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7<fe &€UUuUdK RECORD THURSDAY8 NOVEMBER2001
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Freedom is not free we are re-
minded through the words and
the faces memorialized in this
statue, and donated to this com-
munity by the Hodges family
Freedom u not free, but it is
deeply cherished in this country,
and never more so than now
November II is the day we cele-
brate those hard-won freedoms
wuh our thanks to those who
have defended and protected
them This November lib also
the two-month anniversary of
the terrorist attacks that irrevo-
cably changed our world On
thus November 11, we citizens
should cull upon ourselves to do
all that we can in defense of
those freedoms With true
hearts, let us remember the men
and women who have sacrificed
their Ines in service to thb coun-
try With true hearts, let us each
be willing to make sacrifices,
too. to defend that which we
hold so dear
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Field Notes Continued
ment in the lower case, capital E’ and ‘D’ has been a much-abused con-
cept which frequently encourages immediate financial return at the
cost of long-range planning, sustainable growth, and conservation of vi-
tal—if too often overlooked—natural resources
And unless the capital C represents community—and the people
who are the very heart and soul of any community—then no real, sus-
tainable economic development is possible.
Too often, the immediate benefits that accompany new development
are amassed only by the wealthy and powerful, by those who have be-
come adept at greasing the wheels of political machinery for their own
personal gain. What little benefit eventually trickles down to the com-
munity at large evaporates into the ether, leaving instead a past due list
of demands on the public’s resources.
In Pampa’s case, those demands include the immediate $2.5 million
debt it remains saddled with despite the PEDC’s dissolution. It is dis-
turbing enough that the PE DC used public tax dollars to fund dubious
endeavors with unproven track records. Worse, though, is the Pampa
EDC's apparent willingness to recruit other industries with well-
proven track records, trading long-range environmental disaster for
the empty promise of jobs that never quite materialize and salaries
that, for the most part, never rise above bare subsistence level.
There is nothing wrong with economic development, but there is a
great deal wrong with how the Pampa EDC went about pursuing it
Finally, the people of Pampa have had enough. We only hope that those
same people will use the very effective organization they have created
to seek—with equal sense of purpose—the sensible, sustainable eco-
nomic revival of our neighbor city, and that others will take heed of
Pampa’s difficult and costly lesson.
Correction
In last week s issue of The Re-
cord. these cute trick-or-treaters
at Hemphill County Hospital
pictured on the front page were
misidentified as Canadian Ele-
mentary School students The
costumed tykes were actually
from Rachel’s Little House
While on their field trip, they
gathered up Halloween goodies
and took time to judge the
pumpkin carving competition between hospital departments The in-
set picture showed a pumpkin etched with a flag design, which was
carved by nursing station personnel, who—by the way—won third
place for their efforts The editors apologize for the error
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2001, newspaper, November 8, 2001; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth738690/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.