Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 30, 2003 Page: 1 of 12
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Sterling Harmon has an-
nounced his candidacy for re-elec-
tion as Gaines County Attorney,
subject to the Republican Party
primary.
Mr. Harmon has held the
office of County Attorney since
1991, and is currently in his third
full term of office.
“Serving the people of
Gaines County as their County At-
torney is the greatest job anyone
could have,” said Harmon in an-
nouncing his candidacy. “Gaines
County is a wonderful place to live
and raise a family. I am~
to have the opportunity to work
with and for the finest people any-
where.”
Harmon, 39, was bom in
Tyler and grew up in Alice. He at-
tended Sul Ross State University
in Alpine, receiving a Bachelor of
Business Administration degree
in 1986. While at Sul Ross, Mr.
Harmon lettered in varsity football,
playing on the LobosQ983 confer-
ence championship team. In 1989,
STERLING HARMON
he received his law degree from St.
MaryDsUniversity in San Antonio
and was admitted to the State Bar of
Texas in 1990. Mr. Harmon came to
Gaines County later that year, serv-
ing as an Assistant District Attorney
for the 106th Judicial District. In
1991, he was appointed Gaines
County Attorney, and has since
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Danny Yocom has au-
thorized the Seminole Sentinel to
announce his candidacy for the
election to the office of Precinct 1
Commissioner of Gaines County in
the March, 2004 Democratic Pri-
mary.
In making his announce-
ment, Yocom said, “I would consid-
er it both a privilege and an honor
to serve the people of Precinct 1 as
their next commissioner. Having
worked for Precinct 1 29 and one-
half years, with the last 11 years as
foreman, I believe I have gained the
necessary experience and knowl-
edge to fulfill the duties and respon-
sibiliiies that this office requires.
“I have been a Gaines
County resident for 49 years. I
graduated from Loop High School
in 1973. ly wife, Pam, whom I
married in 1974, has worked for
the Loop Independent School Dis-I
trict the last 19 years. We have two
children, our son, Lance and his
wife Somer, who live in Burleson
and our daughter, Christi Jo, who
Two Odessa
Men Arrested
in Drug Bust
Sentinel Photo/Duetln Wright
EARLY MORNING ROLLOVER
Members of the Seminole Volunteer Fire Department and Gaines County Seminole on U.S. Highway 385 around 9:45 a.m. Friday morning. As of
Sheriffs Office investigate a late model Ford Focus, which was involved presstime, no results were made available of the cause of the accident, or
in a one-vehicle rollover that took place approximately 16 miles west of the extent of the injuries sustained in the accident.
Two More Candidates
Annnounce Intentions
Two Odessa men are in the
Gaines County Jail after be-
ing arraigned on drug-related
charges Monday.
The incident began when a
vehicle was stopped in the 100
block of Northwest Avenue F
in Seminole by Seminole Po-
lice.
Both occupants of the ve-
hicle attempted to flee from
officers on foot, but the were
both apprehended.
A search of the vehicle
revealed a container of anhy-
drous ammonia and the vehicle
was found -to be stolen from
Odessa.
Gaines County SheriffOof-
ficers had received a report that
a tank of anhydrous had been
taken from Agro in Seagraves
and after investigation, depu-
ties determined the two men
were connected to the theft.
Arrested were David
Moore, 47 and Andrew Piervin-
centi, 17, both of Odessa and
both were arraigned before
Seminole Justice of the Peace
Tammy Clark.
Moore was charged with
possession of anhydrous am-
monia, with a $75,000 bond set
on that charge; evading deten-
tion, $5,000 bond; resisting
arrest, $5,000 bond; unauthor-
ized use of a motor vehicle,
with a $25,000 bond set by Ec-
tor County; and tampering with
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an anhydrous facility. $75,000
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Piervincenti was charged
with possession of anhydrous
ammonia, $75,000 bond; evad-
ing arrest, $5,000 bond; and
tampering with an anhydrous
facility, $75,000 bond.
As of presstime, the
two remained in jail in lieu of
bonds.
DANNY YOCOM
lives in Lewisville. My wife and
I are active members of the Loop
Baptist Church. I have also served
on the Loop School Board the past
16 years.
