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■1ST AVAILABLE COW
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003
The Dublin Citizen
Sec. A, Page 3
Lifestyles an society
The Woman’s
Thursday Club
The Woman's Thursday Club
met Oct. 16 in the charming
home of hostess Ora Bea
Burnett. Billie Jean Mayes
presided over the meeting in the
absence of president Fran
Jumey. Sixteen members were
present.
Secretary Wilma Greer
announced the program with a
quote from Muhammad Ali:
"He who is not courageous
enough to take risks will
accomplish nothing." Mrs.
Greer, also presenting the pro-
gram, proceeded to speak of the
inspirational and successful
feats of Nolan Ryan, Tom
Landry, Lance Armstrong, and
Ben Hogan.
Nolan Ryan, nicknamed
"Ryan Express" by the New
York media, held fifty-three
records in his 27 years of pro-
fessional baseball. Among the
"strikeout king's" accomplish-
ments are 5,714 strikeouts,7 no-
hitters, and a spot in the
Guiness World Book of
Records for his 100.9mph
pitch. Ryan, also inducted into
the Hall of Fame, has said that
his parents played a big role in
his success, as well as family
support. At an early age, he
woke up at 1:00 a.m. to do a
paper route with his father.
President Bush hailed him "an
excellent role model.”
Tom Landry, "the man in the
funny hat" who walked the
sidelines as the Dallas Cowboy
coach for 29 years, had 270 vic-
tories with the Texas team.
Before coaching, Landry was
an all-pro defensive back for
field by his players after win-
ning the playoff, he was pho-
tographed with an exhilarating
expression. A man of strong
Christian faith, the late Tom
Landry once said the key to life
was to know one's priorities.
His were God, family, and foot-
ball.
Lance Armstrong, the
famous Texas cyclist was
raised by a single mother most
of his life. His mother, his clos-
est friend and most loyal admir-
er, always told her son to "make
a negative a positive.” A
teenage Armstrong arose at
5:30 a.m. to ride his bike 10
miles to swim practice and back
each day. After winning the
Iron Kids triathalan without
training, he began participating
in other races. Years later, in
the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelonia, he was 14th in road
racing. In 1996 he was named
the number one cyclist in the
world. In 1997, after a serious
bout with cancer , the inspira-
tional Armstrong began cycling
again. The Tour de France, the
most sought-after champi-
onship in cycling, was won by
Armstrong from 1999-2003.
Experts say "Lance Armstrong
trains harder than most and
wants it more.”
The late Ben Hogan, a
Dublin native, began his early
years as a caddie at a nearby
golf course. In 1953, Hogan
won the Open and President
Eisenhower led the Tinker Tape
Parade in NYC. In 1965,
CAPITOL
COMMENT
U.S. SENATOR
KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON
A New Day Dawns
"It is like the soul coming
back to the body." That was
the sentiment expressed by
Ibrahim Abdullah, a refugee
returning to Iraq after the fall
of Saddam Hussein's regime.
His heartfelt words paint a
vivid picture of the over-
whelming change that has
taken place in the lives of the
Iraqi people in the last six
months. It is hard for us as
Americans to grasp just how
dramatic that transformation
has been. A brutal dictator who
killed innocent men, women
and children on a whim is
gone. His band of thugs who
intimidated, tortured and
maimed has been scattered,
captured or killed. And the
Iraqi people are beginning to
experience freedom and
rebuild their lives after a gen-
eration of oppression.
Back To School
For young Iraqis wh6 have
never known life without
Saddam Hussein, last month
brought about the most visible
change. In September, mil-
lions of Iraqi children returned
to school, marking one of the
greatest successes of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S.
armed forces were integral in
making that day possible. Our
service men and women
worked with local partners to
refurbish schools that had
been destroyed under Saddam
so Iraq's youth could experi-
ence the world of opportunity
that education offers.
Under the former Iraqi
regime, desks were in pieces,
blackboards broken, windows
shattered, doorways stood
void ■ of doors, and poor or
non-existent lighting was
commonplace. U.S. military
personnel and engineers, and
American and Iraqi contrac-
tors worked to repair schools.
Walls were painted, electrical
wiring and plumbing fixed,
glass replaced, security bars
installed in windows, and
school supplies were issued.
But more important than the
new facilities and equipment
that now welcome the children
each morning is the absence of
Saddam Hussein. No longer
do Iraqi children start their day
with a pledge of loyalty to
him. No longer does his pic-
ture stare down from the walls,
or up from the pages of their
textbooks - "even the math
books" as one Iraqi teacher
said. The horrors of life under
a dictator are gone. As report-
ed in the National Review,
.there will be no mysterious
disappearances from the class-
room. No teachers and pupils
Fossils shown in
Glen Rose
FOSSILMANIA, the
annual fossil show sponsored
by the Dallas and Austin
Paleontological Societies,
American sports writers penned win be held in ^ year
Hogan as the "greatest golfer of Qn Qct 24 & 25 at the
all time. He was said to be
the NY Giants in 1954. While «■ uuk. uv „ nr nt pYnn
coaching, he led his team to win obsessed with practice, and pre- omerve “ ^ XP
two Super Bowls. He was cision became his trademark. Lenter in Glen Rose,
inducted into the Hall of Fame The next meeting will be Admission is free, and any-
in 1990. Former Cowboy Walt Nov. 6 at the Lyon-Prim one with an interest in fossils
Garrison, after being asked if he Museum with Betty Robbins as is invited to attend,
had ever seen Landry smile,, ^hostess. Gayle Crouch will pre- There will be almost 100
replied, "No, but I was only, sent ‘the program on tables of fossils front all over ___________
there for nine years." However, ...."DlitstawliogT^as Kanqjifirs." the,world,/Several short.edu-,. have
as Landry was carried off the cational talks will be held scientifically identified
should feel free to bring them
to the show. There will be
plenty of people there who
just love to talk about fossils.
