The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000 Page: 2 of 16
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The Dublin Citizen
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OPINIONS: Ours and Yours
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000
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Comments from the Chief
By Dublin Police Chief I^annie I>ee
ASK THE
AYOR
By James "Red" Scigars, Mayor of Dublin
Tumblin’ around
By Tumbleweed Smith
TEXAS
Becoming proactive You’re invitedt0 meeting Christmas in June's house
There are basically two prevailing policing philosophies: reactionary
and proactive
It is my feeling that in the past, the Dublin Police Department has been
working under the reactionary philosophy, meaning that there furs been a
strong reaction to violations of the law Typically, in the reactionary phi-
losophy. there is little or no emphasis on public serv ice or crime preven-
tion
The proactive philosophy, on the other hand, devotes a great deal of
effort m the area of public service and crime prevention strategies
Under this philosophy, what you sec is less emphasis on enforcement
actions after a violation has occurred. Much more lime and clfoit is devot-
ed to activities that will help to prevent people from becoming v ictims of
a crime. This philosophy seeks to obtain voluntary cooperation in regards
to traffic laws, thereby reducing the need for strong traffic enforcement
policy This typically involves training officers in crime prevention so that
citizens and residents may be educated in ways to avoid becoming victims.
Now you're wondering just what in the world docs all this mean for
Dublin1' It means that your current police chief is a strong believer in
proactive policing Ch er a period of time, I believe you will begin to see
our police officers becoming more inv olved in community activities and
functions that promote public service.
GEM-MINERAL CLUB
The Cross Timbers Gem and
Mineral Club will meet Saturday,
Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at the First
American Bank on W. Washington,
Stephenville. The program will be
presented by the 2000 scholarship
winner, Vanessa Moore, a Tarleton
student. The public is. invited.
CITIZEN CLOSED
The offices of The Dublin Citizen
will be closed from Dec. 25
through Dec. 29 and there will be
no newspaper printed on Dec. 28.
The office'will reopen on Tuesday,
Jan. 2.
Heet us st, the Qrist ‘Hill for
Christa)^ 'fhyroe to Dufclto
See yp fti the Qrist Mill
fhur$dpy, Dec 7
rftef the pmde for
soitte free
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Jfr>t Dr Depper!
Monday is our regular city council meeting night and it will be a full
agenda with a lot of exciting items to be discussed. It would be nice to see
y on there We w ould like each of you to be as informed as possible about
how your council works for you Welcome begins at 7 p.m. 1 have invit-
ed Rev Ronnie Barnett from the First United Methodist Church to give the
invocation.
I would like each of you to know that Brian Boudreaux, our new city
manager, is available for any and all complaints that you may have. Brian
should be your first point of contact. Any other contact will be referred to
him. Give him a chance to do Iris job: and at die same time you will
receive a courteous and prompt reply. 1 am not saying you cannot call me
or your council person, but we will refer it to Mr. Boudreaux for his action.
I am sorry for the red water this past weekend. Hopefully flushing of
the lines w ill help control this problem until a permanent solution is found.
We will ask the city manager and city superintendent to document the iso-
lated areas with hopes of maintaining a permanent list for engineering
blueprints. Jimmy Williams is maintaining our dirt streets and patching as
best as he can at this time of the year. There are a lot of dead trees next to
some of our streets. Brian and 1 will address this issue this week. Some
of the huge tmeks and trailers have moved off the street and onto private
property Tlianks! This will help all of us.
I have received quite a few complaints this week; but all of them liave
been handled by our city manager/ department heads in a veiy profession-
al low key manner. Most of the complainants hav e asked not to be men-
tioned by name.
Even though Lake Proctor is at 1150’ plus, water is still very lowj in our
lake Please conserve as much as you can. Check your outside outlets.
Make sure your pipes are protected for the cold weather. Any breaks
should be reported immediately.
Don't forget, Santa arrives in town today at Wright Park. The Dublin
Rotary blood drive is at Dublin National Bank from 9 a m. to 2 p.m. on
Dec. 22.
Really give some thought about volunteering. All of our needed pro-
grams could use some help and will welcome you with open arms Don’t
even guess who to call. Just dial 445-3342.
The Dublin Riding Club has
wrapped up another year and we
want to thank the sponsors who
gave awards to winners from ages
two to 65.
A special thanks to Callaway
Ropes and Steve Callaway for their
great support, hard work and dona-
tions. Another thanks to Terry
Jenkinson who, along with Steve,
helped make the banquet possible, thanks.
