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4 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2013] THE STONEWALL COURIER
exas Tech
niversity
celebrates the
55th annual
arol of Lights
LUBBOCK — On Dec.
3 Texas Tech University will
host the 55th annual Carol of
Lights celebration “55 Years
of Magical Memories.” The
outdoor ceremony, in the
Science Quad and Memorial
Circle, will begin with the
carillon concert at 6:30 p.m.
and will be followed by the
ceremony at 7 p.m.
Due to Thanksgiving being
later in the month ofNovember
and final exams starting the
week after Thanksgiving, Carol
of Lights has been moved from
Friday to Tuesday in order to
support students’ academic
success.
The Residence Halls
Association (RHA) sponsors
Carol of Lights, which began
in 1956. The ceremony now
draws nearly 20,000 students,
faculty, staf, and local residents
as the Texas Tech choirs,
Masked Rider and Raider Red
help celebrate the ceremony.
More than 25,000 red, white
and orange lights illuminate
the Texas Tech campus at the
end of the annual ceremony
and stay lit through the holiday
season.
As Texas Tech and the RHA
continue their commitment to
sustainability, nearly all of this
years lights will be transitioned
to LED bulbs, which is
projected to reduce energy
consumption by 87 percent.
Immediately following the
Carol of Lights ceremony, the
Texas Tech School of Music
will hold its annual Carols
Concert in Hemmle Recital
Hall beginning at 8 p.m.
Questions can be directed
to the RHA at rha@ttu.edu.
Find Texas Tech news,
experts and story ideas at
www.media.ttu.edu <http://
www.media.ttu.edu/> and on
Twitter @TexasTechMedia.
The Paperboy
Walk a mile in rural America
T s there a Thanksgiving Day this
I year or did they change it to
JL National Shopping Day?
I guess you’ve heard that amidst
all of the shopping
ads, there is
actually a national
holiday Thursday.
Don’t forget to
reflect and actually
be thankful for
life’s blessings
before suiting
rurnc UP and entering
the shopping
tLACKBURN battlefield.
Speaking of
shopping: Please try and keep it
local.
Saturday is Small Business
Saturday, but for us in small
business, every day is small business
day.
Our neighbors have plenty of
goods and services for us to be able
to keep as much of our money local
as possible.
I understand we’re oftentimes
short of big ticket items, but there
are plenty of things to be had in a
small town.
Please be conscience of this fact
when you shop. I know how much
it will be appreciated.
One last statement on the current
state the Federal Government:
I’d like for a handful of
Congressmen to come live for a
month in rural America.
I think the experience would
likely change the way they look
at our country. I also think being
in touch with this segment of
the population would help them
govern.
Maybe it should be a requirement
that all elected officials spend time
in a town with a population under
7,000 people.
There are roughly 80 million
rural Americans. For the most
part, we don’t have a voice. That’s a
shame.
If you took a group of senators
and they lived and worked in
Memphis, Texas, or Hollis, Okla.,
for a month, they’d be exposed to a
way of life that would most likely
surprise them.
Try and imagine the lifestyle
they have in Washington D.C.
It’s lavish. They have drivers
and beautiful homes. They have
gardeners. They have help for their
children. Basically, they live like the
aristocrats they are.
The saddest part about our
elected officials’ mindset regarding
governing is they think we’re the
ones who are out of touch.
The only school choice we have is
to home school our kids.
The vast majority of us are very
comfortable around guns. Heck,
most of our youth know how to
correctly use firearms before they
are teenagers.
Six figure jobs in small towns are
few and far between.
Out here, we’re not trying to
climb the corporate ladder. We’re
busy growing the crops for food
and clothing, providing land for
lakes for drinking water, and
providing fuel needed to make the
world run. We’re also supplying the
soldiers which keep this country
free.
Our government could be better.
It should be better. But as long as
those in Washington remain out of
touch with Rural America, we’re
going to have a hard time getting
on the same page.
Chris Blackburn serves as CEO at Blackburn
Media Group, proud owner of The Floyd
County Hesperian-Beacon, Hall County
Herald, The Hollis News, The Knox County
News-Courier, The Post Dispatch, The
Childress Index, Wellington Leader and
The Stonewall Courier. He can be reached
by email at chris@blackburnmediagroup.
com and you can follow him on Twitter @
WCSBIackburn.
BLACK FRIDAY
SALE
November 29 only
Splatterware
40% off
regular price
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. only
Save 40% off the regular price on ONE piece
of any color Splatterware. Limit one piece per
customer.
No Holds Cash & Carry No Layaway No
Gift Wrapping No Exchanges or Refunds
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SAVE y2 Price
on Selected
Candles • Snoozies • Wire Crosses • Travel Mugs
Limited to stock on hand. No exchanges or refunds.
No layaways. No gift wrapping. All sales cash & final.
Don’t know what to buy for Christmas?
Give a Drug Store GIFT CARD!
Closed Thursday, November 28
for Thanksgiving.
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THE DRUG STORE lOOSAveE
HASKELL 864-2673
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
_Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 n.m._
Veterans Profiles
Herbert Vahlenkamp
Veteran
Herbert Vahlenkamp
was in the Navy in World
War II. He had boot camp
in San Diego, California.
Then he went abroad the
USS Saginaw CVE82
which was an aircraft
carrier.
He touched islands
in the South Pacific -
Hawaii, Okinawa, Guam
and Saipan. When the war
ended his ship was loaded
with planes and ammunition enroute to the war zone. The
ship was then unloaded of all the planes and ammunition
and put into transport duty bringing troops back to
the U.S. He was honorably discharged in December of
1945.
Dan Rosenberg
Veteran
Dan Rosenberg served
during the Vietnam Era
as a Hospital Corpsman
at the Naval Hospital
in Guam. He treated
military personnel injured
in Vietnam. He enlisted
April 1964 and went on
active duty in 1967. He
went to corpsman school in
San Diego, California before being station in Guam. He
was released from active duty in November of 1968 and
received his honorable discharge in 1972.
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Steve Duncan
Veteran
Steve Duncan joined the
Navy Reserve in October
1969. He was on active duty
from October of 1970 to May
of 1972. He was stationed
in Florida and Guam. He
was honorably discharged in
November of 1975.
W. D. Ellison
Veteran
William David Ellison
served in the US Navy in
WWII. He was 17 years old
at the time he enlisted in the
navy on March 15, 1945. He
spent most of his time in
the Philippine Islands being
stationed on a small LCT-
950 ship with his officers and
11 other men. His rank was
Boat-swain 3rd class. They
were privilege to go into the
villages. The people were kind to them and gave them fruits,
vegetables, and rice. When the war was over, W.D. returned
home in August 1946. In December he married his wife, Lois of
66 years. They have 4 children, nine grand children and 21 great
grand children.
W.D.’s dad Virgil Ellison served in WWI and his 3 brothers,
Miles, James and Aaron served in WWII. W. D says he feels
honored to have served his county even for just that short time.
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Hodgin, Wayne. The Stonewall Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 2013, newspaper, November 28, 2013; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741199/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.