The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1996 Page: 1 of 12
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AUSTIN - Chairmen (/ both
the Republican and Democratic
parttea of Tfcxas agree on one thing
for certain: election year 1996 it
going to be pivotal in the mar for
partisan control of government on
the state and national levels.
BUI While, chairman of the
state Democratic Party, told the
Houston Chronicle he believes
Newt Gingrich could lose his post C«*y Griggers with overall Grand Champion market swine
as speaker of the U.S. House if
Tfcxans vote for Democrats in a
number of contested races.
Due to attrition there will be
seven open Congressional seats
on the ballot, and 27 of Thus’
.30 congressional districts will
have partisan contests. But, White
said, if Democratic officeholders
hold their 18-12 edge over the
Republicans, it could assure the
margin needed to tUt the balance
away from the GOP in the U.S.
House, and weaken Gingrich's
chance of holding the speakership.
GOP Eyeing Lansy't Seat
Tbm P&uken, die Republican
chairman, said his party’s aim is to
vote out Democrat Fate Laney as
Speaker of the Thus House. The
GOP needs sight to 10 moft my
to the iso-member House *) get me
needed conservative votes to unseat
Laney.
Republican strategy also will
focus on the state Senate, where
Democrats hold a 17-14 seat
edge. Paulcen figures the GOP
needs two more seats to ship
some of Democratic Lt. Gov. Bob
BuUock’s power.
Rtdpt for Couch Potatohood
If you think the Tfexas variety of
couch potato is any different from
the Maine or Idaho varieties, think
again.
A survey of households con-
ducted in 1994 by theTfexasDepjul-
ment of Health revealed four traits
that most sedentary Ibxans share:
1) They’re older than 65; 2) They
have less than a high school ed-
ucation; 3) They have an annual
income less than $15,000; and 4)
They have no health insurance.
These traits are about die same
in Americans from sea to shining
sea. But change is possible and
recommended.
Dr. Philip Huang of the Tfexas
Department of Health warns against
planting oneself on the couch,
munching junk food and zoning out
to the tube.
“A sedentary lifestyle is one
of the uuuor causes, along with
smoking and improper nutrition, of
heart disease, the leading cause of
death in Tbxas,” he said.
Dublin students win top
honors at livestock show
In spite of poor steer prices and
occasional frigid temperatures, the
Enth County Junior Livestock
Show was a good one, according to
Danny Prater, Dublin High School
ag teacher.
Out of the 60 animals entered by
local students, only seven hogs,
two lambs and one steer did not
make the show.
“We were deep in all categories
and had good animal quality,”
Prater said.
More than 400 animals were
entered in this year’s show which
wrapped up Tuesday night with the
auction sale.
A total of 76 dairy heifers, 26
market steers, 13 horses, 101 mar-
ket lambs and 155 market swine
were shown. The breeding division
included nine dairy heifers, 19
swine, seven lambs and seven beef
beifers.
iaton Scott with Grand Champion breeding beef
Allen Place announces for
re-election to state house
Clancey Crouch prepares to show heavy weight fine wool lamb
Local students brought home
several of the top awards.
Cody Griggers’ light heavy
weight duroc won the champion
duroc award as well as the overall
grand champion market swine
honor. The 232 pound duroc sold
for $7.50 per pound.
Entries from the Moyers family
dominated the dairy competition.
Adam Moyer's grand champion
sold for $3,000 at the Saturday
night dairy auction, followed by
Brandon Moyer’s reserve grand
champion which sold for $2,400.
Younger sister Ashley Moyer
placed in two dairy classes.
Ealon Scott took grand champion
honors in breeding beef. Whit
Weems showed the reserve grand
champion swine.
Brett Fails won first place in his
division and champion honors for
his steer and his brother, Brad,
placed first in his division and won
reserve breed champion honors for
his steer.
Craig Barker won showmanship
honors in the breeding swine com-
petition.
Local results follow:
DAIRY NON-SELLING
1. April Crouch
DAIRY-SELLING
Class 1:
4. Leann Bamber 6. Tasha
Campbell
Class 2:
1. Ashley Moyer
Class 3:
1. Amy Strawn
Class 4:
1. Adam Moyer 2. Brandon
Moyer
Class 5:
1. Ashley Moyer 2. Tommy
Watson
Grand Champion - Adam Moyer
Reserve Grand Champion -
Brandon Moyer
See STOCK page 4
Lower WC Ratio Oimanded
The Tbxas Department of Insur-
ance has sold 17 inwnoce groups
representing 74 companies to lower
their workers’ compensation rates,
justify them or free state hearings
aimed at forcing diem lower.
"Our patience has worn thin, and
we’re carrying out the responsi-
bility the Legislature gave us to
challenge excessive rates,” Insur-
ance Commissioner Elton Bomer
warned.
The department said that work-
ers' compensation insurance losses
were between 52 percent and 57
percent lower than they would have
been without reforms enacted by
die Legislature in 1989.
Industry spokesman Rick Gentry
said the department's figures are
misleading because they do not
account for reductions negotiated
with individual employers.
