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Sec. A, Page 2
The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003
Ask the 4^ayor
By James "Red" Seigars, Mayor of Dublin
Many people have asked me this week "how things are going." I
answered them, whether it was just a matter of conversation or if
they were really concerned "how things were going." I believe
things are going good in the city of Dublin. Some of our major pro-
jects are underway and more will start very soon. Our administra-
tion is working hard to insure continuity on all fronts. Keeping one
step ahead of the daily onslaught of paperwork with forms to sign
w hich are indeed a nightmare. As you can see by'our monthly
report, the Police. Municipal Judge. Code Enforcement Officer, and
our Public Works have their plates full. We do not get a monthly
report from the Fire Department nor EMS. We do get updates as
needed.
I also told them that we are not MXWi satisfied that all is being
done that can be done or as fast as we would like to see it done.
Believe me it is hard to please everyone on everything. But the city
is heading in the right direction, with the right people and concen-
trating on the right problems/areas.
As the Mayor of Dublin (the greatest little city around) I am very
proud of the men and women we have working in our departments
and the way business is conducted on a daily basis.
I would like to make it very clear, that the opinions expressed in
these articles are my own and no one else.
What a game Friday night! We are very proud of our kids and
the way they represent Dublin. Lets all support them as they make
their run at the playoffs. Congratulations.
Monday’s regular council meeting had three items on the agenda.
Very light. However we did pass an ordinance on propane tanks
within the city limits. This ordinance carries a $5(X).(X) fine for vio-
lating the provision set forth.
I hope everyone enjoyed Veteran’s Day and remembers what it
represents and how it came about.
Don’t forget the Tribute Dinner and Dublin Rodeo Honors
Saturday night at 6:30. Also the Western Dance which will be at the
Knights of Pythias (old Furniture Mart) building at 8:30 p.m.
Things are going so good, keep it up! Shop Dublin first and save
yourself a trip. We want to see you as many times as you want to
shop.
If someone asks you to work on a committee or help out with one
of our clubs or just be a worker, say yes. The new' year has a large
list of events that will require a lot of help. Volunteer.
Have a great week.
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On The Flip Side of Hollywood
I sometimes get upset with the liberal attitudes of stars of stage,
screen and television as well as the recording world who take
advantage of their celebrity status to promote a political agenda.
However, it was recently brought to my attention in a e-mailjor-
warded to me by one of my Dublin classmates, Cilenn Welch, that
Hollywood hasn't always been this way. Consider what some of the
stars have done. In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of
today’s "Hollywonk" the real actors of yester-year loved the United
States. They had both class and integrity. With the advent of World
War II many of our actors went to Fight rather than stand and rant
against this country we all love. They gave up their wealth, position
and fame to become service men & women, many as simple "enlist-
ed men".
This page lists but a few. hut from this group of only 18 men
came over 70 medals in honor of their valor, spanning from Bronze
Stars. Silver Stars, Distinguish Service Cross', Purple Hearts and
one Congressional Medal of Honor. So remember; while the
"Entertainers of 2(X)3" have been in all of the news media lately (for
it seems many Newspaper. Television and Radio outlets has been
more than ready to put them and their anti-American. anti-Bush
message before the public) we should bereminded of what the
entertainers of 1943 were doing. (60 years ago).
Most of these brave men have since passed on.
Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy land-
ing craft on D-Day.
James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with
the U. S. Army on D-Day.
Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot
who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.
David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the
British Commandos in Normandy.
James Stewart entered the Army Air Force as a private and
worked his way to the rank of Colonel. During World War II.
Stewart served as a bomber pilot, his service record crediting him
with leading more than 20 missions over
Germany, and taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his
tour of duty. Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying
Cross,
France's Croix de Guerre, and 7 Battle Stars during World War
II. In peacetime. Stewart continued to be an active member of the
Air Force as a reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General
before retiring in the late 1950s.
Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) Although he
was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark
Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los
Angeles. He attended the
Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach. Fla. and graduated
as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended aerial gun-
nery school and in February 1943 he was assigned to the 351st
Bomb Group at Polebrook where flew operational missions over
Europe in B-17s. Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and
was relieved from active duty as a major on Jun. 12, 1944 at his own
request, since he was over-age for combat.
Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.
Earnest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.
Charles Duming was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning
a Silver Star nd awarded the Purple Heart.
Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more
specifically on B-29s in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and
Saipan
George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine.
Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for
his heroic action as a U. S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the hor-
rific battle on the island of Tarawa in the Pacific Nov. 1943.
Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several
actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.
Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas
campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart.
John Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he
received a battlefield commission and was wounded and highly dec-
orated for valor at Guadalcanal.
Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S.
in Yugoslavia.
Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was
bombed) joined the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into,
and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Audie Murphy, little yS" tall 110 pound guy from Texas who
played cowboy parts. Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and
earned: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross. 2 Silver Star
Medals, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals with "V", 2 Purple
Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Good
Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit Eimblems, American.
Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (represent-
ing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing
assault landing at Sicily and Southern France) World War II Victory
Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed
Forces Reserve Medal, Combat Infantry Badge. Marksman Badge
See OBSERVATIONS on page 7A
STATE
CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Mike Cox
Texas Press Association
Hunters add $1.3 billion to Texas economy
As political activities in Austin begin a slow slide toward the hol-
idays. thousands of armed men and women in camouflage are mov-
ing into the rural areas of Texas.
The two actions are not necessarily related, but some of those
people in camo doubtless are legislators, state officials and state
employees taking a little time off to go deer or turkey hunting.
