The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2014 Page: 2 of 28
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Sec. A, Page 2
The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Opinions
First I want to wish all
the mothers a happy
Mother’s Day!
An another hot week of
still very dry. Regular Texas
weather.
On Saturday, Dale and I
went to the auction.
Enjoyed it.
James Munsell had a
birthday last Saturday and
a big surprise to him. They
had a good time.
Nelda Moore and a friend
of her and her mother went
to see the Gaither Gospel
Group. They sure enjoyed
it.
Last weekend, Dale and I
attended the Indian Gap
Cemetery working. I need
more news. Call 785-2243
and ask for Jane.
Pig Tales from Hogtown
By: Carol Pell
garage sale that is coming
up next week - May 22, 23
and 24. We have lots of
stuff but there is always
room for more. If you have
been doing your spring-
cleaning and found some
things you no longer use
and would like to donate
them, we would be glad to
have them. Call me at 254-
758-2420 or Charlotte at
254-758- 2296 and we will
arrange to get your items
here.
See you in Desdemona!
What a welcome relief the
rain was today! Wouldn’t it
be nice to get some more?
Thanks to all who came
to the dance last Friday
night.
Hope you all are planning
to come to the DAC for the
jam this Thursday evening
at 6:30 p.m.
Bring your instrument
and play or just come to
listen. There is no charge
- just fun.
We are very busy getting
ready for the annual DAC
ELECTION—
Cont’d from A1
a total of 1,811 votes cast
with Mayor Kenny Weldon
beating back a challenge by
Brady Pendleton 1,054 to
502.
Boyd Waggoner won Place
1 over Malcom L. Cross 895
to 622; Russ “Rusty” McDanel
won Place 4 over Perry Hliott
886 to 64; Alan Nix won Place
6 over Adam Cash 864 to
607, Jerry7 Warren received
954 to defeat Scott Evans
with 563 for Place 8 and
Sherry Zachery received 858
ballots to win Place 7 over
Rusty Jergins with 601 and that time.
Pool opening soon
The Dublin City Pool will be opening May 31 for the
Summer season. Information and booking of parties will
start the same day. Reservations for parties and special
events can be made at the pool Lifeguard station or by
calling (254) 445-2600.
Justin Shane Allison with 62.
Cole Gilliam Parks garnered
929 votes to win Place 6 for
the Stephenville School Board
over Danny Brandon who
received 739. Incumbent
Doug McLemore was
uncontested and received
1,516 votes.
The Dublin school board
will canvas the election in a
special meeting at 7:30 a.m.
tomorrow (Friday) and newly
elected board members will
be sworn in during the
regular meeting next Monday,
May 19 with new officers to
be elected for the board at
an Event Calendar for Dublin
and its surrounding communities
Thursday, May 1<5
CWJC Graduation Ceremonies
6-8 p.m. - Ha’ Penny Di’near
FFA Banquet
7 p.m. - Dublin High School
Saturday, May 17
Dublin Riding Club Playday
10 a.m. - Dublin Arena
Erath Co. Genealogy Society Meeting
2 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
Sunday, May IS
Greens Creek Revival & Ice Cream Social
5:30 p.m. - Greens Creek Methodist Church
Monday, May 19
Red Hat Society Luncheon
11:30 a.m. - Senior Citizens Center
Greens Creek Community Revival
6:30 p.m. - Greens Creek Methodist Church
DISD School Board Meeting
7 p.m. - 420 N. Post Oak
Tuesday. May 2€
Open House
4-7 p.m. - Dublin Secondary Campus
NHS Talent Show
6:30 p.m. - Dublin Secondary Campus
Greens Creek Community Revival
6:30 p.m. - Greens Creek Methodist Church
Wednesday, May 71
High School Awards Ceremony
9:30 a.m. - Dublin Secondary Campus
Immunization Clinic
10-11:30 a.m. & 1 -3 p.m. - Perry Hall
Thursday, May 77
Drill Team & Band Banquet
6:30 p.m. - Dublin Secondary Campus
Send Us Your Events
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Observations
By Mac B. McKinnon
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
Why ‘the Holy Land’
So many people have asked me why Israel is so special and
why are the Jews called God’s chosen people.
