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·Ab·Ernathy Weekly Review 'J • • : :-~!'IJC ,,L ·Ab·ernathy r, · 1_- 1 :1 l !•. f IIV f f-'W T:·. , . .,...... "IN THE PALM OF THE PLAINS" Weekly Review VOLUME 69, NUMBER 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990, ABERNA1HY, TEXAS SERVING HALE & LUBBOCK COUNTIES Athletic Director reassigned; Steve Guerrant to assume duties By Judy Luce These include the contracts of Larry McBee, tice and the new one for games. the committee. That person will be named at the After weeks of rumors circulating, head foot­ high school principal; Larry Aldridge, elementary Floyd commented that last year the league did March school board meeting. ball coach Ray Ater mel with members of the principal; Robert Priest, curriculum director; a super job of taking care of the floor. The school application employment forms were Abernathy Independent School Board Monday Floyd Galloway, business manager; and Gerry Board president Richard Howard expressed discussed. There was concern that the form was night. Etchison, HONDA program director. concerns about who was responsible for cleaning in need of updating. The members considered a "Ray Ater is being reassigned within the Floyd presented the board with the third up after the gym was used. form provided by the Texas Association of system and we are reorganizing the athletic reading of Update 35. It was aeproved unani­ Floyd said this was no problem. School cus­ School Boards. No action was taken. department and Steve Guerrant, who has been mously by the board with Clark Rder making the todians will do the work, and be paid by junior Enrollment for the fifth month of school was the junior high principal, will be the new ath­ motion and Mike Lambert seconding 11. basketball. recorded at 882. This is down 13 pupils from this letic director and head football coach; said Tommy Myatt made the motion to grant use of time last year. Superintendent Charles Floyd Wednesday during Harold Bufe came before the board as a repre­ Lunchroom participation was 71 percent in the sentative of Abernathy junior basketball. He the facilities to the organization, Lambert secon­ an interview. ded it, all of the members approved. lunch program and 18 percent in the breakfast Ater has been a part of the AlSO athletic requested the use of the school's facilities during program. the 1990 junior basketball season. program for 13 years, two as head coach. The board agreed to pay the school district's Collected taxes as of Feb. 5 were 96.53 per­ Guerrant had been the head coach while Ater Bufc assured the board that the facilities bills with Riley making the motion and Thomas · cent of the tax roll, up from 95.9 percent at this was the offensive coordinator. would not be used until both the girls and boys Pettit seconding it. time last year. Contracts of administrators of Abernathy basketball teams were finished with post-season The board discussed the necessity for es­ Board members present at the meeting were schools were renewed Monday night · by the play. tablishing a planning committee for long range Riley, Laurin Prather, Howard, Pettit, Myatt, school board. The youngsters will use the old gym for prac- planning. One school board member must be on Lambert, and Robert Pope. Lutrick will go 'hog wild' for calf in scramble Mar. 3 Stephen 'Line' Lutrid, 14, freshman Abernathy fFA mem- "I ber, will compete in th~ 1990 •; Houston Rodeo calf scramble ' March 1 in the Astrodome. -~. Lutrick, the son of Larry and ' i: Becki Lutrick, will comp~te for one of 252 calves 10 he awarded at the !'~)()show. Additionall y, as many as two participants from each of the 18 rodeo performances will be awardc.:d "hard luck" certificates for thcir <.:fforts in attempting to catrh a calf, resu lting in )6 more certificates actually given. Mike Grimsley, left, Abernathy water superintendent, and Billy Elliott, city employee, in.~pccl the new Lutrick with the help of FFA city pickup shortly after its arrival Monday afternoon. Elliott was preparing to lea~ for Abilene in the ;.,.._l .,... ' ... advisnr, Scotty Windham, 5\lh­ to attend a water School truck basic mittcd one of 97 Area I applka- tions to the show officials. The calf scramhl~ is one of the show's major programs Gubernatorial candidates benc.:fiting youth, rc.:quiring a yearlong commitment from the winner to the animal project. The actual calf scramble event speak at TPA convention involves 28 part icipants pitted aga inst 14 calves. Each scramblc.:r is committed Scotty Windham, left, Abernathy FFA advisor, and Line Lutrick look ByJudyLuce He believes women should be ·move into their area to improve to capturing a calf, haltering over Lutrick's itinerary for the upcoming Houston Livestock Show. I had the opportunity to hear at home with the children