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THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24,1991
'Drug Abuse Is One Of Our Nation's Greatest Problems’
Continued from Page One
It all happened last night around 11:00 p.m. Thai’s
when Wanda had gone to a party with her boyfriend. Her
boyfriend had left the roomwith a couple of guys. She was
having a conversation with a friend. Two guys came over
and conned them into trying some LSD.
About an hour later Wanda was vomiting about every
10 minutes. Wanda wanted to go home, but her boyfriend
was in no condition to drive. So Wanda took the car. As she
was dm ing. she began to hallucinate, or see, hear and feel
things that are not real Wanda was about 8 blocks from
home when she ran into a brick building at about 85 mph.
Police came to the scene about 10 minutes later. They say
she was unconscious before sue came in contact with the
building.
Thea' are a few long term effects from taking LSD ,
some arc delusions, increased panic and menial disorders.
But Wanda didnt have time to suffer from these effects.
Wanda didnt have lime to do much of an> thing.
Wanda's parents are Tony and Cared Tanner. Funeral
services will be held for Wanda, tomorrow. October 24,
1991 at 3:00 p.m in First Bapust Church in Tulia. Texas.
Bunal serv ices w ill be at Rosehill Cemetery follow ing the
services at the church
By Lane Dyer
Steve Finland who is the son of Debbie and John
Finland was found dead last Fndav. October 7. Investiga-
tors said Finland had gotten mad at his mother and ran off.
From there he had went and fought some LSD. This is said
to be when the tragic death occured. Steve w ho had never
tned any drugs before overdosed on the fateful drug LSD
Steve was 1". He was a straight A student who had alwavs
been the inivvent type Sieve was the captain of the
football team and w as respected bv everyone in his town.
No one in the town of StephenvilVe could be’.iev e that Steve
would even ooasader using LSD or any other drug
LSD * bach is a hjlkicencyea is a very harmful drug
It can atnmeviateo cause vomiting, anxiety. or even as in
Sarves case death In the kng run it can cause mental
disorders, deltrsofts. and increased panic This drug will
cause a rwimae physoiogval dependence. This drug is
v<r> it.vS.T-v TV withdrawal symptoms unknown LSD
isofka caLed cubes or microdate and it can often last from
$-12 Vur>.
TV rarer*, fee dus >vx*h w ill be tomorrow ariemcon a:
rwo oeuxa Everyone who knew Steve and hts is
mv-rad. TW fanerml will take place at Bakers \ Arman*:
Funeru Hcnc Steves parents ask that >\x. please her
them ret recc e ce the few that sold S:ev e oe drqg off :he
street.
By Mendy McCoilna
Vfemorol services for Ounce L^aeccerg. ice are
scheduled for 2 p.m. Fnday. Ocxeoer 2o I m _*vr Fast
Baptist Church. The Rev. Roter. Long *iL offmr
Interment is lobe made in the Rose Hill Cemetrrx under the
direction of Wallace Funeral Home.
Chance was bom on August the fourth. 19~4. He died
Tuesday, the twenty-second. 1991.
, Chaace was 16 years okl. He had a very sudden death,
after an overdose of LSD. LSD is a Hallucinogen. Some of
the immediate affects are: changes in perception, anxiety,
hallucinations, vomiting, panicing, menu.’ disorders and
death. LSD made Chance jump off a bridge right in front
of a semi truck, thinking he could fly.
Survivors includchis dad and mom, Brent & Maggie
Lutenberg. He had two brothers and four sisters: Mark,
Brad, Sue, Carrie, Randi and Lisa. Chance was a very
outgoing student at Tulia High School. He was a straight A
studcnL He was also a member of band, football, FFA,
FT A, BPA. He was the president of the Student Council.
Chance was bom in Tulia, Tx. and has lived here all of his
life.
By Carlos Moreno
Last weekend a very special person died of a drug
overdose. Lawrence S. Dixon was a special person. He had
every thing a teenager could want. He had good friends. He
w as the captain of the football team and he participated in
alot of activities such as band, football, FFA, the president
of his school and a honor student and made friends with
everyone. Only 18 years old he got a scholarship to go to
Harvard for his grades. He had loving parents, Bob and
Dela Dixon w ho w anted the best for him. Lawrence died of
LSD. LSD is a hallucinogen that makes you hear and see
things that are not really there and if taken will cause panic,
for you to hallucinate, vomit or even death. And if used
repeatedly it will increase panic and severe mental disorder
w ill be followed and death. He had died when some one had
dared him to try some at a party. The people at the party had
w itnesscd one shot of it. LawTence S. Dixon funeral will be
at the Joseph Glinder funeral home at 11:30 Wednesday,
October 16, 1991.
By Julian Olague
This is a story about Jim Hollingsworth Jr. Jim is
student council president, quarterback for his football
team, and most popular in school. What more could a kid
ask for.
