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Page Eight - The Archer County News - Thursday, March 3,2005
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Texas Cooperative
EXTENSION
The Texas A&M University System
Governor Perry Conservation Poster Contest winners
announces
Severe Weather
by Kathryn Carnes, Archer County
Extension Agent- Family and Con-
sumer Sciences
15 TIPS TO HELP YOU AVOID
TOO MUCH FAT, SATURATED
FAT, AND CHOLESTEROL
1. Steam, boil, or bake vegetables; or
for a change, stirfry in a small amount
of vegetable oil.
2. Season vegetables with herbs and
spices rather than with sauces, butter,
or margarine
3. Try lemon juice on salads or use
limited amounts of oil-based salad
dressing.
4. To reduce saturated fat, use marga-
rine instead of butter in baked prod-
ucts and when possible use oil in-
stead of shortening.
5. Try whole-grain flours to enhance
flavors of baked goods made with
less fat and cholesterol-containing
ingredients.
6. Replace whole milk with skim or
lowfat milk in pudding, soups, and
baked products.
7. Substitute plain lowfat yogurt,
blender-whipped low-fat cottage
cheese, or buttermilk in recipes that
call for sour cream or mayonnaise.
8. Choose lean cuts of meat.
9. Trim fat from meat before and or
after cooking.
10. Roast, bake, broil, or simmer meat,
poultry, or fish.
11. Remove skin from poultry before
cooking.
12. Cook meat or poultry on a rack so
the fat will drain off. Use a nonstick
pan for cooking so added fat will be
unnecessary.
13. Chill meat or poultry broth until
the fat becomes solid. Spoon off the
fat before using the broth.
14. Limit egg yolks to one per serving
when making scrambled eggs. Use
additional egg whiles for larger serv-
ings.
15. Try substituting egg whites in
recipes calling for whole eggs. For
example, use two egg whites in place
of each whole egg in muffins, cook-
ies, and puddings.
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Dear Editor:
I hope you don't mind me using this
forum to address an open letter to one
of our residents and businessmen here
in town. If I still had the time to write
Chit Chat, I would most assuredly
have done this there, but as you know,
I don't. So...
Dear Larry McMurtry:
Larry, I read in the paper a few
weeks ago of your intent to close the
bookstores at the end of this year and
I would like to take this opportunity
to say, for myself and several
others that I know feel the same way,
"Thanks" for what you've done for
Archer City the last few years with
the Bookstore. A few may argue my
opinion that it's presence has had a
positive economic effect on our com-
munity, but to them, I say they don't
have any idea of what they are talking
about.
For several years, I have been
actively involved with the Chamber
of Commerce, and for a little over a
year, I sat in the office of what used to
be the Chamber as it's office man-
ager, and answered call after call
each month about the Bookstore:
when it was open, how to get to
Archer City, where could they stay,
where could they eat, etc, etc. So,
this news of the closing of your doors
saddens me greatly and I'm hoping
that you will somehow change your
mind.
I know that the store has to have
a fresh supply of books, and you've
always been involved in bringing
them in, but is it not possible to let
your knowledgeable staff attend
to ordering, placing and managing
the stores in your absence until you're
through traveling the world? I'm just
afraid that it will be hard to rebuild
from the loss the closing will have,
should you really decide to come
back and open up again.
Archer City is a great town and a
nice place to live with a great school
and great people. But beyond that,
I'm not sure what we have to offer. I'm
sure you know for the last few years,
I've gone on and on about "If You
Build It, They Will Come." Well, I
always felt two things were the cor-
nerstone of what we needed to build
on... your store and the Royal Theater.
We've done well with the Royal and
will still have a great Theater, but with
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AA Meetings
every Thursday night
8:00 p.m.
Archer City
Masonic Lodge
North Center,
Archer City
for more information
call Bill at 574-4600
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half of the equation gone, it will be
hard for us to pull the numbers of
tourists and visitors we've had the last
few years.
