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OPINIONS
Ours, Yours and Others
"There are two cardinal sins from which all the ,
others spring: impatience and laziness."
—Franz Kafka
BRADY
ERALD
Page 2
January 4, 2000
Readiness coalition watches state agency computers H
AUST IN—Underprivileged chil-
dren in Texas will receive $2.8 mil
lion worth of toys through national
anti-trust settlements with lour major
toy companies. Attorney General John
Cornyn announced
Austin Congress Avenue and por-
tions of bisecting streets were blocked
off last week as crews set up the
capital city New Year's Eve party for
an anticipated 200,000 revelers.
Meanwhile, Readiness 2000, a
coalition of 31 state agencies, pre-
pared to watch and wait in the Depart
ment of Public Safety’s emergency
management center in Austin
Over the last two years, state offi-
cials found nearly all computers ” Y2K
ready" at 199 state agencies, includ-
ing 30 agencies identified as critical
to health, safety or the economy.
Don Rogers, a spokesman for
Readiness 2000, told the Dallas
Morning News his group encourages
Texas residents to have enough water
and other supplies on hand to last
three days.
Notification Law Starts Jan. 1
The new parental-notification
abortion law, sponsored in the 1999
state legislative session by Sen. Flo-
rence Shapiro, R-Plano, goes into ef-
fect Jan. 1.
The law requires an unmarried
woman 17 or younger to notify a
parent that she intends to have an
abortion. Also, she will be asked to
produce proof of her age.
I fa parent has not signed an affida
State i Capital
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HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
letter to a parent's address, then wait
48 hours before performing the abor-
tion.
Under the law, parents need not
approve. They only must be told an
abortion is to occur.
The Texas Department of Health
reported in 1997 that 5,523 minors
had abortions.
Lawmakers estimate that 200
young women a year, even in light of
the law, will refuse to tell a parent,
t he Dallas Morning News reported
last week.
SW Bell Settles Lawsuit
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
said it would pay S10 million to settle
a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf
of all its customers in 400 Texas cit-
ies, the Austin American-Statesman
in the preliminary settlement, the legal action.
plaintiffs, who sued over the way the Other Highlights
telephone company collects franchise • The Texas Department of Public
fees, will receive no payment, and the Safety reported 23 people died on
Dallas lawyers representing them Texas roads over the 54-hour holiday
could collect $2 million, weekend reporting period. The DPS
Instead, $3 million in cash and $7 predicted 32 highway deaths would
million in service credits would goto occur over the reporting period cov-
the state's Telecommunications and ering New Year's weekend.
Infrastructure Fund, the American • Texas' share of a $900 million
Statesman reported. federal funding package to aid the
Customers wishing to exercise homeless will be $46 million. The
their right to sue individually have money will provide medical treat
until April 1 to "opt out" of the settle- ment, job training and shelter.
ment, in writing. ’Texas Land Commissioner David
The Telecommunications Infra- Dewhurst announced he is returning
structure Fund was established to help almost $600,000 in unspent 1999
communities, libraries and school dis- funding to the state of Texas, making
tricts get high-speed Internet access, the Texas General Land Office one of
AG Targets 'Bidi' Sellers the few state agencies to spend less
Texas will take enforcement ac than it was budgeted by the Legisla-
tion against Internet merchants ac- ture in 1999, he said.
cused of selling a tobacco product • "Marauding feral hogs" are tear-
known as "bidis" to minors, ing up yards and parks in Austin, but
Attorney General John Cornyn.said neither the city of Austin nor Travis
the sale oi the small, brown, hand- County has organized opposition to
rolled cigarettes isan illegal and preda- the marauders, city and county offi-
lory business practice that "must come cials told the Austin American-States-
to an end." man last week. Tusked and aggres-
Offices of 16 other state attorneys sive, the wild pigs weigh up to 4(X)
mhers
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Dallas is bragging.
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vit, a physician must send a registered reported Dec. 30.
41 YEARS AGO
general are doing the same.
As part of its enforcement action,
Texas is sending warning letters to
online companies found selling bidis
to children.
