Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 194, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1980 Page: 2 of 26
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2-THi NEWS-TBJGKAM. Sdph* Sprtop. T«n. Friday. AwyrtIS, tm
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GP classes
to begin
x.
Como-Plcktot itrtili wfll
report to dosses on Agg. 35 at
1:15 am Stmferts *S be
diimissrri at 2.31 pm, except
for the athletic and drill team
stuMiTefttepintaiad
conference period wfll bo firwn
2 354:31 pm
All high school stated wfE
register ■ the srtissl csleteno
between and • sad 11 ub. sa
Aug. If, atea they *fB also
receive dass sdtodita far the
.1 '.WM1 sd»si year
Students K tandergartea >4
who have not pregtstered will
regider on Friday. Aag a,
between 1 and 3 pm Kin-
dtrfHtcs students mast bring
their birth certificates.
AB stadwds who have not
prtriousty attended the Gotno-
Ptohton schools mast present
evidence that all state-required
immunizations have been
received.
Junior High students who
plan to (day football must have
a physical examination before
participating in an interschool
game. Arrangements have
been made for the students to
obtain the required physical on
Aug. 31. Transportation will be
provided from the school to the
Sulphur Springs clinic. Any
student wishing to take ad-
vantage of these arrangements
should bring the $12 clinical fee.
Students wishing to get the
physical from the family
physician must pick up the UIL
physical form tram the football
coach for completion by the
doctor.
ACT tests
offered
COMMERCE - The
American College Test for
students planning to enter East
Texas State University this fall
wilt be offered at 8:30 a m.
Friday, Aug. 22, in the Texas
Ballroom of the Sam Rayburn
Memorial Student Center on
the; campus
PJiil Ebensberger, director of
testing, orientation and school
relations, said the test is
required of entering freshmea
‘Most of our entering
students have already com-
pleted this portion of admission
requirements," Ebensberger
said- "However, some students
who hove only recently decided
to 4tend college this fall did not
taka the exam on one of the
national test dates, and we are
pleased to be able to offer this
service for those students."
Local girl
receives
degree
Ann KimbreU, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stinson,
Mockingbird Lane, received a
bachelor of^aocial work degree
at East Texas State University
in Commerce at He summer
commencement exercise
Friday afternoon.
In addition to graduating
with highest academic
distinction, she is a member of
the National Association of
Social Workers and the Alpha
Sigma chapter of Alpha Delta
Mu, the national honor society
for professional social workers.
She has completed one year
internship at the Lamar County
Alcohol-Drug Center in Paris.
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The Retreads
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A motorcycle club for
the young at heart
By GEORGE TIKblTS
AimcuM Press Wr-ler
SALT LAKE CITY <APi -
Something about white-haired, 61-year-
old Ona House makes you think twice
about classifying her as a bttie old lady
Maybe it’s the ' Broken Bones Club
patch on her yeans. Or her biker boots
Or her 850-cc Mack Gum motorcycle
Though the accident that earned her
the patch means she has to get around
with a cane, Ona can’t wait until her
husband. Bob, 55, retires in seven y ears
so they can devote more time to their
passion — big bikes and the open road
The Houses are leaders of Retreads
International, a motorcycle club ex-
clusively for people over 40 This week.
400 club members are in Salt Lake City
for their annual convention — a week of
parties, road rallies, tours and yawing
about bikes
In the hotel parking lot are thousands
of dollars worth of “full dress” Harley-
Davidsons, Guzzis, Yamahas. Hondas
and Suzukis Most are huge - 800-cc to
1,100-cc engines - and sport custom
pain: yobs, windscreens sudslie'bKS.
CB radios, tape decks., arc ever
television
' Members swap yarns nxm: r»2>
and campgrounds and yaks abcisn hair
mack their cbddrea »err. rtMrt tr«sn
.And they indulge m a Retread traancc
— telling’ other-members what Jmm
bikes they benign: TSas s a parr tf M.”
said Kathy Davis. Rstrsai Utah state
director You have to nr. dnwr She.
other guy'stake ~
Gab rules are sample There are m
clubhouses, no and arms. nc~ mats
Members don t ever haw to cwm * hit
— ail they need is to hke flms'aad he
over 40
It also- heips to lit a party Mre
House said there's usually a Retread
rally or tour every weekend Sribedaflei
for the convention art fme rnJes.. -fa-'
tiers, dances and a parade
Kathy s husband. Sperry Dans.. sa*£
most Retreads are m their mid-Shs. tosa
some are in their early Bits. A dUb
legend. Julius Kagei. rode ansa! he was
killed in a cy cle accident at age ®T
■ He went the way he wanted da ga."
sue Mrs. House, who broke her leg m
an accused Last year.