I have been told the reasons a number of times but it really
becomes more apparent when you visit Israel and see the land
and visit the Israelis.
I’m not going to get too deep into theology as I’m pretty
simple so I take things as I understand them.
My understanding of the Holy Land and chosen people goes
back to Abraham as recorded in Genesis 12 when God made
an unconditional promise to Abraham that I understand and
am told w7as both literal and eternal.
That promise in a covenant given to Abraham involved a
national land, a seed to form a great nation and the spiritual
blessing of redemption.
According to the group that put together our tour of Israel,
“this Abrahamic covenant guarantees Israel’s title deed to the
land of Israel, her continuation as a nation to possess that land
and her redemption so that she may enjoy the blessing in the
land under her King.”
This “covenant clarifies that it’s not particularly the land or
the people but what God has promised that makes them
unique. This land is truly the ‘Promised Land’, and God has set
the land and its people apart for himself - literally making it a
Holy Land.”
It is interesting to see a number of areas where God has
helped the Jewish people including toppling the walls of
Jericho. Those walls are now being excavated and it is
incredible to see many of the excavations going on to uncover
history and the works of the Lord.
That’s among the reasons it is very inspiring to visit the land.
It’s hard to understand many of the things in the Bible until
you see the lay of the land.
I’ve heard people ask why God didn’t give his people a better
piece of property. That’s a good question and one that I’ve
thought of myself until I saw the geography of Israel and its
physical location - it’s incredibly important.
Of course, it is said that the Lord placed the Jews in a harsh
land so they would learn to depend on him.
And it is the land of Milk and Honey although I’ve always
thought until I saw it that it was mostly desert. But it takes a
lot of faith and hard work to make it fruitful.
When living in West Texas, I was told that Israelis were
brought to West Texas to help develop crops to deal with dry
conditions.
That’s only part of the truth in that the Israelis know how to
make use of every drop of water and types of soil. The Israelis
were the first to develop drip irrigation and use white cloth to
shade crops and limit evaporation.
Plus, there is underground water that has been developed.
One interesting fact I learned about Israel - which is the only
intercontinental land bridge between the superpowers of the
ancient world - is that it once belonged to Turkey.
As evident that history repeats itself, Turkey went to war in
the 1800’s with Russia to keep them out of the Black Sea and
away from Crimea. Turkey won the war with the help of
European powers but were so far in debt that they had to give
up possession of Israel.
There is just so much history that it boggles your mind. The
more I know, the more I realize how little I know about it.
Thanks for reading.
(McKinnon can be contacted by e-mail, publisher@
dublincitizen.com)
Scale Model of the Temple
Decision upholds prayer
Governmental bodies’ right to begin meetings with a
prayer — so long as the prayer does not favor a particular
religious denomination — was upheld by the U.S. Supreme
Court in a 5-4 decision rendered May 5.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reacted to the decision
in Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway et al. “I am pleased
that the U.S. Supreme Court has once again upheld the
longstanding and constitutionally protected right of
governmental bodies to begin their meetings with prayer,”
Abbott said.
Texas was one of 23 states that joined in a brief arguing
against a circuit court of appeals decision declaring
unconstitutional a New York local governmental body’s
tradition of opening its public meetings with a prayer.
Horse patrol unit starts
Texas Department of Public Safety on April 29 announced
the official start of a mounted horse patrol unit.
Cynthia Leon, chair of the Texas Public Safety Commission
which oversees the DPS, said “Texas’ majestic Capitol
Complex draws more than one million guests each year, in
addition to the thousands of state and civilian workers who
report there for work on any given day.”
TEA submits plan to feds
Texas Education Agency on April 28 announcedit submitted
specific details of a new teacher evaluation and support
system to the U.S. Department of Education.
Part of Texas’ wTaiver from specific provisions of the federal
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 depends on the state’s
submitting an alternative plan for a teacher evaluation and
support system. Texas’ plan will be piloted in as many as 72
school districts and charters in the 2014-2015 school year.
Education Commissioner Michael Williams said, “The
Teacher Evaluation and Support System is designed to be a
more effective evaluative tool to support the most important
adult in Texas education — the teacher at the front of every
child’s classroom.”
