her residence.
Mrs. Plsek said the first lime, gasoline was siphoned from a vehicle
in her yard and two other times a storage building near her house was
burglarized and items were stolen from it.
In the last burglary which occurred between 1:20 - 3 p.m., her house
was entered and a thief or thieves stole her remote control color
television set, some jewelry and stereo equipment. She explained that
only her good jewelry was stolen. "They didn't take any costume
jewelry, just the good stuff."
She said the worse thing about this last burglary was that many of the
jewelry items stolen can not be replaced because of their sentimental
value. "That's what hurts so bad."
Mrs. Plsek said that her’s is not the only house in that neighborhood
that has been burglarized, noting that several others have been hit during
the past few months.
"When they start coming into your home, you feel like they have
invaded your privacy," she added.
Police work.........
West Police Officer John Robert dusts a busted safe at WesTex Welding
for fingerprints following a burglary at that West business earlier this
week- (staff photo by Larry Knapek)
Area Residents Attend Groundbreaking Ceremony
Approximately 140 area residents Center and because of cool weather, history. He also pledged the City
joined together to participate in Sun- the ceremony (except for the actual Council's support in the library build-
day's groundbreaking ceremony for groundbreaking) was moved into the ing project,
the new West Library - Museum center. Walter Reaves, West Library
building in the city. West Mayor William Pareya wel- Board president, reported on the li-
The new library facility is to be lo- corned those in attendance and out- brary's history. In tracing the library's
cated next to the West Community lined the city's role in the library's history from its first organizational
Numerous area residents attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Library-Museum facility to be
constructed in West. (staff photo by Larry Knapek)
meetings to its present stage, Reaves
noted the significance that several
individuals had in shaping the li-
brary's destiny.
"We owe our very existence to the
Kiwanis Club," he said while ex-
plaining it was this club that got the
ball rolling for a library in West al-
most five years age. "We owe them a
deep debt of gratitude."
Another significant moment in the
library's history was the hiring of
Henrietta Meurer as the library's first
paid librarian. "A library can't run on
just volunteers," he said while noting
Mrs. Meurer has "worked hard for us.
We owe a debt of gratitude to her."
Becoming a member of the Cen-
tral Texas Library System (CTLS) in
1987 was another major event in the
library's history. "We worked hard in
attaining membership, he stated.
Since joining CTLS, The West Li-
brary has received a $ 100,000 match-
ing grant for library construction
from the Texas State Library, a
$4,750 J. Frank Dobie Grant for col-
lection development, and a $750
American Literary Grant for classic
collection.
The library has also received a 16
mm projector and computer with
printer from CTLS and numerous
other items and services.
Reaves continued saying the li-
brary was embarking on a new era
with the construction of a new li-
brary-museum facility to start this
month. He said the library has out
grown its present site in the West City
Hall. "Now we have more books in
storage, than on the shelves.”
He also called the groundbreaking
ceremony, "a moment we have
worked long and hard for.”
A1 Marchak, President of the West
Sesquicentennial Committee, de-
scribed his committee's role in get-
ting a museum for the city. The Ses-
quicentennial Committee had earlier
donated $25,000 to the library-mu-
seum building project. He added the
committee is "proud to see this dream
come true.”
Reeves also recognized former
West resident A1 Neel, who died last
year, for his work with the library.
The library president credited Neel as
"the person that got the library off the
ground. Once he started it, no one
doubted his driving force. He was
always there when needed." Neel's
daughter, Diane Walts (who is also a
Library director), represented her
father in taking part in the ground-
breaking ceremony.
Reeves pointed out that Melody
Bolton, who died in December 1985,
was another individual that worked
hard for the library. She always sup-
ported our projects. "We want to
remember her today."
Mayor Pareya, Reeves, Russ
Willsey (Library Association vice
president), Marchak and Mrs. Walts
participated in the groundbreaking as
the audience went outside far this
portion of the ceremony.
Please turn to page 4 for more oa
Groundbreaking ceremony.
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