Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1990 Page: 1 of 10
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Thursday, August 9,1990
Disneys to travel to Romania to adopt duo
By LYWANDA ALLEN
The Dublin Progress
Imagine a baby nursery, but
without the bright pink, blue, and
yellow happiness usually found
there, without tender words to
comfort the occasional cry,
without colorful, fluffy toys to
make the babies smile.
Imagine instead row after row
of cradles holding babies that have
never known the warmth of a
mothers arms when they wake,
frightened in the middle of the
night. Babies clothed and fed but
never knowing the nurturing of a
parents’ kiss or gentle touch.
For the past twelve to tifteen
years many thousands of
Romanian children have believed
that the type of life described
above is normal And many still
do, due to the works of Nikolai
Ceaucauscea, the dictator of the
revolution that began in Romania,
some fifteen years ago. Ben and
Stachie Disney of Dublin first
heard of this situation in a maga-
zine article in February of this
year. Mrs. Disney said, they “felt
BEN and STACHIE DISNEY
compelled to be involved” in help-
ing these children.
The Disneys, in considering
how they could help, decided to
adopt a Romanian child. “We just
kept dialing numbers,’’said Mrs.
Disney, “Finally we got in touch
with the College of Advocates in
Romania,’’she said. The Disneys
were then assigned a Romanian
lawyer who has been handling the
necessary paperwork that will
DISD hires three
new coaches
By LYWANDA ALLEN
The Dublin Progress
The Dublin ISD will have
three new coaches for the 1990-91
school year.
Earl Jarrett will be the head
basketball coach for the Dublin
Lions and will also assist in coach-
ing the football and track teams.
Leslie Winegeart will be the
defensive coordinator and high
school physical education teacher.
Kerry Huddleston will be the of-
fensive and defensive linemen
football coach, the junior high
basketball coach, the powerlifting
coach, and will also assist with the
track team.
Jarrett is a graduate of Silverton
High School and Texas Tech
University.
He has been coaching for the
past four years. He coached at
Lamar Middle School in Temple
for two years and then was head
basketball coach at Itasca High
School for the past two years.
Jarrett and his wife Amy have
three sons Jay, nine, and Jed and
John, four.
Winegeart is a 1983 graduate of
Odessa High School and a 1988
graduate of Lubbock Christian
University.
While completing his final year
at LCU, Winegeart coached at
Lubbock Christian High School
and then at Albany for the last two
years as the secondary coach.
While coaching at LCHS,
Winegeart’s |eam made the play-
offs and ended the season with a
six and five record. At Albany,
Winegeart had a two year record
of 15 wins, 7 losses, and 1 tie.
Winegeart and his wife Susan
have a daughter Elizabeth, two.
Huddleston is a 1984 graduate
of Clyde High School, where he
participated in football, powerlift-
ing, drama, FCA and student
council. He attended Cisco Jun-
ior College for two years, Angelo
State University for one year, and
graduated from McMurry College
in 1990. While in college he was
accepted into the drama club and
Phi Alpha Theta, a history club.
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"The people of Romania didn't even know
these orphanages existed/'
Stachie Disney
enable the Disneys to adopt two
children.
According to Mr. Disney, the
situation in Romania began when
the dictator, Ceaucauscea wanted
to distinctly increase the popula-
tion of Romania. He outlawed
abortion and ordered that all
women of birthing age have five
children or their families would be
heavily taxed.
However, these families could
not financially support these child-
ren, so the government placed the
babies in state ran orphanages
where they were “clothed and fed,
but had no nurturing,” said Mr.
Disney.
“The people of Romania didn’t
even know these orphanages exis-
ted,” said Mrs. Disney. “The
families were made to believe they
were giving up their babies to
other homes that could support the
children,” Mr. Disney added.
The Disneys will be leaving for
Romania on August 24, and ex-
pect to be there for three to four
weeks. Mr. Disney said that the
majority of the paperwork will be
finished when they arrive. “All
we’ll be waiting for is the
Romanian government to issue a
release visa and for the necessary
medical tests and the parental
releases, but all of this will be
handled by our attorney,” Mr.