The Haases never owned a bike
nedor*- the? reached middle age.
“I always wanted a motorcycle, but
where I was raising kids I couldn't af-
:;rd iae.~ be said.
Davis. 32. began riding seven years
age because ~my future wife rode a
motorcycle and if I wanted to be a
fiUre tmstand. I had better, too."
,A2fioogh a motorcycle and ac-
cessories can me $10,006. Davis said
Jsgfe gas prices have more people
cowsideriag them as recreation
vriodes as they approach retirement,
la the dab's Id-year history, its
worldwide membership has grown to
abort am
House said their three grown children
aren't cyclists — yet — and often fret
when their parents roar off from their
T-jpeka. Kan.. home.
When I talked to the kids after the
aeddeat, my daughter said. 'You worry
cue.'
I told her. Now vou know how I
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Civic Center may get
bleachers from Hawaii
FILE IT UNDER ART. This
sculpture from San Francis-
co's Museum of Modern Art
could pats for u file cabinet
In the office of the future.
Drought aid
plan okayed
Congressman Sam B. Hall
Jr announced today that the
Small Business Ad-
ministration has declared 49
Texas counties eligible for
disaster assistance due to
drought.
The First Congressional
District counties declared
eligible are Delta, Hen-
derson, Marion and Red
River. Also, all counties
adjacent to these declared
counties are eligible for
disaster assistance.
Loan applications for
physical damage must be
filed by Feb. 12, 1981, and
applications for economic
injury must be filed by May
12,1981. Hall said.
You Are Cordially Invited To
Attend Our
GOSPEL MEETING
August 17-22
OLIVER MURRAY
Will Be Our Guest Speaker
TIME:
7:30 p.m. Nightly
Sunday - 9:45 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
DIKE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Bank robber wants
more law not mercy
HOUSTON f AP) — Justice is
the law tempered with mercy,
so the saying goes, but Santos
Cera res Rios wants a little less
mercy and a lot more law
Rios, 73, was free Thursday,
his (dan to rob a bank so be
could die in federal prison
skewered by a Galveston
County grand jury that refused
to indict him.
Partially blind and able to
walk only with the aid of a cane.
Rios told police who found him
sitting in the lobby Aug 4 of the
U.S. National Bank in
Galveston that he wanted to
“go beck to prison so I could
die.’’
A teller said she was given a
note demanding money , then
told to call the police after she
handed over $10,000 in a paper
bag
Cut loose from die Galveston
County jail, Rios now is staying
in Houston and says be hopes to
sell his life story toa publisher
He has been arrested at least
49 times, according to records.
for cranes r*apmg fram theft
to TMi.ii tampeos^ m I3C&. tns
last [■OBTMdMB
He served lane far She mad
fra id charge as a federal prison
m Fori Worth, ttoas was mnwed
to another federal praon m
Missouri where he anherwent
surgery for -cataracts
He says he gs* art ®f praam. ut
April with nc- awney. ns- family
and a few eaac weather
friends.' then deeded! to tnfid
up a sank so he rooM tz back to
jail and he.
As he left the Galveston jaiL
peripjf- feara, ■■zzguttXKS
and maty, and he spent the
night in a SakahtB Army
shelter
1 dart knew where to go ix
shat to -ao «r anything." Rigs
said after being giver the
freedom be didn’t want
He says he is an illegal alien
frcsE Mencc and has been
deported several imes, brt
always came- back tothe U sited
Slates
He no kesger fears -depor-
tation because "the im-
migration people don’t want to
have anything to do with me.”
He said he was brought to the
United States from Mexico by
hts mother in 1914 and that his
father died fighting in the
Mexican revolikion. "But I
dos t know which side he was
ok,” Rios added.
After his arrest, Rios told
officers he wanted to go to
federal prison so be could die
there.
"It’s a nice place to be if
ywa're in prison.” be said. "It’s
like a hotel but better, because
it doesn’t cost anything.”
Rios came to Houston
Thursday after be was offered
a place to stay and had
received money from several
persons concerned about his
welfare.
Now that his robbery plan
has failed, he says he still
doesn’t know what the future
holds.
TB die standing up,” he
said, because I don’t have
anything to fall down on.”
