The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1988 Page: 2 of 22
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Idle
Explorations
by Wendi Jackson
Some days it just doesn't pay
to get out of bed. Last Thurs-
day was one of those days.
Every Thursday morning,
two Bee employees set out from
the office in different directions
about 5 a.m. to deliver the
week s newspapers to the local
convenience and grocery stores
that sell them. During the two
summers while I was in college
and the almost three years
since then that I’ve worked
here, I’ve had to take both
routes several times.
During those trips, I only had
a couple of problems: once my
truck died on me at 7 a.m. in
Kountae, and once a hurricane
decided to land about the time I
left my house. Other than those
two fun occasions, my only real
problem was dragging my car-
cass out of bed at 3:30 a.m„ an
hour at which anyone possess-
ing the least bit of sense is still
tucked safely under the covers.
I had my usual horrible time
trying to force myself out of
bed last Thursday, when I had
to take the papers thanks to an
outdated tradition called a “va-
cation." (Mind you, vacations
only qualify as outdated when
they are not mine.)
I stood swaying in the show-
er, trying to convince myself
that, yea. I eras awake at this
ungodly hour and yes, I was
going to have to stay that way.
My fogged mind had trouble
accepting the alien concept.
I finally managed to prop my
eyes open, dress and leave the
house. Once at the office. I
loaded the papers and set out to
deliver tie newspapers to
atom where customers
snatched than out id my hand
and swiftly leafed through
them, ignoring the front page
articles and searching to aee
who got arrested and where the
best garage sales were.
I did fine delivering papers
hatf-aaleep until I got to
Kountae, where I blew the
It started when I delivered
to anotaa
with the name name but a
different number. 8evera!
•tores later, I discovered the
problem (Yeah, I discovered it
aB right, when the store clerk
la that all the papers we
getD. Bather than crawl into a
hole like I wanted to, I assured
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A Computerized Apple
Today Could Keep
Tomorrow’s Bruises Away
the clerk I would go back to the
first conveneince store and
retrieve the 30 papers I owed
the second store and straighten
the whole mess out.
I retraced my stops to the
first store, where they'd just
discovered my error. Their
grins were embarrassing. I got
the 30 papers, exchanged re-
ceipts and gratefully got the
heck out of there.
I decided to go ahead and
stop at two other stores before
I returned to the slighted
convenience store. I made the
stops, then went straight back
to the store.
When I pulled in, I started to
reach into the seat beside me to
grab the extra 30 papers. I
stopped, horrified. They were
gone; had disappeared; had
apparently flown the coop. I
just sat and stared at the spot
as if the papers would reappear
if I looked long enough.
No dice. No papers, either.
There was only one conclusion-
one of the two stores I had
stopped at on the way had my
80 papers rather than its own
counted bundle. I felt slightly
ill.
I climbed into the back of my
vehicle, and, sure 'nuff, there
were the papers which wow
supposed to be at the grocery
•ton I had stopped at. For lack
of any better ideas, or any ideas
at ail, I went bad: to the
grocery store to re-retrieve
those blasted 30 papers. It was
another gloriously humiliating
experience.
I finally deposited those pa-
pers at the convenience store
they should have gone to in the
first place. I was never so glad
to get rid of a stack of papers in
my life.
1 finished up the Kountae
route without further incident
and headed towards Lumber-
ton. On the way, it started to
rain cows and horses. For some
reason, it did not surprise me.
When I made it back to the
office, about an hour later than
usual, two co-workers looked
up as I came in the back doer.
“We thought we were going
to have to come looking far
you."
“We were beginning to
wonder what happened to yon."
I just looked at them and
“You don't even want to
know.”
By Linday Cooke
Scientists at the L.S. De-
partment of Agriculture have
put a new spin on that old
dictum, An apple a day keeps
the doctor away.”
They've designed a com-
puterized “apple” to help grow-
ers and shippers diagnose how
and where fresh apples can lose
their fitness on the trek from
orchard to supermarket.
The apple, designed by re-
searchers at the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Mich-
igan State Universtiy, can pin-
point when, where and how
seriously the fruit can get
bruised in transit.