“I look forward to meet-
ing with as many of you as possible
between now and March and would
very much appreciaie your support
in the coming election.”
Gaines Bale Count
Approaches 200,000
As Harvest Progresses
The cotton bale count in Gaines County approached the 200,000
mark last week.
For the week, the nine gins in operation in the county this year
reported 27,215 bales, bringing the season total to 188,465.
For the week ending November 20, the Lamesa Cotton Classing
Office classed 44,417 samples, bringing the season total to 236,352.
Color Grade Distribution for Grade 21 was 37,2 percent for the
week and 44 percent for the season; Grade 3l was 40.4 percent for the
week and 18.2 percent for the week; Grade 11 was 10.5 percent for the
week and 26.1 percent for the season; Grade 22 was 2.8 percent for the
week and 4.1 percent for the season; and Grade 32 was 2.2 percent for the
week and 2.3 percent for the season.
Average Length was 34.69 thirty-seconds for the week and 34.12
thirty-seconds for the season; average Micronaire waas 4.39 percent
for the week and 4.48 percent for the season; Average Uniformity was
80.96 percent for the week and 80.69 percent for the season; and Average
Strength was 29.37 grams per tex for the week; and 29.40 grams per lex for
the season.
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Paper 'n Ink...School Consolidation
By Lynn Brisendine
If you thought the redistricting battle
in Austin last spring, summer and fall was
fun then you are in for a coming treat over
the next few months.
Special sessions are on the minds of
the powers-that-be in our state capital. Ru-
tpor has it that the next "special" will deal
with public education funding.
"It’s about time they decided to deal
with the issue and fix our schools, so our
students will prosper," you might say.
But fixing education is not the priority
in this "special" coming our way. Funding
is going to be the key sentiment. And please
remember this is the same bunch that under
their "no new taxes" scheme of government
failed to fund text books and have sat back
and watched major universities across the
state raise tuition, fees, and anything pos-
sible to generate more money.
No, education is not the prime reason
for the next governor’s call to Austin. They
are looking for money. They are looking
for ways to transfer money across the state.
They want to do away with the onerous
Robin Hood plan. Which mostly was a
scheme to take money out of faraway-West
Texas and its rich districts and give it to
the inner-cities of Houston, Dallas, San
Antonio and Austin.
Huge amounts of money were
mailed out of Seminole, Andrews, Denver
City, and others to fund districts which did
not have oil wells pumping in their limits.
Now, they are telling us that they want to
do away with this terrible plan.
These are the folks who are looking
with favor, as the teacher pool in Texas
dwindles, on allowing people with no
training to step in and teach our young-
sters. All the while, they are cutting back
state funding to the point of not furnishing
text books and other needed supplies.
We all know dedicated teachers, pro-
fessionals in every way, who take money
out of their own pockets to buy supplies
for their classrooms. It’s a story which has
been going on for years. And it’s wrong.
Our enlightened state of Texas is
going down the wrong roads and under
funding the one area which could mean a
brighter future for the entire state.
The next big thing to be "special"
in Austin will be school consolidation.
If you live in or send students to schools
in Wellman/Union, Meadow, Ropesville,
Dawson, Loop, perhaps even Seagraves
and Plains, then you had better be prepar-
ing yourself for some bad news. That is if
you want to continue to have schools in
those places.
These guys see a boon coming their
way again from faraway West Texas. And
this time it’s not just oil field money they
are looking to gain but property tax money
from us all.
We all have suffered losses in our
representation over the last few years, due
mainly to the fact that we have not grown
our populations as have the folks in the
metro areas. And with this sad fact comes
— Next?
the dilution of our representation which
means we are a legitimate target to many
lawmakers who can't fathom a need for
our part of the state at all. And don't think
for one minute those folks don't roam the
Capitol halls.
Two editorials in last week's Ca-
nadian Record sound the alarm for the
Panhandle and I think for the South Plains
and Permian Basin as well.
In the Canadian Record's editorials a
recent article in the Abilene Reporter News
is extensively quoted. The item waj by
Ken Ellsworth and he wrote: "Regardless
of the stubborn local battles fought against
school consolidation, many observers of
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