and the local and state economy. and bringing it to the finish Lutrick will be competing in a calf scramble on Mar. 3. not in the work force. He is White cited good schools and several of the candidates Cor line. The: successful ones receive against women in the military, adequate medical care as things Texas ~overnor speak last an $800 calf purchase certifi­ The calf is raised by the The winners arc required to Friday mght at a Texas Press feeling his wife is too delicate companies look at when making cate. winner for special showring submit financial records, photo­ to wear a uniform. a decision on where to locate. Association convention in Dallas. The certi ficate, donated by a <ompctition in the Astrohall at graphs ;uHI a scrapbook to the I really hate to take a pos­ Some people may remember From what I heard Friday sponsoring firm or individual, the following yeaT' ~w . ('alf ~narnhle oflice to detail ition this soon in the race, but that Otwell had quite a run in night, White may just be what used to purchase a purebred The project is !Jloscly ~uper · ·the progress of the venture. the speakers made a big impres­ with the state government, is needed to help Abernathy registered beef or dairy heifer. vised by the approriatc w unty They arc abo encouraged to namely Attorney General Jim sion on me. reach its potential. Lutrick said that he will extension agent or agriculture provide updatcd reports to their Mattox, a few years back. He Generally I will sit back, As a former teacher, I was purchase a beef he ifer. science teacher. ~ponsors as we ll. listen to everything, and the was running a boys' home in very angry with White the last night before the election I'll Fort Worth without a license time he ran for governor. Now study the issues and make up and Mattox closed him down. that I can view the education Photos needed my mind. Republican Tom Luce said issues more objectively, a lot of Having the opportunity to thirty second advertisements on his educational reforms did a lot for state job Texas hero hear six of the candidates in television could not deal with of _good. After all, it got me and one night, answering the same the issues effectively and en­ other teachers a badly needed questions, helped me to form my couraged campaigning in the pay raise. The State Preservation Board opinion earlier. We'll see if I print media. is searching for photographs of Attorney General Jim Mattox, the Texas Capitol taken prior to nominees sought change my mind in the coming Mark White, former Democra­ a Democrat, spoke to the news­ 1920. months before the election, or if tic governor of Texas, spoke of paper publishers about his They are requesting that as/Southwestern Safety Con­ what they said Friday night still -education and highways as his record as a tough prosecutor at Do you know a hero? people search through their ference: and Exposition at the rings true the night before I go major concerns. He said we the state and local level. If you know someone in Texas to the polls. should spend money promoting family photos for pictures which who saved another's life last Hyatt Regency Downtown in W.N. Otwell, running on the Texas, that many people from Mattox . has been working contain the Capitol, inside or year in circumstances related to Houston. Republican ticket, is a strong outside the state are not even toward collecting child support out. farming or ranching, there's still He said a nomination should believer that the decline of the aware that Texas docs not have from those people who have not The board is preparing to time to nominate this person for include a written account of the civilization is due to the decline a state income tax. been paying. restore the Capitol, the Old the title of Texas' rural hero of incident and the names, addres­ in the importance placed on the He pointed out that rural Perhaps Mattox's most noted General Land Office, and the 1989. ses and telephone numbers of all family unit. towns need to get companies to stand is his plans to increase Capitol grounds. The deadline for nominations the people involved. Photos and the state budget by implement­ They also need interior views is Feb. 16, said Thomas Valco, news clippings should accompany ing a state lottery. of the rotunda, dome, corridors, Texas Agricultural Extension the nomination if they arc foyers, and offices in the Ca­ Service agricultural safety available. Republican Jack Rains was a pitol prior to 1959. engineer and a member of the Entries should be sent to the new face to me Friday night. He The organization asks that Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Tcx<ls Farm and Ranch Safety has proven to be a successful those people with these photos Council which presents the Council, P.O.
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