Old Doc s Soda Shop is located at 105 E. Elm in
downtown Dublin. IVe are open from 9 to 5 Mondap thru
Friday, 10 to 5 on Saturdays and I to 5 on Sundays. Museum fours
begin every 45 minutes. For information call 445-5939.
And a special thanks to everyone
who donated time and effort
throughout the year.
We will meet on the fourth us.
Sunday in January. The arena
needs refurbishing. If you can help,
please attend our January meeting
or contact Byron or Derece Jones at
445-4489, or any club member.
Thanks to all the businesses for
their donations and support.
The Dublin Riding Club
DEADLINES
Deadline for community news is
noon Tuesday and for advertising is
5 p.m. Monday.
The family of Gwen York would
like to thank everyone during the
loss of her. A special thanks to
Jimmy and Andy Harrell and their
staff. You were here for us, and we
cannot thank you enough.
To everyone at Appleton's, all of
you were so good to her.
To those who sent flowers and
the love you gave us, a special
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A special thanks to Layne Golden
who played the guitar and to Mike
Fritscher who held the service for
Dr. June Strohsahl grew up in the little community of Oak Grove in
northeast Texas. She says her family was poor and gift-giving was not
such a big deal at Christmas.
"My daddy always bought a whole bunch of fresh fruit at Christmas
time. Oranges, apples, grapefruit, all sorts of things. Christmas was the
only time we got fresh fruit. The really big thing was to get tangerines.
If you got a tangerine, you were really uptown.
"Our mother made each one of us something new for Christmas: a shirt
for the boys, a dress for us girls and we'd probably get one toy."
There was a whole lot of cooking going on around the holiday. It
started in early December.
"Ladies would come over and bring sugar, pecans and other good
things and they'd make all kinds of candies and cakes and they'd all
share."
One lady in the community played piano. "We'd all go over to her
house and we'd sing, make popcorn and play dominoes and Old Maid.
That was big entertainment then. We didn’t play cards, that was sinful."
Mealtime seating was done in shifts. "The adults ate first, then the
table was cleared and the kids sat down and ate. This was the way it was
at all reunions and holiday get-togethers."
June lives in Longview now and makes fudge at Christmas time. "I do
it because it reminds me of those old Christmases we had when I was
growing up."
Back there in Oak Grove, June's family had a cow. "Mother was the
best milker in the world. We had lots of whipped cream. I didn't know
that stuff was expensive until I got married. I thought it was real cheap
because we put it on everything."
I watched June make fudge the other day. She makes it all by hand.
When it was nearly ready, I told her it was looking really appetizing.
"It does look good, doesn't it," she said. "We'll have to sample some of
this in a little bit. I think it's going to be good."
She told me her fudge did not have marshmallow cream and any of
that store-bought stuff in it. About that time, the cat jumped up on the
table and she shoed it off. "Cat, get off the table, Scoot, scoot."
The cat jumped down.
June usually doesn't do anything seasonal until the week of Christmas.
"My mother-in-law decorates everything from the toilet to the sidewalk
right after Thanksgiving. I don't even buy a tree until a couple of days
before Christmas."
When she was growing up, the common practice was to go buy
Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. "My daddy used to take us into
Texarkana. He'd give each one of us a dollar and we had to figure out
how we were going to buy something for our family with that. It was a
shopping experience because everything had low, low prices and we got
some of the best bargains that way. I make it out to the mall every
Christmas eve here whether I buy anything or not, just kinda
remembering."
Singles
Paul and Jackie Gasaway
Will Gasaway
Jeff and Donna Timmons
Cort and Chase
Roger and Connie Winkles
Taner and Mitch
Our Saying Thanks column is
free to individuals or groups who
wish to express appreciation -
just because we think it ought to
be easy to say something nice
about somebody.
The Erath County Singles will
meet at the following locations ih
December.
Dec. 7: Pulido’s in Stephenville
at 7 p.m.
Dec. 14: Woody's between Dub-
lin and Stephenville, 7 p.m
Dec. 16: Christmas party (call
445-4990 for details)
Dec. 21: ZJ’s in Gorman at 7
p.m.
Dec. 28: Pasta Fina in Stephen-
ville at 7 p.m.
First National Bank
ACROSS
1 TXism: "cold as an
outhouse_in
January"
5 San Antonio AM
6 TX Tanya's "__
Cowboy-Lovin' Night"
7 Friday night h.s.
objective (abbr.)