Disney said.
Mrs. Disney said they hope to
adopt a boy and a girl, but the
lawyer will be choosing the child-
ren, “It would be impossible to
walk through the orphanage and
pick and choose, knowing you left
so many behind,” she said.
The Disneys will be taking
medical supplies for the children
in the orphanages. The supplies
are being donated by Harris
Methodist Hospital of Ft. Worth,
All Saints Episcipal Church of Ft.
Worth, and the Osteopathic Hospi-
tal of Ft. Worth. Cargo space for
these items is being donated by
American Airlines and Romanian
Airlines. The items will be dis-
tributed by the Romanian Or-
thodox Church, although the Dis-
neys said they hope to help dis-
tribute some of the items themsel-
ves.
Mr. Disney said they are both
happy and sad about this oppor-
tunity. “I wish we didn’t have this
opportunity, I mean it’s sad that
something like this had to happen
in order for us to have this oppor-
tunity,” he said.
“We worked a lot of hours to
get into this,” Mrs. Disney said.
The Romanian government chan-
ges laws frequently, she explained.
“But the Romanians are realizing
that Westerners can help and are
beginning to accept this,” said
Mrs. Disney.
“I’m not after the perfect child-
ren,” Mrs. Disney said, “They will
be fullfilling a part of our lives and
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Dr. Uptergrove
relocates family
practice to Dublin
Dr. Wade Uptergrove has an-
nounced his affiliation with
Stephenville Medical and Surgical
Clinic, P.A., and the relocation of
his medical practice to Dublin ef-
fective August 13. His office will
be located at 205 N. Patrick. Prior
to relocating in Dublin Dr. Up-
tergrove practiced at the Hico
Clinic in Hico, Tx.
Dr. Uptergrove is a native of the
area having been reared in Duffau,
attended Hico schools and
graduated from Hico High School.
He graduated with honors from
Tarleton State University before
receiving his M. D. degree from
Texas A & M University in 1986.
He completed his Internship and
Residency at McLellan Contj
Medical Educationand Research
Foundation in Waco, an affiliate of
the Baylor College of Medicine.
He received his Board Certifica-
tion in the American Board of
Family Practice in 1989.
His family medicine practice
'
UPTERGROVE
will include the care and treatment
of children and adults. He will
also care for older patients living
in the nursing homes. Dr. Up-
tergrove says, “I have always
Continued on page 3
Students sound off concerning first day of school
By LYWANDA ALLEN
The Dublin Progress
The signs that it is almost here
can be found all over town. Back
to School sales banners clouding
every store window, school
registrations, football two-a-days,
summer band rehearsals, the panic
stricken faces of soon to be
’ students, and the smiling parents
all signal the soon to be ringing
school bells.
While some students are eagerly
looking forward to this occasion,
others are not quite as anxious.
Loma Moravec, the second
grade daughter of Loma Moravec,
said, “I feel good about going
back to school.” She said she is
planning planning to start a New
Kids On The Block Club as soon
as school starts.
However, Danny Crouch, the
DITTMAR
eleventh grade son of Lewis and
Rita Crouch, said he doesn’t want
to go back and start the work all
over again. “But I am ready to get
the year over with,” Crouch said,
lite majority of the younger
CROUCH
students seem enthusiastic about
returning to school. Amanda
Riley, the fourth grade daughter of
Joe and Donna Riley, said, “I’m
glad it’s fixing to start so I can see
all my friends again.”
MORAVEC
Patricia Mulloy,the fifth grade
daughter of Carl and Paula Mul-
loy, agreed saying, “I think it will
be fun finding out who my teacher
will be, and who’s nice and who’s
not.” “Also I like buying new
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MULLOY
clothes and school supplies,” she
continued. .
While math and homework
woe the least anticipated school
activities of most of these return-
ing students, Lindy Dittmar, the
RILEY
fifth grade daughter of Tommy
and Ginger Dittmar, said she was
looking forward to homework
more than anything else, but
would also be glad to see her
friends again.
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