sc UNGER MEMORIAL 4/91 Aberna-dty · 825 AUSTIN LIBRARY PLAINVIEW..,",., TX 79072 "IN THE PALM OF THE PLAINS" Weekly Review VOLUME 69, NUMBER 46 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1990, ABERNA'IliY, TEXAS SERVING HALE & LUBBOCK COUNTIES Students meet $10,000 dog By Lara Wall get in. Drugs never let you be you, The border patrol has a according to Rich Plaatje, canine helper to help them find border patrol age nt with the drugs as well as people. United States Border Patrol. Kazan, a $10,000 dog from Three U.S. Border Patrol Holland, only understands Dutch agents from the Marfa sector, and his sense of smell is one L.H. Reynolds, Rich Plaatje and million times stronger tha n a Omar Matias, spoke to New Deal person's. High School students about drug Senior border patrol agent abuse and the specific duties of L.H. Reynolds, belter known as the border patrol. "Dog Man", is the canine hand­ The Marfa sector is head­ ler. quarters for 77 counties in Kazan can find all kinds of Texas and 18 counties in Ok­ drugs in all kinds of places, lahoma. from trunks and suitcases to gas Plaatjc told the students that tanks, according to Reynolds. life is a race, and becoming a If Kazan finds drugs he simply drug abuser is like stopping on Kazan sils down to let Reynolds know the lhird lap and taking a he has found them. break. wants to innuence the students Reynolds rewards Kazan for "The best thing that can not to become drug abusers. his work not wilh food, but happen is you'll waste your time l-Ie emphasized that no one wilh his favorite red, rubber and alwavs be behind in life," else except the individual can ball. said Plaat]c. make the decision not to become "He's crazy ahotll that ball," l'laatje · quoted rock singer a drug abuser. said Reynolds. "He'll do anything David Crosby, who said that "You'll make the decision," to get it." Delton Stone, manager of Abernathy Producers Co-op, directs cotton strippers on to the field of three th ings happen when you said Plaatje, "not your coaches, Reynolds assured the students (iwin Myatt. Area fanners used 19 strippers Friday and lumocsted 224 acres in less than three lake drugs; you lose your mind, teachers or parents." that Kazan was not an attack hours. you die or you quit. Plaatjc also told the students dog, but he is trained to protect Plaatje broke the icc with what the U.S. Border Patrol him. Area farmers lend helping hands stories about how to spot a docs, relating the job to every Kazan appeared ver y friendly freshman as well as his cocky day life. as he wen! up into the blea­ ··senior wa lk ." "You <lo the same thing at chers greeting the New Deal The laughter in the gym your house when people kriock students. 224 acres stripped in 3 hours slopped when Plaatje told first on the front door, either grant­ The U.S . Border 1';1trol vis it s Travelers on Interstate 27 month only days before he Abernathy Producers Co-op hand stories about bad decisions ing or denying them permission schools free of t"harge. The trips saw an amazing site north of was to strip his crop. organized the work and he has wit nessed involving drug to enter," said Plaatje. arc funded by the federal gov­ Abernathy last Thursday. Along with the strippers, served the farmers lunth in usc. According to Plaatje, the job crnmcnt. Several area farmers bro­ farmers brought six to eight the field. "'I was in seventh grade when of the border patrol is to stop ught 19 strippers to the ficld module builders and about six The cotton was ginned at I saw someone take LSD," said illegal immigrants and drugs of (lwin "Pee Wee" M~tt and boil buggies to assist with the co-op that day and .into Plaalje. from com ing into the country. Research for this article, by stripped !he 224 acr<t in less I he work . the night. All the work was Plaatje said that he volun­ Agents arrest one million Texas Tech University studenl I han three hours. There were 26 modules completed before Friday teered to come to New Deal people a year, but only catch Lara Wall, was made possible by Myatt died suddenly last stripped, making 244 bales. morning. ·because he had seen too many one out of five people. Five a grant from the Reader's bad decisions in his life and milliQ,n others arc still trying to Digest Foundation . One down on road back to Austin By ScOtt Lucc shots this year. He also led the Abernathy up, 47-33. Justin l'rathcr hit his first 3- learn in rebounds with 10. 