8 affirmative vote in
the TX legislature
9 TXism: *__
letting" (fight)
5 this Gallegos was in
The Champ" with
Randall "Tex" Cobb
6 in the Valley: Lake
___Rey
8 seasoning herb
!0 Alain of film "Talks
Across the River"
!2 Caribbean country
27 country where TX
Rangers recruit:
Puerto _
capsule viewable at
Space Ctr. Houston
Hardy's sidekick
those who run away
to get ‘hitched up’
Rice won__
College Bowl in ‘66
these "play* at the
San Antonio Zoo
36 TXism: ‘you can bet
the farm__’
37 young man
38 TXism: "so many
you couldn't_
'_with a stick"
39 TXism for "food*
41 grew larger
44 Oatmeal Festival
race: _-_-Thon
45 organ, of some
TX teachers (abbr.)
46 TXism: "it's _ bout"
47 TXism: "he'd have to study
up to be a half „_’
48 TX Byron learned golf
by"__error"
51 in Lamb Co. on 70
52 TXism: "black gold"
53 this Lanier was elected
Houston mayor in ‘91
54 TXism: *_ pilot"
(preacher)
Presents
The Original
DOWN
1 some Texans do
this in NM or CO
2 Fort Worth Kay
Granger's time in
Wash, (abbr.)
3 in Grayson Co. off
75: Van _
4 T & "A" of NAFTA
8 broadcasts on
KHOU-TV, et al.
9 TXism: "he could
put___
__on a mule’s
back" (good roper)
10 long-time Dallas
spurtswriter
Sherrod (Init.)
11 TX Steve Martin
film:"_ Story"
12 Nacogdoches:
"The ■
_In Texas'
TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley & Guy Orbison
Copyright 2000 by Orbison Bros.
■28
13 in San Patricio Co.
on hwy. 77
14 pastrami shop
15 what UT coach
Darrell Royal called
the ‘Alumni Line"
16 TX-based Humble
Oil had this name
before Exxon
17 TXism:"__
_ country mile"
19 TXism: "it's good
for what_you"
21 Duncanville pitcher
David who was
drafted by Rockies
22 Cowboy Lilly (init.)
23 Iowa Park
football class
24 Attlla the_
25 Denton's TWU
was once College
of Industrial_
26 TXism: "Sunday
goto_'
clothes"
28 Campbell was from
TX in "True_"
31 Okie town
34 killer whale
35 TX Rangers 1st pay:
$1.25_day
37 Cowboy Leon
40 TXism: "never_
eyes on it"
42 Houston has large
_space Industry
43 extras in TX Ginger's
•Follow the Fleet"
49 candy in England
50 TXism: "bend _
elbow" (drink)
First National Bank
825 N. Patrick • P.O. Box 440 • Dublin, TX 76446 • (254) 445-4400
www.bankingfiib.com
Member FDIC
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You ARE CORdiAlly iNViTEd
to joiN us This holidAy season
fOR ThE
ChRiSTMAS
Tour of Homes,
spoNSOREd by
ThE DubliN GARdEN Club
SuNdAy, fROM 5 TO 5 p.M.
A.C. ANd Billie MartIn, 261 N. GraIton
O.D. ANd BAbe CIarIc, 506 W. Mesqwte
Mrs. Jo JoliNAqiN, 550 N. PATRick
Rev. ANd Mrs. Ronny Barnett, 504 N. PATRick
FeeI Iree to visir In any ORdER.
REfREsklMENTS Will bE SERVEd AT TllE MARTIN IfOME
A Si doNATiON PER pERSON AT EACh IfOME
Will bENEfiT ThE DubliN GARdEN Club's
COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
CAPITAL---
Cont. from pape 1 j._ / .
Despite all the tension^ the only
Shooting that resulted from the in-
cident was a 102-gun salute fired
on the Capitol grounds after
Coke’s inauguration.
The lesson for Texas during thd
waning days of the year 2000?
Painful as the presidential election
process has been this year, at least
the only confrontations have been
between the spin meisters, the law-
yers and the courts.
•
As the year 2000 slowly runs
out of calendar pages, at least one
thing is certain: The 77* session
of the Texas Legislature convenes
on Jan. 9.
As of late in November, more
than 400 bills have been prefiled.
Lawmakers have until March 9
for filing bills or joint resolutions
that are not local or not considered
an emergency.
In Austin, despite the political
uncertainty brought about by the
contested national election, lobby-
ists and interest groups are poring
over bills as if they were Christ-
mas shopping lists.
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Dublin TX 76446
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Published by Karen Wright at
404 N. Patrick, Dublin TX 76446.
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Karen A. Wright
Reporter
Tiffany Fletcher
Sports
Allison Taylor
Brad Keith
Photographer
Alicia Taylor
Advertising
Michele Parker
Business Manager
Judith Delaney
Contributing Writers
Laura Kestner
Frank Burke
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