It’s a beeswax sphere, fitted
with battery powered electro-
nic sensors. Only 3 and one-half
inches in diameter, it is small
enough to be packed and shipp-
ed with the real apples. The
electronic apple works some-
thing like the crash-test dum
mies that automobile safety
experts use.
It contains and accelerometer
- a device to measure force and
duration of impacts- and a
clock. After its journey with
real apples, researchers feed its
stored information into a com-
puter and make comparisons
with actual damage to the apple
shipment, says research engi
neer Galen K. Brown of
UDSA's Agricultural Research
Service in East Lansing. Mkh.
Brown hopes the electronic
version will help reduce the
millions of dollars in injuries
that apples suffer each year
during handling, shipping and
storing.
“A short section of rough
highway can take its toll on
even carefully packed apples,”
he says. “But truck can be
re-routed to prevent unneces-
sary jarring.”
Last November, the com-
puterized apple was packed in
containers with real apples and
field-tested in trucks on trips of
30 to 360 miles. Data were
compiled dto correlate the
number and severity of bumps
to actual damage.
So far, the least damaged
apples in truck runs were those
held in a cell pack, a plastic
foam shell that protects each
apple, he explains.
The device also has been
tested in several packing lines,
helping researchers indentify
points in the handling system
where damage occurs. Re-
searchers the could recommend
improvements in equipment
and handling procedures.
“We don't want irrelevant
data about every wiggle the
product experiences, so we
programmed the computer to
be sensitive to jolts forceful
enough to cause damage,” says
Brown.
Apples may be only the first
farm product to benefit from
the new computerized alert to
bruises, the adds. “The com-
puter could be scaled down
even smaller, and reshaped to
match other fruits and vege-
tables, such as citrus, melons,
peaches, tomatoes, potatoes
and cucumbers.” Other sensors
could be added to record temp-
erature, humidity, pressure
and light intensity.
Heat Stains
Allowing gas flames to “lick
up" the sides of pots and pans
can cause heat stains on the uten-
sils.
Letters To
The Editor
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IT ATI CAPITOL
Writer Describes
Excellent Qualitites
Of Malamute Breed
One morning 9 months ago a
tiny white puppy-about the size
of a cat-was staning at my back
screen door, wagging his fluffy
tail.
Thinking he was lost I
brought him in, hugged him
and gave him goodies.
I held him in my lap, hugged
him, he nuzzled me. I gave him
goodies and he chewed on my
finger while we were getting
acquainted.
While this was going on calls
were made around the neigh-
borhood. On the third call I
found the lost family.
Also while getting acquaint-
ed I noticed he had two beauti-
ful blue eyes to go with all this
solid white fur, long fluffy tail
and friendly nature.
This is a pure bred Malamute
and I was so glad to find his
owner and make his acquaint-
ance.
The Malamutes have strange
muzzle markings.
The eyes have dark hair which
protects their eyes from glare
(as do the football players who
have charcoal under their eyes
for glare protection). Their ears
are short, wide at the base and
stand straight. This gives them
acute hearing without head
movement.
These dogs live in a very
unprotected and wild environ-
ment, but they are very docile.
If I were lost in any woods,
•specially up north, the Mala-
mute is the dog I would choose
for a companion.
All of the safety rules are
bred into them: Drink the
water they drink. Not only
deep where they do but curl up
by them. You will be warm and
safe.
Just one foot of a spider and
they will be wide awake and
their big foot will zap it.
If he is hungry turn him loose.
Not only will he or she make a
kill; the kill will be brought
back.
The Malamute is a wonderful
dog. The innate instinct takes
them out of the breed of More
Dog and puts them in a class
alone.
If I were alone in an unfriendly
or wild environment I would
choose the Malamute.
They are strong, dependable,
adaptable, quiet and so loving.
Man teaches dogs to be mean.
The snowmobile in the winter
is nice, but the Malamute can
still go places machinery can-
not.
Oh yes, that snowmobile can't
nuzzle your face, lick your hand
or make those little throat
noises that are so comfortable
to hear when you are alone.
