The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1986 Page: 1 of 16
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Fox Trot Horse Show Saturday
The Southwest Chapter of the Missouri Fox Trot
Horse Association has scheduled a horse show starting
at 11 a.m. this Saturday at the West Fair and Rodeo
Association grounds.
Tennessee Walking horses and Racking horses are
also to participate during this show.
Admission is free to the horse show and area
residents are invited to come and see these horses
perform. A concession stand will be open during the
show.
In case of a rain out, the event will be conducted on
June 28.
West Fair and Rodeo officials also announced the
rodeo grounds are being policed on a 24 hour a day
basis.
McLennan County Crop Tour June 26
Farmers to gather at Cottonwood Hall prior to tour in West area
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WEST - Corn, cotton and
grain sorghum test plots will
be observed on June 26
during the annual McLen-
nan County Crop Tour in the
West area.
All farmers and interested
people are invited to attend
tKo tAi,r Those interested in
attending the tour are asked
to meet at 10 a m. at
Cottonwood Hall. From
there buses will be provided
for those going on the tour.
The tour, sponsored by
the McLennan County Agri-
culture Extension Agency in
cooperation with the West
Area Young Farmers, will
take the farmers to various
test plots in the area.
The tour is to include: a
cotton test plot on the
Frankie Polansky farm and a
corn test plot on the Larry
Mechell farm, grain sor-
ghum test plots on the John
C. Polansky and Edward
Hrabal farms, and a broad-
cast grain sorghum test plot
on the Robert Dobecka farm.
Representatives from the
various seed companies are
expected to attend the tour
along with: Bill Collier,
McLennan County extension
agent; Jesse Cocke, area
entomologist; Bob Herman,
Hill County extension agent;
Bill Buxkemper, entomolo-
gist for Hill and Johnson
counties; and D. C. Perry-
man, vice-president of Pro-
duction Credit Association in
Waco.
Following the tour, which
is scheduled to last approx-
imately two hours, a noon .
meal is to be provided by I
the Waco Production Credit 9
Association at Cottonwood
Hall.
Thursday
June 19,1986
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School Board Reschedule* Meeting
The West Independent School District trustee
meeting set for June 18 has been postponed to June
25. The meeting is to start at 7:30 p.m. in the West
ISD Administration Building.
Rep. Denton to Speak at Agriculture Meeting
State Representative Betty Denton will be speaking
at the Agricultural Extension Service study group
meeting at 7 p.m. today (Thursday). The meeting will
be at the Texas Farm Bureau Assembly Room. Fish
Pond and Highway 6, in Waco.
Representative Denton will be discussing pertinent
issues that will be addressed during the next
Legislative Session.
1966 West Grads Plan Meeting
The 1966 West High School graduates have
scheduled an organizational meeting from 4-6 p.m.
June 29 at the VFW Club in West.
Class members are asked to mail the names and
addresses of any of the class members to: Gene or
Mary Adamick, 203 Trailwood, Waco, Texas 76710
or phone (817) 776-1576.
West Longhorn Club Reschedules Horse Show
West Longhorn Club’s June 7 Central Texas Horse
Show Association Point Show was canceled due to
heavy rains, but has been rescheduled for this
Sunday. The show begins at 2 p.m. at the West Fair
and Rodeo grounds.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon Meetings
in West
Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meetings are
scheduled for 8 p.m. every Tuesday at the First United
Church annex, 310 E. Pine St. in West.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and
women who help each other stay sober. Al-anon is for
relatives and friends of alcoholics who gather for
mutual support. There are no dues or fees for either
group.
Important Tip From Social Security
Here's an important reminder from Social Security.
If you receive $20 a month or more in cash tips, be
sure to report them to your employer. You cash tips
mean larger monthly benefits when you retire and
greater protection for you and your family if you die or
become disabled.