Deer season in all parts of the state except the Panhandle (where
hunting can begin Nov. 22) opened on Nov. 1, but since that week-
end was unseasonably warm, for all practical purposes the hunt
began the second weekend of November with the arrival of a strong
cool front.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the state
has upward of 9(X),(XX) hunters. The latest survey data the agency
has on its Web site reflects that those hunters contributed $1.3 bil-
lion to the Texas economy in 1996. Given that ammunition, deer
com. hunting leases and other necessary items have not suffered any
deflation since then, the amount of money hunters are pouring into
Texas is probably much more - even with the super sluggish econo-
my.
Texas ranks second nationally. TPW says, in the number of peo-
ple who hunt. However, when the number of hunters gets divided by
category, statistics from one private Web site indicate Texas is
behind Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and New York - in that
order - in the number of deer hunters.
But, Texas leads the nation in the estimated number of whitetail
deer with a population of 3.7 million.
In spite of the fact Texans have the most deer to shoot at. they
only come in second in the annual harvest. Texas hunters bagged
442,(HX) deer in 1998. with hunters in Wisconsin taking 469,555.
Some deer fight back...
A buck is not likely to attack a hunter, but deer can be dangerous
in another way. The Department of Public Safety says 15 people
were killed in 2()(X) when their vehicle struck a deer on the roadway.
Another 1,500 motorists were injured in vehicle-deer crashes.
And even a non-injury collision with a deer can be expensive.
One body shop owner in Llano told a writer for Insurance Journal
that the average repair bill stemming from hitting a deer is $1,500.
"It's just harder for motorists to see deer at night, thus the greater
chance of hitting a deer that may dart onto the roadway," said TPW
wildlife enforcement director L. David Sinclair.
Bottom line: Be aware that deer are on the move this time of the
year. If you see a deer in the roadway, hit the brakes and hold the
wheel steady. Above all. don’t swerve dramatically to miss it. That's
far more likely to cause a serious crash.
Another warning from the DPS...
The DPS also is warning hunters to keep an eye on their all-ter-
rain vehicles, ATVs.
•Theft of these vehicles, used by many hunters, is running way
ahead of last year's numbers. Through the first half of this year, a
time period which includes only a small portion of last hunting sea-
son, 153 ATVs were reported stolen each month.
Deer season, according to the state law enforcement agency, usu-
ally means an upswing in the theft of these recreational four-wheel-
ers.
"Awareness is important this time of year, both for ATV owners
and law enforcement," said David Griffith, commander of the DPS
Motor Vehicle Theft Service.
The DPS recommends keeping ATVs chained to a secure object
when they are not in use, removing the key, locking the steering
wheel, and making sure you have the vehicle's serial number and
description to aid in its recovery if it is stolen.
Info available for well water use
It's a little known fact; Nearly half the U.S. population
gets its drinking water from wells.
With all those wells come lots of questions about well
maintenance and water quality. Well. owners who wonder
about these topics and more can fmd answers on a web
site dedicated
to well owners called Wellowner.org
(www.wellowner.org).
The web site, operated by the National Groundwater
Association, allows well owners to email their questions to
wellowner@ngwa.org.
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6 TX Roger Miller's
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Song of the _1_
7 TXism: "pay him
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8 TXism: "in a coon's
....." (long time)
9 TXism: "porch
sitter"
15 high cards
16 TXism: "packed
like__
in a can"
18 TX Willie concert
series (2wds.)
>0 TX Tommy Lee
was Woodrow
__in
"Lonesome Dove"
>2 TXism: "a _
_ the pan”
’7 T X Roy Orbison's
"_ the Lonely"
28 rustled cattle
29 A&M's color, with
white
30 with "sodium." it's
fertilizer
32 _ Pepper
33 TXism:
"__as
lightning striking
your zipper"
Gen. Robt.____
TX ABC reporter
Donaldson (init.)
San Antonio's
King William
Street is named
after King
__ I of
Prussia
39 TXism: "got knocked
or two"
42 "top dog" in a
TX corp.
43 in Lamar Co. on 271
46 Astro or Ranger base
47 this George wasn't
a TXn cause he
didn't lie (init.)
48 TX lottery's first
director Linares
49 Astro pitching goals
The Original TEXAS
CROSSWORD
by Charley & (iuy Orbison
Cowboys hold
this camp in July
TXism: "got the
short___
__the stick"
topaz is the
state____;...
Astro Roy
Oswalt stat.
fed. govt. ID no.
DOWN
horse morsels
TX Blue Bell pro-
duct: _ cream
ex-mayor of Fort
Worth Kay
TX war memorial:
"Texas ■_
8 TXism; "opened up
__of worms" 21
9 TX Tech women
10 TXism: "put up 22
_ shut up" 23
it's classified in
TX newspapers
El Paso theater
has a •_
Wurlitzer organ
name before Exxon
TXism:"_
McCoy"
TXism: "that's
___________ do
you do"
Rio Grande
sediment
tobogganers
rare birds seen
at Bentsen
State Park
TX pitetiing legend
Ryan (init.)
not an AM station
TX boy
24 TXism: "got__
deal" (cheated)
25 TX drive-in eatery
26 TXism for "pistol"
28 TXism:"__ in
his own juice"
31 TXism: "got _ _
of arrows in his
quiver" (capable)
34 "Streets of Laredo"
was ___make of
"Texas Rangers"
35 _ Ocean, TX
37 TXism: "would have
to prime my mouth
to __" (thirsty)
40 embrace (2 wds.)
41 Dallas Co. named
for this George
(init.)
44 sweat outlet
45 fruit grown in the
Rio Grande Valley
51 TX Roddenberry
line: "where _
_ has gone
before"
52 TXism:"_ he's a
rooster, he'll crow"
(inevitable)
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