J.H. Literary Teams Loop· Diamond Action Begins The Hale Center Owl Baseball Team Make Large Gains have not marked in !he winner's column in the seven outings they have played, but !hey are a diamond in !he rough . Like !heir older counterparts the Hale Martinez-5th Spelling; Rocky Jimenez- And like a diamond in !he rough !he Center JlUlior High Uld Middle School Dictionary Skills; BfUldon Ahrens-6!h diamond Owls are having to be polished students made a run for !he gold during Listening; Vanessa BrUldt-lst Maps & and clitand re-polished 10 let their luster UB.Literuy events last week. And like Graphs, 4th Number Sense; Meagan shine lhrough.The diamond Owls have their bigh school counterparts the group Lowry-2nd Maps & Graphs;, Wes been gradually polished improving in fmished·in lhemiddleoftheeight school Horsford-2ndNumberSense; andLeslie their first season Uld when !he loop pack. Borjas. schedule starts today, !he Owls are not The fourlh - eigh!h grade students Members of !he eighth grade team expecled to just be a chunk of coaL have made great strides in improving capturing points were: Dusty Black-6th The diamond Owls are competing their Literary teams and being Oral Reading; Nathan Burgess-lst for the first time in !he school's history competitive wi!h !he rest of !he district. Ready Writing, 1st Listening; Felica in UIL baseball competition. TheOwls The underline the improvement of !he Lajia-4th Dictionary Skills, 6th Maps have joined four other district 3-AA local students lind !he dedication of !he & Graphs; Scou Bradley-3rdListening; schools, Lockney, New Deal, teachers !hit serve as coaches, Ihree and Arnie Lowry-6th Listening. Abernathy, Uld Morton, to compete for years ago Hale Center fmished 'Iast in Sixth graders winning points for the !he district litle. Because of !he lack of !he district wi!h UI embarrassing 12 school team were: Andrea Compton- ' an adequate facilHy, the Owls are points and !his year fmished four!h in 6th Oral Reading, lst Impromptu; Jace playing UI away schedule. If the new ~tition with 271 points. Norris-2nd Spelling; Adam Marin-6!h program proofs to be successful the Winning this years school Spelling; Sara Shaver-4th Calculator; School Boardhascommiuedthemselves competition was Shallowater followed DUia Black-2nd Ready Writing; and toconstructanewfacilitynor!hof Akin by Lockney, Abernathy and Hale Oabriel . Gomez-4th Dictionary Skills. Elementary. All district games will Center. The bottom half of the district 4th Maps & Graphs. begin at 5 pm. finished Springlake, Morton, Olton and Capturing points for the Middle The first pitch of the district schedule NewDeal. A largepart ofShallowater's School, grades 4-5, were Lauren Sims- for coach Warren Swarb's diamond succeas is !hat they are able to flood !he 1st Ready Writing; CaseS' Davis-4th Owls will be thrown Friday, April 9. at Before the season got underway Hale eighteen member squad. The bulk of competilive in loop play esp!=Cially if competition with students participating Ready Writing; Uldfourlhgrader Jamie Abernathy. The Owls will !hen face a Center had to face an uphill bailie as the the team is madeup of freshmen and the mental miscues can be eliminated. in each event slated while the few Gonzales-4th Ready Writing, The veteran Lockney team Tuesday. April Owl basketball season was extended sophomores, nUlllbered Hale Center school makes fourth grade Picture Memory Team, 13 .. The district schedule is interr\lpted for two weeks in post season play. The iearn is exhibiting eagerness to Favorites in the five team district !he most out of a . limited amount of Amber Hickman, Melanie Hanby, for !he district track meet April 16 and The ·future of Ihe program looks learn the game arId is showing talent schedule will be New Deal and Lockney. participation. Chrystal Garcia, Erin Parker, Devin then again April 26 when the Owls face bright as their is only one senior. <:atcher/ according to head baseball Warren Both teams'have participated indiamond One of the classes CJlptured top team Watson, Joel · Manrrique and Marta Levelland. third baseman Eric Martinez, on the Swarh. He thinks the team can be action for three years. • honori in the disttict contest. The Brown, won 4th place. The Picture -.nih "Rd_Ju.--out·'I'aoed-.the Memory fifth ' jnde leam, .Jared competitionforteamhonori. Capturing Horsford, Tara Shea Booher; Lindsey points for the seventh grade team were: Rogers, Stephannie Williams, Karra BrUidon Blount-3rd Modem Oratory; Pryor, Mori AppJewhite and Monica Services Held For Write-In Candidate: leshua King-2nd Spelling; Barbie Continued on Page 2 Animal ' Vaccination Offered Longtime Resident Files For Election . Pot the convenience of pet owners, kept in the city limits. City license tags Services for Jewell Uptergrove, 79, school in Hale Center and was a retired Only one rCl;ident has filed as a writc­ candidate will nOI appear , >'1 thc ballot: the City will once again conduct it's will also be offered for sale for $2.50 were held Thursdayaftemoon in First beauty shop operator. She wasa member in candidate for !he upcoming May I but Ihe name will be posted at the voting: booth. .ual rabies clinic at thfj Fire Station each. Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene of Firsl Baplist Church. ·eleclion. Filing before the April I on Saturday, April 17. The clinic will The police department is issuing Meacham, pastor, officiating. Survivors include her husband; two deadline f\>r a write-in was Hale Center Early vOling begins April 12, at the beconductedby Abernathy VeterinariUl citations to pet owners whose pets are Burial was in Hale Center Cemetery sons, Roy and Ron. both of Hale Center; graduate and local farmer Chris School Administration Office from 8- or.lohn Hill from 1:30pm until 5 pm. caught in city pet traps or are caught under direction of Freeman Funeral adaughter, Beuy Owens of Hale Center; Cummings. Cummings filed his 4:30 Monday through Friday, The last As. serviCe to the community, Dr. running at large. The citation is in Home. two sislers, Dovie Rodgers of Hale application for his candidacy for the day that a residel\tof the school district : Hill will also be providing pet owners addition to UI "impounding fee" and if Mrs. Uptergrove died at 2:40 a.m. Centeraild Ollie Mac Harris of Luhbock; Hale Center School Board of Trustees. can vote early is April 27 , ' . theoppPrt\lllitytohaveadditionalshots the owner cannot provide proof of a Tuesday in Methodist Hospilal in 17 grandchildren; and 19 great­ To file as a write-in candidate H ale Center 'residents can cast early: given at the tim.e of the rabifjs rabies show within the past year and Lubbock after a brief illness. grandchildren. residents must have filed no later than 5 votes for the city election from April available are: city dog ~8Ii, . they will be required to She wlis born in Montague County Pallbearers were Rick Uptergrove. pm April I. Persons wanting 10 vote for 12-27, Monday IhroughFriday, 8,5 pili, ~pnc' UI~IIpp!:r, .lr:IIf'~OVac., Peline pil~ up a ~15dep9sitii1 order to get the &nd married Clyde Uptergrove on April Troy 10hnson, Rick Shaver ,JpnJackson, Ihewrite-iit must write the name of the Bart Bice.and Larry MandrelL . e,:)ndidate. The naine Qf .the write-ill at City ..,all. .tC). t,lie owner. When \Jie 8; 1930, in Clovis, N:M.~hcatterided ,Jj: ;~;i~{&r:)t~~iri~~~~~,,; :\~C)~~Vtia.~c~" , ' :dQgrfjtume4own~ j: , tJik~ \:i~ 9.\C ptOot.Qf v~c~illation ' totli~(:ij'tYQmc~i .cJiyd9&licensewm . .· be isSued ·ai1d 'a$12.S0 <leposjt witlbe •. 'Wate:f retun<l~. · · . ' Sp.. ing ·· L~ctu ..esb.ip IsS1!heduled .Meeting The Hale Center Church of Christ' Eastland will ·conduct theserv'ices There will be a fellowship me.al will be hosting a Spring Lectureship "Worship". "Study and Teaching" will following the Sunday evenhig services. April 18-21. The theme for the be the topic Monday evening lead by The Church of Christ members' extend lectureship will be: "I am a Christian Rick Harper of Olton. Tuesday evening a special invitation to the coritnlllnily to 'Slated and I believe and practice" "Fumily"will be !he topic Icadby Duan,e attend the Spring Lcctureship. The Sunday morning service will The future of Hale COUilty could rest The Spring Lectureship will ki.ckoff Johnson of Spade. The Spring begin III 10:30 and the evening service in the hands of farmers Uld residents Sunday morning with Silas Short Lectureship will conclude Wednesday wiUbeginat6:00pm. Weekday services attending a special water meeting leading the service entitled "Love". evening with Denny Sneed of Earth will begin at 7:30pm. Tuesday, April 13. Termed as one of Sunday evening ~enny Baker of leading the service of "Business". the most important meetings to bCI ~eld, themeetingwill becQncerning lhef"-ture . .usc or water usage Uld the governing .. bodydCciilini~usqe • .· , .' The special public rn~ting will be cOnducted in \lle OllicLiner .Center. , $e~l 9.~~ i!1.oy~¢.~r witer.,· .re' .litlCCltomalte CQlnntentson thfj '.. .Iubjetl. , A large po¢OII otthe SouthPlaii\s is • member of U.C .High Plains Ulid~I'gic)urid Water Cons.erVation ' A.m.l~otHaJe CoI!nty, .the _libel.... comer" bas belonged m. the,' dilitHict ' 1969 while the . F' ) *~_I ,pIIltC!lr WI:~OIi1lly ~Jieyer ' ~ .,bni cbicli~ , red IJDIII'" 1_00 . 11", theShalll9~'iler traCk meeI lUI VICkand . , l'Miday .' April l3 . i 'wwJtClld, BcilEspinoea placed 2nd,in Marti" WIS seleacd for with ilie ...., ........ v ........· .v~ HambUrger 'Sleak wilh sraV)', .lroccoIi rice cauerole, hot rolls, plDJlle plums MeetiDl.· • ,the mile 1111C13rd in the 800m. The J.V. 1he 50U1ll ICam in the Golden Spread insIIuc:lor for the COUI'IjI.