So Larry, please, please, please...
reconsider this move and hire what-
ever help you need to keep the stores
open. If not, when you're done with
the traveling and somewhat ready to
settle down, hurry back. Once again,
thanks for your efforts to put Archer
City on the map.
Gary Beesinger
Dear Editor,
It's nice to be missed before we're
even gone, but it may be that the jour-
nalists have been too gloomy in writ-
ing about this distant event. Several
caravans of book people have de-
clared their intention to come this
summer, including two ladies from
Tibet! If the world book community
takes up the challenge and decides
to save us of course we will allow
ourselves to be saved. If the world
book community lags we may adopt
the hunting-lease concept which has
benefitted so many local ranchers.
Come to Archer City and hunt at
Booked Up — for a small fee, or,
course. Might Work.
Larry McMurtry
Awareness Week
Governor Rick Perry has pro-
claimed March 6-12 as Severe
Weather Awareness Week in Texas.
Differences Between A Watch and
Warning
A severe thunderstorm watch or a
tornado watch is issued when atmo-
spheric conditions are favorable for
severe weather to develop. Specifi-
cally for thunderstorms for areas
where 3/4 inch hail or larger and/or
damaging winds are expected and
are the primary concern or tornados
where severe weather is expected
including the likelihood of large or
multiple tornadoes.
Severe thunderstorm or tornado
warnings are issued by local na-
tional weather offices when severe
storms or tornados are imminent...
either indicated by Doppler Radar
or reported by reliable sources such
as Skywam Spotters.
Remember...in a watch...watch
the sky. In a warning...take action.
Lightning Facts and Safety Rules
Most lightning-caused deaths oc-
cur during the spring and summer
months when the frequency of thun-
derstorms and outdoor activities
peak. In the past 40 years Texas
ranked second in the country behind
Florida in total number of lightning
fatalities.
Lightning can strike as far as 10
miles away from the rain area in a
thunderstorm. Follow the 30/30
lightning safety rule when thunder-
storms threaten your area. Go in-
doors if after seeing lightning you
cannot count 30 seconds before
hearing thunder. Then stay indoors
for 30 minutes after hearing the last
clap of thunder. Do not prematurely
resume outdoor activities as the
storm moves away. Following these
guidelines will contribute greatly to
your safety from the deadly beauty
of lightning.
For more information on severe
weather terminology call your lo-
cal national weather service office
or visit them the Internet at
www.srh.noaa.gov.
DEADLINE
Photos, Articles
& Display Ads
MONDAY, 5 PM
The following students participated
and placed in the Conservation Poster
and Essay Contest for the Archer
County Soil and Water Conservation
District:
Archer City Elementary
2nd Grade - Fine Arts - Cynthia
Moss
1st - Ashton Dunkel
2nd - Bryan Smith
3rd - Abbe Strickland
4th - Ty Tucker
3rd Grade - Fine Arts - Cynthia
Moss
1st - Garrett Morris
2nd - John Sprague
3rd - Amber White
4th - Kelsey Propest
4th Grade - Fine Arts - Cynthia Moss
1st - Alicia Sokora*
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC MEETING
The Texas Department of Trans-
portation (TxDOT) will conduct a
public meeting on Thursday, March
24, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at the Wichita
Falls District Office Training Facil-
ity located at 1601 Southwest Park-
way, Wichita Falls, Texas.
The purpose of the public meeting
is to allow public input into the Uni-
fied Transportation Program (UTP)
and the Statewide Transportation
improvement Program (STIP) prepa-
ration process. A list will be provided
of upcoming state projects selected
in the UTP and STIP. Maps and
drawings will be on displays.
Mr. Danny Brown, P.E., Director
of Transportation, Planning and De-
velopment with the Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation in Wichita
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
REGARDING ISSUANCE OF
BONDS
A public hearing will be held at
6:00 p.m. on March 24,2005, at State
National Bank Meeting Room, State
Highway 281 South, Windthorst,
Texas, by the Red River Education
Finance Corporation (the "Issuer").