Citing Federal Food and Drug
Administration's regulations and the
Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act,
the letter requires violators to sign a
cease-and-desist agreement to avoid
pounds and stand up to 3 feet at the
shoulder.
• A car chase ended on the evening
of Dec. 28 at the iron gates at the rear
driveway of the Governor's Mansion.
Police pulled a 54-year-old male sus-
pect and a woman from their late-
model BMW and arrested them .Gov.
George W. Bush was out of state at
the time.
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Edited by Amanda Howell
Dogs Place Two Boys on All-State Team
January. 6. 1959 Keller won a spot on the second team.
The 1958 Brady Bulldogs landed Both Cox and Appleton have three
two boys—center Max Cox and guard football letters and Gandy has won
Scott Appleton—on the All-State two.
Team of the Texas Sports Writers Cox, 198 pounds, son of Mr. and
Association. Mrs. Else Wright, was starting center
The team, announced Monday af- for the Bulldogs in 43 games in three
ternoon, also gives honorable men- years during which the Dogs went to
lion to Dan Gandy, the Bulldog's the state finals in '56 and '57 and to
leading scorer and leading ground the quarter finals in ‘58.
gainer. Appleton, 196 pounds, son of Mr.
State Champion Stamford, 14-6 and Mrs. Gordon Appleton, has been
winners over Brady in early season a starter two years and also saw con-
play, also placedtwoboys on the first siderable action even as a freshman,
team: Fullback Donald Davis, 175 Gandy. 168 pounds, grandson of
pounds, and tackleJimmy Payne, 186 Mr. and Mrs. W R Duncan of Call’
pounds. Creek, followed his brother, Shirl
Davis was almost a unanimous Gandy, as the Bulldogs’ fullback and
choice, collecting 123 points out of a scored 118 points in '58 (16 touch-
possible 125. downs and 22 extra points). His rush-
Brady's Appleton was a heavy ing record was 1,751 yards in 228
choice, too, with 93 points. Cox re- carries for an average of 7.68.
ceived 58 and ( Jandy . 20. The sports writers' al I state selec-
Appleton and Terrell’s guard tions put 12 men on the first team
Tommy Anderson, I 85 pounds, were (because of a tie in the backfield) and
the only juniors on the first team. 12 on the second team (because of a
Terrell also had two other boys tie at the tackle position).
named; end Stanley Irwin and back Jim McLemore of the Austin
Paul Rea. Terrell quarterback Jimmy American-Statesman was chairman
of the Class AA all-state committee. Christi, was employed by New York
Receiving honorable mention Life Insurance Company as an in-
along with Gandy were these other structor of sales agents before being
boys Brady fans will remember: Lib- called to the ministry. He entered the
erty center Lee Langford, 24 votes; seminary in 1955, and for two years
Belton tackle Bernard Bartek, 12;
Belton end Richard Inman, 10; Lib
erty back David Maxwell (injured
early in the Brady game), 16; Cisco
quarterback Randall Hess, six;
Stamford end Duane Lindsey;
Stamford back Charl ie Ielmer; Stam
ford quarterback Fred Upshaw;
Schulenburg back Leo Barta, Terrell
back Tommy Caughran and West
Columbia back Kenneth Bonne, all
three votes each.
before graduation he served the Brady
and San Saba congregations on week-
ends as seminarian-in-charge. While
in the seminary he was active in the
ecumenical movement, serving in his
middle year as president of the South-
west region of the Inter-Seminary
Movement
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Bank Deposits
Continue to Rise
Brady's bank deposits continue to
rise, reflecting McCulloch County's
gradual recovery from the drouth.
Deposits in the two Brady banks,
as of Dec. 31, totaled $7,463,421.
That is an increase of $570,886 over
the same time last year and an in-
crease, too, over last September's to-
tal of $7,260,153.
Loans also show an increase, now
totaling $2,310,783—up by $57,244
over the total at this time last year of
$2,253,539.
G
Sheriff Checking
Melvin Burglary
Sheriff Luke Vogel is investigat-
ing a robbery of J.D. Morrow's Home
LumberCompany in Melvin in which
$368.49 was taken from the safe
sometime Friday night. Dec. 26.