1The sag was rectified in the point shot of the 1990-1991 Prather finished with 10 last quarter with a 32-point basketball season for a 5-0 · points and 2 of 3 3-point shots. period for Abernathy. Abernathy lead with 59 seconds Cody Forbes made his first Schaeffer credits the depth of gone and the Floydada Whirl­ start wi th the varsity and put in his bench for the strong finish. winds could do nothing more 10 points with 1 of 1 3-point "We beat them by 30. But lhan play catch-up for the rest shooting. even the 30-pf>int spread doesn't of the game Nov. 16. Larry Norris started but really tell the true story," The Antelopes eventually gave Jeremy Struve soon came in Schaeffer said. "At their peak new head coach Jerry Schaeffer when Norris got inlo foul trou­ during the game when they were his first win in Abernathy, 79- ble early. Norris picked up two in good shape and running hard 41J. fouls in 5 seconds immediately we had our first group in there. "I was pretty pleased," Schae­ after Floydada's first time out It was about a 13 to IS-point ffer said. "At times . it looked in the first period with 5:46 to game. li ke it was just hully-gully but go. "When it broke open was at there was a method to the Norris and Struve each put in the end of the game when they madness. It was just hard to H points. were tired and I put five new distinguish. It could have been Chad Shadden had 7 points horses in," Schaeffer said. just the adjustment to the new and Scott Attaway had 6. "Damon Loper scored a couple style and system." The remainder of the 12 of baskets. Jeremy Struve just After only four days of prac­ players Schaeffer suited up were went wild on them and we did ti ce, Abernathy fans saw an Scott Norris, Alex Salazar, everything we wanted to there. Antelope team that ran con­ Damon Loper and Ken Dunn. All "That's when we broke it open stantly putting up a shot with saw some playing time. and ran it up to 30 and I didn't lillie or no running of an Kenneth Collins was the really mean to," he said. "I was offc nsive play. game's leading scorer with 16 taking my starters out." Judy Myatt's 3-point shot is points for the Whirlwinds. Foul Schaeffer doesn't know the not there yet with 0-3 shooting trouble kept Collins short of his full potential of the Antelopes The Abernathy Senior Farm Skills team demonstrates wheel bearing maintenance for Abernathy city but 6 of 12 went from inside 20 points per game average last yet. manager Fl"lUl1 RusseU and Abernathy City Councilman Elias "Shorty" Vecchio. The rehearsal was the the paint with 2 of 3 free year. He was MVP of District 2- "I like balanced scoring," he day before the team competed in Area I at Clarendon and won fust place Nov. 17 against 10 other throws for a team leading 14 1A last year. said. "Out of this team I think teams_ The team will now move on to the state meet at Huntsville Dec. 1. From left to right. the team points. The Antelopes sagged a little that we have six or seven guys members are Matt KcUcy, Randy Blindert. Chad Shadden, Scott Attaway and James Yanez. Lon Dale Cannon followed in the third period scoring only I'd like to see scoring in double with 13 points including what 10 points. Floydada was held to figures. See SCHAEFFER. page 5 UIL proposes drill, football teams could be one of many 3-point 6 and the fourth started with monitoring, bad conduct penalties The University Interscholastic programs," Marshall said. "I the final day. Those issues will League LegislatiVe Council met think eventually, our school not take effect without State Oct. 20-21 at the Red Lion administrators will determine ·Board of Education approval. Hotel in Austin. that it will add to our football The council took some steps The 24-member council dis­ program and mean more finan­ toward improving sportsmanship. cussed a proposal to hold at cially to them as well." A football coach will now be least three football state finals Another issue before the reprimanded publicly and rlaced at the University of Texas' council concerned adding ~ancc on probation for a year i he is Memorial Stadium. and drill teams to the UIL. ejected for unsportsmanlike The council's Athletic Com­ The council asked the UIL conduct. The same penalty will mittee had voted on the first staff to monitor competition.