The items to be discussed will in-
clude the proposal for the issuance
by the Issuer of its Education Rev-
enue Bonds (Texas Christian Univer-
sity Project), Series 2005 (the "TCU
Project Bonds"). The proceeds will
be used to provide funds to refund
bonds originally issued in 1997 to
finance the acquisition, construction
and equipment of improvements to
the campus of Texas Christian Uni-
versity, located generally at 2800 S.
University Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas,
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6th Grade - Science
- Janis Berend
1st-Justin Owen*
2nd - Ethan Owen
3rd - Morgan Grif-
fith
4th - Ross Tucker
Alicia
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2nd - Dakota
Cox
3rd - Natalie
Knobloch
4th - Brittney
Griffith
5 th Grade -
Science-Janis
Berend
1st - Collin
Buerger*
2nd - Taylor
Melton
3rd - Marty
Jentsch
4th - Anna
Marie Della
Nebbia
Falls, will be in charge of the meet-
ing.
The meeting will be informal, and
all interested citizens are invited to
attend and express their views on the
programs.
Persons with disabilities who plan
to attend this meeting and who may
need auxiliary aides or services such
as interpreters for persons who are
deaf or hearing impaired, readers,
large print of Braille are requested
to contact Tammy Marlow at (940)
720-7741 two (2) weeks prior to the
meeting so that appropriate arrange-
ments can be made.
Written comments may be submit-
ted to the Texas Department of Trans-
portation, 1601 Southwest Parkway,
Wichita Falls, Texas 76302-4906, but
must be received no later than 10
days after the public meeting.
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Left: Justin Owen
courtesy photos
Texas NRCS announces funding innovation grants
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) State Conservation-
ist Dr. Larry D. Butler announced
today $500,000 available funding for
new technology under the Conserva-
tion Innovation Grants (CIG).
CIG, a component of the Environ-
mental Quality Incentives Program,
provides farmers and ranchers with
the opportunity, through innovation,
to address some of the states most
pressing natural resource conserva-
tion needs.
“These grants offer an opportunity
to promote public-private partnerships
and support the agency’s agenda to
provide innovative technologies and
approaches to environmental en-
hancement and protection on work-
ing agriculture lands,” Butler stated.
State, tribal, and local governmen-
tal entities, non-governmental orga-
nizations, and individuals may apply.
Project proposals should demonstrate
the use of innovative technologies or
approaches to address a natural re-
source concern. Project results are
expected to improve and create the
transfer of conservation technolo-
gies, management systems, and in-
novative approaches (such as mar-
ket-based systems) into NRCS tech-
nical manuals or guides or to the
private sector.
Applications are due in the Texas
NRCS State Office by April 22,2005.
Project proposals will be evaluated
with the assistance of the State Tech-
nical Committee based on the crite-
ria identified in the request for pro-
posal.
Selected applicants may receive
grants up to 50 percent of the total
project cost, not to exceed $75,000.
Applicants must provide nonfederal
matching funds for at least 50 per-
cent of the project cost, of which 50
percent may be from in-kind contri-
butions. Projects may be single or
multi year, not to exceed three years.
Additional information, the Re-
quest for Proposals and related forms
are located on the Web at
www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig
to-wit: construction, improvements
to and remediation of various facili-
ties on the campus, classroom build-
ing improvements, utilities improve-
ments, acquisition of computer and
telecommunications equipment and
construction of a dormitory for use
by students of the University. The
maximum aggregate principal
amount of the proposed TCU Project
bonds to be issued is anticipated not
to exceed $75,000,000. All interested
persons are invited to submit written
comments to the Issuer prior to the
time set for the public hearing or to
attend the public hearing and express
any comments they may have regard-
ing the proposed bonds.
Red River Education Finance Cor-
poration, 1 Munchrath Road,
Windthorst, Texas 76389
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Lewis, Shelley. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 2005, newspaper, March 3, 2005; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth993593/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.