Also there it no other animal
you can teach this to.
Only the dog is the animal who
seems to know them.
Thanks to nature for dog*.
Billie Heard
Easy Peel
To peel fresh peaches, dip the
whole peach in boiling water for
a few seconds. The skin will slip
right off.
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HIGHLIGHTS
By LyndtR Wiliam*
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN-Top legislative leaders
will soon vote on a Texas fust:
a state agency needs over $31
million from next year’s budget to
meet the payroll for August.
Officials with the Texas Depart-
ment of Mental Health and Retar-
dation explained that the agency
overspent its budget complying
with court-ordered reforms from
two class-action lawsuits.
The agency has hired 1800 new
state school workers since comply-
ing with the court agreement last
fall.
State leaders have been moni-
toring the situation since then and
were not surprised.
Gov. BUI Clements proposed
the transfer using new budget
power authorized by the Legis-
lature last session. Monies may
also be transferred from agency to
agency.
The shortfall makes Clements
the first governor to make such
a proposal. He and the state's
budget council have monitored the
potential budget problem since last
fall.
First Black Ranger
In another history-making event,
a DPS officer was named to the
Texas Rangers, becoming the first
Mack ranger in the elite unit’s
165-year tenure.
DPS officials said die appoint-
ment is not related to an ongo-
ing battle with the NAACP, which
for months has leveled allegations
of racism against the law enforce-
ment agency.
The appointment has not halted
the conflict. While praising the
appointment, NAACP officials
ripped the promotion of a white
officer they allege made a racial
comment twa years ago.
Slur Brushed Off
She mqy hare called him crazy,
but he didn't react like the mad
dog he’s been made out to be, and
it probably won him a few points.
When a journalist claimed he
overheard Texas Treasurer Ann
Richards call Attorney General
Jim Mattox “certifiable" crazy and
“unscrupulous,” many expected
him to retaliate.
Instead. Mattox brushed off the
slur and /chose not to pursue it
publicly.
He did, however, predict he
will beat Richards in the 1990
primaiy, if she runs for governor
as expected.
Hospital Find Named
Meanwhile, Mattox announced
the creation of a 64-member
task force to gauge the level
of charitable health care that
should be available at not-for-
profit hospitals in Ifexas.
“There are some not-for-profit
hospitals that we believe are carry-
ing out and meeting charitable re-
sponsibilities,” Mattox said. “But
some are not sharing the burden
Of caring for those individuals that
are not insured.”
He said 163 of the state’s
485 hospitals are not-for-profit
facilities.
The task force will be chaired
by Ron Anderson, chief executive
officer of the Dallas County
Hospital District, and David Witt,
president of Methodist Hospitals
of Dallas.
Premier Black Lobbyist
Capitol eyes this summer are on
Cal Varner, a former legislative
aide who has become the premier
black lobbyist in state politics.
Vkmer has built up an impres-
sive client list which has included
such big accounts as AT&T and
Fennzoil.
He's also activp in political
races at all levels, and his win
record is accumulating.
In a summer when Blacks
are fine-tuning their political
machine, \6rner plays an integral
part, and serves as a quiet,
respected conduit for problem
solutions.
Other Highlights
• Texas Land Commissioner
Garry Mauro received a “Take
Pride in America” award from
President Reagan last week for
his work preserving and cleaning
Texas beaches.
Mauro’s Adopt-A-Beach pro-
gram attracted 17,500 volunteers
and is a model for several other
states.
• Helen Farabee, who with for-
mer state Sen. Ray Farabee made
a husband- wife team respected by
a partisan Legislature, died last
week in an Austin hospital of lung
cancer and phlebitis.
She was an effective advocate of
health care for poor Texans, and
this summer was a candidate for a
Senate special election.
• Former state Rep. Ed Em-
mett slapped Railroad Commis-
sion chairman Jim Nugent with a
list of ethics accusations including
using state and corporate funds for
political and personal gain.
Nugent, who is being chal-
lenged by Emmett on the Novem-
ber ballot, denied the allegations
and accused Emmett of hustling to
get name ID one way or the other.
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