Camp Fire Day at KC Park
The Huaco Council of Camp Fire is sponsoring a
Day Camp for boys and girls entering first through
sixth grades. The Day Camp will be June 23 through
June 27 from 9 a m. until 2:30 p.m. at the KC Park
near West.
Cost for Day Camp is $12 for Camp Fire members
and $15 for non-members. Each camper needs to
bring a snack, a sack lunch, drink, drinking cup and a
situpon. Each camper should wear comfortable
clothes, shoes and socks (no sandels, please). Please
mark all belongings. Thursday will be cook-out day.
For more information, call the Huaco Council
Camp Fire Office at 752-5515, Wanda Adair at 826-
5658 or Mary Mangrum at 826-5913.
Local Families Needed for Exchange Students
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs
(ASSE) is seeking local families to host 15
Scandinavian, French, Spanish, German, Dutch,
Swiss and Canadian boys, 16 to 18 years of age,
coming to this area for the upcoming high school year.
These personable and academically select European
and Canadian teens are bright, curious and anxious to
learn about this country through living as part of a
family, attending high school and sharing their own
culture and language with their newly adopted
American family.
Persons interested in obtaining more information
about becoming a host family or becoming a student
abroad should contact ASSE’s local Representative:
Mack and Marsha Lee, Rt. 3 Box 385, Gatesville, TX
76528,817-865-2030.
Athens Steel Building has low bid....
Council Awards Contract
For City Hall Roof Repair
WEST - West City Council
Tuesday night awarded
Athens Steel Building the
contract for repairing the
City Hall roof during their
regular meeting in the West
Community Center.
The council voted to
accept the low bid of Athens
Steel Building which includ-
ed the base bid along with
two alternative bids totaling
$29,854.
The entire bid includes:
construction of a new roof on
City Hall, removal of the
existing City Hall roof and
re location of the fire siren.
The other two total bids
for this project were: Metal
Building Systems, $33,450;
and Tarver Construction,
$39,304.
At a June 3 meeting, City
Engineer Johnny Tabor had
recommended the council
award the contract to Athens
Steel Building.
A representative from the
Waco engineering firm of
Tabor and Associates told
council members at the
meeting that the roof repairs
should begin by July 17 with
the tenative completion date
set for Sept. 16. “That is the
date we are looking at,” he
added.
The money for the roof
repairs is to come from the
city’s revenue sharing
funds.
At a July, 1985 council
meeting, the West Sesqui-
centennial Committee had
asked the council for
permission to look at the
possibility of using the
second floor at City Hall for
a library-museum. Since
then it was discovered the
upstairs and the roof of the
City Hall would have to be
renovated before a library
museum could become a
possibility. It was also noted
at a past meeting that an
elevator would be needed if
a library-museum would be
put on the second floor.
There were no Sesquicen-
tennial Committee members
present at Tuesday’s meet-
ing, so it is not known if the
city’s repairing the City Hall
roof will renew interest in
possibly putting a library-
museum there.
In other city business, the
council members, after dis-
cussion, decided to change
the parking starting from
the corner of Oak and
Reagan streets. The council
decided to establish a No
Parking Zone for approxi-
mately 100 feet from the
Oak and Reagan Street
intersection. This would
eliminate some parking
spaces on both sides of Oak
street.
This move was done by
the council in an effort to
help prevent future acci-
dents at the intersection of
Reagan and Oak streets.
They had asked the State
Highway Department for
recommendations to make
the intersection safer. The
highway department had
recommended the 100 foot
no parking zone and also
parallel parking from the
end of the no parking east to
the mid-block alley. The
council decided not to follow
the parallel parking re-
commendation.
The council members also
discussed future water
needs for the city and asked
City Secretary Kenneth
Kubala to find out what
other area cities of compar-
able size were charging for
water and sewer.
Local Resident Participates
In Armed Forces Day Event Mustang cheerleaders
Crewman on first ship attacked at Pearl Harbor
PHILADELPHIA, PA -
Ned Johnson of Leroy
participated in a special
Armed Forces Day event
this year. From May 16-18,
he was one of the more than
200 people who gathered
here for the 50th Reunion of
the crew of the U.S.S.