each day, and hourly door
prize drawings will be held
on Saturday. There will be
free fossils for all kids. The
main show hours are 9:00 to
6:00 each day. However, on
Friday night at 7:30, there
will be a talk by Charles
Finsley, retired paleontolo-
gist from the Dallas Museum
of Natural History. Also, on
Saturday night at 7:30, there
will be a fossil auction. The
public is also invited to both
of these programs.
Anypne who has fosdls
fp It’s the law! it>
V-' h\/ .Qhoriff Tnmmu Rrvant
School busses are running
twice a day and we have a
deputy guarding one or more of
them each school day. It appears
most people are doing the right
thing by following the laws
when around school buses.
However, some things may
become confusing. Remember,
when a school bus turns on its
red lights, traffic must stop. You
must stop whether you are
behind the bus or approaching it
from another direction.
There is an exception when
there is a divided roadway. A
roadway is considered divided
when there is a median between
the lanes of traffic or guardrails.
A turn lane in between, or many
lanes of traffic separating, your
car and the bus does not apply.
It is not a divided roadway and
you must stop.
In Erath County and our
cities there are only a couple of
small stretches of road that are
divided. Keep in mind that the
children coming on and off our
by Sheriff Tommy Bryant
school buses can be excited or
thinking about other things.
Don't depend on a child being
able to avoid your vehicle.
Don't take chances with their
lives. w
Another concern that keeps
surfacing is the theft of highway
signs. This can become more
serious than you would think.
Highway signs cost from less
than $10 up to a Class B misde-
meanor • for each sign. For a
Class B alone, it can reach a
$2,000 fine and a maximum of 6
months in jail.
ArroRneys avaiCa6(c
au Legal Clinic
Cross Timbers Family
Services of Stephenville will
be hosting a Legal Clinic for
Erath County Residents on
October 27, 2003 from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m.
Attorneys will be available
at the clinic to speak with
anyone having a legal prob-
lem or question.
To qualify for this free
legal assistance, eligibility
1 m*tl
■ CrossSrimbdrs Family
Services is located in the
Starling Pittman Center at
1794 North Graham in
Stephenville. For more infor-
mation, call (254) 965-5516.
will be found dead in school
doorways ... Teenage school-
girls will not be abducted and
taken to one of the many
harems maintained by Uday,
Saddam's sadistic elder son..."
Life in Iraq has been altered
forever, immeasurably for the
better.
A New Currency
In October, a new national
currency began replacing the
old Iraqi money called "dinar."
While here in America the
new U.S. $20 bill being intro-
duced hardly makes the
evening news, the new Iraqi
bills have international impli-
cations. Saddam Hussein's
image has been erased from
the money, and the Iraqi peo-
ple can pay for their groceries
without his gaze. The new cur-
rency also signals the begin-
ning of a stabilized Iraqi econ-
omy. While outside investors
avoided the country in the
past, the new dinar will offer a
measure of confidence to the
market and bring economic
opportunity to Iraqis and for-
eign investors alike.
Hope for the Future
Our military is performing
heroic acts every day to ensure
the Iraqi people are free and
working toward a viable self-
government. Step by step, nor-
mal life in Iraq is being estab-
lished, as basic services are
restored and hope is reborn.
No words can quite convey the
appropriate emotion better
than those of the liberated peo-
ple themselves. Raja Habib al-
Khaza'i, the director of an
Iraqi maternity hospital and a
member of the Governing
£jOtmeiljiaid,$ helped deliv-
er thousands of Jraqf babw^j
arid ihmv*T am rateng Tiarrifl
the birth of a new country and
a new rule based on women's
rights, humanity, unity and
freedom." A new day has
indeed dawned for Iraq.
The theft of signs is covered
in the Texas Penal Code and the
Transportation Code. It is not
necessary to prove you stole the
signs. Being in possession of a
highway sign is illegal. If some-
thing happens because the sign
is missing then you can become
involved in severe court actions
including civil judgments
against you for huge amounts of
money.
A criminal charge on your
record may have to explained
every time you try to get a job.
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Thursday, a group of men gather at
Golden Age Manor.
They don't live there but they have
become friends of those who do. They
started this to visit their friends and then
made friends with all the other residents
and members of the staff.
Among the group are Lendel Flournoy, Troy Ashcraft,
Garvin Hendon, Bud McKinney, J. D. Hampton, J. W. Davis
and Rubin Kasper.
They take a special treat, donuts from Chigger Ranch, and
they visit, bringing a spirit of friendship and happiness.
It's people like these who make living in Dublin a very spe-
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