A unique opportunity may
enable the Civic Center to
acquire folding bleachers for
the arena by January, 1911,
Lowell Cable told the Civic
Center board and some
members of the Commissioners
Court Thursday.
Cable said he has been in
contact with a private school in
Hawaii which plans to replace
bleachers with a seating
capacity of 3,200 The units
were purchased in 1978. Cable
said, adding that he is
negotiating for a price of
$40,000 plus an additional
$10,000 for freight and in-
stallation. "Seats like these,
which are the type we need, are
now between $140,000 and
$150,000,” Cable said.
The bleacher style seating is
electrically operated and folds
near the wall into a slanting
position for easy cleaning and
storage. The only difficulty
mentioned by Cable is that the
bleachers are too large by three
rows, but can be adjusted. The
seats will not be available until
October. If shipping and in-
stallation go properly, the
arena could have an additional
seating capacity of 3,200 by
January, Cable said.
The $50,000 would be raised
through $500 donations. Cable
told the board and county
commissioners he has
promises for $20,000 at this
time. "This is the only way we
are ever going to have decent
seats for the arena,” he said.
"And it won’t cost the com-
missioners court anything.”
Millard Bennett, Civic Center
board chairman, said the
people who rent the arena for
rodeos now are paying $2,900
per show for seating. “We
could tack that charge onto
their rent and that would be
$6,000 a year toward paying for
these seats.”
"This is a bargain that is just
too good to pass up,” Cable told
the group.
Commissioner L.T. (Son)
Martin said he could see no
objection from the com-
missioners court. Mervin
Chester, JJ). Hatley and Judge
Joe R. Pogue nodded in
agreement Acceptance was
also forthcoming from the Civic
Center board. Cable was asked
to pursue the project.
The meeting also included a
discussion concerning Civic
Center Board operation of the
concession stand during certain
events.
Judge Pogue told the board
members there would be no
problem with them running the
concession stand, providing
they sip a contract as a
separate group and pay rent
Larry Maroney objected to
the rental payment due to the
board’s contributing all monies
earned to purchase equipment
for the Civic Center. “We
bought all the stuff that is in
that concession area. The
Commissioners Court didn't
buy the popcorn machine, the
ice maker or microwave. I
don’t understand why we
should pay rent. We don’t want
the money we earn to be used
out here on county roads."
Linda Hager said, "People in
Sulphur Springs don’t realize
that their tax money is going to
build these roads. We pay over
50 percent of the roads now.”
“Do you mean we are to pay
the county to rent the stuff back
that we bought?” asked
Charles Helm.
Pope explained it was a
technicality that would clear
the county of any responsibility
for the money and allow the
Aggie moms
to meet
The first meeting of the
executive board of the
Federation of Texas A&M
University Mothers' Clubs for
1980-81 will be held on Saturday,
Aug. 30, in the Memorial
Student Center on the Texas
A&M campus.
Federation officers will be
hostesses for a coffee at 8:30
a.m., followed by the board
meeting at 9:30 in Rooms 205
and 206 of the MSC. Mrs.
Thomas Pfeiffer of Lockhart,
Federation president, will
preside. All club presidents,
Aggie Means, district chairman
and all Federation executive
board members are urged to
attend.
Administrators from the
university will address the
meeting and update the changes
and programs of university
activities. Heads of various
departments on campus will
present brief outlines of their
work and discuss financial and
physical needs. Club projects
for the year, along with other
business will be discussed and
adopted at this time.
Mrs. Max G. Latham,
president of the Sulphur Springs
A&M University Mothers’ Club,
will attend the meeting.
board to spend the money
wffhwt coimfy
The Civic Center board is the
Civic Center rate-setting arm
of the commissioners court.
They agreed to sip the con-
tract and pay rent.
The group then discussed the
architect the county has hired
to complete desips for the
auditorium curtains and
lighting and the ventilation
system for the arena.
Pope said he had not been
contacted by the architect since
the last meeting, but hoped to
talk with him soon. Lynda
Hager, Patsy Johnson and
Bruce Fielden will be working
with the architectural firm and
their representatives.
The judge said he anticipates
architectural fees to be in the
neighborhood of $20,000 due to
the many on-sight inspections
that will be required.
The board members voted to
handle the concession stand
during the CRA Rodeo that is
scheduled for Oct. 8-9-10 and 11.
Civic Center manager Bert
Whorton told the group he had
found a deep freeze the center
could use temporarily without
charge. The board hopes to
purchase a deep freeze with
earnings from the concession
stand.
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