SHAW
The SHAW, a 341-foot
destroyer, was the first ship
hit by bombs during the
Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Johnson served as a signal-
man on the SHAW from
1942 to 1943.
For more than 100 crew
members of the SHAW plus
an equal number of family
and friends of SHAWMEN
lost during or since World
War II, Armed Forces Day
was a time to remember: a
ship, old crew mates and a
day that will live in infamy.
The weekend commemo-
rated the commissioning of
the SHAW, which was laid
down at the United States
Navy Yard in Philadelphia
and commissioned in 1936
Ned Johnson
The SHAWMEN and their
families celebrated the
ship’s 50th Anniversary and
observed Armed Forces Day
with a tour and memorial
service at the Philadelphia
Naval Base and a special
tree planting ceremony in
memoriam.
In a special congratulatory
message to the SHAW
Reunion participants, Presi-
dent Ronald Reagan wrote,
“I am honored to extend
warm greetings and con-
gratulations to the officers
and crew of the USS SHAW
(DD 373), as you gather for
your 50th Anniversary reu-
nion. We must never forget
that we owe the continued
survival of our freedoms to
your selfless sacrifice and
those of your departed
comrades.”
In the wake of Pearl
Harbor, the Japanese re-
ported they had sunk the
SHAW but the destroyer
came back to the high seas
to participate in some of the
most important battles of
the war.
During action in the
Pacific the SHAW and her
crew earned eleven battle
stars from operations in
such locales as Guadalcanal,
Eastern New Guinea, Sai-
pan, Guam, Luzon, Manila
Bay and the Southern
Philippines.
Today, years after the
ship was decommissioned
and scrapped, the spirit and
memory of the SHAW
remain unsinkable.
St. Mary’s Mustang cheerleaders for the 1986-87 school year recently attended a
National Cheerleaders Association camp at Tarleton State University In
Stephenville. The West girls were one of 32 squads participating in the week long
clinic. While at the camp, they won several awards which Included: the 1986
Award of Excellence Nominee, three superior awards, an excellent award and
were the only Junior High group at the camp to win the Spirit Stick. The members
are: Tonya Plsek (front kneeling), Julie Busby (standing left), Pam Buchanan
(middle) and Lynette Mellgren. Becky Kapavik is above Pam Buchanan with
Jennifer Culverhouse on the very top. (photo courtesy TSU News Service)
Two Resign Positions
On Hospital Board
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WEST - Sue Pescaia and
Truett Bates resigned their
positions on the West
Community Hospital Board
Monday at the regular
meeting.
An absence of “peer
review" promised by AHS in
its contract and the
contention that AHS
(Affiliated Hospital Systems)
has no liability stemming from
its contract with the hospital
thus exposing board
members to personal liability
was given as some of the
reasons for quitting the
board.
At least five lawsuits have
been filed against the medical
staff or hospital since 1981.
See Bates Letter to the
Editor on page two.
Concerning the charges of
inadequate peer review of
physicians at the hospital,
West Community Hospital
Administrator Dan Martin
said Wednesday, “we
(hospital) are accredited by
the Joint Commission for
Accreditation of Hospitals
and they review us every
three years.” The hospital
was last reviewed in 1984
and Martin said a summary of
the statement by the
physician conducting the
review stated "This hospital
has an excellent peer review
program" and it congratu-
lated the physicians.
Since the 1984 review,
Martin said the hospital has
supplemented the peer
review program through AHS
with quality review by a
Houston physician. “I think
the peer review program (at
West Community Hospital) is
far and above what some of
the area hospitals (the size of
the West hospital) have.”
The hospital administrator
said the hospital board
nominating committee is
currently getting candidates
to fill the two vacated
positions on the board. He
added the nominating
committee is to bring names
of candidates to fill the two
positions to the next board
meeting in July.
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