J 1m has great parents, a pretty girlfriend and a fast ear,
but Jim has a problem. Cocaine.
When he was thirteen years okl Jim got hooked on
Cocaine After schcol Jim and some of his friends would
meet exit behind an old bam. and that s w here it all began.
He continued to use this lemble drug for four years saying
'be could quit Anytime.’
Jim s senior year w*$ sup^xtsed to be his best year yet,
bwi V let the drug Like over and control him. One day the
sc “ ex od hrs parents they said that J im w as out of con-
trol -Jw arrived Jim shaking and crying. That
cay ; _r. * a> Admitted io a hospital for drug overdose.
After sev eral months in the hospital and counciling
J ~ returned to school. He really seemed to have it all
tocether.
Friday nigtu was io be a Ng night, their First home
Rxxball game Jim was excited, but a bole scared, so to
calm him down Jim went back to Cocaine just one more
time telling himself, this will be the last ume aingtu. Jim
wasnghtitwas his Iasi time.
During halfume Jim w as having a hard ume breath-
ing. his pulse was racing but he went back oul After the
second half started Jim was running for a touchdown and
he coHasped. The ambulance and doctor were called on the
field, but it was toe Late. Jim died of a heart attack. His
funeral was the following week at Memory' Gardens
Cemetery.
By Israel Ramos
Teenager Found Dead In His Apartment Today
TULIA, TEXAS — 17 year old Waz Hooked was
found dead in his apartment at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. His
body was disco- ul by neighbors who were going to
complain aboui the television being on too loud. Hooked
was a student a Quaylc High School on the north side of
town. He has been an active member of several groups at
the school. He was also a star defensive end for the varsity
football team, the leader of the FTA, and an all-region
saxaphone player. Hooked has also held a part lime job at
a boat repair shop.
His parents. Wannabe and Kinda Hooked, were in-
formed of their son’s death as soon as they awoke this
morning. They would give few comments, but did say that
they felt responsible because they had not seen the signs of
drug abuse, and because they had let him move out of the
house.
Hooked is believed to have been watching a football
game which he had bet money on to help support his drug
problem. When it became evident that Texas Tech would
lose to Texas A&M University he apparently realized he
would be losing alot of money. At this point in lime he is
believed to have overdosed on heroin. Hooked is also
believed to have survived to sec the end of the game but
died during the post game show. According to his room-
mate he was also high when he made the bcL Why else
would he have bet $1000 dollars on Texas Tech?
Heroin, the drug Hooked used, is a very powerful
narcotic which was first developed to help soldiers over-
come morphine addictions. Heroin may immediately cause
decreased alertness, hallucinations, stupor, and nausea.
When it is overdosed it causes unconsciousness and death.
With continued use it may cause constipation, sluggish
speech, temporary sterility and in extreme cases convul-
sions, coma and death. A person experiencing withdrawal
from heroin may have fever, chills,restlessness, depression,
tremors, anorexia, and diarrhea. Simply stated Hooked
made a big mistake with the wrong drug and paid with his
life.
A funeral for Waz Hooked will be held at Rosehill
Cemetery tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. Services will be h eld at
the church of the Holy Spirit at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow
morning.
By Israel Rodriguez
Today a teenager by the name of Izzy Rodriguez died
from an overdose of drugs. Izzy w as bom on February 3,
1975, he was 16 years old. He had green eyes, brown hair
and was 5 foot nine inches tall. He participated in school
activities and had strait A s. You would say he was an
average American teenager. His parents say he liked to
play his guitar to release stress. Until one day he tried
inhalants. He started using them more and more and
became dependent on them. One day he had been using
them very heavily before going to school. While walking
to his locker between classes he fell unconscious on the
floor. Later in the day his friends heard that he had died
from an overdose of inhalants. The usual short term effects
are poor coordination, stupor, unconsciousness, and even-
tually death. It’s long term effects arc hallucinations, dam-
age to liver, kidney, bone marrow and brain death. The
funeral will be Thursday, October 17, at 3:3Q p.m. in
Wallace Funeral Home.
By Nicole WUierding
Randy Newman (February 2, 1973 - October 10,
1991) died yesterday from a dnjg overdose. There were
traces of PCD & LSD, two types of hallucinogens, in his
body but, alcohol is believed to be the cause of death.
His friends say that they saw him have a few beers,
then he went into the bathroom with a bottle of Vodka. Ten
minutes later he came out so drunk he could hardly walk.
He then collapsed on the couch. "We never even thought
about him being dead, we thought he hail just passed out.’’
When the party was over, at approx mutely 3 o’clock, the
host tried to wake Randy up. He then saw that he was not
breathing. He called an ambulance. When they arrived they
pronounced him dead.