Car tracks were found, but the
sheriff said the safe "had been wiped
clean" of fingerprints The burglars
entered through the back door, care-
fully replacing a bar across the door
alter they were inside.
Using a sledge hammer they found
in the store, they knocked the knob
off the safe and took the cash, leaving
the small change. They left through
the front door, closing the door be-
hind them.
By BILL BARBER • rare
*7e had a little dear (deer) for gets me to doubling myself. How-
Christmas dinner. Had little ever, it seems to make him feelgood.
▼ • horns and a red nose. Wasn't So what?
Rudolph though, was named Jaeci, is A
six years old. Claims to be my wife’s For the first Christmas ever, I didn’t
granddaughter. Too cute, give my wife gift-wrapped packages.
• Instead, 1 piled some bills in a little
Now what's wrong with being box with a note saying I’d accompany
early?!!! I like to be, but it seems it's her on a shopping trip and stand or sit
the style to be late. It’s a phobia! there and watch.
I don't have it but it seems it's all She picked Wednesday and we
over. Makes me mad and upset. As went to San Antonio. Got lost in
far as I’m concerned, you m ight as traffic but finally got someplace (right
well be never...... by my San Antonio office) called
My wife cuts it way too close, my Scrivners, and she said, "Were cat-
kids do too. But I don't and not gonna, ing lunch here" and we did. Had to
★ wait 30 minutes to get a table and
1 don’t understand all these folks meanwhile, I entertained two older
trying to blow up things and kill ladies. There was about 40 to one
people. That couldn’t be fun. I like to odds (men to women).
have fun. Get a rope, go find a tree. The lunch was super. You might
Now! call it a little snob tea room, if you
* want to, but if you don't want to, it's
These have been tough weeks, okay.
Nobody want to work. Lots of par- Then we came back to New
ties, way too many. Braunfels and I met some more
★ women at another dress shop.
Christmas Eve was fun. Saw all Then on back to San Marcos and
kinds of folk I knew at the grocery my wife said thanks and kissed me
store. I couldn't help but sing Christ- right on the parking lot and on the
mas songs and give away pepper- mouth at the same time.
mint. Got lotsa hugs from old women. That reminded me of my youngest
young women and middle-aged son telling me the first time he kissed
women. Made me feel good.
★
I drink coffee with a fellow who back row."
occasionally "knows it all." He'll ar-
gue with a fence post, He sometimes
a girl. I asked him, "Where did you
kiss her?" and he answered, "On the
Happy New Year,
UNCLE BILL
Bishop to Ordain
Brady Minister
Thursday Night
The Rt. Rev. Everett H Jones,
bishop of West Texas, will ordain the
Rev. Samuel A. Sizer, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, to the Sa-
cred Order of Priests Thursday night
The service of ordination, to be-
held at St. Paul's at 7:30 p.m., is an
ancient rite of the church dating back
to the time of the Apostles, in which
the ordained is charged with his re-
sponsibilities and given the authority
promised by Christ to his ministers,
the Apostles. It is conferred upon him
through the bishop and priests who
stand in apostolic succession
Preacher for the occasion will be
the Rev. Dr. William A. Clebsch,
professor of the history and mission
of the church at the Episcopal Theo
logical Seminary of the Southwest in
Austin, where Mr Sizer received his
formal theological training.
The Rev. Robert E. Megee, Jr.,
acting rector of the Church of Goo.
Shepherd in Corpus Christi, where
Sizer was a communicant before his
acceptance as a Candidate for Holy
Orders, will present him for ordina-
tion
Other clergy participating in the
service will be the Rev. James C.
Billingsley, vicar of the Church of
the Resurrection, Austin; the Rev
Hubert C. Palmer, rector of All Saints’
Church, Corpus Christi; and the Rev
Alanson Brown, presently rector of
St . John's Church in Sonora, who was
ordained deacon in St. Paul’s a num
ber of years ago
Mr Sizer, a native of Corpus
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