“We have heard from Texas teachers that the current
evaluation system (in place since 1997) used by 86 percent
of our school districts is outdated and provides little value in
regard to meaningful professional feedback and growth,”
Williams said.
AG’s office investigates
Identity thieves reportedly have posed as employees of the
Texas Attorney General’s Office to steal the identities of
targeted individuals — particularly individuals who have
applied for a short-term loan.
A criminal investigation has been opened, the Texas
Attorney General’s Office announced May 5, adding, “Under
no circumstances does a representative of the Office of the
Attorney General solicit payments from Texans to pay off a
short-term loan or grant immediately — nor does the
Attorney General’s Office issue arrest w7arrants for this
purpose. Any person who
claims to be from the
Attorney General’s Office
and demands immediate fees
to resolve the resident’s
short-term debt or prevent
an arrest for that debt is an
imposter.”
‘Click It’ campaign is
set
Texas Department of
Transportation’s 13 th annual
‘Click It or Ticket” campaign
will run May 19 to June 1.
In 2013, there were 943
fatalities and 5,383 serious
injuries in Texas resulting
from crashes in which drivers
or passengers were not
wearing seat belts, TxDOT
reported.
Motorists who don’t buckle
up in compliance with state
seat belt laws face fines and
court costs up to $200.
ACROSS
1 San Antonio TV
5 TV show for TX
born Greg
Germane:
“_McBeal”
6 TX Don Henley
co-wrote: “I Can’t
_You Why”
7 TXism:
“skeedaddle
out of_”
8 TXism: “best I
__on”
(exceptional)
17 _Oak, TX
18 you once could see
a diving pig_
_Springs
21 TX Kelly Clarkson
sang “The Trouble
with Love_”
22 dishonest scheme
23 endangered “black
_”can be
seen at TX “Fossil
Rim Wildlife
Center”
24 formerly “Formosa”
29 TXism: “active as
a fox in__
house”
30 TXism: “_
learned”
(educated)
31 2nd half of the
Bible (abbr.)
32 TX zoo attraction:
“New Guinea_-
_turtle”
34 Pampa hosts “_
Texas Rodeo”
35 70s TV show for
TX Buck Owens:
“_Haw”
36 “__Lines”
flight 191 crashed
at DFW in 1985
37 saddle
Copperas_, TX
TXism: “feel like I
had___
_a short rope”
(sore throat)
lawn cutting machine
middle name in 1-Down
TXism: “get the hang
__” (learn)
Paris, TX is the seat
of this county
TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley & Guy Orbison
Copyright 2014 by Orbison Bros,
TX Tanya Tucker’s
“Can I_You
Tonight”
TX actor Joe_
Baker
Astro 4-bagger
48 steer a ship
50 TXism: “seein’_
_eye”
(agreement)
“long_of the
law”
52 with DNA, it makes
up nucleic acid
53 Rangers drafted
this Robb in 1987
DOWN
1 this TX Porter
wrote novel
“Ship of Fools”
2 TXns wear ‘em
short in the
summer
3 TX’s 33rd governor,
James V.
sun bronze (2 wds.)
TX Lyle Lovett sang
“Here__”
12 where TXns get a
“Blizzard” (abbr.)
13 rich TXns vacation
on this continent
14 TXism for a “dummy”
15 TX RB Dickerson
who was NFL star
16 TX Ted Cruz’s title
(abbr.)
19 TXism: “pay it_
_mind”
20 castrated male cow
(2 wds.)
legendary Dallas
sportswriter,
Blackie
Cowboys 1 st pres.
& GM, Tex (init.)
TX Willie and
others put on
annual “Farm_”
TXism: “neon light
_” (inspiration)
“as__can
be expected"
TX Autry film: “Trail
to San _” (‘47)
29 TXism: “happy as _
_on Santa’s lap”
30 TX Kristofferson 76
film: “A Star is_’
33 tiger enclosure
34 “don’t_your
own horn”
35 “__you?”
37 TXism for “tell a lie”
(3 wds.)
38 “Halley’s_”
40 TXism: “six__,
half a dozen of the
other”
41 TX Al Dexter hit:
“Pistol Packin’_”
44 company design
47 occupation of TX
Harrelson’s father
49 TX sportscaster,
Lundquist
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