Employers can compare the rates
of different insurers by calling
die department at 1400-599-7467
for free copies of the Tbxas}
Workers' Compensation Insurance
Rate Guide.
State Rep. Allen D. Place, Jr. of
Gatesville has announced he will
seek re-election to the Texas
House of Representatives.
Place made the formal announce-
ment Friday during a visit in the
59th district which includes Co-
manche, Coryell, Erath and Hamil-
ton counties.
Rep. Place predicts that welfare
reform will be a hot topic this year
because "Washington will do
something that will change what
we do.”
“When they decide in Washing-
ton how money will be spent on
Medicare and Medicaid, then we
will have to respond at the state
level," he said.
Place says partisan politics has
been less damaging to progress in
Austin than in Washington.
“We haven't succumbed to parti-
san bickering at the state level," be
said. “I have dealt with governors
from both parties and they don’t
have partisan chips on their shoul-
ders. We obviously can function
best in an atmosphere of what’s
best for the state, not necessarily
for the party.”
Place says another topic of inter-
est and concern is juvenile drink-
ing. “We are an advertising-driven
society and there’s too much glam-
our associated with drinking. And
we have conflicts in how we deal
with juveniles. We expect them to
be adults at 17. It’s a societal
problem and solutions will be diffi-
cult."
Place was first elected to fill an
unexpired term during the 71st
legislative fission and has served
three full terms.
During his five years on the
jurisprudence committee, Place di-
rected the rewriting of the Texas
Penal Code and served on the
House Committee on Calendars
and House Ways and Means Com-
mittee. He has alio served as a
member of the Texas House Com-
mittee on Corrections which over-
sees the operation of the Texas
prison system.
Place has been named to the
Texas Commission on Children
Youth to study and suggest im-
provements in education, health
care, juvenile justice and family
services programs. Many of those
suggestions now appear in law as
part of the new Texas Juvenile
Justice Code.
Following the 73rd legislative
session. Place was named one of
Texas’ 10 Best Legislators by
Texas Monthly Magazine.
He is a lifelong resident of
Coryell County, a Gatesville busi-
nessman and civic leader. He and
his wife, Tonya, own an<j operate a
law practice and abstract company.
They are the parent's of five chil-
dren.
Place is a graduate of Baylor
University and the Baylor Univer-
sity School of Law. He has served
as municipal judge, special county
judge, assistant city attorney in
Gatesville. He is past president and
former director of the Gatesville
Lions Club and the Gatesville
Chamber of Commerce and Agri-
business. He is a former instructor
at Central Texas College and a
deacon at First Baptist Church in
Gatesville.
Place will be challenged for the
state representative seat by Repub-
lican Becky Farrar of Ciairette.
Brett Fails with Grand Champion American breed steer
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Council discusses need for new city employee;
amends budget to cover drug dog expense
Rep. Aden Place
The Dublin City Council has
asked City Manager David Johnson
to describe the scope and job
description of a proposed new city
hall employee.
Johnson told the council during
the December committee meeting
that the additional city hall em-
ployee was needed to make the
office run more efficiently, to
provide a backup in case of illness
and to make a better system of
checks and balances.
Council members asked the city
manager Monday night if he felt
that person would be an office
clerk or an assistant administrator.
“I don't think a $4.50 an hour
person could do this,” Johnson
said. 'T think we are looking for a
management trainee."
Johnson said the city office is
being operated with the same num-
ber of people (two full' time and a
part time person) as when he was
hired 17 years ago hut that the
responsibilities of the office have
drastically increased.
The council instructed Johnson
to pre nt his job description and
salary recommendations to the
city’s finance committee, cou-
posed of council members Wayne
Thiebaud, Ed Stafford and David
Mulloy.
In other business, the council
approved a budget amendment of
$12,000 to cover expenses of the
city’s new drug dog through the
end of the budget year in October.
The additional funds should
cover the cost of the dog, training,
food and lodging for Officer
Jimmy Jackson during the three-
week training session, fencing at
Jackson’s house, veterinarian care
and dog food.
The council also approved the
guidelines fort the HOME Rehabili-
tation Program following a review
by City Attorney Jim Mulloy.
In other business, council mem-
ber Melba Reed requested that the
city's cleanup efforts focus on the
area south and west of the railroad
tracks on Patrick. The Keep Dublin
Beautiful committee has been do-
ing cleanup in th?t area, she said.
Filing ends for
county races
The filing deadline has come and
gone for county offices. Even
though the primaries will be held
in March, most of the action will
be in the November runoffs.
In one of the most visible con-
tests, incumbent Sheriff David
Coffee has no challenger for the
March Democratic primary but
will face Republican Tommy Bry-
ant in November.
Incumbent Precinct 1 Commis-
sioner C.H. Adams, a Democrat,
will face Republican Jerry Martin
in November and Republican Pre-
cinct 3 Commissioner Doug Eber-
hart will face Democrat Richard
Golightly.
Running without opposition are
See ELECTION page 4
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Wright, Karen. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1996, newspaper, January 11, 1996; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth763412/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.