His blood alcohol level (BAC) was over .7. Death
usually occurs at .5. The legal limit is. 1. Alcohol dulls your
inhibitions and slows down your nervous and mental
functions. Alcohol is a depressant. Depressants arc a form
of drugs that slow down ail bodily functions. For example;
lowers blood pressure, body temperature, muscle action
and heart rate. Sometimes they arc used to calm people
down.
Survivors include: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerod
Newman; 2 sisters, Cheyenne and Nikki; 3 brothers, Jacob,
Robert and Joseph.
Funeral services will be held at the First United
Methodist Church on October 13, 1991 at 2:20 p.m.
By Mike Zuniga
Overdose Of LSD Claims The Life Of A Local
Teenager
On the night of August 15,1991,Sam Higgins,a 15
year old sophomore at Tulia High School died from
overdosing himself with LSD. Eye witnesses claim to see
this young man jump from his bedroom window yelling
out: "I can fly!" After this incident occurcd the eye
witnesses woke up the parents of this teenager, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Higgins, and the call of medical help was
intact. But it was to late, the young man suffered from a
cracked vertebrate, and skull with other internal injuries
caused by this fatal fall to kill him instantly. It was said to
be that Sam was taking LSD since he was a freshman at
THS. So the young man was denying the problem and
unfortunately suffered from this. It is said that LSD is an
Hallucinogen and cause changes in perception, halluci-
nations, menial disorders and death. It appears to doctors
that Sam must of been hallucinating that he could fly and
thats what made him jump from the window. Sam was an
active student in high school. He was in the student
council, football quarterback, A honor roll student, in
BPA club etc.
Funeral services will be held for Sam Jerry Higgins at
Rosehill Cemetery, Aug. 20, 1991. We give our sympa-
thy to this young mans parents, friends, relatives, etc.
who have to suffer deeply from this death caused by LSD.
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BREAST CANCER SCREENING
CUNIC — X breara cancer screening
pr'-iram wil be beid in Tulia on
w e-dnesdaj. No*. 13. from 10 ajn. to
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WOMEN’S annual turkey dinner
and bake sale will be held Friday,
Nov. 1 from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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BENEFIT FOR INJURED COW.
BOY—An all-day Saturday, Nov. 2.
benefit for cowboy Johnny kimmtl.
who was injured when his horse fell
and rolled over him in June, is
planned at the Spur Headquarters
Ranch. 3 miles west of Dickens. A
team roping begins at 9 a.m. (2 for
$14t, followed by team penning at
10:30 and Calcutta and celebrity pen-
ning at 1 p.m. Cowboy poetry gets
underway at 3 p m_ with a catered
cbuckwagon supper at 6:00 and
dance at 7:00. Admission for poetry
show, meal and dance will be $15 for
adults and $4 for children under 12.
A planned n an auction of western
art by To«n Ryan.
PLAIN VIEW MUSICAL JAMBO-
REE — The regular fourth Saturday
Plainview Musical Jamboree is
planned from 7-11 p.m. this Saturday,
Oct 26. at the Ollie l.iner Center in
Plainview. Admission Is free. Little
girl fiddlers from Lubbock will "kick
off the show at 7:00”, Bozette the
Clown will have candy for children
and the Venture Club Is to serve a
meal. On the program are entertainers
from Lubbock, Plainview, Amarillo,
Levelland, Eriona and Hale Center.
LrTTLFFIELD ARTS/CRAFTS
FESTIVAL — Littlefield Young
Farmers are sponsoring the ninth an-
nual Littlefield Arts and Crafts Festi-
val on Saturday, Oct 26. For more
information contact Loretta Benton,
Rt 1, Box 45, Littlefield, Tx. 79339,
806 385-4805.
West Texas Express Will Provide Music
For VFW Halloween Dance Saturday
Call The RSVP Office
806-995-2104
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First National Bank Promotes
Forrest Mote To Assistant VP
FORREST MOTE
First National Bank announces the
promotion of Forrest Mote to Assistant
Vice President. Mote joined First
National's staff in 1989 as Computer and
Data FYocessing Operator.
In addition, his new responsibilities
will be bank security officer, further de-
velopment of planning for a disaster re-
covery program, and implementation of
bank’s new Visa/Mastcrcard program.
Mote graduated from Tulia schools in
1980, and T.S.T.I. in Waco in 1982. He
was employed by U. S. D. A. Research
Station in Brown wood as Computer Op-
erator for three years before returning to
Tulia to assist managing Tulia Floral and
his lawn and tree care service.
Forrest Mote is vice president of the
Swisher County Activities Association,
an Adult Leader of 4-H, and a member of
the First Baptist Church. His parents are
Joe Wood and Mildred Mote of Tulia.
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Reynolds, Jim. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1991, newspaper, October 24, 1991; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth507278/m1/4/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.